Today, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a perfect reading spot, and a fun bonus episode for Patrons

• Current Reads: happy reads mixed with bizarre ones bouncing back and forth

• Deep Dive: reading therapy - we are making up therapy clients and then giving them books to read!

• Book Presses: fantastic YA from both of us: one pretty new and one that’s almost a decade old!

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

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Bookish Moments:

1:50 - Mary’s reading nook!

3:46 - Kaytee Reads Too Much for Patrons

Current Reads:

5:44 - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (Mary)

8:08 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

9:40 - My Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers (Kaytee)

9:48 - The Stacks Podcast

11:49 - Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin (Mary)

13:51 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

15:09 - Zone One by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee)

18:23 - Magesty by Katherine McGee (Mary)

18:28 - American Royals by Katherine McGee

21:49 - We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez (Kaytee)

22:02 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Deep Dive - Reading Therapy:

Someone Who Just Ended a Relationship with the Person Who Was “The One”:

26:25 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

28:25 -The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

28:26 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

28:40 - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

30:40 - After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

30:57 - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Someone Who Moved Recently and is Having a Hard Time Making Friends:

31:37 - The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell

32:39 - Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan

33:41 - Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails by Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss

Someone Who Just Lost a Job:

35:14 - All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft by Geraldine DeRuiter

36:43 - Becoming by Michelle Obama

37:58 - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (pressed in Episode 35 of Season 2)39:16 -

Someone Who Hasn’t Been on a Date in Too Long:

39:16 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

39:59 - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

41:08 - Playing with Matches by Hannah Orenstein

Someone Who is Reckoning with a Change in Beliefs:

42:37 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

43:11 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

43:13 - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

43:46 - I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Hollad

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44:29 - Slay by Brittney Morris (Mary)

45:32 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

47:59 - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (Kaytee)

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