Episode #117: Favorites!
Welcome back! Grace and Alvina decide to keep this episode light with the fun topic of “favorites”. They share their favorite things from food to books to flowers.
Thank you to the new Patreon members!: Mary, Caroline, Rosemary, and Meenal! Meenal Patel is the author of “Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala. Meenal was featured in Grace’s “Asians, Everyday” exhibit at the Carle Museum. For just $1.00 per episode, you can become a Book Friends Forever patron and get all kinds of exclusive perks! There are still notebooks available that have artwork by Grace and a favorite quote from Alvina’s mom: ‘If it is to be, it is up to me.”
“How have you been?”
Alvina has been back to work after vacation and GETTING MARRIED! After they got married they stayed in Vermont for a couple of days and did a visiting friends and family tour. They visited Grace in Northampton, then went to a beach house in Connecticut that belonged to a friend, and then drove down to New Jersey where Stephen is from. Grace and Alvina discuss the origins of the term “Honeymoon”. Alvina and Stephen are heading to California in about three weeks to celebrate with her family.
Grace has been not getting enough sleep and is feeling a little off from that. Speaking of Imposter Syndrome, discussed in episode #115, Grace was experiencing those feelings lately while comparing her art work with others. The Association for Library Service to Children, released her Newbery logo for the Newbery Medal celebrating its 100th Anniversary.
Above is the key to Grace’s logo design! Each object in the image symbolizes a Newbery book—can you guess which one?
All the designs on t-shirts, etc for purchase here: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/ALAGraphics-Gift.../newbery100
Favorites!
Grace and Alvina ask each other, “What is your favorite…”
Color, food, dessert, ice cream flavor, snack, cereal, pie, book to read as a child, book to read as an adult, movie, TV show, vacation spot, artist, smell, saying/quote/advice, flower, and word. Find out all of their favorites and why!
Fortune Cookie Segment: Random Tips!
Grace and Alvina share some favorite tips they have learned recently from how to correct your posture to safely removing the pits from avocados.
“What are you grateful for?”
Grace is grateful for camps that Hazel is going to everyday so that she can focus on getting work done.
Alvina is grateful for the fact that she and Stephen can blend their families so comfortably and easily. She was happy to spend some time recently with Stephen’s mom, Penny Colman. Penny is the author of Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in World War II and Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts.
Thank you for tuning in! Thank you to Hachette Audio, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, and Alex at Pacyworks Studio for producing and editing this podcast. Be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about us. (Use the hashtag #bookfriendsforever.)
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Don’t Forget!
*If you’re a patron, don’t forget to check out this week’s Random Questions feed! Grace Lin with Elana K. Arnold answer, “What inanimate object do you wish you could eliminate from existence?” Click here to listen! If you’re not a patron already, join today!
