Listen "Episode 26: A Deep Dive into Book Groups"
Episode Synopsis
On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Indianapolis (IL) Public Library’s Montoya Barker about all things book group—selecting titles, leading a group, and all kinds of other stuff. Then, Susan chats with Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth about what she’s reading and loving.
Here’s what we talked about:
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold
Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce
The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix
Artemis, by Andy Weir
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, by Alan Rickman
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham
Suburban Hell, by Maureen Kilmer
Rules of Engagement, by Christine Dodd
The Rewind, by Allison Winn Scotch, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews
The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk, by Buddy Levy, read by Will Damron
Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column, by Daniel M. Lavery
Paris, by Paris Hilton
Here’s what we talked about:
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold
Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce
The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix
Artemis, by Andy Weir
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, by Alan Rickman
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham
Suburban Hell, by Maureen Kilmer
Rules of Engagement, by Christine Dodd
The Rewind, by Allison Winn Scotch, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews
The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk, by Buddy Levy, read by Will Damron
Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column, by Daniel M. Lavery
Paris, by Paris Hilton
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