Just the Right Book! Podcast, hosted by Roxanne Coady of Connecticut’s acclaimed, award-winning, independent bookseller R.J. Julia, is now available on BookTrib.com, the premier website where readers meet writers. The podcast and BookTrib are both dedicated to helping readers find their next favorite read and this pairing will open up a world of great possibilities.
In this week’s episode of Just the Right Book!, Roxanne speaks to Michael Kindness, Penguin Random House sales rep and former Books on the Nightstand host. Roxanne has previously spoken to Michael Kindness on her show, as seen in Ep. 9, Ep. 20, and Ep. 32 of Just the Right Book! Coady said of him that Kindness “always has his finger on the pulse of what we should be reading.”
In this week’s episode, Kindness gives us a special inside look on some of the print and audio books that he is loving right now and wants to share with you, the listener! He also gets into a discussion with Coady about the recent controversy surrounding an early draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, in which Charlie Bucket was black. This is an episode you don’t want to miss! Follow Kindness on Twitter for many more updates.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Artemis by Andy Weir
The Martian by Andy Weir
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Immortalists by Chlie Benjamin
Audio Books in this episode:
Charlotte’s Web 50th Anniversary Retrospective Edition (Compact Disc) by E.B. White, E.B. White (read by)
The BFG by Roald Dahl, David Walliams (read by)
House of Names by Colm Toibin, Juliet Stevenson (read by), Charlie Anson (read by)
The Changeling by Victor D. Lavalle
