Kala and Jenny meet again about a year after our previous conversation to chat about books we've read lately, from presidential memoirs to romance to books that haven't had enough attention. We tackle backlogs and bookstacks along the way. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 216: Eloquent and Elegant. 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  Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:    A Promised Land by Barack Obama Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard Telephone by Percival Everett Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Other mentions: Becoming by Michelle Obama Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Long Bright River by Liz Moore Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev, translated by Antonina W. Bouis Related episodes:Episode 096 - Not Without Hope with Yanira Ramirez Episode 143 - Reading the Pain with Kala Episode 151 - The Stories They Tell with Karen Episode 184 - Theme Night at Book Club with Kala Episode 213 - Funicular Reads with Bianca Stalk us online: Kala on Twitter Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Kala on Facebook Kala's blog, Reader then Blogger Kala is @ReaderthenBlogger on Instagram Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.