– Currently Reading –All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto – George M. Johnson (CW)The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose (EF) (audio)Night – Elie Wiesel (CW)Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices - Kathy Gunst and Katherine Alford (EF)– Just Read –Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close – Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman (EF) release date 7/14/20Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts – Kate Racculia (CW)The Last Flight – Julie Clark (EF)My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (CW)(audio)Last Day – Luanne Rice (EF)Home Before Dark – Riley Sager (CW)The Revisioners – Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (EF)Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Crosby (CW) release date 7/14/20– Biblio Adventures –Chris attended a virtual event through RJ Julia Booksellers Richie Jackson author of Gay Like Me in conversation with Matthew Reimer author of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation.Emily attended a virtual event via Books are Magic with Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Rodham, in conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan to discuss the release of her book Friends and Strangers.Emily listened to the Women’s Prize podcast, which can be found HERE.– Upcoming Jaunts –Emily is going to scout out and make donations to some of the little free libraries created via the organization Help Your Shelves.Wednesday, July 15 – Chris plans to attend a virtual event via The Center for Fiction with Victor Lavalle in conversation with Stephen Graham Jones about his book, The Only Good Indians.The Book Cougars are hosting a biblio adventure! We will be having a virtual readalong discussion of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to save a spot.– Upcoming Reads –The Topeka School – Ben Lerner (EF)Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney (EF) release date 8/11/20With or Without You – Caroline Leavitt (EF) release date 8/4/20The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills – Leslie T. Sharpe (EF) (audio)Fludd – Hilary Mantel (CW)– Author Spotlight with Anne Oman – Anne is the author of Mango Rains out from Galaxy Galloper Press.The book can be found on her website: http://www.mangorains.net/And bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/MangoRains– Also Mentioned –Other books by Elie Weisel: Dawn and DayAmityville Horror – Jay AnsonThe Okra Project Tayari JonesAnn PatchettPaul TremblayTommy OrangeHilary Mantel Trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bringing Up the Bodies, and The Mirror & the Light

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