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Cracking Spines, Comfort Reads, and a Nutcracker Love Affair

Spoiler alert for The Other Einstein: skip 16:00–23:20 if you plan to read it

Can I Bring My Book. The podcast where we, Kat and Amanda, will tangentially discuss books... and so much more.

In Episode 7, Kat and Amanda dive into their current reads, share their thoughts on DNF’ing (Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies and Tarta Americana), and admit to unexpected reading detours. Kat reveals her frustration over The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict and gushes about the delightful chaos of Will You Prescribe Me a Cat? by Shu Ishida. Meanwhile, Amanda celebrates her love for The Nutcracker in all its forms—books, ballets, and retellings—while fiercely defending her impeccable treatment of books (no cracked spines here).

The duo debates rereading books, comfort reads, and whether Disney movies and Die Hard count as comfort rewatches. Amanda declares her love for unconventional bookmarks, from playing cards to hotel key holders, while Kat admits to sometimes memorizing page numbers like a chaos goblin. The pair cap things off with the exciting announcement of their January book club pick: 4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.

Everything mentioned in the episode:

Books

• 24690 by A.A. Dark: https://amzn.to/41DuRZH 
• 4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman: https://amzn.to/4iJzKGT 
• A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas: https://amzn.to/3ZWvrR1 
• All the Women in My Brain by Betty Gilpin: https://amzn.to/4idCls9
• Almond Sprinkle Murder by Rosie A. Point: https://amzn.to/49lzQjm
• Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop: https://amzn.to/408hdgn 
• Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary: https://amzn.to/3ZIuudS
• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett: https://amzn.to/3OWYGNv
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes: https://amzn.to/41DWD8l
• How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior: https://amzn.to/3AOUcVs
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune: https://amzn.to/3UXK8R8
• The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict: https://amzn.to/3CckRfo
• Runaway Fae by Tamara Lemus: https://amzn.to/49Fc6Ha 
• Sugar and Snow by Irene Davis: https://amzn.to/49ILTYq 
• Tarta Americana by J. Michael Martinez: https://amzn.to/3NT3hj2
• We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida:https://amzn.to/3ZEIvco
• You Like It Darker by Stephen King: https://amzn.to/4ikvbme 

Programs and Resources

• Readwise: https://readwise.io/

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