To celebrate our 200th episode, the creative team got together to share their hot takes by doing some tier ranking! Listen to find out what books ruined Elena, Robin’s favorite author events this year, Dave’s favorite robots, and Tayla’s thoughts about how librarians are represented in the media. If you missed the livestream and would like to watch this episode with video, you can find the video version here.
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Elena - Books That Hurt My Feelings and Made Me Want to Cry
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun by Aidalro
Robin - A Year of Attending Author Events
A Time to Gather by Kimberly Ragosta
Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks
Dave - My Favorite Thing is Robots
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)
A Psalm For the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
Tayla - Librarian Representation In Media
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
Batgirl of Burnside by Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher and Babs Tarr
SECRET TIER - Down TIme Episodes Ranked
Episode 189 - Blood and Watershed
Episode 178 - Star Wars From a Certain Point of View
Episode 168 - Find Your Voice with Mark Binder
Episode 153 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Sara Nović, author of TRUE BIZ (YouTube)
Episode 145 - Alex Graudins, Author of IMPROVE