Arts
Memories and nostalgia are a mainstay of fiction. Jenn Martin and Jennifer Wong talk about their favourite nostalgic moments and what happens when nostalgia looks not only backwards, but forwards. Then Jenn and Jenn discuss the book started their friendship, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. Authors and books mentioned in this episode Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Through the Children’s Gate by Adam Gopnik The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Tam Lin by Pamela Dean Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg About the B’nai Bagels by E.L. Konigsburg A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg The Second Mrs Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper by E.L. Konigsburg The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Reading suggestions for Lauren from Sydney Lauren loved: The Nancys by R. W. R. McDonald Jenn’s suggestions: Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Music by Blue Dot Sessions. New episode every Saturday. Join us on Facebook to chat more about books and to get your own reading suggestions from Jenn: facebook.com/friendsatlibrary