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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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Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Hi all - Due to a death in Ann's family, we will be taking a brief break for the next month. Thanks and happy reading!
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
Thanks to a fabulous listener suggestion (hi Rikke!), we’re pairing books that inform each other or benefit from reading them back-to-back. What books would you pair up? As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop)
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding (buy from Bookshop)
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (buy from Bookshop)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (buy from Bookshop)
Ann’s picks:
- The Seducer’s Diary by Søren Kierkegaard (buy from Bookshop) and Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen (buy from Bookshop) and BONUS City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (buy from Bookshop)
– Either/Or by Søren Kierkegaard (buy from Bookshop)
– Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (buy from Bookshop)
– Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen (buy from Bookshop) - Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson (buy from Bookshop) and Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (buy from Bookshop)
- The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (buy from Bookshop) and Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (buy from Bookshop)
– Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
– Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood
– Miss Marple (TV)
– Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (TV)
Halle’s picks:
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley (buy from Bookshop) and The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (buy from Bookshop)
– Lady Astronaut Universe series by Mary Robinette Kowal - Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop) and Chemistry by Weike Wang (buy from Bookshop)
- The Push by Ashley Audrain (buy from Bookshop) and Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (buy from Bookshop)
– Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (buy from Bookshop)
– An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (buy from Bookshop)
– Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (buy from Bookshop)
– Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (buy from Bookshop)
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams (buy from Bookshop)
– The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard (buy from Bookshop)
– Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (buy from Bookshop) - Halle: The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell (buy from Bookshop)
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
This week, we’re responding to a listener request to delve into our favorite bookish media and how we balance it all with our reading. We have some tips and recommendations to help you get the most out of your reading life. As always, we end with what we’re reading this week!
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
For Real (podcast)
Underground: A Human History of the World Beneath Our Feet by Will Hunt (buy from Bookshop)
Audie Awards
Get Booked (podcast)
From the Front Porch (podcast)
@shelfbyshelf (Instagram)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop)
Middlemarch by George Eliot (buy from Bookshop)
All About Agatha (podcast)
Agatha Christie books
Litsy
Poirot (TV)
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (buy from Bookshop)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (buy from Bookshop)
What Should I Read Next? (podcast)
Modern Mrs. Darcy (blog)
When In Romance (podcast)
Book Riot: The Podcast (podcast)
Currently Reading (podcast)
Reading Glasses (podcast)
@thebookshopnashville (Instagram)
@melanatedreader (Instagram)
@james_travino (Instagram)
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
@wellreadblackgirl (Instagram)
@parnassusbooks (Instagram)
@booksaremagicbk (Instagram)
Emma Straub books
@ashleyspivey (Instagram)
The Bachelor (TV)
Go Fug Yourself (blog)
@spiveysbookclub (Instagram)
@hithapalepu (Instagram)
@graceatwood (Instagram)
Bad On Paper (podcast)
@beccamfreeman (Instagram)
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop)
Reese’s Book Club
Read With Jenna
Book of the Month
@halle770 (Instagram)
@ferskner (Instagram)
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia (buy from Bookshop)
– Prince’s Hot Chicken - Halle: The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan (buy from Bookshop)
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Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Our memories may be terrible but these memoirs aren’t. We’re revisiting memoirs this week, and end with what we’re currently reading.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Ann’s picks:
- The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty (buy from Bookshop)
– Afroculinaria (blog)
– BTS (band) - Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris (buy from Bookshop)
– The New Yorker (magazine)
– Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by Mary Norris (buy from Bookshop)
– Ann Patchett books - Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark (buy from Bookshop)
– My Favorite Murder (podcast)
– Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV)
– Georgia Hardstark on Cooking Channel
Halle’s picks:
- Open Book by Jessica Simpson (buy from Bookshop)
– Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (TV)
– Nick Lachey (singer)
– John Mayer (singer)
– Dukes of Hazard (film)
– Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (buy from Bookshop) - Becoming by Michelle Obama (buy from Bookshop)
– A Promised Land by Barack Obama (buy from Bookshop) - Here For It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas (buy from Bookshop)
– Elle (magazine)
– Bossypants by Tina Fey (buy from Bookshop)
– Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham (buy from Bookshop)
– Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (TV)
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (buy from Bookshop)
- Halle: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson (buy from Bookshop)
– The Women (film)
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Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Do you like sports? No? Do you like stories of drama surrounding sports? Then we have some books for you! As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Ted Lasso (TV)
Friday Night Lights (TV)
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger (buy on Bookshop)
Friday Night Lights (film)
Ann’s picks:
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (buy on Bookshop)
– Newbery Medal
– YALLfest
– Booked by Kwame Alexander (buy on Bookshop) - Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (buy on Bookshop)
– Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
– Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (buy on Bookshop)
– Sarah MacLean books - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (buy on Bookshop)
Halle’s picks:
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
– A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
– Beartown (TV)
– Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
– Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop) - Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu (buy on Bookshop)
– From the Front Porch (podcast)
– Check, Please! series by Ngozi Ukazu - You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (buy on Bookshop)
– Megan Abbott books
– Dare Me by Megan Abbott (buy on Bookshop)
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: First Comes Like by Alisha Rai (buy on Bookshop)
– Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai (buy on Bookshop)
– Modern Love series by Alisha Rai - Halle: The Survivors by Jane Harper (buy on Bookshop)
– Jane Harper books
– The Likeness by Tana French (buy on Bookshop)
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Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Galentine’s Day is here! Gather your girlfriends together, or if you can’t thanks to a worldwide pandemic, pick up one of our suggestions for books about female friendships. We’ll end with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Parks and Recreation (TV)
My Korea: Traditional Flavors, Modern Recipes by Hooni Kim (buy from Bookshop)
Episode 77 – Cookbooks
Bridgerton (TV)
Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (buy from Bookshop)
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante (buy from Bookshop)
My Brilliant Friend (TV)
Ann’s picks:
- The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan (buy from Bookshop)
- Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods (buy from Bookshop)
– Sweet Magnolias (TV)
– The Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (buy from Bookshop)
– Code Name Verity series by Elizabeth Wein
– Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein (buy from Bookshop)
Halle’s picks:
- The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe (buy from Bookshop)
- The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker (buy from Bookshop)
– The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (buy from Bookshop) - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (buy from Bookshop)
– The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (buy from Bookshop)
– The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (buy from Bookshop)
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: My Lady’s Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris (buy from Bookshop)
– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop)
– Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (buy from Bookshop)
–Lord Byron books - Halle: The Push by Ashley Audrain (buy from Bookshop)
– Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage (buy from Bookshop)
– We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (buy from Bookshop)
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Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
We love goals and years in review, especially when they involve books! Find out how we did last year with our reading resolutions and what we’re planning for 2021. As always, we’ll finish with what we’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
RUSA CODES Reading List
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (buy from Bookshop)
Julia Quinn books
Bridgerton (TV)
The Bachelor (TV)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop)
Tana French books
Isak Dinesen books
Jane Austen books
Libba Bray books
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge
2021 NoveList Book Challenge
The Bookshop (bookstore)
Book Riot Read Harder 2021
Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2021
What We’re Reading This Week:
- Ann: The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley (buy from Bookshop)
– Malcolm X (film)
– Boyz n the Hood (film) - Halle: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (buy from Bookshop)
– Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (buy from Bookshop)
– Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (buy from Bookshop)
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