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As librarians, books are kind of our thing. Listen in as we talk about what we're reading, make book recommendations, and all sorts of book-related fun.
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Friday Apr 21, 2017
Friday Apr 21, 2017
This week, we'll visit stories that touch on the experience of war, whether on the front lines or at home. As always, we'll end with what we're reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
Ann's picks:
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
- Cold Mountain (film)
- The Odyssey by Homer
- National Book Award - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
- Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
- Jacqueline Winspear books - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
Halle's picks:
- Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)
- Redeployment by Phil Klay
- Serial: Season 2 (podcast)
- The Hurt Locker (film) - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - North and South trilogy by John Jakes
- North and South by John Jakes
- Love and War by John Jakes
- Heaven and Hell by John Jakes
- North and South (TV)
- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
What We're Reading This Week:
Friday Apr 07, 2017
Friday Apr 07, 2017
While we 100% believe that everyone should read whatever they want, experience has shown us that lots of guys gravitate toward certain kinds of reads. Listen for our ideas for books for men, and we’ll close with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
The New York Times Best Sellers
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Ann’s picks:
- The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
– Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
– James Lee Burke books - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
– National Book Award
– James McBride books - Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
– Pirates of the Caribbean series (film)
– Carl Hiaasen articles at the Miami Herald
– Jimmy Buffet albums and books
– The Big Lebowski (film)
– Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
– Episode 32 – Fall 2016 Book Preview
Halle’s picks:
- Doc by Mary Doria Russell
– Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
– Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
– The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
– Tombstone (film) - The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
– John Grisham books - The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
– Inspector Alan Grant series by Josephine Tey
– Josephine Tey books
– Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
– Richard III by William Shakespeare - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
– Bossypants by Tina Fey
– Yes Please by Amy Poehler
– The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Friday Mar 24, 2017
Friday Mar 24, 2017
This week, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the vast and wonderful mystery genre! As always, we'll close with what we're reading.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
History of the genre:
"The Murders at the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Agatha Christie books
Dorothy L. Sayers books
Dashiell Hammett books
Raymond Chandler books
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon
James Patterson books
Cozies:
Masterpiece Mystery! (TV)
Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy L. Sayers
Ngaio Marsh books
Josephine Tey books
Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny
A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery series by Diane Mott Davidson
Laura Childs books
A Tea Shop Mystery series by Laura Childs
Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown
The Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun
Goodreads
Police Procedurals:
Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell
Leaphorn & Chee series by Tony Hillerman
Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak series by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Hardboiled:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler
Easy Rawlins series by Walter Mosley
Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly
V.I. Warsawski series by Sara Paretsky
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Softboiled:
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton
Literary:
Tana French books
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Episode 16 - Favorite Reads of 2015
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk books
Ripper by Isabel Allende
Suspense and Thriller:
Clive Cussler books
Alex Cross series by James Patterson
Michael Connelly books
Harlan Coben books
Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben
Mary Higgins Clark books
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Big Little Lies (TV)
Crossover Genres:
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Her Royal Spyness series by Rhys Bowen
The Agency series by Y.S. Lee
Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson
Anne Perry books
An Aunt Dimity Mystery series by Nancy Atherton
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Fever series by Karen Marie Moning
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams
Peter Grant/Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Nora Roberts books
J.D. Robb books
Julie Garwood books
Linda Howard books
Resources:
Stop, You're Killing Me!
Cozy Mystery List
What We're Reading This Week:
- Ann: Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan
- Rachael Ray books
- America's Test Kitchen books
- America's Test Kitchen (TV)
- Alton Brown books
- Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
- Nigella Lawson books
- Dorie Greenspan books
- Dorie Greenspan on NPR
- Dorie Greenspan in the Washington Post
- Ina Garten books - Halle: The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henríquez
- Episode 44 - Spring 2017 Book Preview
Friday Mar 10, 2017
Friday Mar 10, 2017
We’ve revisited one of our favorite past episodes with some new “out of our comfort zone” titles. As always, we’ll close with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Episode 18 – Out of Our Comfort Zones
Sarah MacLean books
Eloisa James books
Love By Numbers series by Sarah MacLean
Ann’s picks:
- The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
– Dorothea Benton Frank books
– Debbie Macomber books
– We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh - Wool by Hugh Howey
– The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
– Divergent by Veronica Roth
– Silo series by Hugh Howey - Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
– Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
– Jennifer Crusie books
Halle’s picks:
- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
– Dava Sobel books
– The Illustrated Longitude by Dava Sobel
– The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli - The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
– Nina Borg series by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
– Hoopla (available via Beaufort County Library) - View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Wislawa Szymborska
– Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge group on Goodreads
– Pablo Neruda books
– Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
– The Rain in Portugal: Poems by Billy Collins
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
– Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
– Episode 23 – Award Winners
– National Book Award
– Jacqueline Woodson books - Halle: Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins
– Beverly Jenkins books
– Old West series by Beverly Jenkins
– Book Riot’s Reading Lives episode with Beverly Jenkins
Friday Feb 24, 2017
Friday Feb 24, 2017
Despite some sound quality issues (sorry!), we’re back from our hiatus and ready to tell you what you’ll be reading this spring! As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Ann’s picks:
- White Tears by Hari Kunzru (releases March 14, 2017)
- The Gargoyle Hunters by John Freeman Gill (releases March 21, 2017)
- American War by Omar El Akkad (releases April 4, 2017)
- The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova (releases April 11, 2017)
– The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
– Episode 8 – Back to School
– The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova - If We Were Villains by M.L.Rio (releases April 11, 2017)
– The Secret History by Donna Tartt - The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown (releases April 25, 2017)
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (releases May 9, 2017)
- York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby (releases May 16, 2017)
– Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
– York series by Laura Ruby
– The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Halle’s picks:
- The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (releases March 7, 2017)
– Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul (releases March 7, 2017)
– Lindy West books
– Roxane Gay books
– Jenny Lawson books - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (releases March 7, 2017)
- The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (releases March 28, 2017)
– The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah
– Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
– The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn (releases May 2, 2017)
– Jane Austen books
– Lost in Austen (TV) - Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan (releases May 9, 2017)
– Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
– Commencements by J. Courtney Sullivan
– The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan - Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (releases May 16, 2017)
– The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
– Episode 4 – Young Adult Books for Adults
– George R.R. Martin books
– A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: I See You by Clare Mackintosh
– Tana French books
– I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh - Halle: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (releases April 11, 2017)
Friday Jan 06, 2017
Friday Jan 06, 2017
The year has flown by! It’s time to revisit our reading resolutions of 2016, and make some new plans for the coming year. And we’ll close with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Episode 17 – 2016 Reading Resolutions
Goodreads Reading Challenge
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Pop Sugar Reading Challenge
Sarah MacLean books
Celeste Ng books
Daniel José Older books
Around the Year in 52 Books
Modern Mrs. Darcy
What Should I Read Next (podcast)
Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge
Litsy
#LitsyAtoZ Challenge
Eurovision
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Neopolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante
“The Subtle Genius of Elena Ferrante’s Bad Book Covers” (The Atlantic article by Emily Harnett
“Elena Ferrante: An Answer?” (The New York Review of Books article by Claudio Gatti)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (TV)
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
In the Woods by Tana French
Three Pines (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache) series by Louise Penny
Still Life by Louise Penny
The Magicians series by Lev Grossman
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
“Damn, You’re Not Reading Any Books by White Men This Year? That’s So Freakin Brave and Cool” (Jezebel article by Jia Tolentino)
Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
What We’re Reading This Week:
Friday Dec 23, 2016
Friday Dec 23, 2016
It’s time for our year-end favorites list! Find out what books we enjoyed the most this year. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Episode 16 – Favorite Reads of 2015
Goodreads
Ann’s Favorites of 2016:
- In the Woods by Tana French
– Episode 29 – Tackling Our TBRs
– Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
– We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - People Who Knew Me by Kim Hooper
– Episode 31 – Books about the Lowcountry - Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
- Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
– Episode 37 – What to Read Next - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
– Episode 38 – Horror for the Brave and the Scaredy Cats - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
– Episode 41 – Holiday Book Buying Guide - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
– Episode 23 – Award Winners - A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
– Detective Emmanuel Cooper series by Malla Nunn - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
– Still Life by Louise Penny
– Episode 18 – Out of Our Comfort Zones
– Sarah MacLean books
Halle’s Favorites of 2016:
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
– Episode 17 – Reading Resolutions for 2016 - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
– The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
– Curtis Sittenfeld books - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
– Episode 29 – Tackling Our TBRs - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
– Taylor Jenkins Reid books
– Jojo Moyes books
– Liane Moriarty books - The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes
- Anything For You by Kristan Higgins
– Blue Heron series by Kristan Higgins
– On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins (releases January 31, 2017) - March: Book One by John Lewis
– March series by John Lewis - The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
- In the Country by Mia Alvar
– Episode 26 – Short Stories - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
– The Princess Bride (film)
– As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
What We’re Reading This Week:
Friday Dec 09, 2016
Friday Dec 09, 2016
The holidays are here! Let Ann and Halle help you pick the perfect book for everyone in your life. We’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Books for your mom:
Ann: Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden by Emily Whaley
Halle: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
– Kate Morton books
Books for your dad:
Ann: I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson
– Bill Bryson books
Halle: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
– I Am Pilgrim (film in development)
Books for teens:
Ann: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
– The Looking Glass Wars series by Frank Beddor
Halle: March Books 1-3 by John Lewis
– National Book Award
– John Lewis acceptance speech for National Book Award
Books for kids:
Ann: The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Halle: El Deafo by Cece Bell
– Episode 39 – Retellings
Books for non-readers (who you think should become readers):
Ann: Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Halle: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
– Episode 2 – What to Read After The Girl on the Train
– Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Books for a significant female in your life:
Ann: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
– Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
– The Mindy Project (TV)
– The Office (TV)
Halle: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
– Episode 28 – Our All-Time Favorites
– The Rumpus (website)
Books for a significant male in your life:
Ann: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
– Shutter Island (film)
Halle: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books for your Harry Potter-obsessed friend:
Ann: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
– Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Halle: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
Books for your friend who loves books:
Ann: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
– Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
– Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
Halle: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
– Episode 30 – Books about Libraries and Librarians
Books for animal lovers:
Ann: Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
– Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt
– Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan
Halle: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
– Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn
– Does the Dog Die (website)
Books for outdoorsy people:
Ann: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Halle: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Books for food lovers:
Ann: A Tale of 12 Kitchens: Family Cooking in Four Countries by Jake Tilson
Halle: A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
– Orangette (blog)
Books for sports fans:
Ann: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
– Kwame Alexander books
– Kwame Alexander reading from The Crossover
– Newbery Medal
Halle: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
– Friday Night Lights (TV)
– Friday Night Lights (film)
Books for gossip magazine fans:
Ann: The Heiresses by Sara Shepard
– Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard
– Pretty Little Liars (TV)
Halle: A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean
– Scandal & Scoundrel series by Sarah MacLean
Swiss Army Knife book (good for anyone):
– Book Riot (website)
Ann: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
– Audie Awards
– Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand
Halle: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
– Fredrik Backman books
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
– Pop Sugar 2016 Reading Challenge
– Across the Universe series by Beth Revis - Halle: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
– In Death series by J.D. Robb
– Titanic (film)
– The Martian by Andy Weir
– Lost (TV)
– Starbound series by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Pull out a cozy blanket - it's time to find out what you'll be reading this winter! As always, Ann and Halle end with what they're reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Ann's picks:
- Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman (releases December 6, 2016)
- The Dry by Jane Harper (releases January 10, 2017)
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (releases January 10, 2017)
- Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran (releases January 10, 2017)
- Hey Harry Hey Matilda by Rachel Hulin (releases January 17, 2017)
- Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (releases January 31, 2017)
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai (releases February 7, 2017)
- The Jetsons (TV)
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- Ernest Cline books - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (releases February 7, 2017)
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Stardust (film)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Halle's picks:
- Books for Living by Will Schwalbe (releases December 27, 2016)
- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe - Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel (releases December 27, 2016)
- Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia (releases January 3, 2017)
- The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen (releases February 7, 2017)
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Episode 26 - Short Stories
- In the Country by Mia Alvar - Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson (releases January 10, 2017)
- The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
- Episode 2 - What to Read After The Girl on the Train
- Rear Window (film) - The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker (releases January 31, 2017)
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (releases February 28, 2017)
- The Fortunate Ones by Ellen Umansky (releases February 14, 2017)
What We're Reading This Week:
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Ann and Halle discuss one of their favorite things to read: retellings of classic literature. They'll end with what they're reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Ann's picks:
- Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast by Robin McKinley
- Beauty and the Beast - Jane by April Lindner
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Jane Austen books
- William Shakespeare's complete works
- Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - March by Geraldine Brooks
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Ralph Waldo Emerson books
- Henry David Thoreau books
- Little Women (film)
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Geraldine Brooks books
Halle's picks:
- Longbourn by Jo Baker
- Downton Abbey (TV) - When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James
- Fairy Tales series by Eloisa James
- House M.D. (TV) - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
- King Lear by William Shakespeare
- National Book Critics Circle Award
- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
- The Arabian Nights
- Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
- The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
- The Taming of the Shrew (film)
What We're Reading This Week:
- Ann: By Gaslight by Steven Price
- Episode 32 - Fall 2016 Book Preview
- By Gaslight on Goodreads
- Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck - Halle: El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Episode 34 - Childhood Favorites
- Newbery Medal
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Episode 5 - Books That Make You Cry