A Drink With a Friend

The Farthest Away Mountain & Kristin Lavransdatter

For the final episode of this season, Tsh chats with Abigail Favale, a fellow author and all-around great gal. She shares her childhood book—one Tsh has never heard of—and one she’s read as an adult that’s been on Tsh’s TBR list for absolute ever.* Abigail Favale’s new novel, Our Lady of the Sign* Abigail on Substack * The Farthest Away Mountain, by Lynne Reid Banks | Amazon* Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset | Amazon | Bookshop* Tsh Oxenreider’s newsletter, books, course, and trips This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe

Little Men & Till We Have Faces

Annelise Roberts is a wife and mom of six kids whom she homeschools while raising animals on their homestead in North Carolina. She shares with Tsh a beloved childhood book (that’s very fitting for her life right now), as well as one of the most mind-blowing works of fiction from C.S. Lewis.* Annelise Roberts’ newsletter, Writing While Washing* Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott | Amazon | Bookshop* Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis | Amazon | Bookshop* Tsh Oxenreider’s newsletter, books, course, and trips This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe

Narnia & A Prayer for Owen Meany

Shawn Smucker co-owns an independent bookshop in his town with his wife, and is also a long-time author of several books. He shares with Tsh a classic, perennial favorite childhood book, as well as one of his go-tos from adulthood.* Shawn Smucker’s newsletter, The Courage to Live It* His bookshop, Nooks* The Lion, the Witch, & The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis* A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving* Tsh Oxenreider’s newsletter, books, course, and trips This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe

Azkaban & The Lost Princess + The Wise Woman

Autumn Kern is a mom of four who releases bookish videos in a space called, delightfully enough, The Commonplace, and also hosts Common House, a space for homeschooling moms to get their bearings in the classical Charlotte Mason world. She shares with Tsh a favorite childhood book (one of Tsh’s favorites, too, though not from her own childhood) and a recent one from her adulthood (it’s one Tsh has never heard of).* Autumn Kern’s video channel, The Commonplace* Autumn’s mom encouragement space, Common House* Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling* The Lost Princess + The Wise Woman: A Parable, by George MacDonald* Tsh Oxenreider’s newsletter, books, course, and trips This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe

Out of the Ashes & The Pearl

Hadden Turner writes the well-loved Substack newsletter Over the Field and lives in northern England among farmers and apples. He shares with Tsh his choice of a favorite book from childhood (one she’d never heard of before), as well as a recent read for his choice of favorites as an adult.* Hadden’s Newsletter, Over the Field* Out of the Ashes, by Michael Morpurgo* The Pearl, by John Steinbeck* Tsh Oxenreider’s newsletter, books, course, and trips This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecommon.place/subscribe