Show Notes
What puts you off a book and what pulls you towards one? This episode is all about the books we thought we wouldn’t like - whether the cover, the topic, or something else - but we’re happy to tell you these are six books we actually thought were great. We deep dive into our own reading tastes and prejudices and create the Venn Diagram of Jake and Ella’s reading taste.
Warning: there are some hot, and bad, takes in this episode!
The books featured in this week’s STACK:
8.20 Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
12.40 Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann
15.22 Yellowface - R. F. Kuang
19.32 The Bee Sting - Paul Murray
22.00 In Memoriam - Alice Winn
27.20 A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas
Also featured:
One Day - David Nicholls
Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid
It Lasts Forever and then It’s Over - Anne de Marcken
Second Best - David Foenkinos
Blood Over Bright Haven - M.L. Wang
A Little Life - Hanya Yanigahara
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