Katherine and Ashley discuss Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. Kat Reads: Mobius Book by Catherine Lacey Flashlight by Susan Choi Ash Reads: This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg LarsenBookfare will be taking a (late) summer break! We will be back with Season 3 in October!
Katherine and Ashley discuss Hal Ebbott's Among Friends. Discussion begins at 22:39. Katherine Reads The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey Ashley Reads The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Katherine and Ashley discuss Kitamura's latest, Audition (book discussion begins at 12:16). Katherine Reads: The Cafe with No Name by Robert Seethaler Ashley Reads: Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyonce, and the Women Who Built Pop’s Shiniest Decade by Nora Princiotti. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Katherine and Ashley discuss Rebecca K. Riley's novel, Great and Valdin. Kat reads: Evenings and Weekends by Oisan McKenna Ash reads: Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
Katherine and Ashley discuss Fundamentally, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Kat reads: Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette HOwland The Yellow Sofa by Eca de Queiros Ash reads: Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Next Book: Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Katherine and Ashley discuss Evie Wyld's The Echoes. Katherine Reads: Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee The Women by Kristin Hannah Fundamentally by Nussaibah YounisAshley Reads: You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin Bookfare's Next Four Reads: Fundamentally by Nussaibah YounisAudition by Katie Kitamura Perspectives by Laurent Binet Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
Katherine and Ashley discuss Aria Aber's debut novel, Good Girl (book discussion begins at 15:19). Katherine Reads The Watchmen by Alan Moore The Unwedding by Ally Condie Ashley Reads Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Katherine and Ashley discuss Ali Smith's new dystopian novel, Gliff. Ash's reads: The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Kat's reads: A Bolt from the Blue by Jeremy Cooper Inside Out by Demi Moore Unwedding by Ally Condie
Katherine and Ashley discuss Oprah's Book Club Book: Dream State by Eric Puchner (discussion begins at 24 minutes) Katherine's Current Reads: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette Howland A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney Virtue by Hermione Hoby Inside Out by Demi Moore Ashley's Current Reads: State of Paradise by Laura Van Der Berg You Didn't Hear This From Me by Kelsey McKinney
Katherine and Ashley discuss Catherine Airey's debut novel, Confessions (book discussion begins at 16:19). Kat's current reads: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten Ash's current reads: Private Rites by Julia Armfield State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg
Katherine and Ashley discuss how to break a reading slump and their feelings on Reader As Personal Brand. Kat reads: Regeneration by Pat Barker The Heart in Darkness by Kevin Barry My Dog Tulip by JR Ackerley Ash reads: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Ashley and Katherine are joined by Natalia to discuss Helen's Phillips' near-future dystopian, Hum. Hum discussion begins at 29:00 minutes. Katherine's reads Lazarus Man by Richard Price Foster by Claire Keegan Regeneration by Pat Barker Natalia's reads The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa The 10 Days That Shook The World by John Reed Ashley's read Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Katherine and Ashley discuss their top books of 2024. Ash Reads: Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner Hum by Helen Philips Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna Foster by Claire Keegan Invisible Woman by Katia Lief Kat Reads Before and After Getting Your Puppy by Dr. Ian Dunbar O Pioneers by Willa Cather Lazarus Man by Richard Price Exciting Upcoming Releases Gliff by Ali Smith Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld Civilizations by Laurent Binet Original Sin by Eve Ewing You Didn't Hear This From Me by Kelsey McKinney Best of 2024: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez How To Say Babylon by Safia Sinclair The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe North Woods by Daniel Mason Passing By Nella Larson Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Katherine and Ashley discuss Emily Bronte's classic novel, Wuthering Heights. Kat's Reads: James by Percival Everett O Pioneer by Willa Cather Ash's Reads: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Hum by Helen Phillips
Katherine and Ashley discuss bookfare's 2024 gift guide, current reads, and book news. Kat is reading: All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Wild Houses by Colin Barrett Ash is reading: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Gift Guide on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfarepod?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Katherine and Ashley discuss the big screen adaptation of Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These -- (check out our review of the book here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48d31MH8qUTOlSKSvO0x4r?si=8f66fb09973c4ef1) Books mentioned in order of appearance: Flatlands by Sue Hubbard Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker The Nose and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Katherine and Ashley discuss Booker Shortlist contender, Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner. Books mentioned in order of appearance: Held by Anne Michaels Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler Strangers On A Train by Patricia Highsmith
Kat and Ash get into the spooky spirit with a dramatic reading of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Kat's current reads: Orbital by Samantha Harvey Playground by Richard Powers The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Woulden Held by Anne Michael Ash's Current Reads This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Kat and Ashley kick off season two with Sally Rooney's Intermezzo. Books mentioned in order of appearance: Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Orbital by Samantha Harvey All Fours by Miranda July Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Another Country by James Baldwin James by Percival Everett
Katherine and Ashley review Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Books mentioned in order of appearance: God of the Woods by Liz Moore First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt