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Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read - Episode 87 - Chris Discovers a Fantastic Debut Mystery Author: Heather Harper Ellett

Episode 87 - Chris Discovers a Fantastic Debut Mystery Author: Heather Harper Ellett

10/15/19 • 54 min

Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read

Episode Eighty Seven Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
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– 11th Readalong –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. We will record with Min on October 30th.
– Currently Reading –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee (CW)
The Professor’s House – Willa Cather (CW)
The Gifted School – Bruce Holsinger (EF)

– Just Read –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee (EF)
Ask Again, Yes – Mary Beth Keane (EF)
Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW) (audio)
A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15) – Louise Penny (CW)
Twenty-one Truths About Love – Matthew Dicks (EF) release date November 19, 2019
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (CW)
Chris and Emily stalled and haven’t finished reading:
The Great Believers – Rebecca Makkai (EF)
The Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris went to see Bobby Flay in conversation with Kate Middleton to discuss his new book Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen: A Cookbook.
Emily went to Books on Pratt in Downtown Hartford where she met Jean P. Moore, author of Tilda’s Promise. She also got to Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, MA and attended the first annual Connecticut Literary Festival at Real Art Ways in Hartford.
– Upcoming Adventures –
October 17 at 2pm – Chris will be hosting The Willa Cather Book Club at

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Episode Eighty Seven Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!
If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can
DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email [email protected] for instructions.
Join our
Goodreads Group!
We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out
here, and be sure to subscribe!
Please subscribe to our email newsletter
here.

– 11th Readalong –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. We will record with Min on October 30th.
– Currently Reading –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee (CW)
The Professor’s House – Willa Cather (CW)
The Gifted School – Bruce Holsinger (EF)

– Just Read –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee (EF)
Ask Again, Yes – Mary Beth Keane (EF)
Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW) (audio)
A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15) – Louise Penny (CW)
Twenty-one Truths About Love – Matthew Dicks (EF) release date November 19, 2019
Ain’t Nobody Nobody – Heather Harper Ellett (CW)
Chris and Emily stalled and haven’t finished reading:
The Great Believers – Rebecca Makkai (EF)
The Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison (CW)

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris went to see Bobby Flay in conversation with Kate Middleton to discuss his new book Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen: A Cookbook.
Emily went to Books on Pratt in Downtown Hartford where she met Jean P. Moore, author of Tilda’s Promise. She also got to Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven, MA and attended the first annual Connecticut Literary Festival at Real Art Ways in Hartford.
– Upcoming Adventures –
October 17 at 2pm – Chris will be hosting The Willa Cather Book Club at

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undefined - Episode 86 - Book Recommendations Aplenty with Ann Kingman, John Valeri, and Elissa Sweet

Episode 86 - Book Recommendations Aplenty with Ann Kingman, John Valeri, and Elissa Sweet

Episode Eighty Six Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!
If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can
DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email [email protected] for instructions.

Join our Goodreads Group!

We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!
Please subscribe to our email newsletter
here.

– 11th Readalong –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE . We will record with Min on October 30th.

– Elissa Sweet –
Get a Life, Chloe Brown – Talia Hibbert (release date November 5, 2019)
Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
Rebel – Beverly Jenkins

Check upcoming dates for the Bank Square Books Romance Book Club HERE

Upcoming Event: KissCon New England October 26, 2019 at 2:00 – Mohegan Sun
Authors include: Loretta Chase, Sarah MacLean, Ilona Andrews,Tessa Dare, Nisha Sharma, Joanna Shupe, Olivia Waite, Megan Frampton, and Caroline Linden

– John Valeri –
Sharon, Lois, and Bram’s Skinnamarink – Sharon Hampson, Lois Lillienstein, Bram Morrison, Qin Leng
The Truth About Magic – Atticus Poetry
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott
The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural – Agatha Christie

– Ann Kingman –
The Memory Police – Yōko Ogawa
The Testaments – Margaret Atwood
The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott

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undefined - Episode 88 - Sally Field the AUTHOR

Episode 88 - Sally Field the AUTHOR

Episode Eighty Eight Show Notes
Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!
If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can
DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email [email protected] for instructions.

Join our Goodreads Group!

We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!
Please subscribe to our email newsletter
here.

– 11th Readalong –
Free Food for Millionnaires – Min Jin Lee
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE. We will record with Min on October 30th.

– Currently Reading –
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (CW)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott (EF)
– Just Read –
The Professor’s House – Willa Cather (CW)
The Gifted School – Bruce Holsinger (EF)
A Wagner Matinée – Willa Cather (CW)
part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectAmerican Dirt – Jeanine Cummins (EF) release date January 21, 2020
Thoughts in Solitude – Thomas Murton (CW)In Pieces – Sally Field (EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers to see Karl Marlantes talk about his new book Deep River and to see Daniel Leader discuss his new book Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making.

Chris watched the movie Late Night
Chris hosted The Willa Cather Book Club at Wood Memorial Library where they discussed The Professor’s House

Emily watched the first part of Big Little Lies based on the novel by Liane Moriarty

Emily went on a jaunt to NYC and saw the Jefferson Market Library and saw the play Sunday by Jack Thorne
Chris and Emily attended the Hachette Book Group Bookclub Brunch in New York City:

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