{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6511af9ffcda220011a44acc/65a9386d425292001846643b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 5 - Makerspace Projects and 2024 Reading Challenges","description":"<p>In the first segment, our roving reporter, Linda Gandee, chats with Katie (Adult Services Assistant Manager) and C.J. (Assistant Director) about the many creative options for patrons in the Makerspace.</p><p><br></p><p>Then, we check in with Erin (Readers Advisory Librarian) and Aaron (Young Adult Librarian) for some recommendations to help you beat the winter blues, by reading about situations far worse than any Cleveland winter - Dystopian fiction.</p><p><br></p><p>2024 Reading Challenges Mentioned:</p><p><a href=\"https://blogs.westlakelibrary.org/2023/12/reading-challenge-2024/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WPPL Challenge </a>(the one Erin created)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/reading-challenge-2024-49318757\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PopSugar</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.the52book.club/2024-reading-challenge/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The 52 Book Club Challenge</a></p><p><br></p><p>Erin's Challenges:</p><p>A Second Change Author - <em>At the Mountains of Madness</em> by H.P. Lovecraft</p><p>Creepy Novel or Ghost Story - <em>The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century</em> by Jane Webb</p><p>A Book with at Least 4 Points of View - <a href=\"https://search.westlakelibrary.org/Record/113487\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Album of Dr. Moreau</em> by Daryl Gregory</a></p><p><br></p><p>Aaron's Challenges:</p><p>A Mystery Written Between 1930 and 1970 - <em>Turn on the Heat</em> by Erle Stanley Gardner</p><p>Biography of Someone You've Never Heard of - <a href=\"https://search.westlakelibrary.org/OverDrive/ec74a601-5154-4558-8feb-eafa75f6e9e0/Home?searchId=796563&amp;recordIndex=10&amp;page=&amp;referred=resultIndex\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Last American Man</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert</a></p><p>Title Chosen at Random from Your TBR List - <a href=\"https://search.westlakelibrary.org/Record/151494\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape</em> by Marc Masters</a></p>","author_name":"Westlake Porter Public Library"}