The Readerly Report

In this week's episode, Nicole and Gayle share their last and current reads. They also have a small discussion on the newly released series Inventing Anna, a Netflix adaptation of the book with a homonym name.

They also present the four final books that you can vote to move only two to the big final. Please, send here your vote.

#2

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas

#1

At The Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw

As usual, you'll find below a list of the relevant books mentioned during the episode:

Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett | Amazon | Bookshop

Groundskeeping by Lee Cole | Amazon | Bookshop

Chorus by Rebecca Kauffman | Amazon | Bookshop

The House On Fripp Island by Rebecca KauffmanAmazonBookshop

Mercy Street by Jennifer HaighAmazonBookshop

The Fortunate Ones by Ed TarkingtonAmazonBookshop

The Love Of My life by Rosie Walsh | Amazon | Bookshop

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas | Amazon | Bookshop

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw | Amazon | Bookshop

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez | Amazon | Bookshop

The Lilfeguards by Amanda Eyre Wald | Amazon | Bookshop

Search by Michele Huneven | Amazon | Bookshop

Strangers on A Train by Patricia Highsmith |

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In this new episode, Nicole and Gayle continue with the second round of the now traditional March Madness with the five books that won thanks to your voting. Stay to hear what are going to be the winners for the next round.

They also discuss Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu, the book of the month for the Book Club.

This episode also needs your judgment! Please vote here for your book choice.

Vote here your choice for the next Book Club.

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee | Amazon | Bookshop

A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch | Amazon | Bookshop

The Paris Apartment by Locy Foley | Amazon | Bookshop

#5

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller | Amazon | Bookshop

Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard | Amazon | Bookshop

#4

We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza and Christine Pride | Amazon | Bookshop

At The Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino | Amazon | Bookshop

#3

This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel | Amazon | Bookshop

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw | Amazon | Bookshop

#2

What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas | Amazon | Bookshop

#1

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz | Amazon | Bookshop

The Idea of You by Robinne Lee | Amazon | Bookshop

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In this episode, Nicole and Gayle come back with their traditional March Madness contest. They both select ten pics and make a pitch for each of them making ten pairs of books competing against.

This episode needs your engagement! We would like you to vote on which books should move forward. Link to the poll.

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon | Bookshop

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams | Amazon | Bookshop

Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu | Amazon | Bookshop

Link to the poll

#10

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller | Amazon | Bookshop

The Anatomy Of Desire by L. R. Dorn | Amazon | Bookshop

#9

We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza and Christine Pride | Amazon | Bookshop

Finding Mrs. Ford by Deborah Goodrich Royce | Amazon | Bookshop

#8

Should We Stay Or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver | Amazon | Bookshop

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel | Amazon | Bookshop

#7

What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins | Amazon | Bookshop

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri | Amazon | Bookshop

#6

The Idea Of You by Robinne Lee | Amazon | Bookshop

Assembly by Natasha Brown | Amazon | Bookshop

#5

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz |

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Nicole and Gayle do a recap of what they are currently reading or have finished reading. Then, they jump to present the new Paperbacks that just came out or are about to be!

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

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez | Amazon | Bookshop

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas | Amazon | Bookshop

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon | Bookshop

Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop

The Push by Ashley Audrain | Amazon | Bookshop

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop

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

Educated by Tara Westover | Amazon | Bookshop

Geography of an Adultery by Agnes Riva | Amazon | Bookshop

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | Amazon | Bookshop

Find Me by Alafair Burke | Amazon | Bookshop

True Crime Story by Joseph Knox | Amazon | Bookshop

Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett | Amazon | Bookshop

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict | Amazon | Bookshop

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel |

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In this episode, Gayle and Nicole talk about the books they've been reading and the shows they have been watching these last weeks. Discover their newest book and series recommendations for this first quarter of 2022.

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

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead | Amazon | Bookshop

The Push by Ashley Audrain | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead | Amazon | Bookshop

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead | Amazon | Bookshop

Five Tuesdays in winter by Lily King | Amazon | Bookshop

Euphoria by Lily King | Amazon | Bookshop

A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson | Amazon | Bookshop

The Arc by Tory Henwood Hoen | Amazon | Bookshop

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas | Amazon | Bookshop

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez | Amazon | Bookshop

The Love Songs of WEB Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | Amazon | Bookshop

The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken | Amazon | Bookshop

The Boys Club by Erica Katz | Amazon | Bookshop

Fake by Erica Katz | Amazon | Bookshop

Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu | Amazon | Bookshop

The Woman in the House Across the Street From The Woman In The Window by Netflix |

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Nicole and Gayle discuss whether they achieved 2021 reading goals and talk about 2022 objectives for their reading routine. After giving us an update on what books they've finished, both present 7 books they want to read this year.

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

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton | Amazon | Bookshop

We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza and Christine Pride | Amazon | Bookshop

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw | Amazon | Bookshop

Fault Lines by Emily Itami | Amazon | Bookshop

Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner | Amazon | Bookshop

Klara in the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | Amazon | Bookshop

Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu | Amazon | Bookshop

Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein | Amazon | Bookshop

Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh | Amazon | Bookshop

Honor by Thrity Umrigar | Amazon | Bookshop

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman | Amazon | Bookshop

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler | Amazon | Bookshop

Foreverland by Heather Havrilesky | Amazon | Bookshop

Read Dangerously by Azar Nafisi | Amazon |

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In this episode, Nicole and Gayle are going to go over their best books with a book wrap-up for the year. Gayle prepared the categories so that they could talk about them. Some fun topics like their top fiction and nonfiction books, their biggest surprises, or best audiobooks.

Also, they're giving an update on what their schedule looks like for the rest of the year and the first quarter of 2022.

As always, below you can find the book titles and links to get them and also links for the gifts mentioned during the episode.

Should We Stay Or Should We Go | Lionel Shriver | Amazon | Bookshop

Ghosts | Dolly Alderton | Amazon | Bookshop

Sex and Lies | Leila Slimani | Amazon | Bookshop

My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano | Donna Freitas | Amazon | Bookshop

What Could Be Saved | Liese O'Halloran Schwartz | Amazon | Bookshop

Count The Ways | Joyce Maynard | Amazon | Bookshop

The Plot | Jean Hanff Korelitz | Amazon | Bookshop

Good Morning Monster | Catherine Gildiner | Amazon | Bookshop

The Idea Of You | Robinne Lee | Amazon | Bookshop

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

The Bad Muslim Discount | Syed Massood | Amazon | Bookshop

The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harrs | Amazon | Bookshop

The People We Keep | Allison Larkin | Amazon | Bookshop

Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid |

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We're so excited to publish this new episode where Nicole and Gayle make their own book recommendations. With this guide, you'll have the perfect inspiration of what gifts to buy to surprise your loved ones with page-turner books or other non-book ideas that we know any avid reader would love.

As always, below you can find the book titles and links to get them and also links for the gifts mentioned during the episode.

News Of The World | Paulette Giles | Amazon | Bookshop

A Very Punchable Face | Colin Jost | Amazon | Bookshop

Brat: An '80s Story | Andrew McCarthy | Amazon | Bookshop

Good Morning Monster | Catherine Gildiner | Amazon | Bookshop

Who Gets In And Why | Jeffrey Selingo | Amazon | Bookshop

Soundbite | Sarah Harberson | Amazon | Bookshop

My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon | Bookshop

The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller | Amazon | Bookshop

What Comes After | Joanne Tompkins | Amazon | Bookshop

What Could Be Saved | LIese O'Halloran Schwarz | Amazon | Bookshop

How Lucky | Will Leitch | Amazon | Bookshop

The Plot | Jean Hanff Korelitz | Amazon | Bookshop

Count The Ways | Joyce Maynard | Amazon | Bookshop

Non-book Gifts

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In this episode Nicole and Gayle mention the books they've finished reading, they discuss the upcoming Netflix Book Club, and they also extensively discuss their own book clubs and how they pick books to read.

The Plot | Jean Hanff Korelitz | Amazon | Bookshop

Kill All Your Darlings | David Bell | Amazon | Bookshop

Crying In H Mart | Michelle Zauner | Amazon | Bookshop

No One Goes Alone | Erik Larson | Amazon | Bookshop

Intimacies | Katie Kitamura | Amazon | Bookshop

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and A Mother's Will To Survive | Stephanie Land | Amazon | Bookshop

The Woman in the Window | A.J. Finn | Amazon | Bookshop

Behind Her Eyes | Sarah Pinborough | Amazon | Bookshop

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots | Deborah Feldman | Amazon | Bookshop

Rebecca | Daphne Du Maurier | Amazon | Bookshop

Mudbound | Hilary Jordan | Amazon | Bookshop

Outlander | Diana Gabaldon | Amazon | Bookshop

The Queen's Gambit | Walter Tevis | Amazon | Bookshop

Passing | Nella Larsen | Amazon | Bookshop

The Hunting Wives | May Cobb | Amazon |

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In this episode, Nicole and Gayle talk a little about their current reads, an exciting upcoming movie adaptation of a well-known romance novel mentioned in a previous episode. The main theme of this show is time travel or books that play with time, waste no more of it, and listen to this episode for amazing book recommendations on the topic.

If you can't see the links to the books below you can also find the latest episode's post here: www.nicolebonia.com/new-podcast-2021/

The Idea Of You | Robinne Lee | Amazon | Bookshop

The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris | Amazon | Bookshop

28 Summers | Elin Hildebrand | Amazon | Bookshop

The House on the Strand | Daphne Du Maurier | Amazon | Bookshop

News Of The World | Paulette Giles | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano | Donna Freitas | Amazon | Bookshop

Outlander | Diana Gabaldon | Amazon | Bookshop

Count the Ways | Joyce Maynard | Amazon | Bookshop

Some Luck | Jane Smiley | Amazon | Bookshop

Early Warning | Jane Smiley | Amazon | Bookshop

Golden Years | Jane Smiley | Amazon

Life After Life | Kate Atkinson | Amazon | Bookshop

One Day | David Nicholls | Amazon | Bookshop

Time Was | Ian McDonald | Amazon | Bookshop

Oona Out Of Order | Margarita Montimore | Amazon |

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