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Hi, Should-Heads! We're here to discuss nonfiction, specifically the kind that makes us smarter. (We love celeb memoirs as much as the next person but we also enjoy books that make us better, more informed humans.) 

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National Book Award finalists

Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)

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Hi, Should-heads! We've got a confession: for the first time, we're all reading less frequently than usual. While the amount of books read is not a referendum on our worth as people, readers or podcasters, it's still a marked change from our usual habits. And whether it's for good reasons or bad, it's still different. So we discuss what we're (not) reading and what we hope to finish before the end of the year. Recommendations welcome!

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Discussion links:

Big 5 ebook/audio terms

Authors, advocacy group wants fair terms for libraries

Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)

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Should-Heads, we're well into September now and that means that it's back to school season. So sharpen your pencils, grab your Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper and get ready to hit the books!

Links Mentioned:

Nora Roberts Saves the Day 

Interview with Liza Wiemer

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Back to School Books:

Julia: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark), The Testing Trilogy (Joelle Charbonneau) and Teacher Man (Frank McCourt)

Kelly: Moxie (Jennifer Mathieu), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky), Sideways Stories From Wayside School (Louis Sachar) and The Assignment (Liza Wiemer)

Rachael: Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery), The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead), A Separate Peace (John Knowles), The Awakening (Nora Roberts), Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty), The Magicians series (Lev Grossman), Flight Behavior (Barbara Kingsolver), Admissions (Kendra James) and Jay's Gay Agenda (Jason June) 

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Hey Should-Heads! It's almost fall and that means we're here to help you fill up your library holds list. 

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Most Anticipated:

Kathy:  A Merry Little Meet Cute (Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone), Each Night Was Illuminated (Jodi Lynn Anderson), Faint (Adrienne Young), Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match (Sally Thorne) and The Weight of Blood (Tiffany D. Jackson)

Julia: Killers of a Certain Age (Deanna Raybourn), They Knew (Sarah Kendzior), Our Missing Hearts (Celeste Ng), One Last Gift (Emily Stone) and Now is Not the Time to Panic (Kevin Wilson)

Kelly: I'm the Girl (Courtney Summers), Fairy Tale (Stephen King), Dying of Politeness (Geena Davis), It Came From the Closet (edited by Joe Vallese) and The Most Likely Club (Elyssa Friedland)

Rachael: Stellarlune (Shannon Messenger), Seasparrow (Kristin Cashore), Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver), The River of Silver (S.A. Chakraborty) and Have I Told You This Already (Lauren Graham) 

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Hi, Should-heads! We've got a treat for you today--we're joined by our friend Kendell to share the books you should read based on your sign. We started with our own (Aries, Cancer and Libra) but will end up doing recommendations for every sign.

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Discussion links:

Salman Rushdie

Gender Queer removed from school library

Currently Reading: 

Julia: Well Traveled (Jen DeLuca)

Kelly:  Widowland (C.J. Carey)

Rachael: What a Complete Aisling (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen) and I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jennette McCurdy)

Recent Acquisitions:

Julia: Grown Ups (Marie Aubert) and The Lies That Bind (Emily Giffin)

Kelly: A Hundred Other Girls (Iman Hariri-Kia), The Last Beautiful Girl (Nina Laurin), Mary Jane (Jessica Anya Blau), Home Field Advantage (Dahlia Adler), Violet Made of Thorns (Gina Chen), Loveless (Alice Oseman) and the game book How to Get Away With Murder

Rachael: The Aisling series (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen), Mistakes Were Made (Meryl Wilsner), Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander) and The Lost Ticket (Freya Sampson)

Recs By Sign:

Aries: When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill), the Jessica Darling series (Megan McCafferty) and Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

Cancer: the Lara Jean series (Jenny Han), Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) and Darius the Great is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)

Libra: The Post-Birthday World (Lionel Shriver), Emma (Jane Austen) and the Aisling series (Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen)

Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)

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Should-heads, we are back with our first full-length episode in what feels like forever! We had a great time discussing the book and hopefully you've read it already. If not, be aware that we have some major spoilers. 

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Discussion links:

Ron Bass is also going to update Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility. Austen fans have...feelings about this. (Read the comments!)

BOTM Podcast interview with Blake Crouch

Currently Reading: 

Bekki: How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (K. Eason) and Namesake (Adrienne Young)

Julia: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander), The Bodyguard (Katherine Center) and Honey & Spice (Bolu Babalola)

Kelly:  Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

Rachael: Upgrade (Blake Crouch)

Recent Acquisitions:

Bekki: The City and the City (China Mieville), Embassytown (China Mieville), The House of Shattered Wings (Aliette de Bodard), The Monster at the End of This Book (Jon Stone and Mike Smollin) and Do I Stay Christian? (Brian D. McLaren)

Julia: The Bodyguard (Katherine Center), Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin), The Lost Ticket (Freya Sampson), French Braid (Anne Tyler), Persuasion (Jane Austen; read by Juliet Stevenson), The Guncle (Steven Rowley) and One Night on the Island (Josie Silver) 

Kelly: Drunk on Love (Jasmine Guillory), A Scatter of Light (Malinda Lo), When We Had Summer (Jennifer Castle), Opening My Eyes Underwater (Ashley Woodfolk) and Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches (Kate Scelsa)

Rachael: Part of Your World (Abby Jimenez), March (Geraldine Brooks), The Swallows (Lisa Lutz), The Alice Network (Kate Quinn), The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy (Jenny Han), Labor Day (Joyce Maynard), The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro), Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro), Cracked Pots (Heather Tucker), A Snake Falls to Earth (Darcie Little Badger) and The Kaiju Preservation Society (John Scalzi)

Our next book club book: Meredith, Alone (Claire Alexander)

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Welcome to a bonus episode where Kelly and Julia are joined by friends-of-the-pod Bekki and Kathy to talk about our adventures attending the ALA 2022 conference in Washington DC this summer. We also discuss some of the books we picked up, including our top 3 picks that we think Rachael Should Read. We apologize in advance for hyping up books that are not out yet and that we haven't read yet. Also you're welcome.

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Hey Should-Heads! It's summer and we are excited for all of our favorite things: beaches, pools and doing whatever we want, wearing whatever we want. It's hard to do and if you're not quite there yet, we have recommendations! (We've got fiction, nonfiction, adult, YA and middlegrade picks, too.)

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Links Mentioned:

Emily Henry interview 

Tweet about the interview (with the screenshots) 

Currently Reading:

Julia: Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus) and By the Book (Jasmine Guillory)

Kelly: Go Hunt Me (Kelly DeVos)

Rachael: Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars (depending on who you ask; L.M. Montgomery) and One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle)

Recommendations:

Julia: Anti-Diet (Christy Harrison), It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Claire Christian) and There's Something About Sweetie (Sandhya Menon)

Kelly: Good Enough and You Are Enough (Jen Petro-Roy), Dumplin' (Julie Murphy) and everything by Jennifer Weiner

Rachael: Big Girl (Kelsey Miller), You’d Be So Pretty If (Dara Chadwick), The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things (Carolyn Mackler), Body Kindness (Rebecca Scritchfield)

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Hey Should-Heads! We're joined by author Kelly Barnhill, author of When Women Were Dragons! We've been discussing it since we read it, both in our own conversations but also on our Twitter account. It's the kind of book that feels both timeless and like it's specifically written for this exact era. (You won't be surprised to learn that it is, at least partially, a book about rage. And trauma.)

It's available now wherever books are sold. You need to read it.

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Hey Should-Heads! We're all excited for summer because we get to do all of our favorite things! So whether you're looking forward to hiking or spending time with family or staying inside and avoiding all other humans, we have you covered! We're also approaching our second anniversary of the podcast, so we mention a bunch of other episodes. And there's a special cameo from Mom-of-the-Pod Becky. Enjoy!

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Links Mentioned:

Interview with Michael Koryta: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/7998427-you-should-read-never-far-away-with-author-michael-koryta 

Klara and the Sun book club: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/8323205-you-should-read-klara-and-the-sun-book-club-episode-with-angie-kim 

Interviews with Adib Khorram: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/4943663-you-should-read-darius-the-great-is-not-okay-with-author-adib-khorram and https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/9979707-you-should-read-kiss-tell-with-special-guest-adib-khorram 

Interview with Sara Paretsky: https://www.whatyoushouldread.com/1101233/10454829-you-should-read-the-v-i-warshawski-series-by-sara-paretsky-author-interview 

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