Steampunk Fantasies. Time Travel. Bug Hunting. A storage locker full of UFO-ology. It’s all on the latest Radio Book Club, where hosts Jessie Magleby, Andy Nettell, and Shari Zollinger discuss the latest titles grabbing their attention this month. Lots of reviews and recommendations on their July episode, as well as literary events and happenings in town.
Radio Book Club Mentions -
La Sal Mountain Elegies by Various
12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next. by Jeanette Winterson
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas Tallamy
Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of the Puget Sound by David Williams
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
A World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Amy Nezhukumatathil
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernandez
Summer Reading List -
Martin Marten by Brian Doyle
Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach
Unsolaced: Along the Way to All That Is by Gretel Ehrlich
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
More Time Travel Mentions -
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Outlander (book series) by Diana Gabaldon
Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson
The Time Machine by HG Wells
