Podcasts about lakeside supper club

This week we take a look back at last year's Book Case episodes focussing on the methodology of writing. We love talking to authors about their technique, their inspirations, and we love exploring how they do what they do. So this week we sew together some of our favorite ideas and methods coming from our authors, on how to write a book. We hope that we have some aspiring authors listening, and that there is inspiration to be taken from each of these ideas. Books mentioned in this week's episode: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny The Time of the Child by Niall Williams Bel Canto: The Annotated Edition by Ann Patchett Colored Television by Danzy Senna Tell me Everything by Elizabeth Strout The History of Sound: Stories by Ben Shattuck Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradal Shanghai by Joseph Kanon The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson Table for Two by Amor Towles The Hunter by Tana French After Anna by Anna Quindlen Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Danzy Senna has written a seriously funny and thought provoking book in Colored Television. It will make you laugh, but also make space for anger, pain and frustration as she skewers race, Hollywood, authentic voice, the publishing industry, the Kardashians, navel gazing, philosophy….you name it, there is satire in this book for everyone. Great writing and a great conversation with the author. We are also joined for our fourth writer in residence conversation with J. Ryan Stradal. He tells us why he is working so hard on the first draft of his new novel. Join us.  Books mentioned in this week's podcast: Colored Television by Danzy Senna Caucasia by Danzy Senna New People by Danzy Senna You are Free: Stories by Danzy Senna Where did you Sleep Last Night by Danzy Senna David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee Colours of the Mountain by Da Chen The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Beloved by Tony Morrison The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. For a lot of people, Labor Day, which this year fell on September 2, marks the end of summer, although astronomical summer doesn't end until September 22 (and meteorological fall actually begins on September 1). And according to Carrie, summer ends on the first day of school, which was Aug 8 here in Louisville KY. And what was a common assignment when you returned back to schook? That's right. Write about what you did this summer. So this episode is a recap of what the two of us did from June through August told in the form of books! Books mentioned-- 1- Bad Monkey by Carl Hiassen 2- Hoot by Carl Hiassen 3- Flush by Carl Hiassen 4- Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway by Emma Fick 5- Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall 6- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Amanda Pavlov @pavlovsbooks - A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch 7- The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert 8- Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal 9- Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais 10- Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 11- Death's Door: True Tales of Tragedy, Mystery, and Bravery from the Great Lakes' Most Dangerous Waters by Barbara M. Joosse 12- The Elephants of Thula Thula by Francois Malby-Anthony 13- A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery) by Annelise Ryan 14- The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso 15- I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger 16- The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano-Lax 17- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, audiobook narrated by Brendan Fraser 18- Death Stalks Door County (Dave Cubiak #1) by Patricia Skalka Media mentioned-- 1- Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Netflix, 2017) 2- Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with my Father (2024) 3- The Tourist (Netflix, 2022) 4- Bad Monkey (Apple+, 2024) 5- Strong Sense of Place Podcast - https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/ 6-Lawsuit Against Florida Book Bans - people.com/publishers-authors-…a-book-bans-8704020      

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. For a lot of people, Labor Day, which this year fell on September 2, marks the end of summer, although astronomical summer doesn't end until September 22 (and meteorological fall actually begins on September 1). And according to Carrie, summer ends on the first day of school, which was Aug 8 here in Louisville KY. And what was a common assignment when you returned back to schook? That's right. Write about what you did this summer. So this episode is a recap of what the two of us did this summer told in the form of books! Books mentioned-- 1- Bad Monkey by Carl Hiassen 2- Hoot by Carl Hiassen 3- Flush by Carl Hiassen 4- Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway by Emma Fick 5- Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall 6- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Amanda Pavlov @pavlovsbooks - A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch 7- The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert 8- Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal 9- Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais 10- Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 11- Death's Door: True Tales of Tragedy, Mystery, and Bravery from the Great Lakes' Most Dangerous Waters by Barbara M. Joosse 12- The Elephants of Thula Thula by Francois Malby-Anthony 13- A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery) by Annelise Ryan 14- The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso 15- I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger 16- The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano-Lax 17- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, audiobook narrated by Brendan Fraser 18- Death Stalks Door County (Dave Cubiak #1) by Patricia Skalka Media mentioned-- 1- Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Netflix, 2017) 2- Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with my Father (2024) 3- The Tourist (Netflix, 2022) 4- Bad Monkey (Apple+, 2024) 5- Strong Sense of Place Podcast - https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/ 6-Lawsuit Against Florida Book Bans - https://people.com/publishers-authors-students-and-teachers-file-lawsuit-against-florida-book-bans-8704020

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to another episode of Restaurant Fiction, where we dive into the world of fictional dining establishments from TV, film, and literature!

This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from J. Ryan Stradal, the bestselling author of three novels, all set in Minnesota: Kitchens of the Great Midwest, The Lager Queen of Minnesota and Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.  Through a not-so-rapid-fire speed round, J. Ryan tells host Rachel Belle about his favorite Minnesota State Fair food, what the J. in his name stands for, and why you really need to open that bottle of wine you're forever saving for a special occasion.  And we'll explore the history behind a Midwestern fried-food debate: corn dog vs Pronto Pup! What's the difference? Listen and find out!  Watch Rachel's Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle! Follow along on Instagram! Pre-order Rachel Belle's new cookbook, Open Sesame: 45 Sweet & Savory Recipes for Tahini & All Things Sesame!Support the show: http://rachelbelle.substack.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The New York Times bestselling novelist J. Ryan Stradel tells host Rachel Belle it was “totally weird to be a teenage foodie in the 1990s.” He couldn't wait to get his driver's license so he could drive into the Twin Cities and eat at restaurants serving mysterious, flavorful, global food — a complete contrast to the bland dishes his parents cooked at home. Food plays a role in all three of Stradal's novels, all set in his home state of Minnesota: Kitchens of the Great Midwest, The Lager Queen of Minnesota and Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club — supper clubs being a uniquely Midwestern throwback institution. Rachel chats with the owners of two multigenerational supper clubs, Lehman's and Ettlin's Ranchero, about what sets them apart from other restaurants. Watch Rachel's Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle! Follow along on Instagram!Support the show: http://rachelbelle.substack.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our third check in with J. Ryan Stradal, author extraordinaire and our writer in residence. He has begun to write in earnest, and has lots to tell us about his progress. We are loving these conversations with J., and every time we learn something new. For our bookstore we talk to Next Chapter Booksellers in St. Paul, J. Ryan's homeland. Join us. Books mentioned in this week's episode: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn For The Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food: Interviews, Inspiration, and Recipes by Klancy Miller The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announcement One of the many benefits to joining our Patreon Community is that you get access to several bonus podcast episode series, including Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and I share at least 4 bonus books we are excited about that we did not share in the big show preview episode. Get more details about all the goodies available to all patrons (Stars and Superstars) and sign up here! CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights Now that the 2024 Summer Reading Guide is set, Sarah welcomes heavier and more literary books. Catherine is leaning into several themes with books covering 4 decades. With a clean split of 3 new or debut authors and 3 repeat authors, Catherine is trying for more wins this season. Kick back with several summer picks that are 450+ pages. Sarah's choices feature a wide variety of topics with 2 debuts and 4 returning authors. Sarah has already read and rated two of her picks 5 stars! Plus, listen in to hear their #1 picks for the summer season. Summer 2024 Book Preview [2:49] June Sarah's Picks Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (June 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:28] Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (June 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[9:05] What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. Morris (June 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:59] Catherine's Picks Swift River by Essie Chambers (June 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [6:44] Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo (June 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[14:34] All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (June 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:17] How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard (June 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[29:31]  Other Books Mentioned The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters [3:33] Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty [3:52] Real Americans by Rachel Khong [9:31] The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe [9:41] Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett [12:10] Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett [12:11] The Hop by Diana Clarke [13:26] The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo [14:42] All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris [18:16] Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris [18:21] We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker [22:38] Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra [23:10] At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard (memoir published in 1998) [32:29] July Sarah's Picks The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:12]  The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [33:17] Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (July 9) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [38:00] Catherine's Picks The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[35:28] The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:11]  Other Books Mentioned Long Bright River by Liz Moore [25:22] I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai [28:56] Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead [34:09] Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane [34:23] Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [34:46] A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella [35:37] Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close [36:26] Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal [36:29] The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane [36:45] Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner [38:53] The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali [42:31]

This episode is a double whammy of extreme talent. First, we have George Stephanopoulos, giving us history through the perspective of one of the most mysterious and powerful rooms in the White House: The Situation Room. It's the title of his new book...and it's an illuminating read. Second, the great J. Ryan Stradal and our second installment of the Writer in Residence series. He says he is doing a lot of writing these days...and he knows most of it won't make it in the book. You don't want to miss this week's Book Case. Books mentioned in this week's episode: The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos All Too Human: A Political Education by George Stephanopoulos Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Think Twice by Harlan Coben I Will Find You by Harlan Coben Table for Two by Amor Towles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot has been happening at Dog-Eared Books and with Amanda and Ellyn, so this episode is all about catching up with each of them, the fun things happening at Dog-Eared Books and of course books that have caught their attention recently. What we're drinking | Sunny With a Chance of Flowers Amanda's Currently Reading: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass Ellyn's Currently Reading: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage Books coming out this week: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie Paperback Release: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by Ryan J. Stradal ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

This week on From the Front Porch, it's all about books and basketball! Annie is joined by her husband and friend, Jordan, to set different books head to head and debate their merits in this beloved yearly tradition. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (type “Episode 469” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode), or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Shop our March Madness merch in the store or online here. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros vs. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Tom Lake by Ann Patchett vs. Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano vs. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus vs. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich vs. The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver vs. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Happy Place by Emily Henry vs. Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai vs. Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey Thank you to this week's sponsor, the 103rd Annual Rose Show and Festival here in Thomasville, Georgia. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show & Festival is sponsored by the City of Thomasville and has been a southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Enjoy rose and flower shows, live music, an artisan market, an antique car show, a parade and fantastic shopping and dining in Downtown Thomasville. This year's 103rd annual event is April 26-27. Plan your visit at thomasvillega.com. From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. Jordan is reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

THE WRITER IN RESIDENCE SHOW! We kick off our new series, Writer in Residence, with our resident writer, J. Ryan Stradal. A great writer, a national bestseller, and a friend of Kate's for almost thirty years, J. Ryan is going to give The Book Case a front row seat from page one to publication. Join us as he walks us through what he does to get started, and his thoughts on how the book might proceed. What does he do to get past self doubt to be the best writer he can be? He joins us once a month for about fifteen minutes to talk us through every phase. This, our first episode, he gets the whole episode. Enjoy! Books mentioned in this week's episode: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Working by Robert A. Caro The World According to Garp by John Irving Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro Adventures in Screen Trade by William Goldman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we paired great book club books with a menu.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Small Mercies by Dennis Lahane Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Open the Book:  Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Recipes: Brandy Old Fashioned Quick Pickles Grasshopper Brownies  

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing our top ten books of 2023! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Traci's Top Ten: The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore Manacled by SenLinYu Drowning by TJ Newman Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor Fourth Wing/ Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Babel by RF Kuang Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Ellie's Top Ten:  The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Happy Place by Emily Henry I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Fourth Wing/ Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Shark Heart by Emily Habeck  Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano   

It's time for our annual Superlative Soirée! (Okay, so we've never called it that before, but it fits, right?!) Today Chelsey and Sara share their favorite and least favorite books of 2023, plus everything in between. YOU helped us come up with some creative categories to cover in this official wrap-up episode, and we can't wait to hear what you think of the titles we discuss.  To get your very own superlative printable, subscribe to our newsletter at novelpairings.substack.com--and to join us for Wharton in Winter, go to patreon.com/novelpairings to sign up. We're so excited for the year ahead! Find us on Instagram @novelpairingspod. Shop for your 2024 TBR through our Bookshop.org storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/novelpairings Books Mentioned: The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg Gone Girl & Rebecca Wellness & To the Lighthouse Congratulations, the Best is Over! By R. Eric Thomas Wellness by Nathan Hill Disoriental by Negar Djavadi Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park The Employees by Olga Ravn One Woman Show by Christine Coulson The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton The Pleasing Hour by Lily King Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sheriff Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat The Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Saddiqi Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Loot by Tania James North Woods by Daniel Mason  

It was nice knowing ya, 2023! Pop some champagne and start 2024 off right with Mollie and Kate as they share recommendations for enchanting and compelling winter reads.Recommendations in order:Mollie: The Heatwave by Kate RiordanKate: Bitter Orange by Claire FullerKate: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sarafi by Shannon ChakrabortyMollie: Tamora Pierce's booksMollie: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareKate: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan StradalMollie: Little Secrets by Jennifer HillierKate: Country of the Blind by Andrew LelandKate: Lucky Red by Claudia CravensMollie & Kate: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

In our season finale, Daniel Ford and the Writer's Bone Podcast Network share the books we loved in 2023.  Thank you to the authors we interviewed and read, our network hosts, and, of course, you, our dear listeners for another terrific year of podcasting. We can't wait to celebrate our tenth anniversary in 2024!  The Best Books of 2023: Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Under the Tamarind Tree by Nigar Alam Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century by Saul Austerlitz King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father by Brooke Barbier Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post  by Martin Baron The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz Dark Ride by Lou Berney Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity by Amy Brady All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley At the Edge of the Woods by Kathryn Bromwich Bob Dylan: Mavericks of Music: Stories for Children by Daniel Budnik No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson The Christmas Wager by Holly Cassidy A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness by Jai Chakrabarti Hide by Tracy Clark When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first Century by Josh Cook All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby The Rhythm of Time by S.A. Cosby and Questlove The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever by Jack Curry The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton The Way Life Should Be by William Dameron The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan Skull Water by Heinz Inus Fenkl Maddalena by Julia Fine Death Watch by Stona Fitch Come With Me by Erin Flanagan My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin The Hunt by Kelly J. Ford The Long War on Drugs by Anne L. Foster Devil Makes Three by Ben Fountain Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones The Wager by David Grann Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison Happy Place by Emily Henry Wellness by Nathan Hill 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness by Bryan Hoch A Sleight of Shadows by Kat Howard Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Loot by Tania James Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio by Katherine Rye Jewell The Longmire Defense by Craig Johnson Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair L.M. Kelley For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyoun Kim Morning in This Broken World by Katrina Kittle The Liberators by E.J. Koh You Should Have Told Me by Leah Kohen Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane Prom Mom by Laura Lippman Walk the Darkness Down by Daniel Magariel I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult by Lane Moore Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations by Yseult P. Mukantabana and Hannah Summerhill The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee Speech Team by Tim  Murphy Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman House Woman by Adorah Nworah Gilmore Girls: At Home by Micol Ostow A Summer Morning by Anne Leigh Parrish Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Cooking My Way by Jacques Pépin The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza The Men Can't Be Saved by Ben Purkert The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann by Virginia Pye Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti Go as a River by Shelley Read The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes The Kirschbaum Lectures by Seth Rogoff The Celebrants by Steven Rowley Evil Eye by Etaf Rum Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself by Luke Russert Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan The Birthparents by Frank Santo Information Desk by Robyn Schiff Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations by Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine A. Sherbrooke Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Pieces of Blue by Holly Goldberg Sloan Salvage This World by Michael Farris Smith You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Women We Buried, Women We Burned by Rachel Louise Snyder Bruce Springsteen A Little Golden Book Biography by Laurel Snyder Here in the Dark by Alexis Soloski Making It So by Patrick Stewart Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Super Bloom by Megan Tady Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb The War Begins in Paris by Theodore Wheeler Saying It Loud: 1966―The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement by Mark Whitaker On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr. City of Dreams by Don Winslow Busy Betty & the Circus Surprise by Reese Witherspoon Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Small World by Laura Zigman Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line, Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny. 

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: All Podcast Staff. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023. Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager The General and Julia by Jon Clinch Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian: Big by Vashti Harrison Simon sort of says by Erin Bow Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James Jessica Stevens: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services 20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea The Celebrants by Steven Rowley The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/ One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/ Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor

Join bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal to discuss his third novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, a celebration of food and drink across four generations in Minnesota. J. Ryan contrasts four female voices, four decades, and two restaurants, one a traditional supper club, and the second a chain restaurant, similar to a Denny's. The result is an exploration of our times and our evolving relationship with food and drink, health, and community. J. Ryan also discusses his writing during the pandemic and thoughts about characters and editorial choices. We also manage to talk about culture, deer, smoking, heritage, and a little bit about politics. Don't miss this lovely warm conversation, and don't forget to pick up a copy as a gift for your favorite food lover.J. Ryan's website:http://www.jryanstradal.com/Thoughts? Comments? Potshots? Contact the show at:https://www.discreetguide.com/podcast-books-shows-tunes-mad-acts/Sponsored by Discreet Guide Training:https://training.discreetguide.com/Follow or like us on podomatic.com (it raises our visibility :)https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-actsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/discreetguideJennifer on Post.News:@JenCrittendenJennifer on Twitter:@DiscreetGuideJennifer on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkcrittenden/

If you haven't heard of Patricia Cornwell you've never been to a bookstore, or an airport, or a library…heck. She is everywhere and there is a reason for that. Prolific AND talented, she has written 27 mystery novels centered around her medical examiner heroine, Kay Scarpetta, and she shows no sign of stopping. We talk about what it's like to create and shepherd a character like Scarpetta, and what keeps her going. We then have a brief talk about our favorite books of the year. We hope you will join us. Books mentioned in this week's episode: Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell Scarpetta's Winter Table by Patricia Cornwell Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell Dust by Patricia Cornwell Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell Depraved Heart by Patricia Cornwell Chaos by Patricia Cornwell Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell Livid by Patricia Cornwell Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell Predator by Patricia Cornwell Spin by Patricia Cornwell Quantum by Patricia Cornwell The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar Absolution by Alice McDermott The General and Julia by Jon Clinch Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers Central Park West by James Comey Swamp Story by Dave Barry A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: spoiling bookish gifts and needing book intel before continuing Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: when Goodreads ratings don't match your own The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  1:24 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 2:10 - Book Embosser 2:28 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery 4:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 4:15 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree 6:43 - Current Reads 6:50 - The Novel Neighbor 6:55 - The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane (Kaytee) 8:57 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 8:59 - Beauty by Robin McKinley 9:51 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Meredith) 13:07 - Good Inside by Becky Kennedy (Kaytee) 17:03 - With A Kiss We Die by L.R. Dorn (Meredith) 21:45 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Kaytee) 22:23 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver  24:53 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 27:25 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine (Meredith, Amazon link) 27:40 - CONTENT WARNING HERE FOR SEXY TIME TALK. SKIP TO 35:46 FOR THE DEEP DIVE 29:44 - ezeekat on Instagram 31:18 - The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert 35:46 - Deep Dive: When Goodreads Ratings Don't Match Your Own 36:06 - @thelinenfox on Instagram 39:33 - Search by Michelle Huneven 40:29 - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker 42:02 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 42:17 - The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane 43:21 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 46:12 - The Exchange by John Grishom 46:57 - Clean Air by Sarah Blake 47:36 - Fiction Matters on Instagram 48:12 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 48:38 - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal 52:04 - StoryGraph 55:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain 55:24 - My wish was granted about stickers to cover up book club stickers on book covers. (Kaytee) 55:28 - Bookish-blends.com 56:38 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 56:41 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 57:07 - I wish to give extra encouragement to Bookish_Blends for finding a hole in the market and filling it! (Meredith) 57:08 - Bookish_blends on Instagram 57:25 - Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. December's IPL will be a yearly recap from us, so we can give our beloved Indies a break for the holidays! Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

New York Times best-selling author, J. Ryan Stradal, is back with his third novel, "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club."

Zibby speaks to New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal about Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, a heartfelt, gratifying, multi-generational story about a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota. J. Ryan talks about his and his partner's struggles with infertility and his decision to incorporate the intense, painful journey in this novel. He also talks about his fascinating character-development process, the books he's reading, juggling writing as a stay-at-home dad, and how his late mom continues to inspire his stories. Purchase on Bookshop: https://bit.ly/48u8R4qShare, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens! Now there's more! Subscribe to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books on Acast+ and get ad-free episodes. https://plus.acast.com/s/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Backlist Beauties. Little gems that you can get your hands on immediately.  We will also share our Books in Hand. Let's see what we've been missing!Featured Books:The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal LPThe Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White LHBooks In Hands:The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer LPThe Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix LHAdditional Books That Go Along With Our Theme:The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterThe Accidental Empress by Allison PatakiStill Life by Louise PennyThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydOther Books Mentioned In This Episode:The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady HendrixThe Lost Summers of Newport, All the Ways We Say Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen WhiteKitchens of the Great Midwest, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan StradalNancy Drew Series by Caroline KeeneWays to contact us:Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumbleFacebook:  Book BumbleOur website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.comEmail:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.comHey Friends, please rate and review us!

Meet best-selling author and Minnesota native J. Ryan Stradal.  J. Ryan and Capri discuss the importance of finding Midwestern themes in fiction and how food is used as a compelling storyteller in the author's last three books: Kitchens of the Great Midwest, Lager Queen of Minnesota and  his latest novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Eat Your Heartland Out by becoming a member!Eat Your Heartland Out is Powered by Simplecast.

J. Ryan Stradal knows supper club culture. Growing up in Hastings, Minn., his family milestones were marked by dressing up, sitting in a leather booth at the Wiederholt's Supper Club, picking at a relish tray and watching the grown-ups enjoy a brandy Old Fashioned. He even worked at a supper club across the river, in Prescott, Wisc., where he went behind the double-swinging doors and had his views about restaurant work forever changed. So it is with a deep sense of fondness, with a side of realism, that his latest novel centers around a supper club in the fictitious northern Minnesota town of Bear Jaw. Main character Mariel has inherited the Lakeside Club from her grandparents and is wrestling with its future — and her own. Meanwhile, her husband stands to take on his own family's restaurant legacy, a growing chain of family diners. Which future will they pursue? And will old family wounds deepen in the process, or be healed? This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, Stradal joined host Kerri Miller in the studio to trade stories about their own experiences with the supper club scene. They also talked about the purpose and value of nostalgia and how Stradal works to balance sentimentality with reality in his writing. Guest:J. Ryan Stradal is a native Minnesotan and a New York Times bestselling author. His latest novel is “Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.” Use the audio player above to listen to the podcast version of the conversation.Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS.Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.

J. Ryan Stradal is the author of New York Times bestseller Kitchens of the Great Midwest and national bestseller The Lager Queen of Minnesota. His debut won the American Booksellers Association Indie's Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year, and the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for the year's top novel. The Lager Queen of Minnesota won the WILLA Literary Award and was a finalist for the Heartland Booksellers Award. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Granta, The Rumpus, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other places. His third and newest novel is Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club. Born and raised in Minnesota, he now lives in California with his family. There are few public settings more unique to the northern Midwest than the supper club, and J. Ryan Stradal's new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, is his love letter to them and to the people who made them their home away from home. In this colorful, vanishing world of relish trays and brandy Old Fashioneds, filled with honest, lovable yet fallible Midwestern characters, two restaurant families over three generations grapple with love, loss, and marriage, and what our legacy will be when we are gone.

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in June!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Ellie: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal  Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood  Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak  Super Bloom by Megan Tady  My Murder by Katie Williams  Traci:  Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren  The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt  Same Time, Next Summer by Annabel Mon Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson The Whispers by Ashley Audrain  

J. Ryan Stradal knows about supper club culture in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the rest of the northern midwest – he grew up in a town where those dining establishments blurred the lines between restaurant and social club, family and community. That culture is at the heart of his new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, where main character Mariel has inherited one such supper club from her grandparents. In today's episode, Stradal tells Here & Now's Robin Young about how chain diners have impacted those familiar dinner spots and how his late mother inspired much of the novel.

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I can't think of a better place to be than Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club! This latest from NYT bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, is a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and … Continue reading E124: Interview with J. Ryan Stradal, author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club →

Catherine (Gilmore Guide to Books) and I revisit the 12 books released in April and May featured in the Spring 2023 Book Preview.  We give updates on our reading stats, share our thoughts on the books we've read or attempted, and offer recommendations on which ones deserve a spot on your reading list and which ones you might want to skip. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Announcement In addition to my annual 2023 Summer Reading Guide, I'm once again offering Superstars Patrons ($7/mo) exclusive access to Summer Shelves, featuring even more recommendations for the season. Summer Shelves features BACKLIST summer reading recommendations from 17 former podcast guests, our team members, and — for the first time — 20+ Superstars patrons! The Summer Shelves design is clean, crisp, and unique and you'll receive it in a PDF file format via Patreon. If you'd like to get the Summer Shelves companion guide, you can sign up to be a Superstars patron here. You'll also get access to a monthly bonus podcast series called Double Booked (where Catherine or Susie and I share our own book recommendations in the same format as the big show) and my Rock Your Reading Tracker. Highlights Catherine and Sarah share their Spring 2023 reading stats and success rates. How these stats compare to springs of previous years. Even more book talk, since Catherine has read several of Sarah's picks, too! Sarah shares something that's never happened before on the podcast! Plus, they name their best and worst books from the Spring 2023 Book Preview. Books Read Before the Preview [6:03] Sarah's Picks: Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [6:31] Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[10:16]  Other Books Mentioned: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb [7:37] Spring 2023 Circle Back [13:27] April Sarah's Picks: The One by Julia Argy (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:03] The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Orlando Ortega-Medina (April 18) | Amazon| Bookshop.org [25:43] If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[32:55] Catherine's Picks: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:31] The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher (April 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[22:57]  Searching for Savanna by Mona Gable (April 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[28:14]  Other Books Mentioned: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal [16:22] The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal [16:28] May Sarah's Picks: The Marriage Act by John Marrs (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:16] Catherine's Picks: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:39] Dances by Nicole Cuffy (May 16) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:03] The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 30) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:14]  Other Books Mentioned: The One by John Marrs [44:35]  The Passengers by John Marrs [46:32] The Guncle by Steven Rowley [53:21] The Editor by Steven Rowley [53:42]

It's a bonus episode with friend of the show, Mallory O'Meara! We are dishing out loads of book recommendations but before you get to those, go preorder her new book, Girls Make Movies, right now! Books mentioned in this episode: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The September House by Carissa Orlando Magdalena by Candi Sary Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti Weyward by Emilia Hart Yellowface by R.F Kuang The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Perry In the Weeds by Tom Vitale VenCo: A Novel by Cherie Dimaline Wizkit By Tanya J. Scott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's summer.  It's time for vacations and beach reads and a different type of reading.  I brought together two of my favorite readers to share books we love and books we are excited to read this summer.  Kari and Jamie are two of my most trusted reading friends and I am excited to share these people and books with you.    Lady Tan's Circle of Women By Lisa See The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks Hello Stranger by Katherine Center Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradel Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand The Spectacular by Fiona Davis Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield The Secret Book of Flora Lea Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren The Ferryman by Justin Cronin Infinity Gate MR Carey Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin Paper Names by Susie Luo

Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Alan Minskoff discuss J. Ryan Stradal's audiobook and Aspen Vincent's convincing narration of the all-Minnesota cast. Vincent has a crystalline tone, evocative style, and satisfying storytelling voice. The four generations of women who shape the plot are each given a unique sound, and all are portrayed in the honey-glow of this mostly historical novel. The plot follows the dual course of two restaurant families: one founds a chain, Jorby's; the other runs the Lakeside Supper Club in northern Minnesota country. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Penguin Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic podcast comes from audiobooks.com. Visit www.audiobooks.com/freeoffer for three free audiobooks with a trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supper clubs are a dining staple in the upper Midwest. We talk to the author of a new novel that tells the story of a family whose supper club helped shape their lives through love and loss, and explores what legacy really means.

New York Times best-selling author, J. Ryan Stradal, is back with his third novel, "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club."

J. Ryan Stradal is the author of New York Times bestseller Kitchens of the Great Midwest and national bestseller The Lager Queen of Minnesota but somehow his latest novel Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, might just be his most midwestern book yet. He tells the stories of generations of a family-run diner, what it means to the community, and the stress it brings the people who run it. In this conversation, we discuss food at-large, what a supper club is, our respective midwestern upbringing and so much more. Enjoyed this episode? Be sure to rate and review us on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts and send your feedback to passionsandprologues@gmail.com. If you email us proof of your review, Adam will send you a personalized book recommendation via email! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in April!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Ellie: Kill Joy by Holly Jackson The Life Council by Laura Tremaine Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Intermediate Thermodynamics by Sussanah Nix Hello Stranger by Katherine Center The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman  The Three Mrs. Wrights  by Linda Keir Traci:  The Angel Maker by Alex North Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Cover Story by Susan Rigetti The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakroborty Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland   

New York Times bestselling author, J. Ryan Stradal, spoke to me about the unsurpassed passive aggressiveness of Midwesterners, writing about the restaurant industry during the pandemic, and his latest novel SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE LAKESIDE SUPPER CLUB. J. Ryan Stradal is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest and national bestseller The Lager Queen of Minnesota, named one of the year's best books by NPR, USA Today, Booklist, and many others. His latest novel is Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, described as “... a sharp and poignant tale of a couple from two different restaurant families in rural Minnesota – one has inherited her grandparents' old-fashioned supper club, and the other is heir to a chain of homestyle diners (known for putting those supper clubs out of business).” The book was named An Amazon Best Book of April 2023. New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay said of the novel, “This is a perfect book.” And in a starred review, Kirkus called it, “A loving ode to supper clubs, the Midwest, and the people there who try their best to make life worth living.” J. Ryan Stradal has also worked extensively in TV, story editing and producing shows for VH-1, MTV, ABC, FOX, TLC, A&E, Discovery, and History. Working primarily for Original Productions from 2008 to 2014, he was the senior story producer on “Deadliest Catch” and “Ice Road Truckers” and a supervising producer on "Storage Wars," and “Storage Wars: Texas.” [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file, J. Ryan Stradal and I discussed:  What it was like during the sunset of the halcyon days at MTV and VH1 Producing a popular reality TV show in the Canadian Arctic How he wrote a novel in the margins of editing Storage Wars  The unique dining experience of a Midwestern supper club Why writers need to ditch perfection And a lot more! Show Notes: jryanstradal.com Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (Amazon) J. Ryan Stradal Amazon Author Page J. Ryan Stradal on Instagram J. Ryan Stradal on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan got to chat with J. Ryan Stradal about his new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, parenting, food, and more!  Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club J. Ryan Stradal Follow J. Ryan Stradal on Twitter Follow J. Ryan Stradal on Instagram Books Mentioned During This Episode OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Libro.fm  Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Jack of All Graves Book Club Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

We spoke with NY Times Bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal (Kitchens of the Great Midwest) about his 3rd novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.  http://www.jryanstradal.com/

We're joined by J Ryan Stradal for a fun chat about his new book Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, battling prime rib platters, cribbage, blackened brats, and how his timeline in the book went from 3 months to 80 years. Plus – Dave is called upon to sing in front of a large … Continue reading Ep. 207 Bratwurst Burning With J Ryan Stradal

AViD Author J. Ryan Stradal joins host Aaron Gernes on the latest episode of the DMPL Podcast. Stradal will be at the Central Library on Monday, May 1, at 7 PM for the program. During the podcast, Stradal talks about what he misses about the midwest, the Succession-esque struggles of family business, and how the first chapter in Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club was inspired by emotional events that occurred in his own life. Show Notes AViD Presents: J. Ryan Stradal J. Ryan's Books Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club (2023) The Lager Queen of Minnesota (2019) Kitchens of the Great Midwest (2015) J. Ryan's Suggestions: The Overstory, by Richard Powers They're Going to Love You, by Meg Howrey The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships, by Ali Bryan  

It's one of the best feelings a reader can have: that feeling of finding a book that you just can't put down. We're discussing some of our favorites and we'll end with what we're reading this week.   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (buy from Bookshop) Ann's picks: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (buy from Bookshop) – The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (buy from Bookshop) Monster by Walter Dean Myers (buy from Bookshop) – Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature – Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (buy from Bookshop) And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (buy from Bookshop) – Clue (film) – And Then There Were None (TV) – And Then There Were None (film) Halle's picks: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (buy from Bookshop) Until You by Judith McNaught (buy from Bookshop) – A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux (buy from Bookshop) – Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught (buy from Bookshop) River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (buy from Bookshop) What We're Reading This Week: Ann: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (buy from Bookshop) – @maryreadsandsips (Instagram) Halle: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (buy from Bookshop) – Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (buy from Bookshop) – The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Bookshop Well-Read on Instagram

In this episode, we get excited about two books: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal and A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. Then Mel shares her excitement about an unfinished Brontë novel that got finished. LINKS Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher J. Ryan Stradal's website, Instagram, and Twitter The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland Our podcast episode Hotels: The Liminal Space with M&Ms in the Mini-Bar Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Emma Brown: A Novel From the Unfinished Manuscript by Emma Boylan & Charlotte Brontë Wikipedia entry: Emma Brown The New York Times' review of Emma Brown by Emma Boylan Librivox recording of the Emma fragment (Pro tip: skip the Preface and go directly to Chapter 1.) Emma Brown by Clare Boylan on Internet Archive Transcript of this episode The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Facebook Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you aren't seeing the world through the eyes of J. Ryan Stradal's fiction, you are missing out on something truly special. He writes largely about the Midwest, specifically the state of Minnesota as well as food and drink. That may sound limiting, but his talent is without limit and he fills his pages with themes of family and shared humanity. His newest is Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club. It is the most personal journey he has ever taken. Take the ride with him, you won't be sorry. Our bookstore this week is Comma, a bookshop, (yes, both the word and the punctuation mark) a new bookstore in the Twin Cities that anyone who lives there should line up to visit. Books mentioned in the podcast: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal The World According to Garp by John Irving Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott The Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks

Beth Golay recently visited with the author of "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club", J. Ryan Stradal about his love of the midwest, what exactly a supper club is, the burden of family pressures that parents pass on to their children, and more.

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are deciding who did it better. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Ellie) Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (Traci) Open the Book: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson  The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore  The Duke and I by Julia Quinn Tweet Cute by Emma Lord  A Pho Love Story by Loan Le A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson  The Night Swim by Megan Goldin The Midnight Library by Matt Haig  This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls  Educated by Tara Westover The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins  Ayesha, at Last by Uzma Jallaluddin  The Maidens by Alex Michaelaides  The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake  The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh  The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty  

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, Damsel, No Boy Summer, and more great books. Subscribe to Book Riot's newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal  A Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due Damsel by Evelyn Skye Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: a collective search and a reading life realization Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: how grief affects reading The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives 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!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop 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. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:38 - Thriftbooks.com 3:31 - Trope Thursday with Bunmi is a Currently Reading Patreon benefit 5:46 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig 8:04 - Candice on Bookstagram 8:20 - Current Reads 8:27 - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Mary) 9:18 - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 10:54 - Well, That was Unexpected by Jessie Q. Sutanto 11:54 - The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (Kaytee) 12:05 - Becoming by Michelle Obama 15:45 - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Mary) 15:51 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 18:22 - @pieladybooks Instagram 18:58 - Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head (Kaytee) 19:07 - Elizabeth Barnhill @wacoreads on Instagram 21:52 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (Mary) - while this title isn't available pretty much anywhere, it is at many libraries, including Hoopla 25:17 - Libro FM 26:38 - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradal (Kaytee) 30:27 - How Grief Changes Reading 32:39 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 33:52 - The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell 34:00 - A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #8) 36:33 - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jessie Q Sutanto 36:48 - The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert 37:47 - A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis 46:13 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib 46:20 - Tell Me More by Kelli Corrigan 46:43 - Healing After Loss by Martha Hickman 47:10 - Good Mourning Podcast and Instagram and upcoming book 47:27 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan 47:33 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith 48:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain 48:31 - I wish everyone would approach their reading slumps with grace and kindness (Mary) 49:55 -  I wish for readers to add these events to their calendars (Kaytee) 50:12 - April 23rd is World Book Day 50:37 - April 29th is Independent Bookstore Day Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

J. Ryan Stradal joins In the Moment to discuss family, food and his latest novel. Plus, we check in on pollinators and playdates in Brookings.

J. Ryan Stradal is the bestselling author of the novel Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, available from Viking / Pamela Dorman Books. Stradal is the author of New York Times bestseller Kitchens of the Great Midwest and national bestseller The Lager Queen of Minnesota. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Granta, The Rumpus, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. His debut, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, won the American Booksellers Association Indies Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year. Born and raised in Minnesota, he now lives in California with his family. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie talks with bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal about his new novel Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club. They discuss midwestern novels, how to begin a novel, the structure of chapters, creating characters, and of course the culture of the supper club.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing April releases they're excited about to help you build your TBR. Don't forget, if you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, you can enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website: Annie's books This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs (4/4) The House Is on Fire by Rachel Beanland (4/4) Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee (4/11) Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray (4/11) If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (4/18) Olivia's books Panther Gap by James A. McLaughlin (4/4) Once There Was by Kiyash Monsef (4/4) Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (4/18) Lolo Weaver Swims Upstream by Polly Farquhar (4/25) In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune (4/25) Erin's books Homecoming by Kate Morton (April 4th) The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong (April 18th) Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (April 18th) Hestia Strikes a Match by Christine Grillo (April 18th) Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (April 25th) From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  Thank you to this week's sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com. This week Annie is reading Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. Olivia is reading Drowning by T.J. Newman (May 30th). Erin is reading Hestia Strikes a Match by Christine Grillo (April 18th). If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Welcome to the Spring 2023 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!   In this episode, Catherine and I share 12 of our most anticipated books releasing in April and May.   This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Announcement I've got BIG NEWS!  If you've been interested in joining our Patreon Community, but have yet to sign up — a 30-day free trial starts today!  This is for new patrons only and sign-up continues for the next 7 days.  Hurry and check out my Patreon page for more information! One of the many benefits to joining our Patreon Community is that you get access to several bonus podcast episode series, including Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and I share at least 4 bonus books we are excited about that we did not share in the big show preview episode. Get more details about all the goodies available to all patrons (Stars and Superstars) and sign up here! Highlights We have some debut authors and a few sophomore novels — one 14 years in the making! Catherine's picks are still leaning more literary, including getting herself into a 700+ page book! Sarah's spring has a variety of genres and micro genres. Two books Sarah has already read and loved from spring selections. Plus, their #1 picks for spring. Spring 2023 Book Preview [5:19] April Sarah's Picks: The One by Julia Argy (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:01] Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:00] The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Orlando Ortega-Medina (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:08] If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:00] Catherine's Picks: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:43] The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher (April 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:48]  Searching for Savanna by Mona Gable (April 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:08]  May Sarah's Picks: Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:35]  The Marriage Act by John Marrs (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:22] Catherine's Picks: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:52] Dances by Nicole Cuffy (May 16) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:56] The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 30) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:16]  Other Books Mentioned The One by John Marrs [8:32]  One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London [10:17] The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun [10:27] Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal [10:59] The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal [12:52] The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb [14:32] The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris [21:46] All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay [22:17] Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann [25:25] Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [27:14] This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper [28:14] Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese [30:59] A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara [31:48] Watergate by Garrett M. Graff [31:58] Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner [34:23] The Passengers by John Marrs [41:19] Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell [43:17] The Guncle by Steven Rowley [46:18] The Editor by Steven Rowley [46:32]

Joe and Emma are back to share the books they're most looking forward to in April 2023. From misleading covers, to West Side Story (the 60s version ONLY), to adding to your never-ending TBR, this episode has it all! Books mentioned in this episode: Joe's Titles:  With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson  Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman  Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling  Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina  We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer  Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera  The Big Reveal by Sasha Velour  Spell Bound by FT Lukens  Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying    Emma's Titles:  The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth  Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal   You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith  For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes   This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs  Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka  Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline  House of Cotton by Monica Brashears  The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst   Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We've got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While we're spending most of this season discussing classic children's literature, today Chelsey and Sara break from form to share our most anticipated spring book releases. Spring is a busy time in the publishing cycle and we will topple your TBR with feel-good fiction, literary books from favorite writers, and a surprising number of intriguing nonfiction titles, all releasing between late February and early May. Today is all about those new releases, but if you want to hear us offer backlist pairings for these anticipated buzzy titles, head over to our Patreon community to get that bonus content delivered to your podcast feed. To shop for all of the titles mentioned in today's episode while supporting our show, head to our Bookshop.org affiliate storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/novelpairings Together, we're learning to be better, more critical and thorough readers of classic and contemporary literature. We love discussing books and reading with all of you and hope you'll join our group of nerdy readers at patreon.com/novelpairings. Annual subscriptions are now available at a discounted price.   . . . . . Books mentioned: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson  Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton In Springtime by Sarah Blake How to Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna  Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera Lone Women by Victor Lavalle Above Ground by Clint Smith Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Greek Lessons by Han Kang The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our March Madness of spring releases! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (Ellie) Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Attkinson (Traci) Open the Book: Happy Place by Emily Henry Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon  Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Whispers by Ashley Audrain With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sohpie Irwin Hello Stranger by Katherine Center The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal  

If you enjoy food, hear about some novels and other non-cookbooks that feature food. Cheryl McKeon of the Book House suggests the following reads: "Eight Hundred Grapes" (Dave, 2015); "Breaking Bread: Essays from New England on Food, Hunger, and Family" (Spark & Corey, eds, 2022); "Chocolat: A Novel" (Harris, 2000); "Delicious: A Novel" (Reichl, 2015); "Heartburn" (Ephron, 1996); "Love and Saffron" (Fay, 2022); "Kitchens of the Great Midwest" (Stradal, 2015); "The Lager Queen of Minnesota" (Stradal, 2019); "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club" (Stradal, 2023); "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" (Tyler, 1982); "The Sisters of Summit Avenue" (Cullen, 2019); and "Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" (Bender, 2010). For details, visit the Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza, or look online at www.bhny.com. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

We just read a stack of books with an interesting variety of subjects! In between mushrooms and swimming, we spent time with an Australian rare book expert, a New Yorker wandering in Ireland, a Queer book artist in Manhattan, restauranteers in Minnesota, and an American publishing legend. We also got to know some folks in a rural hockey town. These books are: Cooking with Mushrooms: A Fungi Lover's Guide to the World's Most Versatile, Flavorful, Health-Boosting Ingredients by Andrea Gentl, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, This Must be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell, Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradal, Alfred A. Knopf: A Quarter Century – designed by W.A. Dwiggins, Beartown by Fredrik Backman, and Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui. In Biblio Aventures, Chris talks about making some books for a class assignment (we also created a show-and-tell video on YouTube), and Emily has started watching Dear Edward on Apple TV (based on the novel by Ann Napolitano). We are thrilled, as always, to welcome back Our Mystery Man, John Valeri! John shares some 2023 releases he's enjoyed and recommends to us all, and he talks about his new Little Free Library.

Odette Williams is the author of Simple Cake and Simple Pasta, and she was really fun to have back in the studio. We talk about her journey from novice pasta maker to authoring a cookbook on the subject. We also discuss the art of simplification, and how her Australian upbringing has shaped the way she eats and cooks.Also on the show, Aliza and Matt talk about three things that are on their minds, including Masalawala & Sons, Reyes Deli, the new J Ryan Stradal novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, citrus salads, and stick around for a poem at the end. More from Odette Williams:How to Host a Lasagna Making Party [NY Mag]Winter Chicories With Date and Anchovy Dressing [Epicurious]Odette Williams x Carla Lalli Music at Books Are Magic [YouTube]TASTE Podcast 66: Odette Williams [TASTE]

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are looking back on 2022!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca (Ellie) All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham (Traci) Open the Book:  Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘em Dead by Elle Cosimano  His & Hers by Alice Feeney Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon Frankenstein by Mary Shelley  I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott  Always in December by Emily Stone The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow Mansfield Park by Jane Austen House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas  House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas  The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays The Winners by Fredrik Backman  Limelight by Amy Poeppel  Reputation by Lex Croucher Flying Solo by Linda Holmes The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah Close the Book:  We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan Higgins Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal  

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for Winter 2023. Mary's Selections: Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor The Night Travelers by Armando Lucas Correa The Sisters We Were by Wendy Willis Baldwin Go As A River by Shelley Read I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai Angeline by Anna Quinn A Flaw in the Design by Nathan Oates Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste B.F.F.:A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate Drinking Games by Sarah Levy If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook In The Time of Our History by Susanne Pari Pamela's Selections: The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham The Woman With the Cure by Lynn Cullen Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff Maame by Jessica George Community Board by Tara Conklin The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton Weyward by Emilia Hart Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Hello Beauitful by Ann Napolitano Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal Support the podcast by becoming a Page Turner on Patreon.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.       Check out my Best Fiction of 2022 and my Best Historical Fiction of 2022. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website: Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron Things That Matter by Joshua Becker Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner I Guess I Haven't Learned that Yet by Shauna Niequist The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard We Are the Light by Matthew Quick The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  Thank you again to this week's sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Everyone loves fall in Thomasville, Georgia! When it's time to getaway, we have exactly what you need! Find romance, explore historical sites, dine out, shop, and make time to relax and unwind. There's no better getaway than a Thomasville Getaway! Whether you live close by or are passing through, I hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia: www.thomasvillega.com or @thomasvillega on Instagram. This week, Annie is reading Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal. Susie is reading A Place to Land by Lauren K. Denton. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson and Kate Johnston Tucker.

In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe discuss descriptive specificity; comping to famous writers; sensitivity when describing mental health and mental illness; picking the correct comps; the importance of interiority to dual narrative experience; and choosing titles that work best for you.After which, Bianca chats with J Ryan Stradal, author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, about his path to publication; being a good literary citizen; standing your ground with setting; having setting inform plot elements and character; outlining multi-POV and multi-timeline novels; flashback vs separate timelines, starting a book with a theme; knowing the ending and starting far away from it; how you learn from each book that you write; and advice for emerging writers regarding querying agents.Find us on our socials:Twitter: @TSNOTYAW @BiancaM_author @carlywatters @ceciliaclyraInstagram: @biancamarais_author @carlywatters @cece_lyra_agent @ the_shit_about_writingFacebook: @tsnotyawWebsites: www.theshitaboutwriting.com, www.biancamarais.com, www.carlywatters.com and www.cecilialyra.comMore information about J Ryan can be found at www.jryanstradal.com. He's on Twitter @jryanstradal and Instagram @jryanstradal.Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code tsnotyaw50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands