Come for the comfort reads, stay for uncomfortable to-be-reads! This time on the podcast Sarah dives into a kids' book from the 1930s, and a book about bookshops, Eric slows down with a local writer, and a master of 20th century literary fiction, and Sharon continues her love of Laurie Lee, and books about trips, among other things. Books about libraries, a 15th century mystery, and more! Books discussed this episode: The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee The Bookshop by Evan Friss The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey A Thousand Feasts by Nigel Slater Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern TBR: Sneaker Wars by Barbara Smit The Road by Cormac McCarthy