Episode 73 - True Grit Readalong!

Episode Seventy Three Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase 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 to donate directly to us, please email [email protected] for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Currently Reading –Transcription – Kate Atkinson (CW)Fascism: A Warning – Madeline Albright (CW)The Shortest Way Home – Miriam Parker (EF)– Just Read –The Trial of Lizzie Borden – Cara Robertson (CW)Good Riddance – Elinor Lippman (EF)The Invited – Jennifer McMahon (CW) (release date April 30, 2019)The Wartime Sisters – Lynda Cohen Loigman (EF)Passing – Nella Larsen (EF)Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (EF)The Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief – Nora McInerny– Biblio Adventures –We went on a joint jaunt to see a panel discussing Writing Trauma at Yale University.Panelists included: Roxane Gay, Aubrey Hirsch, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Saaed Jones, Terese Marie Mailhot, Melanie BoydEmily went to Long Wharf Theater to see a play based on the book Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedChris went to Playhouse on Park to see The Revolutionists by playwright Lauren GundersonCheck out the NYPL Library Talks Podcast Episode 248: Debut of A Velocity of Being edited by Maria PopovaChris visited Stepping Stones, the home of Bill and Lois Wilson, co-founders of Alcoholics AnonymousChris discovered a new bookstore in New Haven, CT: Grey Matter BooksChris and Emily went to see the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily are heading to the 92nd St Y to see Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Powers discuss their books Unsheltered and The OverstoryApril 26-27, 2019 – The Newburyport Literary FestivalMay 3-4 , 2019 – Booktopia at Northshire BookstoreApril 6th – Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon– 10th Readalong –True Grit – Charles PortisThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE.– Upcoming Readalong –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. More details are forthcoming, but the books are: Gone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellSapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather– Also Mentioned –Russell – Ink and Paper BlogSeward Park New York Public LibraryAlison Law – Literary Atlanta Podcast – Episode 45Terrible Thanks for Asking PodcastIt’s Okay To Laugh – Nora McInernyA Student of History – Nina RevoyrThe River – Peter HellerThe Last Woman in the Forest – Diane Les BecquetsJabberwocky BookshopTrue Grit movie adaptations:John Wayne versionCoen Brothers versionUpcoming 50th anniversary of John Wayne version look for information hereDonna Tartt – The Secret History and The GoldfinchAt the Edge of the Orchard – Tracy ChevalierGirl with the Pearl Earring – Tracy ChevalierThe Great Alone - Kristin HannahTo Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee