Out of the Ordinary

May 26, 2021

Today's Out of the Ordinary Book:
Tasha Tudor's Garden by Tovah Martin

Key Conversation Points: 

• Lisa-Jo and Christie have mini panic attacks related to the admin of life
• What's lurking beneath Christie's garden (and you'd never know from her Instagram photos)
• What if you didn't have to deal with the business of...

May 19, 2021

Today's Out of the Ordinary Book:
Perelandra (Voyage to Venus), CS Lewis
This is the second book in Lewis's Space Trilogy 

Key Conversation Points: 

• Why this is the Narnia series, but for grownups
• Why CS Lewis called earth, "the silent planet" and what it means for us
• What if you could be a fly on the wall in the...

May 12, 2021

Today's Out of the Ordinary Books:
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, Karen Foxlee
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman     
Once Upon a River, Diane Setterfield
"Instructions" by Neil Gaiman (poem)
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

How the Books We Read Help Us Better...

May 5, 2021

Today's Out of the Ordinary Book:

All Fall Down by Ally Carter
Book 1 in the Embassy Row series

How the Books We Read Help Us Better Understand the Lives we Lead:

• Lisa-Jo is suspicious of her own point of view and here is why
• Christie asks what YA spy novels have to say about real, ordinary, grown up lives
• They dip...