The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast

REPLAY - Laugh Out Loud Lit: A Book Rec Episode

We are on summer hiatus until July 10, 2024. Until then, please check out this episode about humor and books that made us laugh. It originally aired April 2023.

Did you know it is National Humor Month? Neither did we but now we do and so do you. Which means this week we are talking about books that make us laugh.

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Books We Mentioned:

1- The Peripheral by William Gibson

2- Foundation by Isaac Asimnov

3- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

4- The Martian by Andy Weir

5- The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones

6- Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

7- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

8- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

9- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

10- Yearbook by Seth Rogen

11- This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

12- The Guncle by Steven Rowley

13- Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? A Mother's Suggestions by Patricia Marx; illustrated by Roz Chast

14- Calypso by David Sedaris

15- A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson

16- Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel by Suzanne Roberts

17- Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald

18- She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

19- Sacred Geometry by Robert Lawlor

20- Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis

21- What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry

22- Hestia Strikes A Match by Christine Grillo

23- My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimers by Sandeep Jauhar

24- Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

TV Series mentioned:

1- The Peripheral (Amazon Prime 2023)

2- Foundation (Apple+ 2021)

Bookish News

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/…olastic.html

REPLAY - Summer Reading 2023 with guest Bookseller Sam Miller

****We are still on hiatus but will be back with all new episodes in a few weeks. Until then, enjoy our Summer Reading episode from last year with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, from Carmichaels Books. Her suggestions may not be hot off the press but still make for great reads. Happy Reading!

At the start of summer, we like to chat with Sam Miller, bookseller and manager at Carmichael’s Bookstore here in Louisville (We actually like to chat with Sam anytime, but she has especially useful information about new books twice a year.) Sam does the heavy lifting this week by telling us what is coming out and might be good for your TBR list.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

1- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

2- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

3- Be Mine by Richard Ford

4- The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

5- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

6- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

7- Color of Water by James McBride

8- Deacon King Kong by James McBride

9- The Tusk that Did the Damage by Tania James

10- Loot by Tania James

11- Happy Place by Emily Henry

12- I Didn’t Do It by Jamie Lynn Hendricks

13- Only One Left by Riley Sager

14- Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

15- Independence Square by Martin Cruz Smith

16- Small Mercies by Dennis LeHane

17- Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

18- Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

19- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

20 The Other Renaissance by Paul Strathern

21- Ice by Amy Brady

22- The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II by David Chrisinger

23- Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

24- A Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

25- Pageboy by Elliot Page

26- Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams

27- Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong

28- King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

29- Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

30- Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook by Alison Roman

31- Franklin Smoke by Aaron Franklin

32- Love is a Pink Cake by Claire Ptak

33- Back to the Dirt by Frank Bill

34- Code of the Hills by Chris Offutt

35- If You Write Me a Letter, Send it Here by Louisville Story Program

36- Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.

37- Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover

38- The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

39- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

40- Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

41- Weather Together by Jessie Sima

42- The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

43- Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane

44- Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

45- Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

46- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

47- Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

48- The Disinvited Guest by Carol Goodman

REPLAY - June Holidays: A Book Rec Episode - 6/13/24

We are on hiatus for the month of June.  This replay episode originally aired June 2023.

 

 

This week we celebrate all the special days of June! Want a book rec for Pride month? We have one. What about Juneteenth or Father's Day? We have you covered. And did you know it's National Audiobook Month? It's new to us as well but we love audiobooks so we give you some recommendations for that too. And we throw in one wildcard category - one of those random National Days or Months that always makes you wonder why there needs to be a month for that:)

This is the last episode for Season 8. We are taking a month off for summer family travel and some rest and relaxation. We will be back the late July/ early August with all new episodes. Until then, we will air some of our favorite past episodes in case you missed them the first time around.

Happy Reading!

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Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

2- The Road by Cormac McCarthy

3- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

4- Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo

5- Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo

6- The Scent of a Garden by Namrata Patel

7- The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel

8- The Scent of Burnt Flowers by Blitz Bazawule

9- Fun Home: A Famliy Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

10- Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

11- And Then the Grey Heaven by RE Katz

12- Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

13- The Changeling by Victor Lavalle

14- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

15- The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

16- The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

17- The Chosen by Chaim Potok

18- Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro

19- The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

20- The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

21- Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis by Emily Willingham

22- The Good One by Polly Stewart

23- On Earth as it is on Television by Emily Jane

Shows/movies mentioned--

1- No Country For Old Men ( 2007)

2- My Octopus Teacher (Netflix, 2020)

Articles Mentioned:

1- Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian writer who was voice of African women, dies at 81

2- The convoluted world of best-seller lists, explained

REPLAY AAPI Month: A Book Rec Episode - 6/5/24

We are on hiatus for the month of June.  This is a replay episode from 2023.

 

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This week are celebrating AAPI Heritage Month (Asian American Pacific Islander) and we give you a list of 10 (plus maybe a few more) of our favorite books to add to your TBR written by authors with family heritage from this part of the world. We give you books in a variety of genres; literary fiction, historical fiction, memoir, food writing, graphic novels, horror, poetry, and middle grade.

So join us this week as we explore the big wide world of Asia and the Pacific Islands heritage in literature. Plus, we talk about the most recent Jane Austen film adaptation we've watched, a new environmentally friendly product we've tried, and why sometimes it might be nice to be a disembodied head.

Books mentioned--
1- Persuasion by Jane Austen

2- Emma by Jane Austen

3- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

4- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

5- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

6- The Girls of Fall by Jessica Minyard

7- You Should Have Known by Rebecca Keller

8- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helen Tursten

9- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

10- Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia

11- The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel

12- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

13- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

14- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

15- Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

16- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

17- The Fervor by Alma Katsu

18- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

19- Two Brown Dots by Danni Quintos

20- World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

21- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

22- The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan

23- Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

24- Moloka’i by Alan Brennert

25- Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

26- The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer by Athena Aktipis

27- A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

28- The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

29- Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and 500 Miles Across Spain by Andrew McCarthy

Movies mentioned--

1- Persuasion (Netflix 2022)

2- Ted Lasso - Season 3 (Apple TV 2023)

3- Jury Duty (Amazon 2023)

4- Enchanted (2007)

5- The Terror (Hulu 2018)

S10:Ep224 - Mental Health Awareness Month : A Book Rec Episode- 5/29/24

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We will be on a much needed hiatus for the entire month of June and a smidge into July. You will get replays of some of our book recommendation episodes from last year, but toward the end of June, we may have a remix episode where we catch up with a former guest.

This last episode of Season 10 is about a very important topic. Although May is almost over, it isn’t too late to recognize books for Mental Health Awareness month. Carrie and I both know and appreciate that mental health is part of total health. Your brain is a really big, extremely powerful, exceedingly important part of your body. If it ain’t happy, no other part of you is happy either. It’s no different than your kidneys or heart not performing their best. This week we give you some book recommendations, both fiction and nonfiction, that highlight mental health or bring some exposure to mental health issues.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond by Henry Winkler

2- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

3- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

4- And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps - A 5 star read recommended by fellow book lover Cassie Sanders @allroadsleadtoausten

5- Starfish by Lisa Fipps

6- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

7- The Professor and the Madman: a Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

8- The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O' Sullivan

9- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

10- Wesley Yorstad Goes Outside by Stephanie Hunter

11- All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner

12- Homer and Langley by EL Doctorow

13- The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

14- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

15- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

16- Sylvia Plath: A Biography by Linda Wagner-Martin

17- Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Wood Middlebrook

18- The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower

19- The Year of the Horses by Courtney Maum

20- Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac by Jeremy Hance

21- The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

22- Jingo by Terry Pratchett

23- Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

24- Mort by Terry Pratchett

25- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Shows/podcasts mentioned—

1- Barry (HBO, 2018 - 2023)

2- Reservation Dogs (Hulu, 2021 - 2023)

3- Good Omens (Amazon Prime, 2019 - present)

4- Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch - podcast

 

 

 

S10:Ep223 - The Act of Disappearing with Guest Nathan Gower - 5/22/24

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You can find Nathan Gower at his website www.nathangower.com or on IG @nathan_gower_

Our guest this week is Nathan Gower, a writer with roots in Kentucky, having earned degrees from Spalding University and the University of Louisville. He now serves as a professor of English at Campbellsville University. His debut novel, The Act of Disappearing, publishes on May 28 with Mira Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.

The novel is about a woman named Julia, who her friends call Jules. Julia has been trying to make a name for herself as a fiction writer, but she works at a bar to make ends meet. It is there that she meets a famous older man named Jonathan Aster who gives her a photograph and offers to pay her to tell the story of the woman in the picture: the woman in the photo is jumping off a bridge holding a baby. Julia begins a quest to discover who this woman is and learns about herself in the process.

He also talks to us about how terrifying it was to write a book from a female point of view, how the women in his family inspired this story, and the sci-fi book he just read and thoroughly enjoyed even though he doesn’t like sci-fi.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower

2- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

3- Dead Boy Detectives by Neil Gaiman

4- Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

5- Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table by Sara Roahen

6- The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

7- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty - A 5 Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Claire Boswell @clairesbookobsession

8- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

9- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

10- The Man In The Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

11- Made for You by Jenna Satterthwaite

12- Johanna Porter is Not Sorry by Sara Read

Entertainment mentioned—

1- Beetlejuice (1988)

2- Beetlejuice (Broadway Across America)

3- Seinfeld (1989- 1998, Netflix)

4- Dark Matter (2024, Apple+)

5- The Dead Boys Detective (2024, Netflix)

6- Locke & Key (2020, Netflix)

7- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Photograph mentioned—
time.com/3456028/the-most-bea…h-an-immortal-photo/

S10:Ep222 - Summer Reading with Bookseller Sam Miller - 5/25/24

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This week we have our annual summer reading episode with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichaels Bookstore in Louisville, KY. By this point in our spring season, we are tired, so having Sam on and letting her do the heavy lifting on book suggestions is what we’re about. Sam clues us in to some new fiction, nonfiction, traditional summer reading, mysteries, sci-fi/fantasy, and children’s books you may want to scoop up.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- James by Percival Everett

2- Hamilton by Ron Chernow

3- We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

4- Sandwich by Catherine Newman

5- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

6- By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

7- Long Island by Colm Tóibín

8- Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

9- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

10- I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

11- The Summer Pact by Emily Giffen

12- Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

13- Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

14- Knife by Salman Rushdie

15- The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larsen

16- 1974 by Francine Prose

17- The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

18- Sociopath by Patric Gagne

19- An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin

20- The Searcher by Tana French

21- The Hunter by Tana French

22- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

23- Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

24- Highway 13 by Fiona McFarland

25- This Bright River by Liz Moore

26- God of the Woods by Liz Moore

27- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

28- Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

29- The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville

30- Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

31- House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

32- Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

33- The Deading by Nicholas Belardes

34- Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones

35- Eva’s Man by Gayl Jones

36- You Are Here edited by Ada Límon

37- Black Gold by Marguerite Henry

38- The Kentucky Oaks by Avalyn Hunter

39- Bourbonland by Edward Lee

40- Smoke and Pickles by Edward Lee

41- Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee

42- The Gaga Mistake by Emma Straub

43- Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

44- The Squish by Brianna Carzoo

45- The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

46- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

47- Finna by Nino Cipri

48- The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird

49- I’m Afraid You Have Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

50- The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Apps mentioned—
Merlin app (birds)

S10:Ep221 - Audiobook Appreciation Month: A Book Rec Episode - 5-8-24

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May is Audiobook Appreciation Month so this week we suggest to you 10 plus books that give an added dimension when you listen to the audiobook version. And we aren't even entertaining the notion that listening to audiobooks isn't reading. Listening counts!

Books mentioned--

1- The Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna

2- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

3- Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North (A 5 star read recommended by fellow book lover Shannon Loar @shopcoffeekids

4- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori

5- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, narrated by Stanley Tucci

6- Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why by Alexandra Petri, narrated by Rebecca Gibel

7- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland

8- The Assasination of Brangwain Spurge by MT Anderson and Eugene Yelchin narrated by Gildart Jackson

9- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by an ensemble cast

10- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, narrated by Tom Hollander

11- Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams, narrated by author

12- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, narrated by Marin Ireland

13- Ava's Man by Rick Bragg

14-The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and his People by Rick Bragg

15- My Southern Journey: True Journeys from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg

16- It's All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg

17- Calypso by David Sedaris

18- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

19- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, narrated by Bronson Pinchot

20- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

21- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

22- The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia

Movies and Shows mentioned--

1- Big Night (1996)

2- Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy (CNN)

3- The Hunger Games (2012)

4- The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

5- Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon, 2023)

6- Leave the World Behind (Netflix, 2023)

7- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)

S10:Ep220 - A Traveling Book Club with Guests Marilyn Robbins and Sami Lien - 5/1/24

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We interact with book publicists pretty often, but a few months ago, one of them, Sami Lien, emailed and asked for recommendations about things to do in Kentucky around Derby. She explained that she is in a travel book club; they read books over the course of 12 months about a particular US location and then take a trip to visit. The novel Horse by Geraldine Brooks was the book that inspired this particular trip for their club.

Well, we love books and travel so we had to invite Sami and her book club friend, Marilyn, to be guests on the show. We had a great time learning about the ins and outs of their travel book club and are excited to get to meet them this Friday at a restaurant about an hour outside of Louisville.

If you would like to see the full list of books they read this year preparing to travel to Kentucky and the Derby, you can find the list in the show notes.

Books Mentioned in the Episode:

1- Horse by Geraldine Brooks

2- Relative Strangers by A.H. Kim

3- Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards

4- 1984 by George Orwell

5- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

6- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

7- East of Eden by John Steinbeck

8- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

9- Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

10- South of Broad by Pat Conroy

11- My Reading Life by Pat Conroy

12- Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

13- Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens

14- Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz

15- Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon - A five star read recommended by fellow book lover Caitríona Shannon @these_thats_and_prose

16- Friday Harbor by DC Alexander

17- Blood in the Bluegrass by DC Alexander

18- Mary by Janis Cooke Newman

19- Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

20- Norah Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Shows mentioned--

1- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)

 

The Divine Destinations Reading List for Kentcuky and the KY Derby

1- Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks

2- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

3- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

4- Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

5- Groundskeeping by Lee Cole

6- Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

7- Lincoln by Russell Freedman

8- Water Street by Crystal Wilkinson

9- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

10- The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts

11- First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

12- The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett

13- Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal by Sarah Maslin Nir

14- Lexington by Kim Wickens

S10:Ep219 REMIX - Beware The Tall Grass with guest Ellen Birkett Morris - 4/24/24

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This week we have a remix episode because we are attending the LA Festival of Books. We catch up with author Ellen Birkett Morris. We first spoke to her in 2020 about her short story collection, Lost Girls, and now she has recently published a novel Beware the Tall Grass. So we will hear a little something old and a little something new from her in that episode.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Beware the Tall Grass by Ellen Birkett Morris

2- Lost Girls by Ellen Birkett Morris

3- Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

4- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

5- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

5- Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken

6- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

7- Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

8- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Cadavers by Mary Roach

9- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

10- Lake Life by David James Poissant

11- Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

12- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

13- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

14- Door to Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn translated by Melody Shaw - 5 Star Read recommended by Sarah Phillips @cosymidlifebooknook

Article mentioned in this episode:
lawnlove.com/blog/best-cities-for-book-lovers/