Episode 87 - Chris Discovers a Fantastic Debut Mystery Author: Heather Harper Ellett

Episode 87 - Chris Discovers a Fantastic Debut Mystery Author: Heather Harper Ellett

Episode Eighty Seven Show Notes
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EF = Emily Fine

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– 11th Readalong –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. We will record with Min on October 30th.

– Currently Reading –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee (CW)
The Professor’s House – Willa Cather (CW)
The Gifted School – Bruce Holsinger (EF)

– Just Read –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee (EF)
Ask Again, Yes – Mary Beth Keane (EF)
Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW) (audio)
A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15) – Louise Penny (CW)
Twenty-one Truths About Love – Matthew Dicks (EF) release date November 19, 2019
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (CW)
Chris and Emily stalled and haven’t finished reading:
The Great Believers – Rebecca Makkai (EF)
The Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris went to see Bobby Flay in conversation with Kate Middleton to discuss his new book Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen: A Cookbook.

Emily went to Books on Pratt in Downtown Hartford where she met Jean P. Moore, author of Tilda’s Promise. She also got to Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, MA and attended the first annual Connecticut Literary Festival at Real Art Ways in Hartford.

– Upcoming Adventures –
October 17 at 2pm – Chris will be hosting The Willa Cather Book Club at Wood Memorial Library where they will discuss The Professor’s House
October 19-20 – Boston Book Festival
October 23 – Walden’s Carbon Footprint: People, Plants, Animals, and Machines in the Making of an American Book – at the Beinecke Library
October 26 – Hachette Book Brunch
October 26 – Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon
November 7-10 – Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival

– Upcoming Reads –
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (CW)
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr – Susan Holloway Scott (EF)
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins (EF) release date January 21, 2020

– Also Mentioned –
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Louise Penny’s newsletters can be found HERE
Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
A Burnable Book – Bruce Holsinger
The Gnostic Gospels – Elaine Pagels
Silver Sparrow – Tayari Jones
The Baker’s Daughter – Sarah McCoy
Frederick-Douglas Knowles II – Hartford Poet Laureate
CT Center for the Book – Spirit of CT finalists: Michael Belanger, Katharine Weber, Christopher Wigren
In Pieces – Sally Field
Sue from Book by Book blog

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Episode 193 - Book Club Fundamentals with Davina Morgan-Witts Founder & Publisher of BookBrowse

Episode 193 - Book Club Fundamentals with Davina Morgan-Witts Founder & Publisher of BookBrowse

Chris and Emily were thrilled to sit down and talk with Davina Morgan-Witts, the Founder and Publisher of BookBrowse. Founded in 1998, BookBrowse is one of the earliest independent online book resourc...

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Episode 192 - Author Spotlight with Fancy Feast

Episode 192 - Author Spotlight with Fancy Feast

Author Spotlight: Chris and Emily have a great time talking with Fancy Feast about her new (and debut) essay collection, NAKED: ON SEX, WORK, AND OTHER BURLESQUES. We bid adieu to Scarlet Summer wit...

10 Loka 20231h 35min

Episode 191 - Something So Good It Can Never Be Enough with Poet Shuly Cawood

Episode 191 - Something So Good It Can Never Be Enough with Poet Shuly Cawood

Chris and Emily are happy to welcome back author SHULY CAWOOD to talk about her new poetry collection, SOMETHING SO GOOD IT CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH. Shuly reads a poem and talks about her poetic process, ...

26 Syys 20231h 45min

Episode 190 - Haunted by Hawthorne & The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Episode 190 - Haunted by Hawthorne & The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

It’s another 10th episode which means we’re hosting a giveaway for newsletter subscribers! One lucky winner will receive a copy of DEMOCRACY IN CHAINS: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth ...

12 Syys 20231h 14min

Episode 189 - Author Spotlight with Laurie Lico Albanese

Episode 189 - Author Spotlight with Laurie Lico Albanese

The Book Cougars are thrilled to welcome Laurie Lico Albanese, author of HESTER, our second readalong for Scarlet Summer. Laurie dishes on Hawthorne, shares her inspiration for Isobel, and talks about...

29 Elo 20231h 26min

Episode 188 - Author Spotlight with Erin Flanagan and Katrina Kittle

Episode 188 - Author Spotlight with Erin Flanagan and Katrina Kittle

We had a great time talking with Erin Flanagan and Katrina Kittle. Both authors have new books coming out: COME WITH ME (8/22) and MORNING IN THIS BROKEN WORLD (9/1). Don’t miss our Author Spotlight c...

15 Elo 20231h 22min

Episode 187 - Author Spotlight with Alli Frank & Asha Youmans

Episode 187 - Author Spotlight with Alli Frank & Asha Youmans

A Book Cougars first: we interview a writing duo! In our Author Spotlight segment, we talk with Alli Frank and Asha Youmans about their new novel THE BETTER HALF, how they started writing together, th...

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Episode 186 - The Long Afterlife of The Scarlet Letter

Episode 186 - The Long Afterlife of The Scarlet Letter

Welcome to Episode 186! We chat about what we’re currently reading (How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens and Come with Me by Erin Flanagan) and books we’ve finished ( Morning in This Broken World b...

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