Episode 093: Books with a strong sense of location / place.       Jamie and Tami share two pic’s with you - ***The Great Believers*** by Rebecca Makkai and ***In a Sunburned Country*** by Bill Bryson

      Episode 093: Books with great Locations  Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf          Today’s episode is about two books, one fiction and one nonfiction, that have great locations! Jamie read ***The Great Believers*** by Rebecca Makkai set in Chicago and Paris. Tami listened to ***In a Sunburned Country*** by Bill Bryson. We think you’ll love our talk these two books!

What are we watching? Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing - streaming

The Professor and the Madman on Netflix

Fleabag on Prime

Dallas Housewives on Peacock

Chicago Sites Mentioned Chicago Bean

Wrigleyville

Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

John Hancock Tower

Paris Sites Mentioned Bridge of Locks

Australian Sites Mentioned Uluru

Bondi Beach Australian Lifeguards - World Famous

      Chicago Bean

        Wrigleyville

        Chicago Museum of COnt

          875 N. Michigan Ave - formerly The John Hancock Building

        Locks on the Pont des Arts Bridge - removed in 2015 due to excess weight stressing the bridge.

          Uluru, Australia

        Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

     **Books Mentioned** ***Travels with Charley*** by John Steinbeck

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 years Away by Bill Bryson

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson

Lonely Planet Travel Guides

Fodor’s Travel Guides

Media Mentioned A Walk in the Woods Movie