Gayle and Nicole talk about what they are reading, the frustration of having too many library books come in at the same time and some upcoming book-to-TV adaptations. Then they share some books that they love that are new in paperback now, just in time for beach bags and plane trips.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Golden Child by Claire Adam (Gayle’s review)
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
My Ex-Life by Stephen Macauley
Beyond The Point by Claire Gibson
Stay Up With Hugo Best by Erin Somers
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney (Gayle’s review)
The Last by Hanna Jameson
The Girl He Used To Know by Tracy Garvis Graves (Gayle’s review)
A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles
Tin Man by Sarah Winman (Gayle’s review)
The Only Story by Julian Barnes
The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes (Gayle’s review)
There There by Tommy Orange (Gayle’s review)
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
The Taker by Alma Katsu (Nicole’s review)
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
Ghosted by Rosie Walsh (Gayle’s review)
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Gayle’s review)
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Gayle’s review)
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
Woman 99 by Greer MacAllister (Gayle’s review)
The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Cohen Loigman (Gayle’s review)
State Of The Union by Nick Hornby

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