Episode 91 – Memoirs part 2

Our memories may be terrible but these memoirs aren’t. We’re revisiting memoirs this week, and end with what we’re currently reading.

Download here

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

• The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty (buy from Bookshop)
  – Afroculinaria (blog)
  – BTS (band)
• Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris (buy from Bookshop)
  – The New Yorker (magazine)
  – Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by Mary Norris (buy from Bookshop)
  – Ann Patchett books
• Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark (buy from Bookshop)
  – My Favorite Murder (podcast)
  – Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV)
  – Georgia Hardstark on Cooking Channel

Halle’s picks:

• Open Book by Jessica Simpson (buy from Bookshop)
  – Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (TV)
  – Nick Lachey (singer)
  – John Mayer (singer)
  – Dukes of Hazard (film)
  – Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (buy from Bookshop)
• Becoming by Michelle Obama (buy from Bookshop)
  – A Promised Land by Barack Obama (buy from Bookshop)
• Here For It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas (buy from Bookshop)
  – Elle (magazine)
  – Bossypants by Tina Fey (buy from Bookshop)
  – Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham (buy from Bookshop)
  – Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (TV)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (buy from Bookshop)
• Halle: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Women (film)

Well-Read on Facebook
Well-Read on Twitter
Well-Read on Bookshop
Well-Read on Instagram

Episode 90 – Sports Books

Do you like sports? No? Do you like stories of drama surrounding sports? Then we have some books for you! As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Download here

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ted Lasso (TV)
Friday Night Lights (TV)
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger (buy on Bookshop)
Friday Night Lights (film)

Ann’s picks:

• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (buy on Bookshop)
  – Newbery Medal
  – YALLfest
  – Booked by Kwame Alexander (buy on Bookshop)
• Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (buy on Bookshop)
  – Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
  – Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (buy on Bookshop)
  – Sarah MacLean books
• The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (buy on Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• Beartown by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
  – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
  – Beartown (TV)
  – Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
  – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (buy on Bookshop)
• Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu (buy on Bookshop)
  – From the Front Porch (podcast)
  – Check, Please! series by Ngozi Ukazu
• You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (buy on Bookshop)
  – Megan Abbott books
  – Dare Me by Megan Abbott (buy on Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: First Comes Like by Alisha Rai (buy on Bookshop)
  – Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai (buy on Bookshop)
  – Modern Love series by Alisha Rai
• Halle: The Survivors by Jane Harper (buy on Bookshop)
  – Jane Harper books
  – The Likeness by Tana French (buy on Bookshop)

Well-Read on Facebook
Well-Read on Twitter
Well-Read on Bookshop
Well-Read on Instagram

Episode 89 – Spring/Summer 2021 Preview

Download here

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

RUSA Reading List
Episode 87 – 2021 Reading Resolutions and Year in Review

Ann’s picks:

• Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins (releases April 6) (buy from Bookshop)
• Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman (releases April 6) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Quirk Books
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (releases May 4) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Nora Ephron filmography
  – Agatha Christie books
  – A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (buy from Bookshop)
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (releases May 4) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Martian by Andy Weir (buy from Bookshop)
  – Artemis by Andy Weir (buy from Bookshop)
• Madam by Phoebe Wynne (releases May 18) (buy from Bookshop)
• The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (releases June 1) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Get Out (film)
  – The Devil Wears Prada (film)
  – When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (buy from Bookshop)
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (releases June 1) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Masked Singer (TV)
•  When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (releases August 3) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Bachelor (TV)
  – Paula Deen
  

Halle’s picks:

•  The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (releases March 9) (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Huntress by Kate Quinn (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Audie Awards
  – Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)
•  The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett (releases May 9 ) (buy from Bookshop)
•  Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny (releases April 13) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny (buy from Bookshop)
  – Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny (buy from Bookshop)
•  When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain (releases April 13) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (buy from Bookshop)
  – Serial: Season One (podcast)
•  The Dating Plan by Sara Desai (releases March 16) (buy from Bookshop)
•  The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton (releases March 30) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)
  – Amy (film)
  – Shut Up & Sing (film)
  – Stevie Nicks
  – Daisy Jones & the Six (film)
•  One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (releases June 1) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
•  Island Queen by Vanessa Riley (releases July 6) (buy from Bookshop)
  – Vanessa Riley books

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Glimme by Emily Rodda, narrated by Andrew Scott (audio available from Bookshop)
  – Coraline by Neil Gaiman (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein (buy from Bookshop)
  – Sherlock (TV)
  – Fleabag (TV)
  – Dan Stevens audiobooks
• Halle: Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe  (buy from Bookshop)
  – Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (buy from Bookshop)
  – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)
  – Where’d You Go, Bernadette (film)

Well-Read on Facebook
Well-Read on Twitter
Well-Read on Instagram
Well-Read on Bookshop