Episode 34 - Holiday Gift Ideas and Our 3rd Readalong

Episode 34 - Holiday Gift Ideas and Our 3rd Readalong

Episode Thirty Four Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

Join our Goodreads Group!
Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.

We have an upcoming read-along:
February – Maurice by E.M. Forster.

– Just Read –
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers (CW)

– Currently Reading/Listening –
The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (EF)
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW) (audio)

– Biblio Adventures –

Chris celebrated Willa Cather’s birthday on December 7 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT. She is kicking off a quarterly Willa Cather book club starting with My Antonia to be discussed on January 18th at 2:00 at the same bookstore.

Emily visited Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick, VT

She also saw the movie Call Me By Your Name based on the novel by André Aciman
book info here / movie info here

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Min Jin Lee will be at RJ Julia’s Booksellers on January 25, 2018

– Gift Ideas –
Book Subscription Services like The Mysterious Bookshop Crime Clubs
A subscription to Magazines or Literary Journals
Buy some literary swag from Out of Print
Gift Cards to Independent Bookstores

Bundle Monster Booklight Clip
Gift of a literary activity
Gift baskets with books and associated literary items
Leather Weighted Bookmark
Gift of Poetry - Devotions by Mary Oliver / New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry
Complete Stories – Kurt Vonnegut
Complete Stories – Flannery O’ Connor paired with A Good Hard Look – Ann Napolitano

– Also Mentioned –
Disappearances – Howard Frank Mosher
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space – Margot Lee Shetterly
The movie Lady Bird
Alice Hoffman book tour
Kelly Corrigan book tour
Stone Butch Blues – Leslie Feinberg

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Episode 239 - Playwright Spotlight with Laura Thoma

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Episode 238 - Author Spotlight with Clare Beams

Episode 238 - Author Spotlight with Clare Beams

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Episode 237 - From Connecticut to Carbondale

Episode 237 - From Connecticut to Carbondale

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Episode 236 - From Nyack to Nebraska

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Episode 235 - Hello, Pittsburgh Calling!

Episode 235 - Hello, Pittsburgh Calling!

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Episode 234 - Author Spotlight with Elissa Altman

Episode 234 - Author Spotlight with Elissa Altman

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Episode 233 - Author Spotlight with Matthew Goodman

Episode 233 - Author Spotlight with Matthew Goodman

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