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Chapter 90: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This week we're praising the pride of Massachusetts, Taylor Jenkins Reid, as we celebrate her latest novel, Atmosphere. We talk about childhood fascination with the st...
Chapter 89: Pax by Sara Pennypacker
This week we're talking about a children's book that rustled up many childhood memories. Pax is the story of a boy and his pet fox, separated but determined to find th...
Chapter 88: Address Unknown by Katherine Kressman Taylor
This week we're discussing a very short book with a powerful punch. Address Unknown is an epistolary novel set in the 1930s that tells the story of two business partne...
Chapter 87: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
This week we're transported to a remote island in the Southern Hemisphere. We are talking about the powerful and thought-provoking book Wild Dark Shore. We discuss the...
Chapter 86: Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman
This week we're chatting about a debut novel that surprised and delighted us. Hot Desk is contemporary fiction with multiple timelines, centered around a literary revi...
Chapter 85: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Have you ever been captivated by a viral court case? This week we're talking about a book that centers around a fictional true crime podcast and its subject, a young w...
Chapter 84: Books That Changed Us
This week we're sharing a list of titles that expanded our thinking, piqued our interest in new topics, shaped how we write, and reimagined how we analyze books. Our s...
Chapter 83: It's Only Drowning by David Litt
This week we deep dive on a memoir that surprised us. We talk about trying something new in your forties, finding common ground via shared hobbies, the hilarity of obs...
Chapter 82: Summer Reading List
We have a special treat for you this week; we're sharing our top picks for summer reading. Our list is a mix of books that take place in the summer, are set in beach t...
Chapter 81: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
This week we're transported to the English countryside, discussing a now and then story about first love, the complexity of marriage, and the devastation of loss. We p...
Chapter 80: We Were Liars (Pilot Recap)
Fueled by wine, brie, and gummy worms, we're sharing all of our thoughts on the first episode of the page-to-screen adaptation of We Were Liars. We begin by sharing ou...
Chapter 79: Silver Elite by Dani Francis
This week we're discussing a book shrouded in mystery. Written under a pen name, Silver Elite straddles the line between a dystopian tale of resistance and a sizzling ...
Chapter 78: Mothers and Other Fictional Characters by Nicole Graev Lipson
This week we're discussing an essay collection by a local author. We chat about this format and how it allows you to read as you feel called to, Lipson's honest and vu...
Chapter 77: The Colleen Hoover Controversy
You know her from BookTok and the legal drama surrounding the screen adaptation of her novel It Ends With Us - this week we're discussing the phenomenon that is Collee...
Chapter 76: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
We reunite with the queen of summer reads this week, as we dive into her latest novel. We head back to Barry's Bay, home of the flirtatious Charlie Florek, who we'd li...
Chapter 75: We Were Liars + Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
This week we are in a summer state of mind. We've transported to Beechwood Island off of Martha's Vineyard to analyze the suspicious behavior of the Sinclair family. W...
Chapter 74: The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
This week we're discussing a debut novel from a beautiful writer. We dissect this singular story, delving into family dynamics and obligations, point of view decisions...
Chapter 73: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
This week we're discussing a story about found family, set in Portland, Maine. We hypothesize that chapter one may have started out as a short story, we applaud Wood's...
Chapter 72: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
This week we head to non-fiction land to read a book that is part exposé and part personal reflection. Sarah bravely shares about her experience working for Facebook a...
Chapter 71: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
This week we're discussing an author we adore and deep diving (pun intended) on her newest romance novel. We talk about Ali's unique background - her PhD in neuroscien...