Books Are My Passion

In this episode, I’m talking about books I have read so far in 2022 and loved.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 10

• The Library by Bella Osborne
• The Marmalade Diaries by Ben Aitken
• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
• Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
• Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes
• Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

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In this episode, I’m talking about books I own that I want to re-read.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 9

• Lovers at the Chameleon Club by Francine Prose
• Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
• Needful Things by Stephen King
• We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
• Seven Deadly Sins:  My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh
• Larry’s Party by Carol Shields
• The Lost Man by Jane Harper
• The Likeness by Tana French
• The Trespasser by Tana French
• The Witch Elm by Tana French
• Field of Blood by Denise Mina
• The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
• Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina

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In this episode, I’m talking about books I own that I want to read sooner rather than later.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 8

• Atlas of Imagined Places by Matt Brown, Rhys B. Davies, and Mike Hall (Illustrator)
• Soul Full of Coal Dust:  The True Story of an Epic Battle for Justice by Chris Hamby
• Maggie & Me by Damian Barr
• The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
• The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
• The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
• Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
• Love Marriage by Monica Ali
• 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
• The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
• Isabel Allende with her newest novel being Violeta
• This One Sky Day by Leone Ross (called Popisho in North America)

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In this episode, I’m talking about the five books that have been shortlisted for the Canada Reads 2022 Prize.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 7

• Washington Black by Esi Edugyan being championed by Mark Tewksbury, a Canadian Olympic medalist and LGTBQIA+ advocate
• Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Muller being championed by Suzanne Simard, a forest ecologist and author
• Five Little Indians by Michelle Good being championed by Christian Allaire, an Ojibway author and Vogue fashion writer
• Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez being championed by Malia Baker, an actor and activist 
• What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad, championed by Tareq Hadhad, an entrepreneur and former Syrian refugee

Recommended Podcast:  Canada Reads American Style (available on Apple Podcasts)

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In Episode 1 of this season, I talked about my favorite books that I had read in 2021, however, there are many other books that I really enjoyed that just didn’t make it onto the “best” list but were 4 star reads.  Today I want to talk about some of these books.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books/Youtube Channels Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 6

• Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
• Greenwood by Michael Christie
• The Overstory by Richard Powers
• Barkskins by Annie Proulx
• Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent
• Olive, Mabel and Me:  Life and Adventures With Two Very Good Dogs by Andrew Cotter
• Dog Days:  A Year with Olive and Mabel by Andrew Cotter
• Youtube Videos:  (Olive and Mabel) – search for mrandrewcotter; also Oliver the Beagle if you are needing some cute dog videos (so cute when he was a puppy!!!)
• The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou
• The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly
• War Widow by Tara Moss
• The Ghosts of Paris by Tara Moss (Set for release June 7, 2022)
• Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin; translated from The French by Hildegarde Serle
• Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
• Sunshine Girl by Julianna Margulies

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In this episode I’m providing some book recommendations based on popular tv shows that I have watched and enjoyed over the past few years.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 5

• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• Nothing to Tell by Donna Gray
• Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
• Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
• Brothers-in-Arms by Lyndsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey
• Greek Myths by Jean Menzies, illustrated by Katie Ponder
• Greek Mythology by Liv Albert
• The Three by Sarah Lotz
• Day Four by Sarah Lotz
• The Anomoly by Herve Le Tellier
• The Blue by Lucy Clarke
• Primary Colors by Anonymous (Joe Klein)
• From The Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein
• Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

 Youtube channel recommendation:  Jean Bookishthoughts

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In Season 2; Episode 4 I’m talking about series that I’m currently reading and enjoying.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 4

• David Hunter series by Simon Beckett (First Book: The Chemistry of Death)
• Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne series by Julia Spencer-Fleming (First Book: The Bleak Midwinter)
• Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths (First Book: The Crossing Places)
• Simon Serrailler series by Susan Hill (First Book: The Various Haunts of Men)
• Maeve Kerrigan series by Jane Casey (First Book: The Burning)
• Adam Dalgliesh series by P.D. James (First Book: Cover Her Face)
• Lacey Flint series by Sharon J. Bolton (First Book: Now You See Me)
• Penn Cage series by Greg Iles (First Book: The Quiet Game)
• The Little Beach Street Bakery series by Jenny Colgan (First Book: Little Beach Street Bakery)
• Mure series by Jenny Colgan (First Book: The Café by the Sea)
• Scottish Bookshop series by Jenny Colgan (First Book: The Bookshop on the Corner)
• The Finfarran Peninsula series by Felicity Hayes-McCoy (First Book: The Library At The Edge of the World)

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In Season 2; Episode 3 I’m talking about books that I think are good to read in the winter time when it is cold and snowy outside.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 3

• A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone (The Skelfs #1)
• Dead Simple by Peter James (Roy Grace #1)
• The Winter Garden by Alex Bell
• Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
• Away With The Penguins by Hazel Prior (also known as How the Penguins Saved Veronica)
• The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
• Beartown and Us Against You both by Fredrik Backman
• The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
• Shantaram and The Mountain Shadow both by Gregory David Roberts
• Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

 Additional Winter-Time Reads:

• Cover Your Tracks by Daco S. Auffenorde
• One by One by Ruth Ware
• The Dark Iceland Series by Ragnar Jonasson
• Truth, By Omission by Daniel Beamish
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
• Left for Dead by Beck Weathers
• The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
• Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
• Shiver by Allie Reynolds

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In Season 2; Episode 2 I’m discussing books that I’m looking forward to being released during the period of January to April, 2022.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that.  Thanks for listening!

Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 2

• Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor (January 4, 2022)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (available now)
• Nick by Michael Farris Smith (available now)
• Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins (January 4, 2022)
• Something to Hide by Elizabeth George (January 11, 2022)
• The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher (January 11, 2022)
• The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis (January 25, 2022)
• The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis (available now)
• The Fields by Erin Young (January 25, 2022)
• The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (February 22, 2022)
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley (available now)
• The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (available now)
• Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr (March 1, 2022)
• The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (March 15, 2022)
• The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (available now)
• The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (available now)
• Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes (UK Date: February 17, 2022; North America: April 5, 2022)
• Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes (available now)
• The Palace Papers by Tina Brown (April 12, 2022)
• The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal (April 12, 2022)
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (April 19, 2022)
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (available now)
• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (available now)

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With the end of the year approaching, I felt it was time to review the books that I read this year and pick out some of my favorites and share them with you.  If you would like to read my book reviews, follow me on Instagram/Twitter or email me, see below on how to do that. 

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Books Mentioned in Season 2; Episode 1

•  A Month of Sundays and Gang of Four by Liz Byrski
• The Appeal by Janice Hallett
• Surviving Dirty John by Debra Newell (About John Meehan)
• Until the Twelfth of Never by Bella Stumbo (About Betty Broderick)
• A Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff
• Under The Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
• The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
• The House With the Golden Door by Elodie Harper

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