Episode 78 - Book Expo 2019 Recap!

Episode Seventy Eight Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine

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– Upcoming Readalong –
Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather   (record date 6/27/19)
The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE

– Currently Reading –
Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston (CW)
Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner (EF) release date 6/11/19

– Just Read –
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF)(CW)
look for our discussion of this co-readalong with Jenny of Reading Envy – it will air on June 18, 2019
Chris and Emily both watched this documentary – Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
The Americans on D-Day & in Normandy – Brooke S. Blades (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily attended Book Expo 2019
Chris and Emily were guests on our friend Russell’s Booktube Channel where we reflected on our Book Expo experience, you can see the video HERE.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily is off on a trip to Ireland and Portugal and will seek out bookish adventure

– Upcoming Reads –
Chris is going to read lots of Willa Cather in preparation for trip to the Willa Cather Seminar
Never Have I Ever – Joshilyn Jackson (EF) release date 7/30/19
If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca Marais (EF) release date 7/16/19
All Grown Up – Jami Attenberg (EF)
The Butterfly Girl – Rene Denfeld (EF) release date 10/1/19

– Also Mentioned –
James Benn Billy Boyle series
The Middlesteins – Jami Attenberg
Red at the Bone – Jacqueline Woodson
They Called Us Enemy – George Takei release date 7/16/19
Words Without Borders
Lost in the Spanish Quarter – Heidi Goodrich release date 9/10/19
Jamilah King co-host of The Mother Jones Podcast
Grace Ellis – Lumber Janes series
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass – Mariko Tamaki release date 9/3/2019
The Gravity of Us – Phil Stamper release date 2/4/20
Deep River – Karl Marlantes release date 7/2/2019
Matterhorn – Karl Marlantes
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Word Bookstores
Loyalty Bookstore
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves – Glory Edim
What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence – edited by Michele Filgate  
Light from Other Stars – Erica Swyler
The Book of Speculation – Erica Swyler
Just Ask!:Be Different, Be Brave, Be You – Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael Lopez release date 9/3/19}
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Bryan Stevenson
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Hum if You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais
The Middlesteins – Jami Attenberg
Also by Rene Denfeld: The Enchanted and The Child Finder
The Chelsea Girls – Fiona Davis