Show Notes
Your book besties are back and this week we’re talking about a book that wrecked us emotionally… but, like, in a meaningful way. This week’s Buddy Read Chat dives into We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune- a quieter, deeply emotional end-of-the-world story about love, grief, humanity, and what matters most when time is running out. And somehow… there are still hippies, flower crowns, and edible-fueled wedding ceremonies. Buddy Read Chat
We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
This week we’re talking:
black holes and the literal end of the world why TJ Klune keeps making us cry the difference between hopeful sadness and devastating sadness found family, grief, and surviving impossible things and all the strange people Don and Rodney meet on their final road trip
Including:
creepy apocalypse families hippies with edibles and flower crowns lightning balls (apparently real??) and one storyline that genuinely haunted us
⚠️ This episode contains discussion of grief, suicide, death, and end-of-life themes. What's On Our Shelf
Credence by Penelope Douglas H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar The Inn at Thistledown Hollow by Devon Yates Thinky Thoughts by Gwenda Bond
New Releases This Week
Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel Honey. by Imani Thompson How the Story Goes by Andrew Forrester Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune Payback by Elizabeth Rose Quinn Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn The Author Weekend by Laura Zigman The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore Mothman Is My Boyfriend: Ten Tales of Cryptid Love and Lust by McKayla Coyle
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