{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690826ce47e14fea24e5a49a/6aa23dad156a52f880c27c6a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chapter Forty-Five: 37 Years Old With an Apartment in Paris","description":"<p>💬 Comment Question:</p><p>What book would you defend even if everyone else calls it strange?</p><p><br></p><p>Descend into madness with Middle Ground Books: After Hours as Chapter Forty-Five slips between mad science, cosmic horror, octopus intelligence, and fiction that eats away at memory.</p><p><br></p><p>Kate McKinnon’s \"The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science\" with weird kids, theatrical audiobook narration, Tim Burton vibes, and middle grade storytelling that still works once you’re grown.</p><p><br></p><p>Also on the shelf: \"At the Mountains of Madness\", \"The Mountain in the Sea\", \"There Is No Antimemetics Division\", Megan’s fantasy homework for ACOTAR, and books that lose something when they leave the page.</p><p><br></p><p>🔔 Subscribe:</p><p>Subscribe for more after hours book talk, bookstore life, and reader conversations from Middle Ground Books.</p><p><br></p><p>📚 Covered Pages</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon</li><li>At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft</li><li>The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler</li><li>Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt</li><li>Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky</li><li>The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews</li><li>There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm</li><li>The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty</li><li>Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher</li><li>ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas</li><li>Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas</li><li>The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</li><li>Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne</li><li>Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel</li><li>Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News by Bill Kurtis</li></ul><p><br></p><p>🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:</p><p>Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.</p><p><br></p><p>🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.</p><p>📖 Print and Ebooks</p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks</a></p><p><br></p><p>When ordering through Bookshop.org, make sure Middle Ground Books is selected as your bookstore. If Bookshop asks you to choose a bookstore, search for Middle Ground Books and select the Emporia, Kansas shop so your purchase supports the store.</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Audiobooks</p><p><a href=\"https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks</a></p><p><br></p><p>🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden Finds</p><p>Middle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&amp;title=&amp;keyisbn=&amp;order=pricedesc&amp;dealer_id=5343414\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&amp;title=&amp;keyisbn=&amp;order=pricedesc&amp;dealer_id=5343414</a></p><p><br></p><p>🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS. Browse in person, meet the team, grab a complimentary lemonade, and find your next great read.</p><p><br></p><p>📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.middlegroundbooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.middlegroundbooks.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨</p><p><br></p><p>🗓️ Store Events and News:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Page to Screen Book Club discusses Remarkably Bright Creatures on Thursday, September 10th at 5:30 PM.</li><li>Great American Market takes over downtown Emporia on Saturday, September 12th.</li><li>Storytime with Debra is Saturday, September 12th at 11:00 AM.</li><li>Sci-Fi Book Club meets Saturday, September 12th at 4:00 PM to discuss Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky.</li><li>Bill Kurtis will be at the Emporia Granada Theatre on Sunday, September 13th at 2:00 PM for a journalism panel with Max McCoy and Alec Loganbill. Middle Ground Books will be there selling copies of Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News.</li><li>Book Club meets Wednesday, September 16th at 5:30 PM to discuss The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:</p><p>Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by “Cosmic” Ron of Cosmic Atom Sound Studios.</p><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:ronald@cosmicatomsounds.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ronald@cosmicatomsounds.com</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cosmicatomsounds/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/cosmicatomsounds/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CosmicAtomSound\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/CosmicAtomSound</a></p><p>YouTube: ‪@CosmicAtomSounds‬</p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com</a></p>","author_name":"Middle Ground Books and Gifts LLC"}