Ep 179: Best Books of 2023 (So Far) with Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith

Jun 20, 2023

02:03:38

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Instead of waiting for the end of the year to talk about our favorite books, my real life book club members Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith and I decided we should have a mid-year meeting to discuss some of the great things we've read in this first half of 2023.

We talk about the best novels, memoirs, personal growth, and general nonfiction books that stand out, and even share some of the personal things going on in our lives that have affected our reading habits lately.

We also unintentionally talk a lot about Hollywood in this episode - where the three of us all live and work - discussing the writer's strike and multiple celebrity memoirs.

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LAURA’S FAVORITES:

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

The Perfectionist’s Guide To Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

Spare by Prince Harry

Beloved by Toni Morrison

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

STEPHANIE’S FAVORITES:

Maame by Jessica George

Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson