As promised, Molly and Jamie are back to wrap up their Winter Read-Along after both reading Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. Hear what listeners thought of the book including best take-aways, favorite chapters, and impactful quotes.

Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman

What are they reading...
Jamie:
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon

Molly:
Be Ready When the Luck Happens A Memoir by Ina Garten  

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We are rounding out Season 2 of Book Pop! LIVE with guest author Christina Clancy. Christina's newest novel The Snowbirds out February 4th, 2025 and available for pre-order NOW! She also talks about her other works including Second Home and Shoulder Season. We were also lucky enough to have some friendly faces in the audience including Maggie Ginsberg, Laura Anne Bird, and Hailey Mclaughlin.

Mentioned in this episode:
The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia
The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Leaving by Roxana Robinson
A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
Birds of America  by Lorrie Moore
Who Do You Love by Jean Thompson 
The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Loigman
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
Long Bright River by Liz Moore 
The Women by Kristin Hannah
One Summer America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
Where Bigfoot Walks by Robert Michael Pyle
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 
Heartwood by Amity Gaige  

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Molly and Jamie are ready to shop this holiday season! They share some of the Small Business Saturday events they are excited about around Madison including Downtown Madison's Holiday Open House where you can ride a free trolley to around the capital square and along state street as you shop some great deals from local businesses. The ladies share some of there favorite places including CocoVaa, Madison Chocolate Company, Little Luxuries, The Soap Opera, Table Wine and more. It's also a special time of year with the announcement of this years literary winners.
Molly and Jamie talk about some notable titles and surprise pick from the Booker International Prize, National Book Award, Kirkus, and Nobel Prize for Literature. 


What are they reading?
Molly:
This Will Be Fun by E B Asher
Jamie:
The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy 
Wreck My Plans by Jillian Meadows

Also Mentions in this episode:

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
James by Percival Everett
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Deborah Smith
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi: A new fantasy series set a thousand years before The City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe


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Jamie and Molly dive into what they are excited to read this holiday season! But before they do... the ladies talk what they're reading now and the conversation heads a little off the rails. From serious to salacious, this week's episode is sure to make everyone blush, especially Jamie.

What are they reading?
Molly:
Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
Jamie:
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates  
Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage

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Molly and Jamie talk to Cayce Osborne author of the novel I Know What You Did. They talk about the struggle of marketing a book that crosses genres. Thriller, suspense, mystery? It's a local title we are excited to talk about. 

What is Cayce Reading?
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Lawrence Block

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We are ignoring the elephant in the room and giving you the distraction you crave on this week's episode of Book Pop! Molly and Jamie have some exciting events coming up and share what they are reading. The ladies also announce this seasons read-along and discuss why they chose this book. 
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman.

What they are reading:
The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

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So Molly and Jamie took a week off, but that doesn't mean you lovely listeners will suffer! No, no. Listen to this episode Molly recorded with Jamie Gale for her podcast Follow the Leaders and hear about how Molly started the bookstore and everything she's learned from her experience.

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Did you see?! We have posted information for the Season 2 Finale episode that we will be recording LIVE from Lake City Books, and you can be there!

Tickets available now!
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Let's talk Spooky Season!
Ok, Jamie and Molly are NOT the experts on this topic, so they bring in reinforcements. Guest Hailey McLaughlin joins the ladies to break down the ins and outs of all things horror and spooky. 

Hailey's Spooky Recommendations:
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Laura Miller 
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican Gothic by Silva Moreno-Garcia
Stephen Graham Jones!!!
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten, Alexandra Fleming
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang 
It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Grady Hendrix!!! 

 Find Hailey on Instagram @haileytjmclaughlin

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Molly and Jamie are back from the Heartland Fall Forum where they met with other Independent Booksellers from all over the Midwest. On this episode, they are sharing all the highlights from the experience including what they learned, who they met, what books they came home with, what they ate, and even what they binge watched in the hotel room.

What are they reading...
Jamie: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Molly: The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Also mentioned in this episode:
A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
Just Our Luck by Denise Williams
Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L Ewing  

Check out upcoming event at https://lakecitybooks.com/events.

Pre-order Christina Clancy's latest novel The Snowbirds out 2/4/2025.

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