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In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of containing lots of Family Drama!  This is a stack of multigenerational, dramatic sagas.  We'll also share a buzzy Book in Hand!  

Featured Books:

• Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven (LH)
• A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg (LH)
• The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff (LP)
• Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (LP)

Book In Hand:

• Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• Search by Michelle Huneven
• How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard
• Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard
• The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
• The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg

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In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Perfect Pairs...in other words...they go together like a fine dining experience!  Bon Apetit!

Featured Books:

• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (LH)
• Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price (LH)
• This Motherless Land by Nikki May (LH)
• These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant (LP)
• What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
• Educated by Tara Westover

Additional Books That Go Along With Our Stack:

• A Contrary Wind: a variation on Mansfield Park by Lona Manning
• Bonwyn: A Fantasy Austen Retelling by Grace J. Croy
• Edmund Bertram’s Diary by Amanda Grange
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

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In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Girls Rule.  The women and girls in these books are plucky and fierce.  Plus, we'll share a Non Fiction pick for our Book in Hand.  Girl Power!

Featured Books:

• The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper (LH)
• Chirp by Kate Messner (LP)
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (LP)
• The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick  (LP)

Book in Hand:

• The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Second Sister by Marie Bostwick
• Between Heaven and Texas by Marie Bostwick
• The Trouble With Heroes by Kate Messner
• Breakout by Kate Messner
• Daughters of Bronze duology by A.D. Rhine
• Hidden Libraries: The World’s Most Unusual Book Depositories by DC Helmuth.

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• Circe by Madeline Miller
• The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller
• The Dressmakers of London by Julia Kelly
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• At Last She Stood by Erin Entrada Kelly

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In today's episode, we assign a book to each other and report on our reading.  Homework!

Featured Books:

• The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey (LP to LH)
• Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (LH to LP) 

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey
• Peachtree Bluff Series by Kristy Woodson Harvey
• The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey

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In today's episde, we highlight our Favorite Books of the Year...So Far.  And it was hard to pare them down!  As Maria VonTrapp sings...These are a few of our favorite things!

Featured Books:

• Run by Blake Crouch (LH)
• Wool by Hugh Howey (LH)
• The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (LH)
• The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E Pearson (LH)
• Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (LH)
• All My Mothers by Joanna Glen (LH)
• One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (LH)
• Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (LH)
• Babylonia by Costanza Casati (LH)
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (LH)
• All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall (LP)
• Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (LP)
• Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (LP)
• Lark Ascending by Silas House (LP)
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (LP)
• The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian (LP)
• Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods (LP)
• Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan (LP)
• The Trouble With Heroes by Kate Messner (LP)
• Isola by Allegra Goodman (LP)

Runners Up:

• Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (LP)
• We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes (LP)
• Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister (LP)
• Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (LH)
• Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen (LH)
• The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas
• The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

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In today's episode, we are doing the Twisty with some great mysteries and thrillers...C'mon Baby!

Featured Books:

• The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha (LH)
• One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware (LH)
• Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister (LP)
• The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano - Lax (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Your Truth of Mine by Trisha Sakhlecha
• Maybe Next Time by Cesca Minor
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• The It Girl by Ruth Ware
• The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
• The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
• Break Me Down by Anna Downes

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• Famous Last Words by Gillian McCallister
• How to Disappear by Gillian McCallister
• Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McCallister
• All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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In today's episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Under the Radar titles.  Leslie has you covered with books that begin 2 great series. Laura has 2 that you might not have heard of yet, but are stellar reads.  Let's fly!

Featured Books:

• One Dark Window (#1 The Shepherd King) by Rachel Gillig (LH)
• An Ember in the Ashes (#1 An Ember in the Ashes) by Sabaa Tahir (LH)
• Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro
• The Trouble With Heroes by Kate Messner

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
• Chirp by Kate Messner
• Breakout by Kate Messner
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
• For the Throne by Hannah Whitten
• Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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In today's episode, we are bringing you a Shorty...an episode with just 2 books that we hope will be just what you need!  Our books are tied together with the common connection of If You Liked This...Then Read That.  We think you will love these 2 Unforgettable Characters!  Plus, check below for information on joining our Patreon Team.  It won't be the same without you!

Featured Books

• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

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In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of India.  We have a memoir, a middle grade, a family saga, and a historical novel.  Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand set somewhere completely different.  Pack your bags, and get ready to take off...Bon Voyage to India!

Featured Books:

•  This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg (LH)
• The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy (LH)
• The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (LP)
• The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (LP)

Book in Hand:

• Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Tomes & Tea #4) by Rebecca Thorne (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
• A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
• Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne
• The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
•  The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi
• Amir and the After by Veera Hiranandani
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• Inanna by Emily H Wilson
• Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar
• The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
• The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

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In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Anne Frank Adjacent.  Some of the books are about Anne Frank or her friends, and others are set in the same time period and share similar themes.  We encourage you to begin with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank...read it for the first time or reread it.  

Featured Books:

• All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein (LH)
• When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman (LH)
• My Friend Anne Frank:The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick Goslar (LP)
• Margot by Jillian Cantor

Book In Hand:

• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 
• The Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman

Additional Books That Go Along With Our Stack:

• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer
• The Many Lives of Anne Frank by Ruth Franklin
• The Silent Sister: The Diary of Margot Frank by  Mazal Alouf-Mizrahi
• Tales from the Secret Annex by Anne Frank
• Outside It’s War: Anne Frank and Her World by Janny van der Molen
• Bluebird by Sharon Cameron
• The Red House by Mary Morris
• Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen

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