Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds for more bookish chat.

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us – something readerly in our lives that we want to highlight, and a few of the books we've finished reading lately. Meredith's famous (infamous?) book metaphors make their first podcast appearance in this episode. Broccoli, anyone?

Next, we do a mini-deep-dive into some of the best audiobooks to get you started if you're new to the medium, and then we move onto what's up next on the TBR pile.

We finish up with two books that are real page-turners, perfect for end of summer beach reading.

Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!

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1:37 – The Reading Bug Box

4:11 – Rainbow shelf pictures

8:30 – The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

9:20 – Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

10:49 – Vox by Christina Dalcher

13:46 – The Book of Essie by Megan MacLean Weir

15:25 – Scribd membership

15:40 – Gretchen Rubin!

16:00 – Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

18:49 – Rabbit, the Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams

20:04 – Look for Me by Lisa Gardner

21:10 – Meredith's awesome food book metaphor

22:35 – Thirteen Story Treehouse (series) by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton, read by Stig Wemyss

24:01 – Small Great Things by Jodi Piccoult, read by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, and Ari Fliakos

25:52 – Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, with a full cast

28:55 – Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, narrated by the author

30:50 – As You Wish by Cary Elwes, narrated by the author, and his Princess Bride friends!

32:32 – Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

32:58 – The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

33:00 – Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

33:38 – The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel

34:34 – An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

34:42 - The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

34:52 – Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart

34:56 – The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

35:23 – Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber

36:32 – Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

37:37 – Sphere by Michael Crichton

37:39 – The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

38:38 – 11/22/63 by Stephen King

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*

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