Literally Reading

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: April Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month.

Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman  (Ellie)

Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (Traci)

In the Lives of Puppets by Tj Klune (Ellie)

The Plus One by Mazey Eddings (Traci)

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (Ellie)

Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge (Traci)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing feel good fiction. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler (Traci)

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore (Ellie)

Open the Book:

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos 

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau 

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman 

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal 

A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

Limelight by Amy Poeppel 

The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

Ramona by Beverly Cleary 

Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee

Kevin Henkes

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our March Madness of spring releases! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (Ellie)

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Attkinson (Traci)

Open the Book:

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon 

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson

A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sohpie Irwin

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in February!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Traci: 

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 

A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin 

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie 

Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon 

Venco by Cherie Dimaline

The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas

All That is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay 

Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor 

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas 

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson  

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Ellie:

The Measure by Nikki Erlick 

The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano 

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny 

The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are talking about backlist books! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau (Ellie)

Babel by R.F. Kuang (Traci)

Open the Book:

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler 

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 

The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner 

Wreckage by Emily Bleeker 

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 

City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong 

A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie 

Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger 

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman 

Beginners Luck by Kate Clayborn

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan 

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: March Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month.

The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher (Traci)

The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (Ellie)

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (Traci)

A Flaw in the Design by Nathan Oates (Ellie)

All that is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay (Traci)

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Ellie)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing another of our For the Love of… episodes! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (Traci)

Babel by R.F. Kuang

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Ellie)

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Open the Book:

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whelan

The Sea Wife by Amity Gage

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithewaite

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Push by Ashley Audrain

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in January!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Ellie:

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn 

My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren 

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings by Zosia Mamet

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

Traci: 

The Last Flight by Julie Clark 

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Five Survive by Holly Jackson 

Eve in Hollywood by Amor Towles 

Spare by Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor 

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are discussing different book awards.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Literally Reading:

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor (Traci)

Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty (Ellie)

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows (Ellie)

The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows (Ellie)

Open the Book: 

March by Geraldine Brooks (Traci)

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Ellie)

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Maid by Nita Prose 

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Memphis Tara W. Stringfellow

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 

Close the Book: 

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

Finding Me by Viola Davis

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: February Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month.

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (Ellie)

The Angel Maker by Alex North (Traci)

Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes (Ellie)

It’s One of Us by J.T. Ellison (Traci)

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel (Ellie)

Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne Defino (Traci)