Episode 50 – Summer 2017 Book Preview

We’ve reached our 50 episode milestone! We’ll share some behind the scenes info about the podcast, and give you a preview of what you’ll be reading this summer. The episode finishes with what we’re reading this week.

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Ann’s picks:

• Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (releases June 6)
  – Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
  – Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
  – Anthony Horowitz books
  – Foyle’s War (TV)
  – Midsomer Murders (TV)
• You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron (releases June 6)
• People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder (releases June 6)
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (releases June 13)
• The Witches of New York by Ami McKay (releases July 11)
• Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (releases July 11)
  – Lucky Peach (magazine)
• The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker (releases August 1)
  – Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
• See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (releases August 1)

Halle’s picks:

• The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (releases June 6)
  – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  – Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (releases June 13)
• Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay (releases June 13)
  – Roxane Gay books
  – Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
• The Windfall by Diksha Bazu (releases June 27)
  – The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
• Morningstar: Growing Up with Books by Ann Hood (releases August 1)
  – The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
• How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry (releases August 15)
  – Book Depository
  – Jenny Colgan books
• Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (releases August 22)
  – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  – Choose Your Own Adventure series
• The Burning Girl by Claire Messud (releases August 29)
  – The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: A Castle in England by Jamie Rhodes (releases August 15)
  – March series by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
  – Audubon: On the Wings of the World by Fabien Grolleau and Jérémie Royer
• Halle: The Breakdown by B.A. Paris (releases July 18)
  – Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

Episode 49 – Epistolary Novels

We’re diving into epistolary novels, one of our favorite book formats (and, it turns out, are more than just a book of letters!). As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

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Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

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Ann’s picks:

• Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
• Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
  – Patricia C. Wrede books
  – Caroline Stevermer books
  – Jane Austen books
  – Cecelia and Kate series by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
  – Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock
  – Griffin & Sabine series by Nick Bantock
  – Morning Star series by Nick Bantock
  – The Pharos Gate: Griffin & Sabine’s Lost Correspondence by Nick Bantock
  – Nick Bantock books

Halle’s picks:

• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
  – Rainbow Rowell books
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
  – We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)
• Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
  – Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
  – Arrival (film)
  – 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Quick by Lauren Owen
  – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Halle: The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman