Episode 195 - Hooked by Nonfiction November & 2023 Holiday Gift Ideas

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

Welcome to our 8th Annual Bookish Holiday Gifts episode! The first time we recommended holiday gift ideas was on Episode 2, way back in December 2016. Listeners enjoyed it so much that we’ve done it every year since. We hope you enjoy our ideas this year. Links to items discussed are in the show notes. We would like to note that none of our suggestions are ads or affiliates. They are things we have used or, in the case of custom bobbleheads, something we would like to try! #NonfictionNovember hooked us this year and we are currently reading or have read: Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from the Lost Kitchen by Erin French The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy In Biblio Adventures, Emily attended some in-person author events. She went to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Sigrid Nunez discuss her newest novel, The Vulnerables, with Willard Spiegelman whose most recent book is Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt. She also saw Michael Cunningham discuss his new novel, Day, with Amy Bloom at R.J. Julia in Madison, CT. Chris had a lovely visit to Mystic Seaport Museum where she wandered aboard the last wooden whaleship in the world, The Charles W. Morgan, an experience that never gets old! She’s considering a re-read of Moby Dick in 2024. Reminder: our 4th quarter readalong discussion of The Bookbinder by Pip Williams is Sunday, December 3rd at 7 pm (ET). Email us if you’d like to participate in the Zoom discussion. Listen here – https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2023/episode195 – or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy Listening and Happy Reading!