Episode 118 – Read-Alikes for Taylor Swift Songs

Halle thought it wasn’t possible to love a Taylor Swift-themed episode any more, until her sister Heather joined in as a special guest! (Ann was there too, as a casual fan.) Listen in for book pairings for some of our favorite T.Swift songs, along with general Swifty gushing and the books we’re reading this week.

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Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Taylor Jenkins Reid books
Red (Taylor Swift album)
Fearless (Taylor Swift album)
1989 (Taylor Swift album)
“Blank Space”
Reputation (Taylor Swift album)
“…Ready For It?”
“The Man”

Ann’s picks:

• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (buy from Bookshop) and “exile (feat. Bon Iver)”
  – Justin Vernon/Bon Iver
  – “Death By a Thousand Cuts”
• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (buy from Bookshop) and “Bejeweled”
  – Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich

Halle’s picks:

• The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop) and “Enchanted” and “Dress”
• Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli (buy from Bookshop) and “Bigger Than the Whole Sky”
  – Midnights (Taylor Swift album)
  – Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)

Heather’s picks:

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) and “august”
  – “This Love”
  – “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince”
• Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed (buy from Bookshop) and “Dear Reader”
  – Dear Sugar column on The Rumpus
  – Dear Sugars (podcast)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (buy from Bookshop)
  – Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths
  – The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (buy from Bookshop)
• Halle: Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor (buy from Bookshop)
  – Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop)
• Heather: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)
  – Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)
  – Daisy Jones & The Six (TV)
  – “Anti-Hero”
  – Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop)

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Episode 117 – Reading From Our TBRs

It’s back…..our occasional episode where we pick books for each other from our massive “to be read” shelves! Listen to what we liked – and what we didn’t! – and find out what we’re reading this week.

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Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

• The Maid by Nita Prose (buy from Bookshop)
  – Good Morning America Book Club
  – The Maid (film)
  – Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)
  – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (buy from Bookshop)
  – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (buy from Bookshop)
  – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (buy from Bookshop)
  – Goodreads Choice Awards
  – Book of the Month Club
  – The Verifiers by Jane Pek (buy from Bookshop)
• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (buy from Bookshop)
  – You’ve Got Mail (film)
• The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson (buy from Bookshop)
• Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (buy from Bookshop)
• Halle: The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle (buy from Bookshop)

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