Episode 143 - Author Spotlight with Jenna Blum

Episode One Hundred Forty Three Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading – [1:58]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou (CW)(audio)
Black Cake – Charmaine Wilkerson (EF) release date 2/1/2022
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream – Charles Spencer (CW)

– Just Read – [5:29]
State of Terror – Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny (EF)(audio)
Woodrow on the Bench – Jenna Blum (CW)
The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman (EF)

– Biblio Adventures – [15:03]
Chris was a guest on Shawn the Book Maniac’s Bite-Size Book Chats: The 16th Episode discussing Jung Yun’s O Beautiful.

Chris and Emily took a trip to People Get Ready bookstore in New Haven to pick up their copies of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Chris attended an online Zoom event via the Mystic Seaport Museum with Charles Spencer discussing his book The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream. Learn more about Charles Spencer’s backlist here.

– Upcoming Jaunts – [23:35]
Chris is planning to attend an event through the Mark Twain House and Museum with Julia Pistell in conversation with David Damrosch, author of Around the World in 80 Books.

Emily is hitting the road and hopes to visit some bookstores in Ann Arbor and Traverse City, Michigan.

Chris is planning to watch the National Book Awards and is rooting for Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club. You can find the list of 2021 National Book Award winners here.

– Upcoming Reads – [28:17]
Dead Silence – S.A. Barnes (CW) release date 1/25/2022
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou (EF)
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement – Tarana Burke (EF)
Tastemakers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America – Mayukh Sen (EF)

– Holiday Suggestions – [31:01]
Ember Ceramic Heated Mug
Glocusent Neck Reading Light
Index Cards! Here’s an example of vertical index cards.
BINC Foundation Holiday Gift Guide
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Give the gift of a Biblio Adventure!

– Author Spotlight with Jenna Blum – [38:52]
We spoke with Jenna Blum, author of Woodrow on the Bench.
Jenna was our guest on our BookTube channel. You can watch the video here.
You can learn more about Jenna on her website.

– 19th Readalong –
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
The discussion will drop on December 21st via Episode 145, please get questions/comments to us by December 14th.
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The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join please send an email to save a spot.

– Also Mentioned –
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose is a new theatre work, adapted for the stage by Tom Holloway. It will be  in the Sydney Festival. Learn more here.
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen – Laurie Colwin
The Man Who Died Twice – Richard Osman
A Small Place – Jamaica Kincaid (Mel’s
Crossing to Safety – Wallace Stegner (The Mooks and Gripes Podcast
Angle of Repose – Wallace Stegner
Temptation – János Székely, Mark Baczoni (Translator)
A Scatter of Light – Malinda Lo release date Fall 2022
The Lost Family – Jenna Blum
Watermark Books & Cafe
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed
Dry: A Memoir – Augusten Burroughs
Fear of Flying – Erica Jong
A Mighty Blaze
Good Dog. Stay. – Anna Quindlen

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