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Well-Read Episode #71 - Beach Reads


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With summer just around the corner, it’s time to revisit one of our favorite topics: the perfect book for a long, lazy day by the water. Check out our beach read picks, and find out what we’re reading this week.

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Episode 1 – Beach Reads

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (buy from Bookshop)

Ann’s picks:

  • The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank (buy from Bookshop)
– Dorothea Benton Frank books
  • Six Years by Harlan Coben (buy from Bookshop)
  • – Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben
  • Final Sentence by Daryl Woods Gerber (buy from Bookshop)
  • – Daryl Wood Gerber books
    – Cheese Shop Mystery series by Avery Aames (pseudonym for Daryl Wood Gerber)

    Halle’s picks:

    • Beach Read by Emily Henry (buy from Bookshop)
  • All Adults Here by Emma Straub (buy from Bookshop)
  • Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (buy from Bookshop)
  • – The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup (buy from Bookshop)
    – Agatha Christie books
    – Alfred Hitchcock filmography
    – Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (buy from Bookshop)
    – The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi (releases August 8) (buy from Bookshop)
    – Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan (releases June 30) (buy from Bookshop)
    – Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop)

    What We’re Reading This Week:

    • Ann: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (buy from Bookshop)
    – Jane Austen books
    – To All the Boys series by Jenny Han
    – War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop)
    – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (film)
    – To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (film)
  • Halle: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (releases June 2) (buy from Bookshop)
  • – Episode 66: Spring/Summer 2020 Preview
    – The Mothers by Brit Bennett (buy from Bookshop)
    – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (buy from Bookshop)
    – Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (buy from Bookshop)

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