The Readerly Report

Gayle and Nicole have scoured the summer book previews from across the web and found the books that look most exciting. Start making your summer TBR now! They also declare a winner of the 2021 Readerly Report March Madness Tournament.

Books mentioned;

Other People’s Children | R. J. Hoffmann | Amazon | Bookshop

Mirrorland | Carole Johnstone | Amazon | Bookshop

Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | Amazon | Bookshop

In The Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop

To Sir With Love | Lauren Jayne | Amazon | Bookshop

The Vixen | Francine Prose | Amazon | Bookshop

Goldengrove | Francine Prose | Amazon | Bookshop

That Summer | Jennifer Weiner | Amazon | Bookshop

Something Wild | Hannah Halperin | Amazon | Bookshop

Seven Days in June | Tia Williams | Amazon | Bookshop

Silver Tears | Camilla Lackberg | Amazon | Bookshop

God Spare The Girls | Kelsey McKinney | Amazon | Bookshop

Stolen | Elizabeth Gilpin | Amazon | Bookshop

The Husbands | Chandler Baker | Amazon | Bookshop

Not A Happy Family | Sheri Lapena | Amazon | Bookshop

One, Two, Three | Laurie Frankel | Amazon |

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In this mini-episode, we discuss the Final Four in our 2021 March Madness Tournament: Sing, Unburied, Sing vs Long Bright River and In The Dream House vs There There.

Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | Amazon | Bookshop

Long Bright River | Liz Moore | Amazon | Bookshop

In The Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop

There There | Tommy Orange | Amazon | Bookshop

Gayle and Nicole discuss all the paperbacks that have come out over the last four months and talk about.. .not beach reads, but books actually set in summer.

What We're Reading

Confessions On The 7:45 | Lisa Unger | Amazon | Bookshop

Her Dark Lies | J. T. Ellison | Amazon | Bookshop

The Return | Rachel Harrison | Amazon | Bookshop

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

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

Two Girls Down | Louisa Luna | Amazon | Bookshop

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev | Dawnie Walton | Amazon | Bookshop

Other People's Children | R. J. Hoffmann | Amazon | Bookshop

Sorrow And Bliss | Meg Mason | Amazon | Bookshop

Good Company | Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney | Amazon | Bookshop

When The Stars Go Dark | Paula McLain | Amazon | Bookshop

2021 Paperbacks

All Adults Here | Emma Straub | Amazon | Bookshop

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt | Anonymous | Amazon | Bookshop

Big Summer | Jennifer Weiner | Amazon | Bookshop

Where The Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | Amazon | Bookshop

Becoming | Michelle Obama |

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In this episode, Gayle and Nicole talk about memorable books they’ve read with plots that center around infidelity. We also do Round 2 of March Madness, bringing the Sweet Sixteen down to the Elite Eight.

Books discussed:

Luster | Raven Leilani | Amazon | Bookshop

Between Two Kingdoms | Suleika Jaouad | Amazon | Bookshop

28 Summers | Elin Hildebrand | Amazon | Bookshop

The Margot Affair | Sanae Lemoine | Amazon | Bookshop

Hausfrau | Jill Alexander Essbaum | Amazon | Bookshop

Siracusa | Delia Ephron | AmazonBookshop

The Body In Question | Jill Ciment | Amazon | Bookshop

Meet Me At The Museum | Ann Youngson | Amazon | Bookshop

Couple Mechanics | Nelly Alard | Amazon | Bookshop

Confessions on the 7:45 | Lisa Unger | Amazon | Bookshop

His Only Wife | Peace Adzo Medie | Amazon | Bookshop

Stay With Me | Ayobami Adebayo | Amazon | Bookshop

The Next | Stephanie Gangi | Amazon | Bookshop

Nutshell | Ian McEwan | Amazon | Bookshop

Little Children | Tom Perrotta | Amazon | Bookshop

The Lemon Grove | Helen Walsh | Amazon |

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Gayle and Nicole kick off Round 1 of the 2021 March Madness tournament, where we narrow down the best book that we’ve both read in the last two years. (We had some input from our Facebook fans as well.) Tune in to find out which books will move on to the next round!

Books mentioned:

In The Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop

There There | Tommy Orange | Amazon | Bookshop

The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennet | Amazon | Bookshop

Between Two Kingdoms | Suleika Jaouad | Amazon | Bookshop

The Lost Apothecary | Sarah Penner | Amazon | Bookshop

Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | Amazon | Bookshop

Educated | Tara Westover | Amazon | Bookshop

The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | Amazon | Bookshop

Daisy Jones And The Six | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Amazon | Bookshop

Long Bright River | Liz Moore | Amazon | Bookshop

The Dreamers | Karen Thompson Walker | Amazon | Bookshop

Ask Again, Yes | Mary Beth Keane | Amazon | Bookshop

A Woman Is No Man | Etaf Rum | Amazon | Bookshop

My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon | Bookshop

Such A Fun A | geKiley Reid | Amazon | Bookshop

The Last Flight | Julie Clark |

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Has spring ever felt as welcome – and needed – as it does this year? In addition to warmer temps, longer days, and the hope of ample vaccines, there are also a lot of promising books coming out this spring. Here are some of the ones that caught our eye.

Links mentioned:

The Time Traveler’s Wife article in LitHub

Books discussed:

The Push | Ashley Audrain (Gayle’s review) | Amazon | Bookshop

My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell (Gayle’s review) | Amazon | Bookshop

The Bad Muslim Discount | Syed Masood | Amazon | Bookshop

Quit Like A Woman | Holly Whitaker | Amazon | Bookshop

Raceless | Georgina Lawton | Amazon | Bookshop

What’s Mine And Yours | Naima Coster | Amazon | Bookshop

Red Widow | Alma Katsu | Amazon | Bookshop

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

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

The Great Circle | Maggie Shipstead | Amazon | Bookshop

Swimming Back To Trout River | Linda Rui Feng | Amazon | Bookshop

Secrets Of Happiness | Joan Silber | Amazon | Bookshop

Caul Baby | Morgan Jerkins | Amazon | Bookshop

Brat | Andrew McCarthy | Amazon |

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This week, in keeping with the Valentine’s Day theme, Gayle and Nicole share their favorite love stories. They cover:

• Books they’ve been reading
• Literary News - List of literary works of fiction that are now in the public domain
• Favorite couple/love stories
• Book club: His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie 

Books discussed in this podcast:

The Girls From Corona Del Mar | Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop

Goodnight Beautiful | Aimee Molloy | Amazon | Bookshop

The Push | Ashley Audrain | Amazon | Bookshop

The Last Flight | Julie Clark | Amazon | Bookshop

The Wife Upstairs | Rachel Hawkins | Amazon | Bookshop

Indelicacy | Amina Cain | Amazon | Bookshop

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Amazon | Bookshop

Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte | Amazon | Bookshop

My Friend Anna | Rachel DeLoache Williams | Amazon | Bookshop

28 Summers | Elin Hildebrand | Amazon | Bookshop

Mary B. | Katherine Chen | Amazon | Bookshop

Normal People | Sally Rooney | Amazon | Bookshop

The Light We Lost | Jill Santopolo | Amazon | Bookshop

You | Caroline Kepnes | Amazon | Bookshop

Evvie Drake Starts Over | Linda Holmes | Amazon |

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Narrative fiction can be very powerful in instilling empathy and helping readers understand other people's lives.

In this episode, we share a list of narrative fiction/memoirs that can serve to make the Black experience more accessible to any reader and bring about perspective and understanding.

The Boys Club | Erica Katz | Amazon | Bookshop

The Last Story of Mina Lee | Nancy Jooyun Kim | Amazon | Bookshop

A Very Punchable Face | Colin Jost | Amazon | Bookshop

White Ivy | Susie Yang | Amazon | Bookshop

The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang | Amazon | Bookshop

Big Girl, Small Town | Michelle Gallen | Amazon | Bookshop

Firefly Lane on Netflix | Kristian Hannah | Amazon | Bookshop

Bridgerton on Netflix | Julia Quinn | Amazon | Bookshop

Conversations With Friends | Sally Rooney | Amazon | Bookshop

Passing | Nella Larsen | Amazon | Bookshop

The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie | Ayana Mathis | Amazon | Bookshop

The Travelers | Regina Porter | Amazon | Bookshop

The World According to Fannie Davis | Bridgett Davis | Amazon | Bookshop

Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | Amazon | Bookshop

A Life Apart | L.Y. Marlow | Amazon |

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We hope that your 2021 is off to a good start. We are back from our hiatus and kicking off 2021 for The Readerly Report.

In this episode, we talk about our 2021 reading resolutions, our plans for the show this year, and, of course, what we’ve been reading.

We are also doing a fantastic giveaway with Libro.fm – 3 months of free audiobooks!

To enter our giveaway, leave us a comment at the Readerly Report blog with whatever you’re listening to or plan to listen to in 2021.

2020 Wrap-up Post

2021 EDIWTB Reading Challenge

2021 EDIWTB Reading Challenge Spreadsheet

2021 EDIWTB Reading Challenge Facebook Group

2021 PopSugar Reading Challenge

Modern Mrs. Darcy’s List Of Books About New Starts

The Princess Switch on Netflix

The Invisible Man on NBC

Oona Out Of Order | Margarita Montimore | Amazon | Bookshop

Attachments | Rainbow Rowell | Amazon | Bookshop

A Good Neighborhood | Therese Anne Fowler | Amazon | Bookshop

Bridgerton on Netflix | Julia Quinn | Amazon | Bookshop

Tiny Pretty Things on Netflix | Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton | Amazon | Bookshop

My Friend Anna | Rachel DeLoache Williams | Amazon | Bookshop | (Gayle’s review here)

Lakewood | Megan Giddings | Amazon |

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It's our last show of the year! We're talking superlatives from 2020 - the books we couldn't put down, the ones that disappointed us, the weirdest ones, our overall favorites... and more.

For a complete list of the books discussed in the episode (including links to all of Gayle's reviews) please read our show notes. Happy reading! Happy New Year!