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Child of the Library

Hi, welcome to the "Child of the Library" podcast, where we discover the words on our shelves and in our hearts. I am Mareike, a 30-year-old book lover living in Germany, but mostly reading literature in English. In this podcast I share bookish stories, news and recommendations. Additionally, my two friends Jordanne from the "Books To Last" podcast and Ruby join me in talking about popular books and series in our "International Committee" format. If you would like to send me a collaboration request,

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#24 - December 2021 Catch-Up

Child of the Library ·

2021/12/05

It's so crazy that it is already December, where has the year gone?! Come chat with me about what has been going on in my life in the past couple of weeks, reading- and otherwise. I am super excited for the upcoming weekends with one highlight being my best friend's new puppy that will arrive in the middle of the month. Come check out her dog photography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamashinu_photography/ My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph:

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#23 - Alan Wake feat. books with open endings

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2021/11/21

To be honest, sometimes I am not too invested in the games my husband plays. I bet that's a feeling that every backseat gamer knows too well. However, sometimes he tries to make it a little extra special for me and picks a game that caters exactly to what I like. So in today's episode - inspired by the game 'Alan Wake' - we will talk about some books with open endings...you hate them or you love them... My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph:

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30:57

#22 - Frankfurt Book Fair 2021 and all the spooky...

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2021/10/31

Hey guys, I am so excited to present you my 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair recap. It was so lovely to meet author Mark Tullius in person! I also talk about all the mystery books I read during the cozy fall season already. And I wanted to shout out the 'Alphanumeric' podcast as their promotion of new and established authors and their short-form literature perfectly matches a book I absolutely loved when I read it recently. Check out the episode for more info and click here if you want to know more about

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7:43

#21 - Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

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2021/10/17

I'm back in front of my microphone after my summer/wedding break in September and it feels so good. Come join me while I talk about what I did for this bridal tradition on my own wedding day and combine these prompts with matching books. It's going to be fun :) My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/child_of_the_library_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/childofthelibrary/

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54:32

#20 - One Piece, Detective Conan and juicy Pokémon...

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2021/10/03

Hi guys, I am back after my summer and wedding break and I am super excited for today's episode. It was recorded in August, so please do not be irritated that my now husband is still called my fiancé and that the Olympics are still running. But I had so much fun to talk with Randy about the genre of stories and television that we both love so much. Come check out our collaboration episode over on his podcast where we talk about some cool theme parks we went to. You can find all his information on

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43:11

#19 - Book Talk with Jordanne from the 'Books To...

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2021/08/22

Oh yes, Jordanne and I had a wonderful time talking about books, but our conversation lasted so long that I had to divide it into two parts for the podcast. I hope you enjoy this part as much as the last. We have quite some controversial books to talk about, so stay tuned ;) As we found out that we also like the same books we decided to do a buddy read of 'Skyward' by Brandon Sanderson and we are so excited! Come check out Jordanne over on all her channels: https://jordannedunn.carrd.co My

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41:47

#18 - Book Talk with Jordanne from the 'Books To...

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2021/08/01

On my podcast I interviewed authors and spoke with people who want to get back into reading again. But today's episode is super special to me as I am talking with someone who is also an avid reader and book podcaster: Jordanne from the 'Books To Last' podcast! As we talked about so many cool topics I divided our collaboration into two parts. This one will be about our reading goals of 2021, reading translated books and talking about learning foreign languages, as well as sharing our latest

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34:03

#17 - The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag 2021

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2021/07/18

I am so excited for this episode because I have watched the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag for so many years in YouTube videos and now I finally have a medium to do it myself. Come join me on my way through the bookish questions for the first half year of 2021 and let's see what high and low lights I stumbled upon along the way! My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/child_of_the_library_podcast Instagram:

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22:26

#16 - China x 'These Violent Delights'

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2021/07/04

你好! Have you ever had a plan for a creative project and then something comes your way and you throw all plans to the wind? That is what happened to me and my next episode plans when I read Chloe Gong's 'These Violent Delights'. I enjoyed it so much and literally decided on page 1 that I want to talk about it very soon. Listen to the episode to find out why ;) 图书馆的孩子 -> that's 'Child of the Library' in Chinese, by the way :) My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph:

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45:34

#15 - If Marie Kondō would convince me to only keep...

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2021/06/20

The Konmari method of organizing has become very popular ever since Marie Kondō published her book 'The life-changing magic of tidying up' and got her own Netflix show. But her recommendation to only keep 30 books for the sake of decluttering has kept quite a few book lovers shying away from that. Don't worry, there's a loophole, but what if I challenged myself to really narrow my bookshelf down to my top 30 picks? Check out this episode to find out ;) My Goodreads:

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40:11

#14 - Famous paintings inspire my book recommendations

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2021/06/06

Thanks so much for everyone who participated and sent over the first famous paintings they could think of! It was so much fun to interpret these masterpieces and see what first thoughts are being conjured...and then go to my Goodreads and match books that I am very excited to read. It was a great time for me and I hope that you will get a lot of very good book recommendations along the way :) My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph:

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24:08

#13 - Books against loneliness

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2021/05/16

My fiancé and I recently watched a documentary about loneliness and how it has taken root more and more in our society, but is still a taboo to talk about. This really got me thinking and I wanted to recommend some books that make you feel less lonely and give you the feeling of being included and follow along in the story. I hope they help you in case you do feel lonely and please be ensured that everything will get better eventually. If you want to see my quote illustrations leading up to the

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47:28

#12 - Interviewing author Mark Tullius feat. Midnight...

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2021/05/02

In this episode I will be interviewing American author Mark Tullius, who has plans to expand into the German market with his book portfolio. We speak about his passions, what drives and inspires him to write, get to know a lot about his future publishing plans and we are even visited by his youngest cat Midnight (one of my personal highlights of the episode as you can clearly hear...Midnight even made it into the bloopers). Check out Mark's website, podcast and social media

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21:46

#11 - 400 books in 27 years

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2021/04/25

I love doing these episodes where I suddenly think about books that I have not thought about in years - and this one is no different. I read my 400th book last week and thought this would be the perfect occasion to talk about the good and the bad in terms of books that I encountered in the past 27 years. My German listeners will definitely recognize quite a few of them from my childhood ;) My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph:

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23:06

#10 - Why I read in foreign languages

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2021/04/11

I got the idea for this podcast episode when I watched the series 'Warrior' with my fiancé and while I was reminiscing on what moved me to switch my reading to mainly foreign languages I had a lot of really emotional memories coming back to me. I hope you enjoy this personal getting-to-know-me style of episode. My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/child_of_the_library_podcast Instagram:

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28:27

#09 - Crossmedia adaptations feat. my fiancé's opinion

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2021/03/28

Don't we all find ourselves wondering where time flies with all the media we consume? There is so much to choose from to occupy us with: Books, movies, TV shows, series, video games... At some point a lot of people start to focus on one or two of these for themselves, which is what happened with my fiancé and me. As each of us chose a different medium, we are now working on expanding the knowledge of the other in a field that he or she is not that familiar with...which automatically leads to

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75:26

#08 - Randy's Reading Coaching Session feat. vinyl...

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2021/03/16

What happens when a German reader and an American comic lover and comedy podcaster do a collaboration? In this case it means that Randy contacted and asked me whether I can help him to get back into reading and give tips and recommendations specifically catered to his taste and daily life. We had so much fun doing this collaboration and we found out that we actually have quite a few things in common. But does this mean that he actually liked my recommendations? Give this episode a listen to find

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22:29

#07 - The Podcast Book Tag

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2021/03/07

I took a popular format on YouTube - the tag - and created a version that centers all around podcast making. In a so called 'tag' you formulate a set of prompts around a certain topic and then translate these prompts into fitting questions and answer them. If you want to hear what I mean, just give this episode a listen ;) I really enjoyed making this and I think it shows in my voice when I talk about some of my favourite books. Enjoy! My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My

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19:44

#06 - How to organize your bookshelf and little book...

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2021/02/21

I realized last month that the old way how I organized my bookshelves was not supporting me in picking my next read. So I did some shuffling around and found a new organization style that I quite like. It also cleared some shelf space that I could use for new books, which is why a mini book haul is also included in this episode. I asked a few family members and friends and got some really interesting answers on how they approach bookshelf organization. I hope you enjoy and get inspired from it

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#05 - Ariel Bissett‘s documentary ‘#poetry’

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2021/02/14

In this episode I am reminiscing about why poetry has not played a big role in my life ever since high school and why I am now more interested to look into it again. Additionally, I look up how one of THE classic German poems that you need to learn by heart for school is called in English and have a minor life crisis on being 27 years old already ;) My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/childofthelibrary My StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/child_of_the_library_podcast Instagram:

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