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Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Mackenzie Dyll from the Orange Branch! Recommendations include: Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood, Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison and Alanis Morissette's new Christmas album that releases on November 6th called "Good Weather for Immaculate Conception." Need even more book recommendations? Check out our Fall Book Buzz list for all the new and soon to be released books hitting shelves this fall! Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on October 9, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Lisa Kaufman from the Delaware Branch Library. This week we chat about next month's Library Comic Con -- The Great GeekFest. And, of course, what we've been reading!  Recommendations include Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe, The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller, and Kanopy's "The Crypt Collection." Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on October 2, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Myers-LaBadie! Guest this week are David Solliday from the Upcycle Center at OUW and Charlie Holbrooks, intern at Bishop Elevate for first Gen College Students. This week we chat about our upcoming Upcycling Craft programs with OWU! Also check out our new e-book resource available on our website called LOTE4Kids.  Recommendations include: Death Becomes Her: The Musical, Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, Be the Change by Arun Gandhi and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on September 25, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Nichole Klatte. Guests include author Isaac Fitzgerald live in studio! This week we chat with Fitzgerald about his travels while writing American Rambler! We also discuss the upcoming Dolly Parton celebration on September 25 at all DCDL locations. And, of course, what we've been reading.   Recommendations include Twice by Mitch Albom, This Vast Empire by Craig Fehrman, Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel,  Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs, and the film 9 to 5. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on September 18, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson. This week's guest is Olivia Montgomery-Gray, DCDL's newest HR Specialist!  This week we chat about what it's like working at DCDL! Speaking of jobs, there is a Hiring & Grad School Fair at OWU on September 17th from 11am-2pm . Recommendations include: The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell, Alchemised by SenLinYu, and The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede (plus the Musical Adaptation Come from Away) Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on September 11, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include author Isaac Fitzgerald. This week we chat about Isaac Fitzgerald's upcoming visit with the Friends of the Library! He'll be at the newly renovated Bicentennial Barn located in McCammon Creek Park on Thursday, September 17th from 6pm-8pm.  Tickets are available now.  Recommendations include Death and Dinguan by Mia P. Manansala and Nightbooks by J.A. White. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on September 4, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. We have a very special guest this week! Author, Margaret Peterson Haddix! This week we chat about Margaret's upcoming Young Writers Workshop. The workshop is officially sold out, however she is doing a special book signing with books bought from Bean Bag Books at the Liberty Branch on September 19th @3:30pm. Recommendations include: The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives by Elizabeth Arnott, Unstuck by Barbara Dee and The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 29, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Rich Yepsen, a volunteer with AARP Fraud Watch Network. This week we chat about the upcoming AARP Scam Watch series at the Delaware Branch Library!  Recommendations include The Mad Wife by Meagan Church, Where the Music Had to Go by Jim Windolf, and What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 21, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Dyesha Darby, Director of School-Based and Community Prevention with HelpLine of Delaware and Morrow Counties. This week we chat about the upcoming QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) programming at the Orange Branch on August 24th. With participation from Helpline, this program will equip attendees with knowledge on how to support someone who may be in crisis. More info can be found here. September is also National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. If you or anyone you know is in a mental crisis, call 988 for help and advise.  Recommendations include: The Housewife by Natalie Barelli and Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. Also check out what the Maker Studios can do for parents of high school seniors! Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 14, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Jen Ruhe from Delaware City Schools. This week we chat about back to school and getting students, teachers, and parents ready. Listen for an exciting announcement!  Recommendations include Starter Villain by John Scalzi, Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston and the Fairs & Festivals list from DCDL staff.   Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 7, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Nicole Fowles. This week's guests is national bestselling author Thao Thai. We discussed Thao's new book The Seekers of Deer Creek! Tickets for her upcoming event at Beanbag Books are available on on their website. Thank you to our Friends of the Library for putting on this special event! Recommendations include: The Women by Kristin Hannah, The Artist and the Feasts by Lucy Steeds, We Are Mighty by Sharon McMahon and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on July 31, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Hannah Simpson. Guests include Suzanne Pingry from Connections Volunteers Center and Helpline, and Neha Hariharan and Jan Davis from the Sages & Seekers program. This week we chat about the connections made during this summer's Sages & Seekers session, which met at the Library for several weeks. And, of course, what we're reading!  Recommendations include Should the Waters Take Us by Stephanie Soileau, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, Country People by Daniel Mason, and Upward Bound by Woody Brown. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on July 24, 2026

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guest this week is Lori Kipfer from the Board of Library Trustees. This week we chat about what we have been reading and back to school readiness.  Recommendations include: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Born Lucky be Leland Vittert and The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson.   Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on June 17, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson. Guests include author Kevin Williams. This week we chat about Kevin's new book "Not So Simple. My Adventures Among the Amish, Mennonites, Shakers, and other Plain People". An, of course, what we're reading. Recommendations include Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, The Summer of Death by Geoffrey Williams, and The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on July 10, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Garrett Guillozet, Health Commissioner, and Adam Howard, Deputy Health Commissioner of Preventative Health from the Delaware Public Health District. This week we chat about the Mobile Health Clinic stops at the Ostrander Branch Library, the Walk with Ease program, and the Baby Expo on August 8. And, of course, what we've been reading!  Recommendations include Starry Messenger by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Dreamland by Sam Quiones, The Astral Library by Kate Quinn, and The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on June 26, 2026.