What You Should Read: Recent Episodes
Kelly Hager, Julia Hall, Rachael Hall
Friends Julia, Kelly, and Rachael discuss the newest books, trends and their never-ending TBR stacks. There will be laughs, great recommendations, and possibly (definitely) some spoilers. Tune in weekly and find out why these three have entirely ruined their dispositions with books. Want us to let you know what YOU should read? Fill out our google form and we'll recommend something to you on the podcast! https://forms.gle/QkN4uFtBTjnsGom88
Hi, Should-Heads! We're very excited to share some upcoming spring releases with you. As always, we're joined by Kathy Coe, who always knows about the best ones.
Book News:
People continue to challenge Nora Roberts
The Thought of You movie sounds amazing
Our most anticipated spring reads:
Kathy: Missing White Woman (Kellye Garrett), Honey (Isabel Banta), The One Who Got Away With Murder (Trish Lundy), The Husbands (Holly Gramazio) and Such a Bad Influence (Olivia Muenter).
Kelly: You Like it Darker (Stephen King), Funny Story (Emily Henry), The Ballad of Darcy and Russell (Morgan Matson), Kill Her Twice (Stacey Lee) and The House That Horror Built (Christina Henry).
Rachael: Just For the Summer (Abby Jimenez), The Paris Novel (Ruth Reichl), Honey Witch (Sydney J. Shields), April May June July (Alison B. Hart) and Lies and Weddings (Kevin Kwan).
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Hello, Should-Heads. It’s been a while and we’re happy to be back. We missed you!
We’ve got horrible news first, though. Julia, our cohost, passed away in January. We needed to take some time to honor her and also decide to do with the show.
We’ve got some answers for you.
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It’s the holiday season, Should-Heads! Here are the books we’re most grateful for.
LINKS:
P!nk Donates Banned Books in Florida: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1213317663/pink-gives-away-2-000-banned-books-at-florida-concerts
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Julia: Big Summer (Jennifer Weiner), Everything Happens For a Reason: And other Lies I've Loved (Kate Bowler) and Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell)
Kelly: Somewhere Beyond the Sea (TJ Klune), Somehow: Thoughts on Love (Anne Lamott) and The Collected Regrets of Clover (Mikki Brammer)
Rachael: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery), The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things (Carolyn Mackler) and Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're back and what better topic to return with than the memoir that everyone's talking about? Kendell joins us to discuss who's the biggest villain in the story and the things that surprised us most. Major spoiler alerts for this one!
BOOK NEWS LINKS:
LeVar Burton Hosts the National Book Awards
Scholastic and Diverse Books
Millie Bobby Brown and Ghostwriters
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Hi, Should-Heads! We’ve got an…interesting episode for you today! Kelly shares some life updates and the nonfiction that’s getting her through gestures all this.
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Should-heads, summer's almost over. Starbucks is selling pumpkin spice everything and Kelly's starting to think about her Halloween viewing choices. We've got the books you need to preorder or request from the library.
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Kathy: The Kingdom of Sweets (Erika Johansen), The Good Part (Sophie Cousens), Good Girls Don’t Die (Christina Henry), Midnight is the Darkest Hour (Ashley Winstead) and Stars in Your Eyes (Kacen Callender)
Julia: The Breakaway (Jennifer Weiner), Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Imposter Syndrome (Aparna Nancherla), The Bell in the Fog (Lev AC Rosen), The Woman in Me (Britney Spears) and Cleat Cute (Meryl Wilsner)
Kelly: Down the Hill (Susan Hendricks), Plan A (Deb Caletti), Becoming the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar), There's No Way I'd Die First (Lisa Springer) and In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child (Kim Cross)
Rachael: The Vaster Wilds (Lauren Groff), Bookshops and Bone Dust (Travis Baldree), The Future (Naomi Alderman), The Fraud (Zadie Smith) and The Burnout (Sophie Kinsella)
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How do you feel about outer space, Shouldheads? Are you like Julia, where it's fascinating and something you want to know more about? Or are you like Kelly, where it's one of the scariest things to ponder?
No matter where you fall in the debate, we've got some recommendations for you!
BOOKS:
Julia: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Becky Chambers), The Martian (Andy Weir) and Meet Me In Another Life (Catriona Silvey)
Kelly: The Sound of Stars (Alechia Dow), Clues to the Universe (Christina Li) and We Dream of Space (Erin Entrada Kelly).
Rachael: An Unkindness of Ghosts (Rivers Solomon), The Illuminae Files (Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff) and Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
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Hi, Should-Heads! Have you always wanted to try reading epic fantasy but don't know where to start? Or maybe you already like it but aren't sure of where to go next? Or possibly you have no idea because you're not even sure what that IS? Either way, don't worry: Rachael has come with suggestions.
LINKS MENTIONED:
Henrietta Lacks' family settles with biotech firm
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree), The Green Rider series (Kristen Britain), the Graceling series (Kristin Cashore), the Lord of the Rings series (J.R.R. Tolkien), the Song of Ice and Fire series (George R.R. Martin), the Poppy War trilogy (R.F. Kuang), the Mirror Visitor quartet (Christelle Dabos) and the Mistborn series (Brandon Sanderson).
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're back and we have a real treat for you today. Michael Koryta is back to discuss books set in Maine (including his newest, An Honest Man, which is out today!).
Book news:
Britney's Book
PRH Layoffs and Buyouts
Harper Collins Layoffs
Recommendations:
Michael Koryta: Bag of Bones (Stephen King), When We Were the Kennedys (Monica Wood) and Into the Raging Sea (Rachel Slade)
Julia: Evvie Drake Starts Over (Linda Holmes) and Town in a Blueberry Jam (B.B. Haywood)
Rachael: Night of the Living Rez (Morgan Talty) and Maine (J. Courtney Sullivan)
Kelly: An Honest Man (Michael Koryta)
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Hi, Should-Heads! It's summer, our favorite season! Time for fun, hopefully vacations and a lot of reading. We've got some of our favorites to discuss with you.
NOTE: We are on vacation and will return with more books and fun in July!
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Julia: Before She Finds Me (Heather Chavez), Real Love (Rachel Lindsay) and The Seven Year Slip (Ashley Poston)
Kelly: Summer Rental (Rektok Ross), The Only One Left (Riley Sager), Happy Place (Emily Henry), For Never & Always (Helena Greer), The Hotel Nantucket (Elin Hilderbrand) and The Breakaway (Jennifer Weiner)
Rachael: The Cartographers (Peng Shepherd), Romantic Comedy (Curtis Sittenfeld) and Fellowship Point (Alice Elliott Dark)
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Hello, Should-Heads! Who doesn't love a good time-related story? Time loops, jumps, travel...we're in for any and all of them! Here are some of our favorites (and one we can't wait to read).
Julia: The Rehearsals (Annette Christie), This Time Tomorrow (Emma Straub), Eternal Life (Dara Horn), The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V. E. Schwab), Oona Out of Order (Margarita Montimore) and Off to Be the Wizard (Scott Meyer)
Kelly: Throwback (Maurene Goo), Twice in a Lifetime (Melissa Baron) and The Good Part (Sophie Cousens)
Rachael: Everything Matters (Ron Currie Jr.), Before I Fall (Lauren Oliver) and The Two Lives of Lydia Bird (Josie Silver)
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Should-Heads, it's a little known fact but we love detective stories! Whether it's the thrill of trying to solve a mystery or the fun of spending thousands of pages with the same characters, there's not much better. In this episode we recommend some of our favorites (after we get through our absolutely unhinged recent acquisitions this week.)
Book News:
Illinois bans book bans (finally some good news!)
Recommendations:
Dorian: The Lavender House (AC Rosen), The Big Book of Female Detectives
Julia: Roderick Alleyn (Ngaio Marsh), Finlay Donovan is Killing It (Elle Cosimano)
Kelly: VI Warshawski (Sara Paretsky), Kinsey Millhone (Sue Grafton), A Kind of Death (Josh Aterovis)
Rachael: Mike Bowditch (Paul Doiron), Waverly Place duology (Sara Donati)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're back to give you more recommendations based on your sign. This time, we discuss Virgo, Pisces and Gemini. (SPOILER: There is some Gemini slander)
Book News:
Tennessee goes after book publishers, maybe
Recommendations:
Julia (Virgo): How to Be Perfect (Michael Schur), Oh My God What a Complete Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen) and Will (Will Smith)
Kelly (Gemini): Reggie & Delilah’s Year of Failing (Elise Bryant), The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune) this is impulsive and If I See You Again Tomorrow (Robbie Couch)
Rachael (Pisces): Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery), Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas) and The Bonesetter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
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Hi, Should-Heads! How are you doing with all...this? If you're struggling, we get it and we're here with recs for you! NOTE: This episode deals with grief, anxiety, self-harm, depression and, while we don't delve too deeply into any of them, they are mentioned.
Book News:
Missouri may defund libraries
Mental Health recommendations:
Julia: Adelaide (Genevieve Wheeler), Signal Fires (Dani Shapiro), Maame (Jessica George) and Darius the Great is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
Kelly: In Sight of Stars (Gae Polisner), Chaos Theory (Nic Stone), Broken in the Best Possible Way (Jenny Lawson) and Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Rachael: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman), Wild (Cheryl Strayed), Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple), The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're discussing Meredith, Alone in our latest book club episode. Julia picked it and we delve into the story with sidebars into self-care, our housebound survival kits and much more.
We also share our favorite reads of the year so far.
NOTE: Meredith, Alone contains depictions of sexual assault, self-harm and abuse. Also, there are spoilers in this episode.
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It's not exactly common knowledge, Should-Heads, but we love books about sports. We may not be huge fans of sports itself, but books about them? Yes, please!
Links mentioned:
Roald Dahl books updated...sort of
Our interview with Adib Khorram
Our other interview with Adib Khorram
Our interview with Alena Dillon
Books mentioned:
Julia: Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid), Tell the Rest (Lucy Jane Bledsoe) and The Happiest Girl in the World (Alena Dillon)
Kelly: The Bridge From Me to You (Lisa Schroeder), Home Field Advantage (Dahlia Adler) and She Drives Me Crazy (Kelly Quindlen)
Rachael: Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver), Bear Town (Fredrik Backman) and Darius the Great is Not Okay and Darius the Great Deserves Better (Adib Khorram)
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Hear ye hear ye! Today we're discussing Spare, Prince Harry's memoir, and we are joined once again by our good friend Kendell! We break down all the juicy, and maybe not super surprising, moments of this royal reveal all. Who came off the worst? Were there any highlights? Did we even need this book? We get into it all!
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Hi, Should-Heads! Our hiatus is over and we want to let you know what's ahead for us and the podcast. We discuss our upcoming episodes and our semi-embarrassing amount of recent acquisitions.
If you've got book recommendations, topic ideas or want to come on the podcast, email or contact us on social media!
Let the fun begin!
LINKS MENTIONED:
Harper Collins Layoffs
Ron DeSantis Memoir
Emily Movie
Jen DeLuca Book Deal
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Okay, Should-Heads, the news of our hiatus was maybe a little over-exaggerated. (In our defense, the book world got a little busy and we had to discuss it.) It looks like 2023 is going to be quite the dramatic year!
Links mentioned:
Romeo & Juliet lawsuit
Harper Collins strike update
Susan Meachin
Bookly
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Can you believe it's 2023, Should-Heads? New year, new books, same unwieldy TBRs. Our friends Kathy and Bekki are here to discuss our most anticipated 2023 reads of the new year! (We've also each got some reading goals.)
What books are you most excited for? Let us know!
(NOTE: We're also taking a few weeks off, but plan to be back in February to discuss how these goals are going.)
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Once again we are stopping by the Movies and a Meal podcast to discuss holiday adaptations. This year we are reviewing three film adaptations of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." It's become one of our favorite holiday traditions and we hope you enjoy!
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It’s almost 2023 and that means it’s time to reflect on the best books we read this year. As an added bonus, we’re joined by our friends Kathy and Bekki. Between the five of us, we’ll help you with last minute book gifts or how to spend any gift cards you’ll get.
You’re welcome, Should-Heads.
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Should-Heads, we had the best time discussing the Well Met series with its author, Jen DeLuca! Her next book, Well Traveled, is out on December 6 and you don’t want to miss this one!
We also discuss Ren Faire, her writing process and, of course, got some great recommendations. If you’re in the mood for a sweet, delightful romance, absolutely check these books out.
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Website: https://www.jendeluca.com/
Twitter: @jaydee_ell
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Should-Heads, we've got a real treat for you today. We're joined by Helena Greer to discuss her debut novel, Season of Love! It's a rom-com with serious undertones about processing trauma but is also the sweetest, loveliest story. It'll definitely put you in the holiday spirit and is a perfect way to (as the tagline says) "make the Yuletide gay."
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Should-Heads, we're back with more sign-specific book recs! This time, we're discussing our moon signs and our friend Kendell is back to help us choose the best books for our moon signs (Scorpio, Sagitarius and Capricorn). We're now half done with the Zodiac, but we'll get to everyone.
Links Mentioned:
DOJ Shuts Down Proposed Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger
Harper Collins Union Members on Strike
Kelly/Scorpio:
Election (Tom Perrotta), When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill) and Mistakes Were Made (Meryl Wilsner)
Julia/Sagittarius:
Honey & Spice (Bolu Babalola), Killers of a Certain Age (Deanna Raybourn) and Finlay Donovan is Killing It (Elle Cosimano)
Rachael/Capricorn:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin), A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman) and Their Eyes Are Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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Tis the damn season, Should-Heads! We're here with recommendations of holiday reads and an inaugural segment of what you should watch/listen to! We've got picks (and a few we're excited for) to get you in the holiday spirit.
Holiday Recommendations:
Julia: Landline and If the Fates Allow (Rainbow Rowell), Wrapped Up in You (Talia Hibbert) and Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (the column)
Kelly: A Merry Little Meet Cute (Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone), Season of Love (Helena Greer), Kiss Her Once For Me (Alison Cochrun)
Rachael: Christmas Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella), The Matzah Ball (Jean Meltzer) and The Holiday Swap (Maggie Knox)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're excited to chat with Carolyn Prusa, the debut author of None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive! (Out November 22). It's a lighthearted novel about serious topics. Sidebar topics include elections, Stacey Abrams, Baltimore and, of course, Prince.
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're here to discuss nonfiction, specifically the kind that makes us smarter. (We love celeb memoirs as much as the next person but we also enjoy books that make us better, more informed humans.)
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Discussion links:
National Book Award finalists
Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)
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Hi, Should-heads! We've got a confession: for the first time, we're all reading less frequently than usual. While the amount of books read is not a referendum on our worth as people, readers or podcasters, it's still a marked change from our usual habits. And whether it's for good reasons or bad, it's still different. So we discuss what we're (not) reading and what we hope to finish before the end of the year. Recommendations welcome!
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Discussion links:
Big 5 ebook/audio terms
Authors, advocacy group wants fair terms for libraries
Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)
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Should-Heads, we're well into September now and that means that it's back to school season. So sharpen your pencils, grab your Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper and get ready to hit the books!
Links Mentioned:
Nora Roberts Saves the Day
Interview with Liza Wiemer
Look for (most of) the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WYSR at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one.
Back to School Books:
Julia: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark), The Testing Trilogy (Joelle Charbonneau) and Teacher Man (Frank McCourt)
Kelly: Moxie (Jennifer Mathieu), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky), Sideways Stories From Wayside School (Louis Sachar) and The Assignment (Liza Wiemer)
Rachael: Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery), The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead), A Separate Peace (John Knowles), The Awakening (Nora Roberts), Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty), The Magicians series (Lev Grossman), Flight Behavior (Barbara Kingsolver), Admissions (Kendra James) and Jay's Gay Agenda (Jason June)
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Hey Should-Heads! It's almost fall and that means we're here to help you fill up your library holds list.
Look for (most of) the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WYSR at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one.
Most Anticipated:
Kathy: A Merry Little Meet Cute (Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone), Each Night Was Illuminated (Jodi Lynn Anderson), Faint (Adrienne Young), Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match (Sally Thorne) and The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson)
Julia: Killers of a Certain Age (Deanna Raybourn), They Knew (Sarah Kendzior), Our Missing Hearts (Celeste Ng), One Last Gift (Emily Stone) and Now is Not the Time to Panic (Kevin Wilson)
Kelly: I'm the Girl (Courtney Summers), Fairy Tale (Stephen King), Dying of Politeness (Geena Davis), It Came From the Closet (edited by Joe Vallese) and The Most Likely Club (Elyssa Friedland)
Rachael: Stellarlune (Shannon Messenger), Seasparrow (Kristin Cashore), Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver), The River of Silver (S.A. Chakraborty) and Have I Told You This Already (Lauren Graham)
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Hi, Should-heads! We've got a treat for you today--we're joined by our friend Kendell to share the books you should read based on your sign. We started with our own (Aries, Cancer and Libra) but will end up doing recommendations for every sign.
Look for the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WYSR at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one. Check out our recommendations here: https://libro.fm/playlists/2450
Discussion links:
Salman Rushdie
Gender Queer removed from school library
Currently Reading:
Julia: Well Traveled (Jen DeLuca)
Kelly: Widowland (C.J. Carey)
Rachael: What a Complete Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen) and I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jennette McCurdy)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Grown Ups (Marie Aubert) and The Lies That Bind (Emily Giffin)
Kelly: A Hundred Other Girls (Iman Hariri-Kia), The Last Beautiful Girl (Nina Laurin), Mary Jane (Jessica Anya Blau), Home Field Advantage (Dahlia Adler), Violet Made of Thorns (Gina Chen), Loveless (Alice Oseman) and the game book How to Get Away With Murder
Rachael: The Aisling series (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen), Mistakes Were Made (Meryl Wilsner), Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander) and The Lost Ticket (Freya Sampson)
Recs By Sign:
Aries: When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill), the Jessica Darling series (Megan McCafferty) and Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Cancer: the Lara Jean series (Jenny Han), Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) and Darius the Great is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
Libra: The Post-Birthday World (Lionel Shriver), Emma (Jane Austen) and the Aisling series (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen)
Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)
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Should-heads, we are back with our first full-length episode in what feels like forever! We had a great time discussing the book and hopefully you've read it already. If not, be aware that we have some major spoilers.
Look for the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WYSR at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one. Check out our recommendations here: https://libro.fm/playlists/2450
Discussion links:
Ron Bass is also going to update Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility. Austen fans have...feelings about this. (Read the comments!)
BOTM Podcast interview with Blake Crouch
Currently Reading:
Bekki: How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (K. Eason) and Namesake (Adrienne Young)
Julia: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander), The Bodyguard (Katherine Center) and Honey & Spice (Bolu Babalola)
Kelly: Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Rachael: Upgrade (Blake Crouch)
Recent Acquisitions:
Bekki: The City and the City (China Mieville), Embassytown (China Mieville), The House of Shattered Wings (Aliette de Bodard), The Monster at the End of This Book (Jon Stone and Mike Smollin) and Do I Stay Christian? (Brian D. McLaren)
Julia: The Bodyguard (Katherine Center), Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin), The Lost Ticket (Freya Sampson), French Braid (Anne Tyler), Persuasion (Jane Austen; read by Juliet Stevenson), The Guncle (Steven Rowley) and One Night on the Island (Josie Silver)
Kelly: Drunk on Love (Jasmine Guillory), A Scatter of Light (Malinda Lo), When We Had Summer (Jennifer Castle), Opening My Eyes Underwater (Ashley Woodfolk) and Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches (Kate Scelsa)
Rachael: Part of Your World (Abby Jimenez), March (Geraldine Brooks), The Swallows (Lisa Lutz), The Alice Network (Kate Quinn), The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy (Jenny Han), Labor Day (Joyce Maynard), The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro), Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro), Cracked Pots (Heather Tucker), A Snake Falls to Earth (Darcie Little Badger) and The Kaiju Preservation Society (John Scalzi)
Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)
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Welcome to a bonus episode where Kelly and Julia are joined by friends-of-the-pod Bekki and Kathy to talk about our adventures attending the ALA 2022 conference in Washington DC this summer. We also discuss some of the books we picked up, including our top 3 picks that we think Rachael Should Read. We apologize in advance for hyping up books that are not out yet and that we haven't read yet. Also you're welcome.
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Hey Should-Heads! It's summer and we are excited for all of our favorite things: beaches, pools and doing whatever we want, wearing whatever we want. It's hard to do and if you're not quite there yet, we have recommendations! (We've got fiction, nonfiction, adult, YA and middlegrade picks, too.)
Look for the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WYSR at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one. Check out our recommendations here: https://libro.fm/playlists/2450
Links Mentioned:
Emily Henry interview
Tweet about the interview (with the screenshots)
Currently Reading:
Julia: Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus) and By the Book (Jasmine Guillory)
Kelly: Go Hunt Me (Kelly DeVos)
Rachael: Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars (depending on who you ask; L.M. Montgomery) and One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle)
Recommendations:
Julia: Anti-Diet (Christy Harrison), It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian) and There's Something About Sweetie (Sandhya Menon)
Kelly: Good Enough and You Are Enough (Jen Petro-Roy), Dumplin' (Julie Murphy) and everything by Jennifer Weiner
Rachael: Big Girl (Kelsey Miller), You’d Be So Pretty If (Dara Chadwick), The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things (Carolyn Mackler), Body Kindness (Rebecca Scritchfield)
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Hey Should-Heads! We're joined by author Kelly Barnhill, author of When Women Were Dragons! We've been discussing it since we read it, both in our own conversations but also on our Twitter account. It's the kind of book that feels both timeless and like it's specifically written for this exact era. (You won't be surprised to learn that it is, at least partially, a book about rage. And trauma.)
It's available now wherever books are sold. You need to read it.
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Hey Should-Heads! We're all excited for summer because we get to do all of our favorite things! So whether you're looking forward to hiking or spending time with family or staying inside and avoiding all other humans, we have you covered! We're also approaching our second anniversary of the podcast, so we mention a bunch of other episodes. And there's a special cameo from Mom-of-the-Pod Becky. Enjoy!
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Links Mentioned:
Interview with Michael Koryta: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/7998427-you-should-read-never-far-away-with-author-michael-koryta
Klara and the Sun book club: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/8323205-you-should-read-klara-and-the-sun-book-club-episode-with-angie-kim
Interviews with Adib Khorram: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/4943663-you-should-read-darius-the-great-is-not-okay-with-author-adib-khorram and https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/9979707-you-should-read-kiss-tell-with-special-guest-adib-khorram
Interview with Sara Paretsky: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/10454829-you-should-read-the-v-i-warshawski-series-by-sara-paretsky-author-interview
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Hey Should-Heads! We're heading into summer and there are a LOT of great books coming out. Here are the 15 we're most excited for! We hope you get to read a lot, too; what books are you most excited for?
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NOTE: We are now going to be releasing episodes every other week for the summer!
Links Mentioned:
The 22-Book Deal (WHY?!): https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20220512140102/sarah-ferguson-shares-incredible-book-news-young-adult-series/?viewas=amp
Rodham casting: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/rodham-hillary-clinton-claire-danes-dakota-fanning-1235266686/
Our interview with Debbie Rigaud: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/9203943-you-should-read-simone-breaks-all-the-rules-by-debbie-rigaud-bonus-author-interview
Our interview with Brigid Kemmerer: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/7485019-you-should-read-a-vow-so-bold-and-deadly-with-author-brigid-kemmerer
Libro.fm's AAPI quiz: https://blog.libro.fm/quiz-audiobooks-asian-american-pacific-islander-authors/
Currently Reading:
Julia: Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen) and A Lady for a Duke (Alexis Hall)
Kelly: When We Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill); just finished I Kissed Shara Wheeler (Casey McQuiston)
Rachael: When We Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill); just finished Book Lovers (Emily Henry)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: Flying Solo (Linda Holmes), Acts of Violet (Margarita Montimore), Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin), Upgrade (Blake Crouch) and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Becky Chambers)
Kelly: Thank You For Listening (Julia Whelan), Tracy Flick Can’t Win (Tom Perrotta), Home Field Advantage (Dahlia Adler), A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic (Debbie Rigaud) and American Royalty (Tracey Livesay)
Rachael: Woman of Light (Kali Fajardo-Anstine), Tree Thieves (Lyndsie Bourgon), Night of the Living Rez (Morgan Talty), Forging Silver into Stars (Brigid Kemmerer) and Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
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Hey Should-Heads! We're discussing our most frequent recommendations. Yes, these are books you've heard us mention before but if you still haven't read them, we clearly need to mention them again.
Please don't make us mention them thrice.
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Hey Should-Heads! We're discussing one of our favorite authors today and doing a deep dive into Jennifer Weiner and her backlist. We've all read her for years and we discuss our favorites, when we started reading her and, of course, where you should start if you haven't read her already. (There's no bad option there.)
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Links Mentioned:
Our Big Summer episode: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/3821771-you-should-read-big-summer
The SNL skit Kelly is watching instead of reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kQxVwYwrME
Currently Reading:
Julia: One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle)
Kelly: book slump
Rachael: The Two Towers (JRR Tolkein), Daughter of the Forest (Juliet Marillier) and Wow, No Thank You (Samantha Irby)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Anybody Out There (Marian Keyes), I’m Just a Person (Tig Notaro), Book Lovers (Emily Henry), and A Lady For a Duke (Alexis Hall)
Kelly: Castle on Sunset (Shawn Levy), Book Lovers (Emily Henry), A Lady For a Duke (Alexis Hall) and Children on the Hill (Jennifer McMahon)
Rachael: The Dutch House (Ann Patchett), The Mothers (Brit Bennett), Less (Andrew Sean Greer), Book Lovers (Emily Henry), Lady For a Duke (Alexis Hall) and The Other Mother (Rachel Harper)
Our Recommendations:
Julia: Mrs. Everything, That Summer and All Fall Down
Kelly: In Her Shoes, Hungry Heart and Best Friends Forever
Rachael: Good in Bed, Little Earthquakes and Fly Away Home
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Hi, Should-Heads! Mother's Day is almost here and we've got some great books to give your mom (and a book for yourself if this is a hard day).
Julia: The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
Kelly: City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert) and Tiny Beautiful Things (Cheryl Strayed)
Rachael: The Gilded Hour and Where the Light Enters (Sara Donati) and The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
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We can't believe it's almost May already, and you know what that means: most anticipated time! There are so many great books coming out, and it's going to be another Very Expensive Month. May 3 will especially be a Very Expensive Tuesday. Good luck to all of us.
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Currently Reading:
Julia: The Importance of Being Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen)
Kelly: Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes)
Rachael: The Seven Sisters (Lucinda Riley), Daughter of the Forest (Juliet Marillier), Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Again, Rachel and Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (both by Marian Keyes)
Kelly: Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes), an egalley of A Merry Little Meet Cute (Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone), The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin (Kip Wilson), Becoming Abolitionists (Derecka Purnell) and Blood Sugar (Sascha Rothchild)
Rachael: Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: By the Book (Jasmine Guillory), This Time Tomorrow (Emma Straub), First Time For Everything (Henry Fry) and The Summer Place (Jennifer Weiner)
Kelly: Burn Down, Rise Up (Vincent Tirado), I Kissed Shara Wheeler (Casey McQuiston), Practice Girl (Estelle Laure) and Overboard (Sara Paretsky)
Rachael: Book Lovers (Emily Henry), When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill), Bravely (Maggie Stiefvater) and Child Zero (Chris Holm)
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Hey Should-Heads! We're joined by author Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski series! Her next book, Overboard, will be out May 10; the others are available now wherever books are sold.
Follow Sara Paretsky:
Website: https://saraparetsky.com/
Preorder Overboard: https://saraparetsky.com/books/novels/overboard/
Twitter: @SaraParetsky
Facebook: @SaraParetsky
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Hey Should-Heads! We're discussing one of our favorite authors today and doing a deep dive into Marian Keyes and her backlist. We've all read her for years and we discuss our favorites, when we started reading her and, of course, where you should start if you haven't read her already. (Our first choice for you is Rachel's Holiday; our second is any other book. You can't go wrong!)
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Hey Should-Heads! We're joined by author Chris Holm; his new book Child Zero is out in May and you definitely need to read it.
Follow Chris Holm:
Website: https://chrisfholm.blogspot.com/
Preorder Child Zero: https://chrisfholm.blogspot.com/p/child-zero.html
Twitter: @chrisfholm
Instagram: @chrisholmbooks
His cats' Instagram: @dashiellandmoxie
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We can't believe it's almost April already, and you know what that means: most anticipated time! There are so many great books coming out, and it's going to be another Very Expensive Month.
Look for the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one. Check out our recommendations here: https://libro.fm/playlists/2450
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Dating Playbook (Farrah Rochon)
Kelly: The Shadow Glass (Josh Winning)
Rachael: Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkein) and Child Zero (Chris Holm)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The Orphan’s Tale (Pam Jenoff)
Kelly: French Braid (Anne Tyler), The Wolves Are Waiting (Natasha Friend), Transgender History (Susan Stryker) and an egalley of Now is Not the Time to Panic (Kevin Wilson)
Rachael: The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk), Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) and The Seven Sisters (Lucinda Riley)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: The Memory Librarian (Janelle Monae), Hello Molly (Molly Shannon) and Reputation (Lex Croucher)
Kelly: Consider the Octopus (Gae Polisner and Nora Raleigh Baskin), Pay Dirt Road (Samantha Jayne Allen), Love, Hate and Clickbait (Liz Bowery) and Scout's Honor (Lily Anderson)
Rachael: Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus), Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel) and Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
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Hey Should-Heads! We're joined by Baltimore author Bryan Preston, here to talk about his short story collection, Great Daze. If you like pop culture references and incredibly fun books, don't miss this one!
Follow Bryan Preston:
Great Daze: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Daze-Bryan-Preston-ebook/dp/B09NS5BLCS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NC680S8UDOEH&keywords=bryan+preston&qid=1647196479&s=digital-text&sprefix=bryan+preston%2Cdigital-text%2C65&sr=1-1
Twitter @TheSkullBase
Laughfinder Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laughfinder/id1126354380?mt=2
Instagram: @lazlogoranut
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Hello, Should-Heads! We're back with a longer than usual episode (and a fourth host!) and we have a lot to talk about. It's a book club episode and there are spoilers, but the quick version is that you need to read Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley.
If you haven't read it yet, you absolutely should! The audiobook is incredible, and you can buy it here from Libro.fm: https://tidd.ly/3KieM0n
When you buy using that link, or sign up for Libro.fm using our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD, you are supporting both the podcast AND your favorite independent bookseller. It's a win-win-win!
Discussion links:
https://twitter.com/mollymcghee/status/1502343597676548099?s=20&t=jEscJAVCvmvqNLFuIjsDwA
https://www.epicreads.com/books/9780063088160/whiteout/
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/abbott-elementary-abc-scholastic-book-fair-1235199504/
Currently Reading:
Bekki: Dating Dr. Dil (Nisha Sharma), Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir), One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston), The Sum of Us (Heather McGhee), Reading While Black (Esau McCaulley) and Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Julia: Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson)
Kelly: I Was Better Last Night (Harvey Fierstein)
Rachael: In a New York Minute (Kate Spencer)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes), Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling (Emer McLysagh and Sarah Breen), The Verifiers (Jane Pek), One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle) and My Friend Anna (Rachel DeLoache Williams).
Kelly: Mistakes Were Made (Meryl Wilsner), The Lioness (Chris Bohjalian), Unprotected (Billy Porter), I'll Scream Later (Marlee Matlin) and The Suite Spot (Trish Doller).
Rachael: Admissions (Kendra James), The Shadow of the Gods (John Gwynne) and Great Daze (Bryan Preston).
Follow Bekki:
Twitter: @Ginger_Sister
Instagram: @bekki_the_gingernut/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3325348-bekki-fahrer
Our next book club book: The Ones We're Meant to Find (Joan He)
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Hey Should-Heads! We read and loved Dating Dr. Dil and we're so excited to talk to Nisha Sharma. It's a retelling of Taming of the Shrew and it is amazing!
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Website: https://www.nisha-sharma.com/
Twitter @nishawrites
TikTok: @nishawrites
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Hey Should-Heads! March is going to be a Very Expensive Month, so it's good that we have a readathon to plan for!
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Links Mentioned:
Britney Spears' book deal! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/21/entertainment/britney-spears-book-deal/index.html
Tis the Damn Readathon: https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
Currently Reading:
Julia: Belgravia (Julian Fellowes) and Admissions (Kendra James)
Kelly: Just finished and loved One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston)
Rachael: between books
Overdue Book: Maud (Melanie J Fishbane)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Happiness For Beginners (Katherine Center), The Unnamed (Joshua Ferris), The Importance of Being Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen), Last Chance Library (Freya Sampson), The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey) and The Copper Beech (Maeve Binchy)
Kelly: none, somehow
Rachael: Model Home (J. Courtney Sullivan), Across the Green Grass Fields (Seanan McGuire, People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry), Rachel’s Holiday (Marian Keyes), City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert), Anne of Green Gables (L.M.Montgomery), One Night on the Island (Josie Silver), The Family Chao (Lan Samantha Chang), Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates), Sushi For Beginners (Marian Keyes), The Sum of Us (Heather McGhee), What a Complete Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle), The Impossible Us (Sarah Lotz) and The Prophet’s Wife (Libbie Grant)
Kelly: I Was Better Last Night (Harvey Fierstein), This Golden State (Marit Weisenberg) and The Book of Cold Cases (Simone St. James)
Rachael: The Diamond Eye (Kate Quinn), Peach Blossom Spring (Melissa Fu) and Tell Me an Ending (Jo Harkin)
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Hello, Should-Heads! We're so happy to share that there will be a second year for Tis the Damn Readathon! Rachael's even going to be co-hosting the 24-hour readathon. https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
And we've got some help for you for the prompts! (We'll also be sharing more recommendations on our Twitter and Instagram accounts, and probably also dropping some throughout upcoming episodes.)
Read a Memoir (Kelly picked Will by Will Smith; Julia and Rachael have already read it and love it.)
Read a Book That Intimidates You (Julia picked The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers.
If This Was A Movie (Kelly picked Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie)
Read a Book With Red on the Cover (Rachael picked The Sentence by Louise Erdrich)
Read a Book With a Number in the Title (Rachael picked The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin)
Read a Book That's Been Recommended (Rachael picked Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley)
Read a Five Star Prediction (Kelly picked The Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle)
Read a Book Written By Two Authors (Julia picked Oh my God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen)
Read a Mystery of Thriller (Julia picked The Maid by Nita Prose)
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Hey Should-Heads! It's February and love is in the air. But since you probably don't need any help looking for great romance novels, here are some of our favorite love stories that...well, aren't romances.
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Links Mentioned:
Pachinko adaptation! https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/tv/pachinko-tv-adaptation-min-jin-lee-apple-tv-release-date-plot-trailer-2902269
Tis the Damn Readathon YEAR TWO! https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
Related episodes:
British Books: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1101233/episodes/8056184
Honey Girl book club: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1101233/episodes/8663910
Currently Reading:
Julia: Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling
Kelly: The Golden Couple
Rachael: Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree)
Overdue Book: Happiness For Beginners
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Rachel’s Holiday, Admissions, Belgravia, The Maid
Kelly: galleys of The House Across the Lake and By the Book (Jasmine Guillory), plus I Must Betray You and Don't Cry For Me, The Violence and Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy & Healthy (S. A. Bradley)
Rachael: Friends and Strangers, The Water Dancer, Our Little World, Yerba Buena, The Christie Affair
Non-Romance Love Stories:
Julia: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Always in December, The House in the Cerulean Sea
Kelly: Maybe in Another Life, Honey Girl, The Unnamed
Rachael: The Last Chance Library, The Deep, A Man Called Ove
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Hey Should-Heads! We're so excited to have Adib Khorram back on the show! We loved his Darius the Greatduology and were very excited when we heard about Kiss & Tell. We discuss all three; Kiss & Tell comes out March 22.
RELATED EPISODE: our first interview with Adib Khorram
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Follow Adib Khorram:
Website: https://adibkhorram.com/
Twitter at @adibkhorram
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adib.khorram
Newsletter: https://adibkhorram.com/newsletter
Instagram: @adibkhorram
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Hey Should-Heads! We've got so many great books to look forward to! We've rounded up our favorite ones; let us know if we missed anything.
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Links Mentioned:
New Celeste Ng: https://lithub.com/theres-a-new-celeste-ng-novel-coming-this-fall/
Books lost at sea: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/29/1076664011/due-to-a-shipping-container-incident-every-copy-of-2-cookbooks-were-lost-at-sea#:~:text=When%2065%20shipping%20containers%20slipped,Dinner%20In%20One%3A%20Exceptional%20%26%20Easy
Currently Reading:
Julia: Dating Dr. Dil
Kelly: Horrid
Rachael: between books
Overdue Book: Random Family
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Tell the Machine Goodnight (Katie Wiliams), The Last Cuentista (Donna Barba Higuera), Flying Solo (Linda Holmes), Miss Me With That (Rachel Lindsay), Light Years From Home (Mike Chen)
Kelly: Tell the Machine Goodnight (Katie Williams), The Last Cuentista (Donna Barba Higuera), The Roughest Draft (Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka), The Magnolia Palace (Fionaa Davis), Devil House (John Darnielle), The Overnight Guest (Heather Gudenkauf), The Accomplice (Lisa Lutz), The Lies I Tell (Julie Clark), Please Join Us (Catherine McKenzie) and Doomsday Mother (John Glatt)
Rachael: still on book buying ban
Most Anticipated:
Julia: Again Rachel, The Life You Left Behind and The School of Mirrors
Kelly: Catch Her When She Falls, Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman, The Arc and Echo
Rachael: Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree), One Night on the Island, The Family Chao, All the Right Reasons (Bethany Mangle)
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Hey Should-Heads! There's something special about finding a new author. It's like getting in on the ground floor of something amazing. Here are three of our favorite debuts!
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Debut novel recommendations:
Julia: Queen of Hearts (Kimmery Martin)
Kelly: Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
Rachael: Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
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Hey Should-Heads! We're here with recommendations with antiracist books. With the latest round of voting rights challenges and library censorship, it's a good time to remember that this is an ongoing fight and not something where you read one book and you've learned everything there is to know. Look for (most of) the books mentioned in this episode on Libro.fm by using our affiliate link. When you buy using this link, you are supporting the podcast! AND if you use our code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout you can get your first two books for the price of one. Check out our recommendations here.
RELATED EPISODES:
Books By Black Authors; Speculative Fiction; Romances By Black Authors; More Books By Black Authors
Currently Reading:
Julia: We are Satellites; What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Kelly: None Shall Sleep
Rachael: Beasts of a Little Land
Our Antiracist Book Recommendations:
Julia: The Sum of Us; The Antiracist
Kelly: The Awakening of Malcolm X ; Ain't Burned All the Bright
Rachael: Eloquent Rage; The New Jim Crow
Next book club pick: Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boullay
Hey Should-Heads! It's part 2 of our yearly round up episodes and this week we're discussing our faves from 2021 (remember 2021? Seems so long ago!)
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2021 Favorites:
Kathy: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid), All These Bodies (Kendare Blake), If the Shoe Fits (Julie Murphy), Mouth Full of Forevers (Clementine von Radics) and Five Little Indians (Michelle Good)
Julia: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), Meet Me In Another Life (Catriona Silvey), It’s Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian), Always in December (Emily Stone) and Skye Falling (Mia McKenzie)
Kelly: Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune), Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult), Call Us What We Carry (Amanda Gorman), Into the Bloodred Woods (Martha Brockenbrough) and In the Wild Light (Jeff Zentner)
Rachael: Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult), Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas), The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune), The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey) and Winterkeep (Kristin Cashore)
Follow Kathy Coe:
Blog: http://glass-of-wine.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @kathycoe
Instagram: @glassofwine81
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Happy New Year, Should-Heads! We've missed you and each other but we're back now and we're excited to tell you the books we can't wait to read this year. And look for a special mini episode next week where we review all the books we loved in 2021. Yes we realize we are doing this out of order. No, we're not sorry.
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Currently reading:
Julia: Beach Read (Emily Henry)
Kelly: Kiss and Tell (Adib Khorram)
Rachael: The Sentence (Louise Erdrich) and How to Be Perfect (Michael Schur)
Most Anticipated:
Kathy: Bee Merry (Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone), The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson), Love in the Time of Serial Killers (Alicia Thompson), Six Ways to Write a Love Letter (Jackson Pearce) and By the Book (Jasmine Guillory)
Julia:
Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes), The Impossible Us (Sarah Lotz), Light Years From Home (Mike Chen), One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle) and Acts of Violet (Margarita Montimore)
Kelly: A Night to Die For (Lisa Schroeder), The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson), Consider the Octopus (Nora Raleigh Baskin and Gae Polisner), Horror Hotel (Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren) and A Girl's Guide to Love and Magic (Debbie Rigaud).
Rachael: The Christie Affair (Nina de Gremont), Hook, Line, and Sinker (Tessa Bailey), Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel), The Summer Place (Jennifer Weiner) and One Night on the Island (Josie Silver)
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Merry Christmas Eve Should-heads! This year our gift to you is our annual crossover episode with our friends at Movies and a Meal. We watched three different Little Women adaptations, rated, and debated them. We discuss the important subjects such as, why is Laurie such a little twerp all the time? Is everyone just cool with the professor being SO much older than Jo in the 1994 version? And and will Kelly and Julia ever speak to each other again after that knock-down, drag out Marmee debate? You'll have to listen to find out.
Happy Holidays to you all. We are so grateful for your love and support of the podcast this year. We'll be back in 2022 for our year in review, and what we're looking forward to in the New Year.
Until then...You're Welcome.
We've got a festive episode for you today, Should-Heads! We discuss our favorite Christmas movies and the books they remind us of. It's definitely going to get you in a holiday frame of mind. Grab some hot chocolate and your favorite cookies and let's get started.
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Currently reading:
Julia: One Day in December (Josie Silver) and So This is Christmas (Tracy Andreen)
Kelly: The Holiday Swap (Maggie Knox)
Rachael: The Holiday Swap (Maggie Knox) and A Season for Second Chances (Jenny Bayliss)
Book news:
Anne Rice died: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/entertainment/anne-rice-obit/index.html
Reading Rainbow is coming back: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reading-rainbow-live-returns/
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: Holiday Swap (Maggie Knox), Razorblade Tears (SA Cosby), But You Seem So Happy (Kimberly Harrington), The Matzah Ball (Jean Meltzer), So This is Christmas (Tracy Andreen) and Just Haven't Met You Yet (Sophie Cousens)
Kelly: The Holiday Swap (Maggie Knox), A Flicker in the Dark (Stacy Willingham), Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid), The Whisper Man (Alex North) and Call Us What We Carry (Amanda Gorman)
Rachael: None
Pairings:
Julia: It's a Wonderful Life and Dark Matter (Blake Crouch), Christmas Every Day and In a Holidaze (Christina Lauren) and The Family Stone and Grownups (Marian Keyes)
Kelly: Krampus and Secret Santa (Andrew Shaffer), Miracle on 34th Street and House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune) and While You Were Sleeping and One for the Money/Stephanie Plum series (Janet Evanovich)
Rachael: Frosty the Snowman and The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey), Love Actually and Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) and The Family Man and The Two Lives of Lydia Bird (Josie Silver)
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We're here to talk about historical fiction today, Should-heads! It's one of Rachael's favorite genres and we've got a bunch of great picks for you. Also, since we've been gone for a bit, our "recent acquisitions" are a little bit out of control.
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Currently reading:
Julia: Beasts of a Little Land (Juhea Kim)
Kelly: The Last Days of Jack Sparks (Jason Arnapp)
Rachael: Hogfather (Terry Pratchett) and Always, In December (Emily Stone)
Book News:
Alice Sebold: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59485586
Malcolm X Cell Prison Library: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/25/metro/prison-advocate-macarthur-genius-turns-what-may-be-malcolm-xs-former-cell-into-library-place-hope/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results
PRH Book Data: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/2021-year-in-books/
Recs:
Julia: The Family (Naomi Krupitsky), The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett) and Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Kelly: Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Malinda Lo), City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert) and The Orphan Collector (Ellen Marie Wiseman)
Rachael: Plantagenet and Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory), The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah) and Beyond the Point (Claire Gibson)
Bonus picks: Your House Will Pay (Steph Cha) and The Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
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We're here to talk about our favorite celebrity memoirs! Topics include what makes a great one (SPOILER: it's gossip) and who we wish would write a tell-all book. We've got some great choices and all of our TBRs have significantly grown.
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Currently reading:
Julia: The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune) and Yes & I Love You (Roni Loren)
Kelly: You Can't Be Serious (Kal Penn)
Rachael: The Matzah Ball (Jean Meltzer)
Book News:
Audiobooks:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87762-ai-comes-to-audiobooks.html
PRH to get S&S? https://www.reuters.com/business/us-justice-dept-files-lawsuit-block-penguin-random-house-purchase-simon-schuster-2021-11-02/
Amazon price fixing lawsuit: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/87777-lawyers-argue-that-e-book-price-fixing-case-against-amazon-big-five-publishers-should-proceed.html
Celeb Memoirs:
Kristine: Open Book (Jessica Simpson), Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (Mindy Kaling), Redefining Realness (Janet Mock) and Down the Rabbit Hole (Holly Madison)
Julia: Will (Will Smith), This is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare (Gabourey Sidibe) and Where Am I Now (Mara Wilson)
Kelly: Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (Lana Wood) and This Will All Be Over Soon (Cecily Strong)
Rachael: I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are (Rachel Bloom), Shout (Laurie Halse Anderson), Garlic and Sapphires (Ruth Reichl), I'm Talking as Fast as I Can (Lauren Graham), Hungry Heart (Jennifer Weiner) and Over the Top (Jonathan Van Ness)
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As the holidays approach, we know many will be hitting the road to see friends, family, and maybe an enemy or two. Pass the time on your road trip with an audio book, and we've got some great suggestions from Uncle Danny and Aunt Amy, two experts of both audio books and long road trips.
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You Should Watch: The Second Season of the Babysitters Club! (with guest Alysia Lee)
Should-Heads, have you watched the new season of the Babysitters Club yet? If not, we definitely recommend it. We do a deep dive into the season and its themes, plus we chat about personality quizzes, growing up, friendships and grief.
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The year's practically almost over, Should-heads. We may not have done very well on our October reading, but we're hoping to finish the year strong. Also? The last two months are full of amazing book releases. (We would also do a joint recommendation for Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, releasing at the end of November.)
Currently reading:
Julia: So Many Beginnings (Bethany C. Morrow), Always, in December (Emily Stone) and Graceling (Kristin Cashore)
Kelly: Bad Girls Never Say Die (Jennifer Mathieu)
Rachael: Tara Road (Maeve Binchy), Girlie Drinks (Mallory O'Meara) and The Barefoot Sisters (Lucy Letcher and Susan Letcher)
Book News: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/10/26/school-districts-under-investigation-by-texas-house-over-books-curriculum/
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: none
Kelly: The Orphan Collector (Ellen Marie Wiseman) and Monsters, Makeup and Effects (Heather Wixson)
Rachael: The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven (Nathaniel Ian Miller)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: Will (Will Smith), Noor (Nnedi Okorafor), Sex Cult Nun (Faith Jones), Beasts of a Little Land (Juhea Kim) and The Big Reveal (Jen Larsen)
Kelly: Into the Bloodred Woods (Martha Brockenbrough), The Collective (Allison Gaylin), The Surrogate (Toni Halleen), Murder Book (Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell) and Spin Me Right Round (David Valdes)
Rachael: Just Haven't Met You Yet (Sophie Cousens), Graceling: The Graphic Novel (Kristin Cashore and Gareth Hinds) The Sentence (Louise Erdrich), Pride, Prejudice and Peril (Katie Oliver) and Daughter of the Sea (Elisabeth Hobbes)
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Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.
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Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.
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Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.
Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.
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Hi, Should-Heads! It's our last full episode before Halloween, but don't worry we have more of 13 days of Kellowe'en ahead! Today we're joined by our friend Kim to chat about our favorite vampire books. Why are we so into these books? And why is blood-drinking so...hot? (At least sometimes.)
Currently reading:
Julia: Book slump
Kelly: The Man and His Nightmares (a biography of Wes Craven by John Wooley)
Rachael: Perfect Life (Jessica Shattuck)
Book News: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sue-grafton-alphabet-novels-television-adaptation-1235028200/
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: none
Kelly: State of Terror (Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny), Frankie & Bug (Gayle Forman), Tonight We Rule the World (Zack Smedley) and Payback's a Witch (Lana Harper)
Rachael: The Matzah Ball (Jean Meltzer), The Tea Dragon Society (Kay O'Neill) and The Storm of Echoes (Christelle Dabos)
Vampire books:
Kim: A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) and A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
Julia: The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova) and Fledgling (Octavia Butler)
Kelly: The Lost Girls (Sonia Hartl) and All These Bodies (Kendare Blake)
Rachael: The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova), Serena (Ron Rash), Sadie (Courtney Summers), The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
Other books/movies discussed: Salem's Lot, Twilight, Interview with the Vampire, The Lost Boys, Fright Night
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Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to more 13 Days of Kelloween! Today is a contentious episode as Kelly discusses why Hocus Pocus is not a good movie. Or a fun movie. Other movies mentioned: Beetlejuice, Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Now & Then, Casper, The Sandlot).
Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to more 13 Days of Kelloween! Kelly's got her favorite horror reads of 2021. Books mentioned: Ski Weekend (Rektok Ross), Small Town Monsters (Diana Rodriguez Wallach) and Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar).
Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to more 13 Days of Kelloween! We're joined by Kelly's friend and Press Play and Scream podcast cohost Joshua Bermont to discuss horror as metaphor. Movies mentioned: Candyman, Get Out, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, People Under the Stairs and Music of the Heart.
Press Play and Scream Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressPlayScream
Joshua Bermont Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaBermont
Oh, Should-Heads! Today is Kelly's favorite episode. We discuss movies that Julia and Rachael will likely never see: James Wan's newest feature Malignant and Hell House, LLC. Other films discussed include The Exorcist and its sequels and prequels. We are thrilled as always to be joined by The Other Mrs. Miller author Allison Dickson (aka our Steve Martin of the podcast).
Hi, Should-Heads! We're back in Castle Rock to discuss Kelly's favorite author, Stephen King.
Books Mentioned: Pet Sematary, Bag of Bones, IT, Firestarter, Carrie, Under the Dome, Salem's Lot, The Stand and The Dark Tower series.
Welcome to another 13 Days of Kelloween! Today, we're discussing witches and the books that make us love them...with author Erin Sterling! We loved Ex Hex and so we're very excited to get more witchy recs.
Books mentioned: The Witching Hour (Anne Rice), The Witch's Daughter (Paula Brackston), Garden Spells (Sarah Addison Allen) and Sanctuary (V.V. James)
Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to Kelloween, a 13-day celebration of all things scary, spooky, gory, and macabre. To kick us off today we are joined by our friend Kathy to discuss true crime. We've got podcast, book and movie recs, plus our true crime podcast homage: the weekly distraction.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of violence and murder. Animal abuse and rape are briefly mentioned.
Recommendations:
Kathy: The First Degree (podcast), My Friend Dahmer (book by Derf Backderf and it's also a movie)
Julia: Britney's Gram and Toxic (both podcasts)
Kelly: RedHanded (podcast), The Yoga Store Murder (book by Dan Morse), The Clovehitch Killer (movie)
Rachael: The Trail Went Cold (podcast)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're so excited to discuss The Ex Hex! We all absolutely loved it and had the best time chatting with author Erin Sterling. We also do a deep dive into the Bad Art Friend saga (read the link to follow the story that took over book Twitter this week) and join us as we discuss love, witchcraft and curses.
Currently reading:
Julia: Book slump
Kelly: As if on Cue (Marisa Kanter)
Rachael: I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are (Rachel Bloom)
Book News: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: none
Kelly: The Perishing (Natashia Deon), The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles) and Everything We Didn't Say (Nicole Baart)
Rachael: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg), Rodham (Curtis Sittenfeld), The Last Chance Library (Freya Sampson), Kristy and the Snobs (Ann M. Martin and Chan Chau) and Ghosts (Raina Telgemeier)
Other books discussed:
The Hacienda (Isabel Canas), Payback's a Witch (Lana Harper), Not Your Average Hot Guy (Gwenda Bond), Witch, Please (Ann Aguirre)
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Hi, Should-Heads! Sometimes it seems like Julia got the idea to start a podcast just so she could talk about how great Spoiler Alert is. (If that's true, it's definitely the best possible reason.) We had a great time with Olivia Dade chatting about fandom and ships, obviously, but also minotaurs, ranch dressing and representation.
Other books discussed:
And They Lived Happily Ever After (Therese Beharrie), Morning Glory Milking Farm (C.M. Nascosta) and The Black Hawk (Joanna Bourne), plus authors Jennifer Crusie and Mia Sosa.
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're joined by our friend Kathy to share some of the best releases out in October! We also discuss being intentional with reading choices and oh hey, did you know Julia had a birthday recently?
Currently reading:
Julia: Defy the Night (Brigid Kemmerer) and Please Don't Sit on my Bed In Your Outside Clothes (Phoebe Robinson)
Kelly: As if on Cue (Marisa Kanter)
Rachael: Rock Paper Scissors (Alice Feeney) and Exhausted (Nick Polizzi)
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey), The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano (Donna Freitas), Game Changer (Neal Shusterman), Fierce Self-Compassion (Kristin Neff) and The Sum of Us (Heather McGhee)
Kelly: Time Will Tell (Barry Lyga), Pony (RJ Palacio), Several People Are Typing (Calvin Kasulke)
Rachael: Bad Fat Black Girl (Sesali Bowen) and My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
Our Most Anticipated:
Kathy: Not Your Average Hot Guy (Gwenda Bond), Bad Girls Never Say Die (Jennifer Mathieu), Fan Club (Erin Mayer), Capote's Women (Laurence Leamer), Squad (Maggie Tokuda-Hall)
Julia: All the Feels (Olivia Dade), Well Matched (Jen DeLuca), My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson) and Always in December (Emily Stone)
Kelly: Where They Went (Scott Carson), We Are Not Like Them (Jo Piazza and Christine Pride), Frankie and Bug (Gayle Forman), Any Sign of Life (Rae Carson) and Black Birds in the Sky (Brandy Colbert)
Rachael: The Storm of Echoes (Christelle Dabos), Tacos For Two (Betsy St. Almant), Femlandia (Christina Dalcher), Girlie Drinks (Mallory O'Meara) and My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We spent last Friday going to some of the bookstores in Baltimore and DC! (There are a bunch we missed, so hopefully there will be a part two the next time Rachael comes to Baltimore!) We visited five bookstores and were joined by Kindred Spirit of the Pod Bekki Fahrer for three of them. It was a great day and became a Very Expensive Friday.
Plum County Literacy Festival discussion links:
https://twitter.com/EliotSchrefer/status/1440009959228456960?s=20
https://starherald.com/news/local/education/plum-creek-literacy-festival-cancels-events-after-authors-pull-out-over-discriminatory-concordia-policy/article_d21d788b-97fe-5480-9a57-d29b1266c411.html?mode=comments
Currently Reading:
Bekki: The Secret Bridesmaid (Katy Birchall), The Gifts of Imperfection (Brene Brown), Malice (Heather Walter) and Legendbourne (Tracy Deonn)
Julia: Defy the Night (Brigid Kemmerer)
Kelly: Off the Record (Camryn Garrett); just finished Defy the Night and What I Like About You (Marisa Kanter)
Rachael: Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune) and Black Nerd Problems (William Evans); just finished Defy the Night.
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The Graceling series (Kristin Cashore), So Many Beginnings (Bethany C. Morrow), The Dating Playbook (Farrah Rochon) and Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune)
Kelly: Defy the Night (Brigid Kemmerer)
The Ivy:
Julia: The Two Lives of Louis and Louise (Julie Cohen) and Eliza Starts a Rumor (Jane L. Rosen)
Kelly: Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Rachael: The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune) and Exhausted (Nick Polizzi and Pedram Shojai)
Busboys and Poets:
Bekki: Certain Dark Things (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Julia: Blackout (Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon) and How Long 'til Black Future Month (NK Jemisin)
Kelly: Things We Couldn't Say (Jay Coles) and The Insiders (Mark Oshiro)
Rachael: Blackout (Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon)
Capitol Hill Books:
Bekki: A Desolation Called Peace (Arkady Martine) and Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
East City Books:
Bekki: Harrow the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir), Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune) and Praying With Jane Eyre (Vanessa Zoltan)
Julia: Malice (Heather Walter)
Kelly: Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Malinda Lo)
Rachael: Wow, No Thank You (Samantha Irby) and A Clash of Steel (T.B. Lee)
Mahogany Books:
Julia: Rise to the Sun (Leah Johnson)
Kelly: Off the Record (Camryn Garrett)
Rachael: An Unkindness of Ghosts (Rivers Solomon)
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Hi, Should-Heads! It's technically fall and we are ready for it. Bring on your apple cider, comfy clothes and...all things scary?! (If you're Kelly.)
Book News:
Reader infographic: https://blog.bookbaby.com/2020/08/the-reading-habits-of-five-generations-infographic/
Currently Reading:
Julia: Grown (Tiffany D. Jackson)
Kelly: The Lost Girls (Sonia Hartl)
Rachael: The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson) and So Many Beginnings (Bethany C. Morrow)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Matrix (Lauren Groff)
Kelly: Simone Breaks All the Rules (Debbie Rigaud), All Our Hidden Gifts (Caroline O'Donoghue), That Weekend (Kara Thomas) and Redhanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick (Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala)
Rachael: The F It Diet (Caroline Dooner) and Defy the Night (Brigid Kemmerer)
Fall recommendations:
Julia: Every Day (David Levithan), Circle of Friends (Maeve Binchy) and A Curious Beginning (Deanna Raybourn)
Kelly: Pet Sematary (Stephen King), The Shining (Stephen King), everyone should watch Clickbait (Netflix) and I want to compare/contrast The Exorcist's theatrical version with the director's cut
Rachael: Life After Life (Kate Atkinson), The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V.E. Schwab), Graceling (Kristin Cashore), Flight Behavior (Barbara Kingsolver), Good In Bed (Jennifer Weiner), What Alice Forgot (Liane Moriarty), Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante) and Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're so excited to be talking with Debbie Rigaud, one of our new favorite authors! Her most recent book is Simone Breaks All the Rules, but we delve into her backlist (including a royal rom-com), what it's like to work with Alyssa Milano and so much more.
Check out the gorgeous cover for her upcoming release, A Girl's Guide to Love and Magic (out next summer): https://twitter.com/diversebooks/status/1437053729505792001/photo/1
Preorder it here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-girls-guide-to-love-magic-debbie-rigaud/1140075293?ean=9781338681741
Other books discussed:
Your Life Has Been Delayed (Michelle I. Mason), Frankie & Bug (Gayle Forman), I'm So Effing Tired (Amy Shah), For Black Girls Like Me (Mariama J. Lockington), Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (Joya Goffney) and the collected works of Paula Chase, Kristina Forest and Christopher Paul Curtis.
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Website: https://www.debbierigaud.com/
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're about to be incredibly optimistic and share the five books we're each determined to read before the end of the year. Will we do it, or are we setting ourselves up for failure?
Book News:
Stephen King short story: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/humble-charity-red-screen-stephen-king-books
Supply chain problems: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/manufacturing/article/86833-high-costs-services-disruptions-plague-book-biz-supply-chain.html
Currently Reading:
Julia: All the Feels (Olivia Dade) and Obviously: Stories From My Timeline (Akilah Hughes)
Kelly: The Unheard (Nicci French)
Rachael: So Many Beginnings (Bethany C. Morrow), The Comfort Book (Matt Haig) and The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood) and In Every Mirror She's Black) (Lola Akinmade Akerstrom)
Kelly: The Assignment (Liza Wiemer), The Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood), The Neighbor's Secret (L. Alison Heller), Rock Paper Scissors (Alice Feeney), So Many Beginnings (Bethany C. Morrow), Take Me Home Tonight (Morgan Matson), In the Wild Light (Jeff Zentner) and Persist (Elizabeth Warren)
Rachael: Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr), Happy Hour (Marlowe Granados), Black Nerd Problems (William Evans and Omar Holmon), So Many Beginnings (Bethany C. Morrow), Claudia and the New Girl (Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein), Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy (Chynna Clugston-Flores), I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are (Rachel Bloom), The Fate of Food (Amanda Little) and Rock Paper Scissors (Alice Feeney)
Backlist TBR:
Julia: Sanctuary (VV James), Grown (Tiffany D. Jackson), Anxious People (Fredrik Backman), Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo) and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Kelly: More Than Maybe (Erin Hahn), Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia), The Only Good Indians (Stephen Graham Jones), Survivor Song (Paul Tremblay), The Lost Village (Camilla Sten)
Rachael: My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh), We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver), Foundryside (Robert Jackson Bennett), Perfect Life (Jessica Shattuck) and Sing You Home (Jodi Picoult)
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Hi, Should-Heads! This is the last podcast of the summer and we are ready for fall. And a new season means a bunch of new books. September has so many amazing reads and I'm honestly not sure how we narrowed it down to five each (that's a lie. Julia and her threats helped us narrow it down).
Book News:
PRH and preorders: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/87229-gorman-book-s-price-hike-startles-booksellers.html
BSC Season 2: https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-baby-sitters-club-season-2-premiere-date-netflix-trailer-1234822444/
Currently Reading:
Julia: Nothing (book slump)
Kelly: Ski Weekend (Rektok Ross)
Rachael: The Awakening (Nora Roberts)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Nothing (book slump)
Kelly: Bad Witch Burning (Jessica Lewis)
Rachael: The Barefoot Sisters: Southbound and The Barefoot Sisters: Walking Home (Lucy Letcher and Susan Letcher), Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune), All the Feels (Olivia Dade)
Hi, Should-Heads! It feels like it's been forever, doesn't it? That makes this episode all the more appropriate; we're discussing Locked in Time, a favorite of Kelly's and her best friend Jen's, and a book that's about people that actually have been living forever (or fairly close to it). We also discuss more childhood favorites and our current pop culture favorites.
Currently Reading:
Julia: Locked in Time (Lois Duncan), Bridgerton (Julia Quinn) and The Other Me (Sarah Zachrich Jeng)
Kelly: Fresh (Margot Wood); recently read Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar), The Family Plot (Megan Collins) and The Nothing Man (Catherine Ryan Howard)
Rachael: A Slow Fire Burning (Paula Hawkins), Once There Were Wolves (Charlotte McConaghy), Don't Overthink It (Anne Bogel) and Pleasure Activism (Adrienne Maree Brown)
What We're Watching:
Julia: Downton Abbey
Kelly: Friends and Ted Lasso
Rachael: My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Good Place and listening to The Self Love Fix podcast
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Four Thousand Weeks (Oliver Berkeman)
Kelly: e-galleys of True Crime Story (Joseph Knox), We Are Not Like Them (Christine Pride and Jo Piazza) and Here's to Us (Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera); bought Velvet Was the Night (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) and preordered A Night to Die For (Lisa Schroeder)
Rachael: Keeper of the Light (Leanne Lovegrove), All the Feels (Olivia Dade), The Ex Hex (Erin Sterling), Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters) and Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)
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While Julia was back in Maine, she and Rachael (and Rachael's husband Will) spent a day driving from bookstore to bookstore. Stops include multiple locations of Sherman's Books, Bull Moose and Mockingbird Books.
See highlights from the trip on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WYSR_Podcast/status/1417807555066269700
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Hello, Should-Heads! We're back with a longer than usual episode (and a fourth host!) and we have a lot to talk about. It's a book club episode and there are spoilers, but we talk about faith and doubt, purpose, colonialism, the rush to judgment, the perils of re-reading a favorite book and much, much more.
Discussion links:
https://www.themarysue.com/romance-writers-of-america-racism-religion/
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1025195204/romance-writers-of-america-was-doing-better-with-race-until-a-recent-award-choic
Bekki's bag: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSTPV39Nre3/
Currently Reading:
Bekki: Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Emmuska Orczy), Not the Girl You Marry (Andie Christopher) and Legendborn (Tracy Deonn)
Julia: Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty) and The Book of Longings (Sue Monk Kidd)
Kelly: Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Rachael: Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty)
Recent Acquisitions:
Bekki: The world's cutest bag that looks like a retro phone AND IT WORKS, What Abigail Did That Summer (Ben Aaronovitch), Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro), The Windsor Knot (SJ Bennett), The Mad Women's Ball (Victoria Mas), Lote (Shola von Reinhold), The Devil and the Dark Water (Stuart Turton), Hot Under His Collar (Andie Christopher)
Julia: Obviously: Stories From My Timeline (Akilah Hughes), Well-Matched (Jen DeLuca), All the Feels (Olivia Dade), The Ex Hex (Erin Sterling) and The End of Men (Christina Sweeney-Baird)
Kelly: Billy Summers (Stephen King), The Guilt Trip (Sandie Jones) and Wayfaring Stranger (James Lee Burke)
Rachael: Once There Were Wolves (Charlotte McConaghy), The Wild Ones (Nafiza Azad) and The Other Bennet Sister (Janice Hadlow)
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The summer's almost over, Should-Heads. Fall is coming, with its pumpkin spice everything, cooler nights and Halloween preparations (if you're Kelly). But before we get there, there are a lot of great releases in August.
Discussion link: Amanda Knox's Twitter thread https://twitter.com/amandaknox/status/1420871392266911746?s=20
Currently Reading:
Julia: While We Were Dating (Jasmine Guillory) and The Book of Longings (Sue Monk Kidd)
Kelly: We Were Never Here (Andrea Bartz) and just finished The Keeper (Guadalupe Garcia McCall)
Rachael: The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell), The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune) and Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty)
Kelly: We Were Never Here (Andrea Bartz), The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina (Zoraida Cordova), Not a Happy Family (Sheri Lapena), The Heart Principle (Helen Hoang) and e-listens of Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty), A Slow Fire Burning (Paula Hawkins), This Will All Be Over Soon (Cecily Strong) and Assembly (Natasha Brown)
Rachael: Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty), A Slow Fire Burning (Paula Hawkins), This Will All Be Over Soon (Cecily Strong), Strange Beasts of China (Yan Ge), Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison),On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (Louise Rennison), Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants (Louise Rennison), Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (Louise Rennison) and Ahab's Wife (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: The Paris Connection (Lorraine Brown), Holdout (Jeffrey Kluger), She Wouldn't Change a Thing (Sarah Adlakha), The Other Me (Sarah Zachrich Jeng) and The Dating Playbook (Farrah Rochon)
Kelly: Billy Summers (Stephen King), A Lesson in Vengeance (Victoria Lee), Fresh (Margot Wood), I Kissed a Girl (Jennet Alexander) and Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar)
Rachael: Once There Were Wolves (Charlotte McConaghy), The Wild Ones (Nafiza Azad), Beyond the Mapped Stars (Rosalyn Eves), Sisters of the Wolf (Patricia Miller-Schroeder) and A Slow Fire Burning (Paula Hawkins)
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CONTENT WARNING: This episode features a discussion about murder and violence toward women, children and animals. Sexual assault and suicide are also discussed and described.
Hi, Should-Heads! We're going to discuss true crime in today's episode. It's been getting increasingly popular over the past few years and has taken over podcasts, Netflix, cable shows, and of course the book world. So...why? Kelly has some theories and some recommendations.
Book News:
New Cursebreakers book: https://twitter.com/BrigidKemmerer/status/1414624947553640453?s=20
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Book of Longings (Sue Monk Kidd); recently finished Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult)
Kelly: Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune); recently finished While We Were Dating (Jasmine Guillory) and Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits (Julie Murphy)
Rachael: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (VE Schwab) and Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir); just finished Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: While We Were Dating (Jasmine Guillory) and The Rehearsals (Annette Christie)
Kelly: Where the Briars Sleep (Emma Beaven), While We Were Dating (Jasmine Guillory), Under the Whispering Door (TJ Klune), When You Get the Chance (Emma Lord), The Rehearsals (Annette Christie), The Therapist (BA Paris), How Sweet It Is (Dylan Newton), Such a Quiet Place (Megan Miranda), The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks (Mackenzi Lee) and One True Loves (Elise Bryant)
Rachael: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) and The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (Marianne Cronin)
Books mentioned in the episode:
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara) and watch the HBO show, too
To the Bridge (Nancy Rommelman)
Chasing Alice (Stephanie Fowler)
Gone at Midnight (Jake Anderson)
Death on Ocean Boulevard (Caitlin Rother)
My Friend Dahmer (Derf Backderf)
Killers Keep Secrets (James Huddle)
An Unexplained Death (Mikita Brottman)
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Our next book club will be The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell! We're discussing it in our August 10 episode.
Hi, Should-Heads! We're back and we missed you (and each other)! We also have the best and most fun episode for you today. Danny and Amy Knowles travel around in their RV and listen to audiobooks. But how do you choose what to listen to? And how do you keep from getting lost if the book is really great? (OK, that may only be a concern for Kelly, who's already prone to getting lost.)
Currently Reading:
Julia: It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian) and Incense and Sensibility (Sonali Dev)
Kelly: The Wrong Girl (RL Stine)
Rachael: Simone Breaks All the Rules (Debbie Rigaud) and Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult); just finished Yes and I Love You (Roni Loren)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The 22 Murders of Madison May (Max Barry), The Poacher's Son (Paul Doiron), Incense and Sensibility (Sonali Dev), What if You and Me (Roni Loren), The Dating Dare (Jayci Lee) Midnight, Water City (Chris Mckinney) and Falling (TJ Newman)
Kelly: 56 Days (Catherine Ryan Howard), Razorblade Tears (SA Cosby), One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston), We Are the Brennans (Tracey Lange), The Personal Librarian (Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray), The People We Keep (Allison Larkin), Survive the Night (Riley Sager), The 22 Murders of Madison May (Max Barry), Shoulder Season (Christina Clancey), That Weekend (Kara Thomas), Vampires and Voodoo (Patricia Frost), What if You and Me (Roni Loren), Mona at Sea (Elizabeth Gonzalez James), Daughter (Kate McLaughlin), Fan Club (Erin Mayer), In Every Generation (Kendare Blake), The Spectacular (Zoe Whittall), The Liz Taylor Ring (Brenda Janowitz), The Serial Killer's Wife (Alice Hunter) and Just Haven't Met You Yet (Sophie Cousens)
Rachael: What if You and Me (Roni Loren), Dating Dare (Jayci Lee), Falling (TJ Newman), Dead By Dawn (Paul Doiron), Sisters in Arms (Kaia Alderson), Razorblade Tears (SA Cosby) and China Room (Sunjeev Sahota)
Audiobooks mentioned in the show:
Authors: David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Kate Morton, Alison Weir and Ken Follett
Series: Jack Reacher (Lee Child), Orphan X (Gregg Hurwitz), Game of Thrones (George RR Martin) The Century trilogy (Ken Follett), Earth Children (Jean M. Auel) and Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)
Books: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens), All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr) Helmet For My Pillow (Robert Leckie), Undaunted Courage (Stephen E. Ambrose) and Hiking Through (Paul Stutzman)
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Happy summer Should-Heads! This week we are taking time off to indulge in some summer reads by the pool (or in air conditioned apartments. Hey, it's summer, do what you want!)
Please enjoy this special bonus re-release of our third ever podcast episode, where we recommend our favorite summer reads. Aww baby podcasters!
Oh, Should-Heads. After the expensive months that were May and June, things are slowing down a little bit. (But only a little bit.) There are great books coming out this month, too, but July looks to be more of a reading month than a buying month. Our wallets and library hold lists are feeling very grateful for this.
Book News:
Goodreads bad reviews: https://bookriot.com/bad-goodreads-reviews/
Elin Hilderbrand and Casey McQuiston book changes: https://slate.com/culture/2021/06/elin-hilderbrand-casey-mcquiston-antisemitism-israel-social-media.html?fbclid=IwAR37L68g8N0ZKWIPgCQEIa1y8potDDwhc7-V626rOEik_lNFqn9ar-eDtmw
Julia's read so much! https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/25816070
Currently Reading:
Julia: We Could Be Heroes (Mike Chen) and just finished Darling (K Ancrum)
Kelly: The Idea of You (Robinne Lee) and just finished The Damage (Caitlin Wahrer)
Rachael: Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout), This Time Next Year (Sophie Cousens) and Where the Light Enters (Sara Donati)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Darling (K Ancrum)
Kelly: The Damage (Caitlin Wahrer) and Then She Vanishes (Claire Douglas)
Rachael: The Benedict Society omnibus (Trenton Lee Stewart)
Most Anticipated:
Julia: While We Were Dating (Jasmine Guillory), Incense and Sensibility (Sonali Dev), A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers), The Rehearsals (Annette Christie) and Appleseed (Matt Bell)
Kelly: Rise to the Sun (Leah Johnson), Where the Briars Sleep (Emma Beaven), Dear Miss Metropolitan (Carolyn Ferrell), Razorblade Tears (SA Cosby) and Falling (TJ Newman)
Rachael: Dead By Dawn (Paul Doiron), The Comfort Book (Matt Haig), Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (Emily Austin), Afterlove (Tanya Byrne) and The Women's March (Jennifer Chiaverini)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We are here to discuss our favorite reads of 2021 so far, and it was hard to narrow it down to five each! We're also joined by our friend (and tastemaker of the pod) Kathy Coe! While we could each have easily named another five books each (or 10, or 20), we're pleased with this list. No matter your taste, there's definitely something for everyone on here.
Kelly's Poe socks: https://outofprint.com/collections/socks/products/let-it-poe-cozy-socks
Kelly's bookmark came from here: https://t.co/bXan9MJZaA?amp=1
Currently reading:
Julia: Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid) and If the Shoe Fits (Julie Murphy)
Kelly: Ace of Spades (Faridah Abike Iyimide)
Rachael: Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout), Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid) and Jay's Gay Agenda (Jason June)
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: Skye Falling (Mia McKenzie), The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris) and Half Sick of Shadows (Laura Sebastian)
Kelly: I Am Not a Wolf (Dan Sheehan) and Bath Haus (PJ Vernon)
Rachael: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Grady Hendrix) and If the Shoe Fits (Julie Murphy)
Our Favorites of 2021:
Kathy: A Mouthful of Forevers (Clementine von Radics), The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid), The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune), Blackout (Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon) and Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Julia: Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas), That Summer (Jennifer Weiner), Meet Me In Another Life (Catriona Silvey), Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), Pumpkin (Julie Murphy)
Kelly: Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult), That Summer (Jennifer Weiner), Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers), We Are Inevitable (Gayle Forman) and Outlawed (Anna North)
Rachael: Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas), The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey), That Summer (Jennifer Weiner), Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier) and Pumpkin (Julie Murphy)
Follow Kathy Coe:
Blog: http://glass-of-wine.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @kathycoe
Instagram: @glassofwine81
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell in August! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
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Should-heads, you are in for a treat! We are joined by Tessa Bailey, here to talk to us about her upcoming release It Happened One Summer (out July 13). This Schitt's Creek-inspired novel is clever, sweet and scorching hot. We all loved it and it is perfect for poolside or beach reading, preferably with an umbrella drink. You need this book in your life.
Book News:
Malibu Rising optioned by Hulu! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/malibu-rising-author-taylor-jenkins-reid-hulu-adaptation-reimagining-80s-hollywood-1234962875/
(Misprint from show: There IS showrunner news and it's Liz Tigelaar, who also was behind Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere adaptation.)
Currently Reading:
Julia: Take a Hint, Dani Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Kelly: Just finished The Final Girls Support Group (Grady Hendrix)
Rachael: The Nature of Witches (Rachel Griffin)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult) and Take a Hint, Dani Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Kelly: Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult) and The Disappearing Act (Catherine Steadman)
Rachael: Wish You Were Here (Jodi Picoult), For the Wolf (Hannah Whitten), The Lost Queen (Signe Pike), The Forgotten Kingdom (Signe Pike) and Green Rider (Kristen Britain)
Other books mentioned in the episode: Beach Read (Emily Henry), The Hating Game (Sally Thorne), The Ex Hex (Erin Sterling) and A Lot Like Adios (Alexis Daria)
Authors mentioned: Helen Huang, Christina Lauren, Rosie Danon, Kate Claybourne and Mariana Zapata.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessabaileyisanauthor/
Website: https://www.tessabailey.com/
Get a signed copy of It Happened One Summer: https://shop.wordbookstores.com/tessabailey?fbclid=IwAR0mbJq5ZfZRabYuPfTj7M62gho_RB-ekV3MIOy1uFNbOxW4F2GMsA7-zcw
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Hi, Should-Heads! We are absolutely delighted to present our latest book club episode. We all loved Honey Girl and do a deep dive into parental expectations, love stories vs. romance, microaggressions, the importance of chosen family and what to do when your Plan doesn't work out. And are we really going to go monster hunting ourselves? We just might...
Book News:
Firsthand Accounts of Tulsa Race Massacre Republished: oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/05/30/greenwood-author-publishes-black-wall-street-book-tulsa-race-massacre/5047138001/
Elin Hilderbrand: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/86562-readers-angered-over-anne-frank-reference-in-new-hilderbrand-novel.html
NK Jemisin deal: https://www.avclub.com/n-k-jemisin-is-adapting-her-broken-earth-trilogy-for-t-1847040525
Currently Reading:
Julia: It Happened One Summer (Tessa Bailey)
Kelly: Jay's Gay Agenda (Jason June)
Rachael: Pumpkin (Julie Murphy) and Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Pumpkin (Julie Murphy), Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang), Dear Miss Metropolitan (Carolyn Ferrell), Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid) and The Lost Queen (Signe Pike)
Kelly: Instructions for Dancing (Nicola Yoon), The Maidens (Alex Michaelides), An Emotion of Great Delight (Tahereh Mafi), Animal (Lisa Taddeo), Live Your Life (Amanda Kloots), All the Lonely People (Mike Gayle), Sweethand (N.G. Peltier), Somebody's Daughter (Ashley C. Ford), The Passing Playbook (Isaac Fitzsimmons), Golden Girl (Elin Hilderbrand), The Other Black Girl (Zakiyah Dalila Harris), Girl One (Sara Flannery Murphy), Kill All Your Darlings (David Bell), The Final Girl Support Group (Grady Hendrix), The Taking of Jake Livingston (Ryan Douglass) and Defy the Night (Brigid Kemmerer).
Rachael: Pumpkin (Julie Murphy), The Nature of Witches (Rachel Griffin)
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're skipping the introduction so we have more time to discuss the amazing books out in June. We've got so, so many to choose from and we're excited to hear what you're looking forward to. So good luck to our wallets and our free time.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Julia: Darling (K Ancrum), God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), My Contrary Mary (Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows), Fierce Self-Compassion (Kristin Neff) and The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo).
Kelly: The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dahlilah Harris), Ahmed Azez's Epic Year (Nina Hamza), Dream Girl (Laura Lippman), Jay's Gay Agenda (Jason June) and We Are Inevitable (Gayle Forman)
Rachael: The Nature of Witches (Rachel Griffin), The Sea is Salt and So Am I (Cassandra Hartt), The Wolf and the Woodsman (Ava Reid), For the Wolf (Hannah F. Whitten) and The (Un)Popular Vote (Jasper Sanchez)
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers on June 8! You won't want to miss it--and one of our favorite guests is coming back to discuss it with us!
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Kelly Vision: https://kellyvision.wordpress.com
Hi, Should-Heads! We're three podcasters who are delighted to talk to you about British rom-com novels! It's one of Rachael's wheelhouse categories and she has a lot of fantastic recommendations.
Links mentioned in this episode:
While Justice Sleeps sequels: https://www.thefussylibrarian.com/newswire/for-readers/2021/05/21/when-justice-sleeps-will-have-sequels-and-a-tv-adaptation
John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf story!: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/22/john-steinbecks-estate-urged-to-let-the-world-read-his-shunned-werewolf-novel
Marian Keyes loves Julia: https://twitter.com/MarianKeyes/status/1393940332245569538?s=20
Currently Reading:
Julia: While Justice Sleeps (Stacey Abrams) and They Never Learn (Layne Fargo)
Kelly: Hour of the Witch (Chris Bohjalian) and The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
Rachael: Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Happy book birthday to Pumpkin by Julie Murphy!
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: It Happened One Summer (Tessa Bailey)
Kelly: Off the Record (Camryn Garrett), Shipped (Meredith Tate), It Goes Like This (Miel Moreland), Some Girls Do (Jennifer Dugan)
Rachael: It Happened One Summer (Tessa Bailey)
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
Sophie Kinsella (especially the Shopaholic series), Josie Silver, Talia Hibbert, the Georgia Nicolson series (Louise Rennison), It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian), A Duke By Default (the second in the Reluctant Royals series by Alyssa Cole), Royal Holiday (Jasmine Guillory) and This Time Next Year (Sophie Cousens).
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers on June 8! You won't want to miss it--and one of our favorite guests is coming back to discuss it with us!
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Kelly Vision: https://kellyvision.wordpress.com
Hi, Should-Heads! We're so excited to talk about Asian authors this week and it's a lot of great books over multiple genres. We've got some amazing books to share and we'd love to hear any recommendations you have for us!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Learn more about Stop Asian Hate! and donate or get involved here: https://stopaapihate.org/actnow/
LeVar Burton book club: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/levar-burton-launches-book-club-james-baldwin-77630800
Jodi Picoult musical: https://www.jodipicoult.com/breathe.html and get tickets to stream it here: https://overture.plus/patron/breathe?ref=JPwebw
While Justice Sleeps TV show: https://variety.com/2021/tv/people-news/stacey-abrams-while-justice-sleeps-series-1234970687/
Currently Reading:
Julia: One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston) and That Summer (Jennifer Weiner)
Kelly: It Happened One Summer (Tessa Bailey) and The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
Rachael: One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston) and The Poppy War (R.F. Kuang)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: That Summer (Jennifer Weiner) and Faye, Faraway (Helen Fisher)
Kelly: That Summer (Jennifer Weiner), While Justice Sleeps (Stacey Abrams) and It Happened One Summer (Tessa Bailey)
Rachael: That Summer (Jennifer Weiner) and While Justice Sleeps (Stacey Abrams)
Books mentioned in this episode:
Julia: White Ivy (Susie Yang), If You See Me, Don't Say Hi (Neel Patel) and Here and Now and Then (Mike Chen)
Kelly: Ten Things I Hate About Pinky (Sandhya Menon), Meet Cute Diary (Emery Lee) and Arsenic and Adobo (Mia P. Manansala)
Rachael: The Ones We're Meant to Find (Joan He), Pachinko (Min Jin Lee) and Anna K and Anna K Away (both by Jenny Lee).
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers on June 8! You won't want to miss it--and one of our favorite guests is coming back to discuss it with us!
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Kelly's blog: https://kellyvision.wordpress.com
Hi, Should-Heads! Today, we are so excited to share our conversation with Alena Dillon! Her second novel, The Happiest Girl in the World, was one of Julia's most anticipated books for April and for good reason. It's a ripped-from-the-headlines story that's infuriating and devastating in equal measure.
Currently Reading:
Julia: Tokyo Ever After (Emiko Jean), What Comes After (JoAnne Tompkins) and The Galaxy and the Ground Within (Becky Chambers)
Kelly: In the Event of Contact (Ethel Rohan), The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
Rachael: It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian), One Two Three (Laurie Frankel)
Happy book birthday:
Paper Heart by Cat Patrick! It's a companion novel to Tornado Brain and is out now wherever you buy books. https://bookshop.org/books/paper-heart-9781984815347/9781984815347
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: How Lucky (Will Leitch), Ariadne (Jennifer Saint), Imposter Syndrome (Kathy Wang) and Record of a Spaceborn Few (Becky Chambers).
Kelly: Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas), Secret Windows (Stephen King), The Last Thing He Told Me (Laura Dave), The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes (Xio Axelrod), How Lucky (Will Leitch), Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), Ariadne (Jennifer Saint) and Last Summer at the Golden Hotel (Elyssa Friedland)
Rachael: Ariadne (Jennifer Saint), Last Summer at the Golden Hotel (Elyssa Friedland) and Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Alena Dillon recommends Valentine (Elizabeth Wetmore) and The Most Fun We Ever Had (Claire Lombardo)
Hi, Should-Heads! We're here to share our most anticipated May reads and this month is practically guaranteed to be both fantastic and very, very expensive. We also revisit our April most anticipated reads. What books are you excited for? And why are almost all the best ones coming out on May 4th?
Links mentioned in this episode:
Authors band together, say Disney isn't paying them their royalties: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/28/disneymustpay-authors-form-task-force-missing-payments-star-wars-alien-buffy
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Galaxy and the Ground Within (Becky Chambers)
Kelly: The Anatomy of Desire (LR Dorn)
Rachael: The Happiest Girl in the World (Alena Dillon), One, Two, Three (Laurie Frankel) and It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston), On Juneteenth (Annette Gordon-Reed), Siri, Who Am I (Sam Tschida) and Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything (Kristin Bair O'Keeffe)
Kelly: Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses (Kristen O'Neal), The Anatomy of Desire (LR Dorn)
Rachael: The End of Men (Christina Sweeney-Baird), This Time Next Year (Sophie Cousens) and The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
Our most anticipated May reads:
Julia: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir), This Summer (Jennifer Weiner), While Justice Sleeps (Stacey Abrams), In the Event of Contact (Ethel Rohan) and Tokyo Ever After (Emiko Jean).
Kelly: The Hour of the Witch (Chris Bohjalian), Films of Endearment (Michael Koresky), Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (Joya Goffney), The Plot (Jean Hanff Korelitz) and Luck of the Titanic (Stacey Lee)
Rachael: Sorrowland (Rivers Solomon), Blade of Secrets (Tricia Levenseller), The Ones We're Meant to Find (Joan He), The Summer of Broken Rules (KL Walther) and Pumpkin (Julie Murphy).
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers on June 8! You won't want to miss it--and one of our favorite guests is coming back to discuss it with us!
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Kelly's blog! https://kellyvision.wordpress.com
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Hi, Should-Heads! Mother's Day is coming up and we're discussing our favorite mother/daughter books! Some of them are the ones you'd imagine and some of them are about moms we're glad we didn't have. Like any relationship, though, it can be complicated and we discuss that, too.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
LeVar Burton to host Jeopardy! https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989897618/an-overjoyed-levar-burton-welcomes-chance-to-guest-host-jeopardy
Currently Reading:
Julia: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) and Everybody Writes (Ann Handley)
Kelly: Devil in Ohio (Daria Polatin)
Rachael: Song of the River (Sue Harrison)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The Project (Courtney Summers), Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert), The Antiracist (Kondwani Fidel) and Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
Kelly: egalleys of White Smoke (Tiffany D. Jackson), All These Bodies (Kendare Blake), Black Birds in the Sky (Brandy Colbert) and ebooks of The Happiest Girl in the World (Alena Dillon) and From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry (Paula Yoo)
Rachael: Witches Steeped in Gold (Ciannon Smart), The Happiest Girl in the World (Alena Dillon) and A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
Recommended Books:
Julia: One, Two, Three (Laurie Frankel), Patsy (Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn) and Olive (Emma Gannon)
Kelly: The Push (Ashley Audrain), Starfish (Lisa Fipps) and Faye, Faraway (Helen Fisher)
Rachael: Certain Girls, Fly Away Home and Little Earthquakes (all by Jennifer Weiner), Handle With Care (Jodi Picoult) and The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Bonus recs: Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes (Jules Moulin), In Her Shoes (Jennifer Weiner), Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple) and The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano (Donna Freitas).
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New logo by Eva Fury
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Hi, Should-Heads! Today, we discuss one of Julia's "wheelhouse" books: the short story collection. (Everyone has wheelhouse books; the ones that, for whatever reason, they are guaranteed to buy.) We'll be exploring more of our wheelhouse books in future episodes. Do you like short stories? If so, which are your favorites?
ALSO, we are excited to announce that we're giving away a three-month membership on Libro.fm and it couldn't possibly be easier to enter. Learn more here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxctwfL5kD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Links mentioned in this episode:
Libro.fm Independent Bookstore Giveaway: https://libro.fm/ibd
Currently Reading:
Julia: Anna K (Jenny Lee; narrated by Jenna Ushkowitz) and Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Kelly: When the Stars Go Dark (Paula McLain)
Rachael: Anna K Away (Jenny Lee; narrated by Jenna Ushkowitz)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: What Comes After (Joanne Tompkins), Arsenic and Adobo (Mia P. Manansala) and Love in Color (Bolu Babalola)
Kelly: physical copy of The Mary Shelley Club (Goldy Moldavsky) and, from libro.fm, audiobooks of Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge; narrated by Channie Waites), The Hill We Climb (Amanda Gorman and Oprah Winfrey; narrated by same), One Two Three (Laurie Frankel; narrated by Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinski and Rebecca Soler), Mirrorland (Carole Johnstone; narrated by Katie Leung) and Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin; narrated by Mia Farrow).
Rachael: Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer), and, from libro.fm, audiobooks of Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge; narrated by Channie Waites), The Hill We Climb (Amanda Gorman and Oprah Winfrey; narrated by same), One Two Three (Laurie Frankel; narrated by Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinski and Rebecca Soler), Mirrorland (Carole Johnstone; narrated by Katie Leung)
Julia's recommended short story collections:
The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans), The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw), Exhalation (Ted Chiang), Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri), Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri), Look Both Ways (Jason Reynolds) and One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories (BJ Novak)
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Hi, Should-Heads! Today, Miracle Creek author Angie Kim comes back to discuss Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's our third book club book, and we absolutely loved it. There's a lot to ponder (what makes us human? can we ever be 100% known, even by ourselves?) and it would take multiple episodes to fully cover this book. Buy it, read it, listen to this episode and then find us on social media to discuss it. We'll definitely have even more to say.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angie Kim's review of Klara and the Sun: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54120408-klara-and-the-sun?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wh61SUln3b&rank=1
Stephen King film festival: https://nerdist.com/article/stephen-king-film-festival-short-films-dollar-baby/
Tessa Thompson to adapt Secret Life of Church Ladies: https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2021/01/15/deesha-philyaw-secret-lives-of-church-ladies-adaptation-television-tessa-thompson-hbo-max/stories/202101150164
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Happiest Girl in the World (Alena Dillon)
Kelly: Love & Other Crimes (Sara Paretsky)
Rachael: Winterkeep (Kristin Cashore), Where the Light Enters (Sara Donati), The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton), Unbirthday (Liz Braswell), Milkfed (Melissa Broder), Shipped (Angie Hockman) and Everybody Writes (Ann Handley)
Kelly: A Schitt's Creek booksleeve, a Promising Young Woman magnetic bookmark, The Lamplighters (Emma Stonex), The Last Bookshop of London (Madeline Martin), Shaking the Gates of Hell (John Archibald), Between the Bliss and Me (Lizzy Mason), A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki), Game Changer (Neal Shusterman) and You Are Here (Jenny Lawson)
Rachael: Dark Tides (Philippa Gregory), Enchantress (James Maxwell), Golddiggers (Sanjena Sathian), Arsenic and Adobo (Mia P. Manansala), Love in Color (Bolu Babalola) and Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
Follow Angie Kim:
Twitter: @angiekimwriter
Instagram: @angiekimask
Website: https://angiekimbooks.com/
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Hi, Should-Heads! If you're like us, you probably already have more unread books than you could possibly ever finish...and still have a really unfortunate book habit anyway. Today, we discuss the April releases we're most excited for and, as you'd expect, there are a lot of them.
Links mentioned in this episode:
New Richard Wright novel: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelkramerbussel/2021/02/26/richard-wright-novel-the-man-who-lived-underground-to-be-published-in-april/?sh=6db63a46499b
Beverly Cleary died: https://apnews.com/article/beverly-cleary-dead-c3923a8fbbcd461a10ea615c7d1300a9
Larry McMurtry died: https://apnews.com/article/arizona-dallas-larry-mcmurtry-movies-tucson-c42dce8a2ef5882d3695c6b5e9356ba2
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Marriage Game (Sara Desai)
Kelly: Darling (K. Ancrum)
Rachael: Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Dear Mr. Henshaw (Beverly Cleary)
Kelly: Dear Mr. Henshaw, Strider and the Ramona series (Beverly Cleary), Mouthful of Forevers (Clementine von Radics) and Ana on the Edge (AJ Sass)
Rachael: The Paris Key and Letters from Paris (both by Juliet Blackwell)
Our April picks:
Julia: We Are Watching Eliza Bright (A.E. Osworth), Malice (Heather Walter), Dial A For Aunties (Jesse Q. Sutanto) and The Happiest Girl in the World (Alena Dillon)
Kelly: She's Too Pretty to Burn (Wendy Heard), You Love Me (Caroline Kepnes), The Cost of Knowing (Brittney Morris) and Astrid Sees All (Natalie Standiford)
Rachael: Gold Diggers (Sanjena Sathian), Witches Steeped in Gold (Clannon Smart), The Next Everest (Jim Davidson) and The End of Men (Christina Sweeney-Baird)
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You're in for a real treat today, Should-Heads! We're joined by Sonali Dev, author of the Bollywood series and the Rajes family series. We're huge fans of hers and if you aren't already, this episode will do the trick. She's got some great recommendations and we didn't think it was possible but somehow we've gotten even more excited for Incense and Sensibility (out July 6).
Other books mentioned in this episode:
You, Me, and the Sea (Meg Donohue, inspired by Wuthering Heights), Meg and Jo and Beth and Amy (both by Virginia Kantra), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron) and The Dating Plan (Sara Desai)
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Hello, Should-Heads! Why do we love retellings so much? Why is it so fun and (honestly a little comforting) to read these tales as old as time? We ponder these questions, share our favorite ones and debate where the line is between "homage" and "fanfiction."
Links from show:
Dawn from Netflix's Babysitters Club has been recast. https://www.eonline.com/news/1250032/the-baby-sitters-club-announces-a-recast
https://twitter.com/netflixqueue/status/1372599859530788865 for video
Currently Reading:
Julia: Stepsister (Jennifer Donnelly)
Kelly: Girls With Razor Hearts (Suzanne Young)
Rachael: The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey) and People Like Her (Ellery Lloyd)
Recent Acquisitions:
Kelly: Girls With Rebel Souls (Suzanne Young) and Lost in the Never Woods (Aiden Thomas)
Rachael: Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
Our recommendations:
K. Ancrum: Spindle's End (Robin McKinley), The Rough-Face Girl (Rafe Martin; illustrated by David Shannon) and Sirena (Donna Jo Napoli)
Julia: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Mirror Mirror (Gregory Maguire), All the Ever Afters (Danielle Teller) and A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney)
Kelly: Tiger Lily (Jodi Lynn Anderson), Cinderella is Dead (Kalynn Bayron) and Bookish and the Beast (Ashley Poston)
Rachael: Fierce Fairytales (Nikita Gill), Circe and a Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller) and Anna K (Jenny Lee)
Follow K. Ancrum:
Instagram: @k.ancrum
Twitter: @KaylaAncrum
Preorder Darling (out June 22): https://bookshop.org/books/darling-9781250265265/9781250265265
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're joined by Allison Dickson (the Steve Martin of our podcast!) and we're discussing "good for her!" books about women who are righting wrongs in various ways (some of those ways are violent). In light of everything going on right now, even being who you are can be a revolutionary act.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Pandemic novel: https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-new-york-john-grisham-douglas-preston-coronavirus-pandemic-b918d7eeac8386a9c3bcc69aab74bc88
Novel Menagerie Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thenovelmenagerie
Jay-Z song parody about books: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFD32AF15DDC5B596
Currently Reading:
Julia: Stepsister (Jennifer Donnelly)
Kelly: Girls With Sharp Sticks (Suzanne Young)
Rachael: The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey), The Fountains of Silence (Ruta Sepetys) and Anna K (Jenny Lee)
Our recommendations:
Allison: My Lovely Wife (Samantha Downing) and the books of Wendy Heard
Julia: The Power (Naomi Alderman) and Shrill (Lindy West)
Kelly: They Never Learn (Layne Fargo) and The Lady Upstairs (Halley Sutton)
Rachael: Perfect Match (Jodi Picoult) and Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
Follow Allison Dickson:
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Twitter: @MsAllieD
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Hi, Should-Heads and welcome to one of our more expensive episodes. Our friend Stephanie Henderson joined us to discuss Black speculative fiction, and she's got a lot of great recommendations. You'll definitely want to get every one you don't already have. It's a really fun conversation and there are so many great books out; we're very lucky.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Leah Johnson book deal: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/85794-book-deals-week-of-march-15-2021.html
"Please Stop Talking About the `Rise' of African Science Fiction": https://lithub.com/please-stop-talking-about-the-rise-of-african-science-fiction/
Interview with Octavia Butler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UgiE8vYuI
Octavia Butler's Kindred to be a TV show: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fx-adapting-octavia-e-butlers-kindred
Currently Reading:
Julia: Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas) and The Belles (Dhonielle Clayton)
Kelly: They Never Learn (Layne Fargo)
Rachael: Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna), Valentine (Elizabeth Wetmore) and Fountains of Silence (Ruta Sepetys)
Our recommendations:
Stephanie: The works of Octavia Butler, A Phoenix First Must Burn (anthology edited by Patrice Caldwell), My Soul to Keep (Tananarive Due), The Gilda Stories (Jewelle L. Gomez), The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction (Jerry Rafiki Jenkins), Black Female Vampires in African American Women's Novels (Kendra R. Parker), Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Vengeance and Virtue (both by Tomi Adeyemi), Raybearers (Jordan Ifueko) and A Song Below Water (Bethany C. Morrow)
Julia: Legendborn (Tracy Deonn), Remote Control and Akata Witch (both by Nnedi Okorafor)
Kelly: Wings of Ebony (J. Elle) and Daughters of Jubilation (Kara Lee Corthron)
Rachael: The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)
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Oh, Should-Heads! If you haven't read Temporary, you are doing yourself a real disservice. It's clever and funny, but don't take our word for it. It's also received excellent reviews from The New York Times, The Washington Post and made Best Of 2020 lists from NPR and Publisher's Weekly and many more outlets. As we approach the first anniversary of quarantine, this is a book that will be the best possible distraction. Thank you so much for author Hilary Leichter, who is well versed in the rule of threes, for joining us! (Also in this episode: we all bought a lot of books and learned we didn't know anything about the Dust Bowl.)
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Kelly's blog! https://kellyvision.wordpress.com
Currently Reading:
Julia: A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney)
Kelly: The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah). Recently finished Later (Stephen King) and Float Plan (Trish Doller)
Rachael: Temporary (Hilary Leichter), The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah) and Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine ). Recently finished Ask Again, Yes (Mary Beth Keane)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The Versions of Us (Laura Barnett), God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), The Duke and I (Julia Quinn), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron), Much Ado About You (Samantha Young), In the Quick (Kate Hope Day) Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Kelly: Later (Stephen King), Float Plan (Trish Doller), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron), Who is Maud Dixon (Alexandra Andrews), I Think I Love You (Aurianne Desombre), Yolk (Mary H.K. Choi), Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro) That Summer (Jennifer Weiner) The Cost of Knowing (Brittney Morris).
Rachael: Gilead (Marilynne Robinson), Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel), Whispers of Shadow and Flame (L. Penelope), Raybearer (Jordan Ifueko), Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers), The Lost Apothecary (Sarah Penner) Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro).
Hilary's recommendations: Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), Pachinko (Min Jin Lee) and That Time of Year (Marie NDiaye)
Follow Hilary Leichter:
Twitter: @hilsaphina
Website: https://www.hilaryleichter.com/
Buy Unscripted: https://bookshop.org/books/unscripted/9780997552324
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We are so excited to discuss Outlawed! We all absolutely loved it, and if you haven't read it, you need to. It's set in the past (and an alternate past) and it still feels very timely. (Bonus sidebar topics include westerns, pandemic life and, as always, a bunch of recommendations.)
Books mentioned in the episode:
How Much of These Hills is Gold (C Pam Zhang), God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters), The Prophets (Robert Jones, Jr.) and The Distance (Hernan Diaz).
Other things Anna North mentioned:
The Hole in the Wall Gang: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/hole-in-the-wall-gang/
Shaker dwellings: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/shaker-style-design-lessons-canterbury-shaker-village/
Krazy Kat comic strips: https://www.comicskingdom.com/krazy-kat
Reese Witherspoon in Outlawed-inspired costume: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrE3jflN-3/
Learn more about the TV deal: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/anna-north-outlawed-show-amy-adams-a24-1234892587/
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Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge): https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! It comes out on March 2 and you can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
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Hi Should-Heads! This is a fun but expensive episode. We're joined by Claire Handscombe, author, bookseller, noted West Wing enthusiast and podcaster! Claire came with a great list of recommendations and they all sound amazing. You're going to want to take notes and hit up your library or favorite bookstore (or Blackwell's.com--just one of many hot tips we get from this episode).
Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their February selections: https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge): https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
Currently Reading:
Julia: Olive (Emma Gannon--one of Claire's recommendations!) and Temporary (Hilary Leichter)
Kelly: The Kingdom of Back (Marie Lu)
Rachael: Graceling series (Kristin Cashore)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: none, somehow
Kelly: Life in the Balance (Jen Petro-Roy), Cool For the Summer (Dahlia Adler), Sloppy Firsts re-release (Megan McCafferty) and Wings of Ebony (J Elle)
Rachael: Love is For Losers (Wibke Brueggemann)
Other Books Mentioned (Claire bankrupts us): Unscripted (Claire Handscombe), The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans), Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling (Emer McLysaght), the Georgia Nicolson series (Louise Rennison), Eleanor Olyphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman), One Day in December (Josie Silver), Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert), Olive (Emma Gannon), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 and 3/4 (Sue Townsend), One Day (David Nicholls), Love, Nina (Nina Stibbe), Freshers/Freshmen (Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison), The Paris Connection (Lorraine Brown) and the collected works of Kazuo Ishiguro.
Follow Claire Handscombe:
Twitter: @bookishclaire and @britlitpodcast
Instagram: @claireandherbooks
Podcast: https://linktr.ee/britlitpodcast
Buy Unscripted: https://bookshop.org/books/unscripted/9780997552324
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! It comes out on March 2 and you can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
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Hi, Should-Heads! We're joined by Michael Koryta, bestselling author, screenwriter, nature enthusiast and murderer of sleep. His new book (Never Far Away) is out now and it is amazing. We talk about that, his upcoming movie (Those Who Wish Me Dead; out in theaters and HBO Max in May) and many other topics.
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Book news:
Publishers Weekly credits agent for Angie Thomas' success: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/85617-lit-agent-under-fire-from-former-clients-including-bestselling-ya-author.html
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge): https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
Currently Reading:
Michael Koryta: Later (Stephen King), My Life as a Villainess (Laura Lippman), Simon the Fiddler (Pauline Giles), Sloane Crosley's body of work, When We Were the Kennedys (Monica Wood), Kosti Ruohomaa: The Photographer Poet (Deanna Bonner-Ganter)
Julia: Outlawed (Anna North) and Likes (Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum)
Kelly: The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes (Elissa R. Sloan)
Rachael: Admission (Julie Buxbaum) and The Girl With the Louding Voice (Abi Dare)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw) and The Pull of the Stars (Emma Donoghue)
Kelly: Life in the Balance (Jen Petro-Roy) and a great bookmark!
Rachael: The Project (Courtney Summers), Slay (Brittney Morris), Elatsoe (Darcie Little Badger) and A Secret History of Witches (Louisa Morgan)
Other Books Mentioned: So Cold the River, The Ridge, Those Who Wish Me Dead and If She Wakes (all by Michael Koryta) and When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail (D. Dauphinee)
Follow Michael Koryta:
Twitter: @mjkoryta
Instagram: @michaelkoryta
Website: https://michaelkoryta.com/
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www.whatyoushouldread.com
Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! It comes out on March 2 and you can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
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Happy Valentine's Day, Should-Heads! In today's episode, we talk about love--and specifically love stories by Black authors. We also discuss that Slate article and the Netflix documentary we can't stop thinking about.
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Book news:
Slate article on Bridgerton novels (it'll just make you mad): https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/bridgerton-books-review-first-time-romance-duke-and-i.html
Rachael Reads on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge): https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
Links mentioned:
Out of Print shirt https://outofprint.com/collections/frederick-douglass
Mina Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNrAmbO7lmiGdFK0PWkBwA
Ashley at Bookish Realm: https://www.youtube.com/user/bookishrealmCurrently Reading:
Julia: The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
Kelly: Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam (Jake Anderson)
Rachael: Never Far Away (Michael Koryta) and The Kindest Lie (Nancy Johnson)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: https://bookbeau.com/collections/po15/products/copy-of-anatomical-heart
Kelly: The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna), Black Widows (Cate Quinn) and The Book of Delights (Ross Gay)
Rachael: The Poppy War (R.F. Kuang) and The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)
Romance Recs:
Julia: The Boyfriend Project (Farrah Rochon) and the Grip Trilogy (Kennedy Ryan)
Kelly: Bingo Love (Tee Franklin) and Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Rachael: Reluctant Royals series (Alyssa Cole) and Get a Life, Chloe Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Other Books Mentioned: Legendborn (Tracy Deonn), Hidden Sins (Selena Montgomery), Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Emmanuel Acho) and Five Days (Wes Moore and Erica L. Green).
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www.whatyoushouldread.com
Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! It comes out on March 2 and you can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
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Happy Tuesday, Should-Heads! We're happy to share our second book club with you, and this book gave us a lot to talk about. (If you haven't read it, you need to. It's even better than An American Marriage, and that's a high bar.) Highlights include secrets, family folklore and what makes for a happy ending.
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Book news:
Jezebel vs. Book Riot: https://bookriot.com/book-people?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Riot%20Rundown%20020521&utm_term=BookRiot_TheRiotRundown_DormantSuppress Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge): https://twitter.com/damnreadathon
Currently Reading:
Julia: Legendborn (Tracey Deonn)
Kelly: Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Rachael: A Duke By Default (Alyssa Cole) and recently read A Princess in Theory (Alyssa Cole) and Mill Town (Kerri Arsenault)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew (Daniel Pool) and Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas)
Kelly: Survive the Night (Riley Sager), Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid), I am the Rage (Martina McGowan), many BOMC books
Rachael: The Kindest Lie (Nancy Johnson), The Bad Muslim Discount (Syed M. Masood) and The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
Follow Dr. Nae on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnaephillips/
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! It comes out on March 2 and you can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
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You Should Read: Something For Galentine's Day!
Hello, Should-Heads! We're here today to celebrate Galentine's Day! Yes, we're a little early but this way, you can have some great books to read while you think about how wonderful your best girl friends are. (It's Feb. 13, so you have time.) Next year, we'll all celebrate together.
Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their January selections: https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books Links From the Episode:
Book news:
Liane Moriarty has a new book out this year: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-novel-moriarty-apples-never-fall-out-september-1234619#:~:text=Due%20out%20in%20hardback%2C%20e,wounds%20and%20moments%20of%20humanity. Talia Hibbert has some Austen-themed books coming, too! https://twitter.com/TaliaHibbert/status/1354858374630932484 Nora Roberts is right again: https://www.today.com/popculture/nora-roberts-criticism-over-alyssa-milano-casting-netflix-movie-t207214 Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Currently Reading:
Julia: Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones)
Kelly: Plain Bad Heroines (emily m. danforth)
Rachael: Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones) Galentine's Day books (and shows): Julia: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (Mindy Kaling), Truth & Beauty (Ann Patchett) and In Five Years (Rebecca Serle) Kelly: Outlawed (Anna North), Topics of Conversation (Miranda Popkey) and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares); you should also watch The Bold Type. Rachael: Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Text Me When You Get Home (Kayleen Schaefer) and Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty) Follow What You Should Read:
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest, Dr. Sherna Phillips!
Greetings, Should-Heads! We're very excited to share this week's episode. Brigid Kemmerer has written one of our favorite trilogies ever and, as you may expect, we have some opinions over which kingdom should prevail. In the end we are for Syhl Shallow, except for Julia, who is not the boss of the show notes, KELLY IS. We also discuss her next release (Defy the Night, out in September!), the books she loved growing up, the best friendship ever and much more.
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Links From the Episode:
Book news:
Amanda Gorman's website, including links to buy and pre-order her books: https://www.theamandagorman.com/
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Currently Reading:
Brigid: a secret book of Jodi Picoult's, a new Elizabeth Lim and A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (Roseanne A. Brown)
Julia: Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones) and The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes (Elissa R. Stone)
Kelly: The Shadows (Alex North)
Rachael: The Removed (Brandon Hobson)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The First 15 Lives of Harry August (Claire North) and Likes (Sarah Shun-lien Bynum)
Kelly: If I Disappeared (Eliza Jane Brazier; preorder, due out Jan. 26), Those Who Prey (Jennifer Moffett), The Awakening of Malcolm X (Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson) and Troublemaker (Leah Remini--a good pick for our Bachelor Nation reading challenge!)
Rachael: The Graceling series (Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue and Winterkeep; Kristin Cashore).
Other books mentioned in the episode:
Brigid Kemmerer's entire backlist (the Cursebreakers trilogy, the Elementals series, Thicker Than Water, Letters to the Lost, More Than We Can Tell and Call it What You Want)
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
This is My America (Kim Johnson)
Christopher Pike (specifically Remember Me), Lois Duncan, The Babysitters Club, The Saddle Club, The Silver Kiss (Annette Curtis Klause) Saaba Tahir and Jennifer L. Armentrout.
The Gift of Fear (Gavin de Becker)
Follow Brigid Kemmerer:
Website: https://brigidkemmerer.com/
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
Hello, Should-heads! This is the most dramatic podcast episode--EVER. Three hosts. Many books. Only one episode. Who. Will. SURVIVE?
OK, sorry, I can't keep that going. We're here to talk about reality TV and the books it's spawned. We also discuss the shows we love (current and past) and what reality shows we would like to go on.
Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their January selections: https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books
Links From the Episode:
Book news: New York Public Library librarians will read you a story every week! https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/new-york-public-library-launches-story-line-new-dial-phone-storytime-service (when we called, they read New York Baby.) You can also enjoy these videos of their librarians reading books. https://www.nypl.org/education/kids/storytime
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Ashley Spivey's Book Club: https://www.instagram.com/spiveysbookclub/?hl=en
Two Black Girls, One Rose podcast: https://2blackgirls1rose.libsyn.com/
Currently Reading:
Julia: A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Brigid Kemmerer) and The Prophets (Robert Jones, Jr.)
Kelly: Outlawed (Anna North)
Rachael: A Promised Land (Barack Obama), Sex and Vanity (Kevin Kwan) and A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Brigid Kemmerer)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: Across the Green Grass Fields (Seanan McGuire)
Kelly: Angel of Greenwood (Randi Pink) and The Sword and the Shield (Peniel Joseph)
Rachael: The Dating Plan (Sara Desai), The Prophets (Robert Jones, Jr.), The Removed (Brandon Hobson), The Girl with the Louding Voice (Abi Dare) and Bitterblue (Kristin Cashore)
Reality Show Books!
Julia: One to Watch (Kate Stayman-London), Recipe For Persuasion (Sonali Dev)
Kelly: The Chicken Sisters (KJ Dell'Antonia), The Book of Essie (Meghan McLean Weir) and The Running Man (Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman)
Rachael: For Real (Alison Cherry) and Eligible (Curtis Sittenfeld)
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www.whatyoushouldread.com
Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
Welcome to our second podcast episode of 2021 and the first after an attempted coup! I'm mentioning that so if you think "Hey, they seem a little rattled," you'll know why. Today, in a departure from our usual format, we're discussing books we aren't reading. One of us slightly misunderstood the assignment and ended up with a bunch MORE books on her TBR list instead of fewer.
(NOTE: This doesn't mean that anyone who likes these books or genres is wrong to do so. This is just our respective opinions and, as you'll see, we don't agree on all of them, either.)
Also, good news! We came up with a nickname for you, our listeners. Feel free to weigh in or propose a new name for yourselves. (Just kidding Should Heads! It's too late.)
Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their January selections: https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books
Book news: Josh Hawley Loses His Book Deal https://www.teenvogue.com/story/josh-hawley-lost-book-deal-isnt-orwellian-op-ed
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Currently reading:
Julia: Roman and Jewel (Dana L. Davis)
Kelly: When You Look Like Us (Pamela N. Harris), just finished Happily Ever Afters (Elise Bryant)
Rachael: The Midnight Library (Matt Haig) and Serpent & Dove (Shelby Mahurin)
You Know What You Should Read? (each fits a Bachelor Nation prompt)
Julia: Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes ("I'm Not Here to Make Friends")
Kelly: One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite (Tayshia Adams)
Rachael: Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson (First Impression Rose)
You Know What We Won't Read?
We first heard of this prompt from Nicole and Her Books https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfatiovNuLoBTjojCncpKvQ
Julia: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera), A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess), Elin Hilderbrand, southern gothic/horror/comic books, Middlegame, Elena Ferrante, Midnight Sun (Stephenie Meyer)
Kelly: Anxious People (Fredrik Backman), James Baldwin, Kathleen Hale, JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike novels, Kinsey and Me and Y Is For Yesterday (Sue Grafton)
Rachael: Normal People (Sally Rooney), The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger), Elin Hilderbrand, Cassandra Clare, deep space sci-fi, The Secret History (Donna Tartt), Sarah J. Maas and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Suzanne Collins)
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
We're in a new year but we have the same goal (to read ALL THE BOOKS!). Today, we are joined by friend of the pod and book blogger Kathy Coe to talk about the 2021 releases we're most excited for. And just for fun, there's a drinking game.
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Book news: Meghan Markle author?! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/report-meghan-markle-plans-to-write-fiction/
Bachelor Nation reading challenge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Currently reading:
Julia: Patsy (Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn)
Kelly: The Guest List (Lucy Foley)
Rachael: Outlawed (Anna North)
Recent acquisitions:
Julia: If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back (Ron Cassie), The Topeka School (Ben Lerner) and Ring Shout (P. Djeli Clark)
Kelly: The Strangler (William Landay), These Women (Ivy Pochoda) and The Truths We Hold (Kamala Harris); Cheryl Strayed and Tiny Beautiful Things
Rachael: Watch Over Me (Nina LaCour), The Lions of Fifth Avenue (Fiona Davis), Paris is Always a Good Idea (Jenn McKinlay), Clap When You Land (Elizabeth Acevedo) and Finding Freedom (Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand)
Most anticipated:
Kathy: The Project (Courtney Summers), Survive the Night (Riley Sager), Witches Steeped in Gold (Clannon Smart), If the Shoe Fits (Julie Murphy) and Take Me Home Tonight (Morgan Matson)
Julia: Meet Me In Another Life (Catriona Silvey), Roman and Jewel (Dana L. Davis), Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro), Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) and The End of Men (Christina Sweeney-Baird).
Kelly: Bad Witch Burning (Jessica Lewis), The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Delila Harris), Happily Ever Afters (Elise Bryant), We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire (Joy McCullough) and Every Single Lie (Rachel Vincent)
Rachael: Winterkeep (Kristin Cashore), Sorrowland (Rivers Solomon), The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna), the ninth Keeper of the Lost Cities book (Shannon Messenger) and The Kindest Lie (Nancy Johnson).
Follow Kathy Coe:
Blog: http://glass-of-wine.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @kathycoe
Instagram: @glassofwine81
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
We took this weekend off from recording a traditional episode, but we'll be back next week to discuss our most anticipated new releases for 2021. In the meantime, we're discussing our reading goals for ourselves and our goals for the podcast (and we may throw in a sneak peek at our most anticipated releases lists too!).
We're getting very ambitious; please weigh in on our goals and share your own.
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Merry Christmas everybody! For a special holiday treat, we are joined by our friends over at Movies and a Meal Podcast to discuss (and judge) six different adaptations of Charles Dickens's classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Find out which ones we loved, which ones we will never watch again, and who we'd love to see interpret Scrooge on the silver screen next.
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And find them on stitcher, spotify, and apple podcasts!
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Merry Christmas eve everybody! Today on our final bonus advent calendar minisode, we exchange gifts. We give each other (you guessed it) books!
The WYSR team talks about their favorite book-related holiday memories (and somehow end up reviewing the Twilight series).
We're here to share our best memories, podcast episodes and, of course, books from 2020! We had so many fantastic reads this year...and a few that were less than stellar. We share our final thoughts on how this year affected our reading, from the pandemic to starting a podcast. It's been a crazy year and we're glad to see it go away.
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans), A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
Kelly: This Close to Okay (Leesa Cross-Smith)
Rachael: Song of Blood and Stone (L. Penelope)
Recent Acquisitions:
Julia: The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans), In a Holidaze (Christina Lauren), Legendborn (Tracy Deonn), Sex & Vanity (Kevin Kwan)
Kelly: Plain Bad Heroines (Emily M. Danforth), Big Girl, Small Town (Michelle Gallen), Miss Benson's Beetle (Rachel Joyce), Never Far Away (Michael Koryta), We Hear Voices (Evie Green), The Cousins (Karen M. McManus), Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies (Vicky Zimmerman), None Shall Sleep (Ellie Marney), The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman), Confessions on the 7:45 (Lisa Unger)
Rachael: The Snow Child (Eowyn Ivey), The Awakening (Nora Roberts), The Memory of Babel (Christelle Dabos), The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V.E. Schwab)
Best Reads:
Julia: Oona Out of Order (Margarita Montimore), The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V.E. Schwab), The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett), Exhalation (Ted Chang), Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse)
Kelly: Oona Out of Order (Margarita Montimore), Red Lotus (Chris Bohjalian), You Should See Me in a Crown (Leah Johnson), This is My America (Kim Johnson) and The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult)
The best reads by people Kelly knows: The Assignment (Liza Wiemer), Faith (Carrie Jones), Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me (Gae Polisner) and Seven Clues to Home (Gae Polisner and Nora Raleigh Baskin), Don't Judge Me (Lisa Schroeder) and Red Casket and On a Good Horse (both by Darby Karchut).
Rachael: The Deep (Rivers Solomon and Daveed Diggs), The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult), The Book of Longings (Sue Monk Kidd), The Wicker King (K Ancrum) and Darius the Great is Not OK (Adib Khorram)
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
Rachael and Julia discuss their Christmas cookie traditions.
Recipe for sour cream cookies: https://www.thereciperebel.com/grandmas-sour-cream-sugar-cookies/
All we want for Christmas is to see more Korean representation in books, books about strong female characters figuring stuff out, and all the dystopians!
Today we have mom back on the podcast! She offers her tried and true cinnamon roll recipe.
To make the rolls, use this bread recipe
Never Fail Bread:
In a large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cup warm water with 1 package dry yeast, combine and set 5 minutes. Add 1 tsp salt. 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp oil, 3 1/2 cups flour, knead for 5 minutes. Oil bowl and allow to rise for 1 hour. Bake at 325 degrees 25-30 minutes.
Today we discuss the very prolific Stephen King! We have recommendations for every reader (which means that no matter what your reading taste is, we have something that will make you very happy). Sidebar topics include a minor competition about who read Stephen King the youngest (Kelly won) and who has a better Stephen King story (Becky won) and our favorite Stephen King adaptations. This show marks the best day of Kelly's entire life. M-o-o-n, that spells joy.
Also, wait, we have t-shirts now?!
Links:
Nora Roberts explains publishing: https://www.themarysue.com/nora-roberts-a-beautiful-destruction/
Stephen King's yard: https://bangordailynews.com/2020/04/22/arts-culture/the-chainsaw-sculpture-at-stephen-and-tabitha-kings-house-is-now-complete/
Books Discussed:
Becky Hall: Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, the Dark Tower series, Cujo, The Stand, Under the Dome, Hearts in Atlantis, Bag of Bones, Desperation, The Green Mile and Nightmares and Dreamscapes (all by Stephen King)
Julia: The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah), We Ride Upon Sticks (Quan Barry), The House of Broken Angels (Luis Alberto Urrea), The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune), On Writing, 11-22-63, Carrie, The Eyes of the Dragon and The Talisman (all Stephen King).
Rachael: In a Holidaze (Christina Lauren), One Day in December (Josie Silver), the books in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, Jade City (Fonda Lee), Never Far Away (Michael Koryta), People Like Her (Ellery Lloyd) and Sex and Vanity (Kevin Kwan).
Kelly: The Half Sister (Sandie Jones), People Like Her (Ellery Lloyd), The Chicken Sisters (KJ Dell'Antonia), Misery, The Dead Zone and The Shining (all by Stephen King).
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Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
If you could jump into any fictional world and celebrate Christmas there, where would you go?
What to get the bookish friends in your life (other than books of course?). We've got you covered with some great ideas!
NOTE: STOP LISTENING AT 41:30 TO AVOID SPOILERS
Welcome to our first book club discussion! We absolutely loved The Book of Two Ways. We discuss why (character by character) and also delve into the major themes. We're all big fans of Jodi Picoult, but this book--with its discussions of death and grieving, science, choices and ethics--is the perfect and most necessary read of 2020. If you haven't read the book and don't wish to be spoiled, the first half of this podcast is safe.
Buy The Book of Two Ways: https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-two-ways-9781432883348/9781984818355
Other books discussed:
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief (David Kessler), Dark Matter (Blake Crouch), The Midnight Library (Matt Haig), The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson), Exhalation (Ted Chiang) and The Two Lives of Lydia Bird (Josie Silver)
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www.whatyoushouldread.com
Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones on February 9! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest!
We love getting books as gifts, but which ones stand out in our minds as an all-time favorite book received as a gift?
The WYSR team discuss their favorite book and film adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's classic tale, Little Women.
Rachael and Julia's mom Becky joins us again for an advent calendar minisode! We discuss a candy we make every year called Trent's Treats. But are they the REAL Trent's Treats? Tune in to find out.
What recent releases are we looking forward to this holiday season? Tune in to the advent minisode to find out!
It’s the holiday season! We love Christmas so we thought we’d put together a series of short advent calendar “minisodes” for our listeners. These episodes will be about all the things we love about Christmas—recipes, movies, and of course, lots of book recs.
Our first episode is a juicy one. We’re talking balls! Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls, that is. Rachael and Julia’s mom Becky gives her famous recipe: Mix Peanut Butter, crushed graham crackers, and powdered sugar until smooth, form into balls and harden in the fridge. Dip in melted chocolate or almond bark.
In this episode, we talk about how the pandemic has affected our reading habits. We also chat about ways to read more and what to do (or not do!) when we’re reading less. So here's some tips on how to read more and why not to feel guilty about choosing to not prioritize your TBR for a little while.
LINKS:
Book of the Month Club https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books
Romancing the Runoff has raised almost half a million dollars to help the Senate go Blue in Georgia's runoff elections in January. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/romancingrunoff to donate.
Penguin Random House may acquire Simon & Schuster. It's a deal worth over $2 billion and is subject to government approval. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/media/simon-schuster-penguin-random-house/index.html for more
Lola & Pear Publishing: https://www.lolaandpear.com/
THE BOOKS:
Currently Reading:
Julia: The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult) and A Promised Land Barack Obama)
Kelly: Valentine (Elizabeth Wetmore)
Rachael: Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
You Know What You Should Read:
Bekki: Devolution (Max Brooks), Sex & Vanity (Kevin Kwan), Mommy Didn't Say That (Allison McGill and Charla Everhart; illustrated by John Paul Snead), Rosie to the Rescue (Angela Kissel; illustrated by John Paul Snead) and The Adventures of Duke the "Therapy Dog" (Allison McGill; illustrated by John Paul Snead)
Julia: Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Kelly: Ready Player Two (Ernest Cline) and Secret Santa (Andrew Shaffer)
Rachael: Smile, Sisters and Guts (all by Raina Telgemeier)
We do a deep dive into JK Rowling's anti-trans comments and how that has affected our feelings about Harry Potter. Can you separate the art from the artist and should you try? How do you balance something you love with the harm its creator is doing to people? There aren't easy answers but it's a subject worth grappling with. And, as a bonus, we recommend books you can read instead of hers. (Well, not The Casual Vacancy; people are already not reading that one.)
LINKS:
Joan He and her publisher's seeming breach of contract: https://twitter.com/joanhewrites/status/1325893647267729409 (Twitter thread)
Romancing the Runoff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RomancingRunoff
Donate to them on ActBlue: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/romancingrunoff
The auction starts on Wednesday, November 18.
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Don't forget about our book club! We're discussing The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult on December 8! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for our debut pick.
BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Kendell: Ninth House (Leigh Bardugo)
Julia: The Seep (Chana Porter), A Hat Full of Sky (Terry Pratchett), the Veronica Speedwell series (Deanna Raybourn)
Rachael: The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult), A Promised Land (Barack Obama), The Keeper of the Lost Cities (Shannon Messenger), The Poacher's Son (Paul Doiron)
Kelly: The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune) and the VI Warshawski series (Sara Paretsky)
We're joined by Stephanie Fowler, author of Chasing Alice, a nonfiction account of the life and murder of Alice Davis. Mrs. Davis was Stephanie (and Kelly's!) AP English teacher and her life had a powerful impact on her family, as well as many of her friends, students and fellow teachers. We discuss the way she balanced discussing Alice's life and death, the lessons she learned and why she never stopped writing this story.
LINKS:
Buy Chasing Alice: https://www.saltwatermedia.com/shop/chasing-alice-by-stephanie-l-fowler-1
The Shaded Choice Awards (voting starts today!): https://www.shadedchoiceawards.com/
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Twitter: @StephLFowler
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Salt Water Media: https://www.saltwatermedia.com/
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Don't forget about our book club! We're discussing The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult on December 8! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for our debut pick.
BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Chasing Alice (Stephanie Fowler)
Stephanie: Keeping On (Gemma Hoskins)
Julia: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid), Sanctuary (VV James), White Ivy (Susie Yang), This Time Next Year (Sophie Cousens) and Memorial (Bryan Washington).
Rachael: The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult)
Kelly: The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult), Instant Karma (Marissa Meyer), Pretty Little Wife (Darby Kane), The Answer Is... (Alex Trebek)
First, you should know that this episode was taped on Sunday, so we don't know anything about the election's outcome. If you listen to this after Tuesday and you're wondering why we sound the way we do, that's why. It's Schroedinger's Podcast, where the election both is and is not over.
Also, we're not entirely sure who thought that an episode devoted to politics the same week as the election was the best idea, but if you want to see what existential dread sounds like and also learn a little about how we ended up where we are now, this episode is for you.
LINKS:
Babysitters Club season 2! https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-baby-sitters-club-renewed-season-2-netflix-1234818370/
BSC singing theme song from first show: https://twitter.com/WaldenMedia/status/1321587947175583747?s=20
Mindy Kaling adapts and stars in Good in Bed: https://ew.com/movies/mindy-kaling-good-in-bed-jennifer-weiner-hbo-max/
Time Magazine picks 100 best fantasy books ever: https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/
Time Magazine explains how they picked those books: https://time.com/5900236/how-we-chose-100-best-fantasy-books/
Get a book planner like Rachael's: https://www.etsy.com/listing/653609965/the-bookworm-life-reading-planner?ref=shop_home_active_7&crt=1
Follow Dr. Jeff Willis
Twitter: @TlknBout_Willis
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Don't forget about our book club! We're discussing The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult on December 8! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for our debut pick.
Welcome to the spookiest episode of the year! We're joined by Emma Beaven (her debut novel, Where the Briars Sleep, is out next summer) to talk about all things creepy. We discuss adaptations, atmospheric horror and, as it turns out, we all have very strong opinions about vampires.
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Don't forget about our book club! We're discussing The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult on December 8! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for our debut pick.
CURRENTLY READING:
Julia: Chasing Alice (Stephanie L. Fowler)
Rachael: The Stand (Stephen King), Such a Fun Age (Kiley Reid) and Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor)
Kelly: Hoax (Brian Stelter)
What You Should Read:
Emma: A Head Full of Ghosts (Paul Tremblay), Collected Ghost Stories by M.R. James (especially A Warning to the Curious and Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book), The Old Nurse's Tale and Other Stories (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Rachael: Hench (Natalie Zina Walschots)
Julia: Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
Kelly: Someone's Inside Your House (Stephanie Perkins), The Shining (Stephen King), The Cabin at the End of the World (Paul Tremblay)
What You Should Watch:
Emma: The Possession of Michael King, The Exorcist and Host
Kelly: cosigns all of Emma's picks and adds Misery, Last Shift and The Autopsy of Jane Doe.
We're discussing more of our favorite books by Black authors and this time, we're joined by poet and playwright Dr. Sherna Phillips (known to her students as Dr. Nae)! Sidebar topics include how long Kelly sticks to book bans (not long), how our fall TBR challenge is going (not well) and which celeb book club we like the most.
Links:
S.E. Hinton and graphic novels: https://www.themarysue.com/s-e-hinton-the-outsiders-new-bad-opinion/
Julie Murphy and Disney's new adult line: https://www.nerdsandbeyond.com/2020/10/09/if-the-shoe-fits-by-julie-murphy-to-launch-new-disney-publishing-line/#:~:text=Julie%20Murphy%2C%20author%20of%20the,make%20a%20name%20for%20herself.
Ava DuVernay to direct Caste: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ava-duvernay-caste-feature-film-adaptation-netflix-1234804513/
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Don't forget about our book club! We're discussing The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult on December 8! You can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for our debut pick.
CURRENTLY READING:
Julia: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (VE Schwab) and The Evening and the Morning (Ken Follett)
Rachael: The Troop (Nick Cutter)
Kelly: Cemetery Boys (Aiden Thomas)
RECENT ACQUISITIONS:
Kelly: On a Good Horse (Darby Karchut; the book releases November 10) and Ring Shout (P. Djeli Clark)
Rachael: still observing her book buying ban but she had an unused credit from Libro.FM that she turned Redhead by the Side of the Road (Anne Tyler)
Julia: The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
What You Should Read:
Dr. Nae: Genesis Begins Again (Alicia D. Williams), Slave Play (Jeremy O. Harris) and the collected works of Tayari Jones but especially Silver Sparrow.
Rachael: The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead), Get a Life, Chloe Brown (Talia Hibbert) and The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls (Anissa Gay).
Julia: The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson), Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi) and Such a Fun Age (Kiley Reid).
Kelly: Before the Ever After (Jacqueline Woodson), Now That I've Found You (Kristina Forest) and When No One is Watching (Alyssa Cole).
Hello and we are finally back! This week, we discuss Indigenous authors and the books you absolutely cannot miss. Sidebar topics include an update on our reading TBR challenge (suffice to say we are slightly behind), Christmas cookies (enjoy how smoothly Kelly was able to demand some) and how wonderful it is to be back together, taping the podcast. We also briefly discuss our upcoming Halloween episode, which one of us is VERY EXCITED FOR (Kelly. It's Kelly).
(And don't forget our first book club is approaching! We're discussing The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult on the episode that drops December 8! Make sure to read it and share your thoughts with us via email or on IG and Twitter.
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Books discussed in the episode:
CURRENTLY READING:
- Rachael: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Joanne Fluke), All Boys Aren't Blue (George M. Johnson) and Anne of Avonlea (LM Montgomery)
- Julia: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- Kelly: There's Someone Inside Your House (Stephanie Perkins)
RECENT ACQUISITIONS:
- Julia: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (VE Schwab), A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik), The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid), The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult) and Spoiler Alert (Olivia Dade).
- Kelly: The Science of Stephen King (Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence)
- Rachael: a gorgeous set of the Anne of Green Gables series (LM Montgomery), The Book of Two Ways (Jodi Picoult), The Troop (Nick Cutter), Outlander (Diana Gabaldon) and Summer of 69 (Elin Hilderbrand).
Books by Indigenous authors:
Kelly recommends:
- There There (Tommy Orange)
- Carry (Toni Jensen)
- Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManus)
Rachael recommends:
- Winter Counts (David Heska Wanbli Weiden)
- Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
- Future Home of the Living God, The Round House and Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Julia recommends:
- Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse)
- Elatsoe (Darcie Little Badger)
- Future Home of the Living God (Louise Erdrich)
- Blood for the Sun (Errick Nunnally)
LINKS MENTIONED:
1) Akwaeke Emezi and the Women's Prize: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/05/akwaeke-emezi-shuns-womens-prize-request-for-details-of-sex-as-defined-by-law?fbclid=IwAR1zowWz6RAfnN0zie1w2_eLFb73B0IhFnlSPVzxjRxFzocXCQgtxig02NM
2) Our interview with Errick Nunnally: http://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/4646714-10-you-should-read-all-the-dead-men-with-author-errick-nunnally
You know what you should read? Julia, Kelly and Rachael make a bold declaration of five books they will each read before the end of the year. Can we do it? We've got a forking good points system to help keep us accountable (but the smart money is not on Kelly).
We've also decided to start a book club! We are very excited to announce our first pick: The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult! We'll discuss it in the episode that drops on December 8, so you have plenty of time to read it with us and email your thoughts or chat with us on social media (links are below).
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Books discussed in the episode:
Romance novels by Selena Montgomery (find out more in the book news segment!) https://selenamontgomery.com/
CURRENTLY READING:
Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis (Kelly)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison and The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Rachael)
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Julia)
RECENT ACQUISITIONS:
We all got The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult!
The Seep by Chana Porter, Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson and A Blade So Black by LL McKinney (Julia)
A Blade So Black by LL McKinney, My Life as a Villainess by Laura Lippman, Chasing Alice by Stephanie Fowler and Not Your #LoveStory by Sonia Hartl (Kelly)
Into the WIlderness by Sara Donati (sequel to The Gilded Hour), Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo and The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (Rachael)
OUR FIVE FALL TBR PICKS:
Rachael:
The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos (sequel to A Winter's Promise)
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer
The Stand by Stephen King
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Julia:
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan Maguire (#5 in the Wayward Children series)
Toil and Trouble edited by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (third book in the Broken Earth trilogy)
Kelly:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Sanctuary by VV James
Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
Riot Baby by Tochi Anyebochi
Or What You Will by Jo Walton
Grab your water bottles, your swimsuits, and your $35 white t-shirts, it's time to go to summer camp! It's our last Babysitters Club Netflix show recap. Bittersweet! Julia, Kelly, and Rachael are joined by Kristen Mckenzie to discuss the two-part finale to season 1 of this amazing adaptation. We discuss all things rebellious, including Kristy's struggle with not being in charge, Dawn and Claudia's fight for fair fun, and Mary Anne and Stacey's adventures in making musical theater! Will we figure out if Logan is sweet or just boring? Tune in to find out!
We are so delighted to share this interview from one of our favorite authors, K. Ancrum! While most of the episode is the three of us flailing about The Wicker King and The Weight of the Stars, we also have side discussions on Chipotle and how it can sometimes be used as a tool for vengeance, found families, her beautiful author notes and acknowledgments and so much more.
Also, "What You Should Eat" makes an appearance and the bread recipe Kayla recommends sounds so easy that even Kelly could make it. (Maybe. We probably shouldn't encourage the attempt.)
The Easy No Knead Skillet Bread recipe: https://bakerbettie.com/easy-no-knead-skillet-bread
The K. Ancrum interview Rachael mentioned: https://joyfullyjay.com/2019/09/heidi-cullinan-interview-series-with-k-ancrum/
The panel with K. Ancrum and LL McKinney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKJ66tJx82s (and catch the entire Juneteenth video channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu--Ur5D1oWHD3JOM9rODxw/videos)
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What we discussed in book news...
Barack Obama’s book deal: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/3477617001
Preorder it: https://bookshop.org/books/a-promised-land/9781524763169
Bibliotherapy: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/02/stories-healing-funding-bibliotherapists-ann-cleeves
In this week's episode, we're joined by Emily Duran-Frontera to discuss books that are both by and featuring Latinx authors! Along the way, we discuss snow (two of us are not fans), the absolute delight of magical realism and, of course, the way that things always go back to Gilmore Girls. We also continue our current "bonus segment" of What You Should Eat, thanks to Julia. (Field trip to her home for breakfast next weekend!)
No matter your reading taste, you're sure to find a ton of books that you'll want to read. (And if you haven't read Isabel Allende, start there. We have several picks to start with!)
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This week we're going BIG! That's right, we're talking big books. We like them and we cannot lie. Tune in to get some truly massive book recommendations, tips for getting through those gargantuan tomes, and why you might not want to read The Stand during a pandemic.
Welcome back to another Baby-Sitter's Club Netflix series recap! This week we recap episode 8, "Kristy's Big Day." We discuss how much we all love the episode, what we drove for our first cars, kindergarten weddings, and more! Be sure to listen, you'll love it.
Grab your sunscreen and your mollusks, we're headed to Sea City!! We're re-capping episode 7 of the Netflix series "The Baby-Sitters Club" show. This episode we discuss feeling second-hand embarrassment for Stacey, how Mary Anne is too nice, and whether or not Karen is sabotaging Kristy on purpose. Join us for a great time!!!
Grab a pumpkin spiced something and open up your Goodreads “want to read” folder because today we’re giving you our most anticipated books for fall 2020! Joined by our friend and “A Glass of Wine” book blogger Kathy Coe, the “What You Should Read” team wastes no time hyping up the books we are most excited to see released for the rest of the year. What books are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments!
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We are SO thrilled to have author and best friend of the pod Liza Wiemer on the show this week! Aside from being What You Should Read’s biggest champion, Liza is also an amazing writer and her new book, The Assignment, is now available from wherever books are sold. In the episode we talk about the process of writing a novel inspired by true events, social activism, and Liza’s super intense writing process. The Assignment is an eye-opening book that everyone should read!
You can buy The Assignment from your favorite local bookseller. Like maybe Boswell Book Company, Liza’s favorite bookstore in Milwaukee! https://www.boswellbooks.com/opening-letter-0
(Note that parts of the audio were a bit scratchy and one small section had to be cut out but we recap what Liza says in that part. We apologize for the inconvenience!).
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We're back with our recap of the Baby-sitters Club episodes on Netflix. This week we are joined by Kim Le to discuss Episode 6, "Claudia and Mean Janine." This week we dive into some of the important topics the episode touches on, discuss Asian American representation in media, and Kim offers a theory about Richard Spier and Liz Thomas that blows our minds. Also, did we suddenly turn into a Gilmore Girls podcast? Listen to the end to find out!
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Do you even re-read? We certainly do! This week discusses what makes a book a good re-read, why we love diving back in to our faves, and pro tips for getting the most out of a re-read. Also Kelly is very concerned that Julia and Rachael are going to steal her Dobby socks. (She’s correct).
What books do you love to re-read? Follow us and let us know!
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The Netflix BSC recaps continue! Today we are joined by the Dawn-identified and hilarious Kim Bowers to discuss episode 5: “Dawn and the Impossible Three.” During the episode we discuss horrible babysitting jobs we’ve had and Kim shares a WILD story that will make you shake your head and say “rich people, amiright?”
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Happy belated National Book Lovers day to our WYSR family! Today we are chatting with Adib Kohrram, author of Darius the Great is Not Okay. During the interview we discuss why the show “Star Trek: Next Generation” brings families together; Adib gives us some tips for getting through the Corona-times (hint: it involves Animal Crossing); and we learn the behind-the-scenes story of how the forthcoming sequel, Darius the Great Deserves Better, came to be. We are so grateful to Adib for joining us on the podcast.
If you haven’t read Darius the Great is Not Okay yet, you absolutely should. And be sure to visit Adib’s website to pre-order the sequel Darius the Great Deserves Better and get some beautiful art cards. You can also learn more about his forthcoming picture book “Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story.”
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Mary Anne’s Dad has a Jerusalem artichoke and he’s not afraid to use it. Join us for another weekly bonus conversation where we re-cap episode 4 of the new Netflix series “The Baby Sitter’s Club” Mary Anne Saves the Day. Today we are joined by Amanda, who self identifies as a Mary Anne which is awesome because as we learn in this episode Mary Anne is the coolest, funniest, bravest, best sitter and she is our hero. Did I mention we loved this episode. WE LOVED THIS EPISODE.
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This week we are joined by Ben and Keith from Movies and a Meal podcast to discuss some of our favorite book to movie adaptations. We explore what makes a good adaptation, whether you should always read the book first or not (Kelly has very strong and correct opinions on this) and why Meryl Streep should just be in everything.
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And find them on stitcher, spotify, and apple podcasts!
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The “What you Should Read” crew continues their recaps of the new Netflix series The Baby-Sitters’ Club. Today we are joined by Alysia Lee to talk about episode 3, The Truth about Stacey. In this episode, Stacey has a secret, Claudia is a good friend, Mary Anne proves funnier and more sophisticated than the others, and Kristy continues her Machiavellian downward spiral. We also try to match each sitter with a different Golden Girl and there is no consensus.
And be sure to check out Alysia’s virtual event Girl Power 2020-- a free summer camp for girls K-12. It’s the kind of empowering programming for girls that the BSC would love!
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In today’s episode we are joined by our friend Bekki Fahrer to discuss one of her all-time favorite books (and now also ours), Kindred by Octavia Butler. This book broke so many barriers, and should be required reading for every American.
Before you listen to the episode, we highly recommend you seek out commentary from Black reviewers and writers, so you can hear about this book in their words and from their perspectives. We highlight a few examples below, including an essay on racism from the author herself, but there are many more.
- In this NPR piece, Lester Spence, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, discusses the importance of representation in Science Fiction writing, and specifically Octavia Butler's contributions to the genre: "She brought black people into the future when no one thought we had a future. In this, she was not only a genius, but a revolutionary."
- Here journalist Tanya Ballard Brown talks to Damian Duffy and John Jennings about converting Kindred into a graphic novel.
- We highly recommend this review (and many others) of Kindred by Antoinette Scully at Black and Bookish.
- In this essay Octavia Butler writes about the human desire to establish hierarchies, and how important it is to resist those tendencies in order to instead promote tolerance and combat racism, sexism, and all the other “isms” that plague society. Butler, who died in 2006 at the age of 58, was the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur "Genius" grant and the recipient of several Hugo and Nebula awards.
Need to order your own copy of the book? Check out Mahogany Books, a Black-owned bookstore in DC that specializes in bestselling and classic African American books.
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We’re doing it, we’re recapping the new Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club! As Claudia Kishi would say “I’m good at a lot of things” including podcasting, so we’re diving in to this new series episode by episode. Up first is a quick recap of episode 1 (listen to our episode on "Childhood Faves" for a deeper five on the series premier) and then we jump right in to episode 2 with author Allison Dickson. We touch on many of the the themes that pop up in the episode, such as the importance of having self-confidence even when you hit a speed bump, family expectations and pressure, and what exactly is a Krakatoa?
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This week we have author, designer, artist, and epic meal chef Errick Nunnally! We catch up with Errick about his Alexander Smith novel series, the second installment of which (All the Dead Men) is now available wherever books are sold and from Haverhill Press. It’s a fantastic urban fantasy detective series following a 150 year old Shapeshifter who is the son of a man who escaped slavery and a Native woman from Saskatchewan. Alexander Smith suffers from memory loss, is constantly confronting menacing monsters in the shadowy corners of Boston, and is recruited by a Boston PD detective to help solve murders when things get... weird. You should read it!
During the interview we talk to Errick about his biggest writing influences, the importance of race and ethnic representation in books, and he shows us some absolutely GORGEOUS pen and ink drawings of the characters from his novels. Head over to our YouTube channel to check them out. It's a straight up exclusive!
Want to get a copy of the book? Check out one of Errick's favorite independent bookstores Paper Nautilus Books and Riffraff Bookstore and Bar in Providence, RI.
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If you had a series or a book you loved so much as a kid you read them so many times she spines pratically disintegrated, you’re going to love this week’s episode on childhood favorites! At the top of the episode, Julia, Kelly, and Rachael discuss some of their favorite books as kids, and then at 27:30 we are joined by AJ McCombs to discuss the new Netflix adaptation of Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club. The debate over who is the best sitter gets pretty heated! Then at 1:11:18 we have a special segment featuring Julia and Rachael’s nephew Gabe who joins us to talk about some of his favorite reads.
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This week Rachael and Julia’s brother Lenny joins the “What You Should Read” crew to talk about books that were ruined by Hollywood. Ruined! As a self-proclaimed “hype guy” Lenny finds himself constantly disappointed by adaptations of his favorite books. We talk about a few of the most egregious offenders. Because the Hall siblings are currently quarantining at our moms house you get to see us all in the same room proving once and for all that we are in fact not the same person!
Thank you for listening to the episode—bonus points if you can accurately count the number of times you hear a door opening and closing!
Did you hear about this? You can book Jane Austen’s family home on AIR BNB! So if you are able to travel to the UK right now and looking for an inspirational place to write your novel, go ahead and book here.
And please join Byzans so you can talk to Julia about The Vanishing Half and How to Be an Anti Racist.
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On this week’s episode we talk to award-winning and best-selling author Angie Kim! Her book Miracle Creek was recently released in paperback and we’re thrilled she stopped by to tell us what the writing process was like and what inspired her to write the story. We hope you love this episode as much as we loved talking to Angie!
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Happy Pride month everybody! This week the “What You Should Read” team discuss why it’s important to have more books with LGBTQ+ representation, some of our favorite examples, and why though she’s glad to see more representation in mainstream publishing, Kelly still (secretly) loves cheesy lesbian romance novels. #ShoutoutKarinKallmaker
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Greetings listeners! Today we are joined by the lovely and hilarious Baltimore-based comedian Violet Gray (as seen on "Night Train w/ Wyatt Cenac)! Violet talks with Julia and Kelly about what representation in books means to her and why it matters to see yourself represented in the stories you’re reading. The three then recommend some of their favorite books by Black authors, and Violet treats us to a freestyle rap based on those recommendations. You’ll want to listen to the very end of this one!
This week is #BlackoutBestsellerlist week. Let’s fill the bestseller lists with books by Black authors! We recommend purchasing from an independent Black-owned bookstore like one from this list right here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/83495-black-owned-bookstores-to-support-now.html
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It’s our longest episode yet, and you know what they say, you can never have too long of a podcast episode (it’s not possible). On this week’s episode, the WYSR team talk about the importance of supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, being anti-racist, and reading books by Black authors. During our book news segment, Julia breaks down the #PublishingPaidMe discussion on Twitter, and Rachael discusses a school board in Alaska that removed several important classic books from the library. (Seriously? We’re still banning books?)
Then after the break we are joined by the AMAZING Allison Dickson, author of The Other Mrs. Miller from Putnam Press. We have a fantastic discussion about her book, writing in general, and we commiserate about a certain children’s fantasy author’s recent transphobic Twitter tirade.
We want to thank Allison for being our very FIRST author guest—she was so generous with her time and we loved chatting with her and reading her book. You can buy it now wherever books are sold (like Schuler Books, Allison’s indie bookstore shout out of the week! https://www.schulerbooks.com/).
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Ahh summer. Sun, sand, and SO MANY books! On this week’s episode, we discuss what makes a great summer read, our favorite “reading summers” and we give you recommendations for a good book to kick back with on your porch or in your pool as we enter those dog days. Before that, as always we discuss what we’ve been reading this week, reveal some EXCLUSIVE book news uncovered by our cub reporter Julia, and we make recommendations to each other in our flagship “You know what you should read?” segment.
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@MoonPalaceBooks in Minneapolis. They’re still shipping books. More importantly, they are using their parking lot to help protestors and they’re donating food from their cafe. https://moonpalacebooks.com/?q=h
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On this week’s episode we’re talking about Pride and Prejudice retellings! With so many out there, how many is too many? (Spoiler Alert: we reject the premise of the question). Before that, we discuss what we’re reading this week (01:28), share some exciting book news items (06:08), and recommend books to each other in our favorite segment “You know what you should read?” (10:45).
This week we’re giving a shout out to Book + Bottle, one of our favorite indie bookstores! Book + Bottle in St Petersburg, FL is offering our listeners FREE shipping with any purchase. Go to https://www.bookandbottlestpete.com/ and use the code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD and follow them on Instagram at book_and_bottle.
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Julia and Rachael discuss what they are currently reading, what they are excited about in the world of books and what they think the other should read. Later, they are joined by Kelly to discuss Jennifer Weiner’s new book “Big Summer” (Spoiler alert: to miss spoilers skip from minute 17:42 on).