A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 7: A Trick of the Light

Currently Reading

Meredith Schwartz

Allthebooks, Books, Read, Arts, Bookpodcast, Reading, Whatshouldireadnext, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode.

As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes.

Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode.

2:41 - Putting the Book Into Context

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Published Aug 30, 2011 by Minotaur Books

4.32 rating on Goodreads

Seasonal setting - Summer (but to Roxanna June is not very summery in Canada so it might be considered Spring to some)

Book Awards: Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2012

Critic Reviews

Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book

11:15 - The Setup

13:03 - A Deeper Exploration

Setup and first paragraph

The pacing of the novel

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Louise Penny as Clara

Themes: “play between light and dark - chiaroscuro”, the topic of AA, “intimacy”

Clara and Peter’s relationship

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Back in Three Pines but doesn’t feel very cozy

Jean-Guy’s addiction

58:40 - Superlatives

Favorite Scene

Character MVP

Biggest loser

Best food description

Is this book skippable?

Favorite Quote

No spoilers this episode!

The next book will be The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	And the Hey bookish friends, welcome to A Journey to Three Pines. In this special limited edition series from the currently reading podcast, we're doing a deep dive exploration of each book in Louise Penny's Three Pines Mystery Series. We are going deep into it. We'll delve into the mysteries of
0:36.0	course, but we'll also talk about the characters we love so much, the
0:40.1	delightful village of Three Pines, and probably even chat about all the delicious meals they feast on, washed down with a bowl of Café O'Lé.
0:48.0	We'll discuss everything from the themes, Penny Explorers, to why we love Armandand Gamash and all the rest. I'm Meredith Munday Schwartz
0:55.8	the co-host of the currently reading podcast and the Three Pine series is my favorite book
1:00.8	series of all time. And I'm Roxanna Kasam Kara, a Canadian reader and show regular on the currently reading
1:06.7	podcast.
1:07.7	I'm making my way through the series and I'm loving it.
1:10.6	In today's episode, we'll focus on a trick of the light, the seventh in the series.
1:15.2	And yes, this series must absolutely must be read in order.
1:19.2	We should say at the top of this podcast series that it is for people who have read the book that we are diving into.
1:27.3	There will be spoilers about a trick of the light.
1:30.6	So if you haven't read it yet, you will want to press pause and come back. of the
1:35.0	light, so if you haven't read it yet, you will want to press pause and come back when you've got that reading in.
1:36.5	If we will be discussing the book in context of the rest of the series,
1:42.0	we will wait to the end of the
1:45.0	context of the series. We will wait to the end of the show to do that and we will let you know if we're going to spoil any other further parts of the series in that discussion
1:51.0	but that will happen more towards the end. All right Roxanna we are going to talk about
1:55.5	Check of the Light I can't believe we are in book number seven in the series.
2:00.7	I know I was thinking today, like, wow, we are making our way through the series.
2:06.3	And now everyone we read, we have all this extra context from the books before and after.
2:11.5	It's becoming more of a pleasure every book we read. the books
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Meredith Schwartz, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Meredith Schwartz and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.