Sarah is already in the airport when she decides to go to Ireland. The grief she doesn't talk about follows her despite her trying to run from it, but we follow her on her journey to learn how to heal. This week, we read The Story Collector by Evie Woods. It's whimsical and mysterious and a journey about healing and grief.

The women who walk in red have a special purpose: to bare children. In The Handmaid's Tale, we follow the life of Offred or June as she navigates a new world society where women can't read and are color coded by position.

Warning: this episode covers heavy topics, religion, politics, and discussions of rape. Please be careful and listen at your own discretion. Please be safe.

This week we complete the book and give The Goldfinch its final rating. This episode will be focused on the final part: Part Five.

This week we continue the reading of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. We will dive deeper into Theo's life and how upside down it has beome. This episode will be focused on Part Four.

This week we are continuing the Deep Dive. We delve into the new highs and lows of Theo's life in The Goldfinch by Dona Tartt. This episode will be focused on Part Two and Three.

Welcome to the first Deep Dive, where we are dissecting how Theo's life unfolds and crumbles and how he came to have a beautiful painting in his possession in The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. We are reading this book for the month, part by part. This episode will be focused on Part One.

For the last book of Michael's August picks we dive into the unforgivable crime of Humbert Humbert and his twisted fantasies in Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov.

In this 19th Century classic, we explore the simple life and thoughts about society and living beside the Walden Lake in Walden by Henry David Thoreau.