Episode 075: 2 Picks from Oprah Magazine's list of the most anticipated books of 2021! The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray and Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

We were talking about celebrity book clubs and how Oprah Winfrey really revitalized the idea of having Book Clubs when she had the Oprah Winfrey Show. This became such a huge success in getting people interested in reading and discussing books again. We looked at her master list starting in September of 1996 and she had 86 books total over the last couple of decades. Other popular book clubs are Read With Reese and Read With Jenna. We just love empowered women empowering other women! Because of this discussion we then looked at what else was going on with Ms. Winfrey and books because we love hunting up new titles! Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead and The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray both come from a list of more than 50 books O Magazine is hotly anticipating in 2021!

Correction From Episode 65: Gilead was not #2 in the Great American Read it was actually number 84. Thank you to listener (and friend!) Shauna for contacting us with the correct information! We appreciate you Shauna!

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Books Mentioned

Sunshine Girl by Julianna Margulies

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray

The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Circling the Sun by Paula McLaine

West with the Night by Beryl Markham

Media Mentioned

Escape to the Chateau on Peacock Channel

Highclere Castle

Where Downton Abbey was filmed - from PBS

Sites Mentioned

Château de Chavaniac - Lafayette also known as Le Manoir des Deux Mondes, France

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