Novel Pairings 50. Quarterly Favorites: the stand-out books we read in Winter 2020-2021
Today, Chelsey and Sara share some stand-out titles they read over the winter season, including amazing audiobooks, short story collections, and page-turning romance. These quarterly wrap-ups include reflections on our winter season, previews of what’s coming up, and a bunch of book recommendations. We can’t wait to hear what you think of our favorites from the quarter.
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Books mentioned:
Chelsey:
Whiteout by Adriana Anders (Amazon)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (Amazon)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Amazon)
The Toni Morrison Book Club (Amazon)
Wintering by Katherine May (Amazon)
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Amazon)
Sara:
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland (Amazon)
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee (Amazon)
Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain (Amazon)
Disability Visibility, edited by Alice Wong (Amazon)
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Amazon)
Also mentioned:
The Head on HBO Max
Deesha Philyaw on The Stacks Podcast
Spring lineup:
March 9th & 23rd: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
April 6th: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
April 20th: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
May 4th: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
May 18th: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery