Episode 48 - Jaunt Much? Chris and Emily visit SEVEN bookstores and discuss LOADS of books

Episode Forty Eight Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– Currently Reading/Listening –

The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders – Stuart Kells (CW)
The Overstory – Richard Powers (EF)
Chicago Manual of Style – University of Chicago Press (CW)

Alternate Side – Anna Quindlen (EF)

– Just Read –
Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Courage to Lead – Cecile Richards (EF)
DNF’d: The Swarm – Frank Schätzing (CW) read about her time with the book on her blog

Bite by Bite – Geneen Roth (EF) (audio)

Dream More – Dolly Parton (CW) (audio)

This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide – Geneen Roth (EF)
Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Independent Bookstore Day – Chris went with Laura who was at Bookclub Bookstore & More with Mastering the Art of Self-Expression, workbook.

Chris participated in Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon

Emily saw Meg Wolitzer discuss her book The Female Persuasion at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT

May 4-5 – Booktopia at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT

Ariel Lawhon – I Was Anastasia: A Novel

Bianca Marais – Hum If You Don't Know the Words

Heather Abel – The Optimistic Decade

Jonathan Miles – Anatomy of a Miracle

Pamela Paul – My Life With Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues

Peter Swanson – All the Beautiful Lies

Robin Oliveira – Winter Sisters

Stephen McCauley – My Ex-Life

Chris and Emily stopped at Williams College newly opened bookstore.

On the way home Chris and Emily went to Saratoga Springs, NY to visit the other Northshire Bookstore

Emily went to Brooklyn and visited Books are Magic and McNally Jackson

Chris went to a local cemetery in Guilford to see Fitz-Greene Halleck’s gravesite.

– Upcoming Jaunts –

Chris is going to see an Encore Series show in NYC at the Encore Series.

Coming up at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT:

May 15, 2018 – Chandra Prasad with her book Damselfly

May 16, 2018 – Heather Abel with her book The Optimistic Decade

Coming up at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore:

May 25, 2018 – Lisa Ko with her book The Leavers

May 26, 2018 –Mark your calendar for World Dracula Day

– Upcoming Reads –

Bimini Twist (Jane Bunker Mystery #4) – Linda Greenlaw (CW) release date June 26, 2018

Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais (CW)
In the Dark (Jenny Aron #1) – Andreas Pfluger (CW)

Bitter Orange – Claire Fuller (CW) release date October 9, 2018

The Other Woman – Sandie Jones (CW) release date August 21, 2018

Something in the Water – Catherine Stedman (CW) release date July 24, 2018
Black Chamber – S.M. Stirling (CW) release date July 3, 2018

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro – Rachel Slade (CW)

Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together – Rachel Wilkerson Miller (CW)
Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture – edited by Roxane Gay (EF)

The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process – Francesca Lia Block (EF)

Sunburn – Laura Lippman (EF)

Little Women – Louisa May Alcott (EF)

– Also Mentioned –

Dolly Parton’s foundation: Imagination Library

Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman

The Wife – Meg Wolitzer

The Interestings – Meg Wolitzer

Modern Lovers – Emma Straub

The Vacationers – Emma Straub

Jesmyn Ward

The Duplass Brothers

Delicious Magazine

Emma Visick

Book Nook with Vick Mickunas

The Echo Maker – Richard Powers

American Rust – Philipp Meyer

The Son – Philip Meyer