Episode 208 - Author Spotlight with Sara B. Franklin
Episode 208 Show Notes
– 2nd Quarter 2024 Readalong –
Our first quarter readalong The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book One by Nora Roberts. The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, June 2nd at 7pm (ET), send an email if you would like to reserve a spot. You can join The Awakening Goodreads Discussion anytime and we’ve also created a Goodreads thread for general romance chit chat.
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– Currently Reading –
The Glass Studio – Sandra Yannone (CW)
Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma – Dr. Mariel Buqué (EF)(audiobook)
The House That Horror Built – Christina Henry (CW)
The Phoenicia Diner Cookbook: Dishes and Dispatches from the Catskill Mountains – Chris Bradley, Sara Franklin, and Mike Cioffi (EF)
Head over to Ingredient One for Emily’s conversation about the Lemon Meringue Pie.
– Just Read –
The One-In-A-Million Boy – Monica Wood (EF)
Moby Dick – Herman Melville (CW)
Emily read two short stories:
“Ernie’s Ark” from the collection Ernies’s Ark: The Abbott Falls Stories (audiobook) by Monica Wood.
“Chapter Two” by Antonya Nelson from Best American Short Stories 2013 edited by Elizabeth Strout.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport (CW)
The Paris Novel – Ruth Reichl (EF)
James – Percival Everett (CW)(audiobook)(narrated by Dominic Hoffman)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to New York City to visit Aunt Ellen and The Ripped Bodice bookstore.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily is heading to RJ Julia Booksellers to see Our Mystery Man John Valeri in conversation with Tom Straw about his new novel The Accidental Joe.
Chris and Emily are going on a joint jaunt to the Acton Public Library in Old Saybrook to see Sandra Yannone read from her new poetry collection The Glass Studio.
Check out our video about Ann Petry, the James Pharmacy, and featuring “the bug” in front of the Acton Public Library in Old Saybrook.
Chris and Emily are planning to attend The Cape Cod Book Festival from November 1-3, 2024.
– Upcoming Reads –
In Memoriam reads in honor of Jenny Colvin from the Reading Envy podcast.
Chris is reading Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean by Jonathan White
Emily is reading: This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Please join the readalong and share your memories of Jenny on this Goodreads thread.
Neighbors and Other Stories – Diane Oliver (CW)
Wrapped in Red: Thirteen Tales of Vampiric Horror – edited by Jennifer L. Green (CW)
The Secret, Book & Scone Society – Ellery Adams (EF)
The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book One – Nora Roberts (EF)(CW)
– Out Now –
Flyboy – Kasey LeBlanc
The Guncle Abroad – Steven Rowley
Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir – Zoë Bossiere
– Author Spotlight with Sara B. Franklin –
Learn more about Sara here and follow her book tour.
Books by Sara:
The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America release date 5/28/2024
The Phoenicia Diner Cookbook: Dishes and Dispatches from the Catskill Mountains
Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original
Read Chris’s blog post about seeing Judith Jones in conversation with Adam Gopnik.
If you’re interested in reading a book written by Judith Jones, Sara recommends starting with The Pleasures of Cooking for One: A Cookbook.
– Also Mentioned –
How to Read A Book by Monica Wood
Ulysses by James Joyce
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault
Dear Life by Alice Munro
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
Shakespeare & Company Bookstore
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Also by Percival Everett: Erasure and The Trees
American Fiction movie
Author Anne Rice
Mystery Writers of America NY chapter
Julie & Julia film
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Foods by Judith Jones
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
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