Season 7 - Ep. 158 Grant Permission to Read with guest Bethany Blanton
This week we chat with fellow book lover and grant writer Bethany Planton who runs a book club for fellow members of her profession. When she began her own consulting company, she met several other grant writers from around the country through a twitter chat, and they quickly realized that besides sharing a profession, they also shared a love of books. The Grant Pro Bookclub started 6 years ago and has always met virtually, long before the rest of us picked up on the idea when the COVID pandemic began.
We talk to Bethany about her undying love of Little Women and Louisa May Alcott, her role as a tourist ambassador for her city, and why it’s never too cold for ice cream.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
1- Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
2- On Writing by Stephen King
3- Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
4- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
5- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
6- The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis
7- After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis
8- Drowned Town by Jayne Moore Waldrop
9- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
10- Carol/The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
11- Louisa on the Front Lines by Samantha Seiple
12- May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century by Julia Dabbs
13- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
14- Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
15- Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
16- Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
17- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
18- Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
19- Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott
20- The Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
21- Behind a Mask by Louisa May Alcott
22- March by Geraldine Brooks
23- So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
24- Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells
25- Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
26- Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
27- The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
28- W is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
29- The Keeper: Growing Up in Girl Sports by Kelcey Parker Ervick
30- Odder by Katherine Applegate
31- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
32- The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
33- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Movies mentioned--
1- Little Women (directed by Greta Gerwig 2019)
2- Carol (2015)
3- The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999)