We are welcoming Mr. Bradley Allen, director of Lawrence Public Library, on this episode of the podcast. Brad's here to help discuss this year's Read Across Lawrence pick, Sourdough. Learn about the power of reading and fermentation aaaand about making milk pickles. Can three Scorpios share one podcast? Oh jeez, tune in to find out... (also…
036: “It’s okay not to be okay.”
What do American Ambassadors, historic sex clubs, lawn-care, depression, and social niceties have in common? Well... they're all discussed on this episode! Linear thought is overrated. Two Book Minimum: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson Dare to Love A Duke by Eva Leigh Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer Beautiful No-mow Yards by Evelyn Hadden…
035: Booking It Into the New Year
New year, new reads. Polli and Kate scoped out some upcoming book releases and are here to share their faves! Also, heads up: the 2019 Book Squad Goals Reading Challenge is HEEEEEEEEEEEERE: http://tinyurl.com/LPLBSG2019 Note: We’ve included links to the catalog for the earliest books so you can get on the holds list (marked with *). Otherwise…
030: The Lost Cowboy Episode
Note: This was recorded in August 2018, and then Kate... lost it? Something happened. We're back in action with episode 30: The Lost Cowboy Episode. Recently there has been a resurgence of the Western genre (good conquering evil is all the more necessary for WHATEVER REASON.) According to Lauren Havens, the Modern Western has shifted from…
034: What to do when you suck at reading…
Sooner or later, it happens to everyone. It might be happening to you right now. You go about your day, your week, and eventually you realize that something crucial is missing: books. YOU ARE IN A READING SLUMP. If this sounds familiar, you're soooo not alone. Polli and Kate are here to help for when…
033: Nnedi Okorafor = Literal #BlackGirlMagic
NNEDI OKORAFOR IS COMING!!! On 11/8 she will be at Liberty Hall as our latest Beach Series author, and we really hope to see you there! Go here for more info, clear your schedule, and then come back and listen to Polli and Kate discuss Akata Witch. Bookish News: The Great American Read results are in!…
Authors Who Have Convinced Me To Read All of Their Books
I’ve recently written about my years-long love affair with the novels of Sarah Waters—I’m still slowly, but surely, working my way through each of her books. My Sarah Waters reading project made me think of other authors who have impressed me so much with their words that I feel compelled to read everything they have…
032: Crying or Peeing Your Pants
What do the genres Romance and Horror have in common? They bring the feels. Learn more about Horror as a genre, and get LOTS of recommendations based on different appeal factors and interests. Huge thanks to Becky Spratford and Kelly Peter for being our spoopy gurus! Books discussed in this episode, plus a few more…
031: The One in Which We (Ostensibly) Sing
October 8th is Indigenous Peoples Day in Lawrence (and in several other cities across the country). To celebrate the occasion -- and because it looked flippin awesome -- Polli and Kate discuss There There, a brilliant debut novel by Tommy Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho). Spoiler: it was flippin awesome. ("Hey, what happened to episode 30?" Hey…
From Oyster Girls to Pickpockets: Reading All of Sarah Waters’s Books
I have been having a love affair with Sarah Waters’s books, since even before I actually read any of her novels. As an undergrad, I worked in a little bookstore, and during my shifts I would drift around, waiting for customers, waiting for my next class, passing the time by trailing my fingers along the spines…
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