Book Bits: Publishing Battle

This podcast provides analysis on books and bookish news, and today Lisa discusses the antitrust trial happening in August 2022 with the U.S. Government against Penguin Random House.   In the fall of 2022, Penguin Random House announced it was spending $2.18 billion...

Book Bits: Best and Worst Books…so far

Where The Crawdads Sing Part 2 Show Notes Lisa highlights her favorite books so far that she has read in 2022 and the books that have disappointed her this year. Some of these books were published in 2022 and some were published earlier.  ·      The Swimmers by Julie...

The Christie Affair

Where The Crawdads Sing Part 1 Show Notes In this episode, Lisa shares her own “Everyone Loved It But Me” book. She discusses her challenges reading the popular book, The Christie Affair by Nina De Gramont.   This book, just released in 2022, has been extremely...

Revisted: Where the Crawdads Sing Part 2

 In this Part 2 episode of Where The Crawdads Sing, Lisa, and her guest Jennifer Byrd have an insightful conversation delving into the book’s second part. There will be significant spoilers for the book.  Lisa is releasing this revisited episode on July 13, 2022...

Revisted: Where the Crawdads Sing Part 1

Where The Crawdads Sing Part 1 Show Notes   In this revisited episode of Where The Crawdads Sing Part 1 Lisa and her guest, Jennifer Byrd have an insightful conversation about social isolation and abandonment. There will be spoilers for the book. The discussion...