The It Books of July 2024

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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0:00.0	This is the Book Right Podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill.
0:03.0	And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.
0:05.0	And we're talking about the It Books of July 20-24.
0:11.0	We're back. It's the turning of the page to the second half of the year. I think we've been in a bit of a lull for new releases here for a little while and I think that's going to continue into July.
0:24.0	I was at ALA over the weekend, which is the American Library Association's annual convention.
0:32.0	So library, Woodstock for librarians,
0:34.4	or I like to call it Birkenstock.
0:36.0	And I talked to a lot of people,
0:39.4	had a very nice time.
0:40.7	What a wonderful group to have a convention with.
0:43.4	I don't think I want to do anything,
0:45.4	any other kind of convention to be perfectly honest with you.
0:47.8	But I was talking to, I had two dozen meetings
0:51.1	and two days talking to people about ad sales but also editorial coverage and all things going on one thing
0:56.8	a couple people mentioned is I haven't looked and maybe you have to look at jill
1:01.0	excuse me January 2025's calendar.
1:03.7	Oh, I have not gotten there yet.
1:05.7	They were saying that there's a lot more dodging of the election cycle
1:09.6	than we think, and that January is going to be bananas. And I'm wondering if that's even
1:15.0	is going to be bananas.
1:13.0	And I'm wondering if that's even affecting what sometimes can be the dog days of July and August.
1:18.0	Like people tend to get their summer books out, you know, late April even,
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