New releases, old favorites, and salty language on Radio Book Club

With so many great new releases and plenty of old favorites on the shelf, the crew at Radio Book Club have a lot to discuss. On their latest show, Jessie Magleby from the Grand County Public Library and Andy Nettell of Back of Beyond Books go head to head with reviews and mentions, conversing over the latest nonfiction and fiction grabbing their attention. Also included – the salacious language of England-based mystery novels. Tune in! 

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Jessie’s Reviews + Mentions

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

The Mary Russell Mysteries by Laurie R. King

Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

Future Home of the Living God: A Novel by Louise Erdrich

Tracks by Louise Erdrich

Devolution by Max Brooks

A Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

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Andy’s Reviews + Mentions

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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson

The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch by Miles Harvey

The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey

Lichens of North America by Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, and Stephen Sharnoff 

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake