GSMC Book Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Prepare for Departure: Notes on a single mother, a misfit son, inevitable mortality and the enduring allure of frequent flyer miles
Mark Chesnut
Mark Chesnut joins me to talk about misfit childhoods, mother-son relationships, made-up airlines, and more in his memoir Prepare for Departure. Click the link to hear the interview! @MunderaMedia #AuthorInterview #GSMCPodcastNetwork https://t.co/2JtIK44H5P https://t.co/TRYaWIX53n
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good Time Girls: Voices from Beyond the Grave
Gail Marshall
Did you know that Kim Taylor Blakemore also writes as K.T. Blakemore? Check out our conversation about The Good Time Girls, first in her Wild-Willed Women of the West series! Click the link below to hear the episode. #AuthorInterview #GSMCPodcastNetwork https://t.co/PvTxPgWQ46 https://t.co/IREtiY1eqc
Paperback, 2020
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts
Gregory Erich Phillips
New episode! @by_gep joins me to talk about his latest novel, A Season in Lights, which follows main characters Cammie and Tom on their parallel journeys to NYC to achieve their dreams, Cammie in 2021, Tom in the 80s. #authorinterview #GregoryErichPhillips https://t.co/4YtvE2qcRT https://t.co/zICXU6DazF
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter
Timothy Miller
Sherlock Holmes, Vincent van Gogh, art fraud, historical mystery, and more! Find out how all of these things come together as @timotheemiller and I discuss his novel, The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter. #authorinterview #gsmcpodcastnetwork https://t.co/QXohWWYD4f https://t.co/Olh7NIv8ZI
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ghost Mark
Jp McLean
Excited to have @jpmcleanauthor back to talk about the 2nd book in her Dark Dreams series, Ghost Mark. If you are a fan of supernatural, strong but vulnerable women, multiple PoVs, then click the link to hear the interview! #AuthorInterview https://t.co/vne41YQtBz
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Summer Club
Katherine Dean Mazerov
A thriller with a dash of cozy, Summer Club by Katherine Dean Mazerov is a delightfully intense romp. Click the link below to listen to the interview. @KMazerov #authorinterview #thriller #SummerClub https://t.co/2B6D15ktBR https://t.co/pLCAT6J1om
Paperback, 2020
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cult of Dracula
Rich Davis
Do you love graphic novels? Reimagining's of Victorian horror? Then you definitely want to check out this interview with Rich Davis about the Cult of Dracula series! #AuthorInterview @CultComic #GSMCPodcastNetwork https://t.co/cHe50VKoZ8 https://t.co/3NWM5o6Arz
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If the Light Escapes: A Braving the Light Novel
Brenda Marie Smith
Brenda Marie Smith returns to discuss her new novel, If the Light Escapes, how to survive after an apocalypse, why there aren't more depictions of old women in sci fi & more! Click the link to listen. @bsmithnovelist #IfTheLightEscapes #AuthorInterview https://t.co/2Y78USFYJ5 https://t.co/91hnWRlFus
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Dogs of the Deadlands: Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards
Anthony McGowan
@anthony_mcgowan joins me to talk about Dogs of the Deadlands. Told from human and canine POVs, this action-packed book explores the time after Chernobyl when families had to leave and also leave their pets behind. Click the link to hear the interview! https://t.co/VL8GggCdbg https://t.co/dnMOHFBXb7
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Least Among Them: 29 Players, Their Brief Moments in the Big Leagues, and a Unique History of the New York Yankees
Paul Russell Semendinger
Paul Russell Semendinger returned to the podcast to talk about his new book, The Least Among Them, baseball, the awesomeness of librarians & teachers, The Yankees, writing, & a little more baseball. @DrPaulRSem #AuthorInterview #TheLeastAmongThem #Yankees https://t.co/2A8UlPhiQN https://t.co/Ns9UNgJogB
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book