Hi, and welcome to this week’s edition of Likely Stories. I’m Paige Connell, and I teach English at Midway High School.

Hey there, I'm Lauren, KWBU Public Relations Intern, Fabled Bookseller, and Baylor Student. Today I'm going to be telling you about one of my favorite books of all time, Everything I know about Love by Dolly Alderton.

Life is filled with second chances, but given the opportunity, could you forgive the person who brought you the greatest heartache?Welcome to “Likely Stories.” I’m Diane Kemper.

Magical realism isn’t my preferred genre—I typically gravitate toward psychological thrillers with a sharp twist or historical fiction with heart-wrenching accuracy, but when I heard about this debut novel, The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, a book about books with a unique concept and complex world building just a shade off of our own, I couldn’t resist.

I finished reading Hip Hop Is History, the latest book by Questlove, on a recent Saturday afternoon. On my walk the next night, I was listening to Terri Gross’ interview with Questlove on Fresh Air. The first song that she mentioned was Rapper’s Delight, the first commercially successful hip hop song. I paused Fresh Air, found the long – like 15 minutes long – version of Rapper’s Delight, and listened to that. Then I went back to the interview.

How does an artists trajectory affect our understanding and appreciation of their creative output?

I have a love hate relationship with reading and learning about history. I can’t decide whether I hate being reminded that humans seem to absolutely refuse to learn from their past mistakes or love the hope I feel knowing that we’ve more or less survived those past mistakes and have made progress, however slowly.

Hi I’m Molly-Jo Tilton, reporter at KWBU, and welcome to this week’s episode of likely stories. Today I want to talk about one of my favorite books of all time, Andrew Joseph White’s “The Spirit Bares its Teeth”.

Hosting this edition of Likely Stories is Lori Fogelman. Lori works at Baylor University and is part of the broadcast team for Baylor Women’s Basketball. Here is her review of Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

A big Willie Nelson fan has written a book about the iconic 4th of July picnics.