Jenny had to postpone some guests so this is a solo episode. One round of book speed-dating, bookish beach adventures, and 5-star reads that haven't made it into the podcast yet. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 089: Hodgepodge. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via iTunes by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher If you are interested in appearing on the podcast: FAQ The first Reading Envy Readalong is trucking along!  If you have been reading along and want to participate in the online chat (which will become podcast episode 090), please provide your availability in this updated poll. Book Speed Dating Round 5/26/17 The Loved Ones by Sonya Chung After James by Mark Helms A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska; translated by Christina E. Kramer Shot Blue by Jesse Ruddock Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani A Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald Fish Have No Feet by Jon Kalman Stefansson; translated by Philip Roughton It's You by Jane Porter Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors; translated by Misha Hoekstra Beachy Bookish Explorations: Nye Beach Book House 727 NW Third Street Newport, OR 97365 Squinting Books 1547 N Coast Hwy Newport, OR 97365 Five-Star Reads not featured on the podcast (books I read in 2017, not necessarily published in 2017): Through the Woods by Emily Carroll El Deafo by Cece Bell In Praise of Defeat: Poems of Abdellatif Laabi Rowing Inland by Jim Daniels Satan Says by Sharon Olds even this page is white by Vivek Shraya A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom The Leavers by Lisa Ko Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher Related episodes: Episode 085 - An Acquired Taste with Thomas Otto  Episode 086 - The Queen of Bailing with Shawn Mooney Stalk me online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy