Episode 245 - Henry James is dead (to us)
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read21 Okt 2025

Episode 245 - Henry James is dead (to us)

Welcome to Episode 245! A highlight of this episode, if you want to call it that, is our discussion of Henry James’s ghost story, “The Jolly Corner,” from THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES. Chris also read his novella, “The Turn of the Screw,” so we actually talk about two Henry James stories. We’re sorry. Haha. We jest, but in all honesty, we struggled with James’s writing style, even if we thought the plots were engaging. If you’re a Henry James fan, what are we missing? We’d love to hear from you! The image for this episode is a selfie we took in front of Henry James’s portrait at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston earlier this year. It was painted in 1911 by his nephew, William “Billy” James. We had much more fun reading and discussing “The Birds” by Daphne Du Maurier. There’s a new collection of Du Maurier’s short stories out, AFTER MIDNIGHT: THIRTEEN TALES FOR THE DARK HOURS, which prompted our buddy read of this suspenseful tale of increasing dread. We plan on watching Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of the same name before the next episode. In our “Just Read” segment, we also talk about: THE LAST RESORT by Erin Entrada Kelly THE DOGS OF VENICE by Steven Rowley AFTERTASTE by Daria LaVelle AGNES GREY by Anne Brontë In Biblio Adventures, we were thrilled to make it to the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT, to see SPUNK. Zora Neale Hurston dreamed of seeing her short story, published in 1925, adapted for the stage. It took one hundred years to happen, but her wish has come true. As always, there’s more “inside.” Happy Listening and Happy Reading! https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode245

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

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

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Episode 255 - Q1 Readalong: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Episode 255 - Q1 Readalong: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Episode 254 - Author Spotlight with Tiya Miles

Episode 254 - Author Spotlight with Tiya Miles

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Episode 253 - Author Spotlight with Sharon M. Harris

Episode 253 - Author Spotlight with Sharon M. Harris

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

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

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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

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

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

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Episode 249 - It’s Our Ninth Anniversary!

Episode 249 - It’s Our Ninth Anniversary!

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