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Today\u2019s guest is recently retired and is excited to have more time to read in this chapter of life. She wants to find good books and, in particular, long books that she can really sink into, but her library holds keep wreaking havoc with her well-laid plans.\u00a0When Amy Czuba wrote into our submissions page with this plea for help, we could not say no.<\/p>\n

After wrapping up her career as a global HR leader, Amy said goodbye to Massachusetts after living there for nearly 40 years and moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where she\u2019s now enjoying soaking up the history of her new hometown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amy is here today seeking ideas for those long books that she\u2019s craving. She would especially enjoy a book that teaches her about a topic she might not otherwise learn about. Amy also has a goal to read more books from her as-yet-unread pile of titles that she already owns, but she cannot resist a shiny new library book that\u2019s available for checkout at her local branch, and this is keeping her from reading through her owned titles. I have ideas to share.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d love to hear your library holds list strategies: please share those with Amy and all of us by leaving a comment below. <\/p>\n

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Our Fall Book Preview is happening soon<\/h2>\n

Our eighth annual Fall Book Preview releases on Thursday, September 17th to members of Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club and our Patreon All-Inclusive and Bonuses & Events tiers, plus our a la carte ticket holders.\u00a0The Fall Book Preview experience includes our 12-page digital PDF lookbook and an invitation to our live Unboxing event happening at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 17th. This year we are also offering a printed, delivered by snail mail lookbook that is available as an add-on to your Fall Book Preview experience order or as a standalone purchase.\u00a0This year\u2019s lookbook is different from past editions in several ways, including its format: it\u2019s 6 by 9 inches, 12 pages, and designed as a professionally printed, genuinely useful, delightful little zine kind of lookbook that will ship straight to your mailbox for around 10 bucks, including shipping. We hope the lower cost makes it easy to say yes to our lookbook this year.\u00a0 Mark your calendars, get your a la carte ticket, or just get more information at modernmrsdarcy.com\/fbp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this episode<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

\u2022 Project Hail Mary<\/em><\/a> by Andy Weir (Audio edition<\/a>)
\u2764 Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space<\/em><\/a> by Adam Higginbotham
\u2022 Midnight in Chernobyl<\/em><\/a> by Adam Higginbotham\u00a0
\u2764 The Bee Sting<\/em><\/a> by Paul Murray
\u2764 The Heart\u2019s Invisible Furies<\/em><\/a> by John Boyne
\u25b5 Jayber Crow<\/em><\/a> by Wendell Berry\u00a0
\u2022 Theo of Golden<\/em><\/a> by Allen Levi
\u2022 Whistler<\/em><\/a> by Ann Patchett
\u2022 The Calamity Club<\/em><\/a> by Kathryn Stockett
\u2022 John of John<\/em><\/a> by Douglas Stuart
\u2022 The Boys in the Boat<\/em><\/a> by Daniel James Brown
\u2022 Say Nothing<\/em><\/a> by Patrick Radden Keefe
\u2022 Everything Is Tuberculosis<\/em><\/a> by John Green
\u2022 Caste<\/em><\/a> by Isabel Wilkerson
\u2022 The Warmth of Other Suns<\/em><\/a> by Isabel Wilkerson
\u2022 Kin<\/em><\/a> by Tayari Jones
\u2022 These Heathens<\/em><\/a> by Mia McKenzie
\u2022 Middlemarch<\/em><\/a> by George Eliot\u00a0
\u2022 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel<\/em><\/a> by Jane Smiley
\u2022 Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a> by Jane Austen (Audio edition<\/a>)
\u2022 Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em><\/a> by David Grann
\u2022 The Lost City of Z<\/em><\/a> by David Grann
\u2022 Trash!<\/em><\/a> by Simon Pare-Poupart
\u2022 The High Cost of Free Parking<\/em><\/a> by Donald Shoup
\u2022 The Invention of Nature<\/em><\/a> by Andrea Wulf\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2764: Guest favorite book
\u25b5: A book they didn\u2019t love<\/p>\n

Also mentioned:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 An Unlikely Story (Plainville MA)<\/a>
\u2022 Parnassus First Editions Club<\/a>
<\/a>\u2022 Please support our sponsors.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n