Episode 237 - From Connecticut to Carbondale
Episode 237 Show Notes
– Currently Reading –
The Garden – Clare Beams (EF)
Join the buddy read. We will be discussing the novel on Episode 238. You can also join the online conversation over on Goodreads.
Silas Marner – George Eliot (CW)
Cooking in Real Life: Delicious & Doable Recipes for Every Day – Lidey Heuck (EF)
– Just Read –
The Shining – Stephen King (CW)
Memorial Days – Geraldine Brooks (EF) (audiobook)
So Far Gone – Jess Walter (EF)(audiobook)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris attended the Bloomsday celebration at the Guilford Free Library.
Emily took a trip to Princeton, NJ but didn’t get any time for Biblio Adventuring, but she did have a nice stop at the Montclair Public Library in New Jersey.
Chris watched the 1980 movie adaptation of The Shining.
Emily attended the 2025 Aspen Food & Wine Classic where she was hoping to run into Mashama Bailey, author of Black, White, and The Grey and recent cover model on The Power Issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine, although she didn’t see Mashama, she had a fan girl moment when she walked past pastry chef Nancy Silverton, author of The Cookie That Changed My Life. Head to Ingredient One to hear Emily’s thought’s on Nancy Silverton.
We had a wonderful conversation about short books during our monthly Reading Salon with Patreon supporters (the flip side of last month’s big books).
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris is planning to watch the 1997 adaptation of The Shining.
Chris and Emily are hoping to go on a fun Biblio Adventure together and Emily is hoping to spend an upcoming day in her hammock.
Emily plans to watch the recording of Amy Bloom’s book launch of I’ll Be Right Here via Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, NY.
The next Patreon Salon takes place on July 27th at 7PM (ET). Our topic is TBD.
– Upcoming Reads –
Summer on the Lakes from Margaret Fuller: Collected Writings (LOA #388) co-edited by Brigitte Bailey, Leslie Eckel, and Megan Marshall (CW)
A Lost Lady – Willa Cather (CW)
Beautyland – Marie-Helene Bertino (EF)
Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier (EF) Join Emily’s buddy read over on Goodreads.
Thrawn Janet by Robert Louis Stevenson and The Open Door by Margaret Oliphant from The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (CW)(EF) (audiobook)
– 2025 Readalong Theme and 3rd Quarter Book –
The 3rd Quarter Readalong is The Upstairs House by Julia Fine. The Zoom conversation will take place on Sunday, August 17th at 7pm (ET). Send us an email if you would like to join. You can join the online conversation via the Goodreads discussion thread. We are also planning a companion read of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Click here to follow everything Ghost Stories 2025. There is a ghost story discussion thread on Goodreads. Come tell us about your favorite ghost stories or those you are interested in reading.
Over the course of the year, we will be reading The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce, one story at a time. If you would like to join us there is a schedule available on Goodreads or we can email a copy.
– Also Mentioned –
Also by Geraldine Brooks: March, People of the Book, and Horse
Also by Jess Walter: The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins
Family Week by Sarah Bloom
White Houses by Amy Bloom
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