Host Lisa Von Drasek features University of Minnesota librarians who review books in the following genres: children's literature, science, popular literature, mysteries, cookbooks, and more.
‘The Golden Enclaves’ on Read This Book!
6 mins; July 25, 2023
‘The Vinyl Detective’ reviewed on Read This Book!
4 mins; June 22, 2023
‘The Revolutionary Samuel Adams’
5 mins; April 21, 2023
‘The Searcher’ reviewed on Read This Book!
4 mins; March 14, 2023
Conan Doyle’s Wide World discussed on Read This Book!
4 mins; February 05, 2023
‘What’s for Dessert’ and ‘Baking School’ featured on Read This Book!
6 mins; December 20, 2022
‘Leave the World Behind’ reviewed on Read This Book!
4 mins; December 07, 2022
Read This Book: ‘The Grieving Brain’
5 mins; November 07, 2022
Fantasy, sci fi, and horror on Read This Book!
4 mins; October 18, 2022
‘The Goblin Emperor’ and more audio books
8 mins; September 16, 2022
Tim Johnson reviews Charles Lindbergh bio
5 mins; November 02, 2021
Amplifying Black Narratives: Past, Present, and Future
75 hours 24 mins; September 29, 2021
Cooking during the pandemic
6 mins; May 13, 2021
‘Transcendent Kingdom’ reviewed on Read This Book!
7 mins; April 07, 2021
‘Cribsheet’ reviewed by Carissa Tomlinson
8 mins; September 16, 2020
‘The Lightning Thief’ reviewed on Read This Book!
3 mins; August 05, 2020
Books by Kiersten White reviewed
3 mins; May 20, 2020
The Dean reviews ‘The Color Kittens’
0 secs; May 06, 2020
Earth Day 2020: Books about the environment
8 mins; April 21, 2020
Annotated Editions: Sherlock Holmes and Sandman
6 mins; April 08, 2020
#OperationReadAloud fills a needed gap for kids
7 mins; March 29, 2020
‘Making Comics’ with Lisa Von Drasek
6 mins; March 19, 2020
‘The Lunar Chronicles’ reviewed on Read This Book!
4 mins; March 05, 2020
‘A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief’
6 mins; February 11, 2020
‘Artificial Unintelligence’ reviewed on Read This Book!
4 mins; February 05, 2020
Holiday baking books with Megan Kocher
4 mins; December 20, 2019
‘Written in Red’ reviewed by Kimberly Clarke
9 mins; December 18, 2019
Books to give with Tim Johnson
7 mins; December 16, 2019
‘A Wild Ride Through the Night’ reviewed
4 mins; October 30, 2019
Books about nature
8 mins; October 17, 2019
‘Strange the Dreamer’ is highly recommended
7 mins; September 30, 2019
Books by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
7 mins; September 04, 2019
More Sherlock Holmes recommendations
6 mins; August 06, 2019
Books about the moon
6 mins; July 16, 2019
Summer reading tip from @umnLib: ‘Circe’
5 mins; July 05, 2019
‘Her Body and Other Parties’ and ‘Paper Girls’ reviewed on Read This Book!
4 mins; June 28, 2019
Free ebooks for all Minnesotans!
3 mins; January 02, 2019
Two books for Sherlock Holmes fans
4 mins; December 20, 2018
Minnesota cookie recipes and Somali American cookbook
5 mins; December 08, 2018
Thumbs up to ‘American Music’
3 mins; December 06, 2018
Schumacher discusses ‘The Shakespeare Requirement’
4 mins; September 06, 2018
Johnson reviews ‘Revenge of the Nerd’
4 mins; September 04, 2018
‘Dread Nation’ reviewed by Von Drasek
4 mins; August 01, 2018
Breakfast with Beatrice
5 mins; June 19, 2018
Summer reading tips for kids — Part 3
4 mins; June 04, 2018
‘When Women Didn’t Count’ reviewed by Alicia Kubas
7 mins; June 01, 2018
Summer reading tips for kids — Part 2
5 mins; May 31, 2018
Summer reading tips for kids — Part 1
4 mins; May 17, 2018
Review: ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’
5 mins; May 04, 2018
Finnish cooking book reviewed by Lisa Von Drasek
2 mins; March 29, 2018
Ridgway Award Winners 2017
3 mins; January 26, 2018
Books to Give 2017
5 mins; December 18, 2017
Books to give with Alicia Kubas
4 mins; December 12, 2017
Flying Funny by Dudley Riggs
4 mins; October 31, 2017
The Magicians gets a big thumbs up
3 mins; October 06, 2017
Nordic cooking and cookbooks
5 mins; May 30, 2017
Journalism, media bias, fact checking
6 mins; May 01, 2017
Read This Book! — Short Stories
5 mins; February 22, 2017
Books about puppies, critical thinking
6 mins; February 08, 2017
Ridgway Award winners
6 mins; January 04, 2017
Books to Give, Vol. 4: Cooking
4 mins; December 19, 2016
Books to Give: Vol. 3: Architecture
4 mins; December 16, 2016
Books to Give Vol. 2: Sherlock Holmes
5 mins; December 12, 2016
Books to Give, Volume 1: Bob Dylan
4 mins; November 18, 2016
Great Kitchens and the Great Midwest
5 mins; November 10, 2016
‘Master and Commander’ and nautical historical novels
5 mins; October 31, 2016
‘Murder at the 42nd Street Library’
5 mins; September 23, 2016
Raina Telgemeier book launch
4 mins; August 30, 2016
Summer garden party books
6 mins; July 20, 2016
Books about death, dying, and rituals
7 mins; June 27, 2016
All things Betsy-Tacy
5 mins; May 20, 2016
Books about dogs
2 mins; April 05, 2016
Read This Book!: Armchair Travel
6 mins; March 01, 2016
The New Mediterranean Table
4 mins; February 05, 2016
More books to give over the holidays
14 mins; December 07, 2015
Books to give this holiday season
12 mins; November 18, 2015
Read This Book! – Mars
6 mins; October 30, 2015
Read This Book! with Tim Johnson
12 mins; October 07, 2015
Read This Book! – Pirates!
2 mins; September 11, 2015
Read This Book! – Picture Books
5 mins; July 21, 2015
More summer reading picks from our librarians
13 mins; June 22, 2015
Summer reading recommendations from our librarians
10 mins; May 29, 2015
Read This Book! – Sharon Creech
2 mins; March 17, 2015
‘Read This Book!’ – African American Women Authors
4 mins; February 18, 2015
Read This Book! – Science Fiction
3 mins; January 30, 2015
Books to give this holiday season
0 secs; December 11, 2014
Holiday cookie recipes discussed in ‘Read This Book!’
0 secs; November 23, 2014
Scientific Milestones in October – Read This Book!
0 secs; October 24, 2014
‘Read This Book!’ – Back to School
5 mins; September 14, 2014
‘Read This Book!’ – Books turned into movies
