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Deep into the summer reading season we discuss how bookstores and libraries find their way into our vacation plans. Sarah pays tribute to the recently deceased, editor extraordinaire, Robert Gottlieb through her recent reading of his autobiography Avid Reader: A Life. Eric talks about a summer reading recommendation from Sharon and shares another great reading experience from UK independent press, Uniform books that takes us on a jog through England's southeastern coastal South Downs (the chalk hills). Sharon discusses a few books that she read from Sarah's curated Summer Reading List (not your typical beach reads) and provides a progress report on her Moby Dick summer reading plan. Sarah: An Avid Reader: A Life by Robert Gottlieb Anybody Home? by Michael J. Seidlinger The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale Eric: A Month in the Country J.L. Carr A Downland Index by Angus Carlyle Misfortune Cookie by Vivian Chien Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff Vandermeer Sharon: Shy by Max Porter Dive Deeper Journeys with Moby Dick by George Cotkin Why Read Moby Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick Ahab's Wife, Or the Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund Last Call at Coogan's: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar by Jon Michaud
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