Welcome to Episode 242!

It’s great to know we have some risk takers among us! We dared readers of our monthly newsletter to sign up for the fourth quarter readalong prior to knowing what the book was and a handful of adventurous readers took us up on it. Thank you for trusting us, and listen to this episode to hear the announcement about the Q4 readalong book.

Some of the recent reads we discuss are:

GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING by Laurie Colwin

THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL by Eden Collinsworth

THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach

HOTEL SILENCE by Auđur Ava Ólafsdóttir (translated by Brian Fitzgibbon)

THE PECULIAR GIFT OF JULY by Ashley Ream

“The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” and “The Eyes” from THE GHOST STORIES OF EDITH WHARTON

“Luella Miller” from HORROR CLASSICS edited by Darryl Jones

“The Wind in the Rose-Bush” by Mary Wilkins Freeman from THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES edited by Michael Newton

In Biblio Adventures, we recap the fun talk we had with Patrons at our monthly Reading Salon about books we’ve wanted to throw across the room. Some of us resisted the urge, some did not. Emily watched a conversation about REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier between Ali Velshi and Jennifer Egan. We took a ride down to Bridgeport for lunch and a visit to Kindred Thoughts Books.

We also do a quick recap of our #BigBookSummer reads. We don’t go into great detail since we’ve talked about the books in recent episodes. If you’re interested, we did a more indepth recap on our YouTube channel. (www.youtube/BookCougars)

Big thanks to all of our patrons and financial donors who help keep the podcast going, and to those who spread the word and stay in touch with us. We literally couldn’t do this without you!

Happy Listening and Happy Reading!

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