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We’re joined by Alexis Henderson for a fun conversation about her bewitching novel The Year of the Witching, being home schooled and her experience with Right-wing Christianity, her favorite witches of all time, The Phantom of the Opera, and struggling to remember which scenes ended up in the finished version of her book. We also recommend All the Broken People by Leah Konen and Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Our audiobook of the week is Calibre by Ken Bruen read by Gerard Doyle. Plus – Dave can’t stop leaving home projects half finished, Laura starts a grease fire in a rental house, and Andrew has rattlesnakes in the backyard.
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A fun conversation with Joshua Gaylord about his books! We recommend: Hummingbirds by Joshua Gaylord, The Second Ship by Phillip Richards, The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs. William “Billy” Faulkner pops in the studio. Audiobook of the week is Darktown by Thomas Mullen read by Andre Holland.
In “Library Corner” Amy recommends novels about teachers inspired by Joshua Gaylord and his book Hummingbirds. She recommends Teacher Man by Frank McCourt, Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference by Mark Edmundson, The Newcomers by Helen Thorpe, Spare Parts by Joshua Davis.
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Ivan Wayne, host of the delightful podcast The More You NoCo, joins us! We recommend: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day, Cast Under an Alien Sun by Olen Thorensen and Halfway to Heaven: My White-Kunckled–and Knuckleheaded–Quest for the Rocky Mountain High by Mark Obmascik. Audiobook of the week is Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos read by the talented and buff Lance Reddick.
In “Library Corner” Amy recommends books by Denver authors in honor of Black History Month. She recommends: Adrian Miller‘s Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time and The President’s Kitchen Cabinet. Carlotta Walls Lanier’s A Mighty Long Way. Also the romance novelist JD Mason, author of One Day I Saw a Black King.
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We have the award winning author Nathan Lowell on this week! We chat with him about his books and life as a science fiction and fantasy author. Nathan also shares a book recommendation of his own with us. Dave talks about the impending Denver teacher strike and we all get a little fired up. Amy, our Denver Librarian, calls in again this week!
Books recommended this week are: Even the Wingless by MCA Hogarth, When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord and American by Day by Derek B. Miller.
In “Library Corner” Amy recommends books about birdwatching based on last week’s read of William Shaw’s The Birdwatcher. She recommends: The Big Year by Mark Obmascik, Steve Burrows “Birder Murder Mystery”, Christine Goff an author with five birder mysteries and the birder mysteries by Ann Cleves. Also recommended is a memoir: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald.
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This week Dave tells an eye opening story about drug use and high school students. Andrew is stuck in a hotel room in Austin, Texas and we dive into author photos on Goodreads. We also debut a new segment with a Denver Public Librarian!
Books recommended this week are: Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin, Thomas by Michael G. Manning and The Birdwatcher by William Shaw. Our Audiobook of the week is a series – The Charles Paris books by the hilarious Simon Brett.
In episode 4 our heroes, Dave, Andrew and Laura, take a call from Charles Dickens who was upset at their critique of his Tale of Two Cities. Andrew announces a plan to mail a book to any listener that needs a book recommendation. Dave tells a story about two drunk guys and a drone in his backyard at dusk and, yet again, all three of them are annoyed by other people.
Books reviewed in this episode are: A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee, She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper, The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer. Audiobook of the week is a full cast production of Neil Gaiman’s charming The Graveyard Book.
Other books mentioned this week were Good to Great by Jim Collins, The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe and T.H. White’s The Once and Future King.
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In episode 3 (our best episode to date!), our heroes, Dave, Andrew and Laura, discuss why Andrew can’t have fruit delivered to his office, why one of Dave’s students got up in the middle of class and walked out and they had spirited discussions about, well, pretty much everything including their book recommendations.
Books reviewed in this episode are: Quicker by Laurence Dahners, Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan, Mink River by Brian Doyle. Audiobook of the week is Ken Bruen’s The Guards read by Gerry O’Brien. Our Christmas book selection is Nos4a2 by the crazy talented Joe Hill.
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