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- Episode 80: Secret Passages in a Hillside Town: We Had to Get It; We Were Told to Get It
Jeannette and Susan try to enter the secret passages but find that it may not be as magical as they thought. From Olli as the protangonist to how Greta was handled, they try to unravel the themes and meanings.
Show Notes
Find us on Twitter, Litsy, Instagram, and GoodreadsNext Episode’s Book:An Absolutely Remarkable Thing on Goodreads and Bookshop
43 min - Episode 79: Book Talk: Lit in the Time of Corona
Susan, Tara, and Jeannette go into how they are doing during the stay-at-home orders. Specifically, how their reading habits are beneficial, if their reading habits have changed, and recs to get through this trying time.
Show Notes
Find us on Twitter, Litsy, Instagram, and Goodreads- Bookshop
- on Goodreads and Bookshop
- Days of Blood and Starlight on Goodreads and Bookshop
- Assassination Vacation on Goodreads and Bookshop
- Keeper of the Lost Cities on Goodreads and Bookshop
- The Martian on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Book of Joy on Goodreads and Bookshop
- Station Eleven on Goodreads and Bookshop
- Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plague and Those Who Fought Them on Goodreads and Bookshop
- This Mortal Coil on Goodreads and Bookshop
34 min - Episode 78: Blood of Elves: Once You Sit Down, You're Invested
Susan, Jeannette, and Meredith discuss Blood of Elves and how the books feel more modern yet formatting was very questionable. How very well translated is something if a word is used too much? Also, is pirouetting very important to describe fighting?
Show Notes
Find us on Twitter, Litsy, Instagram, and Goodreads- Rabbit Back Literature Society
- Interview with Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
Next Episode’s Book:Secret Passages in a Hillside Town on Goodreads and Amazon
45 min - Episode 77: Book Talk: Small Screen Adaptation - I'm Doing Jazz Hands and Nobody Can See Me
Jeannette, Meredith, and Susan talk about adaptations and how it affects their reading habits. Will they immediately read a book that’s being adapted? They also talk of favorite adaptations and adaptations they would like to see.
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- Neverwhere on Goodreads and Amazon
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone on Goodreads and Amazon
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely on Goodreads and Amazon
- Becoming on Goodreads and Amazon
- Kindred on Goodreads and Amazon
- Scammed on Goodreads and Amazon
39 min - Episode 76: March: Baby, Come Back!
In this month’s book club episode, Meredith, Tara, and Jeannette discuss the three book graphic novel memoir series “March” by US Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis.
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Next Episode’s Book:The Witcher: Blood of Elves on Goodreads and Amazon
43 min - Episode 75: Book Talk: Diversity in Publishing
Jeannette, Meredith, and Tara check out some recent stats on diversity in publishing, spotlight a couple of people advocating for diversity in the publishing world, and talk about what they do to maintain diversity in their own reading lives.
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- WriteOn Con
- Lee and Low 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey Results
- [Cooperative Children's Book Center Publishing Statistics] on Children's/YA Books about People of Color and First/Native Nations and
by People of Color and First/Native NationsAuthors and Illustrators(https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/pcstats.asp)- Diversity in Children’s Literature 2018 Infographic
- Rick Riordan Presents announcement
- More information on Rick Riordan Presents
- List of books under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint
- Jason Reynolds Named [New National Ambassador] for Young People’s Literature(https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-002/?loclr=twloc)
- Big Magic on Goodreads and Amazon
- When You Were Everything on Goodreads and Amazon
- Beneath a Scarlet Sky on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Belles on Goodreads and Amazon
- Red, White, & Royal Blue on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas on Goodreads and Amazon
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbaliaon Goodreads and Amazon
45 min - Episode 74: The Starless Sea: Had a Whiskey and Contemplated My Life
Our hosts dive right into the Starless Sea and discuss all the stories to make a whole story and more. Also, they discover if they are a Keeper, Guardian, or Acolyte.
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- Interview with BookPage
- Interview with Dead Darlings
- Interview with EW
- Knopf-Doublday’s Book Club Kit with Quiz
Next Episode’s Book:March on Goodreads and Amazon
48 min - Episode 73: Book Talk: A New Chapter
Our hosts come together to discuss the evolution of their reading habits in the last decade. They then look forward to their resolutions of the coming year with a fun twist.
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- MC Beaton Obituary
- Ruby Redfort: Take You Last Breath on Goodreads and Amazon
- Dark Age on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Anteater of Death on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Happiness Project on Goodreads and Amazon
- Refining Felicity on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Book Thief on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Sculptor on Goodreads and Amazon
- Children of Virtue and Vengeance on Goodreads and Amazon
45 min - Episode 72: The Tenth Girl: Twist Me, Don't Trick Me
It’s our end of the year wrap up and the gang’s all here! Wherein Tara and Meredith talk about YALL Fest, we announce our 11th Hour Readathon to close out our 2019 TBRs, and we pick our favorites from this year’s reads. Then we cozy up by a (internet) fire to discuss the not-so-scary ghost story: “The Tenth Girl.”
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- Little House on the Prairie on Goodreads and Amazon
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter on Goodreads and Amazon
- Children of Blood and Bone on Goodreads and Amazon
- Of Kisses and Curses on Goodreads and Amazon
- Good Omens on Goodreads and Amazon
- City of Ghosts on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Importance of Being Earnest on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo on Goodreads and Amazon
- Becoming on Goodreads and Amazon
- Dear Martin on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Lies of Locke Lamora on Goodreads and Amazon
- Sleeping Giants on Goodreads and Amazon
Next Episode’s Book:The Starless Sea on Goodreads and Amazon
1 hr 17 min - Episode 71: Orlando: Don't Take My Pants Away
It’s Non-Fiction November! Susan, Meredith, and Tara discuss the genre in general, do they read a lot of nonfiction? And what are some of their favorite nonfiction books? Then they go into a fictional biography with Orlando. Virginia Woolf really is ahead of her time and they come to the conclusion that more time may be needed for classics.
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- Introvert Power on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Kingdom of Copper on Goodreads and Amazon
- Trail of Lightning on Goodreads and Amazon
- Code Girls: The Untold Story of The American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win WWII on Goodreads and Amazon
- Blood at the Root on Goodreads and Amazon
- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened on Goodreads and Amazon
- Furiously Happy on Goodreads and Amazon
- March on Goodreads and Amazon
- Mary Roach
- Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl on Goodreads and Amazon
- It’s a Bird on Goodreads and Amazon
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah on Goodreads and Amazon
- I Am Malala on Goodreads and Amazon
- Eats, Shoot & Leaves on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Wonder Weeks on Goodreads and Amazon
- The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and The Real Count of Monte Cristo on Goodreads and Amazon
- Horror Stories on Goodreads and Amazon
- In the Dream House: A Memoir on Goodreads and Amazon
- Yours, for Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn's Letters of Love and War 1930-1949 on Goodreads and Amazon
Next Episode’s Book:The Tenth Girl on Goodreads and Amazon
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About Eclectic Readers Book Club
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A monthly book club and podcast for readers who enjoy an eclectic variety of books - and talking about them nonstop.
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