The Odyssey Bookshop is one of the independent bookstores participating in WAMC's Roundtable on Tuesday mornings, just after the 10:00 news. WAMC can be heard at 90.3 FM. People from the Odyssey will be on about once every other month, talking with host Joe Donahue about our favorite books.

Joan Grenier and Emily Crowe's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 10/25/11 Listen

• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
• Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein by Julie Salamon
• The Marriage Plot: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar
• When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
• River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Marika McCoola's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 8/16/11 Listen

• The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Anya's Ghost by Vera Brogsol
• Chime by Franny Billingsley
• Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School by David Mackintosh
• Bad Island by Doug Tennapel
• Wiener Wolf by Jeff Crosby
• The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGow

Joan Grenier and Diana Gurske's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 6/21/11     Listen

• Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• We the Animals by Justin Torres
• Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
• In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
• Faith: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh
• "There are Things I Want You to Know" about Steig Larsson and Me by Eva Gabrielsson
• The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America by Hannah Nordhaus

Marika McCoola's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 4/12/11     Listen

• Manners Mash-Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior
• Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
• The Queen of France written by Tim Wadham, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
• Lost and Found by Shaun Tan
• Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg, illustrations by Matthew Cordell
• Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
• Fox and Hen Together by Beatrice Rodriguez
• Madeline at the White House by John Bemelmans Marciano
• The Book with a Hole by Herve Tullet
• The Crows of Pearblossom written by Aldous Huxley, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
• Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich
• Clink manufactured by Kelly DiPucchio & Matthew Myers
• The LOUD Book! written by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Renata Liwska

Joan Grenier and Emily Crowe's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 2/15/11    Listen

• The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
• Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
• Open City by Teju Cole
• The Three Weissmans of Wesport by Cathleen Schine
• The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok
• West of Here by Jonathan Evison
• American Uprising by Daniel Rasmussen
• The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
• Townie: A Memoir by Andrew Dubus III

• Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
• 100 Portraits by Barry Moser
• Atlantic by Simon Winchester
• Worth Dying For by Lee Child
• The Reversal by Michael Connelly
• Wine Trials 2011 by Robin Goldstein

• Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
• At Home by Bill Bryson
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar
• As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto edited by Joan Reardon
• 100 Portraits by Barry Moser
• The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks
• Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion by Mo Willems
• The Odious Ogre by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer
• Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Lane Smith
• Dust City by Robert Paul Weston
• Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
• Zombies Vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
• Shadow by Suzy Lee

Neil Novik's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 8/31/10

• Last Talk With Lola Faye by Thomas H. Cook
• The Reversal by Michael Connelly
• Inside Out by Barry Eisler
• 61 Hours by Lee Child
• The Shanghai Moon by S. J. Rozan
• Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
• Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C. J. Box
• Shatter by Michael Robotham
• Note by Note by Tricia Tunstall

Joan Grenier and Emily Crowe's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 7/20/10

• What Is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman
• The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
• The Spice Necklace: My Adventures in Caribbean Cooking, Eating, and Island Life by Ann Vanderhoof
• The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson
• Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet by Jonathan Green
• Put 'em up!: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook from Drying and Freezing to Canning and Pickling by Sherri Brooks Vinton
• Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers by Janet Fletchter
• The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food by Ben Hewitt
• The Quickening: A Novel by Michelle Hoover

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Book Reviews aired on WHMP by the staff of the Odyssey Bookshop

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Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz.  Listen.  Like what you heard?  Order here.

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen (Joan)  Listen  Like what you heard?  Order here.

The Architect of Flowers by William Lychack (Sophia)

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The Best American Short Stories 2010 edited by Richard Russo

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Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women by Candace Walsh (Sophia)

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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Nieves)

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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow (Emily Crowe)

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The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Joan)

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Madeline at the White House by John Bemelmans Marciano (Marika)

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The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok (Chrysler)

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The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall (Marika)

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The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman (Chrysler)

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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (Chrysler)

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Townie by Andre Dubus III (Joan)

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Viva Vegan! Two Hundred Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food Lovers  by Terry Hope Romero (Sophia)   

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White Cat by Holly Black (Marika)

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Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin (Emily Crowe)

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Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson (Sophia)

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Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (Chrysler)

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