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The Roundtable

Book Picks - Battenkill Books

By Joe Donahue
Published March 31, 2026 at 11:33 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks comes from Connie Brooks and Suzanne Kulick who join us from Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY.

Connie:

  • Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchan Magan
  • True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--From Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Stamper
  • Yesteryear by Cato Claire Burke
  • How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself by Jenny Lawson

Suzanne:

  • The Last Ember by Lily Berlin Dodd
  • Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang
  • I, Medusa by Ayana Gray
  • The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
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