Today, Kaytee is visiting with Melissa Joulwan and Dave Humpreys, all the way from Prague to talk about Strong Sense of Place! We are discussing
Bookish Moments: “triple-dipping,” map adventures, and doubly broken reading
Current Reads: we’re visiting manor houses, the everglades, building a train, and seeing a refugee camp. Come with us.
Deep Dive: all things Strong Sense of Place with Mel and Dave
Book Presses: A feel-good classic, a boring book described in a new way (ha!), and a Nigerian treasure.
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!
New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!
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Bookish Moments of the Week:
1:43 - Amazon Kindle
3:22 - Haunted Voices by Various Authors
4:21 - Google Maps
4:51 - Looking for Transwonderland by Noo Wara-Siwa
Current Reads:
7:25 - Snow by John Banville (Melissa)
8:30 - Schitt’s Creek
8:37 - Agatha Christie novels
9:32 - Benjamin Black novels
11:47 - Nothing Like it in the World by Stephen Ambrose (Dave)
11:53 - Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
15:23 - Lobizona by Romina Garber (Kaytee)
18:34 - The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford (Melissa)
21:31 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
22:45 - Adventures in Drawing by Scott Campbell (Dave)
22:56 - The Hug Machine by Scott Campbell
25:01 - When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson (Kaytee)
26:31 - Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Deep Dive - Strong Sense of Place:
27:21 - Strong Sense of Place website
30:18 - Cookbook author, you say? Well Fed by Melissa Joulwan and David Humphreys
31:38 - SSOP Circus Episode
31:40 - SSOP Sea Episode
32:52 - Moby Dick by Herman Melville
33:36 - Weekend Getaway landing page
35:13 - SSOP Sweden Episode
35:17 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman
36:51 - SSOP Prague podcast episode
40:37 - Prague books roundup
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
42:58 - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (Melissa)
45:26 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Dave)
50:07 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (Kaytee)
50:04 - Kaytee’s minisode with Abi
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