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 Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being inspired in some way by Jane Austen. We will also share a Book in Hand.  It's Leslie's dream episode...We’re going Austen-esque! 

Featured Books:

• The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman (LH)
• The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley (LH) 
• Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (LP) 
• Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson (LP) 

Book in Hand

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (LP)

Other Books That Go Along With Our Theme:

• Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
• Heartstone by Elle Katharine White
• Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Other Books Mentioned in This Episode

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• Eon and Eona Series by Alison Goodman
• Dark Days Club Series by Alison Goodman

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 Today our stack of books is tied together with the theme of a saying you have likely heard at weddings...Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. We will also share our Books in Hand.  No weddings here...bringing you a stack of great books representing this familiar saying in a fresh way!

Featured Books:

• Old - My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (LH) 
• New - The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen (LP)
• Borrowed - Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin (LH)
• Blue - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (LP)

Books in Hand

• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (LP) 
• Thirteen Doorways: Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby (LH) 

Other Books That Go Along With Our Theme:

• America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
• The Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman
• The Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
• Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
• All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
• All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
• The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot
• Every Living Thing by James Herriot

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Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of Mystery 101!  We have a post Thanksgiving sampler plate for you.  We’ll also share a terrific Book in Hand.  Let’s dig in!

Featured Books:

• The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (LP)
• Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena  (LP)
• The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclaire  (LH)
• The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard  (LH)

Books In Hand:

• Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail  by Andrea Lankford (LP)

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
• The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
• The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
• Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard
• The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
• Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
• The River by Peter Heller
• The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
• Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie

Other Books That Go Along With Our Theme:

• Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
• The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
• The List by Yomi Adegoke
• The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake

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Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of surprises!  There are many different ways to be surprised while reading a great book.  We will also share our Books in Hand. So settle in and enjoy a few surprises we are sending your way!

Featured Books:

• North Woods by Daniel Mason  (LP)
• The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor (LP)
• The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (LH)

Books In Hand:

• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (LH)
• Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (LP)

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor
• The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
• The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
• The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
• Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas
• Crescent City Series by Sarah J. Maas

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Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of books with a major sense of place.  You know...books with a setting ,or a place within the setting, that becomes a character.  We will also share a book in hand.  Setting makes the story!

Featured Books:

• Chenneville by Paulette Jiles  (LP)
• The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (LP)
• Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (LH)
• The President’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood (LH)

Book In Hand:

• Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (LP)

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
• The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
• News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
• This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
• The Cork O’Connor Mystery Series by William Kent Krueger
• The Engineer’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood
• The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Podcast Mentioned in This Episode:

• Thoughts From a Page by Cindy Burnett

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Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being reimaginings.  We have retellings from Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, and the Bible. We will also share a Book in Hand. Let’s look at some familiar characters or stories in brand new ways!

Featured Books:

• Jezebel by Megan Barnard (LH and LP)
• The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec  (LH)
• Medusa’s Sisters by  Lauren J. A. Bear (LP)

Books In Hand:

• None of This is True by Lisa Jewel (LP)

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• Circe by Madeline Miller 
• A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes 
• Clytemnestra by Costanza Cosati 
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 
• The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd 
• The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes 

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Today we are bringing you a shorty…an episode with just 2 books and we hope it might be just what you need!  Our short stack is tied together with the common theme of If You Liked This…Then Read That... 

Featured Books

• The Measure by Nikki Erlick  LH 
• They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera  LH 

Books That Go Along With Our Theme

• The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• Circe by Madeline Miller and The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi and The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman

Other Books Mentioned in the Episode

• How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

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Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Tough Cookies.  We’ll discuss characters who have to be resilient. We will also share our Books in Hand. When the going gets tough, the tough get going!

Featured Books:

• The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (LH)
• A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum (LP)
• Evil Eye by Etaf Rum (LP)

Books In Hand:

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (LH)
• Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood (LP)

Additional Books That Go Along With Our Theme:

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
• The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
• Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

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Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of faith.  We are going to explore that in all of its forms. We will also share our Books in Hand.  So, let's take a leap, and Keep the Faith!

Featured Books:

• Tenth of December by George Saunders (LH)
• Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash (LP) 
• Out of Esau by Michelle Webster-Hein  (LP) 

Books In Hand:

• Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie  (LP)
• The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (LH) 

Additional Books That Go Along With Our Theme:

• Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou 
• The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
• God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney
•  Search by Michelle Huneven

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

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Welcome to Season 2! We are celebrating with a stack of books tied together with the common theme of simply being our current reads.  Well, that's what we thought... the books had a different idea!  We will also share our Books in Hand.  We are Unbound!

Featured Books:

• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (LH)
• Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (LP) 
• A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler (LP)
• The Only One Left by Riley Sager (LH)

Other Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
• Z by Therese Anne Fowler
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• Lucy By the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

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