Season 2, Episode 25: Telling Authors What We Want + The Comfort of Cozy Mysteries
Meredith and Kaytee are giddying up with a new episode of spicy opinions.
You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a new, most favorite ever, local bookshop win, and a triumphant return to the library.
Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. There’s a whole slew of goodness in here, as well as a plea for a certain title from a certain author, and reflections on re-reading a decades-old favorite.
We’ve got a brief Slow But Steady update to share with you and then it’s onward to our deep dive.
For our deep dive this week, we are chatting about cozy mysteries. Why read them? What makes a mystery cozy? What are Meredith’s favorite titles in the canon? Do they require baking and puns? Inquiring minds need to know.
Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’ve got a tale reminiscent of the old west and a fun bookish fictional title that we both adore.
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!
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Bookish Moments:
2:01 - Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX
4:23 - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
4:33 - Currently Reading’s Top 10 Reads of 2019
Current Reads:
5:19 - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
5:45 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
8:15 - The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
8:27 - Raven Black (the Shetland Series) by Ann Cleeves
8:49 - Louise Penny Interview with Ann Cleeves
12:58 - The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
17:10 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
17:11 - The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield
18:19 - Beauty by Robin McKinley
18:22 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
18:25 - The Piper’s Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
21:01 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu
22:09 - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
24:14 - Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
25:10 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
25:12 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
26:20 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
26:24 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
28:25 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
29:26 - Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix
29:42 - Somebody Feed Phil (and I’ll Have What Phil’s Having) on Netflix
Slow But Steady:
30:14 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
30:30 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
31:13 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
32:01 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Deep Dive - Cozy Mysteries:
34:15 - Louise Penny (ahem, NOT cozy)
38:58 - Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton
40:18 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams (Book 2) (Book 3)
41:20 - Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
41:31 - On What Grounds (The Coffeehouse Mysteries) by Cleo Coyle
41:43 - Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
42:09 - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (The Cat Who… Series) by Lillian Jackson Braun
42:24 - Agatha Raisin series and Hamish MacBeth series by M.C. Beaton
42:53 - The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax (Mrs. Polifax series) by Dorothy Gillman
43:05 - A Murder At the Vicarage (Miss Marple series) by Agatha Christie
43:24 - Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart
43:56 - Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
46:00 - @howjessreads on Instagram (check out her #sillysundayshelf collections!)
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
46:53 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
47:02 - Miss Jane by Brad Watson
47:09 - MomAdvice Book Club with Amy Allen Clark
47:18 - Amy’s Interview with the author, Brad Watson
49:39 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan