Episode 93 - Our Top Reads of 2019 and Author Spotlight with Jess Montgomery

Episode Ninety Three Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily Fine– 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 –The Hollows (Kinship #2) – Jess Montgomery (CW) release date January 14, 2020The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics: Feminine Pursuits – Olivia Waite (CW)Epic Solitude: A Story of Survival and a Quest for Meaning in the Far North – Katherine Keith (CW)The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes (EF)– Just Read –A Death in the Dessert – Willa Cather (CW)part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectNothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson (EF)Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s review in the NY Times can be found HEREA Burning –Megha Majumdar (EF) release date June 2, 2020The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa (EF) Ann Kingman talked about this book on Episode 86The Shape of Night – Tess Gerritsen (EF)Everything My Mother Taught Me – Alice Hoffman (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to see the new Little Women movie directed by Greta GerwigEmily went to see the movie JoJo Rabbit based on the book Caging Skies by Christine LeunensChris visited Puck’s Books in Essex, Connecticut and Our Lady of Grace Monastery bookstore– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris is planning to start the Dracula mini-series on NetflixJanuary 15, 2020 – New Haven Public Library is hosting an event to learn more about their Local History RoomJanuary 23, 2020 – Jeanine Cummins will be at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison to discuss her book American Dirt February 8, 2020 – We will head on a joint jaunt to see the broadway production of My Name is Lucy Barton based on the book by Elizabeth Strout– Chris and Emily Top Reads of 2019 –Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions – Valeria Luiselli (EF)Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Caroline Fraser (CW)Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW) audioWild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)How We Fight For Our Lives – Saeed Jones (EF)Friday Black – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (EF)Miracle Creek – Angie Kim (EF)Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna – Juliet Grames (EF)Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (CW)A Student of History – Nina Revoyr (CW)The River – Peter Heller (CW)(EF)Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee (CW)The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (CW)The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose (CW)True Grit – Charles Portis (CW)The Invited – Jennifer McMahon (CW)Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW)Ask Again, Yes – Mary Beth Keane (EF)American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins (EF)If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca Marais (CW)(EF)Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (EF)– Author Spotlight –Jess Montgomery author of The Hollows (Kinship #2) Jess was also with us on Episode 68 discussing The Widows (Kinship #1)If you want more information about Jess check out her website.– Also Mentioned –Tipping the Velvet – Sarah WatersMe Before You – Jojo MoyesThe Family Fang – Kevin WilsonDarkness for Light (Caleb Zelic #3) – Emma Viskic Fleishman Is in Trouble – Taffy Brodesser-AknerEp 53 Little Women by Louisa May AlcottEp 55 March by Geraldine BrooksEp 57 Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd RiouxOrchard HouseLittle Women movie circa 1933Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale HurstonShantaram – Gregory David RobertsMel’s Bookland AdventuresBritta Bohler - The Second ShelfMinotaur BooksLouise Penny Three Pines SeriesPulpwood Queens Book ClubTucson Festival of BooksPurchase 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 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.