Episode 116 - Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi Readalong
Episode One Hundred Sixteen Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– Currently Reading –
The Route of Ice and Salt – José Luis Zárate (CW) release date 1/21/21
The Office of Historical Corrections – Danielle Evans (EF)(audio)
Chris did not finish: Cardiff by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense – Joyce Carol Oates (CW)
The Cold Millions – Jess Walter (EF)
The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing – edited by Kevin Young (CW)
– Just Read –
Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint – Nadia Bolz-Weber (CW)(audio)
We, The Jury – Robert Rotstein (EF)
Eat a Peach – David Chang (EF)(audio)
The Fourteenth of September – Rita Dragonette (EF)
Leave the World Behind – Rumaan Alam (EF)(audio)
Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir – Lisa Donovan (EF) She also wrote an essay, Dear Women: Own Your Stories
– Biblio (Couch) Adventures –
Chris logged into a Zoom conversation hosted by Scared Straight Reads with a group of thriller writers:
Jennifer Pashley - The Watcher: A Novel (A Kateri Fisher Novel #1)
Heather Levy – Walking Through Needles release date 6/29/21
John Copenhaver – Dodging and Burning
Kelly J. Ford – Cottonmouths: A Novel
Layne Fargo – They Never Learn
Emily went shopping at Puck’s Books, an antiquarian and used bookstore in Essex, CT. She bought Being Mortal: Medicine and What Happens in the End by Atul Gawande and The Passion of Reverend Nash by Rachel Basch.
Chris attended the beginning of the virtual mystery event, CrimeConn Express, sponsored by Mystery Writers of America New York and Connecticut Chapters and Ferguson Library. You can sign up for more sessions of the event here.
Chris attended Brandeis University’s annual novel symposium: Willa Cather, Settler, Colonialism, Indigeneity.
Emily attended an event at Politics & Prose with Dan Rather in conversation with Jennifer Steinhauer about his book What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism. You can watch the recording here.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Monday, November 16 book launch for Ron Nyren’s The Book of Lost Light via Booksmith in conversation with his writing group including authors: Ann Packer, Angela Pneuman, Ann Cummins, Lisa Michaels, Cornelia Nixon, Sarah Stone, Rafael Yglesias, and Vendela Vida
December 1 at 7 pm (EST) we are co-hosting a virtual event via Bookclub on the Go with Kimberly McCreight author of A Good Marriage. Sign up for the event and purchase the book here.
Chris is attending events via the Texas Book Festival and Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival.
November 11 at 6 pm (EST) Chris is attending an event via Northshire Bookstore with Thomas Frank author of The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism. You can register for the event here.
– Upcoming Reads –
The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (EF)(CW)
Cuyahoga – Pete Beatty (EF)
Down to Earth: Gardening Wisdom – Monty Don (CW)
Almanac of the Dead – Leslie Marmon Silko (Jenny from Reading Envy is doing this as a readalong. You can join the conversation here.)
– 15th Readalong discussion –
Celestial Bodies – Jokha Alharthi (translated by Marilyn Booth)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. It includes a link to the family tree and author interviews.
– Also Mentioned –
Mexican Gothic – Silvia Morena-Garcia
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Beautiful Ruins – Jess Walter
Also by Nadia Bolz-Weber: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People and Shameless: A Sexual Reformation
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