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Rochester and Western New York's favorite books of 2025, part 2
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What was at the top of your reading list this year? As 2025 draws to a close, we bring back an annual tradition: conversations about favorite books! During part two of this two-part episode, our guests share their favorite books that they read in 2025. We also want to hear from you.* Fiction, nonfiction, adult, YA, or kids' books — we discuss it all. Our guests:
- Jim Byrne, adult programming librarian at the Henrietta Public Library
- Emily Hessney Lynch, owner/founder of Serve Me the Sky Digital; host of the podcast, "It's a Lot;" and adjunct professor at Nazareth University
- Adrienne Pettinelli, director of the Henrietta Public Library
- Linda Sue Park, Newbery medalist and author of "A Long Walk to Water" and "Prairie Lotus," among others
- Leslie C. Youngblood, author of "Love Like Sky" and "Forever This Summer," among others, and writer and academic advisor at the University of Rochester
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