by Lis Hedger | May 10, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Show Notes On this special Mother’s Day Episode, Lisa talks with her Mom, Carleen Shidler and her daughter Liz Hedge. Each share their reading journey and how the types of books they read have changed over time. Books Discussed: Chesapeake by James A. Michener...
by Lis Hedger | Apr 19, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Show Notes Lisa discusses Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, which is very popular and is a similar book to Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield. A number of reviews, including The Washington Post have said this was the best book of 2022. The New York...
by Lis Hedger | Apr 12, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Show Notes Lisa discusses the debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. This was published in May 2022, and received rave remarks from critics and was picked by Jenna Bush Hagger as a book of the month for her book club. This article on Book Shelf...
by Lis Hedger | Apr 5, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Show Notes Lisa discusses the book American Dirt by American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. This book delves into a mother and son’s journey to escape the cartel and flee to the U.S. as an illegal immigrant. This book has caused many people to look at immigration very...
by Lis Hedger | Mar 22, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Show Notes Lisa discusses The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, a historical fiction novel about the development of the Oxford English Dictionary. Kirkus Reviews describes that this book shows why ‘women needed to be in the room where and when it’s...
by Lis Hedger | Mar 15, 2023 | Podcast
Show Notes Lisa and Laura Szaro Kopinski discuss Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It is the only book she wrote. The early reviews were mixed, and it wasn’t as popular, but writer Virginia Woolf loved the book. Now, BBC and others have placed it on their top 100...
