The Readerly Report

In this episode, Gayle and Nicole share with us a selection of gift ideas for you to get inspired. We all have a friend who loves reading or we can always get these ideas to other people so they know what to gift us! 

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry | Amazon | Bookshop

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | Bookshop

Gifts:

Headband Headphones

Scribd Subscription

Pemberley 1813 Hoodie

Classic Sherpa Mini Lap Pouf

Plannher

Audible Subscription

Book Darts

Hell a Bitter Moscow Mule Mix

First Edition Book Cover

Weighted Blanket

In this episode, Gayle, on a solo episode, recommends six books under 300 pages. They will surely help you reach your reading goals for the year. Listen to get ideas to smash your reading challenge!

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

News of the World by Paulette Jiles | Amazon | Bookshop

Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offill | Amazon | Bookshop

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf | Amazon | Bookshop

French Braid by Anne Tyler | Amazon | Bookshop

Vladimir by Julie May Jonas | Amazon | Bookshop

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | Bookshop

In this episode, Gayle and Nicole discuss several book-to-screen adaptations that they've watched or are being produced. We're sure you have not heard about these, some might be a good surprise to you!

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop

The Making Of Her by Bernadette Jiwa | Amazon | Bookshop

Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed | Amazon

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume | Amazon | Bookshop

Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | Amazon | Bookshop

A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backmann | Amazon | Bookshop

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary | Amazon | Bookshop

Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Amazon | Bookshop

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann | Amazon | Bookshop

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Amazon | Bookshop

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave | Amazon | Bookshop

Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop

In this episode, Nicole and Gayle are both back to update us on what they've been reading. The show focuses on having a discussion about two lists of the most loved books by American readers. Their list will most surely resonate with you, listen to get some reading ideas or gifts for Christmas or upcoming birthdays.

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | Bookshop

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman | Amazon | Bookshop

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop

The Great American Read

A Survey Used 76,000 Responses To Determine America’s Favorite Books

1- Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen | Amazon | Bookshop

2- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee | Amazon | Bookshop

3- Harry Potter (Series) by J. R. Rowling | Amazon | Bookshop

4- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Amazon | Bookshop

5- The Lord Of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien | Amazon | Bookshop

6- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Amazon | Bookshop

7- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Amazon | Bookshop

8- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte | Amazon | Bookshop

9- Verity by Colleen Hoover | Amazon | Bookshop

10- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | Amazon |

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In this short episode, Gayle gives us 6 book recommendations that are about a TV show. Surely you have seen most of them! Perfect reading for avid fans.

Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg by Barry Williams | Amazon

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene | Amazon | Bookshop

I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends by Kelsey Miller | Amazon | Bookshop

VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave by Nina Blackwood | Amazon | Bookshop

Live from New York: An Oral History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales | Amazon | Bookshop

Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst | Amazon | Bookshop

In this episode, Nicole and Gayle return to bring us an update on what they've been reading. Then, they share a few titles they want to read this season and will make it to the shelves. Lastly, they discuss the book club book Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering.

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

Any Other Family by Eleanor BrownAmazonBookshop

All of This by Rebecca Woolf | Amazon | Bookshop

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman | Amazon | Bookshop

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke | Amazon | Bookshop

Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop

Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop

Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop

Honor by Thrity Umrigar | Amazon | Bookshop

You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union | Amazon | Bookshop

Beautiful Country by Quian Julie Wang | Amazon | Bookshop

Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti | Amazon | Bookshop

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love: Stories by Kathleen Collins | Amazon | Bookshop

In this episode, we have Gayle solo hosting the show on the topic 'how do we find new books to read?'. Listen to learn where she goes or sites she visits to get new titles to add to her To Be Read list.

In this week's episode, both Gayle and Nicole have researched what books will be released during the month of October. They do a short list of 3-4 each and share with you what made them pick those. They sure are great picks to read during the pumpkin season!

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

Dear Ms Metropolitan by Carolyn Ferrell | Amazon | Bookshop

Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones | Amazon | Bookshop

One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner | Amazon | Bookshop

Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen | Amazon | Bookshop

Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng | Amazon | Bookshop

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng | Amazon | Bookshop

Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | Bookshop

Jackal by Erin E. Adams | Amazon | Bookshop

When We Were Sisters by Fatima Asghar | Amazon | Bookshop

The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar | Amazon | Bookshop

Hester by Laurie Albanese | Amazon | Bookshop

The Complicities by Stacy D'Erasmo | Amazon | Bookshop

Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie | Amazon | Bookshop

The Furrows by Namwali Serpell |

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This week's episode is special, the first Nicole's six-pack about a few books she ended up DNFing for several reasons. Listen to this short 15min episode to hear all the whys!

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

A little life by Hanya Yanagihara | Amazon | Bookshop

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs | Amazon | Bookshop

Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown | Amazon | Bookshop

The Last Mrs. Parrish by LIV Constantine | Amazon | Bookshop

The Idiot by Elif Batuman | Amazon | Bookshop

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer | Amazon | Bookshop

In this episode, Nicole and Gayle share their book recommendations. The topic in common is the plot set on a University campus. These novels feel close to the readers as many of us can relate to many elements of a typical campus novel. Listen to get some ideas on what book to choose for your back-to-school season!

As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:

Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen | Amazon | Bookshop

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Amazon | Bookshop

Normal People by Sally Rooney | Amazon | Bookshop

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon | Bookshop

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld | Amazon | Bookshop

The Likeness by Tana French | Amazon | Bookshop

Anatomy of A Scandal by Sarah Vaughn | Amazon | Bookshop

Complicit by Winnie M. Li | Amazon | Bookshop

Green by Sam Graham-Felson | Amaz |onBookshop

We Do What We Do In The Dark by Michelle Hart | Amazon | Bookshop

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker | Amazon | Bookshop

The Others Gold by Elizabeth Ames | Amazon | Bookshop

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian | Amazon | Bookshop

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz | Amazon |

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