In this episode, Nicole and Gayle get together in person (yay!). As usual, tradition put 8 books they read last year against each other in inverted order. That is, Gayle's #1 goes against Nicole's #8.

Coincidentally, this is episode 8 of Season 8!! Vote for the Sweet Sixteen Contest! (Link was removed as we're voting for the next round)

(Gayle's #1) Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #8) Dear Ms. Metropolitan by Carolyn Ferrell | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #2) Chorus by Rebecca Kauffman | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #7) Complicit by Winnie M. Li | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #3) French Braid by Anne Tyler | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #6) Jackal by Erin E. Adams | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #4) Home Stretch by Graham Norton | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #5) More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierez | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #5) Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #4) Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #6) This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #3) Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #7) A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson | Amazon | Bookshop

(Nicole's #2) Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby | Amazon | Bookshop

(Gayle's #8) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by...

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