We're put the "lit" in literary with our first Book Banter episode! We chat about ideal reading locations and what makes a book a could-read, a should-read, or a must-read. Listen for our take on some shared-reads too: Come and Get It by Kiley Reid & The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue.

Find out if Melissa thinks Outlawed by Anna North is a could-read, should-read, or a must-read.

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses violence perpetrated against women.

Find out if Sarah thinks Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll is a could-read, should-read, or a must-read.

Melissa and Sarah welcome guest, Kate Cartmell, who will let you know if you could read, should read, or must read Dangerous Women by Hope Adams.

Find out if Melissa thinks Good Material by Dolly Alderton is a could-read, should-read, or a must-read. (We need to mark this episode as "explicit" because of language in the selected passages read from the book. Scandal!)

Find out if Sarah thinks The Guest by Emma Cline is a could-read, should-read, or a must-read.

Melissa and Sarah welcome their first guest, Tom Halford, who will let you know if you could read, should read, or must read I am a Truck by Michelle Winters

Melissa lets you know if you could read, should read, or must read Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

In the final Holiday Teaser Episode, Melissa & Sarah share reviews of four books they both read this year and chat a bit about how this podcast came to be. Tune in to find out if you could read, should read, or must read This is How We Love by Lisa Moore, Ducks by Kate Beaton, Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey, and Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.