Narratives & Nightcaps

It's our third (of four) week talking about The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah! This episode covers chapters 21 - 31. If you've read it or are reading along, then you're already aware of this, but TW for our discussion - in this section we do briefly discuss violence and death (related to children) and the Holocaust.

In honor of Vianne and Rachel, we're sippin' French 75s with this novel. It's refreshing, bubbly, and oh so elegant. Oui?

When we started this podcast, we joked about laughing or crying along with us. I'm not sure we knew it at the time, but the crying part has definitely come true with this novel. <3

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It's our second week talking about The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah! This episode covers chapters 12 - 20 AND how we'd cast this film (even though there's technically a cast already for a move we may or may not ever see).

Of course, we're drinking French 75s with this novel. Tres appropriate and in honor of friendship (iykyk).

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Time for a new narrative! This week, we're starting The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. It's going to be a four part-er for our discussions, so the reading plan is thus:

We believe we have the perfect pairing to sip on with this narrative, so our nightcap is a French 75 (in honor of friendship). <3

Lots of fun facts are also in this episode as we give some background info on Kristin Hannah and the Loire Valley.

Special shoutout to the Spalding Memorial Library in Athens, PA. Check them out at www.spaldinglibrary.org.

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We'll be back with a new narrative next week! This week, don't miss this very special episode where we interview published author JT Roberts. His first novel was published in 2016, and his second manuscript was recently finished. We ask JT (aka Jesse) about his writing process, inspiration, challenges, and what's next for his novel.

Check out his website http://www.robertsjt.com/ and follow his NEW Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/jtrobertsauthor/

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It's our finally discussion about Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. We're sippin' Cosmos and talking about parts III and IV of the novel.

Plus, our final thoughts and reviews of this narrative!

ALSO - we have a awesome library shoutout to kick off this episode. Check out the Beaver County Library System at http://www.beaverlibraries.org/.

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We're back with another round of narrative and novel-related headlines!

First, we (specifically Brie) CANNOT wait for Happy Place by Emily Henry to be released in April 2023. We're talking about the January 2023 issue of Book Page magazine and the article "Our Most Anticipated Books of 2023." https://www.bookpage.com/features/2023-preview-most-anticipated-romance/

Two - audio books versus reading books. Where do you stand? We've been having many conversations related to this topic for a few months now, so we decided to take a deeper dive by discussing these two articles:

Finally, a recently published article has brought to our attention a role in publishing that we didn't even know existed. It's thought-provoking to say the least. While we don't have all of the answers, we sure enjoyed talking about it. Check it out: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/15/sensitivity-readers-what-publishings-most-polarising-role-is-really-about

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Time for a new narrative! We are SO excited to start another book club pick - Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid. We're breaking this book into TWO episodes. Part one will cover Parts One and Two in the book, and next week will be Parts Three and Four. 

Plus - lots of fun facts about Philly and NYC for you this ep! So pour a Cosmo and join us because this narrative that is stirring up some good conversations. 

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It's our final discussion about Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We're talking about the section Aurora World Tour through the END!

Wow...this novel made our jaws drop, more than once (in a good way). We can't believe it actually stayed on our TBR lists as long as it did! 

Since we can't all visit Whisky A Go Go, pour yourself a whiskey sour (the perfect pairing for this narrative) and let's talk through our thoughts. 

Are you just as obsessed with Daisy Jones and The Six as we are?! We can't say enough good things about this novel so far and Taylor Jenkins Reid. Pour a whiskey sour and join us for part TWO of our discussion, where we continue talking about characters as if they're real people. 

This episode covers the section The Numbers Tour through Aurora. It's a longgggg one, but a good one. 

It's time for a new narrative! This week, we're starting Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We must say, we can't believe we have waited this long to read this novel. Run, don't walk, to start this if you haven't already!

Here are a few links to help ya out:

Buy the book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Daisy-Jones-Taylor-Jenkins-Reid/dp/1524798649/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31BQOA7NZ36SY&keywords=daisy+jones+and+the+six&qid=1675732347&sprefix=daisy+jones+%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-1

Buy the book on Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/daisy-jones-the-six-taylor-jenkins-reid/1128904222?ean=9781524798642

Buy the book at Target - https://www.target.com/p/daisy-jones-38-the-six-by-taylor-jenkins-reid-paperback/-/A-79397248#lnk=sametab 

We're heading back to the 70s for this story and sipping whiskey sours. How did this legendary band come-to-be, and what drove them apart? We're going to find out. 

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