Episode 92 - Author Spotlight with Heather Harper Ellett

Episode Ninety Two Show Notes CW = Chris WolaK and EF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! We are an affiliate of Bank Square Books and Savoy Bookstore & Café. Please purchase books from them and support us at the same time. Click HERE to start shopping.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 donatedirectly 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.– 12th Readalong – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. Our conversation about the book will air on February 18th.– Currently Reading –Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson (EF)The Companion – Kim Taylor Blakemore (CW) release date January 14, 2020– Just Read –Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser (CW)The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (EF) release date January 14, 202024/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week – Tiffany Shlain (CW)Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (EF)Darkness for Light (Caleb Zelic #3) – Emma Viskic (CW) release date June 9, 2020 in the USAFar from the Tree – Robin Benway (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Emily watched The Great Santini based on the book by Pat ConroyChris visited Newport, Rhode Island and saw two houses: The Breakers and Marble House. She also discovered a murder mystery that is set in these houses: Gilded Newport Mystery Series– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily both hope to see the new Little Women movie directed by Greta GerwigJanuary 23, 2020 – Jeanine Cummins will be at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison to discuss her book American Dirt– Upcoming Reads –The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (CW) release date January 14, 2020In West Mills – De’Shawn Charles Winslow (EF)Who Asked You? – Terry Mcmillan (EF)Heaven, My Home – Attica Locke (EF)– Author Spotlight –We got a chance to speak with Heather Harper Ellett author of Ain’t Nobody NobodyHeather gained an interest in science writing after reading the work of David QuammenShe re-reads the following novels for inspiration: Station Eleven – Emily St. John MandelWhite Teeth – Zadie SmithThe Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey EugenidesYou can follow Heather on Twitter @heatherellett– Also Mentioned –Flights – Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)The Family Fang – Kevin WilsonThe Widows (Kinship #1) – Jess Montgomery Resurrection Bay and And Fire Came Down – Emma ViskicFar From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity – Andrew SolomonLiterary DiscoAnna QuindlenAnne Boyd RiouxWaiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back – Terry McMillanBluebird, Bluebird – Attica Locke