Episode 15: Must-Read Novels + Books that Surprised Us

Episode number 15. Does it seem to anyone else like it’s getting crazy real? We are having such fun! Tune in this week to hear Meredith and Kaytee discuss three books each as well as something that we read that surprised us! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a family road trip listen and a perfect reading moment. Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, a smorgasbord of titles ranging from YA to fantasy to literary fiction to thrillers. We’ve got a bit of everything! Our mini deep dive this week is about the books that most recently surprised us. And you might be surprised as well by one of these titles! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: a sci-fi thriller and a classic children’s series. 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!  .  .  .  .  .  3:03 - The Wondering Years by Knox McCoy 3:11 - Episode Nine with Meg Teitz 5:59 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend 6:54 - South of Broad by Pat Conroy 8:52 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 10:50 - The Price of Tides by Pat Conroy 12:08 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 12:22 - He Read She Read Podcast 14:30 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 15:05 - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 16:15 - My Name is Venus Black by Heather Lloyd 16:34 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 20:05 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds 22:21 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 22:53 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman 23:35 - Thunderhead by Neal Schusterman 23:54 - They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera 26:43 - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith 26:49 - Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 29:16 - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith 30:18 - Louise Penny’s new book: Kingdom of the Blind 32:13 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 32:19 - Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne 35:08 - 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James 36:23 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 38:35 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 40:04 - Pines by Blake Crouch 41:19 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 41:55 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 42:11 - Boxcar Children Books 1-4 as Box Set 43:25 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley *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!*  

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