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Book Picks - Odyssey Bookshop

This week's Book Picks come to us from Kinsey Foreman and Rachel Lapkin of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

List:
"The Parisian" by
"You Are Light" by Aaron Becker
"Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells" by Pico Iyer
"Another" by Christian Robinson
"Feast Your Eyes" by Myla Goldberg
"The Next Great Paulie Fink" by Ali Benjamin
"The Stranger Diaries" by Elly Griffiths
"Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution" by E.E. Charlton-Trujilo
"Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It" by Patricia Marx and Roz Chast
"There's Something About Sweetie" by Sandhya Menon

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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