Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Susanne Bell, Senior Program Officer at Danville Regional Foundation, about setting realistic reading goals, recommending the right book, and a horrifying movie adaptation of one of our favorite childhood classics.
Susanne created a wonderful reference for the books she shared with us.
Childhood reads:
- “Make Way for Ducklings” by author and illustrator Robert McCloskey
- “Three Little Kittens” by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
- “Anne of Green Gables” or anything by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- “Ozma of Oz” by L. Frank Baum
Novels:
- “Excellent Women” by Barbara Pym
- “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler
- “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi
- “Should We Stay or Should We Go” by Lionel Shriver
Short Story Collections:
- “Light Action in the Caribbean” by Barry Lopez (especially “Construction of the Rachel”)
- “The Thing Around Your Neck” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “Fidelity” by Wendell Berry (especially “Pray Without Ceasing”)
Other titles we discuss:
- “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones
- "Commonwealth” by Anne Tyler
- “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
- “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie
