It’s been a big year for local independent bookstore A Room of One’s Own, with their move to Atwood Avenue earlier this year and recently reopening the store for browsing after over a year of online and phone orders only in response to the pandemic.

Today on the show, WORT producer Jade Iseri-Ramos guest hosts our annual book show with Gretchen Treu, co-owner of A Room of One’s Own.

They cover a wide range of bookish topics, including how to find books for the people you love, reading for pleasure and as a communal act, how to avoid Amaz*n and support local booksellers, and much more—along with some of Jade’s and Gretchen’s personal picks from the year.

Books Mentioned

* Outlawed by Anna North

* We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan, edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma

* What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

* Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder

* She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

* Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor

* Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

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