Good CompanyKlara and the SunMary JanePumpkinPumpkin (audiobook)The Anthropocene ReviewedHow to Resist Amazon and WhyAnne of ManhattanOlympus Texas
Vesper FlightsGood NeighborsWomen and Other MonstersSong of AchillesCirceAll GirlsBeartownApeirogonLet the Great World SpinOne Two ThreeThis is How It Always Is
1984Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena WilliamsMemorial DriveFinlay Donovan Is Killing ItThe Wife UpstairsJane EyreJane SteeleJesus and John WayneThe SurvivorsBraiding SweegrassThe Removed
Before the Coffee Gets Cold1984Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Changed My LifeThe Four WindsThe Great AloneThe NightingaleAnna KThe Brilliant Life of Eudora HoneysettEleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineA Man Called OveBetter Luck Next TimeBadass Habits
Is There a Doctor in the White House?The original essay that inspired our podcast title…My Grownup Christmas List (brings Jen to tears annually)Big Friendship Book Jen read the fastest because she had the time & it was the shortest book on her list!American Dirt Sara read the fastest because it was intense and a page-turner!When These Mountains Burn Jen’s fastest “because-it-was-so-good” read!The Exiles Sara’s fastest “because-it-was-so-good” readBest prose (Jen tied two…) The Glass Hotel and Valentine (Sara, too)Best prose (Sara) HamnetBook with the most staying power: Valentine (Jen) The Cold Millions (Sara)Books we’re still thinking about Florence Adler Swims Forever (Sara) The Vanishing Half (Jen) Monogamy (Jen again) and When These Mountains Burn (Sara again)Best Cover Monogamy (Jen) and Florence Adler Swims Forever (Sara) Simon the Fiddler (Sara)Characters You Enjoyed Getting to Know Cobble Hill (Jen) and Anna K (Jen - will discuss in January!) Hamnet (Sara) Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Sara — will discuss in January!)Evvie Drake Starts Over (Jen’s list)All Adults Here (Jen’s list)The Night Watchman (Jen’s list)Oona Out of Order (Jen’s list)Such a Fun Age (Jen’s list)Transcendent Kingdom (Jen’s list)The Pull of the Stars (Sara’s list)Anxious People (Sara’s list)This Tender Land (Sara’s list)Deacon King Kong (Sara’s list)The Great Alone (Bookish friend Trista’s list!)The Nightingale
We’re back with our October reads and a little celebration after a long few days of watching our democracy at work. Disclaimer: We aren’t political scientists, but we are a little bit political! Hope you enjoy our discussion and add some treasures to your TBR list.Books in this episode are available at BookishMonogamy by Sue MillerInventing the Abbotts by Sue MillerThe Cold Millions by Jess WalterThe End of the Day by Bill CleggDid You Ever Have a Family by Bill CleggThe Best of Me by David SedarisCalypso by David SedarisDuck for President by Doreen CroninClick Clack Moo by Doreen CroninClick Clack Goodnight by Doreen CroninEveryone Gets a Say by Jill TwissLifeboat 12 by Susan HoodSaving Winslow by Sharon CreechA Promised Land Volume 1 by Barack ObamaDolly Parton Songteller, My Life in LyricsHeartland by Sarah SmarshThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
19 CrimesStems & Stories @BookishEmpire of WildCrooked HallelujahParis ReviewInto Captivity They Will GoHis FavoritesNY Times - Your Bookstore Wants You to Know It's StrugglingHamnetThe Line That Held UsWhen These Mountains BurnDavid Joy's InstagramDavid Joy's TwitterShit ActuallyTranscendent KingdomHomegoingThe Last Story of Mina Lee
Mexican GothicJane EyreNorthanger AbbeyRedhead By the Side of the RoadThe Pull of the StarsRoomCutting for StoneCrazy Rich AsiansSex and VanitySwing TimeIntimationsWe Don't Eat Our ClassmatesHow to Be a LionThe Exiles
The Friendship ListMemoirs and MisinformationThe Talented Miss FarwellBig Lies in a Small TownThe GoldfinchAll the Light We Cannot SeeFlorence Adler Swims ForeverThe ResistersBig FriendshipCall Your Girlfriend (podcast)30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30 (Taylor Swift essay)NPR -- #ChallengeAcceptedGirl, Wash Your FaceThe Only Good IndiansThere ThereLibro.fm
Join Jen and Sara as they discuss their May 2020 reading.