Episode 272 - Author Spotlight with Mary Lisa Gavenas
Episode 272 Show Notes
– Nonfiction November –
We each put together a stack of our hopeful nonfiction reads for November, watch the video.
– Currently Reading –
Next of Kin – Gabrielle Hamilton (EF)
Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football – Rich Cohen (CW)
– Just Read –
Procrastinators Get Stuff Done: How to Go from Overwhelmed to Finished – Dana K White (CW) (audiobook)
Dolly All the Time – Annabel Monaghan (EF)
Black Notice – Patricia Cornwell (CW)
The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People – Judith Orloff (EF) (audiobook)
The Last Precinct – Patricia Cornwell (CW)
The Good House – Ann Leary (EF) (audiobook)
Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary Kay – Mary Lisa Gavenas (CW)(EF)
– Episode Sponsor –
The Love Operation by Melissa Collings
– Biblio Adventures –
Emily attended the opening reception of the Children’s Book Illustration Show at Stony Creek Willoughby Wallace Library.
Emily watched three page-to-screen adaptations: Practical Magic 2, Winter’s Bone, and The Good House
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris and Emily are going on a joint jaunt to Wells College and Seneca Falls.
Emily is going to NYC where she plans to visit Wild Sorrell Cookbooks.
Chris and Emily are planning to start the new Carrie mini-series based on the novel by Stephen King.
– Upcoming Reads –
Miss Wolcott’s Ghost – Louise Penny (CW)
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State – Jill LePore (CW)
Wells College – Tiffany Raymond and Daniel G. Renfrow (CW)
A Bowl of Goodness: Nourishing Poems with a Side of Soup, Celebrating Community, Friendship, and Resilience – edited by Major Jackson and illustrated by Hélène Blanc (EF)
Cookbooking: A Fan's Guide – Debbie Berne (EF)
Upstate – Kim van Alkemade (CW)
– Author Spotlight with Mary Lisa Gavenas –
We speak with Mary Lisa about her new biography Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary Kay.
Learn more about Mary Lisa.
– Q4 Readalong –
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko and the film adaptation. The Zoom conversation will take place on December 6th at 7pm (ET). Send us an email if you would like to join. You can join the online conversation on Goodreads.
– Also Mentioned –
Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
I’ve Tried Being Nice by Ann Leary
The Animals Would Not Sleep! by Sara Levine
R. Michelson Galleries
Watercress by Andrea Wang, featured in an Author Spotlight on Episode 158
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