We are still half-assing our way into our second season of shows about how reading, and its best, is a shared experience. More to come in late January 2020.
We are still half-assing our way into our second season of shows about how reading, and its best, is a shared experience. More to come in late January 2020.
Episode 30, William Sutton, Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Books mentioned:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Storm by Eric Jerome Dickey
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Episode 31, Laura Lucchese, Cooking the Books
Episode 32, Anne Bogel: What Will We Read Next?
Books mentioned:
What Came From the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt
The City We Became by N.K. Jemesin
March by Geraldine Brooks
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Walkable Cities by Jeff Speck
Episode 33, Robert Eric Shoemaker: What WAS That? Let's Do It Again
Books mentioned--Episode 34, Amelia Reesor and Hannah Zimmerman, The Monstrous Regiment
Books mentioned--
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom RobbinsCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Monstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettBeloved by Toni MorrisonMy Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Power by Naomi AldermanThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersThe Little Paris Bookshop by Nina GeorgeLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Magician's Assistant by Ann PatchettEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertMedallion Status by John HodgmanThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettWinter's Solstice by Rosamunde PilcherFrom the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgEpisode 35, Katy Yocom: Revision and Riding the Tiger
Books mentioned--
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaSeverance by Ling MaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyKindred by Octavia ButlerEpisode 36, Niamh Lutes: Literary Luck of the Irish
Episode 37, Kimmery Martin: Books Help the Medicine Go Down
Books mentioned--
Queen of Hearts by Kimmery MartinThe Antidote for Everything by Kimmery MartinEmma by Jane AustenThe Innocents by Michael CrummeyBooked by Kwame AlexanderEpisode 38, Emily McKeehan: When Reading Goes to the Dogs
Episode 39, Cassie Chambers:
Episode 40, The Long Before The End Book Club: Life and Literary Loss
Episode 41, Patty Clark-Oldham County Public Library, Quarantine Hacks for Library Stacks
Books mentioned--
A White Wind Blew by James MarkertHawaii by James MichenerThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe Wonder by Emma DonohueThe Authenticity Project by Clare PooleyThe Need by Helen PhillipsPodcasts mentioned--
Desert Island Discs (BBC)Endless Thread Laughter PermittedEpisode 42, Diane Neu, Shaped by Stories: Books That Bring Back Childhood Bliss
Books mentioned--
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryBetsy in Spite of Herself by Maud Hart LovelaceI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellNo More Dead Dogs by Gordon KormanNeverworld Wake by Marrisha PesslSense & Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanMary Poppins by P. L. TraversSame Sun Here by Neela Vaswani and Silas HouseEmma by Jane AustenHarry Pottery series by J. K. RowlingFrom the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. KonigsburgEpisode 43, D. C. Alexander: A Trifecta of Books, Bluegrass, and the Backstretch
Books mentioned--
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le CarreSecret Louisville by Kevin GibsonChasing the Monkey King by D.C. AlexanderThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteDune by Frank HerbertRough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Laura Prior-PalmerA Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClureEpisode 44, Anita Martin, Postcards & Authors: Postcards From the Edge of Reading
Books mentioned--
Roots by Alex HaleyLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyThe Flying Cutterbucks by Kathleen M. RodgersAkata Witch and Akata Warrior by Nnedi OkoraforThe Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen ShapiroThe Last Painting of Sarah de Vos by Dominic SmithIt's Great to Suck at Something by Karen RinaldiEpisode 45, Robin Weiss, The Quarantine Quest for a Book Club
Books mentioned:
The 13th Tale by Diane SetterfieldIt by Stephen KingThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Charm School by Nelson DeMilleThe Gold Coast by Nelson DeMilleThe General's Daughter by Nelson DeMilleThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverThe Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (short stories)Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski (short stories)Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski (novel)The Murmur of Bees by Sofia SegoviaThe Braid by Laetitia ColombaniEpisode 46, Hannah Rose Neuhauser and Young Authors Greenhouse: The Greenhouse That Sows Literary Seeds
Books mentioned:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersIf You Can See the Stars, There is Still Light by Young Authors GreenhouseInto the Wolf-Dark Shadows by Young Authors GreenhouseKnow My Name by Chanel MillerThe Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (short stories)Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden KeefeBluets by Maggie NelsonThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonShows mentioned:
Derry Girls on NetflixOnline reading resources mentioned:
McSweeney's Flattened by the CurveEpisode 47, Amy & Carrie, 1-Year Anniversary Episode: An Anniversary, A Bored Teen Host, and Some Books
Books mentioned:
Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleSula by Toni MorrisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonSecret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe 5th Season by N.K. JemisinThe 10,000 Doors of January by Alix HarrowMarch by Geraldine BrooksA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne TylerLots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna QuindlenThe Chaperone by Laura MoriartyHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingThe Glass Lake by Maeve BinchyThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkeinMe by Elton JohnHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesDaisy and the Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann ShafferThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittdSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Yuen YangJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hate You Give by Angie ThomasLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellIt by Stephen KingDrood by Dan SimmonsI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker MaxEpisode 48, James Markert: The History Scene, Stephen King, and the Big Screen
Books mentioned--
Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel by James MarkertWhat Blooms From Dust by James MarkertAll Things Bright and Strange by James MarkertAngels Share by James MarkertA White Wind Blew by James MarkertThe Fireman by Joe HillStrange Weather by Joe HillLocke & Key by Joe HillThe Body by Stephen KingWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Power of the Dog by Don WinslowThe Cartel by Don WinslowThe Outsider by Stephen KingJustified by Elmore LeonardEpisode 49, Sam Miller, Reading for Summer Sun and Solidarity
Books mentioned--
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidBeach Read by Emily HenryThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelAll Adults Here by Emma StraubValentine by Elizabeth WetmoreThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe One and Only Bob by Katherine ApplegateClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoUntamed by Glennon DoyleThe Splendid and the Vile by Erik LarsonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGifts From the Sea by Anne Morrow LindberghThe Dry by Jane HarperThis is Chance: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held it Together by Jonathan MooallemThe Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McCissackFreedom Over Me by Ashley BryanWell-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves compiled by Glory EdimHarlem by Langston HughesWhite Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People To Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngeloStamped From the Beginning by Ibram KendiHow to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram KendiThe Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth GapThe Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Hate You Give by Angie ThomasOn the Come Up by Angie ThomasDear Martin by Nic StoneThe Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorAny book by James BaldwinEpisode 50, Bobi Conn: Between the Holler and the Hills
Books mentioned--
In the Shadow of the Valley by Bobi Conn Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Odyssey by HomerThe Tradition by Jericho BrownThe Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson.Episode 51, Giselle Spurgeon: Writers of the Apocalypse
Episode 52, Amanda Beverly: Jane is for Everyone
Books mentioned--
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderRedwall series by Brian JacquesThe Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. LewisJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenPersuaion by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. WintersAmong the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom by Deborah YaffeUnmarriable by Soniah KamalSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThis is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla LawsonMiss Buncle's Book by D. E StevensonMy Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney BoylanThis Is How It Always Is by Laurie FrankelEpisode 53, Julia Royston,