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Well-Read Episode 111 - Defining Confusing Genres

Well-Read Episode 110 - Halloween!

Well-Read Episode 109 - Books about Chronic Illness

This week, we’re responding to a listener request to talk about books with characters who live with chronic illnesses. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (buy at Bookshop)
  – Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy at Bookshop)
  – National Book Award
  – Neal Shusterman books
• The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle (buy at Bookshop)
• Let’s Call It a Doomsday by Katie Henry (buy at Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• Luster by Raven Leilani (buy at Bookshop)
  – Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (buy at Bookshop)
• Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (buy at Bookshop)
  – Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (buy at Bookshop)
• Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood (buy at Bookshop)
  – Pentecost and Parker series by Stephen Spotswood

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow (buy at Bookshop)
  – Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow (buy at Bookshop)
• Halle: Battle Royal by Lucy Parker (buy at Bookshop)
  – The Great British Bake Off (TV)
  – Junior Bake Off (TV)
  – Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (buy at Bookshop)

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Well-Read Episode 108 - Fall/Winter 2022 Preview

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

•  The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (releases September 20) (buy from Bookshop)
  – LibraryReads
•  Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (releases September 27) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Kate Atkinson books
•  Jackal by Erin E. Adams (releases October 4) (buy from Bookshop)
•  Marmee by Sarah Miller (releases October 4) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (buy from Bookshop)
  – Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller (buy from Bookshop)
  – Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  – Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (buy from Bookshop)
• The Cloisters by Katy Hayes (releases November 1) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Secret History by Donna Tartt (buy from Bookshop)
  – Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop)
•  Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (releases January 10) (buy from Bookshop)
•  Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie (releases January 24)
•  Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown (releases February 28) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (buy from Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

•  Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (releases October 4) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (buy from Bookshop)
•  Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen (releases October 18) (buy from Bookshop)
• The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch (releases November 1) (buy from Bookshop)
• Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning (releases November 1) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (buy from Bookshop)
• Better than Fiction by Alexa Martin (releases November 8) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Playbook series by Alexa Martin
  – Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin (buy from Bookshop)
•  Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (releases November 15) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (buy from Bookshop)
• Maame by Jessica George (releases February 7)
  – Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop)
•  I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (releases February 21) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (buy from Bookshop)
  – The It Girl by Ruth Ware (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (buy from Bookshop)
  – Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore (buy from Bookshop)
  – Pomander Walk
• Halle: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (buy from Bookshop)

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Well-Read Episode 107 - Adaptations

Thanks to a listener request (hi Ann!), we’re discussing the difficulty of adapting a well-loved book, and what makes a good transition from page to screen. We’ll end with what we’re reading this week!

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Persuasion by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop)
Persuasion (film)
Dickinson (TV)
Clueless (film)
The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkein
Lord of the Rings (films)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (buy from Bookshop)
Big Little Lies (TV)
Outlander (TV)
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Sam Heughan filmography
The Great American Read (TV)
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (film)
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight (film)
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (film)
Divergent series by Veronica Roth
Divergent (film)
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (film)
Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore
I Am Number Four (film)
Shadowhunters (TV)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (buy from Bookshop)
Gone Girl (film)
Ben Affleck filmography
Rosamund Pike filmography
Gillian Flynn books
The Sandman (TV)
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman books
Downton Abbey (TV)
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)
Daisy Jones & the Six (TV)
Elvis Presley filmography
Riley Keough filmography
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (buy from Bookshop)
Killers of the Flower Moon (TV)
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
Red, White & Royal Blue (film)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (buy from Bookshop)
Lessons in Chemistry (TV)
Brie Larson filmography
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop)
The Idea of You (film)
Harry Styles discography
Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka (buy from Bookshop)
Bullet Train (film)
Brad Pitt filmography
Coen Brothers filmography
Quentin Tarantino filmography
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (buy from Bookshop)
Where the Crawdads Sing (film)
Loot (TV)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith (buy from Bookshop)
  – Deep Water (film)
  – The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (buy from Bookshop)
• Halle: The Measure by Nikki Erlick (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop)

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Well-Read Episode 106 - Summer Hiatus Recap

We’re finally back! After travel, work, and a wedding (!!!!), we have lots of books to fill you in on. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Bull Durham (film)
Eurovision Song Contest
RUSA Reading List
New York Times Crossword
Book Lovers by Emily Henry (buy from Bookshop)
Pride & Prejudice (TV)
Hallmark Channel
The It Girl by Ruth Ware (buy from Bookshop)
Halle’s Instagram @halle770
Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore (buy from Bookshop)
Meg Mitchell Moore books
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir (buy from Bookshop)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (buy from Bookshop)
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman (buy from Bookshop)
Chris Evans filmography
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (buy from Bookshop)
Julia (TV)
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim (buy from Bookshop)
The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks (buy from Bookshop)
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (buy from Bookshop)
Game of Thrones (TV)
The Maid by Nita Prose (buy from Bookshop)
The Beach Trap by Ali Brady (buy from Bookshop)
Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close (buy from Bookshop)
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (buy from Bookshop)
The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa (buy from Bookshop)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (buy from Bookshop)
Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (buy from Bookshop)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean (buy from Bookshop)
  – Fleabag (TV)
  – Good Morning American Book Club
• Halle: The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas (buy from Bookshop)

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Well-Read Episode 105 - Weddings

Well-Read Episode 104 - Bridgerton

Well-Read Episode 103 - On Re-reading

Well-Read Episode 102 - Immigrant and Refugee Stories

We’re exploring fiction that depicts the immigrant and refugee experience, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (buy from Bookshop)
• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (buy from Bookshop)
  – Titanic (film)
  – Ruta Sepetys books
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop)
  – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (buy from Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (buy from Bookshop)
  – Exit West (film)
• The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop)
  – Liz Moore books
  – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (buy from Bookshop)
• The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez (buy from Bookshop)
  – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors by Mandy Lee (buy from Bookshop)
  – Mandy Lee’s Flattening the Bird
  – Lady and Pups (blog)
  – @ladyandpups
• Halle: The Verifiers by Jane Pek (buy from Bookshop)
  – Book of the Month

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