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It’s an abbreviated episode this week as Michael is winding down his sabbatical and spending time at home with 4-month-old Finn. Finn provided his own contribution to this week’s podcast, as you will hear. In an unplanned moment, Ann asks Michael how his plan of reading nothing but graphic novels is working out. If you have children of your own, you will likely not be surprised by Michael’s response.
We want to know: if you had a month off from work, with pay, how would you spend it? Would you plan to read more? Let us know, in the comments or via voicemail.
We do still have two books we can’t wait for you to read: Michael talks about Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian. Chris is a favorite at Books on the Nightstand (you may remember us talking about Skeletons at the Feast) and we love this book. It’s vintage Bohjalian, perfect for fans of his earlier books Midwives and The Double Bind.
I have been waiting to tell you about Things We Didn’t See Coming, a collection of connected stories by Steven Amsterdam. Last fall, I wrote a blog post titled, “What do you say when a book haunts you?”, and it was in response to my reading of this book. Over the few days I was reading this book, I could not stop thinking about the stories, the setting and what was happening between each story. It’s a unique collection of postapocalyptic stories, some may call it dystopic, but I think it’s much gentler than The Road.
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We encourage you to write down or print out the title information and shop at your local bookstore. Titles link to LibraryThing, a social networking site that allows you to catalog your home library. LibraryThing also links to various online purchasing options. Here are the books from this post:
Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian by Shaye Arehart Books hardcover
Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam, Knopf hardcover
photo credit: Chillaxin' by DrewVigal
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