Episode 68 - The Widows by Jess Montgomery, Noah Webster House, True Grit and More!

Episode Sixty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer todonate directly to us, please email [email protected] for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – 10th Readalong – True Grit – Charles Portis Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.  – Currently Reading – Meditations – Marcus Aurelius (CW) The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-Smith (EF) The New York Times Best of the Week Series: Monday Crosswords: 50 Easy Puzzles – edited by Will Shortz (EF) Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together – Rachel Wilkerson Miller (CW) Die Drie !!! Vorsicht, Strandhaie! – Maja von Vogel – (CW) – Just Read – The Lost Man – Jane Harper (CW) (release date 2/5/19) Clock Dance – Anne Tyler (EF) Girls on the Line – Aimie K. Runyon (CW)(audio) – Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to the Noah Webster House in West Hartford and then worked at Noah Webster Library. This American Life – Episode 664 Room of Requirement is all about libraries – give it a listen! Emily went to NYC and saw the play Choir Boy written by Terrell Alvin McCraney – Upcoming Jaunts – January 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love January 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale University Chris is heading to Chicago and will visit the Newberry Library – Upcoming Reads – An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery – Rachel May  (CW) Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy – edited by Nicole A. Seitz, Jonathan Haupt – Author Interview – Jess Montgomery author of The Widows (Kinship #1) Authors that have inspired Jess: Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Daniel Woodrell (Winter’s Bone), Lori Roy (Let Me Die in His Footsteps, The Bent Road) The next book from Jess Montgomery: The Hallows (Kinship #2)  You can look for events and the release date of The Hallows at https://jessmontgomeryauthor.com/ – Also Mentioned – Also by Jane Harper: The Dry and Force of Nature Stephen Covey Breakwater Books Blackwing Pencils Flatiron Books Breathing Lessons – Anne Tyler Make Trouble – Cecile Richards Roxane Gay Bastard Out of Carolina – Dorothy Allison Why Read Moby-Dick? – Nathaniel Philbrick In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe –Fannie Flagg Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk – Kathleen Rooney Martin Seay Alison Law – Literary Atlanta Podcast Mixbook Photo Co. Minotaur Press