Episode 145 - International Biblio Adventure and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
21 Dec 20211h 11min
Episode 144 - Celebrating Our 5th Anniversary!
On Episode 144 we celebrate our anniversary! Join us as we take a walk down memory lane reflecting on the last five years together as the Book Cougars. We chat about memorable biblio adventures and gr...
7 Dec 20211h 34min
Episode 143 - Author Spotlight with Jenna Blum
Terror, Murder, Death!! Our reading this episode isn’t as bleak as the themes of our “Just Read” books would suggest. Emily seriously enjoyed STATE OF TERROR by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penn...
23 Nov 20211h 2min
Episode 142 - O Beautiful Pub Day Conversation with Jung Yun
Both Chris and Emily inhaled Alice Henderson’s second Alex Carter novel, A BLIZZARD OF POLAR BEARS, which is out today, 11/9! Emily has been partaking in the Laurie Colwin renaissance and read HOME CO...
9 Nov 20211h 35min
Episode 141 - Author Spotlight with Alice Henderson
Emily is immersing herself in some self-love reading. She’s enjoying The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor and she re-read (!) Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen...
26 Okt 202156min
Episode 140 - Our Mystery Man Returns with Spooktacular Recommendations
John Valeri, our Mystery Man and host of Central Booking, returns to offer Halloween season recommendations for middle-grade, young adult, and adult readers. Emily has nothing but high praise for TH...
12 Okt 20211h 15min
Episode 139 - Author Spotlight with Janice P. Nimura
We wrap up our read along of The Doctors Blackwell with an interview with the author, Janice P. Nimura. Emily explores the life of one Tokyo housewife through Emily Itami’s debut novel, Fault Lines, ...
28 Sep 20211h 5min
Episode 138 - Marilynne Robinson Returns
Mothers, madness, alcoholism, researching slave revolts, wilderness guides — Emily and Chris discuss recent books they’ve tackled that range widely in subject matter but are all excellent reads. And g...
14 Sep 202147min
