Episode 196 - Trying Not To Go Viral
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read5 Joulu 2023

Episode 196 - Trying Not To Go Viral

Once again, we are grateful for the miracle of modern technology that allowed us to record this episode from two locations. Chris was recovering from the flu and, to keep Emily healthy, we recorded over Zoom. In our Just Read segment, we talk about nine very different books in a variety of genres: epic poetry, memoir, biography, and novels, including a graphic novel. Both Cougars finished THE BOOKBINDER by Pip Williams, our last readalong in our year of reading Books About Books. Chris finally finished THE PARADISO by Dante Alighieri and is happy to have THE DIVINE COMEDY under her belt. She also finished Megan Marshall’s fascinating biography, The PEABODY SISTERS: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. Taking a break from historically-minded reading, she listened to Ruha Benjamin’s award-winning book, VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want. Emily dove into history and read THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester. Then she switched things up with a middle-grade graphic novel, SEA CHANGE by Frank Viva. She read two books that look at grief through very different windows: Sloan Crosley’s memoir about the death of her best friend, GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE, and a new inspirational rom-com by Emma Grey, THE LAST LOVE NOTE. As always, we also discuss what we’re currently reading, what we look forward to reading, and Biblio Adventures. We hope you enjoy this episode, and we wish you lots of Happy Reading! Listen here https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2023/episode196 or wherever you get your podcasts.

Jaksot(256)

Episode 256 - Author Spotlight with Sara Catterall & Q2 Readalong Announcement

Episode 256 - Author Spotlight with Sara Catterall & Q2 Readalong Announcement

Welcome to Episode 256 featuring our Author Spotlight with biographer Sara Catterall! Sara’s new book, AMELIA BLOOMER: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon, was on Chris’s Top Ten list, and Emily...

24 Maalis 1h 34min

Episode 255 - Q1 Readalong: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Episode 255 - Q1 Readalong: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Welcome to Episode 255, where we dig into talking about FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley! We also discuss two adaptations that we’ve watched. We both plan to watch more adaptations and remain fascinated b...

10 Maalis 1h 15min

Episode 254 - Author Spotlight with Tiya Miles

Episode 254 - Author Spotlight with Tiya Miles

Welcome to Episode 254! We are so excited to welcome Tiya Miles to the podcast to discuss her most recent book, NIGHT FLYER: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People. Don’t miss our conver...

24 Helmi 1h 43min

Episode 253 - Author Spotlight with Sharon M. Harris

Episode 253 - Author Spotlight with Sharon M. Harris

Welcome to Episode 247! Can you believe it is already time to share our annual Holiday Gift Ideas?? Each year, starting with Episode 2 back in 2016, we share some bookish (or biblioadventuring) gifts...

10 Helmi 1h 37min

Episode 252 - Listener Top Tens of 2025 and New Year Reading Intentions

Episode 252 - Listener Top Tens of 2025 and New Year Reading Intentions

Welcome to Episode 252, where we share LISTENER TOP TEN READS of 2025! In past years, there hasn’t been much of a spread between the first and second place books on the list. But this year there is a ...

27 Tammi 1h 37min

Episode 251 - Top Ten Reads of 2025 with Russell of Ink and Paper Blog

Episode 251 - Top Ten Reads of 2025 with Russell of Ink and Paper Blog

Welcome to Episode 251 – Another Annual Top Ten Celebration with Russell of Ink and Paper Blog! We each share our list of Top Ten books read in 2025 and a favorite Biblio Adventure. Of course, more t...

13 Tammi 1h 51min

Episode 250 - In podcasting years, we’re older than America250

Episode 250 - In podcasting years, we’re older than America250

Welcome to Episode 250! We joke that we turned “250” before “America250,” the moniker given to the United States’s anniversary celebration. The country is celebrating 250 years in 2026. This is also...

30 Joulu 20251h 17min

Episode 249 - It’s Our Ninth Anniversary!

Episode 249 - It’s Our Ninth Anniversary!

Welcome to Episode 249–we are now NINE! That’s right, December is our anniversary month. Episode 1 launched on December 6, 2016, and we’ve published a new episode every other Tuesday since then. Tha...

16 Joulu 20251h 39min

Suosittua kategoriassa Premium

nikotellen
anni-jaajo
tuplakaak
jaljilla
antin-matka
olipa-kerran-otsikko
maanantaimysteeri
i-dont-like-mondays
grekovit
hei-baby-3
sita
terveisia-perheesta
palmujen-varjoissa
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
kaksi-aitia
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
the-harlin-show
murhan-anatomia
ihan-oikeesti
backmanholmavuo