Episode 83 - Chris finishes Middlemarch and Author Spotlight with Linda Kay Klein

Episode Eighty Three Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!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! We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Toni Morrison – Books we mention: The Bluest Eye, Sula, and BelovedIf you are interested in participating in the Fans of Booktopia Song of Solomon readalong, the discussion can be found HERE.– Currently Reading –A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II – Sonia Purnell (CW)Becoming Willa Cather: Creation and Career – Daryl W. Palmer (CW)Midnight at the Blackbird Café – Heather Webber (EF)– Just Read –Lady in the Lake – Laura Lippman (EF)Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou (EF)(audio)The Farm – Joanne Ramos (EF)Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) Chris wrote a review on her blog.Chris also recommends the audio version performed by Juliet Stevenson and plans to check out the BBC series as well as Rebecca Shoptaw’s adaptation, Middlemarch: The Series.– Biblio Adventures –Chris went to Deep River, CT to visit Bennett’s BooksEmily visited Phoenix Books in Burlington, VTMargaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas event is September 10, 2019– Upcoming Jaunts –August 19, 2019 – Chris is planning to go to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison to see author Jessica Francis Kayne discuss her book Rules for VisitingSeptember 16-23 – Brooklyn Book FestivalOctober 26, 2019 – Hachette Book Club Brunch: A Day for Readers 2019– Upcoming Reads –Vampires of Vermont (News From the Edge #3) – Mark Sumner (CW)Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison (CW)Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing – Elissa Altman (EF)The Seven of Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna – Juliet Grames (EF)– Author Spotlight – We had a chance to talk with Linda Kay Klein about her book Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. You can learn more about Linda and subscribe to her newsletter HERE.– Also Mentioned –Ink and Paper Blog You Tube ChannelLike Water for Chocolate – Laura EsquivelFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe – Fannie FlaggSunburn – Laura LippmanDid You Ever Have a Family – Bill CleggWilde Lake – Laura LippmanTess Monaghan Series – Laura LippmanOrange Is the New Black – Piper KermanLiterary Disco podcastOther books by Mark Sumner: The Monster of Minnesota and Insanity, Illinois