I'd Rather Be Reading

The Incomparable Sparky Reardon


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Calling this a Thursday Three would just be lying to you. It is 38 minutes of pure book loving bliss. If you can't find a book you enjoy reading from this list of picks from these two, well, you shouldn't be listening to a podcast about books. So, for this week's "Thursday 33" we have the incomparable Sparky Reardon, a legend from the Ole Miss family and as voracious a reader as our inimitable host.


Without further ado, here are the picks listed for your convenience:

Rachel's Picks:

Seeing Serena by Gerald Marzorati

Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthy

Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success by Rebecca Minkoff

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel by Rebecca Wells


Sparky's Picks:

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr

When Evil Lived in Laurel: The "White Knights" and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer by Curtis Wilkie

The Inspector Montalbano Series by Andrea Camilleri (Producer's note: There are 28 books in the series and a BBC television series.)

Seeds Of Greatness by Denis Waitley

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams

Beach Music: A Novel by Pat Conroy

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America by Nicholas Lemann

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America by John Barry

Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant


Also, we would be remiss if we didn't share with our readers a bookstore that both host and guest recommend if you are visiting Oxford, Mississippi: Square Books


Enjoy!

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