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Katherine and Ashley discuss the big screen adaptation of Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These -- (check out our review of the book here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48d31MH8qUTOlSKSvO0x4r?si=8f66fb09973c4ef1)

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

Flatlands by Sue Hubbard

Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa

All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker

The Nose and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Katherine and Ashley discuss Booker Shortlist contender, Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner.

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

Held by Anne Michaels

Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin

Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

Strangers On A Train by Patricia Highsmith

Kat and Ash get into the spooky spirit with a dramatic reading of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"

Kat's current reads:

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Playground by Richard Powers

The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Woulden

Held by Anne Michael

Ash's Current Reads

This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud

Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Kat and Ashley kick off season two with Sally Rooney's Intermezzo.

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

All Fours by Miranda July

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Another Country by James Baldwin

James by Percival Everett

Katherine and Ashley review Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

Kat and Ashley discuss the NYT's Best Books of the Century list and present their own ballots.

Current Reads:

On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan

Instructions for a Heat Wave, Maggie O'Farrell

Banal Nightmare, Halle Butler

The God of the Woods, Liz Moore

Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector

The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe

The Wren The Wren, Anne Enright

Kat & Ash Ballot Crossover

The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson

The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante

Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine

Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell

The Five Wounds, Kirsten Quade Valdez

Ashley's Ballot:

Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward

Freshwater, Awaeke Emezi

Go Ahead in the Rain, Hanif Abdurraqib

Atonement, Ian McEwan

In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado

Kat's Ballot

Transit, Rachel Cusk

Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt

White Teeth, Zadie Smith

The Overstory, Richard Powers

Katherine and Ashley discuss this month's book: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi

The Passion of G.H. by Clarice Lispector

Kat and Ashley discuss their current reads, recap the best of their 2024 reads so far, and discuss Sally Rooney's short fiction piece: "Opening Theory"

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

Master, Slave, Husband, Wife by Ilyon Woo

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi

Bookfare's 2024 Reads:

The Bee Sting, Paul Murray

Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

Redwood Court, DeLana RA Dameron

Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar

Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange

Live by Night, Dennis Lehane

Kat's Five Star Reads:

Prophet Song, Paul Lynch

The Wren, The Wren, Anne Enright

Whale Fall, Elizabeth O'Connor

Ash's Five Star Reads:

Prophet Song, Paul Lynch

How to Say Babylon, Safiya Sinclair

The Bee Sting, Paul Murray

The Vulnerables, Sigred Nunez

July Book: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

August Book: Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser

In this episode, Kat and Ashley discuss Dennis Lehane's noir thriller, Live By Night.

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewel

The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon

The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

Virgin Suicides by Jeoffrey Eugenedes

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Passing by Nella Larsen

Next month's book: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Katherine and Ashley discuss their current reads, book news, most anticipated summer releases, and their summer reading plans.

Books mentioned in order:

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton

You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon

Love & Salt by Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright

Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor

The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

Live by Night by Denis Lahane

Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi

Parade by Rachel Cusk

Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo