Episode 154 - Biblio Adventure to NYC and Author Spotlight with Jess Montgomery
Episode One Hundred Fifty Four Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– 21st Readalong –
Our Second Quarter readalong is Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal by Velma Wallis.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, May 15th at 7pm (ET). Send us an email if you would like to join in.
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– Currently Reading – [2:50]
Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie (EF)(CW) (audio) You can join our buddy read on Goodreads here.
– Just Read – [5:01]
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life Love and Longing – Jennifer Weiner (EF)(audio)
The Children on the Hill – Jennifer McMahon (CW) release date 4/26/22
Pearl – Tabitha King (EF)
I Am an American: The Wong King Ark Story – Martha Brockenbrough, Julio Kuo (illustrator) (CW)
Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi – Sigal Samuel, Vali Mintzi (Illustrator) (CW)
We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know – Traci Sorell, Frané Lessac (Illustrator)
True Biz – Sara Nović (EF)
Maud Martha – Gwendolyn Brooks (EF)(CW) You can join our buddy read on Goodreads here.
New edition of Maud Martha from Book Deposity
– Biblio Adventures – [41:12]
Chris and Emily took a joint jaunt to New York City to visit the Gwendolyn Brooks exhibit at The Morgan
Library & Museum, renew our library cards, stop at the Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Children’s Books exhibit and “Turn Every Page”: Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive, and stopped at Westsider Books.
(The New York Public Library is offering Banned Books for All)
Chris and Emily both read children’s books:
Bronzeville Boys & Girls – Gwendolyn Brooks, Faith Ringgold (Illustrator)
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks – Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
Chris and Emily went to Savoy Bookshop & Cafe to see Andrea Wang share her book Watercress. We were joined by author Debbi Michiko Florence, author of Sweet and Sour publishing on July 26, 2022.
– Upcoming Jaunts – [56:57]
Chris is attending a one-day conference via the Association for the Study of Connecticut History about “Teaching History with Courage.”
Emily plans to attend a Random House Bookclub April Happy Hour with Tara M. Stringfellow and her new book Memphis. You can get a ticket for the event here.
– Upcoming Reads – [58:20]
Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie – Jennifer Berne, Keith Bendis (Illustrator) (CW)
On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson – Jennifer Berne, Becca Stadtlander (Illustrator) (CW)
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau – Jennifer Berne, Eric Puybaret (Illustrator) (CW)
The Matrix – Lauren Groff (EF)
– Author Spotlight with Jess Montgomery – [59:57]
We spoke with Jess about newest book in the Kinship series, The Echoes.
Episode 68 – The Widows
Episode 93 – The Hollows
You can learn more about Jess Montgomery, including her podcast Tea with Jess, here .
– Also Mentioned –
Cujo – Stephen King
Asali Solomon on NPR talking about Maud Martha
Toadstool Bookshops
Annie Allen – Maud Martha
the United Theatre in Westerly, Rhode Island
Jessica Strawser
I’ll Never Tell – Catherine McKenzie
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