Mini Ep. 37: More Than a Mini Episode with Elizabeth Chapman (@SamAndScout)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.7 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In Mini Episode 37, Elizabeth Chapman and I talk for so long about books that it can't technically be called a mini episode.
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Highlights
- How blogs, podcasts, and #bookstagram helped her go from not finishing her assigned reading in high school to becoming a high school English teacher.
- A type of book Elizabeth doesn't like to read that will surprise you given her profession.
- Books that are "mirrors" and "windows."
- Thoughts on Dopesick from a resident of the town where it takes place.
- Elizabeth's class's reaction to Dopesick.
- A novel being compared to Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and The Handmaid's Tale.
- A lengthy debate about Normal People by Sally Rooney.
- Speculation on why publishers and/or authors sometimes decide not to use quotation marks for dialogue.
- We debate the New Year's Eve release date for Elizabeth's upcoming release she's excited about.
Elizabeth's Book Recommendations
Two OLD Books She Loves
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[8:39]
- Dopesick by Beth Macy (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:30]
Two NEW Books She Loves
- Evvie Drake Starts Over
by Linda Holmes (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:40]
- The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett | Buy from Amazon [22:26]
One Book She DIDN'T Love
- Normal People by Sally Rooney (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [27:23]
One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About
- Such a Fun Age
Other Books Mentioned
- Columbine by Dave Cullen (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [17:59]
- The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
[21:23]
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding | Buy from Amazon [22:49]
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | Buy from Amazon [22:49]
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood | Buy from Amazon [22:49]
- The Power by Naomi Alderman | Buy from Amazon [26:53]
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas | Buy from Amazon [26:53]
- Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney | Buy from Amazon [32:12]
- That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam | Buy from Amazon [34:39]
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult | Buy from Amazon [34:39]
Other Links
- Elizabeth's blog: Teaching Sam and Scout
- Episode 34 with Sara Hildreth from @fictionmatters
- Episode 36 with Claire Gibson (Author of Beyond the Point)
About Elizabeth
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelps. |
| 0:12.1 | Each week I'm talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books |
| 0:17.0 | they love, one book they don't love, and one new release they're excited about. |
| 0:21.8 | We're going to get real, and sometimes a bit snarky, about all things books. |
| 0:26.4 | If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your reader friends, |
| 0:31.2 | subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, or get bonus podcast episodes by supporting the podcast on |
| 0:40.1 | Patreon. There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my Patreon page. Let's get rolling. |
| 0:47.5 | Hey everyone, welcome to a mini episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live. These episodes feature book bloggers |
| 0:53.6 | or Instagramers or regular readers |
| 0:55.9 | that apply to be on the show and focus solely on book recommendations in 20 minutes or less. |
| 1:01.5 | Today's guest is Elizabeth Chapman. She and her husband live in Roanoke, Virginia with their two |
| 1:06.4 | children and their golden retriever. She talks about books as part of her job as a high school English teacher, |
| 1:11.8 | and she also blogs about her family, her job, the blending of those two things, and of course, |
| 1:17.5 | her recent reads at Teaching Sam and Scout. Y'all, I know I just said that episodes are 20 minutes or |
| 1:24.0 | less, and normally I will edit these many episodes down to be 20 minutes or less. |
| 1:29.9 | However, this episode's going to be a little bit longer because I think that Elizabeth and I |
| 1:34.5 | had some really great discussion about various books as well as reading in general. And I think |
| 1:40.4 | that her perspective as a teacher added a lot to the discussion and I don't want to |
| 1:45.2 | cut a lot of it out. So this mini episode is going to be maybe three quarters of a full length |
| 1:51.1 | episode if that's okay with y'all. All right. Welcome, Elizabeth. Hi. Thanks for having me. I'm so |
| 1:57.0 | excited. Thanks so much for being here. We've got some awesome books to talk about today, |
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