On this bonus episode, Jenny reports on the first quarter of her TBR Explode project (now on its second year) and announces this year's Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge! It's almost May, so it's almost summer, depending on how you define it. Please let me know what you are reading for your summer reading by using the hashtag #readingenvysummerreading - yes I left the challenge part out but it's long enough. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 188: TBR Explode and SUMMER READING Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Kept on TBR but did not finish The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton Talking to Girls About Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield Went ahead and read The River Gods by Brian Kiteley The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse Beginner’s Greek by James Collins A Brief History of Time by Shaindel Beers Unformed Landscape by Peter Stamm Tried and abandoned The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm My Empire of Dirt by Manny Howard Wonder by Hugo Claus The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer Two Marriages by Phillip Lopate What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton Lush Life by Richard Price In the Kitchen by Monica Ali The Grift by Debra Ginsberg My Father’s Tears and Other Stories by John Updike Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk A Good Fall by Ha Jin The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman Cheese Making by Rita Ash The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald Country Driving by Peter Hessler The Big Short by Michael Lewis Other mentions: The Last Policeman series by Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman is book 1) Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French (In the Woods is book 1) Tana French - Book Riot recommended order The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (My Brilliant Friend is book 1) Related episodes: Episode 024 - The Attention of Humanity with guests Seth Wilson and Barret Newman Episode 149 - TBR Explode! (2019) Episode 158 - TBR Explode 2 (2019) Episode 168 - TBR Explode 3 (2019) Episode 169 - Simulacrum with Jon Sealy   Episode 174 - Cozy Holiday Reads and TBR Explode 4 (2019) Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy