Episode 147 - Q1 Readalong Pick, 2022 Reading Plans, and 2021 Listener Top 10s

Episode 147 - Q1 Readalong Pick, 2022 Reading Plans, and 2021 Listener Top 10s

Our 2022 reading is off to an excellent start! We read and discuss five novels, two memoirs, a biography, and a children’s picture book in this episode. They are:

HOPE AT SEA by Daniel Miyares
I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU by Jami Attenberg
MAGIC LESSONS by Alice Hoffman
FALLING by T.J. Newman
REBECCA HARDING DAVIS: A LIFE AMONG WRITERS by Sharon M. Harris
IN LOVE: A MEMOIR OF LOVE & LOSS by Amy Bloom
RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE by Rita Mae Brown (audiobook narrated by Anna Paquin)
THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DuBOIS, Honorée Fanzine Jeffers
THE SWELLS, Will Aitken

We also announce our theme for 2022 — Indigenous Writers. Our first Readalong title for the first quarter is A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH by Darcie Little Badger.

And like many readers, we spent some time at the end of 2021 thinking about what directions we’d like our reading adventures to take us this year. Call them plans, goals, determinations, or intentions, we’ve got some and share them with you.

Thanks to all of the listeners who submitted their Top 10(ish) reads of 2021. Emily compiled them all into a spreadsheet and we discuss highlights. If you’d like a copy of the spreadsheet, email us, or you can see all of the books on our Bookshop.org List: org list: Listeners Top Books of 2021.

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Episode 137 - Author (and Editor) Spotlight with Juliet Grames

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Episode 135 - Finally, an IN PERSON Joint Jaunt!

Episode 135 - Finally, an IN PERSON Joint Jaunt!

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Episode 134 - Announcing Our 18th Readalong!

Episode 134 - Announcing Our 18th Readalong!

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Episode 133 - Recording Together from the New Book Cougars Studio!

Episode 133 - Recording Together from the New Book Cougars Studio!

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Episode 132 - Author Spotlight with Gina Barreca

Episode 132 - Author Spotlight with Gina Barreca

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Episode 131 - Readalong Discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass with Jenny from Reading Envy Podcast

Episode 131 - Readalong Discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass with Jenny from Reading Envy Podcast

We reveal our Big Book Summer Reading challenge books, and a couple of our listeners let us know about their choices, as well. Chris talks about a controversy regarding reader book reviews and Emily g...

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Episode 130 - Author Spotlight with Whitney Scharer and a GIVEAWAY!

Episode 130 - Author Spotlight with Whitney Scharer and a GIVEAWAY!

We recorded together for the first time in over a year! It was amazing to sit and talk about books over the kitchen table. Hashtag grateful. Emily went on a whirlwind adventure with Maggie Shipstead’s...

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