Matthew Dicks is the ultimate Renaissance Man. An internationally bestselling author, elementary school teacher, blogger and podcaster, just to name a few...The rock opera writing story-teller took time out of his busy schedule to sit down with Roxanne and bring YOU their top book recommendations.
Matthew’s Blog: http://www.matthewdicks.com/
Books in this episode:
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend By Matthew Dicks
Nutshell By Ian McEwan
If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?": Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times By Gina Barreca
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives By Tim Harford
Today Will Be Different By Maria Semple
The Nix By Nathan Hill
My Name Is Lucy Barton By Elizabeth Strout
You'll Grow Out of It By Jessi Klein
Born to Run By Bruce Springsteen
Upstream: Selected Essays By Mary Oliver
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders By Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
Jacques Pepin is a world-renowned chef, a former columnist for the New York Times and the author of more than two dozen cookbooks. The world's most famous cooking teacher stopped by RJ Julia to share HIS best holiday cooking tips and you'll never believe what he tells Roxanne about his own cooking mistakes. Also in this episode, hear some of Roxanne's picks for the best books of 2016.
Books in this episode:
Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul in the Kitchen By Jacques Pepin
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen By Jacques Pepin
A French Chef Cooks at Home By Jacques Pepin
Cuisine Economique By Jacques Pepin
Short-Cut Cook: Make Simple Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort By Jacques Pepin
Jacques Pepin’s The Art of Cooking By Jacques Pepin
Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way By Jacques Pepin
Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way By Jacques Pepin
La Methode: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking By Jacques Pepin
The Underground Railroad By Colson Whitehead
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City By Matthew Desmond
The Association of Small Bombs By Karan Mahajan
In the Darkroom By Susan Faludi
Do Not Say We Have Nothing By Madeline Thien
Nutshell By Ian McEwan
Upstream: Selected Essays By Mary Oliver
Maria Semple stops by Just the Right Book to chat about her new best-selling comic novel, "Today Will Be Different." The screenwriter-turned-author tells Roxanne why her daughter calls her "mad mommy" and dishes on the rumored A-list actress who might play one of her characters in a movie. Also in this episode, some books Roxanne is loving right now.
THE CORRECTIONS BY JONATHAN FRAZEN
THE RED CAR BY MARCY DEMANSKY
CITIZEN VINCE BY JESS WALTER
DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY BY BILL CLEGG
FATES AND FURIES BY LAUREN GROFF
A CHILD’S ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY BY ELIZABETH HAUGE SWORD
Liberty Hardy, one half of the dynamic duo that makes up the popular Book Riot podcast, "All the Books" is teaming up with Roxanne Coady to help you choose the best books for everyone on your holiday list! The vivacious velocireader also gives Roxanne her best tips and tricks of the podcast trade in this must-hear episode.
Bunnicula By Deborah Howe and James Howe
The One-in-a-Million Boy By Monica Wood
Crooked Heart By Lissa Evans
Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders By Julianna Baggott
Do Not Say We Have Nothing By Madeline Thien
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders By Dylan Thuras, Ella Morton and Joshua Foer
Dorie's Cookies By Dorie Greenspan
Phoebe and Her Unicorn By Dana Simpson
10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy By Heather Ann Thompson
The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters By Laura Thompson
Jellicoe Road By Melina Marchetta
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil By Melina Marchetta
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James Patterson may hold the Guinness world record for the most #1 New York Times best-sellers, but it's his latest passion project that has him buzzing. The New York native came straight to Just the Right Book to tell Roxanne all about the latest books on his children's imprint Jimmy Patterson. Also in this episode, another installment of "What's on the Front Table" with RJ Julia's Head Book Buyer, Andrew Brennan.
Give Please a Chance By Bill O’Reilly and James Patterson
Word of Mouse By James Patterson
Forever Words: The Unknown Poems By Johnny Cash
At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk's Life By Thich Nhat Hahn
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate Discoveries from a Secret World By Peter Wohlleben
Going Once: 250 Years of Culture, Taste and Collecting at Christie's
The Secret History of Twin Peaks By Mark Frost
Luvvie Ajayi, author of "I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual" counts Oprah, Bono and Shonda Rhimes among her biggest fans. The comic phenom opens up to Roxanne about meeting the top media queens in the biz, moving to the US from Nigeria and how she is helping raise women's awareness for HIV/AIDS. Also in this episode, our very first installment of "What's on the Front Table," a segment about that coveted spot right in front of independent bookstores. Lissa Muscatine, former speech writer for Hillary Clinton and current owner of the Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC tells Roxanne what's on their front table.
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual By Luvvie Ajayi
The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke By Angela Nissel
We Should All Be Feminists By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hillbilly Elegy By J.D. Vance
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right By Arlie Russell Hochschild
The Fight to Vote By Michael Waldman
Swing Time By Zadie Smith
Luvvie's blog: http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/
Luvvie's foundation: http://www.theredpumpproject.org/
Award-winning author Amy Bloom interviews Roxanne Coady, owner of the famous independent bookstore RJ Julia in Madison, CT for the introductory episode of Just the Right Book. The "Lucky Us" author gets Roxanne to dish on everything from her childhood, to her latest venture hosting a new literary podcast and of course, books...