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

Episode Forty Show Notes

CW = Chris Wolak

EF = Emily Fine

– Our 4th Giveaway –

The winner is Sally – entrant #42:

Stay with Me – Ayobami Adebayo

Sweetgirl – Travis Mulahauser

Love and Other Consolation Prizes – Jamie Ford

Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan

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Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

– Currently Reading/Listening –

The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas (EF)

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW)

Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW)

Tangerine – Christine Mangan (CW)

– Just Read –

Echo Killing (Harper McClain #1) – Christi Daugherty (CW) (release date March 13)

White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF)

Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –

Emily went to the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library to hear Amy Bloom speak about her new book – White Houses – sponsored by Breakwater Books.

Chris attended the book club for the Witness Stones Project at the Guilford Library where they discussed Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.

Chris and Laura watched the movie October Sky based on the book Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

Chris is going to see the play Murder on the Orient Express

March 12th – Nathaniel Philbrick presents his new book Second Wind: A Nantucket Sailor’s Odyssey in partnership with Bank Square Books at Mystic Congregational Church

March 12th – Chloe Benjamin author of The Immortalists will be at RJ Julia’s in Madison with Jill Santopolo author of The Light We Lost.

April 19th – Chris and Emily are planning a visit to Bank Square Books in Mystic, RI for Cozy Mystery Night featuring Liz Mugavero, Wendi Corsi Staub and Shari Randall hosted by Our Mystery Man – John Valeri! Look for his byline at Mystery Scene Magazine and Suspense Magazine.

– Upcoming Reads –

The Dog Healers: A Novel – Mark Winik (CW)

Broken Girls – Simone St. James (CW)

Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide Open Heart – Scott Stabile (EF)

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW)

– 4th Read Along –

Maurice – E.M. Forster (CW) (EF)

The Goodreads Discussion can be found here.

– Also Mentioned –

Thomas Otto – The Readers Podcast and Hogglestock Blog

Joyce Carol Oates – Go Listen to Eric Karl Anderson at LonesomeReader.com (blog) for his A Beginner’s Guide to Reading (video)

Chris has read three Joyce Carol Oates books:

The Accursed

Beasts

Middle Age: A Romance

Night School – C.J. Daugherty

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution – Nathaniel Philbrick

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? – Jeannette Winterson

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit – Jeannette Winterson

The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall

The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature – Bill Goldstein

Episode Forty Show Notes

CW = Chris Wolak

EF = Emily Fine

– Our 4th Giveaway –

The winner is Sally – entrant #42:

Stay with Me – Ayobami Adebayo

Sweetgirl – Travis Mulahauser

Love and Other Consolation Prizes – Jamie Ford

Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan

Choicemagazinelistening.org – A free talking magazine service.

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

– Currently Reading/Listening –

The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas (EF)

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW)

Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW)

Tangerine – Christine Mangan (CW)

– Just Read –

Echo Killing (Harper McClain #1) – Christi Daugherty (CW) (release date March 13)

White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF)

Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –

Emily went to the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library to hear Amy Bloom speak about her new book – White Houses – sponsored by Breakwater Books.

Chris attended the book club for the Witness Stones Project at the Guilford Library where they discussed Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.

Chris and Laura watched the movie October Sky based on the book Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

Chris is going to see the play Murder on the Orient Express

March 12th – Nathaniel Philbrick presents his new book Second Wind: A Nantucket Sailor’s Odyssey in partnership with Bank Square Books at Mystic Congregational Church

March 12th – Chloe Benjamin author of The Immortalists will be at RJ Julia’s in Madison with Jill Santopolo author of The Light We Lost.

April 19th – Chris and Emily are planning a visit to Bank Square Books in Mystic, RI for Cozy Mystery Night featuring Liz Mugavero, Wendi Corsi Staub and Shari Randall hosted by Our Mystery Man – John Valeri! Look for his byline at Mystery Scene Magazine and Suspense Magazine.

– Upcoming Reads –

The Dog Healers: A Novel – Mark Winik (CW)

Broken Girls – Simone St. James (CW)

Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide Open Heart – Scott Stabile (EF)

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW)

– 4th Read Along –

Maurice – E.M. Forster (CW) (EF)

The Goodreads Discussion can be found here.

– Also Mentioned –

Thomas Otto – The Readers Podcast and Hogglestock Blog

Joyce Carol Oates – Go Listen to Eric Karl Anderson at LonesomeReader.com (blog) for his A Beginner’s Guide to Reading (video)

Chris has read three Joyce Carol Oates books:

The Accursed

Beasts

Middle Age: A Romance

Night School – C.J. Daugherty

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution – Nathaniel Philbrick

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? – Jeannette Winterson

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit – Jeannette Winterson

The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall

The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature – Bill Goldstein

Episode Forty One Show Notes

You can donate to the Book Cougars at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BookCougars

Thank you!

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

– Biblio Adventure –

We take you on a joint jaunt to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT!

On January 25, 2018 we had the pleasure of co-hosting Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko.

The episode also appears on the second half of Just the Right Book Podcast – episode 64.

– Also Mentioned –

Chad Harbach – MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction

– Thank You –

Min Jin Lee

Roxanne Coady

Just the Right Book Podcast

Christina Torres

Pat Keogh

Episode Forty One Show Notes

You can donate to the Book Cougars at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BookCougars

Thank you!

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

– Biblio Adventure –

We take you on a joint jaunt to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT!

On January 25, 2018 we had the pleasure of co-hosting Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko.

The episode also appears on the second half of Just the Right Book Podcast – episode 64.

– Also Mentioned –

Chad Harbach – MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction

– Thank You –

Min Jin Lee

Roxanne Coady

Just the Right Book Podcast

Christina Torres

Pat Keogh

Episode Forty Show Notes

CW = Chris Wolak

EF = Emily Fine

– Our 4th Giveaway –

Another ten episodes means it is time for another giveaway.

These four books will be sent to one lucky listener:

Stay with Me – Ayobami Adebayo

Sweetgirl – Travis Mulahauser

Love and Other Consolation Prizes – Jamie Ford

Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan

In order to enter, please email [email protected] before March 1, 2018.

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

– Currently Reading/Listening –

Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW)

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW)

Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (EF)

White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF)

– Just Read –

Labor Day – Joyce Maynard (EF) (audio)

Kindred – Octavia E. Butler (CW)

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation – Damian Duffy, John Jennings, Octavia E. Butler (CW)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 – edited by Joyce Carol Oates (EF)

specifically the story “Until Gwen” by Dennis Lehane – you can read it HERE.

The Trawler – James B. Connolly (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –

Emily went to NYC to see Eve Ensler’s new play In the Body of the World based on her memoir of the same name.

Chris caught up with Our Mystery Man – John Valeri. Keep your ears open he will be appearing on the podcast again soon.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

February 17 – Chris will head to New London, NH to see the musical Kindness and Cruelty: Willa Cather in Jaffrey

February 18th – Emily will be going to the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library to hear Amy Bloom speak about her new book – White Houses.

February 21st – Chris will be attending the book club for the Witness Stones Project at the Guilford Library where they will discuss Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.

March 1st – Emily is planning a visit to the Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI for Cozy Mystery Night featuring Liz Mugavero, Wendi Corsi Staub and Shari Randall hosted by Our Mystery Man – John Valeri! Look for his byline at Mystery Scene Magazine and Suspense Magazine.

– Upcoming Reads –

Maurice – E.M. Forster (CW) (EF)

Tangerine – Christine Mangan (CW)

– Also Mentioned –

The Best of Us – Joyce Maynard

Russell at Ink and Paper Blog

The Drop – Dennis Lehane

The Drop – Michael Connelly

Mystery Scene Magazine

Suspense Magazine

Episode Forty Show Notes

CW = Chris Wolak

EF = Emily Fine

– Our 4th Giveaway –

Another ten episodes means it is time for another giveaway.

These four books will be sent to one lucky listener:

Stay with Me – Ayobami Adebayo

Sweetgirl – Travis Mulahauser

Love and Other Consolation Prizes – Jamie Ford

Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan

In order to enter, please email [email protected] before March 1, 2018.

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

– Currently Reading/Listening –

Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW)

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW)

Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (EF)

White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF)

– Just Read –

Labor Day – Joyce Maynard (EF) (audio)

Kindred – Octavia E. Butler (CW)

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation – Damian Duffy, John Jennings, Octavia E. Butler (CW)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 – edited by Joyce Carol Oates (EF)

specifically the story “Until Gwen” by Dennis Lehane – you can read it HERE.

The Trawler – James B. Connolly (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –

Emily went to NYC to see Eve Ensler’s new play In the Body of the World based on her memoir of the same name.

Chris caught up with Our Mystery Man – John Valeri. Keep your ears open he will be appearing on the podcast again soon.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

February 17 – Chris will head to New London, NH to see the musical Kindness and Cruelty: Willa Cather in Jaffrey

February 18th – Emily will be going to the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library to hear Amy Bloom speak about her new book – White Houses.

February 21st – Chris will be attending the book club for the Witness Stones Project at the Guilford Library where they will discuss Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.

March 1st – Emily is planning a visit to the Savoy Bookshop in Westerly, RI for Cozy Mystery Night featuring Liz Mugavero, Wendi Corsi Staub and Shari Randall hosted by Our Mystery Man – John Valeri! Look for his byline at Mystery Scene Magazine and Suspense Magazine.

– Upcoming Reads –

Maurice – E.M. Forster (CW) (EF)

Tangerine – Christine Mangan (CW)

– Also Mentioned –

The Best of Us – Joyce Maynard

Russell at Ink and Paper Blog

The Drop – Dennis Lehane

The Drop – Michael Connelly

Mystery Scene Magazine

Suspense Magazine

Episode Thirty Nine Show Notes

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

– Recommendations from Michael Kindness –

Ready Player One – Ernest Cline (audio – narrated by Will Wheaton)

The movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vGWwRF_Qc

Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHA Brain – Peter Shankman

Need to Know – Karen Cleveland

Educated: Memoir – Tara Westover (release date: February 20, 2018)

Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (release date: March 13, 2018)

Neverworld Wake – Marisha Pessl (release date: June 5, 2018)

Providence – Caroline Kepnes (release date: June 13, 2018)

– Also Mentioned –

Faster Than Normal Podcast

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood – Edward Hallowell – Edward Hallowell

NY Times Authors Podcast

The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin

Episode Thirty Nine Show Notes

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

– Recommendations from Michael Kindness –

Ready Player One – Ernest Cline (audio – narrated by Will Wheaton)

The movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vGWwRF_Qc

Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHA Brain – Peter Shankman

Need to Know – Karen Cleveland

Educated: Memoir – Tara Westover (release date: February 20, 2018)

Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (release date: March 13, 2018)

Neverworld Wake – Marisha Pessl (release date: June 5, 2018)

Providence – Caroline Kepnes (release date: June 13, 2018)

– Also Mentioned –

Faster Than Normal Podcast

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood – Edward Hallowell – Edward Hallowell

NY Times Authors Podcast

The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin

Episode Thirty Eight Show Notes

CW = Chris Wolak

EF = Emily Fine

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

Information regarding the conversion problem with Sweet by Yotem Ottolenghi and Helen Goh can be found here.

– Currently Reading/Listening –

The Detonator – Vincent Zandri

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW)

Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality – Pema Chodron (EF)(audio)

Labor Day – Joyce Maynard (EF)(audio)

Man’s Search for Meaning - Victor Frankel (CW)

– Just Read –

The Arrangement – Sarah Dunn (EF)

Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) – Jane Harper (CW)

Jane Steele – Lyndsay Faye (EF)(audio)

Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) -- Chris watched the movie Smilla’s Sense of Snow

American Housewife – Helen Ellis (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –

On January 25, 2018 we had the honor of being in conversation with Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, at RJ Julia’s Booksellers. The evening was recorded and will appear on an upcoming episode of Just the Right Book Podcast.

Check out Min Jin Lee’s website to follow her paperback tour and various speaking events.

Emily and Chris went on a joint jaunt to hear Patrick Lynch speak about the Long Island Sound and his book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound: Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife.

Emily visited Burgundy Books in Westbrook, CT

Emily went to a SpeakUp! storytelling event at Infinity Hall in Hartford, CT.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

February 11th Chris is heading to see a musical in Jaffrey, New Hampshire: “Kindness & Cruelty: Willa Cather in Jaffrey”

Future joint jaunt on February 18 to Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library in Stony Creek to see Amy Bloom speaking about her new book White Houses.

Emily is going with Aunt Ellen to see Eve Ensler’s new play In The Body of the World

February 21st at Guilford Library Chris will be attending the bookclub for the Witness Stones Project

Join Chris on April 19th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT for the quarterly Willa Cather book club discussion of The Song of the Lark.

– Upcoming Reads –

White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF)

Kindred – Octavia Butler (CW)

– Also Mentioned –

Connecticut Library Consortium – Cookbook Book Club

Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace

Worst Bestsellers Podcast

Yum’s the Word Show

Live Lit Story Club

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism – Joan Acocella

Ink and Paper Blog

She Reads

Booktopia – May 4-5,2018 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT – author line up and registration can be found here.

Episode Thirty Eight Show Notes

CW = Chris Wolak

EF = Emily Fine

Join our Goodreads Group!

Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:

February – Maurice by E.M. Forster

Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode

Information regarding the conversion problem with Sweet by Yotem Ottolenghi and Helen Goh can be found here.

– Currently Reading/Listening –

The Detonator – Vincent Zandri

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW)

Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality – Pema Chodron (EF)(audio)

Labor Day – Joyce Maynard (EF)(audio)

Man’s Search for Meaning - Victor Frankel (CW)

– Just Read –

The Arrangement – Sarah Dunn (EF)

Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) – Jane Harper (CW)

Jane Steele – Lyndsay Faye (EF)(audio)

Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) -- Chris watched the movie Smilla’s Sense of Snow

American Housewife – Helen Ellis (EF)

– Biblio Adventures –

On January 25, 2018 we had the honor of being in conversation with Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, at RJ Julia’s Booksellers. The evening was recorded and will appear on an upcoming episode of Just the Right Book Podcast.

Check out Min Jin Lee’s website to follow her paperback tour and various speaking events.

Emily and Chris went on a joint jaunt to hear Patrick Lynch speak about the Long Island Sound and his book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound: Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife.

Emily visited Burgundy Books in Westbrook, CT

Emily went to a SpeakUp! storytelling event at Infinity Hall in Hartford, CT.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

February 11th Chris is heading to see a musical in Jaffrey, New Hampshire: “Kindness & Cruelty: Willa Cather in Jaffrey”

Future joint jaunt on February 18 to Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library in Stony Creek to see Amy Bloom speaking about her new book White Houses.

Emily is going with Aunt Ellen to see Eve Ensler’s new play In The Body of the World

February 21st at Guilford Library Chris will be attending the bookclub for the Witness Stones Project

Join Chris on April 19th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT for the quarterly Willa Cather book club discussion of The Song of the Lark.

– Upcoming Reads –

White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF)

Kindred – Octavia Butler (CW)

– Also Mentioned –

Connecticut Library Consortium – Cookbook Book Club

Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace

Worst Bestsellers Podcast

Yum’s the Word Show

Live Lit Story Club

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism – Joan Acocella

Ink and Paper Blog

She Reads

Booktopia – May 4-5,2018 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT – author line up and registration can be found here.