Today’s guest on the Readerly Report – Diane LaRue, longtime bookish friend of Gayle and Nicole and author of the blog Book Chick Di, to talk about Libraries, Book Events and What To Read In August.

Links mentioned in this episode:
The Book Cellar
Politics & Prose
East City Bookshop
Solid State Books

Books mentioned in this episode:
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Hall
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
See You In The Piazza: New Places To Discover In Italy by Frances Mayes
The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (Gayle’s review here)
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
The Need by Helen Philips
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh (Gayle’s review here)
Heat And Light by Jennifer Haigh
Faith by Jennifer Haigh (Gayle’s review here)
The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
The Lager Queen Of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (Gayle’s review here)
Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Gayle’s review here)
My Friend Anna by Rachel Deloache Williams
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald
Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
The Leavers by Lisa Koh
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
Careful What You Wish For by Hallie Ephron

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