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Meredith and Kaytee are happy to be recording again, and can't believe we are already up to Episode 37! We have a few important announcements right at the top of the show, one of which requires your help, listeners! Send us your Ask Us Anything questions via email, Direct Message, or as a comment on show notes, and we'll feature them in a future episode! You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: each of them this week centers on reading with the kiddos. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We have an eclectic mix of titles from middle grade to adult, fiction and non-, humor and serious. A bit of everything! For our deep dive this week, we are chatting about the fifth category in our 2019 Reading Challenge: a book pressed into your hands by a librarian, bookseller, or podcaster. And we've got a trove of resources for you if you're stuck on this one! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week has us pressing favorites that we've loved for a long time but were out of sight/out of mind until someone brought them back to our attention. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 3:18 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 4:20 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 7:00 - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 7:37 - The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupéry 9:17 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 10:43 - Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View by Ramin Setoodeh 12:55 - Most Talkative by Andy Cohen 13:09 - From Scratch: Inside the Food Network by Allen Salkin 14:20 - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones 16:42 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman 16:43 - Ghost Whisperer (TV series) 17:13 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 19:44 - Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty 20:50 - Dare to Lead by Brené Brown 21:41 - Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown 21:42 - Daring Greatly by Brené Brown 23:55 - The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America by Tommy Tomlinson 27:00 - The Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 27:27 - I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella 28:30 - libraryreads.org 29:30 - Indie Next List from indiebound.org 30:42 - All the Books podcast 31:08 - Liberty Hardy @franzencomesalive 31:27 - Anne Bogel on What Should I Read Next 31:37 - Anne Bogel on One Great Book (and Patron feed) 31:59 - Annie Jones on From the Front Porch podcast 32:23 - Book Drop subscription box 32:26 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville 32:31 - Reading Bug Box 33:04 - Sorta Awesome podcast 33:14 - Jamie Golden (and Knox) on The Popcast or at @jamiebgolden 33:08 - Laura Tremaine @laura.tremaine on Instagram 33:45 - Gretchen Rubin on the Happier podcast and her FB page 34:17 - Read Aloud Revival with Sarah McKenzie 34:27 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live podcast 34:38 - The Librarian is In by the NY Public Library 34:56 - Reading Women podcast 35:05 - @parnassusbooks on Instagram 35:06 - @powellsbooks on Instagram 35:56 - @bookshelftville on Instagram 36:20 - Book of the Month subscription 37:05 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 37:21 - Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness 37:31 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 37:32 - The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness 39:29 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 40:39 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty *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!*

We've got another "first" for the podcast this week! We are talking to our first return guest! You met Mary Heim in Episode 24 when she recorded with Meredith. Now, she's back to chat with both of us and we're so excited. Again. ;-) You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: an upcoming bookish holiday (now just past), finishing the second book in a series, and an audiobook binge. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We've got two current reads from each host and Meredith and Mary seem to almost coordinate their picks (we never discuss beforehand, so this is all coincidental), while Kaytee takes each round off to left field. For our deep dive this week, we surprise Mary with a virtual bookish baby shower. This deep dive focuses in on the board books and other titles for ages 0-2 and is the first in a series. We'll do subsequent chats about favorite books for 2-4 year olds and 5-8 year olds as well. So many great titles in this section! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week Meredith and Kaytee are pressing more picture books, while Mary chooses a lovely essay collection she goes back to again and again. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 3:17 - Still Life by Louise Penny 4:29 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 9:42 - Great With Child by Beth Ann Fennelly 9:48 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly 13:08 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 16:09 - Morgan Tallman on Episode 22 of Currently Reading 16:20 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 20:48 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (releases June 4th!) 20:58 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman 21:00 - Tana French books 23:37 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 24:22 - The Club by Takis Wurger 24:32 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville 25:34 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 28:29 - Swearing is Good For You by Emma Byrne 36:25 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle 36:51 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 36:55 - Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown 37:00 - Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 37:08 - No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli 37:11 - Big Little by Leslie Patricelli 37:37 - Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz 37:46 - Where's Spot? by Eric Hill 37:57 - Bright Baby books by Priddy Books 38:12 - Colors, ABC, Numbers by Bright Baby 39:06 - First 100 Words by Bright Baby 39:24 - Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 39:43 - Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Suess 39:50 - That's Not My… series by Usborne 39:56 - That's Not My Hat by John Klassen 40:44 - My Backpack by SkipHop 41:16 - Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers 41:49 - Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle 42:12 - Lil' Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:12 - Lil' Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:13 - Li'l' Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:16 - Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:39 - The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton 42:46 - The Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton 42:55 - Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton 43:05 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 43:16 - Tuck Me In by Dean Hacohen 43:51 - A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na 44:10 - Time for Bed by Mem Fox 44:35 - The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood 45:13 - Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:20 - Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:31 - Dinosaur's Binkit by Sandra Boynton 45:45 - No Matter What by Debi Gliori 45:49 - I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 46:33 - Goodnight, Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown 46:35 - Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown 47:02 - Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 49:42 - BabyLit Series by Jennifer Adams and Allison Oliver 51:21 - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 51:53 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 54:49 - A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts 56:47 - Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg *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!*

Meredith and Kaytee return to their microphones (albeit, one is in a different location than normal) to talk all things reading and great books. You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: choosing road trip audiobooks and a new Little Free Library update! Next, we discuss our current reads for the week: there's no rhyme or reason to our picks this week but almost all of them are wonderful. Which is my favorite thing. For our deep dive this week, we chat about books we buy and books we borrow and books we keep. How do we decide which books deserve a place on the physical TBR shelf (rather than the library hold list)? How do we decide which ones to let go of (and where to put them) when we've read them? As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week's picks are a great beach read option and a lovely autobiography. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 7:02 - A River In Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa 10:57 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik 12:41 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 13:12 - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 17:20 - Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu 21:48 - Mainline Candle Company 22:09 - Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah 24:33 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 25:19 - Tilly and The Book Wanderers (Pages & Co., #1) by Anna James 26:19 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 31:56 - Louise Penny series 31:58 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 32:02 - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling 38:24 - Scribd membership - try it for 60 days for free 38:41 - Thriftbooks website - 15% off your first order 40:30 - Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay 41:49 - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 42:24 - Lizzy and Jane by Katherine Reay 42:26 - The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay 42:27 - The Bronte Plot by Katherine Reay 43:11 - Episode 2 of Currently Reading 43:32 - Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams *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!*

Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds for some more great book chat this week! You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: Meredith's Little Free Library update and Kaytee's piano lesson reading. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week: there's a lot of interesting non-fiction in this week's selections, as well as a number of titles that friends and family had pressed into our hands a few episodes ago! For our deep dive this week, we are focusing on book ratings. What does 1-star mean to you and what does 5-star mean to you? We also take an unexpected detour into the bookstagram world and the way that "bookstagrammers" follow-up on their book posts. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. We've got a title that has Amazon all confused and one that serves as a companion to a previous book press. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 1:09 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry 1:46 - Episode 19 with Meredith's brother Scott 6:33 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 9:33 - Episode 29 with Anna Hithersay 9:35 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 13:11 - The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson 16:20 - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl 17:28 - Currently Reading Challenge for 2019! 17:57 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 20:14 - Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain 21:00 - Big Nate: In A Class By Himself by Lincoln Peirce 23:27 - A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindburgh 32:51 - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton 34:28 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 34:31 - He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly 43:10 - North and South by John Jakes 43:15 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 47:46 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 48:18 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton *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!*

We're back to regularly scheduled programming around here and happy to welcome so many new listeners! You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: a TV-show experience that only happened because of bookish friendships, and a win in the "raising readers" world, one of our favorite places to report about! Next, we discuss our current reads for the week: brand new titles, buzzed about books and ones we think need more play in the book world. For our deep dive this week, we are focusing on Brick books for the Currently Reading challenge. We qualify these as books over 700 (or maybe 650) pages, and we've got a lot of them for you to choose from. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week's picks include two more giant tomes: an unforgettable, series that defies genre categorization, and a non-fiction biography. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 7:26 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 9:40 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 10:44 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh 10:48 - Episode 14 with Amy Allen Clark 11:01 - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 12:57 - He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly 17:48 - Lucy & Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown 18:00 - Diary of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 20:15 - Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 20:17 - Goodnight, Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown 20:55 - Inheritance by Dani Shapiro 24:15 - Interview with Dani Shapiro on the Happier Podcast 24:54 - The Current by Tim Johnston 29:27 - Bookshelf Thomasville Shelf Subscription 32:10 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 32:39 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling 32:55 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 33:02 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 33:33 - The Physician by Noah Gordon 34:48 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 35:04 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 35:46 - Shogun by James Clavell 35:56 - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 36:32 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 35:38 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 37:02 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 37:45 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 38:00 - I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 38:39 - The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 38:58 - What Should I Read Next episode about big books 39:09 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 39:38 - The Passage (trilogy) by Justin Cronin 40:33 - It by Stephen King 40:35 - The Stand by Stephen King 40:35 - The Shining by Stephen King 40:36 - Needful Things by Stephen King 40:59 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 43:18 - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 44:27 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 45:26 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow *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!*

Today's minisode give you the opportunity to "meet" Claire Handscombe, the author of newly-released "Unscripted". It's a perfect read for your beach vacation! In this "minisode", Claire and I discuss what fangirling to the max truly is, we talk a bit about the publishing industry, cast her book, and talk about what the process is like for an author to get published for the first time. And, as always, we'll end with a book she wants to press into your hands, readers! Minisode shownotes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse. Unscripted by Claire Handscombe Love, Factually (UK) or Love Understood (US) by Laura Mucha Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton Come To The Edge by Christina Haag The Editor by Steven Rowley Claire's website (with links to all her social media!)

Meredith and Kaytee are joined by a special guest co-host this week, Mindy Brouse, a Currently Reading listener and super-fan of the show. This one was fun, you guys! You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: a funny bookish conversation, a sweet picture book that made me feel ~seen~, and a spoiler-ific discussion of a previous book. Next, we discuss our current reads. Since there are three of us, we kept it to two titles each, but there's no shortage of great stories and big opinions. For our deep dive, we're talking to Mindy about reading aloud to kids of multiple ages, since she has been homeschooling for 20 years and has 7 kids with a large span. Our listeners asked for something exactly like this, and Mindy delivers! We also get to hear from her about something we've heard from a lot of you: how Currently Reading changed her reading life. It's a sweet conversation. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week's picks include a favorite read-aloud title, a YA sci-fi (Y-fi?) series, and a fairy tale retelling that has been a favorite for DECADES. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 3:49 - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 3:53 - Calico Bush by Rachel Field 3:57 - The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 4:02 - On The Edge of the Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson 5:31 - Bunny's Book Club by Annie Silvestro 6:43 - Lil' Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 6:59 - Lil' Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 7:06 -Lil' Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 7:48 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 9:51 - The Gown by Jennifer Robson 13:07 - The Editor by Steven Rowley 13:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 18:09 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper 18:39 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper 19:38 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 21:39 - Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe 23:40 - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 26:49 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 26:54 - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier 30:30 - Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin 33:27 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 33:28 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 33:43 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 44:15 - I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino 46:57 - Honey for A Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt 51:36 - The Firm by John Grisham 55:44 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok 57:22 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 1:00:11 - Beauty by Robin McKinley Deep dive. Here's the photo and corresponding list of books that Mindy's family has chosen as their very favorites over the past two decades. I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong The Broken Blade by William Durbin The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark The Eagle of the Ninth by Sutcliff On The Edge of the Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes *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!*

Meredith and Kaytee are joined by a special guest co-host this week, Laura Tremaine. Laura is well-known across social media, and we think you'll love hearing from her. You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: a great book club chat, a new reading experience, and an unexpected bookish connection with a group of kids. Next, we discuss our current reads. Since there are three of us, we kept it to two titles each, but they are two great book s from each host that are sure to have big opinions from the interwebs. For our deep dive, we're talking to Laura about her "social media journey" and her vision behind her newest podcast, 10 Things to Tell You. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week's picks include a non-fiction book about eating, a historical fiction family saga, and a thriller that will chill you. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 5:52 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 8:03 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 8:20 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 8:49 - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid 15:17 - Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly 17:08 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 18:00 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 21:01 - This Will Only Hurt A Little by Busy Philipps 21:15 - Rob Lowe's books 21:21 - Bossypants by Tina Fey 27:28 - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 28:35 - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne 31:31 - Juliet's School of Possibilities by Laura Vanderkam 34:00 - 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam 34:08 -Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam 35:40 - The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann 42:17 - Bias Series on the Smartest Person in the Room podcast 51:48 - Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Trebole 56:22 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 59:02 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Laura's Website and Laura's Instagram 10 Things To Tell You podcast and Instagram *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!*

Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds with a whole cartload of book recommendations! You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: bear with us this week as we gush at each other about getting to meet in person for the first time. Next, we discuss our current reads. We have some reads that surprised us this week, and we hope they surprise you, too, in all the best ways. Our deep dive this week centers on the Currently Reading Challenge for 2019 and we are discussing the books that our friends and family members have pressed into our hands. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. A children's classic and a funny romantic comedy. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 4:38 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 8:30 - The Child by Fiona Barton 8:38 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 9:15 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Burton 12:33 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 12:40 - Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 14:02 - 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich 17:58 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 18:02 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik 22:04 - Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillin Smith 26:52 - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 26:57 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 30:01 - Currently Reading Challenge 2019! 31:33 - The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd 31:42 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 31:55 - The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman 32:14 - Dreamland by Sam Quinones 32:23 - Dopesick by Beth Macy 33:18 - The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald 33:30 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 33:54 - Soul of America by Jon Meacham 34:06 - Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich 34:18 - 100 Diagrams That Changed the World by Scott Christiansen 34:33 - Testable Asic Devices by Wayne Needham 34:56 - American Gods by Neil Gaiman 35:04 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 35:08 - The White Book by Han Kang 35:24 - For Every Solution, A Problem by Kristin Gier 36:05 - A Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindburgh 36:19 - West With The Night by Beryl Markham 37:20 - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari 37:33 - Yes, Please by Amy Poelher 37:34 - Bossypants by Tina Fey 39:11 - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 41:09 - The Ordinary Princess by MM Kay 44:49 - Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty McDonald 47:55 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 49:22 - The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 49:28 - The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion 49:50 - The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion 52:45 - 10 Things To Tell You Episode 1: When Do You Read?

Kaytee is recording with a special guest co-host this week, Anna Hithersay of The Post Party podcast. Anna is a homeschool mom and was a librarian in a former life, so I think you'll love our deep dive into choosing great books for your kids (and yourself) at the library. You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of the us: a bookish tattoo and a raising readers moment. Next, we discuss our current reads. This week has some thriller, some fairy tale, some romance, some middle grade. Basically, we took quite a few left turns. Our deep dive this week is a conversation with Anna about choosing quality books from the library when the selection is so overwhelming. We also talk about "twaddle" and authors that are sure bets. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. A sweeping story of the South and a tiny classic that's sweet and lovely. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! . . . . . 2:03 - Harry Potter series by JK Rowling 3:25 - My new Bookish Tattoo! 4:43 - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne 4:50 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 8:37 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 8:44 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 11:15 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 12:10 - A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson 12:29 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 15:31 - The Winter Sister by Megan Collins 15:38 - Book Of the Month 18:56 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 20:55 - OnRamp Podcast 25:04 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry 25:12 - Morgan Tallman episode 22 28:26 - Alice by Christina Henry 28:29 - Red Queen by Christina Henry 28:56 - Peter Pan by JM Barrie 31:57 - Barbara Cooney books 35:38 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 37:30 - Eric Carle books 37:36 - Sandra Boynton books 38:22 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 38:51 - Richard Scarry books 39:48 - First Thousand Words in English by Heather Amery 39:49 - First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery 40:08 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 40:28 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 41:48 - In The Town All Year 'Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner 43:21 - The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 43:24 - Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 43:32 - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 43:34 - Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey 44:37 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 45:49 - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry 47:01 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 48:00 - Parnassus Books 48:31 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Find Anna here: The Post Party podcast The Post Party on Instagram and Facebook *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!*