This time on the podcast we span the globe! From wading into the folk tales and literary essays of Appalachia, to swimming in the waters of the Booker International Prize, books on classic American cinema, poetry in translation, and of course a cozy mystery with a glorious title.

Stick around for our ever-growing list of to-be-read books and hear about the deterioration of Sarah's email formality. It's all on Episode 17 of Shelf Motivated!

Books discussed:

John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman The House on Via Gomito by Domenico Starnone Undiscovered by Gabiela Wiener What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma The Brush by Eliana Hernandez-Pachon Daughter of the Dragon by Yunte Huang What Are People For? Essays by Wendell Berry Cozy: Cremains of the Day by Misty Simon TBRs: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Passage West by Rishi Reddi Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban