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Rachel and Carmen discuss the importance of reading outside your comfort zone. Do you read out of your comfort zone? If so, what are the effect they had on you? Leave us your thoughts.

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Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasJust Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Rachel and Carmen discuss whether you should abandon a book. Be sure to drop a note and let us know how you feel about abandoning a book, and if you do this, which ones you have put aside and why? Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.

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Suffering BastardLong Island Tea

Naked by David SedarisThe Almost Moon by Alice SeboldReturn to the Secret GardenThe Emperor’s Children by Claire MessudWhite Oleander by Janet FitchFury by Salman RushdieOctober Baby by Eric WilsonSquirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

Rachel and Carmen discuss books that make you cry.

Episode links:Crymax and Unicorn Tear recipesHarry Potter Series by J. K. RowlingA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMajor Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen SimonsonThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomBridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordOld Yeller by Fred GipsonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsCharlotte’s Web by E. B. WhiteMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Rachel and Carmen discuss book hangovers. What is a book hangover? And what to do if you have one.

Here are links to our discussion:

Tito’s VodkaLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersGame of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Marley and Me by John Grogan

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

In this episode Rachel and Carmen talk book covers. Do you judge a book by its cover? If so, what have been your favorite covers and why?

Here are the links to the discussion:The Dinner by Herman Koch19 Crimes wine

Cowboy Poet American Lite LagerPicador Modern ClassicsThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovMcMillan’s Collector’s LibraryThe Stand by Stephen KingMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Godfather by Mario PuzoJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsStellaluna by Janell CannonIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Rainbow Fish by Marcus PfisterPorter Square Books Top 10 Covers of all TimeShortlist Coolest Book CoversFlavorwire 20 Most Iconic Book Covers Ever

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The Alice Network by Kate QuinnThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsGoodreads Listopia search for World War II 

In this Episode, Carmen and Rachel discuss most popular book series and their personal favorites. Here are the links to what was discussed:

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Goosebumps by R.L. Stein

Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner

The Berenstain Bears by Stan Berenstein

Choose your Own Adventure by Various Authors

Crazy Rich Asians trilogy by Kevin Kwan

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Julie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon

Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

North and South by John Jakes

Millennium by Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz

Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley

No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin

Westerns by Louis L’Amour

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Mitford Years by Jan Karon

In this episode, Rachel and Carmen, discuss books that were made into series and/or movies. Here are the links to what we discussed:

Tanqueray Rangpur

Culver Antigua Lowball Glass Set

Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu Series

Handmaid’s Tale, 1990 film

The Shell Seekers, book

The Shell Seekers, movie

Interview with the Vampire, book

Interview with the Vampire, movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, movie

The Green Mile, book

The Green Mile, Movie

Jack Reacher series, books

Jack Reacher, movie

Pay it Forward, book

Pay it Forward, movie

Annihilation, book

Annihilation, movie

The Secret Life of Bees, book

The Secret Life of Bees, movie

The Queen Must Die and Other Affairs of Bees and Men, by William Longgood

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, books

Episode 2: Pairing Books with Holidays. Let us know what you think of pairing reads with seasons and holidays, and how else you may decide what to read based on the time of year. If you have a favorite pairing, drop that into the comments, too! Here are the links to our references during the show:

“Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow

“My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton” by Stephanie Dray

“The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr” by Susan Holloway Scott

“Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship That Helped Forge Two Nations” by Tom Chaffin 

“Marquis de Lafayette: A Life From Beginning to End” by Hourly History

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

“The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea” by Jack E. Davis

“Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon

“The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty

“Rosemary’s Baby” by Ira Levin

“The Amityville Horror” by Jay Anson

“Heart-Shaped Box” by Joe Hill

“Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie

“And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie

“The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

“Lilac Girls” by Martha Hall Kelly