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MargeryWatch: Hijack Apple +Woman in Gold Netflix Read: Lotus in a Sea of Fire, by Thich Nhat HanhListen: Theft by Finding Diaries 1977-2002 Audible ElizabethWatch:Dark Pale Amazon PrimeRead: Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers and Robb WolfListen: KFAN the Initials GameBest to the Nest is our podcast all about creating strong, comfortable, beautiful nests that prepare us to fly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Margery Watch: Hijack Apple + Woman in Gold Netflix Read: Lotus in a Sea of Fire, by Thich Nhat Hanh Listen: Theft by Finding Diaries 1977-2002 Audible Elizabeth Watch: Dark Pale Amazon Prime Read: Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf Listen: KFAN the Initials Game Best to the Nest is our podcast all about creating strong, comfortable, beautiful nests that prepare us to fly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Margery Watch: The Last of Us HBORead: Keywords for Children's Literature Philip Nel, Lissa Paul and Nina ChristensenThe Mysteries of Harris Burdick Chris Van AllburgListen: Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977–2002), Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris Audible Elizabeth: Watch: Your Place of Mine NetflixRead: The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller Listen: The Wellness Mama PodcastBest to the Nest is our podcast all about creating strong, comfortable, beautiful nests that prepare us to fly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Margery Watch: The Last of Us HBO Read: Keywords for Children's Literature Philip Nel, Lissa Paul and Nina Christensen The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Chris Van Allburg Listen: Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977–2002), Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris Audible Elizabeth: Watch: Your Place of Mine Netflix Read: The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller Listen: The Wellness Mama Podcast Best to the Nest is our podcast all about creating strong, comfortable, beautiful nests that prepare us to fly.
This week it is David Sedaris part two - or David Sedaris redux. We loved our conversation with him and as we said last week, were we to limit the conversation to just one podcast, we'd have to cut out some of the good stuff. This week David talks about his empathy for those who come to hear him speak or who ask him to sign a book, his love for reading appearances, how he tries out new material on audiences, and how those audiences don't seem to remember any of what he read. Listen to the end for a funny anecdote. Our bookstore this week is Arundel Books in Seattle - the store David said was his favorite ‘indie' in the U-S. Books Mentioned in the Podcast: Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Calypso by David Sedaris Barrel Fever by David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris Theft by Finding: Diaries (1997-2002) by David Sedaris Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris Naked by David Sedaris Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris The Best of Me by David Sedaris Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff The Collected Short Stories of Tobias Wolff by Tobias Wolff The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Pulp by Charles Bukowski Babel by R.F. Kuang Freshwater for Flowers by Valerie Perrin The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
David Sedaris is our guest this week and next. Our conversation with him was so delightful and insightful that we could find no way to edit our conversation to just one podcast without leaving out too much of the “good stuff'. David is unique. He writes marvelous essays of observation about modern life drawing much of his material from audiences who come to listen to him read and with whom he spends considerable time interacting. He writes about serious family issues he's encountered with great humor. He writes about playing a Christmas elf at Macy's, and how can that fail to draw a chuckle? “Happy-Go-Lucky” is his latest collection of essays. But there are many. We loved everything of his we read. You will too. Books mentioned in this podcast: Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Calypso by David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris Theft by Finding: Diaries (1997-2002) by David Sedaris Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris Naked by David Sedaris The Best of Me by David Sedaris Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris Barrel Fever by David Sedaris Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
For the next few months, we're sharing some of our favorite conversations from the podcast's archives. This one was originally published on June 2, 2017.The essayist and humorist David Sedaris started keeping diaries nearly half a century ago, and in 2017 he published a broad selection of entries from them in his book “Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002).” On the podcast, he talked about how the diaries evolved, the kinds of details and eccentricities that tend to catch his eye, and the process of combing through thousands of pages to produce this 500-page book.“I have a hundred and, I believe, 64 volumes of my diary, and each one is thicker than this book,” he says. “And a lot of it is crazy person — tiny letters, front and back page. So this is just a tiny fraction of my diary. … I tried to detach myself, and think, Would this be of interest to anyone? I mean, a lot of it wasn't even interesting to me. Or, it was just interesting for, you know, nostalgic reasons. So I was just looking for things that might possibly interest someone who I don't know.”We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.
In this week's episode, we talk to our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller from Carmichael's Books, about the holiday gift giving season. You've probably heard the warning to “shop early' this holiday season because of shortages. So we are giving you the gift of new book ideas for all the booklovers in your life. We love inviting Sam on the show twice a year to tell us all about books to look forward to for summer reading and holiday gift buying. She gives us suggestions in all the categories. 1- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 2- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 3- The Every by Dave Eggers 4- The Circle by Dave Eggers 5- Palmares by Gail Jones 6- Tell the Bees That I'm Gone (Outlander 9) by Diana Gabaldon 7- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 8- Dune by Frank Herbert 9- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 10- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 11- All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 12- Mordew by Alex Pheby 13- A Fortnight in September by JC Sherriff 14- Jim the Boy by Tony Earley 15- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 16- First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings by Stephen Mitchell 17- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 18- It's Beginning to Look a Lot like F*ck This by Andrew Shaffer 19- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 20- It's Beginning to Look Like Zombies: The Book of Zombie Christmas Carols by Michael Spradlin 21- Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian 22- Silverview by John Le Carre 23- The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries by Otto Penzler 24- Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Jay Cooper and Maureen Johnson 25- Smile by Sarah Ruhl 26- The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg 27- The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg 28- Renegades: Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama 29- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones 30- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson 31- Best Wishes, Warmest Regards by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy 32- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci 33- Cooking at Home by David Chang and Priya Krishna 34- Black Food by Bryant Terry 35- Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen 36- All the Marvels by Douglas Wolk 37- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo 38- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by David Domine 39- The Strange Case of Isaac Crawley by James Markert 40- Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin 41- Theft by Finding Diaries by David Sedaris 42- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 43- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 45- Circe by Madeline Miller 46- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 47- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 48- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 49- Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld 50- Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson 51- Shirley: A Novel by Susan Scarf Merrell 52- The Letters of Shirley Jackson edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman 53- The Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 54- Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith Shows mentioned 1- Foundation series (2021) 2- Shirley (2020) Podcasts mentioned 1- Renegades
In this week's episode, we talk to our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller from Carmichael's Books, about the holiday gift giving season. You've probably heard the warning to “shop early' this holiday season because of shortages. So we are giving you the gift of new book ideas for all the booklovers in your life. We love inviting Sam on the show twice a year to tell us all about books to look forward to for summer reading and holiday gift buying. She gives us suggestions in all the categories. 1- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 2- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 3- The Every by Dave Eggers 4- The Circle by Dave Eggers 5- Palmares by Gail Jones 6- Tell the Bees That I'm Gone (Outlander 9) by Diana Gabaldon 7- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 8- Dune by Frank Herbert 9- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 10- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 11- All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 12- Mordew by Alex Pheby 13- A Fortnight in September by JC Sherriff 14- Jim the Boy by Tony Earley 15- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 16- First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings by Stephen Mitchell 17- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 18- It's Beginning to Look a Lot like F*ck This by Andrew Shaffer 19- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 20- It's Beginning to Look Like Zombies: The Book of Zombie Christmas Carols by Michael Spradlin 21- Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian 22- Silverview by John Le Carre 23- The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries by Otto Penzler 24- Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Jay Cooper and Maureen Johnson 25- Smile by Sarah Ruhl 26- The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg 27- The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg 28- Renegades: Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama 29- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones 30- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson 31- Best Wishes, Warmest Regards by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy 32- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci 33- Cooking at Home by David Chang and Priya Krishna 34- Black Food by Bryant Terry 35- Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen 36- All the Marvels by Douglas Wolk 37- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo 38- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by David Domine 39- The Strange Case of Isaac Crawley by James Markert 40- Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin 41- Theft by Finding Diaries by David Sedaris 42- The Wife Upstair by Rachel Hawkins 43- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 45- Circe by Madeline Miller 46- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 47- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 48- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 49- Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld 50- Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson 51- Shirley: A Novel by Susan Scarf Merrell 52- The Letters of Shirley Jackson edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman 53- The Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 54- Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith Shows mentioned 1- Foundation series (2021) 2- Shirley (2020) Podcasts mentioned 1- Renegades
Michele admits she’s struggling to be creative during quarantine. She talks about writing journal pages, inspired by David Sedaris’ book, Theft by Finding: Diaries.This week’s guest is Maddie Silva, an LA-based writer and self-proclaimed pasta water evangelist. Michele and Maddie discuss how hard it’s been to write a script or ANYTHING since the pandemic started. They agree it’s okay to surrender to erratic fits of productivity. They bond over a love for the paranormal show, the X-files.Maddie divulges that her therapist is breaking up with her because she needs a break, goddammit! Maddie prefers a therapist who is kind and compassionate, whereas Michele prefers a cold-shouldered, bitchy approach. Maddie confesses that her friendships have been strained lately with one married friend moving out of state and another friend getting pregnant. (all without consulting her first!) The ladies also discuss using sarcasm as a defense mechanism and commiserate over being forced to socialize at work. Maddie also confesses she almost missed meeting her boyfriend because she was too stubborn to be set up!Write in to the pod! therapyroulette@gmail.comFollow Therapy RouletteInstagram: @therapyroulettepod Twitter: @TherapyRouletteYouTube: Therapy RouletteFollow Maddie SilvaTwitter: @madds_silva Follow Michele BaciInstagram: @michelebacicomedy Twitter: @michelebaci
Dallas Public Library personal librarians Kat and Misty talk comfort reads, David Sedaris and Billy Holliday impressions, the cast of Mad Men being good at being terrible men from the 60s, and the Human Centipede. Titles mentioned in this episode include: • Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath • Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman • Coraline by Neil Gaiman • Becoming by Michelle Obama • Flight of the Conchords • Theft by Finding: Diaries by David Sedaris • Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris • Mad Men • Boys for Pele by Tori Amos • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald • Human Centipede • On the Road by Jack Kerouac • Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs • Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Ask a Personal Librarian to pick your next read, listen or watch by visiting www.dallaspubliclibrary.org/dplwhatsnext
Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week with a broad array of books to tell you about! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a personalized book gift FOR a friend, and a kidlit audiobook addiction. Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, some quick reads to hit your year-end goals, and a few books we cannot WAIT to talk to you about! Our super special deep dive this week centers on an interview with Delia Owens, writer of Where the Crawdads Sing. This book has been chosen as a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, as well as (just announced the day after recording) picked up by 20th Century Fox as a feature film production. Delia is so gracious, so well-spoken, and so lovely. We know you’ll love hearing from her. As always, we ALL finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: a nature collection from Delia, a cry-your-heart-out book, and a middle grade classic. 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! . . . . . 1:35 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend 4:18 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 5:32 - Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson 6:31 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 7:43 - Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong 7:57 - Shogun by James Clavell 8:51 - Theft by Finding: Diaries by David Sedaris 10:51 - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny 16:06 - The One by John Marrs 19:59 - Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet 20:06 - Stuart Little by E.B. White 20:08 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 22:55 - Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley 23:25 - Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug 24:11 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 27:51 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams 30:15 - The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams 41:19 - The Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold 43:45 - Instagram Giveaway! Go win one of two copies of Where The Crawdads Sing! 45:09 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 48:29 - Tuesdays At The Castle by Jessica Day George *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!*
Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week. Reunited!! We’ve got a bit of a longer episode for you full of readerly chat. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a neighborly book relationship and bookish travels. Plenty of book recommendations coming your way this week as we discuss three recent books each and go down little rabbit trails of additional titles. Our deep dive this week is about reading slumps: why they suck so bad and some tips for avoiding them or overcoming them! We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. Some hilarious short stories and a classic mystery. This week also includes a bonus pick by Meredith’s nephew Collin for the younger readers in your life. 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! 7:45 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg 7:58 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 10:22 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 10:30 - Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson 13:00 - Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 13:25 - How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 13:30 - How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 15:51 - Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman 17:24 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 20:12 - A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult 21:40 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 25:36 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 27:13 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 28:00 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 28:42 - The Vanderbeeker’s of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser 33:28 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 34:11 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 39:40 - Calypso by David Sedaris 40:39 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 41:13 - Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris 43:47 -Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz 43:53 - Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz 46:15 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie *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!*
NAKED TRUTH Men and women are at war. I’m talking about the super charged battle of the sexes spearheaded by the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The lines are drawn, and each day the genders become more polarized. Many women are stepping forward and expressing their pent up rage. This podcast does not takes sides. Today’s guest is a smart, independent, powerful woman. Her name is Sonya Cote. She was a proud professional stripper. She is a jazz singer, an actress, an author, and a mom. Sonya has every justification to hate men. She was brutally abused at the age of two. She was sexually assaulted as an infant by a neighbor who took advantage of her parents’ trust. She even wound up living on the same street as her assailant as an adult. She did not seek revenge or punishment. She forgave and moved on with her life. I don’t know that I would have done the same in her place. Meeting her and talking with her filled me with admiration and respect. You will find her story inspiring, uplifting, and empowering. You are in for a treat when you listen to this funny, intelligent, warm, unique woman reveal the details of her life journey. I am proud to call Sonya Cote my friend. BOOKS IN THIS PODCAST I’m Not Naked (anymore): Memoirs of a Contemporary Jezebel by Sonya Cote The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida Theft by Finding Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris My Father’s House by Rose Chandler Johnson SONYA’S FAVORITE QUOTE “When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.” – Maya Angelou CONTACT SONYA www.SonyaCote.com (http://www.sonyacote.com/index.html) Tell us what you think and feel. Click “Join The Conversation” below. Let your voice be heard.
Dan Santat, Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, talks about his newest picture book, After the Fall, an immigrant kid learning about Santa Claus, writing books that reveal other people’s stories, how much anxiety sucks, and the different ways he is interpreting Asian identity in his work. Dan Santat Show Notes Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore Kirsten Hubbard Connie Hsu (editor at Roaring Brook; read an interview with Connie and Dan here) Garfield (comic) Lion King (movie) The ArtCenter College of Design SCBWI, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Arthur A. Levine, children's book author, editor, and publisher Maya (software) Akira (manga comic) written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo Appleseed (manga comic) written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow Sidekicks by Dan Santat The Guild of Geniuses by Dan Santat Chip Kidd, graphic designer best known for his book covers Oh No, Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World, written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Dan Santat Three Ninja Pigs written by Corey Rosen Schwartz and illustrated by Dan Santat Crankenstein written by Samantha Berger and illustrated by Dan Santat Carnivores written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Dan Santat Beekle Are We There Yet? written and illustrated by Dan Santat American Born Chinese written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang Raina Telgemeire, graphic novel memoirist (Smile, among others) Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris Drawn Together written by Minh Lê and illustrated by Dan Santat Luc Besson (director) Valerian (comic) by Pierre Christin The Fifth Element (movie) Snowpiercer (movie) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Stranger Things (TV show) Marshall Arisman, Chair, MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department, School of Visual Arts; illustrator; painter
Recorded on July 27, 2017 Book Talk starts at 25:55 Come join our casual Hitofude KAL! We hope you are participating in our Mother Bear KAL/CAL! Things to know: *The KAL will run from now - August 31, 2017 *Any bears knit or crocheted in 2017 are eligible for entry into the Mother Bear FO thread. *Please go to the Mother Bear Pattern Page to order your pattern - they have patterns in "knit flat", "knit in the round" and "crochet". *After July 1, post a separate picture of each bear in a separate post in the FO thread. *We need prizes for our Mother Bear KAL! If you have a prize or prizes to donate, please contact either Tracie or Barb. *Be sure to note in your FO post if this is your first Mother Bear. Stitches West 2018 registration opened July 20 - rooms at the Hyatt and Hilton are long gone, but you can still register for classes! Be sure and leave some free time on Saturday afternoon to come to our meet-up in the Hyatt bar.. Tracie & Barb will be at Jimmy Beans Wool Biggest Little Bus Tour - the maiden voyage on August 5 is sold out, but stayed tuned on the JBW website for future dates Lambtown 2017 - Dixon May Fair Grounds, October 7-8. We will let you know which day we’ll be attending closer to the event. Barb finished: Mother Bear #111, 112, 113, 114 & 115 Jungle Vines socks by Becky Greene using Invictus Master of my Feet in the Storm Chaser colorway Tracie finished: Mother Bears 111 & 112 (Ho’onanea) Around the Island by Cindy Garland in Stunning Strings Studio Serenity in the Reflecting Pool Colorway Barb continues to work on: * ScWiNoNa by Weezalana in Premier Sweet Roll in the Raspberry Swirl colorway * Brioche Knitting Made Easy (Mercedes Tarasoich-Clark) Craftsy class - Basic Brioche Hat using Plymouth Galway Worsted in the 116 colorway * Vanilla Socks for Will’s birthday using Knit Picks Chroma Twist in the Fog Bank colorway. * Wing Span by maylin Tri-Coterie Designs using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in a green/blue/purple colorway. * Nuvem by Martina Behm, using Wollmeise Lace-Garn in the 13 A1 colorway. * Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota, using fingering scraps. *ScWiNoNa by Weezalana – using Premier Sweet Roll in the Raspberry Swirl colorway *Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu, using madelinetosh Feather in the Odessy colorway. Tracie has cast on: Peer Pressure shawlette by Celia McAdam Cahill in Miss Babs Hot Shot in Hot to Trot And continues to work on: * Fingering/sport-weight Stashbusting Helix Hat by Jessica Rose in SF State colors * New Wave Cardigan by Mary Annarella in Invictus Yarns Reward in Olive * 3rd Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota from a fingering-weight “magic cake” * Scalloped Shell Shawl by Kimberly Gintar in Tosh Merino Light in Copper Penny and * (Vi)laine Malicieuses (Malicious Wool) in the A La Peche Aux Coquillages (Shell-picking) * Iðunn by Ragga Eiríksdóttir in Istex Lettlopii Barb did not finish: Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris She did finish: People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder Regret & Return by Tracie Kluver Bezerra Theft by Finding Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Tracie finished: Murder at McDonalds: The Killers Next Door by Phonse Jessom The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick Father of the Rain by Lily King Barb is reading: The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server by Paul Hartford Tracie is reading: In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange
It's a hot summer, and movies are playing blockbusters to fill the air conditioned seats. The guest this week recommended the perfect book blockbuster for when you don't quite feel like walking out of your apartment into the heat! Meghan is joined by Erin Ayers and Gena Radcliffe to discuss Tim Power's The Anubis Gates, an 1980s "steampunk" time traveling novel that has literally everything. Egyptian gods, clones, time travel, evil clowns, werewolf serial killer?! Love?! Don't believe me? Give us a listen! Book Drink: Blueberry Gin Fizz Books Discussed:The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy series Declare by Tim Powers Doomsday by Connie Willis (Oxford Time Travel Series) Timeline by Michael Crichton Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle A Swifting Tilting Planet Madeleine L’Engie 11/22/63 by Stephen King Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris The White Album by Joan Didion A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab Shrill by Lindy West Movies Discussed:Peggy Sue Got Married Back to the Future 12 Monkeys Dead Ringers Reversal Fortune Lolita (can you figure out the trend of the last three movie) Who Killed Roger Rabbit Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: judgingcoverspodcast@gmail.com Find our host and guest(s): Meghan's Twitter | Kill By Kill Podcast Twitter | Kill By Kill Podcast Facebook | Gena's Blog | Over the Tabletop Twitter | Over the Tabletop Facebook | Erin's Blog
Tracie apologizes for all the ambient noise in this episode. She shouldn't have been fiddling with stuff so much during recording! Recorded on July 8, 2015 Book Talk Begins at 23:07Come join our casual Hitofude KAL! We hope you are participating in our Mother Bear KAL/CAL! Things to know: 1. The KAL will run from now - August 31, 2017 2. Any bears knit or crocheted in 2017 are eligible for entry into the Mother Bear FO thread. 3. Please go to the Mother Bear Pattern Page to order your pattern - they have patterns in "knit flat", "knit in the round" and "crochet". 4. After July 1, post a separate picture of each bear in a separate post in the FO thread. We need prizes for our Mother Bear KAL! If you have a prize or prizes to donate, please contact either Tracie or Barb. 5. Be sure to note in your FO post if this is your first Mother Bear. Thank you to everyone who has downloaded, read, and/or reviewed Tracie's novel Regret & Return: A Novel Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Tracie Kluver Bezerra is available for $2.99, or free as part of Kindle Unlimited. KNITTING Barb highly recommends Cloudborn Fibers Wool Worsted Twist, available from Craftsy.com Barb has finished: * Mother Bears #109 & #110 * Peer Pressure Shawl by Celia McAdam Cahill, using Abstract Fiber O'Keefe in the Huckleberry colorway Tracie has finished Mother Bears #110 and #111 Barb is currently working on: * ScWiNoNa by Weezalana in Premier Sweet Roll in the Raspberry Swirl colorway * Brioche Knitting Made Easy (Mercedes Tarasoich-Clark) Craftsy class - Basic Brioche Hat using Plymouth Galway Worsted in the 116 colorway * Vanilla Socks for Will’s birthday using Knit Picks Chroma Twist in the Fog Bank colorway. * Jungle Vines socks by Becky Greene (CraftBuzz) using Invictus Master of my Feet in the Storm Chaser colorway. * Wing Span by maylin Tri-Coterie Designs using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in a green/blue/purple colorway. * Nuvem by Martina Behm, using Wollmeise Lace-Garn in the 13 A1 colorway. * Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota, using fingering scraps. Tracie is currently working on: * Fingering/sport-weight Stashbusting Helix Hat by Jessica Rose in SF State colors * New Wave Cardigan by Mary Annarella in Invictus Yarns Reward in Olive * 3rd Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota from a fingering-weight “magic cake” * Scalloped Shell Shawl by Kimberly Gintar in Tosh Merino Light in Copper Penny and * (Vi)laine Malicieuses (Malicious Wool) in the A La Peche Aux Coquillages (Shell-picking) * (Ho'onenea) Around the Island by Cindy Garland, using Stunning Strings Studio in Serenity in the Reflecting Pool colorway * Iðunn by Ragga Eiríksdóttir in Istex Lettlopii BOOKS Tracie has finished: * The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mckenzie * Bad Blood (Lucy Black #4) by Brian McGilloway Barb is reading: * Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris * People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder Tracie is reading: * Murder at McDonalds: The Killers Next Door by Phonse Jessom * The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick Barb recommends: * Ear Hustle podcast * Shetland TV Series (available on Netflix) * The Handmaid's Tale TV series (available on Hulu
Recorded June 28, 2017 Book Talk starts at 34:20 The 2 Knit Lit Chicks SWAP is done - thank you, SandraMaz! Thank you to everyone who has downloaded, read, and/or reviewed my novel Regret & Return: A Novel Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Tracie Kluver Bezerra is available for $2.99, or free as part of Kindle Unlimited. We hope you are participating in our Mother Bear KAL/CAL! Things to know: 1. The KAL will run from now - August 31, 2017 2. Any bears knit or crocheted in 2017 are eligible for entry into the Mother Bear FO thread. 3. Please go to the Mother Bear Pattern Page to order your pattern - they have patterns in "knit flat", "knit in the round" and "crochet". 4. After July 1, post a separate picture of each bear in a separate post in the FO thread. We need prizes for our Mother Bear KAL! If you have a prize or prizes to donate, please contact either Tracie or Barb. And thank you: DCAlaneKnits – a mystery prize to a winner, and a prize for people knitting or crocheting their first bear! PattyB – pattern up to $8 An anonymous donor will gift a Ravelry pattern of the winner’s choice up to $7 PinotNoir has donated a whole bunch of lovely yarn LetsGoBows has made a $15 directly to the MBP Barb has finished Mother Bear #108 Slip and Swirl Socks by krisluvswool, using Ladybug Fibers Company Sparkly Sock Self-Striping in the Twinkle Toes colorway. Noro Woven Stitch Shawl by Zapasi, using a Caron Cake in the Blueberry Cheesecake colorway. Pioneer Braid Scarf using a Premier Yarns Sweet Roll in the Gelato Pop colorway Tracie has finished Mother Bears 107, 108 and 109 Arena by Norah Gaughan in Juniper Moon Farms Zooey (linen & cotton) Barb has cast on ScWiNoNa by Weezalana in Premier Sweet Roll in the Raspberry Swirl colorway Brioche Knitting Made Easy (Mercedes Tarasoich-Clark) Craftsy class - Basic Brioche Hat using Plymouth Galway Worsted in the 116 colorway And continues to work on Vanilla Socks for Will’s birthday using Knit Picks Chroma Twist in the Fog Bank colorway. Jungle Vines socks by Becky Greene (CraftBuzz) using Invictus Master of my Feet in the Storm Chaser colorway. Beagle pullover sweater by Norah Gaughan, using Berroco Vintage in the Forest Floor colorway. Wing Span by maylin Tri-Coterie Designs using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in a green/blue/purple colorway. Peer Pressure by Celia McAdam Cahill in Abstract Fiber O’Keefe in the Huckleberry colorway Nuvem by Martina Behm, using Wollmeise Lace-Garn in the 13 A1 colorway. Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota, using fingering scraps. Tracie has cast on Fingering/sport-weight Stashbusting Helix Hat by Jessica Rose in SF State colors New Wave Cardigan by Mary Annarella in Invictus Yarns Reward in Olive And continues to work 3rd Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota from a fingering-weight “magic cake” Scalloped Shell Shawl by Kimberly Gintar in Tosh Merino Light in Copper Penny and (Vi)laine Malicieuses (Malicious Wool) in the A La Peche Aux Coquillages (Shell-picking) (Ho'onenea) Around the Island by Cindy Garland, using Stunning Strings Studio in Serenity in the Reflecting Pool colorway Iðunn by Ragga Eiríksdóttir in Istex Lettlopii Barb has finished A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold The Green Road by Anne Enright Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde Celine by Peter Heller Tracie has finished Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman How It All Began by Penelope Lively Jane-Emily by Patricia Clapp Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra Barb is reading Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder Tracie is reading The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mckenzie Bad Blood (Lucy Black #4) by Brian McGilloway
John Grisham recently sat down with Roxanne in a rare and candid interview as part of his first book tour in twenty-five years! The bestselling author chose RJ Julia for the second stop of his thirteen-city tour to promote his latest book, Camino Island. "If this book doesn't work, I'm quitting this." says Grisham of The Firm, the book that changed his life. The former lawyer also talks book-selling, about his work with the Innocence Project, and even reveals which books are in the works to become TV series. Later in this episode, we hit the Yale campus to see what students are looking forward to reading this summer. Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast We’re trying to get a better demographic handle on the people like yourself who listen to Just The Right Book Podcast. Just go to our website, www.BookPodcast.com, and click on the “Listener Survey,” it should take you about 30 seconds and be most helpful to us. Thank you in advance for this! John Grisham's Podcast: Book Tour with John Grisham Books in this episode: Camino Island by John Grisham The Firm by John Grisham Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff Startup: A Novel by Doree Shafrir Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Social Profit Handbook: The Essential Guide to Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes, and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations by David Grant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A “luminous novel” set in corrupt, war-torn, violent Pakistan guides us through a story of love, hope and beauty by a recently widowed Muslim architect and her Christian neighbors. That’s the latest story line from author Nadeem Aslam, who joins Just the Right Book Podcast to talk about his fifth novel, The Golden Legend. Aslam was born in Pakistan, fled to the UK with his family as a teenager and published his first short story at 13. And later in this episode, we hear from Mary Williams, General Manager for Skylight Books in Los Angeles, who gives us some recommendations for the Dads and Grads in your life! Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast We’re trying to get a better demographic handle on the people like yourself who listen to Just The Right Book Podcast. Just go to our website, www.BookPodcast.com, and click on the “Listener Survey,” it should take you about 30 seconds and be most helpful to us. Thank you in advance for this! Books in this episode: The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam East of Eden by John Steinbeck Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering by Wendy Lesser 1984 by George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 by Ray D. Bradbury Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami Are You Anybody?: A Memoir by Jeffrey Tambor No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politic's and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein Books for Grads: Make Trouble by John Waters The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier and More Beautiful by Yumi Sakugawa Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths about Being Creative by Danielle Krysa The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander Books for Dads: Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris My Dad Used to Be So Cool by Keith Negley The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Epigraph The Drunk Booksellers get stoned on this 4/20 themed episode with Paul Constant of the Seattle Review of Books. Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, our website, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. This episode is sponsored by Books & Whatnot, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive here. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links back to the bookstore we’re interviewing PLUS GIFs—sign up for our email newsletter. Introduction In which we make pot jokes and get excited about books We're switching up our intoxicant of choice this episode and getting stoned rather than drunk (mostly). Paul's rocking Mr. Moxey's Mints (of the peppermint/sativa variety). Emma's smoking CBD (not to be confused with William Steig's children's picture book, CDB!). Kim stops talking while stoned—which would make for a really awkward podcast episode—so she's drinking the hoppiest IPA she could find instead. Everyone's a little too high to explain the varieties of weed particularly well, so you should just read David Schmader's Weed: The User's Guide: A 21st Century Handbook for Enjoying Marijuana. Paul's Reading: Up South by Robert Lashley The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks A collection of books from Mount Analogue Press Manners by Ted Powers Final Rose by Halie Theoharides (a comic book tone poem about love and loss made up screenshots from The Bachelor) Reading Through It book club pick: What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America, edited by Dennis Johnson Emma's Reading: First Position by Melissa Brayden (thanks to a recommendation from our episode with The Ripped Bodice) Giant Days 4 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Lissa Treiman, Liz Fleming, and Whitney Cogar All the Lives I Want: Essays about My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers by Alana Massey (thanks to a recommendation from our episode with Amy Stephenson) Kim's Reading: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power by Joseph Turow Forthcoming Titles We're Excited For: You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie (out June 13) Love and Trouble: a Midlife Reckoning by Claire Dederer (out May 9) also mentioned Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris (out May 30) Hunger: a Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay (out June 13) Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood (out May 2) Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (out April 25) Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch (out April 18) Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki (out May 9) Isadora by Amelia Gray (out May 23) Dreaming the Beatles: the Love Story of One Band and the Whole World by Rob Sheffield (out April 25) Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J Sollee (out June 13) Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self Through the Wisdom of the Cards by Michelle Tea (out June 13) The Perfect Mix: Everything I Know about Leadership I Learned as a Bartender by Helen Rothberg (out June 20) Chapter I [18:50] In which we learn what The Seattle Review of Books is, talk about book reviews as a meta art form, and get advice on promoting diversity and being a safe, welcoming place for people who aren't white bros The Seattle Review of Books is a book news, review, and interviews site. This isn't consumer reports, with a thumbs up or down on each title; each review aims to have a conversation with the book. It's a site that aims to look like your bookshelf, without genre classification. Emma & Kim don't quite understand Paul's assertion that people don't organize their bookshelves, but we roll with it. SRB makes all their money through a single sponsor (which changes each week). If you're interested in their sponsorship program, you can learn more here. Paul wants to promote young, new writers and help them build up their clip file. So you should probably pitch him with your brilliant, bookish ideas. Email submissions@seattlereviewofbooks or fill in the contact form on their about page. Emma particularly loves the Help Desk by Cienna Madrid. Ask Cienna an awkward book-related question at advice@seattlereviewofbooks.com. Being a couple of white guys, Paul and his co-founder Martin McClellan are extremely concerned with diverse representation. You can learn more about how SRB encourages diversity in both the books they review and the reviewers they publish on their about page (or by listening to this episode...). But you should know right off the bat, they are not here to promote the new Franzen novel and they will not pander to bros. Chapter II [33:10] In which we talk about life in the US post-election, say something negative about a book, and discuss Paul's past (and current) life as a bookseller Reading Through It is a post-election book club hosted by Seattle Review of Books, the Seattle Weekly, and Third Place Books Seward Park. They meet the first Wednesday of every month. On our post-election world, Paul Constant says: "This is what books were made for. Books are engines of empathy... the only way to do a deep-dive into an issue. It's our stored knowledge... This is the moment for books." The next Reading Through It book group pick is The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt. They'll be meeting Wednesday May 3rd at Third Place Books Seward Park. Read Paul's article on his time at Borders: Books Without Borders: My Life at the World's Dumbest Bookstore Chain Though he's not technically a bookseller anymore, Paul is still "on team books." Keep an eye out for our "I'm On Team Books" t-shirts, which may or may not be a thing we sell one day. Chapter III [43:20] In which Paul is better at explaining our questions than stoned Emma is at asking them, Emma and Kim give Paul major side-eye due to his bookseller confession, and Emma continues to push Uprooted by Naomi Novik Desert Island Pick (what would you read that you never had the time to read before): The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro (beginning with The Path to Power) We couldn't find a video of the following clip of Caro on the Colbert Report, so we'll just leave you this series of gifs to explain why you, too, should consider bringing an epic five-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson as your desert beach read: You're welcome. Now, back to your regularly scheduled show notes. Station Eleven Picks (the books to preserve for society) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (everything you need to know about living in a society) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (everything you need to know about life and how it doesn’t always work out the way you want, but you should live it anyway) Read Paul's essay about The Scarlet Letter, originally written for Scarecrow Video. Wild Pick (traveling is about observing things... soaking everything in) We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live by Joan Didion ("because she is the greatest observer on the planet and I would want to be like her when I was traveling") Bookseller Confession Once again, we have a guest who hasn't read Harry Potter. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? Paul also hasn't read Lord of the Rings and Kim proceeds to side-eye him from across the city. (In case you were wondering, the title of the direct link to this gif is "wtf-i-cant-even-you-are-stupid." Just sayin'.) Emma, naturally, tries to convert Paul to fantasy w/ an Uprooted recommendation because "nobody doesn't like it." Paul commits to reading it in order to prove her wrong. Go-To Handsell Fup by Jim Dodge Paul saved the book from going out of print and—arguably more importantly—he handsold a copy to Allison Hannigan. Impossible Handsell Paradise by AL Kennedy (and everything by AL Kennedy) Book for Booksellers Saving Capitalism by Robert Reich Favorite Bookstores Elliott Bay Ada’s Technical Books Third Place Ravenna Favorite Literary Media Not to brag, but, we’re the only podcast Paul listens to. The Rumpus Lit Hub Book Forum Electric Literature Shelf Awareness Epilogue In which we tell you where to find us on the Internets You can find Paul on: Twitter Seattle Review of Books is also on Twitter Seattlereviewofbooks.com You can find us on: Twitter at @drunkbookseller Litsy at @drunkbooksellers Facebook Instagram Email Newsletter Website Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes bookish things for Book Riot. Kim tweets occasionally from @finaleofseem, but don’t expect too much 'cause she saves all of the interesting (ie. book-related) shizzle for Drunk Booksellers. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes!