I had a fun but brief conversation with my good friend and book lover John Vekar on a warm summer evening, focused on the book Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. This is definitely a part-one of our conversation.
Other books mentioned:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro
This Summer Will be Different and Meet me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
The Goblin Emperor by Sarah Monette
A Cure so Dark and Lonely, Heart so Fierce and Broken and A Vow so Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kimmerer
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
One Day by David Nichols
Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Go as a River by Shelley Read
21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth.
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