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Overdue Finds Episode 58 - Summer Reading Clubs

This list contains items talked about in episode 58 of the Edmonton Public Library podcast, Overdue Finds. Join Bryce Crittenden, Meg DeForest & Karen Doerksen as they talk about their love of summer reading past and the changes to EPL's summer reading club's for both kids and adults. Also, find out why reading scary stories is an activity best saved for summer and Bryce shares his love for the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series.

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  • The Summer Reading Club at EPL is changing this year, checkout our website for more details as we get closer to opening day.
    Web resource
  • Why should kids get to have all the fun? EPL's program for adults and teens to get a chance to recapture the nostalgic joy of summer reading clubs of the past. You can still participate in the reading tracking, challenges, activities and prizes! …
    Web resource
  • Listener Marc Bisson suggested a cult favourites tournament for next year's Overdue Finds March Madness. Rocky Horror was one of the first suggested entries.
    eBook, 2015Caliber Comics, 2015
  • The Grateful Dead

    50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

    Grateful Dead (Musical group)
    Another possible entry in the Cult Favourites Tournament as suggested by Marc.
    Streaming Music, 2017[United States] : Grateful Dead/Rhino, 2017. — Internet Access
  • For the cult music bracket Twin Peaks is another great suggestion to get us started.
    DVD, 2007[Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount, 2007. — DVD TWI
  • Karen's Overdue Finds pick is this high concept, video game like locked room mystery. If you love a mystery of the puzzle aspect this one is for you. Also there is a mysterious narrator with a horse's head so now you know you're dying to read it…
    eBook, 2018Hanover Square Press, 2018
  • Another new & great high concept mystery novel, Karen recommends trying out.
    eBook, 2018HarperCollins Canada, 2018
  • Meg's Overdue Find is this peak into the personal lives of the accidental superheroine tasked with keeping San Francisco safe from demons, when all she wants is a normal life.
    eBook, 2016Astra Publishing House, 2016
  • Continuing Bryce's track record of loving terrible television & movies, his Overdue Find is this Rifftrax of Cool as Ice. But just like Mystery Science Theatre 3000 this watching comes with built in friends who are mocking the action on screen for…
    Streaming Video, 1991[United States] : Cinedigm, 1991. — Internet Access
  • If you want more of the Mystery Science Theatre experience you can find many of the movies streaming on Hoopla. Just pop your own popcorn to throw at the screen!
    Streaming Video, 2017[United States] : Cinedigm, 2017. — Internet Access
  • This year's Summer Starts mascot is Turtle Swift. In case you need any music to get into the right mindset when you are searching for where she has hidden each week in Edmonton you can try some Tay Tay Swift herself.
    Streaming Music, 2017[United States] : Big Machine, 2017. — Internet Access
  • One of the prizes for Summer Starts at EPL will be a subscription to Kiwi for a crate of fun STEAM activities for kids. You can see what kind of things that might include on their website.
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  • Karen loves to read horror books in the summer when she won't have to read them in the dark!
    eAudiobook, 2016Simon & Schuster Audio, 2016