Episode 8 - Biblio Adventure Bonanza! (and books...)
Episode Eight Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
– Just Read –
1984 – George Orwell (CW)
Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert – Patricia Cornwell (CW)
Chris writes about this one on her blog: http://www.wildmoobooks.com
Macbeth – William Shakespeare (CW) (audio)
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living – Louise Miller (EF) (audio)
The Mothers – Brit Bennett (EF)
– Currently Reading/Listening –
Brown Girl Dreaming – Jaqueline Woodson (CW)
The Vampyre: A Tale – John William Polidori (CW)
Kindred – Octavia Butler (EF)
Best Food Writing 2016 – Edited by Holly Hughes (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
February 15 – RJ Julia Booksellers – Brunonia Barry author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal
February 16 – 92nd St Y – George Saunders and Colson Whitehead
February 17 – Morgan Library to see the Emily Dickinson Exhibit
Three Lives & Company bookstore
McNally Jackson Books
Goods for the Study – McNally Jackson Books sister stationary store with journals, pens, etc.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris is going to see the play Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill
March 2 – Guilford Public Library - Christine Woodside author of Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
March 7 – RJ Julia Booksellers – Natasha Friend author of The Other F-Word
March 8 – RJ Julia Booksellers – Elinor Lipman author of On Turpentine Lane
March 9-12 – New York Antiquarian Book Fair – at the Park Avenue Armory
March 27 – Savoy Bookshop & Cafe – Min Jin Lee author of Pachinko
– Upcoming Reads –
The Other F-Word – Natasha Friend (CW)
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood – Thomas Peckett Prest (CW)
The Dry – Jane Harper (CW)
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation – Brad Ricca (CW)
You’ll Grow Out of It – Jessi Klein (EF) (audio)
News of the World – Paulette Jiles (EF)
Babette’s Feast – Isak Dinesen (EF)
– Also Mentioned –
Check out this cool podcast where mom and daughter duo, Barb and Tracie, talk all things knitting and books – 2 Knit Lit Chicks
I Don’t Know What to Do With Good White People – Brit Bennett
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
The Son - Philipp Meyer
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World – Peter Wohlleben and Tim Flannery
The North Shore Literary Trail: From Bradstreet's Andover to Hawthorne's Salem - Kristin Bierfelt
Booktopia at Northshire Bookstore May 5-6, 2017 – There are still tickets available!
Books and Authors:
Our Short History – Lauren Grodstein
Celine – Peter Heller
The Leavers – Lisa Ko
The Impossible Fortress – Jason Rekulak
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk – Kathleen Rooney
Books for Living – Will Schwalbe
The Women in the Castle – Jessica Shattuck
The World to Come: Stories – Jim Shepard