by Lis Hedger | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Show Notes Lisa discusses The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. This is a cozy murder mystery that was released in 2020. The book highlights four seniors who live in a retirement village south of England where they meet together each week to solve crimes. The...
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 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Show Notes Lisa discusses the latest on book banning, which has gotten much worse in the past year. She starts the episode with the voice of Grace Linn, a 100-year-old, who shared one of the most poignant comments on book banning in Martin County, Fla. She made...
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...
