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Today, one of my very favorite authors returns to Read-Aloud Revival. You know him as the author of Sweep, The Night Gardener, the Peter Nimble series, and The Fabled Stables. That's right–Jonathan Auxier is back!This time, we're talking about the much-awaited conclusion to the Peter Nimble series, The War of the Maps. In our conversation, we delve into the guiding questions he explores during the writing process, and how each of these questions becomes a doorway for discovering who we are, whose we are, and what our work is here in the world.In this episode, you'll hear: Why Jonathan often explores the tension of the end of childhood in his books How trying to solve a guiding question shapes the narrative of Jonathan's works The best way to write a story Learn more about Sarah Mackenzie:Read-Aloud RevivalWaxwing BooksSubscribe to the NewsletterFind the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/jonathan-auxier-is-back
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are taking a look back at their favorite reads of 2019. These stood the test of time better than our 2018 reads, and most of these books should be available for you to grab if any interest you after hearing us rave about them four years ago! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 4:30 - Our Top 10 Reads of 2019 5:07 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier (Kaytee) 5:35 - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier 6:23 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (Meredith) 7:31 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Kaytee) 7:45 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski 8:23 - A Better Man by Louise Penny (Meredith) 10:00 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Kaytee) 11:00 - The Whisper Man by Alex North (Meredith) 11:03 - Book of the Month 11:56 - The Passengers by John Marrs (Kaytee) 12:08 - The One by John Marrs 12:58 - The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye (Meredith) 14:15 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (Kaytee) 15:56 - The Current by Tim Johnston (Meredith) 16:05 - Descent by Tim Johnston 18:04 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (Kaytee) 19:47 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff (Meredith) 21:48 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live w/Garrett Graff 22:09 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (Kaytee) 23:26 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Meredith) 25:15 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (Kaytee) 27:04 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 27:36 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth (Meredith) 29:21 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee's #2 book) 29:37 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 30:32 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (Meredith's #2 book) 32:10 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (Kaytee's #1 book) 33:53 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith's #1 book) 35:19 - Deep Dive: Discussion on our Top Books of 2019 35:49 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 36:03 - White Women by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao 36:13 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 36:14 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 37:10 - American Royals by Katharine McGee 37:31 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 37:33 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 38:25 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 38:40 - The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye 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. January's IPL will be with our anchor store, Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX. 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!
Jonathan Auxier is the author of such books as Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes and The Night Gardener, among others, and he joined the guys this week to discuss his favorite books, his inspiration, his taste in food, and much more. Of course, this episode also includes jokes, riddle time, snack time, and all kinds of shenanigans. Hope you enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hi! Welcome to Book Breaker! Where you will find your next favorite book! Today I review Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Johnathan Auxier! It's a great fantasy book for all you fantasy lovers! It's got blindfolded thievery, magical castles, and rooftop chases! Happy Reading! Email: breakerbook29@gmail.com Voice Messaging: --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Meredith and Kaytee are back with the episode you’ve been waiting for. Our favorite books of 2019! Rather than spending time on all our regular segments, we are diving right into the good stuff. No Bookish Moments, no Current Reads, no Deep Dive, no Pressed books, just a reflection on our 2019 reading year and then the top 10 lists you’ve been waiting for! We are each sharing 10 books we LOVED this year (plus a couple bonus picks that we slide in under the radar). We do a lot of gushing, we have a lot of words, and we think this episode contains the real gems for us and readers like us. If you have books you think we’ll love based on these lists, put them in the comments! If you agree or disagree with a pick, put that in the comments as well! We love hearing from you! 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! *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!* . . . . . Let’s Talk About Stats, Baby: 3:22 - Kaytee on Goodreads 3:23 - Kaytee’s spreadsheet (with excessive stats) comes from the BookRiot spreadsheet with some special modifications. You can grab a copy directly from BookRiot though! Patrons get my copy with all the bonus challenges and stats already included. 3:26 - 2020 Reading Journal Top 10 Lists: (Titles in Italics and parentheses are books we mentioned that are not part of the official top 10 list) 13:40 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 14:11 - (Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier) 15:02 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 15:41 - (Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson - book 2) 15:46 - (The Winterhouse Mysteries by Ben Guterson - book 3) 16:14 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski 16:28 - (Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski) 17:08 - A Better Man by Louise Penny 18:50 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow 19:56 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 20:00 - (Book of the Month subscription) 20:59 - The Passengers by John Marrs 21:11 - (The One by John Marrs) 22:02 - The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye 22:11 - Episode when listeners press books into OUR hands 23:23 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 25:08 - The Current by Tim Johnston 25:15 - (Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville) 27:31 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 29:28 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 31:28 - (Sarah’s Bookshelves Life interview with Garrett) 32:00 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter 33:20 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 35:13 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 37:06 - (Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry) 37:40 - (The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides) 37:44 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 39:41 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 39:57 - (Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead) 40:54 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 42:39 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall 44:47 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Kaytee and Meredith are so excited to be sharing YOUR presses with our listeners this week! We asked for you to call us or email us with your books you want to press, and you certainly delivered! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a realization about the true status of hoarding tendencies, and a book that immediately led to dinner time yumminess. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got 6 (or more) books that someone will want to read ASAP, so get those library cards ready! For our deep dive, we are sampling 10 of our favorite “listener presses” for our Reading Challenge! If you sent us a press that didn’t make it into the episode, it was just because we didn’t have time. We loved hearing from all of you! You’ll hear our thoughts on each of these books as well, because, you know we have them! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week we’ve got a title that’s perfect for the extreme heat of mid-summer, and a press that comes with a caveat. 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! . . . . . 3:17 - A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (Gamache #7) Life hack: Pasta, asparagus, pine nuts, and goat cheese. Fantastic dinner. 4:47 - The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz 4:56 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 7:18 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 7:27 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 8:13 - YA Alex Rider series (starts with Stormbreaker) by Anthony Horowitz 9:04 - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See 11:52 - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai 15:32 - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 16:34 - YouTube Interview with Eoin Colfer 19:13 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 19:24 - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier 20:11 - Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos 25:29 - Mary in Episode 36 25:34 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 29:17 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory 31:48 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 35:06 - Unbroken - a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 35:14 - Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand 37:14 - Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 40:14 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 40:50 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 43:57 - First Person Plural by Cameron West 46:07 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson 46:15 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 47:49 - How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery 49:51 - The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 51:25 - Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang 53:54 - Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell 54:05 - I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell 56:00 - The Heirs by Susan Reiger 57:41 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 59:25 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom *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 joined by a special guest co-host this week, Mindy Brouse, a Currently Reading listener and super-fan of the show. This one was fun, you guys! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a funny bookish conversation, a sweet picture book that made me feel ~seen~, and a spoiler-ific discussion of a previous book. Next, we discuss our current reads. Since there are three of us, we kept it to two titles each, but there’s no shortage of great stories and big opinions. For our deep dive, we’re talking to Mindy about reading aloud to kids of multiple ages, since she has been homeschooling for 20 years and has 7 kids with a large span. Our listeners asked for something exactly like this, and Mindy delivers! We also get to hear from her about something we’ve heard from a lot of you: how Currently Reading changed her reading life. It’s a sweet conversation. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include a favorite read-aloud title, a YA sci-fi (Y-fi?) series, and a fairy tale retelling that has been a favorite for DECADES. 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! . . . . . 3:49 - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 3:53 - Calico Bush by Rachel Field 3:57 - The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 4:02 - On The Edge of the Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson 5:31 - Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro 6:43 - Lil’ Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 6:59 - Lil’ Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 7:06 -Lil’ Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 7:48 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 9:51 - The Gown by Jennifer Robson 13:07 - The Editor by Steven Rowley 13:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 18:09 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper 18:39 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper 19:38 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 21:39 - Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe 23:40 - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 26:49 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 26:54 - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier 30:30 - Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin 33:27 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 33:28 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 33:43 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 44:15 - I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 46:57 - Honey for A Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt 51:36 - The Firm by John Grisham 55:44 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok 57:22 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 1:00:11 - Beauty by Robin McKinley Deep dive. Here’s the photo and corresponding list of books that Mindy’s family has chosen as their very favorites over the past two decades. I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong The Broken Blade by William Durbin The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark The Eagle of the Ninth by Sutcliff On The Edge of the Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes *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 have to try to keep themselves under control this week as we have a bit of a longer deep dive segment. It’s hard, listeners, to reign in the book talk, especially after a week away! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of the hosts: ditching a time-suck that was preventing reading, and a new bookish website. Next, we discuss our current reads. Since we had to limit ourselves, these four titles are all AMAZING. We dare you to not get excited about at least half of them, no matter what your wheelhouse is! Our deep dive this week includes and extra special interview with the ladies from Pantsuit Politics, Beth and Sarah. Whether you’re already a fan, or these are new voices in your ears, you’re guaranteed to learn something. I (Kaytee) did, and have been a raving fangirl for more than two years. It’s unbelievable to me that I even got to talk to them! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: a non-fiction pick from Sarah if you want to broaden your political reading, a poetic choice from Beth for sanity in turbulent times, and one from each of your regular hosts (a sweet picture book and a creepy true crime novel). That’s a lot of pressed books! 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! . . . . . 4:00 -myTBR.co - Tailored Book Recommendations from Book Riot 7:10 - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier 10:24 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu 10:46 - The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown 13:54 - Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce 17:48 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 18:00 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 20:08 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart 20:12 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket 22:40 - I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland 45:59 - The Righteous Mind: Why People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt 47:05 - Hallelujah Anyway by Anne Lamott 48:30 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 49:00 - Pantsuit Politics Podcast and Website Pantsuit Politics on Twitter Pantsuit Politics on Instagram 50:28 - Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon 52:31 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (set in Washington state) 53:07 - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote *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!*
We’ve got another in our series! This time, it’s with my friend Stephanie Langford, who if you’ve listened to this podcast for a bit, you know her — she’s my fellow serial traveler and a dear friend to me. (As a reminder, in these chats I’m asking friends to break down their Good Lists in 4 areas: a thing, a habit they’ve adopted, a work of art, and a philosophy.) Links From This Episode: Stephanie on Instagram Tsh on Twitter & Instagram Literary London Away luggage (use code SIMPLE for $20 off!) Osprey backpacks Tom Bihn travel tray Workout accountability app Infrared home sauna Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier Read-Aloud Revival member site Check out our Holiday Gift Guide! Kindly leave a review Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret show Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here.
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
Jonathan Auxier (@JonathanAuxier), author of The Night Gardener (Henry N. Abrams) and Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Amulet Books), stops by to talk about conquering your own fears through your characters, crazy dares over Skype, and his tell-all "After the Book Deal" blog series.
Auxier, Jonathan. PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES
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