There aren’t many people around who read more than Barbara VanDenburgh, the former Arizona Republic writer turned USA Today Books Editor. When she’s not reading or writing about books, she’s talking about them, as host of the First Draft Book Club at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix. Barbara joined the podcast to share some of the early 2023 books she’s most excited about, including the current pick for her book club: NIGHT WHEREVER WE GO, Tracey Rose Peyton LIFE ON DELAY: MAKING PEACE WITH A STUTTER, John Hendrickson VICTORY CITY, Salman Rushdie THE CLIMATE BOOK: THE FACTS AND THE SOLUTIONS, Greta Thunberg HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE, Grady Hendrix NEVER NEVER, Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher OSCAR WARS: A HISTORY OF THE OSCARS IN GOLD, SWEAT AND TEARS, Michael Schulman IMMORTALITY A LOVE STORY, Dana Schwartz LOVE PAMELA, Pamela Anderson FINDING ME, Viola Davis Books also mentioned in this episode: FAIRY TALE, Stephen King THE GLASS CASTLE and HANG THE MOON, Jeannette Walls To follow Barbara’s work, visit: https://www.usatoday.com/staff/2646127001/barbara-vandenburgh/ Join First Draft Book Club: https://firstdraftbookbar.com/book-club
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