The Readerly Report

Books stolen on the airplane. Gayle didn’t bring enough to read in Vegas. Kindle, Overdrive, Netgalley, Edelweiss. Books and mood. Nicole read a romance novel and it was (surprise!) a romance novel.

Books Discussed in This Podcast
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
Meet Me At the Museum by Anne Youngson
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Mosfegh
Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
A Double Life by Flynn Berry
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
Every Other Weekend by Zulema Renee Summerfield
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

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Gayle and Nicole discuss their recents reads and a few books they are looking forward to that are coming out in August or that have just been released. Gayle discussing switching from an audio to a print version of a particular book and why she likes it better.

Books Discussed In This Podcast
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
The Midwife of Hope River: A Novel of An American Midwife by Patricia Harman
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Give Me Your Hand by Meghan Abbot
Meet Me At The Museum by Anne Youngson
Vox by Christina Dalcher 
His Favorites by Kate Walbert
Ohio by Steven Markley
The Shortest Way Home by Miriam Parker
A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
Perennial by Kelly Forsythe

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Gayle is back from vacation. Gayle updates Nicole on whether Nicole predictions about her reading proved correct. As it turns out, they've now both read That Kind of Mother and The Woman in the Window. Discussion ensues.

Books Discussed in This Podcast
How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Happiness: A Memoir: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After by Heather Harpham
The Submission by Amy Waldman
The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Fallout by Tamar Cohen
That Kind of Mother Ruman Alaam

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Gayle is still on vacation, but before she left Gayle & Nicole took a minute to discuss some of the books we're looking forward to reading or are recommending for July.

Books Discussed in this Podcast
The Submission by Amy Waldman
Look Alive Out There: Essays by Sloane Crosley
Rough Beauty by Karen Auvinen
Florida by Lauren Groff
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
My Year Of Rest And Relaxation by Otessa Mosfegh
The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen
The Garden Party by Grace Dane Mazur
Dear Mrs.Bird by AJ Pearce
Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza
Killing It: An Education by Camas Davis
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Ghosted by Rosie Walsh

 

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Once again one of us is on the road again. In this episode we prep Gayle for her ten day vacation by helping her decide which books to take, while Nicole chimes in with latest great reads from her last few trips.

Books Mentioned In This Podcast:
How To Be Safe by Tom McAllister
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
The Dive From Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean
The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
That Kind of Mother Rumaan Alam
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learn From Eighties Movies (and Why We Don’t Learn Them From Movies Any More) by Hadley
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin
The Fallout by Tamar Cohen
Silver Girl by Leslie Pietrzyk
Happiness: A Memoir: The Crooked Little Road To Semi-Ever After by Heather Harpham
Siracusa by Delia Ephron
Gayle's Summer Crowdsourced Reading List
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Absolutist by John Boyne
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

 

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Gayle and Nicole discuss the quality of books they’ve read over the year and compare notes on the books that they’ve most enjoyed reading.

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

An American Marriage by Tayari Jone

The Hunger by Alma Katsu 

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankl 

Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradahl

Runner Up

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

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Gayle and Nicole catch you up with their latest reads and also discuss the audiobooks that they have most enjoyed this year. Spoiler alert: Kitchens of the Great Midwest might just make another appearance.

What We're Reading

The Queen Of Hearts by Kimberly Martin

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradahl

Can't Help Myself by Meredith Goldstein

The Submission by Amy Waldman

Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton

Rough Beauty by Karen Auvinen

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

Audiobooks

 

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney 

Green by Sam Graham-Felsen

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradahl

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard 

The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon 

 

 

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Gayle and Nicole discuss current reads, try to figure out what should be Gayle's next audiobook and their weird book buying habits and quirks.

Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller 

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Love and Ruin by Paula McLain

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller

Still Me by Jojo Moyes

Mothers and Other Strangers by Gina Sorrell

This Could Hurt by Jillian Medoff

The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky by Jana Casale

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Gayle and Nicole do the math and figure out that they have have attended 9 and 10 book Expos, respectively. Discussion includes how BEA has changed over the years, the 6 books they are most excited to read from a wealth of possibilities, and the books they have been reading lately.

The Shortest Way Home by Miriam Parker

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Ohio by Steven Markley

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized The World by Sarah Weinman

Times Convert by Deborah Harkness

Gone So Long by Andre Dubus III

The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Saturday Night by Susan Orlean

The Gunners by Rebecca Kauffman

The Queen of Hearts by Kimberly Martin

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

Lies by T.M. Logan

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

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Gayle and Nicole spend the first half of the podcast chatting with Cynthia Swanson, the author of The Bookseller & The Glass Forest. Though both Cynthia's novels are historical fiction, set in the late 50s and early 60s, we discussed the parallels between the issues and challenges women faced then and now. Later on in the show, we Gayle and Nicole discuss the books they've recently finished, what they're reading next, and Nicole's vacation reads.   Books Mentioned and Discussed in this Podcast: Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser Born A Crime by Trevor Noah The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis Educated by Tara Westover The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson Indecent by Corinne Davis The Enchantress of Numbers Jennifer Chiaverini The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel Tangerine by Christine Mangan The Paris Wife by Paula McClain The High Season by Judy Blundell

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