Show Notes
Autumn is just around the corner, and it’s time to get our fall TBRs in order!
Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann Patchett booksTaylor Jenkins Reid booksDeath at the White Hart by Chris ChibnallBroadchurch (TV)Jane Austen booksThe Listeners by Maggie StiefvaterHow to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory ArnoldFive Found Dead by Sulari GentillKatabasis by R.F. KuangAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Girls Who Grew Big by Leila MottleyPark Avenue by Renée AhdiehSuccession (TV)Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanRose in Chains by Julie SotoHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe Ghostwriter by Julie ClarkWhen Javi Dumped Mari by Mia SosaThese Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean Ann’s picks:
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin Nosrat (releases September 16)– Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat– Salt Fat Acid Heat (TV) The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller (releases October 7)– The Change by Kirsten Miller– Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles (releases October 7)– Death in the Spires by KJ Charles Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer (releases October 7)– Grady Hendrix books– Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Happy People Don’t Live Here by Amber Sparks (releases October 14)– Only Murders in the Building (TV)– Angela Carter books The Unveiling by Quan Barry (releases October 14)– We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (releases November 11)– Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (releases November 25)
Halle’s picks:
Amity by Nathan Harris (releases September 2)– The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris– Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry– Doc by Mary Doria Russell– Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee– William W. Johnstone books Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (releases September 2)– Commonwealth by Ann Patchett– Our Town by Thornton Wilder– Wallace Stegner books The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (releases September 16) The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover (releases September 23) Heart the Lover by Lily King (releases September 30)– Writers & Lovers by Lily King An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (releases November 11) Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz (releases November 18) I, Medusa by Ayana Gray (releases November 18)– Circe by Madeline Miller– Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller– Rick Riordan books– Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
What We’re Reading This Week:
Ann: Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian Halle: When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén
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