After having a little book slump, Andrea and Paula dive back into reading with a review of Steve Toltz's latest, a vision of the afterlife that - mini spoiler - leaves the ladies using the word "frustrating" more than once.

Plus, find out some exciting news about recorded author events that will be available on the podcast soon and what's new and hotly anticipated in the literary world.

Books they mention:

Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

Quicksand by Steve Toltz

Divine Comedy by Dante Alghieri

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Tenth of December by George Saunders

Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Aknor

Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

DI Vera Stanhope series by Ann Cleeves

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe

The Drowner by Robert Drewe

Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe

TV Series they mention:

The Good Place (Netflix)

Podcasts they mention:

Chat 10 Looks 3

Movies they mention:

13 Going on 30

Back to the Future

In October we will welcome back Jasmine onto the pod and our book for the month is Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover. Happy reading!