Welcome back, my fellow creatives! Winter is the perfect time to curl up in a blanket with a pile of books, and I can think of no better place to find those books than at the local library.
It’s all too easy to just meander over to my favorite sections, though, and 2022 is the year to try new things! So, for this series on Story Cuppings, I am only going to pick books from my library’s New Release shelf by the entrance. Those books could be of any genre, fiction or nonfiction. If it’s on that shelf, it’s game for a podcast!
Today I plucked from the New Release shelf:
Nanny Dearest by Flora Collins
What does a reader experience in those opening pages, and what lessons can a writer take away in studying but a few paragraphs? Let’s find out!
If you do not see the audio player above, you can access the podcast here.
I’m debating if I’ll continue this theme into spring, or if I’ll check out books aligned to the reading-themed months. Blondie also wants to come back onto the podcast sometime, too, so maybe she’ll be a monthly co-conspirator. We’ll keep on trying new things, right? 🙂
And say, what’s on the New Release shelf at your own local library? I’d love to know!
Read on, share on, and write on, my friends!
Jean Lee's World 
of course you will keep doing new things. it is what I love about your blog. it always moves forward xxxxxxx
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Just trying my best, Sweet Shey. That’s all we can do, right? 🙂
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Indeed it is and you do x
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Shey is so right. It’s one of the reasons I love your blog as well. xxxxxxx
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Hello, Friend!!!!!! It’s so good to hear from you. I hope Hawklad and Captain Chaos are keeping you on your toes. xxxxx
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We wouldn’t want it any other way, would we. xxxxxxx
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Nope. 🙂 xxxxx
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Hello, Jean. I like to stroll thru the aisles of my local libraries, seeing what catches my eye. Many of the books I read are the results of this method. .
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I use that approach too. Works for me.
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I’m glad it does! It’s challenging me to read outside my comfort zone, that’s for sure. 🙂
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Aren’t those the happiest surprises? Right up there with flea market finds. 🙂
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Ooooh, sounds like a good one. Thanks, Pioneer Jean!
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I hope you dig it, Pam!
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This is such a neat idea, Jean. Next stop, the library!
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I’m loving these trips! The last couple of picks haven’t stayed in my TBR pile, but I am glad to be trying new things here. 🙂
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Always good to try new things… I enjoy your analyses of the first chapters you read, incites which are useful to us writers, never mind the quality of the book under scrutiny.
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I’m so glad you do, Chris. I do think I’ll be re-titling the podcast, but I want to keep doing this first chapter review setup. There’s just so much to learn in a few pages!
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