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Book Picks - Bennington Bookshop

By Joe Donahue

Published August 22, 2023 at 11:14 AM EDT

Book covers for titles listed on this post.

This week's Book Picks come from owner of Bennington Bookshop, Phil Lewis.

List:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Chenneville by Paulette Giles
Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker
Touch by Olaf Olafsson

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.

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