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Read This Book! — “Revenge of the Nerd”

Tim Johnson reviews “Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger” by Curtis Armstrong, in this edition of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Read This Book! — “Dread Nation”

Written by Justina Ireland, “Dread Nation” represents a stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar — a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.

Read This Book! — Ridgway Award winners 2017

Lisa Von Drasek talks about the 2017 Marion Vannett Ridgway Award winners in this episode of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Read This Book! — Short Stories

Three books with short story collections were featured in this episode of Read This Book! with Kaia Sievert and host Tim Johnson.

Read This Book! — Books about puppies, critical thinking

Veterinary Medical Librarian Andre Nault talks about raising puppies and about critical thinking— two widely different books— on this installment of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Read This Book! — Books to Give, Vol. 2 Sherlock Holmes

Books about Sherlock Holmes were discussed in this special episode of Read This Book! — Books to Give, featuring Tim Johnson, curator of Rare Books and the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Read This Book! — “Murder at the 42nd Street Library”

“Murder at the 42nd Street Library” was reviewed in the most recent installment of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Read This Book! — Raina Telgemeier book launch

Lisa Von Drasek talked about author and illustrator Raina Telgemeier in this episode of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries, hosted by Tim Johnson.

Read This Book! — More books to give over the holidays

Sherlock Holmes and the Betty Crocker Cooky Book are the topics of this special episode of Read This Book! about books to give this holiday season, Part 2.

Read This Book! — Tim Johnson

In this installment of Read This Book!, Tim Johnson discusses Neil Gaiman's “Make Good Art” commencement speech, “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee, “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown, and “Art in the Blood” by Bonnie MacBird.