Episode 58 - Yippee! Meet the Cougars and a GIVEAWAY

Episode Fifty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!Please subscribe to our email list here.– Currently Reading –Carnegie’s Maid – Marie Benedict (CW) (audio)The Outliers – Kimberly McCreight (EF) (audio)The Scattering – Kimberly McCreight (CW) – Just Read – The Outliers – Kimberly McCreight (CW) Carnegie’s Maid – Marie Benedict (EF)How Hard Can It Be? (Kate Reddy #2) – Allison Pearson (EF)The Bookshop – Penelope Fitzgerald (EF) (audio) – Readalong –Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters – Anne Boyd Rioux (CW)(EF) – Biblio Adventures –Emily watched a lot of television/movies:Learning to Drive based on a short story by Katha PollittElegy based on Philips Roth’s book The Dying AnimalBlackkKlansman by Spike Lee based on the memoir by Ron Stallwarth called Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime I Don’t Know How She Does It starring Sarah Jessica Parker Mind of a Chef season 3– starring Chef Edward LeeChris took friends to The Book Barn in Niantic, CT and Salem, MA. She also discovered that Fitz-Green Halleck, the poet, died in the house where she gets her hair cut – Birds Nest Salon – Upcoming Jaunts –September 13, 2018 – Emily is headed to RJ Julia Madison to see Kate Walbert discuss her book His FavoritesSeptember 15, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be in conversation with Kimberly McCreight at Bookclub Bookstore & More to discuss the third book in the Outliers trilogy: The CollideOctober 18, 2018 at 2:00 – Chris will be hosting the Willa Cather book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More. The book: Death Comes to the ArchbishopSeptember 27, 2018 at 7:00 – Come meet the Book Cougars at Mohegan Sun for a Historical Fiction Panel. Click HERE to purchase your $5 ticket.Panelists are:Fiona Davis –The MasterpieceMarie Benedict – Carnegie’s MaidJames R. Benn – Solumn Graves (Billy Boyle Mystery Series #13)Melodie Winawer – Scribe of SienaWe are hosting a GIVEAWAY of the four books. Subscribe to our newsletter HERE by September 8, 2018 in order to be entered to win.– Upcoming Reads –The Collide – Kimberly McCreight (CW)Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist – Anne Boyd Rioux Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain (EF) (audio)Rooted In Deceit (A Greenhouse Mystery #4) – Wendy Tyson (EF)– Also Mentioned –Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot Cuisine – Edward LeeI Don’t Know How She Does It (Kate Reddy #1) – Allison PearsonReconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreightGospel of Wealth – Andrew CarnegieNemesis – Philip RothReading Envy podcastA Short History of Women – Kate WalbertInk & Paper BlogLittle Women – 1949 film version