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Writers Steve Almond and Kate Racculia discuss observer vs. participant characters, being too nice to your character, the role of the narrator, and the dreaded Author/Narrator/Character merge.Steve Almond of a dozen books, including “Candyfreak” and “Against Football,” which were NYT Bestsellers for about four seconds. His new novel, All the Secrets of the World, has been optioned by 20th Century Fox. He's the recipient of an NEA grant for 2022 and teaches at Harvard and Wesleyan. His work has been published in the Best American Short Stories, the Best American Mysteries, and the New York Times Magazine.Kate Racculia is a novelist living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She is the author of the novels This Must Be the Place and Bellweather Rhapsody, winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award. Her third novel, Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October 2019. She is currently a communications writer in the development office at Lehigh University and sings in the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, the oldest Bach choir in America.Here is Steve Almond's essay on narrators: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/magazine/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-person-who-said-once-upon-a-time.htmlAnd Frederick Reiken's essay “The Author-Narrator-Character Merge: Why Many First-Time Novelists Wind up with Flat, Uninteresting Protagonists” can be found here if you're an AWP member (sorry if not!): https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_chronicle_issues/february_2005Reiken's essay is also part of this excellent collection of craft essays: https://bookshop.org/books/a-kite-in-the-wind-fiction-writers-on-their-craft/9781595340726Novel's mentioned during our discussion: The Great Gatsby, James McBride's Deacon King Kong, and The Royal Physician's Visit by Per Olov EnqvistAnd check out Brandon Taylor's amazing SubStack Channel sweater weather where he discusses the narrator voice musings about his characters internal world (something that Taylor always resisted): https://blgtylr.substack.com/p/the-underdark-a-modified-craftalk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com

This week the Chicks are joined by mystery author, Kate Racculia to discuss writing techniques, her process, and her novel: "Bellweather Rhapsody!"This was such a fun episode to make, be sure to check out Kate's other works, and read more about her on her website!https://www.kateracculia.com/Promo: "Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast"If you want to support The Chicks, check out their Social Media:Website: https://linktr.ee/chicklitInstagram: @chicklitpodTwitter: @chicklitpodGmail: Chicklit.podcast.info@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/chicklitBuy Us A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/chicklitpodLeave The Chicks a Voicemail: 984-212-4808

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: Pages at the Park and picking new curriciula Current Reads: following up on a series, going on adventures, and learning through reading fiction and non-fiction Deep Dive: back to school - our favorite campus novels Book Presses: a foodie memoir and back to school for non-school-age readers As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Bookish Moment of the Week: 1:44 - Amy's Instagram @what_amy_reads Current Reads: 5:19 - Rock the Boat by Beck Dorey-Stein (Mary) 8:51 - Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt by Daniel Barbarisi (Kaytee) 11:30 - Collected Works Bookstore 11:47 - Rush by Lisa Patton (Mary) 15:21 - Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar (Kaytee) 18:37 - The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (Mary) 18:47 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 21:44 - The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson  22:58 - Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey (Kaytee) Deep Dive - Back to School with Campus Novels 28:12 - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 28:54 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston 29:24 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend  30:40 - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld 31:41 - Admission by Julie Buxbaum 32:47 - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallero  33:05 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 33:15 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abbi Dare 33:53 - Dear. Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay 34:41 - Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia 35:13 - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 35:29 - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 36:11 - Legenborn by Tracy Deonn 36:56 - Lobizona by Romina Garber 37:00 - Cazadora by Romina Garber 37:03 - Bookshop.org 37:38 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 37:57 - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 39:11 - The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger 39:42 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 39:49 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 39:56 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman 40:43 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 42:00 - A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg (Mary) 44:52 - Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Helloooo, and welcome to our last recording from upstate! Shoutout to us for managing to stretch this trip out a solid few weeks. So we're reveling in a fun in-person “upstate” recording and chatting about our ideal middle school slumber partiess before we jump into some entertaining book talk! On the docket today, we have some sci-fi, a magical murder mystery, a villain origin story, and some contemporary witchy satire. Thank you for listening, we love you forever! You can join our fan club (and book club!) here: https://www.patreon.com/booksandthecitypod. Grab your BATC merch: https://www.booksandthecitypod.com/merch. Browse and shop all the books we've discussed on this episode and past episodes at bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity. Subscribe to our newsletter on our website, and send us an email at booksandthecitypod@gmail.com-------------> Emily just read: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (20:23-31:50) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250772800 Up next for Emily: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Becky just read: Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia (31:51-47:38) https://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/embellweatherem-emrhapsodyem/9780544483910 Up next for Becky: Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld Libby just read: Malice by Heather Walter (47:39-1:01:47) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635783/malice-by-heather-walter/ Up next for Libby: Piranesi by Susanna Clark Kayla just read: A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin (1:01:48-1:15:56) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608156/a-special-place-for-women-by-laura-hankin/ Up next for Kayla: Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells Music by EpidemicSound, logo art by @niczollos, all opinions our own.

This week we’re feeling Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia and She’s Gotta Have It. We then discuss the newly announced changes to the Oscars before reviewing Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FeelingItPod Leave a review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PXfRMS Feel free to use the chapter buttons to skip between segments!

Review on Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia.

Welcome to a special episode of the Sarah’s Book Shelves Live podcast…the Fall 2019 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out for the rest (August – December) of 2019. This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights Catherine and my success rate for books we shared in our Fall 2019 Preview episode. Our Best and Worst picks from the Fall 2019 Preview episode. Catherine tries to sell Sarah on giving Louise Penny a second chance. A new book from the author Catherine swore she’d never read again. A brief tangent about Catherine’s rating system. Sarah’s and Catherine’s #1 Fall book picks. Fall 2019 Book Preview August Sarah’s Picks: The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (August 13) | Buy from Amazon [7:24] (My Review) The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames (August 27) | Buy from Amazon [14:28] (My Review) Catherine’s Picks: A Better Man by Louise Penny (August 27) | Buy from Amazon [11:34] A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman (August 27) | Buy from Amazon [18:17] September Sarah’s Picks: The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (September 17 – PUBLICATION DATE CHANGED SINCE WE RECORDED THE PODCAST) | Buy from Amazon [20:24] Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (September 10, 2019) | Buy from Amazon [27:06] The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (September 24) | Buy from Amazon [32:14] Catherine’s Picks: Quichotte by Salman Rushdie (September 3) | Buy from Amazon [24:50] The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman (September 24) | Buy from Amazon[29:42] The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (September 24) | Buy from Amazon [34:46] October Sarah’s Picks: All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg (October 22) | Buy from Amazon[36:52] Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (October 29 – PUBLICATION DATE CHANGED SINCE WE RECORDED THE PODCAST) | Buy from Amazon [44:47] Catherine’s Picks:  Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts (October 8) | Buy from Amazon [38:55] Burn It Down by Lilly Dancyger (October 8) | Buy from Amazon [43:20] Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (October 15) | Buy from Amazon [46:55] Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (October 15) | Buy from Amazon [52:36] November Sarah’s Picks: The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan (November 5) | Buy from Amazon[40:48] The Innocents by Michael Crummey (November 12) | Buy from Amazon [50:08] Other Books Mentioned Recursion by Blake Crouch (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [3:43] A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar (Catherine’s Review) | Buy from Amazon[3:53] Beyond All Reasonable Doubt by Malin Persson Giolito | Buy from Amazon [4:23] Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [4:35] Bunny by Mona Awad (Catherine’s Review) | Buy from Amazon [5:10] Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [8:35] Still Life by Louise Penny | Buy from Amazon [12:34] The Submission by Amy Waldman | Buy from Amazon [18:26] Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell | Buy from Amazon [27:37] The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell | Buy from Amazon [27:37] The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman | Buy from Amazon [29:52] The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman | Buy from Amazon [29:52] Bel Canto by Ann Patchett | Buy from Amazon [32:38] Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [32:38] State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [32:38] Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Buy from Amazon [34:55] The Girl Who Would Be King by Kelly Thompson | Buy from Amazon [35:31] The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (July 16) | Buy from Amazon [36:19] The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | Buy from Amazon [36:23] The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg | Buy from Amazon [37:07] All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg (My Review)| Buy from Amazon [37:07] Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg (My Review)| Buy from Amazon [37:07] Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia | Buy from Amazon [39:06] Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan (My Review)| Buy from Amazon [41:00] Three Women by Lisa Taddeo | Buy from Amazon [43:38] Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson | Buy from Amazon [45:00] The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson | Buy from Amazon [45:08] Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout | Buy from Amazon [47:03] My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (My Review) | Buy from Amazon[47:35] Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout | Buy from Amazon [47:35] Sweetland by Michael Crummey (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [50:23] Room by Emma Donoghue | Buy from Amazon [52:21] Other Links My Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2019 (Sarah’s blog post) Pam Cady’s Instagram Sarah’s Book Club Recommendations List Podcast Episode 16 with Meredith and Kaytee of the Currently Reading Podcast Podcast Episode 17 with The Pingel Sisters Revisionist History podcast Liberty Hardy About Catherine Gilmore Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. 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In episode 67, Heather and Bennett discuss the book Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia and the movie Bohemian Rhapsody starring Rami Malek. Other topics include: the Super Bowl, Sarah J Maas, Sim park, Tamora pierce, Kingdom of ash, The Overstory, Great British bakeoff, Figure skating, Rent Live (ish), Tale for a Time Being, Modern Family, Avengers: End Game, Batman, Margaret Atwood, Billy Eichner, Dune, Doctor Mario, Black Leopard Red Wolf, Angie Thomas, and Jordan Peele.

While Kaytee vacations this week, Meredith holds down the podcast fort with a special guest co-host. Mary Heim is an online bookish friend of both of us (and I can freely admit that I am SO jealous she got to record with Mary and I didn’t). You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of the hosts: a sweet pregnancy reading moment, and bonding over husbands who read. Next, the ladies discuss what they are currently reading, and this week includes a thousand books that you’ll want to reach for ASAP. I had a hard time restraining myself. In Mary’s deep dive, we get to learn about her reading life. Childhood reads to the way her adult reading life developed. It’s a walk down memory lane for your childhood reading memories. I can almost guarantee you’ll love it. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:53 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 2:49 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 5:01 - Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 6:55 - Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell 7:51 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 10:08 - Side Hustle by Chris Gillebeau 10:20 - The $100 Start Up by Chris Gillebeau 12:26 - Side Hustle School podcast 12:54 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 17:14 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 17:16 - Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia 18:58 - The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson 19:45 - A Spanish Lover by Joanna Trollope 23:16 - A Village Affair by Joanne Trollope 23:33 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 24:16 - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid 24:21 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 28:58 - The Family Gene by Joselin Linder 34:34 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 36:23 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 36:26 - The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 36:31 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 36:34 - American Girl Samantha Books by Maxine Rose Schur 36:38 - The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne 37:11 - Babysitter’s Club series by Ann M. Martin 37:34 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 37:37 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 38:09 - Sweet Dreams Romance books by Jocelyn Saal 38:58 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 45:03 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 48:49 - Boy’s Life by Robert McKammon 50:51 - The Body by Stephen King 51:59 - It by Stephen King 52:01 - Needful Things by Stephen King 53:05 - Mary’s Goodreads 53:10 - @maryreadsandsips on Instagram *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* 

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them. On this episode we discuss, "Bellweather Rhapsody," "The Trials of Morrigan Crow," "Cold Comfort Farm," "I Am, I Am, I Am," and more.

Kate Racculia, author of This Must Be The Place and Bellweather Rhapsody, is here to talk about the miracle of the Muppets. Along the way we'll discuss stealing jokes from Reader's Digest, the essential loneliness of Gonzo, performance artist, why Steve Martin has ruined fancy restaurants for everyone, and the adult realisation that you're a Bert, not an Ernie.Editor's note: We were having such a good time on the podcast that the levels are a little wacky in some places. You'll also hear a little bit of echo on Kate's track a few times. Apologies for the inconvenience. -LB Signature Cocktail: the Electric Mayhem It's not easy being green, but you'll be movin' right along, footloose and fancy-free, after a sip of this refreshing beverage. Just remember to turn left at the fork in the road. 1.5 oz botanical gin 1 oz green chartreuse 1.3 oz lemon juice 1 dash orange bitters 1 egg white 1 oz rosemary simple syrup* Combine ingredients in a shaker without ice, and shake for 20 seconds, until the egg begins to foam. Add ice and shake for a further 30 seconds. Strain into a double old fashioned glass, and garnish with lemon peel and a rosemary spring. *bring equal parts of sugar and water to a boil with 4 sprigs of rosemary. Boil for one minute, then strain and chill. Keeps in the fridge for up to a month. Follow Kate on Twitter at @KateRacculia, follow the show at @TheMathOfYou, and my wacky adventures at @lokified. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, send an email to themathofyou@gmail.com. Stop by the Patreon if you have a few bucks, and help support The Math of You! http://patreon.com/lokified See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Cyd Oppenheimer talks with author Kate Racculia about her novel Bellweather Rhapsody, discussing the way smartphones have rendered the mystery obsolete; guest readers Alfie Guy and Tui Sutherland join Oppenheimer to talk about ghosts and guilt, disguise and destruction, and music, magic, and mirrors.

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Bellweather Rhapsody, Saint Mazie, Land Where I Flee, and more new releases.