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Summer reading tip from @umnLib: ‘Circe’

By July 5, 2019November 9th, 2023No Comments

Librarian Jan Fransen recommends Circe by Madeline Miller as her choice for 2019 Summer Reading in this episode of Read This Book!

Fransen — Service Lead for the Libraries’ Research Information Management Systems — discussed Circe with Host Lisa Von Drasek, Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University Libraries.

Set in the world of ancient Greek mythology, Circe is the fantastical tale of a fierce young woman — half titan, half nymph — who dares to challenge the gods.

Find Circe

About Lisa Von Drasek and Jan Fransen

Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Jan Fransen is Service Lead for the Libraries’ Research Information Management Systems at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

About Read This Book!

Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and iTunes. Audio from Read This Book! is available on iTunes at Von Drasek’s The Blue Ox Review podcast.

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Read This Book!
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Host Lisa Von Drasek and guests review books from various genres: including children's literature, cookbooks, science, mysteries, and popular literature. This audio podcast also includes episodes from the video podcast, Read This Book!, also hosted by Lisa Von Drasek.

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