Episode 99 - You Can't Keep Us Apart!

Episode Ninety Nine Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE
Our conversation about the book will air on May 26th
– Currently Reading –
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (EF) release date June 2, 2020The Odyssey – Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (CW)
the audio version by Clare Danes can be found here

– Just Read –
One Moonlit Night – Caradog Prichard (translated by Philip Mitchell) (CW)
You can learn more about the Wales Readathon 2020 HEREHide Away – Jason Pinter (EF)
The Woman in the Dark – Vanessa Savage (CW)
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives – Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch (EF)
Two Friends – Willa Cather (CW)
Be a part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project HEREThe Giant’s House – Elizabeth McCracken (EF)
Murder at the Mena House – Erica Ruth Neubauer (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris did some curbside book shopping at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison and Breakwater Books in Guilford and drove by the renovation project of the Scranton Public Library in Madison.
Emily has been enjoying listening to various authors on social media reading aloud and reminisced about reading Summerland by Michael Chabon to her children back in the day.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily plans to start Little Fires Everywhere streaming on HULU based on the novel of the same name by Celest Ng.
Chris is meeting with her bookclub virtually to discuss The Gardens of Emily Dickinson by Judith Farr and also Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life: The Plant’s and Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell.
A Mighty Blaze virtual book tour brought to you by Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum

– Upcoming Reads –
U-505: The Final Journey – James E. Wise (CW)
The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott (CW)(EF)

– Also Mentioned –
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The Mothers – Brit Bennett / Emily discussed this book on Episode 8 and Episode 35
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett
You can learn more about Jason Pinter’s Henry Parker series HERE
Amityville Horror – Jay Anson
Grey Matter Books
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

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