Episode 162 - Just Us and the Insects (or not)
Episode One Hundred Sixty Two Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– 22nd Readalong –
Our Third Quarter readalong is The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson. The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, September 18th at 7pm (ET). Send us an email if you would like to join in.
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– Currently Reading – [:22]
Lucy by the Sea – Elizabeth Strout (EF) release date 9/20/2022
The Warmth of Other Suns – Elizabeth Wilkerson (CW)(audio narrated by Robin Miles)
You can join Chris’s buddy read here.
The Electricity of Every Living Thing – Katherine May (EF)(audio)
The Electricity of Every Living Thing dramatic adaptation – Katherine May (EF)(audio)
Mansfield Park – Jane Austen (CW)
Read Chris’s guest blog post on Roof Beam Reader.
– Just Read – [9:26]
Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus (EF)
Vampire Slayer, The Vol. 2 – Sarah Gailey, Michael Shelfer (Illustrations), Sonia Liao (Illustrations) (CW)
When Women Could Fly – Megan Giddings (EF) (audiobook narrated by Angel Pean)
A Lost Lady – Willa Cather (CW)
You can listen to Chris chat about the book on The Mooks and The Gripes – Episode 34
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy – Jamie Ford (EF)(audio)
Natures Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard – Douglas W. Tallamy (CW)
Learn about his event at Guilford High School here.
– Biblio Adventures – [35:11]
Chris and Emily went on a Joint Jaunt to the Madison Art Cinemas to see the movie Where the Crawdads Sing based on the novel by Delia Owens.
Emily took the Gentleman Caller to the Book Barn in Niantic to search for Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Which they didn’t find but Emily found a copy of Black, White, and the Grey by Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano.
Chris and Laura went on a road trip to New Hampshire where she came across an historical marker for Sarah Josepha Buell Hale located in Newport, New Hampshire.
Emily went to Barnswallow Books in Rockport, Maine for a workshop with Elissa Altman and Katherine May authors of Wintering and Motherland. She also spent a workday at the Camden Public Library.
Chris attended a virtual event through Savoy Bookshop & Café with Dr. Mark Harper about his book Chill: The Cold Water Swim Cure. You can watch the video here.
– Upcoming Jaunts – [1:07:04]
Chris and Emily are heading to Mystic to work at the Mystic & Noank Library and an in-person event at the Westerly Library sponsored by Bank Square Books, Savoy Bookshop & Café, and The New London Day with Jamie Ford discussing his book The Many Daughters of Afong Moy.
– Upcoming Reads – [1:09:27]
The Great Bridge – David McCullough (EF)
Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six – Maya Payne Smart (EF)
Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt (EF)
– Also Mentioned –
Also in the Amgash Series by Elizabeth Strout: My Name is Lucy Barton, Anything is Possible, and Oh William!
Roof Beam Reader
Buffy comics fan world: https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_comics
Dark Star Comics
Lakewood – Megan Giddings
Margaret Atwood
Octavia Butler
A Lost Lady 1934 film
Bringing Nature Home – Douglas W. Tallamy
Pat Conroy
Katherine May’s the Wintering Sessions
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age – Katherine May
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