Show Notes
The Everygirl Book Club hosts are back with summer reading updates, five-star book reviews, and the latest bookish news. They share why Habits of the Sea and The Good Parts earned perfect ratings, give their first impressions of Bad Words, and explain why Broken Dove didn't live up to the hype after loving Silver Elite. Plus, they check in on their Summer Reading Challenge progress, swap recommendations for the perfect late-summer reads, discuss exciting updates from the Fourth Wing universe and Taylor Jenkins Reid, and finally reveal September's Everygirl Book Club pick.
00:00 Everygirl Book Club Intro 00:35 Read Receipts 23:17 Summer Reading Challenge Rules 24:33 Challenge Progress and Picks 25:52 Girls Girl Coming of Age Rec 30:43 More Summer Reads 32:42 Fourth Wing Updates 37:20 TJR New Release 39:28 Reader Prescriptions 45:17 September Pick Reveal 47:41 Litigation Book of Summer Debate
Books mentioned: Habits of the Sea by Shay Earnshaw The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young The Good Parts by Evann Normandin Into the Blue by Emma Brodie Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson Silver Elite by Dani Francis Broken Dove (follow-up to Silver Elite) by Dani Francis Love By The Book by Jessica George Conform by Ariel Sullivan Beneath (Conform prequel) by Ariel Sullivan Core (unreleased sequel to Conform) Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry June Baby by Shannon Garvey Everyone Is Lying To You by Jo Piazza The Mash-Up by Laura Marie Meyers Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) by Sarah J. Maas The Last Days of Viv and Coco by Taylor Jenkins Reid Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lyon by Beth Brower The Guest by Emma Cline Animal by Lisa Taddeo A Good Person by Kirsten King Both Can Be True by Jessica Guerrieri It's Different This Time by Joss Richard Let's Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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