Welcome to Paperback Readers, a podcast with Joe and Julie in which they discuss what they’re reading and go in-depth on one book they read together.
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By Joe and Julie
Welcome to Paperback Readers, a podcast with Joe and Julie in which they discuss what they’re reading and go in-depth on one book they read together.
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The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.
Welcome back! We have missed talking to you about books but are excited to return and catch up on all the things we have been reading, and all the things you think we should be reading. Our shared read was An Unfinished Love Story, by our favorite Doris Kearns Goodwin. Join us next time when we talk about I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger.
All the books we talked about are below. Please let us know if there is anything you think we should add to our list!
Beyond Bartman, Curses, and Goats: 104 Reasons Why It’s Been 104 Years by Chris Neitzel
Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr
Life in the G: Minor League Baseball and the Relentless Pursuit of the NBA by Alex Squadron
Baseball: The Movie by Noah Gittell
The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski
Deja Blue: A Sportswriter Reflects on 41 Seasons of Kentucky Basketball by Jerry TIpton
Every Moment Holy Volume 3
How to Walk Into a Room by Emily P. Freeman
The Wedding People by Alison Epsach
An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Summer reading is always fun, and it’s even better when we’re joined by special guests to talk about a book we loved this summer: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. This was one of our favorite conversations, and you’re definitely going to want to check out this book.
All the books we discussed are below. Join us next time when we talk about Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s.
Steve Kerr: A Life by Scott Howard-Cooper
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
The Match by Sarah Adams
Take Me Homeby Melanie Sweeney
An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Twelfth Night by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Loose Balls by Terry Pluto
Happy Fourth of July! We are talking about everything we’ve read over the last two weeks, and going deep on our shared read, How to Read a Book by Monica Wood. All the books we read are listed below. Join us next time when we discuss Kwame Alexander’s novel in verse, The Crossover, with two special guests.
Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern
Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
We Are the Baby-Sitters Club edited by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Cold Tangerines by Shauna Niequist
You Are Here by David Nicholls
The Way of Belonging by Sarah Westfall
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Welcome back! We are home from vacation and are ready to talk about books with you again. Our shared read was The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom. All the books we discussed are listed below. Please join us next time as we talk about How to Read a Book by Monica Wood.
Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie Jenner
Betting on You by Lynn Painter
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedman
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love by Larry Bird with Jackie MacMullin
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
We are so excited to talk about a novel we both loved: Colton Gentry’s Third Act, by Jeff Zentner. We loved this tribute to love, food, country music, football, Kentucky, and the changing dreams that make a life.
All the books we talked about are below. Join us next time when our shared read is Mitch Albom’s The Stranger in the Lifeboat.
Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald
The Way of Belonging by Sarah Westfall
Places We’ve Never Been by Kasie West
Funny Story by Emily Henry
River of Earth by James Still
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
Welcome back to another edition of Paperback Readers. This time, our shared read was They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. Join us next time when we talk about Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zenter. All the books we discussed are listed below.
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zenter
The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
We Played the Game: Memories of Baseball’s Greatest Era edited by Danny Peary
Fab Five by Mitch Albom
Peculiar Treasures by Frederick Buechner
Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
We have been fans of Scott Simon ever since we read his book on the Chicago Cubs, so we were happy to find this memoir about his mother, and we are even happier to get to talk about it with you. Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Scott Simon is our shared read this week. Let us know what you think about this book!
All the books we discussed are below. Join us next time when we talk about They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib.
Baseball Heaven by Peter Golenbock
It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Wives by Simone Gorrindo
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Say Yes by Scott Erickson
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Unforgettable by Scott Simon
This week, we’re talking about a novel we’ve seen everywhere: James by Percival Everett. It’s a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn, but told from Jim’s perspective, and we have been so eager to read it. If you’ve read it, let us know what you thought!
All the books we discussed are below. Join us next time when we talk about Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Scott Simon.
Blood from a Stone by Adam McHugh
The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn
Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor by Lore Wilbert
Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War by James David Robenalt
James by Percival Everett
Unforgettable by Scott Simon
Happy spring! This week we’re talking about Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed, and, of course, everything else we’ve been reading. Join us in two weeks, when our shared read will be James by Percival Everett.
Here are the books we discussed this week!
Ice: Why I Was Born to Score by George Gervin
In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty by Mark Ribowsky
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Book Lovers and Happy Place by Emily Henry
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley
Why I Read by Shannon Reed
James by Percival Everett
Our March reading has been a lot of fun, and we are happy to get to share it with you! Our shared read was One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake, and our next one will be Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed.
All the books we discussed are below. Let us know what you’ve been reading!
Wire-to-Wire Reds by John Erardi and Joel Luckhaupt
Living the Beatles Legend by Kenneth Womack
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner
Rising Strong by Brene Brown
Right on Cue by Falon Ballard
Why We Read by Shannon Reed
The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay
The Getaway List by Emma Lord
One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake
The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.