Episode 122 - A Visit with Our Mystery Man John Valeri
Episode One Hundred Twenty Two Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
Chris read a poem by Sylvie Baumgartel titled “Purple” from her collection Pink.
If you are interested in joining Colleen for her readalong of These Women by Ivy Pochoda reach out to her on Instagram @colleenka or email us for more information.
The next Louise Penny book releases on August 24, 2021 and is titled The Madness of Crowds.
– Currently Reading –
The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx (CW)
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters – Kate Murphy (EF)
The Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham Jones (CW)
Laziness Does Not Exist – Devon Price (CW)(audio)
The Best American Mystery Stories of 2020 – edited by C.J. Box and Otto Penzler (CW)
– Just Read –
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains – Kerri Arsenault (EF)
The Survivors – Jane Harper (CW)
Finlay Donovan is Killing It: A Mystery – Elle Cosimano (EF)
The Great Gatsby with an Introduction by Min Jin Lee – F. Scott Fitzgerald (CW)
This Is Your Time – Ruby Bridges (EF)
The Other Mother – Matthew Dicks (EF)
Cuyahoga – Pete Beatty (EF)
The Shadow Box – Luanne Rice (EF)
check out our video where we reveal the cover for the book
– (Couch) Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily attended a conversation between Min Jin Lee & Jennifer Buehler focused on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The event was hosted by Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn.
Emily watched the HBO series Olive Kitteridge based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout.
Emily attended an event via Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT with Luanne Rice, author of The Shadow Box, in conversation with Rick Koster, author and journalist with The Day.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily is signed up to attend an event via Murder by the Book with Elle Cosimano, author of Finlay Donovan is Killing It: A Mystery, in conversation with Megan Miranda, author of The Girl from Widow Hills on Tuesday, February 2 at 7 pm.
– Upcoming Reads –
The Islanders – Meg Mitchell Moore (EF)
The Best of Brevity – edited by Zoe Bossiere and Dinty Moore (CW)
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains – Kerri Arsenault (CW)
To the Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf (CW)
– Our Mystery Man John Valeri –
Check out John’s YouTube channel: Central Booking
John also writes reviews in Mystery Scene Magazine
The Twin – Natasha Preston
Mastering the Process: From Idea to Novel – Elizabeth George
Careless in Red – Elizabeth George
Behind the Red Door – Megan Collins
The Nothing Man – Catherine Ryan Howard
Piece of My Heart – Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke
Where Are the Children – Mary Higgins Clark
Moonlight Becomes You – Mary Higgins Clark
All Around the Town – Mary Higgins Clark
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Mary Higgins Clark
The Cinderella Murder – Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke
John also recommends these two authors:
Edwin Hill – Hester Thursby Series
Karen Katchur – River Bodies, Cold Woods, Spring Girls
– 16th Readalong discussion –
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault
The discussion will drop on February 16th via Episode 123, please get questions/comments to us by February 9th.
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, Feb 7th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to save a spot.
– Also Mentioned –
Kathleen Rooney
American Writers Museum
The Archivist – Martha Cooley
T.S. Eliot
Emily Hale
Simmons University
Dead to Me
The Last Day – Luanne Rice
#disrupttexts is a movement to rebuild the literary canon using an antibias, antiracist critical literacy lens.
Also by Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando
Marcia Clark
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