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Well-Read Episode #45 - The Return of Out of Our Comfort Zones


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We’ve revisited one of our favorite past episodes with some new “out of our comfort zone” titles. As always, we’ll close with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Episode 18 – Out of Our Comfort Zones

Sarah MacLean books
Eloisa James books
Love By Numbers series by Sarah MacLean

Ann’s picks:

  • The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Dorothea Benton Frank books
Debbie Macomber books
We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • Wool by Hugh Howey
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    Divergent by Veronica Roth
    Silo series by Hugh Howey
  • Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
  • Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
    Jennifer Crusie books

    Halle’s picks:

    • Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
    Dava Sobel books
    The Illustrated Longitude by Dava Sobel
    The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
  • The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
  • Nina Borg series by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis
    Hoopla (available via Beaufort County Library)
  • View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Wislawa Szymborska
  • Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge group on Goodreads
    Pablo Neruda books
    Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
    – The Rain in Portugal: Poems by Billy Collins

    What We’re Reading This Week:

    • Ann: Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
    Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
    Episode 23 – Award Winners
    National Book Award
    Jacqueline Woodson books
  • Halle: Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins
  • Beverly Jenkins books
    Old West series by Beverly Jenkins
    Book Riot’s Reading Lives episode with Beverly Jenkins
    ...more
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