Episode One Hundred Ten Show Notes
– Episode 110 GIVEAWAY –
The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns – edited by Mitzi Szereto
If I Never Find You – Mhairi McFarlane
The Deep – Alma Katsu
Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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– Currently Reading –
A House is a Body – Shruti Swamy (EF)
Forever Amber – Kathleen Winsor (CW)

– Just Read –
The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner (EF)
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers – edited Natalie Eve Garrett (EF)
Intimations: Six Essays – Zadie Smith (EF)
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry – Imani Perry (CW)(audio)
Anxious People – Fredrik Backman (EF) release date September 8, 2020

– Biblio Adventures –
Emily had a Couch Biblio Adventure watching Bonnie Tsui, author of Why We Swim, the book choice for the La Times Book Club. The conversation included Lynne Cox, author of Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. You can watch the event here.

Our plans to attend the Schomburg Center event hosting Isabel Wilkerson author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns were interrupted by a tropical storm. Thankfully it was recorded, you can watch the recording here. Chris also listened to Wilkerson’s interview on the NY Times Book review Podcast. You can listen to the episode here.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
We are going on a joint jaunt to the Hachette Book Club Brunch. It will be virtual this year. Join us on Saturday, October 17 from 10:30–1:00. You can purchase tickets here.

August 18th at 7:30 via the Brooklyn Historical Society, Women + Power: Body Power with Jennifer Finney Boylan and Tressie McMillan Cottom. You can purchase tickets here.

August 20th at 8:00 Yaa Gyasi in conversation with Roxane Gay discussing her book Transcendent Kingdom via Pen America series. You can purchase tickets here.

– Upcoming Reads –
Sea Wife – Amity Gaige (EF)
Betty – Tiffany McDaniel (EF)
From Here to Eternity – James Jones (CW)

– Author Spotlight with Caroline Leavitt –
We chat about her new book With or Without You.
Follow Caroline and her book tour here.
Check out A Mighty Blaze for information about new release books and author tricks of the trade here.

– Also Mentioned –
Book by Book 2020 Big Book Summer
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney
Persuasion – Jane Austen
James Baldwin
Nina Simone
Malcolm X
Langston Hughes
W.E.B. Dubois
Molly Malone Cook
A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
Thick: And Other Essays – Tressie McMillan Cottom
From Here to Eternity movie
John Irving

Episode One Hundred Eight Show Notes
– Currently Reading –
Looking for Lorraine – Imani Perry (CW)(audio)
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who’s Been There – Tara Schuster (EF)(audio)
The New York Public Library Book – Henry Hope Reed, Francis Morrone, and Anne Day (CW)
Clap When You Land – Elizabeth Acevedo (EF)
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man – Mary Trump, Ph.D. (CW)

– Just Read –
Saving Ruby King – Catherine Adel West (EF)
Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia (CW)
Impersonation – Heidi Pitlor (EF) release date 8/18/20
The Enchanted Bluff – Willa Cather (CW)
Be a part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project HERE
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney (CW) release date 8/11/20

– 14th Readalong discussion–
Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)
Her next book to be translated into English is Earthlings which will be released in October 2020
She has two short stories that are available online: A Clean Marriage and Lover on the Breeze

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris went on a Couch Biblio Adventure via the New York Chapter of the The Historical Novel Society with Alaya Dawn Johnson about her new book, Trouble the Saints.

Emily watched a Glam Cam debut spotlight via A Might Blaze with Nancy Johnson introducing Catherine Adel West, author of Saving Ruby King. You can watch it HERE.

Chris visited the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in Old Lyme, CT. Read more about the adventure on her blog.

Emily went on a Couch Biblio Adventure via Politics and Prose with Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, and C. Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Tuesday, August 4 the New York Public Library will be hosting Fiona Davis as her new book, The Lions of Fifth Avenue, is launched. You can register here.

Wednesday, August 5 the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will be hosting Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns. You can register for the event here.

Wednesday, August 19 Brookline Booksmith will host Heidi Pitlor, author of Impersonation, in conversation with Caroline Leavitt, author of With or Without You.

– Upcoming Reads –
The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner (EF)
Intimations: Six Essays – Zadie Smith (EF)
Persuasion – Jane Austen (CW)
The film The People’s Palace – produced, directed, and written by Graham Judd (CW)

– Author Spotlight with Fiona Davis –
We chat about her new book The Lions of Fifth Avenue. You can follow Fiona and her book tour here

– Also Mentioned –
W.E.B. Dubois
The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo
The Ghostwriter – Alessandra Torre, A.R. Torre
The Shining – Stephen King
Mrs. America with Cate Blanchett
The Frick Collection

Episode One Hundred Seven Show Notes
– Currently Reading –
Night – Elie Wiesel (CW)(audio)
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man – Mary Trump, Ph.D. (CW)
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney (EF) release date 8/11/20

– Just Read –
With or Without You – Caroline Leavitt (EF)
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder – Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey (CW)
Transcendent Kingdom – Yaa Gyasi (EF)
The Deep – Alma Katsu (CW)
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World – Melinda Gates (EF)(audio)
Amityville Horror – Jay Anson (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily went on an adventure to the Durham Public Library. Emily picked up a copy of Cooperstown by Eugena Pilek. Chris picked up The Marrow Thieves by Cheri Dimaline.

Emily tuned into A Mighty Blaze to hear an interview with Anna Quindlen author of Nanaville. and bookclub read The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose and she attended their Zoom conversation.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Tuesday, July 21, a virtual event at The Strand with Amy Poeppel author of Musical Chairs in conversation with Marcy Dermansky. You can register for the event here.

Tuesday, July 28, a virtual event at Books are Magic with Sarah Weinman author of Unspeakable Acts in conversation with Casey Cep. You can register for the event here.

Monday, August 3, a virtual event at The Strand with Laura Lippman author of My Life as a Villainess: Essays in conversation Tafy Brodesser-Akner. You can register for the event here.

Wednesday, August 5 the Schomburg Center will be hosting Isabel Wilkerson author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns. You can register for the event here.

The Book Cougars are hosting a biblio adventure! We will be having a virtual readalong discussion of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to save a spot.

– Upcoming Reads –
Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (CW)
Saving Ruby King – Catherine Adel West (EF)
Beyond Ally: The Pursuit of Racial Justice – Dr. Maysa Akbar (CW)(EF)

– Author Spotlight with Dr. Maysa Akbar –
You can learn more about Dr. Akbar and her books on her website.
Beyond Ally: The Pursuit of Racial Justice and Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism

– Also Mentioned –
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk – Kathleen Rooney
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling
Also by Alma Katsu: The Hunger, and The Taker Trilogy
Home Before Dark – Riley Sager
Empire of Wild – Cherie Dimaline
Alice Hoffman
The Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham Jones
Russell at Ink and Paper Blog
The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough
Lady in the Lake – Laura Lippman
14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Poet Tracy K. Smith

– Currently Reading –
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto – George M. Johnson (CW)
The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose (EF) (audio)
Night – Elie Wiesel (CW)
Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices - Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford (EF)

– Just Read –
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close – Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman (EF) release date 7/14/20
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts – Kate Racculia (CW)
The Last Flight – Julie Clark (EF)
My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (CW)(audio)
Last Day – Luanne Rice (EF)
Home Before Dark – Riley Sager (CW)
The Revisioners – Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (EF)
Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Crosby (CW) release date 7/14/20

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris attended a virtual event through RJ Julia Booksellers Richie Jackson author of Gay Like Me in conversation with Matthew Reimer author of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation.

Emily attended a virtual event via Books are Magic with Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Rodham, in conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan to discuss the release of her book Friends and Strangers.

Emily listened to the Women’s Prize podcast, which can be found HERE.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily is going to scout out and make donations to some of the little free libraries created via the organization Help Your Shelves.

Wednesday, July 15 – Chris plans to attend a virtual event via The Center for Fiction with Victor Lavalle in conversation with Stephen Graham Jones about his book, The Only Good Indians.

The Book Cougars are hosting a biblio adventure! We will be having a virtual readalong discussion of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to save a spot.

– Upcoming Reads –
The Topeka School – Ben Lerner (EF)
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney (EF) release date 8/11/20
With or Without You – Caroline Leavitt (EF) release date 8/4/20
The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills – Leslie T. Sharpe (EF) (audio)
Fludd – Hilary Mantel (CW)

– Author Spotlight with Anne Oman –
Anne is the author of Mango Rains out from Galaxy Galloper Press.
The book can be found on her website: http://www.mangorains.net/
And bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/MangoRains

– Also Mentioned –
Other books by Elie Weisel: Dawn and Day
Amityville Horror – Jay Anson
The Okra Project
Tayari Jones
Ann Patchett
Paul Tremblay
Tommy Orange
Hilary Mantel Trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bringing Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light

Episode One Hundred Five Show Notes

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– 14th Readalong discussion–
Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)
The discussion will drop on August 4 via Episode 108, please get questions/comments to us by July 31.
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.

– Currently Reading –
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts – Kate Racculia (CW)
Last Day – Luanne Rice (EF)
How To Be an Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi (CW)
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem (EF)
My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (CW)(audio)

– Just Read –
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships – Harriet Lerner (EF)(audio) Chris is spending time with the magazines Fine Books & Collections
The Lions of Fifth Avenue – Fiona Davis (EF) release date August 4, 2020The Book of V. – Anna Solomon (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –
Emily browsed inside Savoy Bookstore & Café in Westerly, RI. She picked up a copy of Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui.
Chris was able to go to Guilford Free Library for a curb side pick-up!
Chris attended two virtual events:
Irene Butter discussing her book Shores Beyond Shores with Donna Apidone via CapRadio Reads. You can watch the conversation here.
Erica Ruth Neubaur in conversation with Juliet Grames, discussing her book Murder at Mena House through Bank Square Books. Read Chris’s review here.

Emily enjoyed several episodes of Brené Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us, including a two-part conversation with Harriet Lerner, author of Why Won’t You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts and Ibram X. Kendi, author of How To Be an Antiracist. Brené Brown is the author of Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.

Emily listened to and recommends Episode 129 of Terrible, Thanks for Asking with Nora Borealis – Policing and Racial Trauma with Angela Davis.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
June 25 at 7pm – Chris will be attending a virtual event through RJ Julia Booksellers Richie Jackson author of Gay Like Me in conversation with Matthew Reimer author of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation.

Chris and Emily are heading on a joint jaunt to the Guilford Free Library for an outdoor fair featuring new book releases. Watch the video of our adventure here.

– Upcoming Reads –
Home Before Dark – Riley Sager (CW)
The Last Flight – Julie Clark (EF)

– Book of the Month Club –
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The June Book of the Month Club picks are:
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
Home Before Dark – Riley Sager
A Burning – Megha Mujumdar
One to Watch – Kate Stayman-London
The Last Flight – Julie Clark

– Also Mentioned –
Book By Book Blog
Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism – Dr. Maysa Akbar
True Grit – Charles Portis
The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
The Dance of Intimacy – Harriet Lerner
The New Yorker
Madeline Miller
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna

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Episode One Hundred Four Show Notes

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– 14th Readalong discussion–
Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.
– Currently Reading –
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers – edited Natalie Eve Garrett (EF)
Empire of Wild – Cherie Dimaline (CW) release date July 28, 2020Building Your Ideal Private Practice – Lynn Grodzki (CW)(audio)

– Just Read –
Friends and Strangers – J. Courtney Sullivan (EF) release date June 30, 2020Mother Land – Lea Franqui (EF) release date July 14, 2020
Shelter – Jung Yun (EF) (audio)
Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism – Dr. Maysa Akbar (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –
We had a joint jaunt as GUESTS on Our Mystery Man John Valeri’s YouTube channel, Central Booking. You can watch the interview HERE.

Emily attended an event through The Strand Bookstore. Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half, was in conversation with Gloria Edim, author of Well-Read Black Girl.

Chris attended the 65th Annual Willa Cather spring conference: Untethered Cather on the Cusp of the 1920’s. The focus this year was on Cather’s book of short stories Youth and the Bright Medusa. She enjoyed sessions that included author Erica Ryan discussing her book When the World Broke in Two: The Roaring Twenties and the Dawn of America’s Culture Wars and Alex Ross discussing his book releasing on September 15, 2020, Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music.

Chris browsed inside two bookstores, Breakwater Books in Guilford,CT where she purchased How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson. She also visited Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily will be attending a virtual event via Politics & Prose with Megha Mujumdar, author of A Burning, in conversation with C. Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold.

Chris will attend a virtual event on June 10 at Savoy Bookshop & Café. Erica Ruth Neubaur will discuss her book Murder at Mena House with Juliet Grames. Read Chris’s review here.

On June 11, Chris will tune in to hear author Irene Butter discuss her book Shores Beyond Shores via CapRadio Reads. You can register here.

– Upcoming Reads –
Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts (EF)
How to Write Non-Fiction: Turn Your Knowledge Into Words – Joana Penn (CW)

– Author Spotlight with Jung Yun –
We were thrilled to welcome author Jung Yun to discuss her book, Shelter.
You can learn more about Jung here including news about her forthcoming novel, O Beautiful.

– Also Mentioned –
All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
The Marrow Thieves – Cherie Dimaline
Twelve Months To Your Ideal Private Practice: A Workbook – Lynn Grodzki
Matterhorn – Karl Marlantes
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century – Alex Ross
Kramerbooks
Book By Book Blog
The Creative Pen podcast

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Episode One Hundred Three Show Notes KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading –
Chris dnf’d The Keep – Jennifer Egan (CW)
Resurrection Bay (Caleb Zelic #1) – Emma Viskic (EF)
Friends and Strangers – J. Courtney Sullivan (EF) release date June 30, 2020The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York – Matthew Goodman (CW)
A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion – Fay Bound Alberti (CW) (audio)

– Just Read –
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen – Lucy Knisley (EF)
Redhead by the Side of the Road – Anne Tyler (EF)
Three-Fifths – John Vercher (EF)

– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.James Wood’s review can be read here.
Jenny Erpenbeck and Claire Messud in conversation.

– (Couch) Biblio Adventures –
We hosted our own biblio adventure, a virtual readalong discussion of Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck. If you would like to join us for future discussions please subscribe to our newsletter.

Emily attended a Zoom event via RJ Julia Bookseller’s talking with Anna Solomon about her new novel The Book of V.

Chris attended two virtual events: A Q&A with Jennifer Egan and Johnny Temple about her novel The Keep, you can watch it here. A conversation with Tim Gunn and Stacy Schiff about her book Cleopatra.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily will be attending a virtual event via the Center for Fiction: Roxane Gay in conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn about the paperback release of her novel Patsy.
Roxane Gay is offering a free digital care package – check it out here.

Chris will be attending the 65th Annual Willa Cather spring conference: Untethered Cather on the Cusp of the 1920’s on June 4-6, 2020. The focus is on Cather’s book of short stories Youth and the Bright Medusa.

– Upcoming Reads –
Chris is joining in The Sandy Point Correspondence Club and will be reading O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir – Natasha Trethewey (EF) release date 7/28/20
Dear Emmie Blue – Lia Louis (EF) release date 7/14/20Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close – Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman (EF) release date 7/14/20

– Author Spotlight with Emma Viskic –
Emma is the author of the Caleb Zelic series: Resurrection Bay, And Fire Came Down, and Darkness for Light
You can learn more about Emma Viskic HERE.

Emma toured the United States with fellow Aussie writers: Jock Serong, Sulari Gentill, Robert Gott

– Also Mentioned –
Also by Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad and Manhattan Beach
Also by J. Courtney Sullivan: Maine, Saints for All Occasions, The Engagements, Commencement
Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Claire Messud
The Trial – Kafka Franz
Call Your Girlfriend Podcast
American Writers Museum
Australian Women Writers Challenge

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Episode One Hundred Two Show Notes KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE
Our conversation about the book will air on May 26th
– Currently Reading –
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky) (EF)

– Just Read –Modern Scholars Series: The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fiction – Jenna Blum (CW)(audio)
Want – Lynn Steger Strong (EF) release date July 7, 2020
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life – Joan D. Hedrick (CW)
The Late Bloomer’s Club – Louise Miller (EF)
The Country of the Pointed of Firs – Sarah Orne Jewett (CW)
Real Life – Brandon Taylor (EF)
Me and Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline – Loretta Young, Patsy Lynn Russell (CW)

– (Couch) Biblio Adventures –
Chris attended a virtual event through The Center for Fiction: Crime Fiction Writers talk Favorite Films and Books with Megan Abbott, Alison Gaylin, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski, Lauren Wilkinson

Emily attended a virtual event at Reads & Company Bookshop with author’s Mary Beth Keane and Juliet Grames

The Books on the Nightstand: Trapped at Home video can be watched HERE

Emily recommends three podcasts:
Unlocking Us – Brené Brown
Sugar Calling – Cheryl Strayed
Home Cooking – Samin Nosrat

– Upcoming Jaunts –
The Book Cougars are hosting a biblio adventure! Join us for a virtual discussion of our 13th readalong, Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck. The Zoom event will take place on Sunday, May 17th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to reserve your spot.

– Upcoming Reads –
A Small Thing to Want: stories – Shuly X. Cawood (CW)
The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York – Matthew Goodman (CW)
Redhead by the Side of the Road – Anne Tyler (EF)
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen – Lucy Knisley (EF)
A Bend in the Stars – Rachel Barenbaum (EF)

– Author Spotlight with Rachel Barenbaum –
A Bend in the Stars released in paperback on May 12, 2020
You can learn more about Rachel Barenbaum HERE
Rachel recommends Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy release date August 4, 2020
– Also Mentioned –
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
The Stand – Stephen King
Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry
Newburyport Literary Festival
Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
Catherine Beecher
The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
William Gilmore Simms
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living – Louise Miller
A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
R.J. Julia Booksellers
Loretta Lynn: Coalminer’s Daughter
Judy Blume
Margaret Atwood
The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott
GrubStreet

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– Currently Reading –
Kill Creek – Scott Thomas (CW)
Valentine – Elizabeth Whetmore(EF)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life – Joan D. Hedrick (CW)
The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age – David Callahan (EF)

– Just Read –
The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott (CW)(EF)
See our BookTube video discussion here
Read Chris’s review of the book on her blog hereSeparation Anxiety – Laura Zigman (EF)

– Interview with Annie Philbrick –
Owner of Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT and Savoy Bookshop and Café in Westerly, RI and Board Member of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC)
If you want to see Reese’s Bookclub announcement about her partnership with BINC on Instagram click here
To contribute to the bookstore’s Go Fund Me campaign click here.

– Author Spotlight with Shuly Cawood –
For more information about Shuly’s book, A Small Thing to Want: stories, click here.
You can sign up for her newsletter here
You can sign up for her blog here.

– Also Mentioned –
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins
Animal Husbandry – Laura Zigman
Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel and The Men We Reaped: A Memoir – Jesmyn Ward
Roman Fever – Edith Wharton

Episode Ninety Nine Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE
Our conversation about the book will air on May 26th
– Currently Reading –
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (EF) release date June 2, 2020The Odyssey – Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (CW)
the audio version by Clare Danes can be found here

– Just Read –
One Moonlit Night – Caradog Prichard (translated by Philip Mitchell) (CW)
You can learn more about the Wales Readathon 2020 HEREHide Away – Jason Pinter (EF)
The Woman in the Dark – Vanessa Savage (CW)
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives – Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch (EF)
Two Friends – Willa Cather (CW)
Be a part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project HEREThe Giant’s House – Elizabeth McCracken (EF)
Murder at the Mena House – Erica Ruth Neubauer (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris did some curbside book shopping at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison and Breakwater Books in Guilford and drove by the renovation project of the Scranton Public Library in Madison.
Emily has been enjoying listening to various authors on social media reading aloud and reminisced about reading Summerland by Michael Chabon to her children back in the day.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily plans to start Little Fires Everywhere streaming on HULU based on the novel of the same name by Celest Ng.
Chris is meeting with her bookclub virtually to discuss The Gardens of Emily Dickinson by Judith Farr and also Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life: The Plant’s and Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell.
A Mighty Blaze virtual book tour brought to you by Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum

– Upcoming Reads –
U-505: The Final Journey – James E. Wise (CW)
The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott (CW)(EF)

– Also Mentioned –
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The Mothers – Brit Bennett / Emily discussed this book on Episode 8 and Episode 35
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett
You can learn more about Jason Pinter’s Henry Parker series HERE
Amityville Horror – Jay Anson
Grey Matter Books
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

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Episode Ninety Eight Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE
Our conversation about the book will air on May 26th

– Currently Reading –One Moonlit Night – Caradog Prichard (translated by Niall Griffiths) (CW)
You can learn more about the Wales Readathon 2020 HERE
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed – Lori Gottlieb (EF)(audio)
The Odyssey – Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (CW)
the audio version by Clare Danes can be found here
Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters (CW)

– Just Read –
The Literature of Wales – Dafydd Johnston (CW)
You can read Chris’s review of the book HEREA Small Thing to Want – Shuly X. Cawood (EF) release date May 3, 2020
This Town Sleeps – Dennis E. Staples (EF)
Who Is Vera Kelly? – Rosalie Knecht (EF)
Big Summer – Jennifer Weiner (EF) release date May 19, 2020
Dominicana – Angie Cruz (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –
Emily visited Peregrine Book Company in Prescott, AZ and The Literate Lizard in Sedona, AZ

Oprah SuperSoul Sunday interview with Malcolm Gladwell can be found HERE

Apple TV – Oprah Bookclub American Dirt

Chris spent three days in the archives of the New York Public Library

– Upcoming Jaunts –
A Mighty Blaze virtual book tour brought to you by Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum
Caroline Leavitt’s Blog has a lot of author interviews

Chris and Emily are hoping to watch the film, Pokot (Spoor), based on the novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

It’s a great time to start a book series, read a book and watch the movie adaptation. Some examples:

Tipping the Velvet mini-series

Slumdog Millionaire based on the book Q & A by Vikas Swarup

– Upcoming Reads –
The Whole Fish: New Ways to Cook, Eat, and Think – Josh Niland (CW)
Two Friends – Willa Cather (CW)
What are We For?: The Words and Ideals of Eleanor Roosevelt – Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Pelosi (EF)
Dare to Be You: Inspirational Advice for Girls on Finding Your Voice, Leading Fearlessly, and Making a Difference – Marianne Schnall (EF)
Leading the Way: Inspiring Words for Women on How to Live and Lead with Courage, Confidence, and Authenticity – Marianne Schnall (EF)
The Feminist Handbook: Practical Tools to Resist Sexism and Dismantle the Patriarchy – Joanne L. Bagshaw (EF)

– Also Mentioned –
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
Becoming – Michelle Obama
The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature – Geraint Evans
The Davinci Code – Dan Brown
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America – Erik Larson
Printer’s Row Lit Fest
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins
Cruel Beautiful World – Caroline Leavitt
With or Without You – Caroline Leavitt
Newburyport Literary Festival
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

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– Lucky 13th Readalong –
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE
Our conversation about the book will air on May 26th

– Currently Reading –The Odyssey – Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (CW)
the audio version by Clare Danes can be found here
This Town Sleeps – Dennis E. Staples (EF)

– Just Read –A Good Marriage: A Novel – Kimberly McCreight (EF) release date May 5, 2020My Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists – Tracy Walder, Jessica Anya Blau (CW)
Lakewood – Megan Giddings release date March 24, 2020The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel – Grady Hendrix (CW) release date April 7, 2020See his website to see his other books
The Red Lotus – Chris Bohjalian (EF) release date March 17, 2020The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe (CW)
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home – Tembi Locke (EF) (audio)

Old Mrs. Harris – Willa Cather
Part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project on Chris’s Blog

– Biblio Adventures –Emily visited Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, MA

Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester to celebrate the release of Simone St James’s new book The Sun Down Motel where she was in conversation with Jennifer McMahon. They also did some Shirley Jackson fangirling in North Bennington on the way, including the John G. McCullough Free Library.

Emily had a couch Biblio Adventure watching Oprah’s Vision 2020 Tour with Michelle Obama

Chris visited the Jefferson Market Library and the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library in New York City.

– Upcoming Jaunts –March 7 – Nationwide anniversary celebrations of the Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

March 15 – Chris Bohjalian will be at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NH

On May 9, 2020 we will be co-hosting Kimberly McCreight with BOOK CLUB on the Go at Wood Memorial Library in South Windsor, CT. You can preorder the book here.

– Upcoming Reads –A Small Thing to Want – Shuly X. Cawood (EF) release date May 3, 2020Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo (EF)
Black is the Body: Stories of My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and My Time – Emily Bernard (CW)
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau – Michael Zapata (CW)

– Conversation with Ashley Olson from the National Willa Cather Center –
https://www.willacather.org/
You can donate to the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future here

– Also Mentioned –Reading Envy podcast
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Impossible Fortress
Brené Brown
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Nikki McClure
The Invited
The Librarian Is In podcast

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Episode Ninety Six Show Notes KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading –The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe (CW)
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home – Tembi Locke (EF)
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel – Grady Hendrix (CW) release date April 7, 2020
A Good Marriage: A Novel – Kimberly McCreight (EF) release date May 5, 2020

– Just Read –Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know – Malcolm Gladwell (EF) (audio)
The Sun Down Motel – Simone St. James (CW)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed – Lori Gottlieb (CW)
My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strouth (CW)
Chris DNF’d:
River – Esther Kinsky, Iain Galbraith (translator)
Blood Countess (A Ldy Slayers Novel) – Lana Popovic

– Biblio Adventures –We went on a joint jaunt to see the Broadway production of My Name is Lucy Barton based on the book by Elizabeth Strout.
Chris visited the New York Public Library and worked in the Dewitt Wallace Periodical Room before the play and also visited Books Kinokuniya
Emily took Aunt Ellen and the Gentleman Caller to McNally Jackson where she purchased two books:
Black is the Body: Stories of My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and My Time – Emily Bernard
Night Theater – Vikram Paralkar

– Upcoming Jaunts –May 1-2 – Booktopia 2020 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT

– Conversation with Dafydd Wood from Northshire Bookstore –Here is the newsletter that shares everything you need to know about Booktopia 2020.
Or, you can see the list of books and authors that will be featured on the website HERE.
Note: You need to purchase tickets before you can receive the 20% discount.

Facebook Fans of Booktopia page

Dafydd also mentions:
The Guest Book: A Novel – Sarah Blake
Who is Vera Kelly? – Rosalie Knecht

– 12th Readalong discussion– Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.
Sloan Croasley NY Times review
New Yorker profile on Olga by author Ruth Franklin
William Blake poem Proverbs of HellThe book has been made into a film titled: Pokot (Spoor)

– Also Mentioned –Bryan at Still an Unfinished Person Blog
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins
The Street – Ann Petry
Passing – Nella Larsen
Phillis Wheatley
Attica Locke
See more about Kimberly McCreight’s novels HERE
Revisionist History podcast
See more about Elizabeth Strout’s novels HERE
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser
Reading Envy podcast

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Episode Ninety Five Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading –Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed – Lori Gottlieb (CW)
Northernmost – Peter Geye (EF) release date April 14, 2020Winterlust: Finding Beauty in the Fiercest Season – Bernd Brunner (CW)
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories – Lucia Berlin (EF)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life – Joan D. Hedrick (CW)

– Just Read –Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator) (CW)
Recipe for a Perfect Wife – Karma Brown (EF)
Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North – Katherine Keith (CW)
Read Chris’s review on her blog.Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid (EF)
Lighthouse Road and Wintering – Peter Geye (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –Chris and Emily went on two jaunts:
Matthew Goodman at the JCC of New Haven discussing his book The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team and Jeanine Cummins at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison discussing her book American Dirt

Chris caught up with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri, at the Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore where she bought two books by Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories and In the Dream House.

Emily went on a quick trip to Philadelphia where she visited: Shakespeare & Co, The Rosenbach, Penn Bookstore, Penn Book Center, The Last Word Bookshop

Chris had a couch biblio adventure with a friend watching the Bella Lugosi version of Dracula and also went to bid adieu to our buddy Elissa Sweet at Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT.

– Upcoming Jaunts –February 18, 2020 – Chris and Emily are going on a joint jaunt to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester to celebrate the release of Simone St. James new book The Sun Down Motel.

– Upcoming Reads –Mayo Clinic on Digestive Health: How to Prevent and Treat Common Stomach and Gut Problems – Dr. Sahil Khanna, M.B.B.S. (CW)
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters – Kate Murphy (CW)

– Author Spotlight –Matthew Goodman author of:
The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World
The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York
Jewish Food: The World at Table
Matthew is inspired by the works of: Joan Didion, Robert Caro, Colum McCann
Saul Bellow: “A writer is a reader moved to emulation.”
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers award winners that Matthew hinted about.

– 12th Readalong – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. Our conversation about the book will air on February 18th.

– Also Mentioned –
So Long – Lucia Berlin
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World – Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst (Translator)

The River – Peter Heller
PJ Our Way – receive books with Jewish themes
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions – Valeria Luiselli
American Factory
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
Dracula – Bram Stoker
The Broken Girls – Simone St .James
The Invited – Jennifer McMahon
Suzanne Clauser
Shuly Cawood
Ten Days in a Madhouse – Nelly Bly
Seabiscuit: An American Legend – Laura Hillenbrand
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary –Simon Winchester
Let the Great World Spin – Colum McCann
NPR’s Latino USA: Digging Into American Dirt

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Episode Ninety Four Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading –Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North – Katherine Keith (CW) (release date 2/4/2020)Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW) (audio)
Recipe for a Perfect Wife – Karma Brown (EF)
Say Nothing: A True Story of Memory and Murder in Northern Ireland – Patrick Radden Keefe (EF)(audio)
The Truth About Magic: Poems – Atticus (EF)

– Just Read –Shadows on the Rock – Willa Cather (CW)
When They Let Them Bleed – Tod Goldberg (EF)
Astrology for the Soul – Jan Spiller (CW)
The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes (EF)
Emily DNF’d: The Innocents – Michael Crummey (EF)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk (EF)
Chris put a book aside: Murder at the Breakers – Alyssa Maxwell (CW)
Dear Edward – Ann Napolitano (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –Emily started the Modern Love TV series on Amazon Prime based on Modern Love essays from the NY Times, and binged the entire first season of Virgin River on Netflix based on the book series by Robyn Carr
Chris is watching the Good Witch and binged the BBC Dracula mini-series on Netflix
Chris went to the New Haven Public Library to learn more about their Local History Room

– Upcoming Jaunts –January 21 ,2020– Matthew Goodman at the JCC of New Haven discussing his book The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team
January 23, 2020 – Jeanine Cummins will be at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison to discuss her book American Dirt
May 1-2, 2020 – Booktopia at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT

– Upcoming Reads –Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe (CW)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life – Joan D. Hedrick (CW)
River – Esther Kinsky, Iain Galbraith (translator) (CW)
part of the Reading More German Books 2020 challenge – see their Goodreads PageSuch a Fun Age – Kiley Reid (EF)
The Red Lotus – Chris Bohjalian (EF) release date 3/17/20Northernmost – Peter Geye (EF) release date 4/14/20
the two other books in the Eide family trilogy, available now: Lighthouse Road and Wintering

– 12th Readalong – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. Our conversation about the book will air on February 18th.

– Also Mentioned –Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America – Elizabeth Wurtzel
to learn more about her life, read her NY Times obituaryLiterary Disco podcast
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek – Kim Michele Richardson
controversy surrounding this book can be read HERE Sweetland – Michael Crummey
Reading Envy podcast
William Blake
A Good Hard Look – Ann Napolitano
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Harriet Beecher Stowe Society

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Episode Ninety Three Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

– 12th Readalong – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. Our conversation about the book will air on February 18th.

– Currently Reading –The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (CW) release date January 14, 2020The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics: Feminine Pursuits – Olivia Waite (CW)

Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North – Katherine Keith (CW)
The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes (EF)

– Just Read –A Death in the Dessert – Willa Cather (CW)
part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectNothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson (EF)
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s review in the NY Times can be found HEREA Burning –Megha Majumdar (EF) release date June 2, 2020The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa (EF)
Ann Kingman talked about this book on Episode 86The Shape of Night – Tess Gerritsen (EF)
Everything My Mother Taught Me – Alice Hoffman (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to see the new Little Women movie directed by Greta Gerwig
Emily went to see the movie JoJo Rabbit based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
Chris visited Puck’s Books in Essex, Connecticut and Our Lady of Grace Monastery bookstore

– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris is planning to start the Dracula mini-series on Netflix
January 15, 2020 – New Haven Public Library is hosting an event to learn more about their Local History Room
January 23, 2020 – Jeanine Cummins will be at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison to discuss her book American Dirt
February 8, 2020 – We will head on a joint jaunt to see the broadway production of My Name is Lucy Barton based on the book by Elizabeth Strout

– Chris and Emily Top Reads of 2019 –Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions – Valeria Luiselli (EF)
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser (CW)

Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW) audio
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)
How We Fight For Our Lives – Saeed Jones (EF)
Friday Black – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (EF)
Miracle Creek – Angie Kim (EF)
Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna – Juliet Grames (EF)
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (CW)
A Student of History – Nina Revoyr (CW)
The River – Peter Heller (CW)(EF)
Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee (CW)
The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (CW)
The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose (CW)
True Grit – Charles Portis (CW)
The Invited – Jennifer McMahon (CW)
Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)
Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW)
Ask Again, Yes – Mary Beth Keane (EF)
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins (EF)
If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca Marais (CW)(EF)
Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (EF)

– Author Spotlight –Jess Montgomery author of The Hollows (Kinship #2)
Jess was also with us on Episode 68 discussing The Widows (Kinship #1)
If you want more information about Jess check out her website.

– Also Mentioned –Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters
Me Before You – Jojo Moyes
The Family Fang – Kevin Wilson
Darkness for Light (Caleb Zelic #3) – Emma Viskic
Fleishman Is in Trouble – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Ep 53 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Ep 55 March by Geraldine Brooks
Ep 57 Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
Orchard House
Little Women movie circa 1933
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts
Mel’s Bookland Adventures
Britta Bohler - The Second Shelf
Minotaur Books
Louise Penny Three Pines Series
Pulpwood Queens Book Club
Tucson Festival of Books

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Episode Ninety Two Show Notes
CW = Chris WolaK and EF = Emily Fine

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– 12th Readalong – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. Our conversation about the book will air on February 18th.

– Currently Reading –Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson (EF)
The Companion – Kim Taylor Blakemore (CW) release date January 14, 2020

– Just Read –
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser (CW)
The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (EF) release date January 14, 202024/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week – Tiffany Shlain (CW)
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (EF)
Darkness for Light (Caleb Zelic #3) – Emma Viskic (CW) release date June 9, 2020 in the USAFar from the Tree – Robin Benway (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –Emily watched The Great Santini based on the book by Pat Conroy
Chris visited Newport, Rhode Island and saw two houses: The Breakers and Marble House. She also discovered a murder mystery that is set in these houses: Gilded Newport Mystery Series

– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily both hope to see the new Little Women movie directed by Greta Gerwig
January 23, 2020 – Jeanine Cummins will be at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison to discuss her book American Dirt

– Upcoming Reads –The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (CW) release date January 14, 2020In West Mills – De’Shawn Charles Winslow (EF)
Who Asked You? – Terry Mcmillan (EF)
Heaven, My Home – Attica Locke (EF)

– Author Spotlight –We got a chance to speak with Heather Harper Ellett author of Ain’t Nobody Nobody
Heather gained an interest in science writing after reading the work of David Quammen
She re-reads the following novels for inspiration:
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides
You can follow Heather on Twitter @heatherellett

– Also Mentioned –Flights – Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)
The Family Fang – Kevin Wilson
The Widows (Kinship #1) – Jess Montgomery
Resurrection Bay and And Fire Came Down – Emma Viskic
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity – Andrew Solomon
Literary Disco
Anna Quindlen
Anne Boyd Rioux
Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back – Terry McMillan
Bluebird, Bluebird – Attica Locke

Episode Ninety One Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
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– 12th Readalong –
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator) The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. Our conversation about the book will air on February 18th.
– Currently Reading –
The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (EF)
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser (CW)
The Yellow House – Sarah M. Broom (EF)
Farmer Boy – Laura Ingalls Wilder (CW)

– Just Read –
Thin Ice: A Mystery – Paige Shelton (CW)

The Great Believers – Rebecca Makkai (EF)
The Sculptor’s Funeral – Willa Cather (CW)
part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectThe Great Santini – Pat Conroy (EF)
Sourdough – Robin Sloan (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –
Emily took a trip to Portland, Maine and visited Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shops and Longfellow Books
Aunt Ellen discovered the Common Books Bookcart where she bought us a copy of Margaret Atwood’s Selected Poems which was published in 1976. You can follow the cart and purchase books by going to Brittany’s Instagram account.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris will attend an adaptation of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory at the Theatre Artists Workshop in Norwalk, CT

– Upcoming Reads –
How Not to Die Alone – Richard Roper (EF)
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition – Buddy Levy (CW)
The Night Watchman – Louise Erdrich (EF) release date March 3, 2020
Darkness for Light – Emma Viskic release date June 9, 2020

– Also Mentioned –
Nobel Prize in Literature
Peter Handke
Canada – Richard Ford
Harper Lee
Jacqueline Woodson
The Booker Prizes
Margaret Atwood
Bernardine Evaristo
Shamus Award
Road to Perdition – Max Allen Collins
Flights – Olga Tokarczuk
The Widows (Kinship #1) – Jess Montgomery
Wifey – Judy Blume
National Book Awards
Patricia Cornwell
Youth and the Bright Medusa – Willa Cather
South of Broad – Pat Conroy
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel – Robin Sloan
Print: A Bookstore in Portland, Maine
Osprey Island – Thisby Niessen
Louise Penny
In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Every Man Dies Alone – Hans Fallada
Resurrection Bay and And Fire Came Down – Emma Viskic
Book Depository
Harry Potter
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Book Review Podcast
Motherless Brooklyn – Jonathan Lethem

Episode Ninety Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– 90th Episode Giveaway – enter to win by December 1, 2019
Through the Bookstore Window – Bill Petrocelli
In Pieces – Sally Field
Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny

– Currently Reading –
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser (CW)
Farmer Boy – Laura Ingalls Wilder (CW)
The Great Santini – Pat Conroy (EF)

– Just Read –
Little House in the Big Woods – Laura Ingalls Wilder illustrated by Garth Williams( CW)
This Tender Land – William Kent Kreuger (EF)
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (CW)
Friday Black – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (EF)
Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life – Susan Nolen-Hoeksema (CW)
The Last Book Party – Karen Dukess (EF)
Smedley – Jeff McComsey (CW)
Red at the Bone – Jaqueline Woodson (EF) (audio)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Happier Hour an Evening with Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft hosts of the Happier Podcast in Providence, RI. You can look for their upcoming events HERE.

Chris went to see Richard J. King at Bank Square Books to hear him discuss his new book Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of “Moby-Dick” .

Emily went to the Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival highlights included:
The Price of Everything movie – director Nathaniel Kahn
Authors: Lionel Shriver, Deborah Eisenberg, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, David W. Blight, Judge Richard Gergel, Joyce Carol Oates, Rebecca Makkai, Bill Goldstein. She also visited Buxton Books and Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston.

Emily went to Breakwater Books to hear Juliet Grames discuss her book The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna.

– Holiday Gift Ideas –
1. Custom Embossed Leather Notebook
2. Panasonic Earbuds with microphone model RP-TCM125-K
3. Literary Card Decks
4. Believer Magazine
5. Rolling Library Cart (check out these suppliers: Demco, Brodart, The Library Store)
6. DIY project: watercolor paper and put quotes on them. Cut them into small pieces and place magnets behind or make into bookmarks.
7. Take a friend on a bookish jaunt

– Also Mentioned –
Gibson’s Bookstore
South of Broad – Pat Conroy
Bear Pond Books
Stuart Little – EB White
Ordinary Grace – William Kent Kreuger
Ink and Paper Blog Booktube
Fubar, Volume 2: Empire of the Rising Dead – Jeff McComsey
War is a Racket – General Smedley D. Butler
The Devil’s Cormorant: A Natural History – Richard King

Episode Eighty Eight Show Notes
Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!
If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.

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– 11th Readalong –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. We will record with Min on October 30th.

– Currently Reading –
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (CW)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott (EF)

– Just Read –
The Professor’s House – Willa Cather (CW)
The Gifted School – Bruce Holsinger (EF)
A Wagner Matinée – Willa Cather (CW)
part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins (EF) release date January 21, 2020
Thoughts in Solitude – Thomas Murton (CW)
In Pieces – Sally Field (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –
Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers to see Karl Marlantes talk about his new book Deep River and to see Daniel Leader discuss his new book Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making.

Chris watched the movie Late Night

Chris hosted The Willa Cather Book Club at Wood Memorial Library where they discussed The Professor’s House

Emily watched the first part of Big Little Lies based on the novel by Liane Moriarty

Emily went on a jaunt to NYC and saw the Jefferson Market Library and saw the play Sunday by Jack Thorne

Chris and Emily attended the Hachette Book Group Bookclub Brunch in New York City:
Sally Field in conversation with her editor Millicent Bennett
Emma Straub in conversation with Susannah Cahalan discussing her books The Great Pretender and Brain On Fire
Nonfiction Panel:
Moderator Bill Goldstein – The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature
Ryan Leigh Dostie – Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line
Leslie Jamison – Make It Scream, Make It Burn
Mychal Denzel Smith – Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education
Fiction Panel:
Moderator Karen Kosztolnyik, VP, Editor in Chief for Grand Central Publishing
Kira Jane Buxton – Hollow Kingdom
Leni Zumas – Red Clocks
Alix E. Harrow – The Ten Thousand Doors of January

– Upcoming Adventures –
November 1, 2019 – Happier Hour an Evening with Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft hosts of the Happier Podcast
November 7-10, 2019 – Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival

– Upcoming Reads –
Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State – Nick Neely (CW)
The Shape of Night – Tess Gerritsen (EF)
All the F*cking Mistakes: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life – Gigi Engle (EF)

– Also Mentioned –
How We Fight For Our Lives – Saeed Jones
On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft – Stephen King
BOOK CLUB On the Go
A Lantern in Her Hand – Bess Streeter Aldrich
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions – Valeria Luiselli
The Seven Storey Mountain – Thomas Murton
Matterhorn – Karl Marlantes
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
NaNoWriMo
Maxwell Perkins
Look Homeward, Angel – Thomas Wolfe
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant – Anne Tyler
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder
Will Schwalbe