Dawn and I, along with readers Kipi and Jean, had a very interesting chat with Katherine Center about her book Everyone is Beautiful. Katherine said that she's done a lot of bookclubs, and you know how most of the time people end up sitting around eating chocolate cake instead of actually discussing the book? Well, she forgot that she was dealing with true booklovers here, and not just a bunch of women who were looking for an excuse to get out of the house and eat snacks that they didn't have to share. We tackled the issues of motherhood, the experience of the woman through the decades, marriage, and got lots of insider information about the process of writing. It's about 50 minutes long, and I hope you'll listen. If you asked a question as you linked up to ...
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Les Miserables Podcast
What do you do when you have some really smart and wise women on your team? You shut up and listen to them, that's what. Dawn and Lisa spoke very articulately and passionately in our bookchat in conjunction with the Classics Bookclub on Les Miserables, so please have a listen. We focused on the relationship between Jean Valjean and Javert. We also stumbled over our French (I did anyway), so if anything you can laugh at us (me). It ends with us discussing the application of this study of the the law versus mercy in regards to our parenting. We had some technical difficulties, so some of it is a bit garbled and we had to cut some of it out completely, but hang in there -- it clears up. Feel free to leave comments on your thoughts of our discussion, and other ...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Podcast
I don't know how many of you listened to the podcast I did with Monica Bearden, RD, in conjunction with reviewing her Baby Fat Diet book. When I announced the post here I also asked if you'd want to hear podcasts here on 5 Minutes for Books, and if so, on what topics. I didn't get much response, so I decided we'd record a few and see how it goes. Our first was an attempt to have a discussion about our February selection of the Classics Bookclub. We discussed memoir in general and a few of our thoughts about this one in particular. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was a difficult read, and perhaps in hindsight having three white girls discuss the memoir of an African American woman from the rural south in the 1930's was a bad idea. Race is a tough topic ...
My First Podcast
Last week I reviewed the Baby Fat Diet book on 5 Minutes for Mom (I apparently forgot to link over to it from this site, but I really enjoyed the practical information presented in a way tailored to the specific needs of moms, be they brand-new moms or carpooling grade-school moms like me, so check it out). Do you want to hear my first-ever podcast? Click over to 5 Minutes for Mom and take 8 minutes to listen to my interview with registered dietician and Baby Fat Diet co-author Monica Bearden. And that leads me to a question for you: Would you be interested in regular (or semi-regular) 5 Minutes for Books podcasts? They would be registered at itunes, so you could subscribe, or you could just listen to them on this site. Some ideas I've had are Classics Bookclub discussions, author interviews which could be posted in ...
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