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BOOKmarkable: adventures in reading
Are you a reader? Or just book curious? There is no doubt that reading can make life richer. But there are so many books, so little time, where do you even start?
Join me on a journey into the remarkable reading possibilities to be found in fiction and non-fiction alike to amplify your reading enjoyment!
Explore the magical adventure and intimate journey of reading. I will share my latest reading adventures and have conversations with other readers to learn about their great finds to help you find yours, with discussions and conversations about my (and your) latest, greatest reads.
Design: inShort Creative
Show theme: CS Jackson.
Episodes
![Episode 4: Conversation with Nena Rawdah of Cross & Crows bookstore](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18531899/podcast_cover_mayfinal_ugbm9s_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Episode 4: Conversation with Nena Rawdah of Cross & Crows bookstore
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Fiona Jackson shares her conversation with Nena Rawdah of East Vancouver's Cross & Crows bookstore and a few updates on her latest reads and whats on her next up TBR list.
Books mentioned on the show include:
All the works of Jane AustenShakespeare's play: Much Ado About Nothing, Othello and The Taming of the Shrew
Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem, "Pied Beauty"
Authors: E.M. Forster, George Eliot (pen name of Maryann Evans), David Chariandy, KJ Charles, Freja Marsk and Danny RamadanBroughtupsy by Christina CookeGlyph, Erasure and James by Percival EverettWorld of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster BujoldUnder the Whispering Door, House on the Cerulean Sea, Green Creek Trilogy (with Wolf Song) and In the Lives of PuppetsThe Captive Prince by C.S. PacatHither Page and The Missing Page, and We Could Be So GoodAuthor Gregory Ashe and his Hazard and Somerset seriesOld Babes in the Wood, short story collection by Margaret AtwoodThe Maniac by Benjamin LabatutIndian Horse by Richard WagameseFive Little Indians by Michelle GoodThe Inconvenient Indian by Thomas KingThere There by Tommy Orange
![Episode 3: More on my reading list, podcasts and conversations coming soon!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18531899/podcast_cover_mayfinal_ugbm9s_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 20, 2024
Episode 3: More on my reading list, podcasts and conversations coming soon!
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
It's me again with a book report (I did my homework and read Prophet Song!), an update on all my other reads, reflections on reading podcasts I love, and a promise for my conversations!
Here are the books I mention:
Prophet Song, by Paul LynchThe Maniac, by Benjamin Labatut Who also wrote the amazing When we cease to understand the world — recommend!Old Babes in the Wood - a short story collection by Margaret Atwood (great title!)The Deal, The Mistake and The Score, by Elle Kennedy (college hockey spicy romances)Hither Page and The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian (MM romance set in post-second-world-war EnglandAny Old Diamonds, by KJ Charles (MM romance set in 1890s England)Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca YarrosLove at First by Kate ClaybornBefore I let go by Kennedy Ryan
A few books on my TBR and holds list include:
Broughtupsy by Catherine Cooke - a coming of age of a Jamaican-Canadian.The Crown of Gilded Bones — third in the series by Jennifer L. Armentrout.Dandelion by Jamie Chai Run Liew — a coming of age of a Malaysian girl growing up in a small town in BC near the Rockies.Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross — next book in this YA fantasy series The Darkest White by Eric Biehm — non-fiction about a legendary snowboarder, Craig Kelly, who died in an avalanche in 2003.When Grumpy met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein — was recommended to me by a friend, a romance.King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild — history of Belgium's horrible history in the Congo in Africa.The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks — apparently another awesome romantasy series.
![Episode 2: Rambling through my reading](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18531899/bookmarkable-final_qiqhka_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 03, 2024
Episode 2: Rambling through my reading
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Welcome back to this solo session where I chat with you about a few highlights from my 60+ books read since January (plus a few from before).
Books mentioned:
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Yours Truly and Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
The Hazard and Somerset mysteries by Gregory Ashe
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The Maniac and When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
![Episode 1: Welcome to Bookmarkable: a conversation with Lorraine Smith](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18531899/podcast_cover_mayfinal_spmjny_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 03, 2024
Episode 1: Welcome to Bookmarkable: a conversation with Lorraine Smith
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Welcome to Bookmarkable: adventures in reading. Thank you for joining this podcast journey of discovery into the expanding universe of books.
This episode - a conversation with Lorraine Smith - was recorded September 8, 2023. Here are the books we discussed or mentioned:
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill Bryson
Babel, Yellowface, and The Poppy War RF Kuang
Candide, Voltaire
Choosing to Run: A Memoir, Des Linden
Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels
Outsider: An old man, a mountain and a search for a hidden past, Brent Popplewell
Star Wars – many authors; 1970s series by Alan Dean Foster
Sweetland and Galore Michael Crummey
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
Three against the wilderness Eric Collier