Chapter 35 - Let's Talk

Every month Scott Richards, of WEZV 105.9 in Myrtle Beach, and I get together and talk books. He is such an avid reader and fellow book nerd that we have great discussions both on and off the air. Our theme is always what we've read, what is on our TBR (to be read) pile, and what is coming up that we are excited about. During our chats, Scott has told me about some terrific books to read such as A Gentleman in Moscow and Where the Crawdads Sing. I, in turn, have shared some that I have loved such as The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires and Just One Damned Thing After Another.

If you are not in our market and can't hear the recommendations I will be posting them here on the blog after every show. Here are the books we discussed in August. Since the list is long I won't give summaries of each but just a little hint of what kind of book it is. You'll notice that some of these I've mentioned before as I have read them since the last time Scott and I talked books.

Books I've Recently Read

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - mystery/thriller

The Expats by Chris Pavone - ex-CIA agent moves to Luxembourg with her husband

The Break Up Book Club by Wendy Wax - chicklit, beach read

Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett - cozy bookstore mystery

Summer At the Little French Guesthouse by Helen Pollard - summer in France

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reed - siblings growing up in 1980's Malibu

The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian - coming of age story in 1920's Mississippi

All Adults Here by Emma Straub - family secrets come to light

On the Pile

The Cellist by Daniel Silva - the latest in Silva's Gabriel Allon series

Strongheart by Jim Fergus - the third in the One Thousand White Women series

The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian - boyfriend disappears during a trip to Vietnam

The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards - French singer goes undercover during World War II

The Last Exiles by Ann Shin - a novel of North Korea

To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara - a novel of Pearl Harbor

Within the next few weeks I'll tell you about books I'm really looking forward to!