This week we are talking all about journeys. Whether they be physical or mental, we whisk you away in a good book. Choose from 10 book recommendations from Carrie and Amy for when you're ready to be on the move.
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Books Mentioned in this Episode
1- How to Read Novels Like a Professor by Thomas Foster
2- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
3- Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
4- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
5- The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman
6- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester (The Surgeon of Crowthorne)
7- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
8- Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool by Lauren Artress
9- Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
10- Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
11- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
12- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
13- What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Most Mysterious Portrait by Eden Collinsworth
14- News of the World by Paulette Jiles
15- Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
16- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
17- The Road Towards Home by Corinne Demas
18- A Pearl in a Storm: How I Found my Heart in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean by Tori Murden McClure
19- The Gran Tour: Travels with My Elders by Ben Aitken
20- Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker
21- Cosmic Cats and Fantastic Furballs by Mary Turzillo
22- Your Cat and Other Space Aliens by Mary Turzillo
23- Mars is No Place for Children by Mary Turzillo
5 Star Book Recommendation by a Book Lover 1- Empire Of A Vampire by Jay Christoff recommended by Tiffany K., Omaha, NE. Instagram @chaiteaandbooksareallineed
Shows/Movies watched—
1- American Born Chinese (Disney+, 2023)
2- Annihilation (Netflix, 2018)
3- The Professor and the Madman (2019)
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