Paperback Readers

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e810f5017b4b22e90d81306/4be8e78e-ad92-4bd2-8613-2ec0b173a391/IMG_4665.jpg?format=1000w] At long last, we are back to talk books with you! Our shared read is I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Engler, which was fantastic, and we’ve ready so many other books beside. Below, we’ve listed the highlights we discussed in this episode, and we’re looking forward to talking about Wright Thompson’s excellent new book, The Barn. We hope you’ve had the best fall filled with wonderful books, and we can’t wait to hear all about them. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty A Fine Sight to See by Sophie Hudson The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson Bake & Pray: Liturgies and Recipes for Baking Bread as a Spiritual Practice by Kendall Vanderslice The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci Daybreak at Chavez Ravine by Erik Sherman Monkee Business by Erik Lefcowitz One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game by John Feinstein Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop by Jeff Chang and Dave COok Hometown Victory by Keanon Lowe Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson by Annye C. Anderson I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Engler The Barn by Wright Thompson

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e810f5017b4b22e90d81306/7ea7c8a2-3cf2-4d4b-9d59-cd8ca4c8a617/IMG_4340.jpg?format=1000w] Welcome back! We have missed talking to you about books but are excited to return and catch up on all the things we have been reading, and all the things you think we should be reading. Our shared read was An Unfinished Love Story, by our favorite Doris Kearns Goodwin. Join us next time when we talk about I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger. All the books we talked about are below. Please let us know if there is anything you think we should add to our list! Beyond Bartman, Curses, and Goats: 104 Reasons Why It’s Been 104 Years by Chris Neitzel Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr Life in the G: Minor League Baseball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA by Alex Squadron Baseball: The Movie by Noah Gittell The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski Deja Blue: A Sportswriter Reflects on 41 Seasons of Kentucky Basketball by Jerry TIpton Every Moment Holy Volume 3 How to Walk Into a Room by Emily P. Freeman The Wedding People by Alison Epsach An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e810f5017b4b22e90d81306/9ae16022-e46d-40fd-9ab8-d116bb9b81f3/IMG_4205.jpg?format=1000w] Summer reading is always fun, and it’s even better when we’re joined by special guests to talk about a book we loved this summer: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. This was one of our favorite conversations, and you’re definitely going to want to check out this book. All the books we discussed are below. Join us next time when we talk about Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. Steve Kerr: A Life by Scott Howard-Cooper Coolidge by Amity Shlaes Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle Sandwich by Catherine Newman Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Well Matched by Jen DeLuca Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe The Match by Sarah Adams Take Me Homeby Melanie Sweeney An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Twelfth Night by Alexene Farol Follmuth Loose Balls by Terry Pluto

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e810f5017b4b22e90d81306/3d3bbf02-7aae-4737-8b2c-0808d63e13a6/IMG_3977.JPG?format=1000w] Happy Fourth of July! We are talking about everything we’ve read over the last two weeks, and going deep on our shared read, How to Read a Book by Monica Wood. All the books we read are listed below. Join us next time when we discuss Kwame Alexander’s novel in verse, The Crossover, with two special guests. Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez We Are the Baby-Sitters Club edited by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center Cold Tangerines by Shauna Niequist You Are Here by David Nicholls The Way of Belonging by Sarah Westfall A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e810f5017b4b22e90d81306/aa8eaa12-48db-4ff7-89fe-0c70634584b1/IMG_3974.jpg?format=1000w] Welcome back! We are home from vacation and are ready to talk about books with you again. Our shared read was The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom. All the books we discussed are listed below. Please join us next time as we talk about How to Read a Book by Monica Wood. Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie Jenner Betting on You by Lynn Painter This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune Book Lovers by Emily Henry Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedman How to Read a Book by Monica Wood Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love by Larry Bird with Jackie MacMullin The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom