Episode 148 - Reading Sure Makes Time Fly (how is it already February???)

Episode One Hundred Forty Eight Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading – [3:50]
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them – Elif Bautman (CW)(audio)
Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook – Yotam Ottolenghi, Tara Wigley, and Ixta Belfrage (EF)
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (CW)
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and
Present – Adrienne Keene, illustrated by Ciara Sana (EF)
– Just Read – [16:54]
Honor – Thrity Umrigar (EF)
The Peacock – Isabel Bogdan, translated by Annie Rutherford (CW)
Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? – Lizzie Damilola Blackburn (EF)
The Good Egg and The Bad Seed – Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald (CW)
The Sentence – Louise Erdrich (EF) (audio)
Her Last Affair – John Searles (EF) release date 3/22/22
Memphis – Tara M. Stringfellow (EF) release date 4/5/22

– Biblio Adventures – [40:33]
Chris finished watching the third, and final season of Dickinson on Apple TV.

Emily attended the kick-off event for Reading Across Rhode Island. The book this year is Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley. The Executive Director of The Tomaquag Museum is the honorary chair of the event.

Chris attended a talk in partnership between The Madison Historical Society and The Institute for American Indian Studies with Dr. Lucianne Lavin. You can watch a recording of the event here.

Chris is watching the series Sex and The City based on the book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and The City.

– Upcoming Jaunts – [49:18]
Chris and Emily are heading out on a joint jaunt together, stay tuned for Episode 149 to hear more!

Emily will be attending a Buzz Books Editor panel via the American Bookseller’s Association.

– Upcoming Reads – [50:07]
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation –  Imani Perry (CW)
Goliath – Tochi Onyebuchi (EF)
Free Love – Tessa Hadley (EF)
The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk (CW)

– 20th Readalong –
A Snake Falls to Earth – Darcie Little Badger
The discussion will drop on March 1st via Episode 150, please get questions/comments to us by December 14th.
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.

The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join please send an email to save a spot.

Check out the YouTube video showing off the book.

– Also Mentioned –
Other Cookbooks by Yotam Ottolenghi – Sweet: Desserts from London’s Ottolenghi, Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook
Ten Speed Press
V & Q Books
The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois – Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Pat Conroy
Riot Baby - Tochi Onyebuchi

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