Episode 170 - 2022 Holiday Gift Ideas and Author Spotlight with Malinda Lo

Episode 170 marks our SIXTH ANNIVERSARY! It’s also another 10th episode which means it's GIVEAWAY time! Become a subscriber to our free monthly newsletter by December 15th to be automatically entered to win a copy of My Brilliant Life by Ae-Ran Kim and Death on a Winter Stroll by Francine Mathews.

We host a monthly book giveaway for our Patreon supporters. If you join our Patreon Community by December 15th you will be automatically entered to win a copy of The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger.

As usual, we talk about the books we’re CURRENTLY READING for Chris it’s The Foulest Things: A Dominion Archives Mystery by Amy Tector and Emily is listening to the audiobook of The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama. What we JUST READ: Take What You Need by Idra Novey, No, N-O-E, No: The Cicero Riot Story by H.M. Edwards, Foster by Claire Keegan, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, "Rape Fantasies” by Margaret Atwood, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer, and You Could Make this Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith.

We recap our daylong BIBLIO ADVENTURES to Amherst, MA where we visited the Emily Dickinson Museum and more! Emily shares her bookish adventures while visiting Colorado. And both Book Cougars had Couch Biblio Adventures.

Also on this Episode our 2022 Holiday Gift Ideas and an AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT with MALINDA LO. We had a great time chatting with Malinda about her new book A Scatter of Light and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.

All of the books, places, and events we mention in this episode are listed in the show notes, which you can find here: https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2022/episode170

Happy Listening!

Emily & Chris