S10:Ep220 - A Traveling Book Club with Guests Marilyn Robbins and Sami Lien - 5/1/24

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. We interact with book publicists pretty often, but a few months ago, one of them, Sami Lien, emailed and asked for recommendations about things to do in Kentucky around Derby. She explained that she is in a travel book club; they read books over the course of 12 months about a particular US location and then take a trip to visit. The novel Horse by Geraldine Brooks was the book that inspired this particular trip for their club. Well, we love books and travel so we had to invite Sami and her book club friend, Marilyn, to be guests on the show. We had a great time learning about the ins and outs of their travel book club and are excited to get to meet them this Friday at a restaurant about an hour outside of Louisville. If you would like to see the full list of books they read this year preparing to travel to Kentucky and the Derby, you can find the list in the show notes. Books Mentioned in the Episode: 1- Horse by Geraldine Brooks 2- Relative Strangers by A.H. Kim 3- Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards 4- 1984 by George Orwell 5- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 6- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck 7- East of Eden by John Steinbeck 8- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 9- Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand 10- South of Broad by Pat Conroy 11- My Reading Life by Pat Conroy 12- Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 13- Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens 14- Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz 15- Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon - A five star read recommended by fellow book lover Caitríona Shannon @these_thats_and_prose 16- Friday Harbor by DC Alexander 17- Blood in the Bluegrass by DC Alexander 18- Mary by Janis Cooke Newman 19- Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming 20- Norah Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Shows mentioned-- 1- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)   The Divine Destinations Reading List for Kentcuky and the KY Derby 1- Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks 2- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 3- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 4- Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand 5- Groundskeeping by Lee Cole 6- Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio 7- Lincoln by Russell Freedman 8- Water Street by Crystal Wilkinson 9- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes 10- The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 11- First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 12- The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett 13- Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal by Sarah Maslin Nir 14- Lexington by Kim Wickens