Podcasts about rj julia

Zibby chats with author and historian Evan Friss about his New York Times bestseller, THE BOOKSHOP, an affectionate and immersive history of the American bookstore and an absolute delight for all bibliophiles. Evan, who was inspired to write this book by his wife's job at Three Lives & Company, talks about evolution of the bookshop in the United States, the stories behind the most beloved indie stores, like RJ Julia, the passionate people who bring these spaces to life, and the critical importance of the bookstore as a sacred community space. He also compares bookstores to endangered species and urges us to find ways to ensure their legacy and survival.Purchase on Bookshop: https://bit.ly/455ioj2Share, 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.

Welcome to Episode 228! 2025 is the year of the Ghost Story. We've created a tab on the website to keep you up-to-date on our quarterly readalongs, the schedule for the year-long buddy read of THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce, and there is a downloadable Ghost Story Bingo Card; we would love for you to play along. Be sure to bookmark the page and check back for updates. On this episode we do a deep dive on Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE which is our first quarter readalong. Chris has read the novel numerous times; this was Emily's first time, and she is now a Shirley Jackson devotee. During the conversation, they mention other complimentary readings, podcasts, and film adaptations, including the biography SHIRLEY JACKSON: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin. Chris and Emily both had #CouchBiblioAdventures. Emily watched the movie Lee starring Kate Winslet about photographer Lee Miller. It reminded her of Whitney Scharer's novel THE AGE OF LIGHT. Chris watched Season One, Episode Four of ROAR: The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin based on the book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern. Emily also attended an in-person event via RJ Julia's Booksellers in Madison, CT with Kristan Higgins in conversation with Charmaine Wilkerson and her new novel GOOD DIRT. Of course, we also talk about what we're currently reading, hope to read, upcoming jaunts, and scary neighbors, after all it is the year of the ghost story. We wish you lots of Happy Reading! Show notes for the episode: https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode228

"An act of translation is always an act of betrayal." This idea, and the questions it inspires, are central to author Rebecca or RF Kuang's 2022 novel, Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. As the title promises, the book also explores the nature of revolution and the "necessity of violence," in addition to those complex questions surrounding the art of translation. This hour, we revisit our conversation with the author, which was focused on the award-winning book, during an event organized by local bookseller RJ Julia. On the importance of student revolutions, Kuang reflects, "The student's weakness is precisely his allure. The fact that the student is so naïve and doesn't have the jadedness of somebody who's been through more; the fact that students are dreamers, that they are romantic idealists; that kind of hope, that kind of ability to imagine an alternate future is beautiful and it matters and I hope we keep seeing that." GUESTS: RF or Rebecca Kuang: Award-winning author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, Yellowface, and Katabasis (forthcoming). She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale. Cat Pastor contributed to this episode which originally aired December 18, 2023.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"An act of translation is always an act of betrayal." This idea, and the questions it inspires, are central to author Rebecca or RF Kuang's 2022 novel, Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. As the title promises, the book also explores the nature of revolution and the "necessity of violence," in addition to those complex questions surrounding the art of translation. This hour, we revisit our conversation with the author, which was focused on the award-winning book, during an event organized by local bookseller RJ Julia. On the importance of student revolutions, Kuang reflects, "The student's weakness is precisely his allure. The fact that the student is so naïve and doesn't have the jadedness of somebody who's been through more; the fact that students are dreamers, that they are romantic idealists; that kind of hope, that kind of ability to imagine an alternate future is beautiful and it matters and I hope we keep seeing that." GUESTS: RF or Rebecca Kuang: Award-winning author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, Yellowface, and Katabasis (forthcoming). She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale. Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode. This episode originally aired December 18, 2023.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"An act of translation is always an act of betrayal." This idea, and the questions it inspires, are central to author Rebecca or RF Kuang's 2022 novel, Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. As the title promises, the book also explores the nature of revolution and the "necessity of violence," in addition to those complex questions surrounding the art of translation. This hour, we revisit our conversation with the author, which was focused on the award-winning book, during an event organized by local bookseller RJ Julia. On the importance of student revolutions, Kuang reflects, "The student's weakness is precisely his allure. The fact that the student is so naïve and doesn't have the jadedness of somebody who's been through more; the fact that students are dreamers, that they are romantic idealists; that kind of hope, that kind of ability to imagine an alternate future is beautiful and it matters and I hope we keep seeing that." GUESTS: RF or Rebecca Kuang: Author  Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at what's new: Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein talk about new books that are educating about the facts about the crisis in the Middle East. For a complete list of books the RJ Julia recommends you can go to rjjulia.com/podcast. Buy the books from RJ Julia A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East - David Fromkin A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy - Nathan Thrall The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood - Rashid Khalidi Daniel Deronda - George Eliot Sign up for our podcast newsletter Just The Right Book Subscription Promo Code (15% off): Podcast Email us at: podcast@rjjulia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connecticut Senator George P. McLean's crowning achievement was overseeing passage of one of the country's first and most important wildlife conservation laws, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The MBTA, which is still in effect today, has saved billions of birds from senseless killing and likely prevented the extinction of entire bird species.   In this episode, Executive Producer Mary Donohue interviews Will McLean Greeley. He grew up with a deep interest in American history, politics, and birds.  After retiring from a 35-year career in government and corporate market research, he began a four-year research and writing journey to learn more about George P. McLean and his legacy.  A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington, Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate, published by the Rochester Institute of Technology Press in 2023, is his first book. The new book puts McLean's victory for birds in the context of his distinguished forty-five-year career marked by many acts of reform during a time of widespread corruption and political instability. McLean rose from obscurity as a Connecticut farm boy to serve as Governor of Connecticut and as a senator from Connecticut in Congress where he advised five US presidents and helped lead change and shape events as a US senator from 1911 to 1929.   Senator George P. McLean established the McLean Game Refuge in 1932 as a life sanctuary to preserve over 3,000 acres of meadows and forests he feared would be lost to development and resource exploitation. Today the wildlands have grown to over 4,400 acres, and protect hundreds of animal species. For more information, go to https://mcleancare.org/game-refuge/   To contact the author or to schedule a book talk, please go to: https://willgreeley.com   To purchase your copy of A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington, Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate, please go to the independent bookstores shown below: RJ Julia (all locations) Breakwater Books, Guilford, CT Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT Byrd's Books, Bethel, CT To order online go to the RIT Press website: https://press.rit.edu/search-results-grid/?keyword=Mclean or Amazon.com   --------------------------------------------------------- Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history is the winner of a 2023 Award of Merit for excellence from the Connecticut League of History Organizations.  We count on your support to be able to bring you fresh episodes of Grating the Nutmeg every two weeks. You can help us continue to produce the podcast by donating directly to Grating the Nutmeg on the Connecticut Explored website at ctexplored.org   Click the donate button at the top and then look for the Grating the Nutmeg donation link. We appreciate your donations in any amount -thank you!   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at www.highwattagemedia.com/   Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history.

Episode 161 features fictional mermaids, bears, and time travel adventure to stop the not so fictional nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl. We talk with Rachel Barenbaum about ATOMIC ANNA, her new novel that's a fascinating mix of historical fiction, thriller, and a family saga about multigenerational women working together to prevent both personal and community catastrophe. Shout outs: THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH by Monique Roffey BEAR by Marian Engle Biblioadventures we've been on include seeing Gabrielle Zevin author of TOMORRROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW at RJ Julia's and a stop at the new Brookfield Public Library. We're looking forward to events with Mark Harper at the Savoy Bookstore and Cafe, Elissa Altman & Katherine May at Barnswallow Books, and Jamie Ford at the Westerly Library! EAST OF EDEN, one of Emily's favorite novels of all time, was also a hit with Chris. There's more John Steinbeck in our future, specifically CANNERY ROW and SWEET THURSDAY.

It's July, which means it is officially summer reading time in the northern hemisphere! We're so excited to share this week's episode, in which we talk about Beach Reads that aren't just beach reads but are actually beach reads, by which we mean, romances in which the characters — *ahem* — on the beach. It's all part of the service we provide here at Fated Mates. We're taking little trips to Spindle Cove and Lucky Harbor before we take a tour of some very naughty beaches indeed. We hope you've got

This hour on Where We Live, we look into strategies that build resilience in local bookstores and discuss pandemic book launches. Long-time indie bookshops continue to stay afloat and even thrive despite the ongoing pandemic. Amazon controls more than half of the market for print books and at least three-quarters of publishers' ebook sales. We also talk to booksellers about trends, including eliminating or reducing inventory-holding costs by selling on Bookstore.org –the Amazon for indies.  The American Booksellers Association (ABA) lists the top five trends for indie bookstores in 2022. According to the ABA, nationally, 250 indie bookstores opened, and 98 closed in 2020 and 2021. Here is a list of Connecticut's indie bookstores: Barrett Bookstore, Darien (since 1939) Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depot (since 1951) Breakwater Books, Guilford (since 1972) Atticus Books, Middletown (since 1975) Bloodroot, Bridgeport (since 1977) Books on the Common, Ridgefield (since 1984) RJ Julia, Madison, (since 1990) Bank Square Books, Mystic (since 1998) Book Trader Cafe, New Haven (since 1998) Elm Street Books, New Canaan, (since 2003)  A New Page, Middletown (since 2003) Burgundy Books, Old Saybrook (since 2005) New bookstore openings in Connecticut include:  Title IX: A Bookstore, a pop-up bookshop in New London  The Key Bookstore's brick-and-mortar bookshop in Hartford  Athena Books in Old Greenwich Pink Wave Books & Cafe (online)  Wordsmith Bookshop, scheduled to open in Simsbury in May  Reader's Block, opened in Stratford Book Club on the Go (online, pop-ups, book delivery) New York's Shakespeare & Co., expected to open its first Connecticut bookshop in Norwalk. Also, plans are underway to launch Next Chapter Books and More, an ELITE (Educating Learners In Transition Environment) Program's student-run bookstore and coffee shop in Trumbull. Several of the new bookshops sell to under-represented communities, and all are focussed on building a local third space. We discuss the ‘doing well by doing good' indie business model. Will it endure? We also look into store closures and fundraisers to keep indies open. That Book Store in Wethersfield and Elliot's Bookstore in Northford are among those that shut down, while fundraisers are underway to reopen New Haven's Never Ending Books, and to keep Bennett's Books in Deep River open. GUESTS: Khamani Harrison: Founder & Owner of The Key Bookstore – An AfroFuturistic Bookstore in Hartford Lauren Anderson: Co-founder & Co-owner, People Get Ready, New Haven Roxanne Coady: Founder of RJ Julia, and CEO and founder of Just the Right Book Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mercy High School President Alissa DeJonge has a conversation with Mercy Alumna Lori Fazio, Class of 1988, who is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RJ Julia Booksellers. Julia Marotta '21 also joins in on the conversation and discusses Mercy's Breakfast Book Club. Julia is the foundress of Mercy's Breakfast Book Club.

This week, Jeff and Rebecca mark the official cancellation of BEA for 2020, puzzle over surprisingly good print sales numbers last week, give props to a creative New England bookseller, and more. This episode is sponsored by: This Boy by Lauren Myracle We Didn’t Ask For This by Adi Alsaid TBR Book Riot Insiders Links discussed in this episode: Sales of print books went up last week LSC, the country’s largest book printer, files for bankruptcy South Carolina librarian sues over Drag Queen Story Hour firing Independent Bookstore Day holding online events Apr 25 Good idea: RJ Julia booksellers generate funds by selling books to be given away to students

Tatiana Schlossberg is a journalist writing about climate change and the environment. She previously reported on those subjects for the Science and Climate sections of the New York Times, where she also worked on the Metro desk. Her work has also appeared in the Atlantic, Bloomberg View, the Record (Bergen County), and the Vineyard Gazette. She lives in New York. This episode was recorded live at RJ Julia in Madison, CT. Also, Dan Sheehan of Bookmarks stops by to discuss the best reviewed books this month, including: Quichotte by Salman Rushdie Ducks, Newburyport byLucyEllman Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom Fentanyl, Inc. by Ben Westhoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Seventy Seven Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalongs –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (record date 6/4/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERESapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (record date 6/27/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF)(CW)Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner (EF) release date 6/11/19The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things – Paula Byrne (CW)– Just Read –Coming, Aphrodite! – Willa Cather (CW) which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectMiracle Creek – Angie Kim (EF)Very Nice – Marcy Dermansky (EF) release date 7/2/19Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun – Sarah Ladipo Manyika (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Emily traveled to Minnesota and stayed at the Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville. She visited Birch Bark Books & Native Arts owned by the author Louise Erdrich, Milkweed Editions bookstore Open BooksChris went to the The Flock Theater to see their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at the Shaw MansionChris did a camera flip video for Shawn the Book Maniac’s BookTube Channel – check it out HEREEmily watched the Brene Brown special on Netflix– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily will be attending Book Expo America May 29-31, 2019Emily will be going to RJ Julia’s Bookseller in Madison, CT to see Jean P. Moore in conversation with Sande Boritz Berger discuss their books Tilda’s Promise and Split-LevelThere is a performance of Little Women at The Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, May 15-June 29, 2019– Upcoming Reads –Heart Berries – Terese Marie Mailhot (EF) (Literary Disco discussion of Heart Berries) Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead – Brené Brown (CW) (audio) Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW)(audio)Forged: Writing in the Name of God – Bart D. Ehrman (CW) (audio)Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom – David W. Blight (CW) (audio)– Also Mentioned –Jane Austen books: Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Northanger AbbeyRussell of Ink and Paper Booktube ChannelEckhart TolleMinnesota Prison Writing WorkshopLittle Free LibraryRachel Maddow – Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power The Gnostic Gospels – Elaine PagelsMisquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why – Bart D. Ehrman Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl

Get rowdy with Roxanne Coady, indie bookstore owner and host of the Just the Right Book podcast. Roxanne finds common ground with Frank and Gwen, talking about places where people seek connection and community with books at their heart.    Roxanne's Book Recommendation My Sister, the Serial Killer  by Oyinkan Braithwaite  Also mentioned: A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill Lucky by Alice Sebold Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Guilded Age by Tim Wu The Common Good by Robert Reich Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl Embers by Sándor Márai You can visit Roxanne's bookstore, RJ Julia, in Madison, Conneticuit and check out one of their events. And definitely have a listen to her podcast Just the Right Book for more book recommendations and interviews with a wide-range of authors and guests. (Including Frank and Gwen!)

In this special bonus episode, we take you inside the Q&A session of RJ Julia's recent live event with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Yale School of Management. Listen to Roxanne's exclusive interview with Madeleine Albright here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RJ Julia recently hosted the former Secretary of State to a sold-out crowd at the Yale School of Management. Albright sat down for an exclusive interview with Roxanne to discuss her latest book Fascism: A Warning where she draws on her experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her distinguished career as a United States diplomat to guide us through the lessons we must understand and the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Sixty Nine Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– 10th Readalong –True Grit – Charles Portis Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.– Just Read –We each had a DNF:An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery – Rachel May (CW)I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff – Abi Jacobson (EF)Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love – Dani Shapiro (EF)The River – Peter Heller (CW)(EF) (release date 3/5/19)Read Chris’s review of the book on her blogFrench Exit – Patrick Dewitt (EF)A Student of History – Nina Revoyr (CW) (release date 3/5/19)The Best American Short Stories 2018 – edited by Roxane Gay (EF)– Currently Reading –Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir – Ruth Reichl (EF) (release date 4/2/19)How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays – Alexander Chee (CW)Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking – Samin Nosrat (EF)11/22/63 – Stephen King (EF)(audio)– Biblio Adventures –Chris visited the Newberry Library while she was visiting ChicagoJanuary 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and LoveJanuary 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale UniversityEmily watched the movie The Wife based on the book of the same name by Meg WolitzerChris stayed close to home and cleaned up her Goodreads TBR list– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris is going to see Roxane Gay at Yale University on 2/5/19On February 13, 2019 at RJ Julia Madison, Emily is going to see Linda Cohen Loigman, author of The Wartime Sisters, and Jane Healey, author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club, moderated by Robin KallChris and Emily are heading to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston– Upcoming Reads –Golden Child – Claire Adam (EF)Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter – Tom Clavin (CW)Jonah’s Gourd Vine – Zora Neale Hurston (CW)Willa Cather Selected Stories – Willa Cather (CW)Willa Cather Short Story Project on WildmooBooks– Also Mentioned –Just the Right Book podcast with Dani ShapiroCeline – Peter HellerDeliverance – James DickeyHeart of Darkness – Joseph ConradHell or High Water: Surviving Tibet’s Tsangpo River – Peter HellerSisters Brothers – Patrick DewittBroad CityThe Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily WilsonDelicious! – Ruth ReichlElevation – Stephen KingAmerican Writers MuseumKathleen RooneyMartin SeayAmazing Adventures of Cavalier & Clay – Michael ChabonDodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West – Tom ClavinShawn the Book ManiacTheir Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale HurstonLee IsraelCan You Ever Forgive Me?Poet Mary Oliver passed awayMornings at BlackwaterFor years, every morning, I drankfrom Blackwater Pond.It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt,the feet of ducks.And always it assuaged mefrom the dry bowl of the very far past.What I want to say isthat the past is the past,and the present is what your life is,and you are capableof choosing what that will be,darling citizen.So come to the pond,or the river of your imagination,or the harbor of your longing,and put your lips to the world.And liveyour life.

During a recent sold-out event at RJ Julia, Dani sat down with Roxanne to discuss her fifth memoir, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, how a commercial DNA kit revealed her hidden lineage, and her emotional connection to her family and faith. Roxanne says “it reflects the Zeitgeist of our times, issues of identity, family secrets, and how we tell our stories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Sixty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer todonate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – 10th Readalong – True Grit – Charles Portis Send in questions or comments by March 28, 2019 – we will discuss on April 2nd episode.  – Currently Reading – Meditations – Marcus Aurelius (CW) The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-Smith (EF) The New York Times Best of the Week Series: Monday Crosswords: 50 Easy Puzzles – edited by Will Shortz (EF) Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together – Rachel Wilkerson Miller (CW) Die Drie !!! Vorsicht, Strandhaie! – Maja von Vogel – (CW) – Just Read – The Lost Man – Jane Harper (CW) (release date 2/5/19) Clock Dance – Anne Tyler (EF) Girls on the Line – Aimie K. Runyon (CW)(audio) – Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to the Noah Webster House in West Hartford and then worked at Noah Webster Library. This American Life – Episode 664 Room of Requirement is all about libraries – give it a listen! Emily went to NYC and saw the play Choir Boy written by Terrell Alvin McCraney – Upcoming Jaunts – January 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love January 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale University Chris is heading to Chicago and will visit the Newberry Library – Upcoming Reads – An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery – Rachel May  (CW) Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy – edited by Nicole A. Seitz, Jonathan Haupt – Author Interview – Jess Montgomery author of The Widows (Kinship #1) Authors that have inspired Jess: Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Daniel Woodrell (Winter’s Bone), Lori Roy (Let Me Die in His Footsteps, The Bent Road) The next book from Jess Montgomery: The Hallows (Kinship #2)  You can look for events and the release date of The Hallows at https://jessmontgomeryauthor.com/ – Also Mentioned – Also by Jane Harper: The Dry and Force of Nature Stephen Covey Breakwater Books Blackwing Pencils Flatiron Books Breathing Lessons – Anne Tyler Make Trouble – Cecile Richards Roxane Gay Bastard Out of Carolina – Dorothy Allison Why Read Moby-Dick? – Nathaniel Philbrick In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe –Fannie Flagg Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk – Kathleen Rooney Martin Seay Alison Law – Literary Atlanta Podcast Mixbook Photo Co. Minotaur Press

Episode Sixty Seven Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Currently Reading –Girls on the Line – Aimie K. Runyon (CW)(audio)Oceanic – Aimee Nezhukumatthil (CW)The Lost Man – Jane Harper (CW)Less – Andrew Sean Greer (EF)Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give – Ada Calhoun (EF)Clock Dance – Anne Tyler (EF)– Just Read –The Widows – Jess Montgomery (EF)(CW)Chris DNF’d a few:Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan (CW)The Alumni Association – Michael Rudolph (CW)Dark Streets, Cold Suburbs – Aimee Hix (CW)Elevation – Stephen King (EF)Mistletoe Murder – Leslie Meier (CW)Lawn Boy – Jonathan Evison – (EF)Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions – Johann Hari (CW) Girls & Boys – Dennis Kelly (EF)(audio – narrated by Carey Mulligan)The Hunger – Alma Katsu (CW)How to Start a Fire – Lisa Lutz (EF)My Mortal Enemy – Willa Cather (CW)The Sisters Brothers – Patrick Dewitt (EF)The Incendiaries – R.O. Kwon (EF)All the Names They Used for God – Anjali Sachdeva (EF)– Biblio Adventures –January 17th – Willa Cather Book Club at Book Club Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT at 2:00Emily went on a big adventure that included stops at:Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe and Pegasus Books in Bend, OregonBook Train Books & Magazines and Book Grove in Glenwood Springs, COSummit County Library, Ole Man Berkins Used Books, and Breck Books in Breckenridge, CO and Tattered Cover Bookstore at the airport in Denver, COWe watched some shows:Dumplin’ based on the book by Julie MurphyBirdbox movie based on the book by Josh MalermanSalt Fat Acid Heat based on the book Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nasrat The Haunting of Hill House loosely based on the novel by Shirley JacksonAdaptation based on the Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan OrleanTidying Up With Marie Kondo based on the novel The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily are going on a joint jaunt to Noah Webster House in West HartfordEmily is heading to NYC to see the play Choir Boy written by Terrell Alvin MccraryJanuary 19, 2019 at RJ Julia in Madison – Dani Shapiro with her new book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and LoveJanuary 28, 2019 – Michael Chabon at Yale University– Upcoming Reads –French Exit – Patrick Dewitt (EF)The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America – Virginia Sole-Smith (EF)Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts – Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose (CW)– Also Mentioned –Also by Jane Harper: The Dry and Force of Nature11/22/63 – Stephen KingNorthshire BookstoreRevised Fundamentals of Caregiving – Jonathan EvisonThe Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-1847 – Frank MullenDesperate Passage: The Donner Party’s Perilous Journey West – Ethan RarickAmazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon

Say goodbye to 2018 in style with a marvelous meal curated exclusively for Just the Right Book listeners by culinary guru Dorie Greenspan! The James Beard Award winner recently stopped by RJ Julia to talk about her thirteenth book Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook, entertaining for the holidays and why she put her doctorate on hold to bake cookies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosting holiday house guests and need some tips on what to serve?  Culinary guru Dorie Greenspan recently sat down with Roxanne at RJ Julia to chat about her new book Everyday Dorie and give us the scoop on making a holiday-worthy cheese platter! Make sure you tune in later this week to hear Roxanne's full conversation with Dorie Greenspan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Fifty Seven Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!Please subscribe to our email list here.– Upcoming Readalong – Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters – Anne Boyd RiouxYou can participate in the readalong via the Goodreads discussion here.If you want to send us questions or comments please send an email by 8/30/18 to bookcougars@gmail.com.– Just Read – Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot Cuisine – Edward Lee (EF) Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope Mystery #8) – Susan Elia MacNeal (CW)Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear – Kim Brooks (EF)The Stars Are Fire: A Novel – Anita Shreve (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily went to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Rhys Bowen author of Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding in conversation with Lucy Burdette author of Death on the Menu. The evening was moderated by author Hallie Ephron.We took a quick video of the event – see it here.– Interviews from our Joint Jaunt to Concord, MA – Anne Boyd Rioux – author of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still MattersJan Turnquist – Executive Director of Orchard House – Also Mentioned –Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen – cookbook by Edward Lee The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7) – Susan Elia MacNealBrené BrownJungle Red WritersConstance Fenimore Wilson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist – Anne Boyd RiouxKay BoyleFor Information about the Little Women Sesquicentennial Celebration: https://littlewomen150.org/home

Episode Fifty Six Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! Please subscribe to our email list here. – Currently Reading/Listening – The Prisoner in the Castle – Susan Elia MacNeal (CW) Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot – Edward Lee (EF) All About Boats: The Evacuation of Manhattan Island on September 11, 2001 – edited by Mike Magee (CW) The Stars Are Fire – Anita Shreve (EF) Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) – Just Read – Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan (CW) The Masterpiece – Fiona Davis (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily went to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT to see James R. Benn author of the Billy Boyle series in conversation with Cara Black author of the Aimee Leduc series.   Emily went to Vermont and visited Crow Bookshop in Burlington, VT. She also walked passed, but was unable to go inside, Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop in Portland, ME. Chris went to Chicago and visited the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, American Writers Museum and saw the Gwendolyn Brooks statue. She also visited Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, IL and Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare. Chris went to Bookclub Bookstore & More to see our Mystery Man, John Valeri, in conversation with Emily Arsenault author of The Last Thing I Told You. Chris attended the grand opening of That Bookstore in Wethersfield, CT. – Upcoming Jaunts – August 8 – Chris will be headed to Bank Square Books to see Wick Griswold & Stephen Jones discuss their book Connecticut Ferries. August 24 – Institute Library in New Haven is hosting a Library Thing-a-Thon. Help them digitize their catalog! September 12-14 – Wyndham Campbell Prizes Festival September 15 – Chris will moderate a session with Kimberly McCreight, author of the Outliers Trilogy, at Book Club Bookstore & More. September 27, 2018 – The Book Cougars will be hosting an historical fiction author event in partnership with Bank Square Books at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. Please join us along with Fiona Davis, James R. Benn, Melodie Winnawer and Marie Benedict. You can order your tickets here. – Upcoming Reads – The Still Point of the Turning World – Emily Rapp (EF) Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors and More – Kathryn J. Atwood (CW) Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Wolff (CW) Song of Kali – Dan Simmons (CW)  – Also Mentioned – Books Are Magic Bookstore Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen – cookbook by Edward Lee Reading Envy Podcast The Book Barn in Niantic, CT Fiona Davis: The Address and The Dollhouse Rosemary’s Baby– Ira Levin A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving Maud Martha – Gwendolyn Brooks Chris blogs at WildmooBooks Poster Child: A Memoir – Emily Rapp The Classics Club Maurice – E.M. Forster

Books about the LGBTQ community that reflect their lives and experiences as chosen by the expert staff of RJ Julia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Roxanne Coady, proprietor of RJ Julia bookstore in Madison, Connecticut and host of the Just The Right book podcast. Years ago, Roxanne did what many of WSIRN listeners have dreamed of doing - she left her old career behind, and started a bookstore.Join Anne as she investigates how Roxanne found a calling that appealed to her heart rather than her head, emotionally resonant narratives, nonfiction that holds your hand through tough times, PLUS - you'll learn about the origin of book subscription boxes which trust us, you want to hear about.Readers, we’re starting to add events to the calendar for summer and fall 2018, and when we’re ready to go public our newsletter subscribers will be the first ones to know Make sure you’re on the list so YOU stay in the know: Sign up at http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/newsletterClick over to the podcast website for the full list of titles discussed in this episode, and leave us a comment to let us know what YOU think Roxanne should read next!Connect with Roxanne: Podcast | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookMake sure to check out RJ Julia's Just The Right Book subscription service.

Episode Forty Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Our 4th Giveaway – The winner is Sally – entrant #42: Stay with Me – Ayobami Adebayo Sweetgirl – Travis Mulahauser Love and Other Consolation Prizes – Jamie Ford Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan Choicemagazinelistening.org – A free talking magazine service. Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. – Currently Reading/Listening – The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas (EF) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW) Tangerine – Christine Mangan (CW) – Just Read – Echo Killing (Harper McClain #1) – Christi Daugherty (CW) (release date March 13) White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF) Anatomy of a Miracle – Jonathan Miles (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily went to the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library to hear Amy Bloom speak about her new book – White Houses – sponsored by Breakwater Books. Chris attended the book club for the Witness Stones Project at the Guilford Library where they discussed Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. Chris and Laura watched the movie October Sky based on the book Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam. – Upcoming Jaunts – Chris is going to see the play Murder on the Orient Express March 12th – Nathaniel Philbrick presents his new book Second Wind: A Nantucket Sailor’s Odyssey in partnership with Bank Square Books at Mystic Congregational Church March 12th – Chloe Benjamin author of The Immortalists will be at RJ Julia’s in Madison with Jill Santopolo author of The Light We Lost. April 19th – Chris and Emily are planning a visit to Bank Square Books in Mystic, RI for Cozy Mystery Night featuring Liz Mugavero, Wendi Corsi Staub and Shari Randall hosted by Our Mystery Man – John Valeri! Look for his byline at Mystery Scene Magazine and Suspense Magazine. – Upcoming Reads – The Dog Healers: A Novel – Mark Winik (CW) Broken Girls – Simone St. James (CW) Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide Open Heart – Scott Stabile (EF) Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW) – 4th Read Along – Maurice – E.M. Forster (CW) (EF) The Goodreads Discussion can be found here. – Also Mentioned – Thomas Otto – The Readers Podcast and Hogglestock Blog Joyce Carol Oates – Go Listen to Eric Karl Anderson at LonesomeReader.com (blog) for his A Beginner’s Guide to Reading (video) Chris has read three Joyce Carol Oates books: The Accursed Beasts Middle Age: A Romance Night School – C.J. Daugherty Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution – Nathaniel Philbrick Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? – Jeannette Winterson Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit – Jeannette Winterson The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature – Bill Goldstein

Episode Forty One Show Notes You can donate to the Book Cougars at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BookCougars Thank you! Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode – Biblio Adventure – We take you on a joint jaunt to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT! On January 25, 2018 we had the pleasure of co-hosting Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko. The episode also appears on the second half of Just the Right Book Podcast – episode 64. – Also Mentioned – Chad Harbach – MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction – Thank You – Min Jin Lee Roxanne Coady Just the Right Book Podcast Christina Torres Pat Keogh

In this episode, Bustle's Senior Books Editor Cristina Arreola talks to Roxanne about everything from BookCon to Broadway and their shared love of Cheryl Strayed.  Also in this episode, we hear from author Amy Bloom who was at RJ Julia recently to launch her new book White Houses. The bio-fiction which USA Today called "irresistibly audacious" is inspired by one of the most intriguing relationships in history- between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode we meet Daphne De Marneffe, the author of "The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together." She takes us through some of the major stressors of marriage like money and sex, and offers tips for couples who might be going through rough patches or want to avoid them.  Also in this episode, we hear from the patrons of RJ Julia who share what's on their nightstand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Thirty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode Information regarding the conversion problem with Sweet by Yotem Ottolenghi and Helen Goh can be found here. – Currently Reading/Listening – The Detonator – Vincent Zandri The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality – Pema Chodron (EF)(audio) Labor Day – Joyce Maynard (EF)(audio) Man’s Search for Meaning - Victor Frankel (CW) – Just Read – The Arrangement – Sarah Dunn (EF) Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) – Jane Harper (CW) Jane Steele – Lyndsay Faye (EF)(audio) Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) -- Chris watched the movie Smilla’s Sense of Snow American Housewife – Helen Ellis (EF) – Biblio Adventures – On January 25, 2018 we had the honor of being in conversation with Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, at RJ Julia’s Booksellers. The evening was recorded and will appear on an upcoming episode of Just the Right Book Podcast. Check out Min Jin Lee’s website to follow her paperback tour and various speaking events. Emily and Chris went on a joint jaunt to hear Patrick Lynch speak about the Long Island Sound and his book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound: Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife. Emily visited Burgundy Books in Westbrook, CT Emily went to a SpeakUp! storytelling event at Infinity Hall in Hartford, CT. – Upcoming Jaunts – February 11th Chris is heading to see a musical in Jaffrey, New Hampshire: “Kindness & Cruelty: Willa Cather in Jaffrey” Future joint jaunt on February 18 to Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library in Stony Creek to see Amy Bloom speaking about her new book White Houses. Emily is going with Aunt Ellen to see Eve Ensler’s new play In The Body of the World February 21st at Guilford Library Chris will be attending the bookclub for the Witness Stones Project Join Chris on April 19th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT for the quarterly Willa Cather book club discussion of The Song of the Lark. – Upcoming Reads – White Houses – Amy Bloom (EF) Kindred – Octavia Butler (CW) – Also Mentioned – Connecticut Library Consortium – Cookbook Book Club Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace Worst Bestsellers Podcast Yum’s the Word Show Live Lit Story Club The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism – Joan Acocella Ink and Paper Blog She Reads Booktopia – May 4-5,2018 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT – author line up and registration can be found here.

Episode Thirty Seven Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode The 2018 Edgar Awards were announced. Check out the list here – your TBR is about to grow! – Currently Reading/Listening – Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) – Jane Harper (CW) Jane Steele – Lyndsay Faye (EF)(audio) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook – Ina Garten (EF) Ingredienti : Marcella’s Guide to the Market – Marcella and Victor Hazan (EF) – Just Read – My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown – Meera Lee Patel (EF) Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne (EF) My Ántonia (Great Plains Trilogy #3) – Willa Cather (CW) (100 year anniversary!) – Biblio Adventures – Chris kicked-off the Willa Cather Book Club at the Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT. Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Whitlock’s Book Barn in Bethany, CT. Chris wrote about it on her blog. Chris bought two Peter Hoeg books: History of Danish Dreams Borderliners Chris put in another volunteer day at the Institute Library in New Haven, CT. Feb 17-18 – Pequot Library Mid-Winter Booksale – Upcoming Jaunts – January 25, 2018 - Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, will be at RJ Julia’s Booksellers in conversation with the Book Cougars! February 7, 2018 – Emily is taking her gentleman caller to Wesleyan RJ Julia to see Jeffers Lennox discuss his book Homelands and Empires: Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern North America, 1690-1763. Join Chris on April 19th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT for the quarterly Willa Cather book club discussion of The Song of the Lark. – Upcoming Reads – Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee (CW) The Versions of Us – Laura Barnett (EF) – Also Mentioned – Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – Anna Jeffers Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) – Stieg Larsson The Absolutist – John Boyne

In this week's Tidbits episode Just the Right Book Podcast takes you inside a young adult author panel hosted by RJ Julia. Also in today's Tidbits, we give you a sneak peek at next week's episode with Rabbi Naomi Levy who spoke to Roxanne about her book Einstein and the Rabbi, an exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? This is the premise of Chloe Benjamin's second novel The Immortalists, which was hailed "2018's First Must-Read" by Entertainment Weekly.  Just the Right Book Podcast caught up with the self-proclaimed "midwest convert" right before her book tour. And stay tuned after the conversation with Chloe to hear the latest book recommendations from Lori Fazio, the COO of RJ Julia in Madison, CT.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Thirty Six Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. Willa Cather Bookclub: Join Chris on January 18th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT where she is kicking off a quarterly Willa Cather book club starting with My Antonia. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode – Reading Goals for 2018 – Emily 1. 52 book reading challenge on Goodreads 2. Read “book of shame” on bookshelf : Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts 3. Clean up Currently Reading shelf on Goodreads 4. Establish a volunteer relationship with a literary organization – read to kids! 5. Read excerpts from the many short story collections on the bookshelf 6. Send cards/letters once/week 7. Work on joint podcasts with authors, other literary podcasts, etc. 8. Go on an epic book related adventure Chris 1. 52 book reading challenge on Goodreads 2. TBR 2018 reading challenge – hosted by Adam at Roof Beam Reader Chris blogged about her 12 books here 3. Australian Women Writers Reading Challenge 2018 Chris blogged about her anticipated reading here 4. Willa Cather quarterly book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More 5. One book challenge – Anna in April – reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Sponsored by Amanda of Fig and Thistle Books. 6. Write and submit work – Currently Reading/Listening – My Ántonia (Great Plains Trilogy #3) – Willa Cather (CW) (100 year anniversary!) Sweet – Yotem Ottolenghi and Helen Goh (EF) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne (EF) – Just Read – The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (CW) Someone – Alice McDermott (EF) Sweetgirl – Travis Mulhauser Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook – Alice Waters (EF) The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays & Stories – Marina Keegan edited by Anne Fadiman(EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily had at home adventures watching the movie Mudbound based on the novel, Mudbound, by Hilary Jordan and starting the series Good Behavior based on the Letty Dobesh Chronicles by Blake Crouch. We discuss the passing of Sue Grafton author of the Kinsey Millhone series. Chris adventured to NYC to hunt for Maurice. She walked and came upon a sign: Melville Square, she wrote about the adventure on her blog. Read about it here. Chris ventured to the North Haven Memorial Library to pick up movies and books. Tragedy struck and her dog ate two of the books: The Woman on the Stairs – Bernard Schlink Laureates of Connecticut – edited by Ginny Lowe Connors December 30, 2017 - Chris met “Our Mystery Man” John Valeri at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore for a final shop of 2017. – Upcoming Jaunts – January 11, 2018 – Chris and Emily are finally taking a jaunt to the Noah Webster House in West Hartford, CT. January 25, 2018 - Min Jin Lee will be at RJ Julia’s Booksellers in conversation with the Book Cougars! – Upcoming Reads – Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee (CW) Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too) – Gretchen Rubin (EF) – Also Mentioned – The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures – Anne Fadiman Inside the Wave – Helen Dunmore Dark Matter – Blake Crouch Harry Dresden Series – Jim Butcher The Reader – Bernard Schlink Pachinko – Min Jin Lee

Pamela Paul is the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversees books coverage at The New York Times. In this week's episode of Just the Right Book Podcast, Pamela gives us a rare look at the inner workings of The New York Times and chats with Roxanne about the newspaper's prestigious list, The 10 Best Books of 2017. And stay tuned after Roxanne's conversation with Pamela Paul to hear what patrons of RJ Julia have on their New Years Reading Resolutions List.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Thirty Five Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster. – Just Read – Chris DNF’d a book: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (EF) Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival – Velma Wallis (CW) Cove – Cynan Jones (EF) The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (EF) – Currently Reading/Listening – Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW) (audio) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Someone – Alice McDermott (EF) What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky – Lesley Nneka Arimah (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily went to both the Guilford Library and the Glastonbury Welles Turner Library Chris is volunteering and spending time at the Institute Library in New Haven – Upcoming Jaunts – Chris is heading to RJ Julia in Madison to see Paul Kix discuss his book The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France’s Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Savoy Bookshop & Café has a New Year’s Day sale with 25% off everything Jan 8 – Kelly Corrigan in Conversation with Ariel Levy at the 92nd St Y – Upcoming Reads – The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (CW) Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality – Pema Chödrön (EF) (audio) – Top Reads of 2017 – Emily’s favorite reads: Top Nonfiction B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good – Ryan Honeyman (EF) Favorite Memoirs Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (EF) It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool, Too) – Nora McInerny Purmort (EF) The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (EF) Favorite Fiction The Mothers – Brit Bennett (EF) News of the World – Paulette Jiles (EF) Plainsong (Plainsong #1) – Kent Haruf (EF) Chris’s favorite reads: See Her Blog Post On Gift Ideas Mastering the Art of Self-Expression & More – Laura Thoma (CW) Young Adult-ish Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World – Sarah Prager (CW) Favorite Mysteries The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) – Jane Harper (CW) And Fire Came Down (Caleb Zelic #2) – Emma Viskic (CW) New Haven Noir – edited by Amy Bloom (CW) Favorite Fiction Pachinko – Min Jin Lee (CW) The Leavers – Lisa Ko (CW) The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW) Non-Fiction Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (CW)(audio) Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xóchitl Cawood (CW) OSS Operation Black Mail: One Woman’s Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army – Ann Todd (CW) – Also Mentioned – Libro.fm – audiobook subscription service Zora Neale Hurston – Barracoon // Their Eyes Were Watching God Chicago Review of Books Velma Wallis – Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska Alice McDermott – The Ninth Hour: A Novel // Charming Billy Road to Success with Laura Thoma Dave Eggers – What is the What Jennifer Egan – Manhattan Beach

Here at Just the Right Book Podcast we believe that books are the perfect gift for any occasion! So, we enlisted the help of two of our esteemed experts to help you find the perfect book for everyone on your list. Miriam Sontz, the CEO of the legendary Powell’s Books and Andrew Brennan, the head book buyer for RJ Julia join Roxanne in browsing the bookshelves to give us their favorite picks for this holiday season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Thirty Four Show NotesCW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FineJoin our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster. – Just Read –The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers (CW) – Currently Reading/Listening –The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (EF)Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW) (audio) – Biblio Adventures –Chris celebrated Willa Cather’s birthday on December 7 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT. She is kicking off a quarterly Willa Cather book club starting with My Antonia to be discussed on January 18th at 2:00 at the same bookstore.Emily visited Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick, VTShe also saw the movie Call Me By Your Name based on the novel by André Acimanbook info here / movie info here – Upcoming Jaunts – Min Jin Lee will be at RJ Julia’s Booksellers on January 25, 2018 – Gift Ideas –Book Subscription Services like The Mysterious Bookshop Crime ClubsA subscription to Magazines or Literary JournalsBuy some literary swag from Out of PrintGift Cards to Independent BookstoresBundle Monster Booklight ClipGift of a literary activityGift baskets with books and associated literary itemsLeather Weighted BookmarkGift of Poetry - Devotions by Mary Oliver / New Collected Poems by Wendell BerryComplete Stories – Kurt VonnegutComplete Stories – Flannery O’ Connor paired with A Good Hard Look – Ann Napolitano – Also Mentioned –Disappearances – Howard Frank MosherHidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space – Margot Lee ShetterlyThe movie Lady BirdAlice Hoffman book tourKelly Corrigan book tourStone Butch Blues – Leslie Feinberg

In today's Tidbits Episode we hear author and Mad Men creator read a passage from his debut novel, Heather the Totality.  Listen to Roxanne's full interview with Matthew here!  And next week on Just the Right Book Podcast, we hear from Miriam Sontz, the CEO of Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon and Andrew Brennan, the head book buyer at RJ Julia who will help you find the perfect book for everyone on your holiday list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

llende, who’s novels include “The House of the Spirits” and “City of the Beasts,” joined our Roxanne Coady at a live event hosted by RJ Julia to chat about her latest work, "In the Midst of Winter." And in case you missed it, Roxanne gives you the titles of the 2017 National Book Award winners!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luanne Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of 32 novels that have been translated into 24 languages. RJ Julia recently had the distinct pleasure of hosting a live event for Luanne's second young adult novel, The Beautiful Lost, which drew many interesting questions from the audience. The Connecticut native spoke about mental health, her jump into the YA arena, and more in this intimate bookstore chat. Stay tuned after Luanne to hear some of Roxanne's Out of This World science and sci-fi book recommendations perfect for celebrating the upcoming solar eclipse. Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast We’re trying to get a better demographic handle on the people like yourself who listen to Just The Right Book Podcast. Just go to our website, www.BookPodcast.com, and click on the “Listener Survey,” it should take you about 30 seconds and would be most helpful to us. Thank you in advance for this! Books in this episode: The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice The Map That Leads to You by J.P. Monninger Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024 by Mark Littmann and Fred Espenak  Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger Hello, Is This Planet Earth?: My View from the International Space Station by Tim Peake Otherworlds: Visions of Our Solar System by Michael Benson     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Turow is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, which have sold over thirty million copies world-wide and have been translated into more than forty languages.   The Chicago native took the stage in a live event presented by RJ Julia and New Haven Legal Assistance Association to discuss his latest war-crime mystery, "Testimony". Turow also tells us how Harrison Ford was cast for the role of Rusty Sabich in the box office winning thriller, "Presumed Innocent". And stay tuned after the interview with Scott Turow to hear what is currently on Roxanne's nightstand.    Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast Books in this episode: Testimony by Scott Turow Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow The Late Show by Michael Connelly The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks about his new memoir, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, and his decades-long friendship with UCLA coach and mentor John Wooden.  The NBA’s all-time leading scorer took the stage in a live event hosted by Read to Grow and RJ Julia and Just the Right Book Podcast was there every step of the way.  After the conversation, with sportscaster Dan Patrick, Adbul-Jabbar answers questions from the audience, including one young fan's question on who Kareem's favorite teammate was and why.   Later in this episode, we hear from patrons of RJ Julia on what's on their nightstand.   Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast We’re trying to get a better demographic handle on the people like yourself who listen to Just The Right Book Podcast. Just go to our website, www.BookPodcast.com, and click on the “Listener Survey,” it should take you about 30 seconds and be most helpful to us. Thank you in advance for this! Books in this episode: Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson The to All the Boys I've Loved Before Collection: To All the Boys I've Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You; Always and Forever, Lara Jean (Boxed Set) by Jenny Han The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman  The Force by Don Winslow This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien Like Family by Paolo Giordano    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RJ Julia recently hosted an event for one of their favorite authors, Dani Shapiro and Just the Right Book Podcast was there every step of the way. The best-selling novelist and memoirist caught up with Roxanne prior to the event to discuss her latest memoir, "Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage." The book, says Roxanne, is an "exquisite jewel" that you will want to read whether you are thinking of marriage, newly married, or have been married for a long time. Shapiro describes the joys and challenges of matrimonial life as, "Just that sense of what it is to go through life together... the all of it, the beauty and the terror. Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast Books in this episode:  Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro  Devotion by Dani Shapiro  Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Life Rescued by Tragedy by Dani Shapiro       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deirdre Bair is a national book award winner and has given us Five award-winning biographies. RJ Julia recently held an event for the literary biographer who told Roxanne how she came to write the first complete biography of legendary gangster Al Capone. Also in this episode, we chat with guests of RJ Julia and ask them what they are reading. Plus, we find out what's on Roxanne's nightstand.     Books in this episode: Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair Ulysses by James Joyce The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani Calling it Quits: Late Life Divorce and Starting Over by Deirdre Bair The Sympathizer: A Novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacques Pepin is a world-renowned chef, a former columnist for the New York Times and the author of more than two dozen cookbooks. The world's most famous cooking teacher stopped by RJ Julia to share HIS best holiday cooking tips and you'll never believe what he tells Roxanne about his own cooking mistakes. Also in this episode, hear some of Roxanne's picks for the best books of 2016.    Books in this episode: Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul in the Kitchen By Jacques Pepin The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen By Jacques Pepin A French Chef Cooks at Home   By Jacques Pepin Cuisine Economique    By Jacques Pepin Short-Cut Cook: Make Simple Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort   By Jacques Pepin Jacques Pepin’s The Art of Cooking   By Jacques Pepin Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way   By Jacques Pepin Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way   By Jacques Pepin La Methode: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking   By Jacques Pepin The Underground Railroad By Colson Whitehead Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City By Matthew Desmond The Association of Small Bombs By Karan Mahajan In the Darkroom By Susan Faludi Do Not Say We Have Nothing By Madeline Thien Nutshell By Ian McEwan Upstream: Selected Essays By Mary Oliver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning author Amy Bloom interviews Roxanne Coady, owner of the famous independent bookstore RJ Julia in Madison, CT for the introductory episode of Just the Right Book. The "Lucky Us" author gets Roxanne to dish on everything from her childhood, to her latest venture hosting a new literary podcast and of course, books...         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices