Perks S11:Ep245 | 2024 Holiday Book Buying Guide with Bookseller Sam Miller | 11-27-24

If you would like to check out Carmichael’s Bookstore Holiday Book Gift Guide, you can find it online at www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/ Website- www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. The delightful Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichael’s Book Store, comes to save the day. She has, as usual, tons of great new reads that are already on shelves and would make perfect gifts this holiday for the book lovers in your life. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante 2- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride 3- Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell 4- Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery 5- The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya 6- This is Happiness by Niall Williams 7- Time of the Child by Niall Williams 8- Jim the Boy by Tony Early 9- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 10- The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff 11- The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham 12- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 13- The Elements of Madame Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel 14- The Universe in Verse by Maria Popov 15- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 16- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer 17- Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Revived Pop Music by Rob Sheffield 18- The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel 19- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 20- Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway 21- William by Mason Coile 23- Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison 24- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 25- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire 26- Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley 27- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten 28- From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough 29- Cher: The Memoir (Part One) by Cher 30- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 31- Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney 32- The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon 33-Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories by Ann Byrn 34- Kentucky Ya'll: A Celebration of the People and Culture of the Bluegrass by Blair Thomas Hess and Cameron Ludwick 35- The Stackpole Legend by Wendell Berry 36- In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limon, illustrated by Peter Sis 37- Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid 38- A Five Star Read recommended by fellow Book Lover Perin @mjreadsmagic - Sir Callie and the Dragon's Roost by Esme Symes-Smith 39- Gather by Kenneth Cadow 40- The Horse by Willy Vlautin 41- Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon 42- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery 43- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery Media mentioned-- 1- A Real Pain (2024) 2- Wicked Little Letters (Netflix, 2023) 3- The Lost Daughter (Netflix, 2021) 4- The Return (2024)