Book Bound Episode 19: Summer Reading Journeys
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A wide range of titles with special guest and CADL staff member, Mark Neese.
Cheryl’s Books:
The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson (ebook)
A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla
For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo
Mentioned:
Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan by Lynn M. Steiner
Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies - Lower Midwest by Jaret C. Daniels
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo (October 2025 release – not in system for holds yet)
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt
On Being with Krista Tippet podcast interview with Mary Oliver: “I Got Saved by the Beauty of The World” https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-i-got-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/
Jessica’s Books:
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall
Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés
Mentioned:
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille Dungey
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Broadchurch (created by Chris Chibnall)
True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchan Whitme
Mari’s Books:
The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose
Tyger by S. F. Said
The Crow Trilogy: The Outlaw by Nancy Vo, The Ranger by Nancy Vo, The Runaway by Nancy Vo
Mentioned:
Headstrong Hellie: The Story of Hallie Morse Daggett the First Female “Fire Guard” by Aimée Bissonette
Mark N.’s Books:
Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton
On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves
The Name of This Band is REM: A Biography by Peter Ames Carlin
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Mentioned:
Books by Tom Stanton
Books by Peter Ames Carlin
On the Nature of Things by Lucretius (ebook)