Episode Details

Episode 270 is another 10th episode, which means it's time for another giveaway! In the spirit of this being our year of reading Page-to-Screen adaptations, one lucky newsletter subscriber will receive movie-cover-related copies of Practical Magic 2 by Alice Hoffman, Dog Stars by Peter Heller, and Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko. The winner will be drawn on 10/15, so you have until then to subscribe if you haven’t yet, and if you are already a subscriber, you don’t have to do anything (other than–in the spirit of Alice Hoffman–cast a Pick Me Spell). This was our first time recording a regular episode since early September, so we talk about A LOT of books. We had some excellent in-person and online Biblio Adventures including: - Honest Dog Books hosted Blair Braverman in conversation with Dr. Jen Goldbeck about her book Think Like a Dog: How Positive Psychology Can Help Your Dog Thrive. - An Unlikely Story Bookstore hosted Laura Zigman in conversation with Alice Hoffman about her new novel The Witches of Cambridge. - The National Willa Cather Center invited Richard North Smith to discuss My Mortal Enemy. - The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library welcomed Terry Tempest Williams for a talk on Rachel Carson's influence on her work. This was in connection with their exhibition, "Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision. Many thanks to this episode’s sponsor: Motherhood, and the Places Between by Jacqueline Kolosov. Thanks so much for listening, and we wish you lots of Happy Reading! https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode270