Episode 14: Winter 2015-16 Book Preview

This week Ann and Halle talk about the books they’re looking forward to reading this winter and as always, close with what they’re reading this week.

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Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

• The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

• The Guernsy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

• The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

• The Verdict by Nick Stone

• John Grisham books

• The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee

• The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee

• The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean

• Love by Numbers series by Sarah MacLean

• Rules for Scoundrels series by Sarah MacLean

• Ally Carter books

• And Again by Jessica Chiarella

• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

• The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• The Happy Marriage by Tahar Ben Jelloun

• Fallen Land by Taylor Brown

• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

• Cormac McCarthy books

• The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

• Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

• The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

• Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson

• Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

• In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri

• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

• The Mindy Project (TV)

• The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick

• M.F.K. Fisher books

• Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon

• Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

• A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

• A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

• Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

• The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

• Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer by Antonia Murphy

• Lord of the Rings (film)

Episode 13 -Book Club Picks

This week, Halle and Ann talk about what makes a good book club book and give several suggestions for books that are sure to spark discussion. As always, we close with what we’re reading this week.

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Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• readinggroupguides.com

• litlovers.com

• Novelist (access via Beaufort County Library or your local library)

• Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck

• Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

• The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

• On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King

• Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King

• Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle

• Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

• Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

• Slade House by David Mitchell

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

• The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo