Episode 155 - Death on the Nile with Our Mystery Man John Valeri
Episode One Hundred Fifty Five Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– 21st Readalong –
Our Second Quarter readalong is Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal by Velma Wallis.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, May 15th at 7pm (ET). Send us an email if you would like to join in.
You can join the Goodreads discussion here.
– Currently Reading – [:57]
The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Values – James F. English (CW)
She Is Haunted – Paige Clarke (EF) release date 5/17/22
You Have a Friend in 10a: Stories – Maggie Shipstead (EF) release date 5/17/22
– Just Read – [4:55]
Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices – Jon M. Sweeney (CW)(audio)
The Year of the Horses: A Memoir – Courtney Maum (EF)
Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead – Emily Austin (CW)
Marrying the Ketchups – Jennifer Close (EF)
Lucky Girl, How I Became a Horror Writer: A Krampus Story – Mary Rickert (CW) release date 9/13/22
Python for Everybody: Explore Data in Python 3 – Charles Severance (CW)
– Biblio Adventures – [26:21]
Emily did a Couch Biblio Adventure via Boswell Books with Lauren Fox, author of Send for Me, and Jennifer Close author of Marrying the Ketchups. You can watch the conversation here.
Chris attended a one-day conference via the Association for the Study of Connecticut History about “Teaching History with Courage.” Speakers included David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, and Manisha Sinha, author of The Slaves Cause: A History of Abolition.
Emily and Aunt Ellen went on a Biblio Adventure to Mystic, CT and visited the Mystic & Noank Library and Bank Square Books.
Chris watched an event sponsored by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and Mark Twain House with Dr. Manisha Sinha in conversation with Dorothy Wickenden, author of The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights. You can watch a recording of the event here.
– Upcoming Jaunts – [41:50]
Chris and Emily are heading to Booktopia 2022 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT on Friday, May 6th.
In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day Chris and Emily visited two of their local bookstores, Breakwater Books and Syd’s Book Shack & Boutique where Chris picked up a copy of The Cutters by Bess Streeter Aldrich.
CrimeConn Mystery Lovers’ Conference is being offered as a hybrid event this year at Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT on June 4 from 8:30 am – 4 pm (ET). You can register here.
– Upcoming Reads – [58:20]
As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis Devoto – edited by Joan Reardon (EF)
East of Eden – John Steinbeck (CW)
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal – Velma Wallis (CW)(EF)
Bird Girl and The Man Who Followed the Sun – Velma Wallis (CW)
Out Now:
The Murder of Mr. Wickham – Claudia Gray
By the Book (A Meant to Be Novel) – Jasmine Guillory
Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
The Summer Place – Jennifer Weiner
– Buddy Read with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri – [59:57]
We enjoyed our conversation with John Valeri about the book Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie and the new Kenneth Branagh film.
You can continue the conversation about our buddy read on Goodreads here.
– Also Mentioned –
Two Dollar Radio Press
Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead
The Seven Storey Mountain – Thomas Merton
Thoughts in Solitude – Thomas Merton
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your
First Book – Courtney Maum
Charleston Literary Festival
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life – Richard Hofstadter
O Pioneers – Willa Cather
Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters – John Steinbeck
The Christie Affair – Nina De Gramont
Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois – Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
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