On this episode, Liv Hoselton, an indie bookseller in Chicago, talks about their impulse to dive deep into the horrors of the world to better understand them, how their teachers and librarians were so impactful for their reading life, and one of our shared favorites that kids just aren’t interested in (much to our chagrin). I anticipate you’ll also be surprised at how engrossing Liv’s description of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is and it might make you want to read that book.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
Summerdale II by David Jay Collins
Books Highlighted by Liv:
The Einstein of Sex by Daniel Brook
Murderland by Caroline Fraser
The Gales of November by John U. Bacon
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
The Clique by Lisi Harrison
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo
Playing Possum by Susana Monso
Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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