Paperback Readers

Paperback Readers, Episode 40

Joe and Julie

Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re sharing books we’ve loved over the past two weeks, including Rosa Brooks’s wonderful book, Tangled Up in Blue.

All the books we discussed are listed below. Happy reading!

Renegades: Born in the USA by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen

Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman

Dick Vitale’s Mount Rushmores of College Basketball by Dick Vitale

Banned: Baseball’s Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans by Hal Bock

The Man Who Was Poe by Avi

The Back Roads to March by John Feinstein

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky

The Maid by Nita Prose

Tangled Up in Blue by Rosa Brooks

Paperback Readers, Episode 39

Joe and Julie

It seems that we can’t get enough of music books. This week, our shared reads were Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller and Will Smith’s Will. We are excited to talk about it, and about everything all the reading we’ve done to end January.

In two weeks, our shared read will be Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City by Rosa Brooks.

Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin

Learning in Public by Courtney E. Martin

Reckless Girls by Paula Hawkins

Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin

Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson

Will by Will Smith

The Three Hostages by John Buchan

Unrequited Infatuations by Steven Van Zandt

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Paperback Readers, Episode 38

Joe and Julie

We love the start of a new year of reading, and we have been reading fantastic books to start the year. Listen in to hear what we’ve been reading, and to hear about our shared book, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik.

Join us next time when we discuss The Storyteller by David Grohl.

The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn

To Sir, With Love by Lauren Layne

Will by Will Smith

Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Evans and Jeff Chu

When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

God of the Garden by Andrew Peterson

Get Back by The Beatles

Music is History by Questlove

Woke Up this Morning: The Definitive Oral History of the Sopranos by Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa

A Few Seconds of Panic by Stefan Fatsis

Johnny B. Bad: Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail Hail Rock and Roll by Stephanie Bennett

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Paperback Readers, Episode 37

Joe and Julie

Happy New Year! We hope your holidays were wonderful and that you got so many new books to read. Here’s what we’ve been reading, including our shared read, Mr. Dickens and His Carol.

Our shared read for next time will be A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik. See you in two weeks!

Cog by Greg Van Eekhout

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Inspired by Rachel Held Evans

The Munsters and the Great Camera Caper

Tangled Up in Blue by Rosa Brooks

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year edited by Allie Esiri

John Tyler, the Accidental President by Edward P. Crapol

Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story by Cindy Thomson

Classic Reds: The 50 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Red History by Joe Heffron

Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel by Russell Moore

Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

Paperback Readers Top 10 2021

Joe and Julie

Joe and Julie share their top ten books of 2021. Thanks for joining us this year. We love talking about books with you.

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder by Brian Doyle

Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Massoud

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone by Mark Zwonitzer

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Looking to Get Lost by Peter Guralnick

No Cure for Being Human (and Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler

Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen DuMez

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Paperback Readers, Episode 36

Joe and Julie

Happy holidays, and happy reading! We’re back with another discussion of what we’ve been reading and what we read together. Our reading life is shorter over the holidays, but high in quantity. We can’t wait to share these books with you.

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Tall Tales by Terry Pluto

You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

The Phenomenon by Rick Ankiel

Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office by Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman

Paperback Readers, Episode 35

Joe and Julie

We’re talking more about the late, great Pat Conroy today with a discussion of his collection of essays, Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life. Join us in two weeks to discuss Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office by Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman.

All the books we shared today are listed below.

Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” Changed Presidential Elections Forever by Ronald Shafer

The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

The Santa Suit by Mary Kate Andrews

Dear White Peacemaker by Osheta Moore

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy

Terrible picture. Fantastic book.

Paperback Readers, Episode 34

Joe and Julie

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend filled with lots of reading. Let us know if you give one of these books a try.

A Little Hope by Ethan Joella

The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan

Ali by Jonathan Eig

Clay’s Quilt by Silas House

The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr

Paperback Readers, Episode 33

Joe and Julie

It’s a different kind of episode today—the first one in which we didn’t have a shared read. But we still have some good books to share with you. All books discussed are listed below.

Join us in two weeks, when our shared read will be The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr.

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow

The Last Hero: The Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant

No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox

Paperback Readers, Episode 32

Joe and Julie

We are so happy to talk about books with you today! Our shared read is Anthony Doerr’s brand new book, Cloud Cuckoo Land. Everything we’ve been reading is listed below.

Join us in two weeks when we discuss

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

Becoming Muhammed Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander

So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park

Well Matched by Jen DeLuca

The Local Boy: Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds by Joe Heffron and Jack Heffron

Band of Brothers Stephen E. Ambrose

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Martin Van Buren by Ted Widmer

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr