Episode 255 - Q1 Readalong: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Episode 255 Show Notes
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– Currently Reading –
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2 – Marcel Proust (CW)
The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love - edited by Alice Hoffman (EF)
Anderson in Bloom – Jennifer Dugan (CW)
This Book Made Me Think of You – Libby Page (EF)
Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books – Hwang Bo-reum, translated by Shanna Tan (CW) (audiobook)
Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging – Tara Roberts (EF) (audiobook)
Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge – Erica Armstrong Dunbar (CW)
– Just Read –
Hobomok and Other Writings on Indians – Lydia Marie Child (CW)
Awake in the Floating City – Susanna Kwan (EF) (audiobook)
All That Remains – Patricia Cornwell (CW)
The Reservation – Rebecca Kauffman (EF)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text –Mary Shelley (CW) (audiobook)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily both watched Frankenstein directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Chris also watched Frankenstein: The Man Who Made a Monster starring Boris Karloff.
Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to the Schubert Theater in New Haven for a showing of The Librarians.
On the job at the library, Chris had a great conversation with a student about reading The Godfather by Mario Puza.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
The next Patreon reading salon will take place on Sunday, March 22. The topic will be strategies for breaking a reading slump.
Chris and Emily are planning to watch more adaptations of Frankenstein including Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder and The Bride directed by Magie Gyllenhaal.
March 10, 2026 Emily is planning a trip to An Unlikely Story bookstore to see Alice Hoffman in conversation with Laura Zigman about The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love.
Chris is heading to the main branch of the New York Public Library to do some research and is hoping to have time for a browse at Kinokuniya or McNally Jackson Books.
– Upcoming Reads –
Cruel & Unusual – Patricia Cornwell (CW)
Dog Show by Billy Collins, illustrated by Pamela Sztybel (CW)
Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks (CW) release date 4/21/2026
Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon – Sara Catterall (EF)
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore – Evan Friss (EF)
– Also Mentioned –
Learn more about Project Semi Colon
Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People – Tiya Miles (EF) (audiobook)
Northshire Book Festival: A Weekend in Booktopia is taking place May 1-3. You can learn more here.
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Tilt by Emma Pattee
Tear by Erica McKeen
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
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