Episode Forty Seven Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. For National Poetry Month (April) we celebrated with a poetry video project. Check out our Book Tube Channel to see the 30 poems read by friends, authors, bloggers, podcasters and more. See the full list of the 2018 Edgar Award winners here. We discuss: Blue, Bluebird – Attica LockeTornado Weather – Deborah Elaine KennedyDark Chapter – Winnie M. Li.Lola – Melissa Scrivner LoveIdaho – Emily RuskovichShe Rides Shotgun – Jordan HarperThe Unseeing – Ana MazzolaKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI – David GrannChester B. Himes: A Biography – Lawrence P. JacksonNew Haven Noir edited by Amy Bloom – Two short stories won Spring Break by John Crowley and The Queen of Secrets by Lisa D. GrayLong Way Down – Jason ReynoldsBolo Books, Kristopher Zgorski The Raven Bookstore in Kansas – Currently Reading/Listening –Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW) The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders – Stuart Kells (CW) Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Courage to Lead – Cecile Richards (EF) – Just Read – Dark Chapter – Winnie M. Li. (CW)Standard Deviation – Katherine Heiny (EF)Sea Creatures from the Sky – Ricardo Cortés (CW) – Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Savoy Bookshop and Cafe for the Reading Across Road Island sponsored event with Angie Thomas and her book The Hate U Give. Emily went to see Cecile Richards discuss her book Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Courage to Lead sponsored by Wesleyan RJ Julia. Chris hosted the second Willa Cather Bookclub at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT where they read The Song of the Lark. The next date is July 19 at 2:00 where they will discuss One of Ours. Our second joint jaunt was to see a bilingual event with Jhumpha Lahiri and Domenico Starnone moderated by Michael Reynolds, Editor in Chief, Europa Editions at Wesleyan RJ Julia. They were discussing the book Trick (Scherzetto). Emily worked at the Lucy Robbins Welles library in Newington, CT. – Upcoming Jaunts – Independent Bookstore Day – Laura will be at Bookclub Bookstore & More with Mastering the Art of Self-Expression, workbook Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon May 1 – Emily is heading to see Meg Wolitzer discuss her book The Female Persuasion at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT May 4-5 – Booktopia at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT Chris is planning to stop at Williams College newly opened bookstore May 10 – Chris and Emily will take a joint jaunt to the Guilford Library for the Guilford Poets Guild celebration of Guilford High School Poetry Contest Winners. – Upcoming Reads – American Byron: Homosexuality The Fall Of Fitz-Green Halleck – John W.M. Hallock (CW) The Life and Letters of Fitz-Green Halleck – James Grant Wilson (CW)Poetical Writings of Fitz-Green Halleck – Fitz-Green Halleck edited by James Grant Wilson (CW) The Overstory – Richard Powers (EF) This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide – Geneen Roth (EF) Naval Officers Under Hitler: The Story of Crew 34 – Eric C. Rust (CW)American Sea Power in the Old World: The United States Navy in European and Near Eastern Waters, 1865-1917 – William N. Still, Jr. (CW)Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors, and More – Kathryn J. Atwood – Also Mentioned –Walt WhitmanMary OliverGretchen Rubin and her Four Tendencies QuizFates and Furies – Lauren GroffAkashic BooksMystic – Noank Library in Mystic, CT Mystic Pizza in Mystic, CTMystic Pizza the movieBank Square Books in Mystic, CTDavid Letterman “My Next Guest” interviews on NetflixO Pioneers! – Willa CatherErnest HemingwayUnabridged Bookstore in ChicagoThe Namesake – Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa LahiriThe Echo Maker – Richard PowersWhen You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up A Chair: 50 Ways to Feel Thin, Gorgeous, and Happy {When You Feel Anything But} – Geneen RotherWhen Food is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy – Geneen RothAn Honorable German – Charles L. McCain – Chris reviewed this book on her blogThe Shadow Divers – Robert Kurson

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