Gayle and Nicole talk about dark book-based dramas on various TV networks, particularly Caroline Kepnes’ You (Lifetime and Netflix) and and Teddy Wayne’s Loner (HBO). Then we get into our favorite vacation reading experiences – books we’ve read when we were away, and why they’ve stayed with us. Does the place we read books impact how we enjoy them?
Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
The Ones We Choose by Julie Clark
The Wartime Sisters by Linda Cohen Loigman
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Talent by Juliet Lapidos
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Trespass by Rose Tremain
The Vacationers & Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
Labor Day & Under The Influence by Joyce Maynard
The Breakdown, Behind Closed Doors & Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Girls In White Dresses by Jennifer Close
Girl In Translation, Mambo In Chinatown & Searching For Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Editor by Stephen Rowley
People Who Knew Me by Kim Hooper
The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr