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

Episode Thirty Eight Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode Information regarding the conv...

Episode Thirty Seven Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode The 2018 Edgar Awards were ann...

Episode Thirty Six Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. Willa Cather Bookclub: Join Chris on January 18th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT where she is kicking off a quarterly Willa Cather book club starting with...

Episode Thirty Five Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster. – Just Read – Chris DNF’d a book: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (EF)...

Episode Thirty Four Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group ! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.   We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster.   – Just Read – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers (CW)   – Currently Reading/Listening – T...

Chris and Emily went to multiple bookshops!

Episode Thirty Two Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have two upcoming read-along’s: December – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Send in questions or comments by Dec 7th – we will discuss on December 12th episode....

Episode Thirty One Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have two upcoming read-along’s: December – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Send in questions or comments by Dec 7th – we will discuss on December 12th episode....

Episode Thirty Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have two upcoming read-along’s: December – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Send in questions or comments by Dec 7th – we will discuss on December 12th episode. Febr...

Episode Twenty Nine Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. – Just Read – OSS Operation Black Mail: One Woman’s Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army – Ann Todd (CW) Chris reviewed the book on her blog. Read it here. My Absolute Dar...

Chris and Emily discuss their reading and biblio adventures. Including Joyce Maynard, Min Jin Lee, David Allen Richards, Hillary Clinton and more.

Chris and Emily speak with Colleen Olson to recap her visit to the American Writers Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

Chris and Emily discuss 2017 Center For Fiction First Novel Prize, R.eaders I.bibing P.eril XII (#RIPXII), Our Mystery Man (#MysteryMan), the passing of Louise Hay, three new podcasts, literary jaunts including two upcoming joint jaunts. Oh, and books!

John B. Valeri joins Chris and Emily to discuss loads of mystery books with us. Also the books that inspired him to become a reader.

Chris and Emily discuss their joint read: The Grapes of Wrath. Additionally, Chris went to Governor's Island for a weekend full of Willa Cather wonderment. Emily has news about an exciting project that involves Wendell Berry. A few more biblio adventures and books.

Episode Twenty Three Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Grapes of Wrath Read-Along – Chris and Emily will be doing a joint read of John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath. The discussion of the book will be live on August 22nd. If you have any questions or comments you would like us to address, please get in touch via email or social media by August 17th. – Just Read – A Man Called Ove – F...

Episode Twenty Two Show Notes Author Spotlight with Shuly Xóchitl Cawood The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir Shuly’s blog can be found here: http://www.shulycawood.com/blog-1/ About the book and how to purchase it: http://www.shulycawood.com/memoir/ – Also Mentioned – The poem “The Writer” by Richard Wilbur Mary Oliver is one of Shuly’s favorite poets. She suggests her poem “Thirst.” Shuly also recomm...

Episode Twenty One Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Grapes of Wrath Read-Along – Chris and Emily will be doing a joint read of John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath. The discussion of the book will be live on August 22nd. If you have any questions or comments you would like us to address, please get in touch via email or social media by August 17th. – Just Read – Stay With Me – Ayòbami...

Episode Twenty Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Giveaway – To celebrate our 20th episode we are giving away two stacks of books. In order to enter please email us via our contact page with the message “Giveaway”: https://www.bookcougars.com/contact/ – The 10th emailer will receive – Shiver Hitch – Linda Greenlaw The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin An American Marriage – Tayari Jones – T...

Episode Nineteen Show Notes Author Spotlight with Laura Thoma Mastering the Art of Self-Expression: A Creative Journaling Workbook You can purchase the book online: http://www.lulu.com/shop/laura-thoma/mastering-the-art-of-self-expression/paperback/product-23204445.html You can also purchase the book via Book Club Bookstore & More (860-432-7411): https://www.bookclubct.com/ Chris and Laura’ busine...

Episode Eighteen Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Just Read – Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (CW)(EF) An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (EF) release date February 2018 The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW) books we Just Couldn’t Read (or DNF’d) The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry (CW) – Currently Reading/Listening – This I Believe: Life Lessons – edited by Dan Gediman, M...

Episode Seventeen Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Just Read – It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) – Nora McInerny (EF) Aaron Joseph Purmort’s obituary Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – J.D. Vance (CW) History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund (EF) Shiver Hitch – Linda Greenlaw (EF & CW) The Grand Central Baking Book – Piper Davis and Ellen Jackson (EF) Georgi...

Episode Sixteen Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Follow up: Kathleen Rooney’s Poems While You Wait – proceeds go to her imprint Rose Metal Press – Just Read – Schadenfreude, A Love Story: Me, the Germans, and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humiliating Situations That Only They Have Words For – Rebecca Schuman (CW) Anything is Possible – Elizabe...

Episode Fifteen Show Notes – Biblio Adventures – Books on the Nightstand debrief with Ann Kingman Jane Sobel Klonsky – Unconditional: Older Dogs, Deeper Love Lauren Grodstein – History of Love Victor Lodato – Edgar & Lucy Lisa Ko – The Leavers Kathleen Rooney – Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk Jason Rekulak – The Impossible Fortress Jim Shepard – The World to Come: Stories Peter Heller – Celine Jessic...

Episode Fourteen Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine The Book Cougars had a great shout out on the Reading Envy podcast: check it out – Just Read – The Impossible Fortress – Jason Rekulak (CW) The Opposite of Everyone – Joshilyn Jackson (EF) You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life – Jen Sincero (CW) (audio) – Currently Reading/Listening – One...