Description

On this Unabridged episode, we consider where we are with our reading goals for the year, including how we're doing on the reading challenges we each selected back in January. We talk about the The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge with @annebogel, Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge with @bookriot, and the Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge from @novelknight along with The Unread Shelf Project 2020 with @theunreadshelf.

 

Bookish Check-in

Ashley - Laura Hankin’s Happy & You Know It - Sara's review will be published on Friday!
Jen - Marlon James’s The Book of Night Women

Sara - Layla F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

 

Our Reading Challenges

Jen - Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge with @bookriot → a little more than half
Sara - Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge from @novelknight along with The Unread Shelf Project 2020 with @theunreadshelf

Ashley - The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge with @annebogel

 

Give Me One - Beach or Pool?

 

Other Mentions

@readwithtoni on Instagram and our episode with her
Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf
@definitelyra on Instagram and our episode with her
@laylafsaad on Instagram
N. K. Jemisin's The City We Became - Jen's review
John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
Marilynne Robinson’s novels (Gilead, Housekeeping, Jack, Lila, Home)
The Tournament of Books and Camp ToB
Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Abi Daré's The Girl with the Louding Voice - Ashley's review...