Karen returns to chat books, and we talk about how we met the Reading Envy Summer Reading challenge, the awkward melancholy of books we are drawn to in dark times, and the translated standalone graphic memoirs that seem to call to each of us. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 199: Awkward Melancholy 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 Or listen via Stitcher Or listen through Spotify  New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:       Broken Harbour by Tana French Transit by Rachel Cusk 5,000 Kilometers Per Second by Manuele Flor Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust, translated by Kim Thompson Luisa: Now & Then by Carole Maurel The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison Other mentions: Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French Outline series by Rachel Cusk War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Last Policeman trilogy by Ben H. Winters Broadchurch (tv show) Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell Fantagraphics in Hoopla Shine, Pamela! Shine! by Kate Atkinson Just Like You by Nick Hornby The Searcher by Tana French The Survivors by Jane Harper Siete Casas Vacias by Samantha Schweblin Little Eyes by Samantha Schweblin Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid The Margot Affair by Sanaë Lemoine Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir   Related episodes: Episode 004 - Home, Frightening and Banned with guest Karen Acosta Episode 015 - The Time for Exclaiming Over Costumes with Jean and Karen Episode 051 - Dreaming in Books with Karen Acosta Episode 066 - When Time Stops with Karen Acosta Episode 101 - A Different Kind of Time Travel with Karen Acosta Episode 114 - Raised by Wolves with Karen Acosta Episode 146 - Complicated, Crazy, and Loud with Karen   Episode 151 - The Stories They Tell with Karen Episode 161 - Women in Translation Month Recommendations with Lauren Episode 166 - On Brand with Karen   Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy