Live call-in discussion: For many Vermonters, summer means more time to relax and catch up on reading. This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak talks with some local booksellers and a librarian about hot new titles and other books they think Vermonters would enjoy.
Our guests are:
- Nancy Braus, owner of Everyone's Books in Brattleboro
- Andrea Jones, co-owner of The Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick
- Renee Ursitti, adult services and programming librarian, Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury
Braus recommended: "The Music of Bees" by Eileen Garvin; "The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit: Essays on Politics, History, and Culture" by Becca Balint; "The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened" by Bill McKibben; "Mary Jane" by Jessica Anya Blau; "You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism" by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Jones recommended: "Patron Saint of Second Chances" by Christine Simon; "The Marmalade Diaries" by Ben Aitken; "Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women" by Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov; "The Guncle" by Steven Rowley; "Book Lovers" by Emily Henry; "Calling for a Blanket Dance" by Oscar Hokeah; "The Beatryce Prophecy" by Kate DiCamillo and Sophie Blackall
Ursitti recommended: "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt; "Book of Night" by Holly Black; "The Overstory" by Richard Powers; The Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas; "Taste: My Life Through Food" by Stanley Tucci
Broadcast live at noon on Friday, July 1, 2022.
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