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Season 13, Episode 263 Another Fine Mess with guest Lindy Ryan

It's officially the start of spooky season around here. Two days after Labor Day is definitely not too early, is it? We are dying for cool weather, fuzzy socks, and Carrie already has the skeletons on her front porch.

For our guest this week, Lindy Ryan, it's spooky season all year round. She grew up on a diet of Goosebumps books and never got over her love of the dark and twisty. Now she writes her own horror stories and her BLESS YOUR HEART series will give you some thrills and chills with the Evans women. Four generations of them--great-grandmother Ducey all the way down to angsty teen Luna run a funeral home in their small Texas town. And they also have a little side project: protecting the town from the undead. Both BLESS YOUR HEART and ANOTHER FINE MESS, the second novel in the series, follow the Evans women who, with snark and heart, protect those they love from the proverbial "bloodbath."

And for our book recommendation section of the show, we’re thinking about carnivals, fairs, and festivals. Kentucky recently held its state fair, and with that in mind, we think you should make yourself a corndog or deep fry a Twinkie and get ready to add some books to your TBR lists. We’ve got a graphic novel for kids, a thriller from the 1940s, a mystery, historical fiction, a National Book Award finalist, and a memoir.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan 

2- Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan

3- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

4- Howl edited by Lindy Ryan 

5- The Darkest Night edited by Lindy Ryan 

6- But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo

7- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison 

8- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

9- Cackle by Rachel Harrison 

10- Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 

11- Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck 

12- A 5 Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover @arizonabookstagrammer - Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

13- All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson 

14- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

15- Lewis Sinclair and the Gentleman Cowboys by DMS Fick 

16- The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler 

17- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 

18- The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts by Tessa Fontaine

Media Mentioned:

1- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Youtube)

2- Nosferatu (1922, Youtube)

3- Metropolis (1927, Youtube)

4- Nosferatu (2024)

5- The Thursday Murder Club (2025, Netflix)

6- Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019, Netflix)

7- Chernobyl (2019, Max)

8- Nightmare Alley (2021)

9- Shelby County KY Library books taken - 

https://www.wlky.com/article/unreturned-library-book-dispute-shelby-county-reformation-church/65875001

10- Travels with Charley Fact Checking - 

https://www.steinbecknow.com/2020/08/01/travels-with-charley-painting-snapshot/

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Season 13, Episode 262 The Fire Concerto with guest Sarah Landenwich

Our guest this week, novelist Sarah Landenwich has turned her own experience as a talented pianist who lost her passion into a compelling, many-layered book about music, competition, history, and legacy. THE FIRE CONCERTO is about a woman named Clara who left a career as a classical pianist following a devastating fire that left her hands painfully scarred. She also left behind a tortured relationship with her former piano teacher. But when that instructor dies and leaves Clara a 19th century metronome, it sends her down a path of mystery about who the metronome belonged to and how that connects to Clara.

In our book recommendation segment of the show, we complete that old chestnut of a back to school assignment: the "What Did You Do This Summer?" essay. But we do it in the form of books. Carrie gives us some German authors she read while preparing for her family trip to Germany in June. And Amy highlights some books based on her Amsterdam and Wisconsin vacation spots, while also recommending a book by an author she saw at the Columbus Book Festival.

Books Mentioned in this Episode

1- A Home for Friendless Women by Kelly E. Hill 

2- The Fire Concerto by Sarah Landenwich 

3- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 

4- Possession by AS Byatt 

5- Plainsong (trilogy) by Kent Haruf

6- Old Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

7- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

8- How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self Care Epidemic One Dubious Cure at a Time by Amy LaRocca 

9- Say Everything by Ione Skye 

10- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

11- A Five Star Read recommended by fellow Book Lover Cathleen @wovenfromwords - Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray 

12- Sleepless by Romy Hausmann

13- What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon 

14- The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel 

15- A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter series) by Annelise Ryan 

16- Death in the Dark Woods (Monster Hunter series) by Annelise Ryan

17- Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug

18- The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb 

Media Mentioned:

1- Speed Museum Glass Art exhibit - https://www.speedmuseum.org/the-adele-and-leonard-leight-glass-art-award-victoria-ahmadizadeh-melendez/

2- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

3- The Naked Gun (2025)

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Season 13, Episode 261 Honey Blossom Press with guest Keisha Mennefee

We have had great luck finding excellent books from small independent publishers, and so we periodically invite one on the show to tell us a little about how they operate. Our guest this week is Keisha Mennefee, a literary strategist who has worked with high profile Black artists like Jada Pinkett Smith and Kennedy Ryan.  She recently started her own publishing house called Honey Blossom Press. The mission of this press is to amplify underrepresented voices and powerful narratives that might otherwise go unheard. Some of their new titles include When Forty Blooms by Jacinta Howard and The Divorcetante by Mia Hentzelman. 

 And since it is August, and we’re in the dog days of summer, our book rec section is focused on dogs. Amy especially loves a book where a dog features as a significant character who not only has personality but moves the plot along and helps create the theme. We’ve got some children’s lit, teen lit, Japanese narrative, literary fiction, memoir, and apocalyptic fiction. 

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

1- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

2- Mrs. Lincoln: A Life by Catherine Clinton 

3- The Survivors by Jane Harper 

4- Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park by Conor Knighton

5- Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon series #1) by Nevada Barr

6- When Forty Blooms by Jacinta Howard 

7- This Side of Beautiful by Tiye 

8- The Divorcetante by Mia Hentzelman

9- Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Triumph by Sheila Johnson

10- The House on the Strand by Daphne duMaurier 

11- Alive and Beating by Rebecca Wolf 

12- The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angline Boulley 

13- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley 

14-  A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Katelyn @bookclubwithkatelyn - Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley 

15- Gather by Kenneth Cadow 

16- Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment 

17- The Body in Question by Jill Ciment 

18- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate diCamillo

19- Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg

20- The Boy and The Dog by Seishu Hase

21- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World. by C.A. Fletcher

22- Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

23- Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman

24- Martha Speaks series by Susan Meddaugh

 

Media Mentioned

1- Cat Video Fest - https://www.catvideofest.com

2- The Survivors (Netflix, 2025)

3- Untamed (Netflix, 2025)

4- Because of Winn Dixie (Disney, 2005)

5- 5 Flights Up (2014)

6- Martha Speaks (Prime Video, 2008)

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Season 13, Episode 260 I Think We’ve Been Here Before with guest Suzy Krause

Usually, Christmas in July sales feature new cars or mattresses, but we are giving you a Christmas in July book episode. Our guest this week is Suzy Krause, a Canadian novelist whose book I Think We’ve Been Here Before is set in the few weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday in a small town in Saskatchewan.  This book is cozy but not in a way you would expect because something terrible is about to happen.  A cosmic event is going to end the world, and residents have several weeks to prepare.  But this apocalyptic story is hopeful and uplifting and makes you feel good.  How can you combine the end of the world with Christmas and make it comforting?  That’s what we asked Suzy because she has written a book that is nothing like I’ve ever read.  It’s like a little unexpected gift under the tree. 

For our book rec section of this episode, we are talking about diaries. And no, we’re not going to be reading from our diaries because that would be a snoozefest. We’ve selected both nonfiction and fictional diaries that allow us to get a sneak peek into a historic event or a situation that we don’t know much about. 

Books Mentioned In this Episode:

 1- I Think We've Been Here Before by Suzy Krause

2- We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 

3- A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold 

4- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

5- Space Crone by Ursula K. Le Guin 

6- The Millicent Quibb Schook of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon

7- The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney

8- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Lizzy Roth - Dead Water by C.A. Fletcher

9- The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

10- These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy Turner 

11- This is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay 

12- The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal by Lilly Koppel 

13- Here Comes the Fun: A Year of Making Merry by Ben Aitken 

14- The Lost Diaries of Édouard Manet by Maureen Gibbon 

Media Mentioned:

1- Adolescence (Netflix 2025)

2- We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)

3- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Prime, 2012)

4- Ben Aitken Podcast episode - https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/s-7-ep-146-a-may-december-friendship-with-guest-ben-aitken-9722/

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Season 13, Episode 259 A Fashionably French Murder with guest Colleen Cambridge

Typically Amy has not been a cozy mystery reader, but this week’s guest, Colleen Gleason who also writes as Colleen Cambridge, may have single-handedly converted her.  She is the author of over 57 books in numerous series but her “American in Paris” series has been a delightful escape over the last year. It is a cozy mystery set in postwar 1950s Paris with a dynamic mystery-solving duo featuring none other than Julia Child. Book 3 in the series titled A Fashionably French Murder was published in April.  So we were thrilled when Colleen agreed to chat with us about this series as well as several of her other books.

Colleen’s style of writing often includes a pairing.  She has a mystery series that involves Agatha Christie and her housekeeper, another series featuring Abraham Lincoln and his aide, and even a steampunk paranormal YA series involving an imaginary crime-fighting pairing of Bram Stoker’s younger sister and Sherlock Holme’s niece. As we know from doing this podcast, having a partner-in-crime makes things much more fun. 

In our book rec section of the episode, we are all about gardens. We are not reviewing gardening books, however. Rather, we’re talking about books in which gardens, gardeners, flowers and shrubs are part of the story in some format. We’ve got thrillers, middle grade, fantasy, contemporary family drama, murder mysteries, and Appalachian gothic. 

 

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- A Fashionably French Murder (American in Paris series) by Colleen Cambridge 

2- Food People by Adam M. Roberts

3- The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Ok Assistant by Liza Tully

4- Dept Q by Jussi Adler-Olsen

5- A Murder Most French (American in Paris series) by Colleen Cambridge

6- In the Spirit of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge

7- Paris Noir: The Secret History of a City by Jacques Yonnet

 8- The Seven Rings (The Lost Bride Trilogy #3) by Nora Roberts

9- The Rosie Result (Don Tillman #3) by Graerme Simsion

10-The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

11-The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

12- Forged by Danielle Teller

13- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Betsy Tomszak @bookswithbetsy - Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda

14- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15- The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

16- June in the Garden by Eleanor Wilde

17- A Botanist’s Guide to Parties & Poisons by Kate Khavari

18- The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

19- Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

 20- The Summer of June by Jamie Sumner 

 Media mentioned--

 1- Hacks (Max, 2021 - present) 

2- Dept Q (Netflix, 2025)

3- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

4- The New Look (Apple Plus - 2024)

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Season 12, Episode 258 Summer Reading with Bookseller Sam Miller

This week we have Sam Miller, manager at Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, with us to chat about books readers might want to consider for their summer reading. It is always fun to hear what is new and notable from Sam. 

This is our last episode of the season.  We will be back in July after our summer hiatus with all new episodes. Happy Reading!

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

 1- The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebowitz

2- Northern Spy by Flynn Berry

3- Big Girl Small Town by Michelle Gallen

4- Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

5- Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero

6- The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

7- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

 8- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

9- Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

10- So Far Gone by Jess Walter

11- A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle

12- A Lesser Light by Peter Geye

13- Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippmann

 14- El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

15- Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann

16- Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

17- First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

18- King of Ashes by SA Cosby

19- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

20- Katabasis by RF Kuang

21- Country Under Heaven by Frederic Durbin

22- A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 

23- Isabella Nag and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire

 24- The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

25- Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs

26- Plato and the Tyrant by James Romm

27- Turning to Birds by Lili Taylor

28- Is A River Alive? by Robert McFarlane

29- Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

30- Charlottesville by Deborah Baker

31- Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser

32- Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

33- Fulfillment by Lee Cole

34- If You Love It, Let it Kill You by Hannah Pittard

35- The Fire Concerto by Sarah Landenwich

36- Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi

37- Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

38- I Am the Arrow: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems by Sarah Ruden

39- Red Comet by Heather Clark

40- Bad Badger : A Love Story by Maryrose Wood

Media mentioned--

1- Derry Girls (Netflix, 2018-2022)

2- Christoph Waltz on Jimmy Fallon --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0jr-HQeT74

 3- Floyd Collins Broadway show--https://floydcollinsbroadway.com

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Season 12, Episode 257 A Forty Year Kiss with guest Nickolas Butler

Amy discovered Nickolas Butler earlier this year when she attended the author event for his newest novel A Forty Year Kiss at Carmichael’s Bookstore. Nick has six novels and a collection of short stories under his belt, but A Forty Year Kiss may be his first love story.  His mind was set to wondering after he overheard a passionate conversation in his favorite local bar between two older people, a conversation that made him blush just a little. He began playing with the idea of what this couple’s back story was. Nick’s book asks readers to consider the difference between first love and love between mature adults, how life’s baggage affects personal relationships, and whether people can really change. 

 

Nick also talks to us about his rural Wisconsin roots, why he read Babysitter Club books in his childhood, and the debate on whether he should wear a cape.  

For our book recommendation section of this episode, we decided to find some of our favorite books we’ve read as a result of being in a book club together for two decades. For the most part, our book club chooses novels, but there is one memoir in the lot, as well as contemporary fiction, historical fiction, sci-fi, and a classic.  

Books Discussed in this Episode:

1- A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler

2- Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler

3- A Paris Year by Janice MacLeod

 4- Godspeed by Nickolas Butler 

5- Love, Hope & Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O'Hagan

6- The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos edited by M. Elizabeth Weiser

7- Marlena by Julie Buntin

 8- A Lesser Light by Peter Geye

 9- Down & Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsen

10- Floreana by Midge Raymond

11- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

 12- Super Zelda: The Graphic Life of Zelda Fitzgerald by Tiziana Lo Porto

13- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Cindy B. - Strange Pictures by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion

14- The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman

15- The Girl With All the Gifts by MR Carey

16- Molokai by Alan Brennert

 17- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

18- Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexa Fuller

19- This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

20- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Media mentioned—

1- http://www.astoriedstyle.com/a-look-into-the-past-an-untouched-1942-paris-apartment/

2- Ancient mounds in OH - www.hopeweklearthworks.org

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Season 12, Episode 256 The Husbands with guest Holly Gramazio

When we first heard the premise of Holly Gramazio’s novel The Husbands, we were intrigued. A woman’s husband goes up to the attic to retrieve something and down comes…a different husband. Wouldn’t we all sometimes like to exchange the husband we have for a better, newer, or just different model? Holly turned this idea into a novel that is both funny and thoughtfully considered. It may not, in fact, be such a great thing to have an endless supply of potential husbands so easy to exchange.  Her book has been optioned by Apple Plus for a limited series and I just saw that Juno Temple, the actress who played Keeley in the Ted Lasso series, is slated to play the starring role.

 And because it is April, and April is National Poetry Month, we’re discussing books related to poets. Not everyone loves poetry, but these books aren’t actually poetry–so you can still partake of poetry month. They are historical fiction, memoirs, essays, and children’s books written by or inspired by poets. 

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

 2- Lakewood by Megan Giddings

 3- I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour

4- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

 5- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

6- The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay 

7- Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovett

8- Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

9-  A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover  Chelsea @2_girls_bookin_it - The Endless Fall by Emmerson Hoyt

10- The Swan's Nest by Laura Mcneal

 11- You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

 12- Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethaway

13- Emily's House by Amy Belding Brown

14- Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

15- Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 

16- World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

17- The Poet's Dog by Patricia McLachlan

Media mentioned--

1- Severance (Apple+, 2022 - Present) 

2- Reduced Shakespeare Company--https://www.reducedshakespeare.com

3- Saint X (Hulu, 2023)

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Season 12, Episode 255 Six Walks with guest Ben Shattuck

This week we chat with Ben Shattuck, author of Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau published by Tin House Books in 2022.  Amy knew this book would appeal to Carrie because she is nothing if not a literary weirdo, and she has been since high school when she quoted from Thoreau in her senior yearbook. Despite her hopes that Ben would, like her, have a high school infatuation with Thoreau, he explains that his interest began much later. Even if you don’t know anything about Thoreau, if you're a walker or a hiker, you have experienced the unique meditative impact of this activity and can appreciate Ben’s insights on it. Ben also has a book of fiction out titled The History of Sound that is a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner prize so we are just really thrilled to have him with us today.

And this week, for our recommendations section, we didn’t just pick a random topic like asparagus or comas to share books about—we actually continue with the theme of walking. We each share at least 3 books that feature walking, hiking, or being in nature in some meditative way. We have literary fiction, memoirs, essays, and even a romance.

Books mentioned--

1- Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck 

2- The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

3- Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

4- A Paris Year: My Day to Day Adventures in the Most Romantic City in the World by Janice Macleod

5- Dear Paris by Janice Macleod

6- The French Ingredient: A Memoir by Jane Bertch (La Cuisine French Cooking School)

7- Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard

8- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

 9- The Journals of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau 

10 - Matrix by Lauren Groff 

11- Year of Wonder by Geraldine Brooks

12- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

13- Dancing Woman by Elaine Neil Orr

14- A 5 Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Simone Praylow @fullof_lit - Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

15- Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea

16- Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea

17- In My Boots: A Memoir of 5 Million Steps Along the Appalachian Trail by Amanda K. Jaros

18- Going to Maine: All the Ways to Fall on the Appalachian Trail by Sally Chaffin Brooks

19- The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky’s Red River Gorge by Wendell Berry

20- Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women by Annabelle Abbs

21- Ulysses by James Joyce 

22- The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher

23- The Guide to James Joyce’s Ulysses by Patrick Hastings

24- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

25- You Are Here by David Nichols

Media mentioned--

The Residence (Netflix, 2024)

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Season 12, Episode 254 The Book Riot podcast with guest Rebecca Schinsky

In this week’s episode, we chat with Rebecca Schinsky, who is chief of staff for Riot New Media Group and co-host of The Book Riot podcast. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and book lovers can find all kinds of interesting stuff there, such as numerous podcasts, newsletters, and articles about different genres.

Amy has long been a listener of this podcast and love it because ….she is a book nerd through and through and this podcast gives her the inside look at the world of publishing.  If you enjoy learning about trends and want the inside scoop about how and why certain books make it to your eyeballs or just want to have your pulse on bookish news, this podcast is for you.  Rebecca talks to us about what book trends have had the biggest impact on the industry over the last 15 years, what other goodies you can find at Book Riot.com, and why social media flattens the book options we see in our feeds.

And this week for our book recommendations section, we put on our 10 gallon hats and our chaps because we’re talking about westerns. Westerns became popular in the late 1800s and derived from the dime novels of the mid-19th century. Many of these stories were later turned into movies in the 1940s and 1950s, which is probably the way most people had exposure to them. Films like High Noon and Shane were based on western stories. There was a second resurgence of western films based on novels between the 1970s-90s such as The Unforgiven and The Outlaw Josey Wales. We offer westerns that are in the graphic novel genre, the horror genre, literary fiction, and middle grade.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

2- The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

3- Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

4- Life in Three Dimensions by Shigehiro Oishi 

5- Back After This by Linda Holmes

6- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

7- Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontes by Isabel Greenberg

8- The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

9- Red Widow by Alma Katsu

10- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Beth @a_vet_nurse_and_her_books - The Game by Danny Dagan

11- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

12- True Grit by Charles Portis

13- The Searchers by Alan LeMay

14- The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel

15- Lone Women by Victor LaValle

16- Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalter

17- Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

18- Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison

19- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

20- Pony by RJ Palacio

Media mentioned--

1- Heretic (Max, 2024)

2- Longlegs (Hulu, 2024)

3- True Grit (2010)

4- Deadwood (Max, 2004-2006)

5- The Searchers (1956)

6- The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Bella Da Costa Greene Exhibit in NYC - 

https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/belle-da-costa-greene

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