Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read

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February 19, 2019 Episode 70 - Author Spotlight with Virginia Sole-Smith and A Giveaway!
Episode Seventy Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– 70th Episode Giveaway –
The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-Smith
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America – Nancy Maclean
The Flight Attendant – Chris Bohjalian
Reconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreight
– 10th Readalong –
True Grit – Charles Portis
Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.
– Currently Reading –
The Street – Ann Petry (CW)
The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary (EF) (release date 5/28/19)
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill (CW)
– Just Read –
Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir – Ruth Reichl (EF) (release date 4/2/19)
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)
Shadow Daughter: A Memoir of Estrangement – Harriet Brown (EF)
Golden Child – Claire Adam (EF)
More Than Words – Jill Santopolo (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris saw Roxane Gay at Yale University in conversation with Claudine Rankin on 2/5/19
To read Roxane’s essay about her weight loss surgery click HERE
Emily watched some book to TV/Movie adaptations:
The Sisters Brothers based on the book of the same title by Patrick dewitt
Killing Eve based on the book Codename Villanelle series by Luke Jennings
The Durrells in Corfu based on the book My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Chris is watching The Man in the High Castle based on the book of the same name by Philip K. Dick
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris will head to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT on 2/25/19 to see Pam Huston discuss her new book Deep Creek
Chris and Emily will catch up with Min Jin Lee at Yale University on 2/18/19
Emily is heading to Infinity Hall in Hartford on 2/23/19 to see a SpeakUp Storytelling event

Chris and Emily are heading to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on 2/21/19
And one more joint jaunt on 3/5/19 to see a panel including Roxane Gay discussing Writing Trauma at Yale University

– Upcoming Reads –
An Untamed State – Roxane Gay (CW)
Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir – Cinelle Barnes (EF)
The Crate: A Story of War, A Murder, And Justice – Deborah Vadas Levison (EF)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger – Lee Israel (CW)
No Traveller Returns – Louis L’Amour, Beau L’Amour (CW)
Willa Cather Selected Stories: Flavia and Her Artists – Willa Cather (CW)
Willa Cather Short Story Project on WildmooBooks
– Author Spotlight –
We got the chance to catch up with Virginia Sole-Smith author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America
To find out what Virginia is up to go to: https://virginiasolesmith.com/
Virginia co-hosts a podcast with her friend Amy Palanjian: Comfort Food Podcast
– Also Mentioned –
Ryan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my.books.my.shelf/
Bridget Jones Diary – Helen Fielding
Voxer
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
Shawn the Book Maniac
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table – Ruth Reichl
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West – Tom Clavin
The Light We Lost – Jill Santopolo
Citizen: An American Lyric – Claudine Rankin
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay
Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories – Pam Houston
Ellen Satter Institute
1 hr 39 min
February 05, 2019 Episode 69 - A Joint Jaunt to Yale University aka "Searching for Rory Gilmore"
Episode Sixty Nine Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– 10th Readalong –
True Grit – Charles Portis
Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.
– Just Read –
We each had a DNF:
An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery – Rachel May (CW)
I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff – Abi Jacobson (EF)
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love – Dani Shapiro (EF)
The River – Peter Heller (CW)(EF) (release date 3/5/19)
Read Chris’s review of the book on her blog
French Exit – Patrick Dewitt (EF)
A Student of History – Nina Revoyr (CW) (release date 3/5/19)
The Best American Short Stories 2018 – edited by Roxane Gay (EF)
– Currently Reading –
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir – Ruth Reichl (EF) (release date 4/2/19)
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays – Alexander Chee (CW)
Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking – Samin Nosrat (EF)
11/22/63 – Stephen King (EF)(audio)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris visited the Newberry Library while she was visiting Chicago
January 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
January 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale University

Emily watched the movie The Wife based on the book of the same name by Meg Wolitzer
Chris stayed close to home and cleaned up her Goodreads TBR list
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris is going to see Roxane Gay at Yale University on 2/5/19
On February 13, 2019 at RJ Julia Madison, Emily is going to see Linda Cohen Loigman, author of The Wartime Sisters, and Jane Healey, author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club, moderated by Robin Kall
Chris and Emily are heading to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston
– Upcoming Reads –
Golden Child – Claire Adam (EF)
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)
Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)
Willa Cather Selected Stories – Willa Cather (CW)
Willa Cather Short Story Project on WildmooBooks
– Also Mentioned –
Just the Right Book podcast with Dani Shapiro
Celine – Peter Heller
Deliverance – James Dickey
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet’s Tsangpo River – Peter Heller
Sisters Brothers – Patrick Dewitt
Broad City
The Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
Delicious! – Ruth Reichl
Elevation – Stephen King
American Writers Museum
Kathleen Rooney
Martin Seay
Amazing Adventures of Cavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West – Tom Clavin
Shawn the Book Maniac
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
Lee Israel
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Poet Mary Oliver passed away
Mornings at Blackwater
For years, every morning, I drank
from Blackwater Pond.
It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt,
the feet of ducks.
And always it assuaged me
from the dry bowl of the very far past.
What I want to say is
that the past is the past,
and the present is what your life is,
and you are capable
of choosing what that will be,
darling citizen.
So come to the pond,
or the river of your imagination,
or the harbor of your longing,
and put your lips to the world.
And live
your life.
1 hr 11 min
January 22, 2019 Episode 68 - The Widows by Jess Montgomery, Noah Webster House, True Grit and More!
Episode Sixty Eight Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine
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– 10th Readalong –
True Grit – Charles Portis
Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.
– Currently Reading –
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius (CW)
The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-Smith (EF)
The New York Times Best of the Week Series: Monday Crosswords: 50 Easy Puzzles – edited by Will Shortz (EF)
Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together – Rachel Wilkerson Miller (CW)
Die Drie !!! Vorsicht, Strandhaie! – Maja von Vogel – (CW)
– Just Read –
The Lost Man – Jane Harper (CW) (release date 2/5/19)
Clock Dance – Anne Tyler (EF)
Girls on the Line – Aimie K. Runyon (CW)(audio)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to the Noah Webster House in West Hartford and then worked at Noah Webster Library.
This American Life – Episode 664 Room of Requirement is all about libraries – give it a listen!
Emily went to NYC and saw the play Choir Boy written by Terrell Alvin McCraney
– Upcoming Jaunts –
January 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
January 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale University
Chris is heading to Chicago and will visit the Newberry Library
– Upcoming Reads –
An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery – Rachel May (CW)
Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy – edited by Nicole A. Seitz, Jonathan Haupt
– Author Interview –
Jess Montgomery author of The Widows (Kinship #1)
Authors that have inspired Jess: Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Daniel Woodrell (Winter’s Bone), Lori Roy (Let Me Die in His Footsteps, The Bent Road) The next book from Jess Montgomery: The Hallows (Kinship #2)
You can look for events and the release date of The Hallows at https://jessmontgomeryauthor.com/
– Also Mentioned –
Also by Jane Harper: The Dry and Force of Nature
Stephen Covey
Breakwater Books
Blackwing Pencils
Flatiron Books
Breathing Lessons – Anne Tyler
Make Trouble – Cecile Richards
Roxane Gay
Bastard Out of Carolina – Dorothy Allison
Why Read Moby-Dick? – Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe –Fannie Flagg
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk – Kathleen Rooney
Martin Seay
Alison Law – Literary Atlanta Podcast
Mixbook Photo Co.
Minotaur Press
1 hr 15 min
January 08, 2019 Episode 67 - We Would Love To Have YOU for Dinner!
Episode Sixty Seven Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– Currently Reading –
Girls on the Line – Aimie K. Runyon (CW)(audio)
Oceanic – Aimee Nezhukumatthil (CW)
The Lost Man – Jane Harper (CW)
Less – Andrew Sean Greer (EF)
Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give – Ada Calhoun (EF)
Clock Dance – Anne Tyler (EF)

– Just Read –
The Widows – Jess Montgomery (EF)(CW)
Chris DNF’d a few:
Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan (CW)
The Alumni Association – Michael Rudolph (CW)
Dark Streets, Cold Suburbs – Aimee Hix (CW)
Elevation – Stephen King (EF)
Mistletoe Murder – Leslie Meier (CW)
Lawn Boy – Jonathan Evison – (EF)
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions – Johann Hari (CW)
Girls & Boys – Dennis Kelly (EF)(audio – narrated by Carey Mulligan)
The Hunger – Alma Katsu (CW)
How to Start a Fire – Lisa Lutz (EF)
My Mortal Enemy – Willa Cather (CW)
The Sisters Brothers – Patrick Dewitt (EF)
The Incendiaries – R.O. Kwon (EF)
All the Names They Used for God – Anjali Sachdeva (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
January 17th – Willa Cather Book Club at Book Club Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT at 2:00
Emily went on a big adventure that included stops at:
Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe and Pegasus Books in Bend, Oregon
Book Train Books & Magazines and Book Grove in Glenwood Springs, CO
Summit County Library, Ole Man Berkins Used Books, and Breck Books in Breckenridge, CO and Tattered Cover Bookstore at the airport in Denver, CO
We watched some shows:
Dumplin’ based on the book by Julie Murphy
Birdbox movie based on the book by Josh Malerman
Salt Fat Acid Heat based on the book Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nasrat The Haunting of Hill House loosely based on the novel by Shirley Jackson
Adaptation based on the Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean
Tidying Up With Marie Kondo based on the novel The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris and Emily are going on a joint jaunt to Noah Webster House in West Hartford
Emily is heading to NYC to see the play Choir Boy written by Terrell Alvin Mccrary
January 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
January 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale University
– Upcoming Reads –
French Exit – Patrick Dewitt (EF)
The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-Smith (EF)
Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts – Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose (CW)

– Also Mentioned –
Also by Jane Harper: The Dry and Force of Nature
11/22/63 – Stephen King
Northshire Bookstore
Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving – Jonathan Evison
The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-1847 – Frank Mullen
Desperate Passage: The Donner Party’s Perilous Journey West – Ethan Rarick
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon
1 hr 6 min
December 25, 2018 Episode 66 - The World Premiere of the Radio Play: Yours In Words
Episode Sixty Six Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– On This Episode –
Grab some popcorn, get cozy, and comfortable!
We are so excited to present: Playwright, Laura Thoma’s world premiere of the radio version of her stage play: Yours In Words
You can contact Laura Thoma by visiting her website HERE.
– Also Mentioned –
Laura was also on Episode 19 with her book Mastering the Art of Self Expression: A Creative Journaling Workbook
The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real – Lisa Sonora Beam
The Playwright’s Guidebook – Stuart Spencer
Blackstone Public Library – Branford, CT
Blackstone Public Library – Chicago, IL
Downstage Center Podcast
MasterClass series
Theater Odyssey
The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
2 hr 5 min
December 11, 2018 Episode 65 - Bianca Marais author of Hum If You Don't Know the Words
Episode Sixty Five Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– Currently Reading –
Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)(audio)
Elevation – Stephen King (EF)
Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan (CW)
– Just Read –
Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny (CW)
His Favorites – Kate Walbert (EF)
Ayiti – Roxane Gay (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Virginia Sole-Smith discuss her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America.
Emily went to the Guilford Library to see Andre Dubus III discuss his new novel, Gone So Long.
Chris went to the Guilford Library to learn more about the return of black bears in Connecticut.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Book-It Repertory Theater – production of My Antonia
December 9, 2018 Chris and Emily will head on a joint jaunt to Concord, New Hampshire to see Louise Penny discuss her new book Kingdom of the Blind. The event is sponsored by the Capital Center for the Arts and Gibson’s Bookstore.
Emily is heading on a big trip to OR, CA and CO. Hopefully there will be some literary adventuring along the way.
– Upcoming Reads –
The Widows – Jess Montgomery
Passing – Nella Laursen
The Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (CW)
– Readalong #9 –
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais
Bianca is happy to join your book club discussion. Check out her website HERE.
If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca’s next book will be available July 16, 2019
– Also Mentioned –
Washington: A Life – Ron Chernow
Will Schwalbe
J.K. Rowling
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
Criminal Element
The Untamed State – Roxane Gay
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – Michael Pollan
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls – Robert M. Thorson
The Classics Club
James Benn – Billy Boyle series
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor Noah
Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
1 hr 6 min
November 27, 2018 Episode 64 - Our First Book Launch with Shuly Xochitl Cawood!
Episode Sixty Four Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
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– Readalong #9 –
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais
Have comments to us by December 6, 2018
– Currently Reading –
Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)(audio)
His Favorites – Kate Walbert (EF)
The Stan – Kevin Knodell, David Axe, Blue Delliquanti (CW)
The Grain Bowl – Nik Williamson (EF)
America: The Cookbook – Gabrielle Langholtz (EF)
– Just Read –
Becoming – Michelle Obama (EF)
Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW)
Lift and Separate - Marilyn Simon Rothstein (EF)
Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW)
The Proposal – Jasmine Guillory (EF)
The Vampires Heart (A Paranormal Lesbian Romance) – C.M. Blackwood (CW)
Sea Prayer – Khaled Hosseini, Dan Williams (EF)
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World – Sarah Weinman (CW)
– Biblio Adventures –
Sadly, the weather foiled our plans on November 15, 2018. Due to a snowstorm, we were unable to make it to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Jean P. Moore (Tilda’s Promise) in conversation with Cheryl Suchors (48 Peaks).
Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to see the movie Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Chris met up with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri, at Wesleyan RJ Julia in Middletown, CT.
Emily went to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT for small business Saturday.
Chris attended the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and also had a chance to walk through the Boston Central Public Library in Copley Square.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
November 27, 2018 Emily would like to visit RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Virginia Sole-Smith discuss her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America.
December 9, 2018 Chris and Emily will head on a joint jaunt to Concord, New Hampshire to see Louise Penny discuss her new book Kingdom of the Blind. The event is sponsored by the Capital Center for the Arts and Gibson’s Bookstore.
– Upcoming Reads –
Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny (CW)
Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (CW)
Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW)
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais (EF)
The Perfect Mother – Aimee Molloy (EF)
Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (EF)
Heads of the Colored People – Nafissa Thompson-Spires (EF)
The Patch – John McPhee (EF)
– Book Launch –
We had a chance to chat with Shuly Xochitl Cawood about her new book, 52 Things I wish I Could Have Told Myself When I Was 17, which is now available in Paperback and Kindle. You can order it HERE.
Shuly’s other book is The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir.
You can learn more about her at https://www.shulycawood.com/.
– Also Mentioned –
Ohio – Stephen Markley
Also by Marilyn Simon Rothstein: Husbands and Other Sharp Objects
Also by Jasmine Guillory: The Wedding Date
Roxane Gay
Also by Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
My Absolute Darling – Gabriel Tallent
A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Russell at Ink and Paper Blog
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) – Susan Smith
Also by Lee Israel: Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger
The Overstory – Richard Powers
Kimberly McCreight
Bookclub Bookstore & More
Also by John McPhee: Oranges
George Saunders
1 hr 12 min
November 13, 2018 Episode 63 - Born a Crime Readalong and 2018 Holiday Gift Giving
Episode Sixty Three Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.
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– Readalong #9 –Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisHave comments to us by December 6, 2018 // Goodreads discussion page is HERE
– Currently Reading –Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW)Kitchen – Banana Yoshimoto (EF)Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW)Florida – Lauren Groff (EF)The Craft of Research – Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. Fitzgerald (CW)Poetry Will Save Your Life – Jill Bialosky (EF)
– Just Read –Mr. Flood’s Last Resort (or The Hoarder) – Jess Kidd (EF)Ohio – Stephen Markley (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –Emily went to Book Trader in New Haven, CT and That Bookstore in Wethersfield, CT.
Chris went on a big adventure to Los Angeles, CA that included stops at:Universal Studios The Wizarding World of Harry PotterThe LA Public LibraryThe Last BookstoreBook Soup
– Upcoming Jaunts –November 14, 2018 Chris would like to visit BookClub Bookstore & More to see Kristin Tsetsi in conversation with Benjamin Thomas. Her book is The Age of the Child.November 15, 2018 Chris and Emily will go on a joint jaunt to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Jean P. Moore (Tilda’s Promise) in conversation with Cheryl Suchors (48 Peaks). November 29, 2018 at Guilford Library, Emily will go see Andre Dubus III discuss his new novel Gone So Long.
– Readalong #9 –Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor NoahGoodreads discussion page is HERE
– Holiday Gift Ideas –· Owl Eyeglasses Holder from Uncommon Goods· Alibabette Editions journals· Utilizing VistaPrint, Zazzle or Shutterfly, make a calendar out of favorite book covers and author photos· Unearth Women Magazine – The 1st Feminist Travel Magazine· Buy someone an E-Reader! · Nice set of markers – Emily has this set from Pentel· Mastering the Art of Self-Expression a creative journaling workbook by Laura Thoma· Shuly Cawood has a new inspirational gift book: 52 Things I wish I could have Told Myself when I was 17· Purchase a complete set of a favorite authors books· Purchase a book for someone that is in a foreign language· Literary Candles· Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle
– Also Mentioned – Also by Lauren Groff: Arcadia and Fates & Furies Alison Law – Literary AtlantaAlso by Stephen Markley: Publish This Book: The Unbelievable True Story of How I Wrote, Sold and Published This Very Book and Tales of Iceland The Library Book – Susan OrleanAlso by Andre Dubus III: Townie, and House of Sand and Fog, and Dirty LoveCarnegie’s Maid – Melodie BenjaminScribe of Siena – Melodie WinawerRussell – Ink and Paper BlogKinokuniya BookstoreThe Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xochitl CawoodLouise Penny
1 hr 16 min
October 30, 2018 Episode 62 - The Cougars Take Manhattan
Episode Sixty Two Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
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– Readalong’s 8 & 9 –
Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor Noah
Have comments to us by November 8, 2018
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais
Have comments to us by December 6, 2018
– Giveaway –
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– Currently Reading –
Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW)
Mr. Flood’s Last Resort (or The Hoarder) – Jess Kidd (EF)
The Monk – Matthew Lewis (CW)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – Anthony Bourdain (EF)(audio)
– Just Read –
Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa Cather (CW)
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America – Nancy MacLean (CW)
Fledgling – Octavia Butler (CW) (Chris wrote a review of the book on her blog. Click HERE.)
Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors, and More (Women of Action) – Kathryn J. Atwood
The Care and Feeding of an Independent Bookstore: Three Instructive Essays – Ann Patchett (CW)
The Best of Us – Joyce Maynard (EF) (audio)
Not Our Kind – Kiddy Zeldis (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris saw two movies: Crazy Rich Asians and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Emily visited Gramercy Books and Bexley Public Library in Columbus, Ohio
Chris and Emily went to NYC and visited the Frankenstein exhibit at the Morgan Library and attended the Susan Orlean lecture at the New York Public Library where she discussed her new book – The Library Book. (Chris wrote a review of the book on her blog. Click HERE.)
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris is heading to LA for some bookish fun.
Emily is heading to That Bookstore – a new independent bookstore in Wethersfield, CT
– Upcoming Reads –
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List – James Mustich (EF)
Eventide and Benediction – Kent Haruf (EF)
Gone So Long – Andre Dubus III (EF)
Five Days at Memorial – Sheri Fink (CW)
Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW)
– Also Mentioned –
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert
Kindred – Octavia Butler
Parnassus Books
Signature of All Things – Elizabeth Gilbert
Lucy Gayheart – Willa Cather
Plainsong – Kent Haruf
Ruby Fruit Jungle – Rita Mae Brown
Sudden Death – Rita Mae Brown
Shawn the Book Maniac Book Tuber
Reading Envy
1 hr 1 min
October 16, 2018 Episode 61 - The Libraries, Sleepy Hollow and Upcoming Readalongs!
Episode Sixty one Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.
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– Readalong’s 8 & 9 –Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor NoahHave questions/comments to us by November 8th
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisHave questions/comments to us by December 6th
– Currently Reading –Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America – Nancy MacLean (CW)The Best of Us – Joyce Maynard (EF) (audio)Joyce’s editorial in the NY Times can be found HEREGilead – Marilynne Robinson (EF)Ohio – Stephen Markley (EF) – might DNF?
– Just Read –Calypso – David Sedaris (EF) (audio)The Library Book – Susan Orlean (CW)Strike Your Heart – Amélie Nothomb (EF)Bitter Orange – Clare Fuller (CW)Read Chris’s review of the book HEREThe Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang (EF)The Wife – Meg Wolitzer (EF)The World Made Straight – Ron Rash (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –September 27, 2018 – The Book Cougars hosted three authors at Mohegan Sun. Panelists were:Fiona Davis –The MasterpieceJames R. Benn – Solemn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13)Melodie Winawer – Scribe of Siena
Emily visited Edgartown Books in Edgartown, MA.
Chris went to Concord, MA on the 150th anniversary of Little Women. Orchard House had a big celebration. She visited Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and Walden Pond.
– Upcoming Jaunts –October 17, 2018 – Meghan MacLean Weir will be at Wesleyan RJ Julia to discuss The Book of Essie. October 18, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be hosting the Willa Cather book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More. The book: Death Comes for the Archbishop
October 20, 2018 – Chris is participating in the next Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon
– Upcoming Reads –Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa Cather (CW)The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie – Andrew Carnegie (CW)Dodging and Burning – John Copenhaver (CW)The Devil and Webster – Jean Hanff Korelitz (EF)Readers Advisory Guide to Horror – Becky Siegel Spratford (CW)Sadness is a White Bird – Moriel Rothman-Zecher (EF)(audio)5 Under 35 honoree – read about it HERE.Middlemarch – George Ellott
– Also Mentioned –Unsheltered – Barbara Kingsolver Open Dyslexic fontThe Immortalists – Chloe BenjaminWally LambAt Home in the World – Joyce MaynardAlso by Susan Orlean: Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Possession and Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the LegendThe Wife - movieThe Female Persuasion – Meg WoliterMalaprop’s Bookstore/CafeMcLean & Eakin BooksellersAtticus BookstoreSerena – Ron RashBilly Boyle – James R. BennGeraldine BrooksPachinko – Min Jin LeeMeg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters – Anne Boyd RiouxEdgartown Public LibraryAdmission – Jean Hanff Korelitz / the movieBerwyn Public LibraryThe Monk – Matthew LewisLord of the Flies – William GoldingFrankenstein – Mary Wollstoncraft ShelleyThe Color Purple – Alice WalkerThe Bluest Eye – Toni MorrisonBill CleggNational Book Awards
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