We're back! Today we’re catching up, sharing recent reads, and setting some reading goals. We've got book reviews, anticipated summer reads, and general updates to share. Be sure to stay tuned for our recommendations of the week.

Show Notes

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

 

HRSR Newsletter

 

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Ta Nehisi-Coates articles

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi, read along hosted by @melanatedreader

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

The Institute by Stephen King 

Writers and Lovers by Lily King

MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman by Ben Hubbard

 

The Fellowship of the Ring for Novel Pairings

On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis

Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

 

Dave Chappelle 8:46

Mr. Iglesias on Netflix

 

The Leader’s Greatest Return by John C. Maxwell

The End is Always Near by Dan Carlin

Hymns of the Republic by S.C. Gwynn