Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
Book Cougars
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6 days ago
Welcome to Episode 242!
It’s great to know we have some risk takers among us! We dared readers of our monthly newsletter to sign up for the fourth quarter readalong prior to knowing what the book was and a handful of adventurous readers took us up on it. Thank you for trusting us, and listen to this episode to hear the announcement about the Q4 readalong book.
Some of the recent reads we discuss are:
GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING by Laurie Colwin
THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL by Eden Collinsworth
THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach
HOTEL SILENCE by Auđur Ava Ólafsdóttir (translated by Brian Fitzgibbon)
THE PECULIAR GIFT OF JULY by Ashley Ream
“The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” and “The Eyes” from THE GHOST STORIES OF EDITH WHARTON
“Luella Miller” from HORROR CLASSICS edited by Darryl Jones
“The Wind in the Rose-Bush” by Mary Wilkins Freeman from THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES edited by Michael Newton
In Biblio Adventures, we recap the fun talk we had with Patrons at our monthly Reading Salon about books we’ve wanted to throw across the room. Some of us resisted the urge, some did not. Emily watched a conversation about REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier between Ali Velshi and Jennifer Egan. We took a ride down to Bridgeport for lunch and a visit to Kindred Thoughts Books.
We also do a quick recap of our #BigBookSummer reads. We don’t go into great detail since we’ve talked about the books in recent episodes. If you’re interested, we did a more indepth recap on our YouTube channel. (www.youtube/BookCougars)
Big thanks to all of our patrons and financial donors who help keep the podcast going, and to those who spread the word and stay in touch with us. We literally couldn’t do this without you!
Happy Listening and Happy Reading!
https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode242
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Welcome to Episode 242!
It’s great to know we have some risk takers among us! We dared readers of our monthly newsletter to sign up for the fourth quarter readalong prior to knowing what the book was and a handful of adventurous readers took us up on it. Thank you for trusting us, and listen to this episode to hear the announcement about the Q4 readalong book.
Some of the recent reads we discuss are:
GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING by Laurie Colwin
THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL by Eden Collinsworth
THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach
HOTEL SILENCE by Auđur Ava Ólafsdóttir (translated by Brian Fitzgibbon)
THE PECULIAR GIFT OF JULY by Ashley Ream
“The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” and “The Eyes” from THE GHOST STORIES OF EDITH WHARTON
“Luella Miller” from HORROR CLASSICS edited by Darryl Jones
“The Wind in the Rose-Bush” by Mary Wilkins Freeman from THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES edited by Michael Newton
In Biblio Adventures, we recap the fun talk we had with Patrons at our monthly Reading Salon about books we’ve wanted to throw across the room. Some of us resisted the urge, some did not. Emily watched a conversation about REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier between Ali Velshi and Jennifer Egan. We took a ride down to Bridgeport for lunch and a visit to Kindred Thoughts Books.
We also do a quick recap of our #BigBookSummer reads. We don’t go into great detail since we’ve talked about the books in recent episodes. If you’re interested, we did a more indepth recap on our YouTube channel. (www.youtube/BookCougars)
Big thanks to all of our patrons and financial donors who help keep the podcast going, and to those who spread the word and stay in touch with us. We literally couldn’t do this without you!
Happy Listening and Happy Reading!
https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode242
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
1 hour 18 minutes 51 seconds
1 week ago
Episode 243 - Ghosts, Ghosts, and More Ghosts
Welcome to Episode 243!
Rejoice, it's officially fall, which we think is the best time of the year to read ghost stories! In the last episode, when we announced our fourth quarter readalong pick – HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE by Grady Hendrix – for our year of reading ghost stories, we said we’d share some of the other novels we considered in this episode, and we do, eight of them.
We also discuss the next story in THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES, ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ by M.R. James. We had mixed reactions to this one.
Chris finished and highly recommends THE GHOST STORIES OF EDITH WHARTON. Emily recommends a cozy ghost novel, the first in the Ruby and Cordelia Mystery, A NEW LEASE ON DEATH by Olivia Blacke. Other books we’ve just read include THE RAREST FRUIT by Gaëlle Bélem (translated by Hildegarde Serle), TO CATCH A THIEF by David Dodge, and ALL THE WORLD CAN HOLD by Jung Yun (pre-order now, release date 3/10/2026).
BiblioAdventures include the Barnard College archives, Book Culture, the Columbia University Bookstore, and The Hungarian Pastry Shop.
Thanks to this episode’s sponsor, Playback by Carla Malden.
Happy Listening and Happy Reading!
https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode243
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read
Welcome to Episode 242!
It’s great to know we have some risk takers among us! We dared readers of our monthly newsletter to sign up for the fourth quarter readalong prior to knowing what the book was and a handful of adventurous readers took us up on it. Thank you for trusting us, and listen to this episode to hear the announcement about the Q4 readalong book.
Some of the recent reads we discuss are:
GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING by Laurie Colwin
THE IMPROBABLE VICTORIA WOODHULL by Eden Collinsworth
THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach
HOTEL SILENCE by Auđur Ava Ólafsdóttir (translated by Brian Fitzgibbon)
THE PECULIAR GIFT OF JULY by Ashley Ream
“The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” and “The Eyes” from THE GHOST STORIES OF EDITH WHARTON
“Luella Miller” from HORROR CLASSICS edited by Darryl Jones
“The Wind in the Rose-Bush” by Mary Wilkins Freeman from THE PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES edited by Michael Newton
In Biblio Adventures, we recap the fun talk we had with Patrons at our monthly Reading Salon about books we’ve wanted to throw across the room. Some of us resisted the urge, some did not. Emily watched a conversation about REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier between Ali Velshi and Jennifer Egan. We took a ride down to Bridgeport for lunch and a visit to Kindred Thoughts Books.
We also do a quick recap of our #BigBookSummer reads. We don’t go into great detail since we’ve talked about the books in recent episodes. If you’re interested, we did a more indepth recap on our YouTube channel. (www.youtube/BookCougars)
Big thanks to all of our patrons and financial donors who help keep the podcast going, and to those who spread the word and stay in touch with us. We literally couldn’t do this without you!
Happy Listening and Happy Reading!
https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2025/episode242
