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Out of the Best BooksWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - Part 4 (Ch 26-34)Books mentioned in this episode:Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaAgnes Grey by Anne BronteJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsRebecca by Daphne Du MaurierSea Wife by Amity GaigeHeartwood by Amity Gaige
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Read AlertDo These Books Sleigh?We each chose one book from a list of 10 novels that Amity chose after combing through several lists of Christmas books worth reading. Find out if we thought they were worth the hype (none of them are the typical books we see on all the lists), and if we considered them great Christmas novels or if they were just set in December? Tune in for some cozy talk about great Christmas novels you should pick up this December. You still have time! Book mentioned in this episode:Little Women by Louisa May Alcott...
2025-12-1742 minOut of the Best BooksRebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 3 (Ch 16-21)Books mentioned in this episode:
Middletide by Sarah Crouch
2024-10-181h 23Out of the Best BooksRebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 2 (Ch 10-15)Books mentioned in this episode:
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2024-10-1153 minOut of the Best BooksRebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 1 (Ch 1-9)Books mentioned in this episode:
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
2024-10-041h 37Out of the Best BooksThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Part 2Books mentioned in this episode:
Life of Pi byYann Martel
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathanial Philbrick
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
2024-09-271h 00Out of the Best BooksThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Part 1Books mentioned in this episode:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl
James by Percival Everett
2024-09-201h 00Out of the Best BooksBook Talk with CarlinaJoin Laura and Carlina as we talk all things books!
Note: This conversation was recorded in July of 2023. If some of our talk about new book releases, this is why!
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Lord the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo by...
2024-09-1331 minOut of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 6 (Ch 22-24)Books mentioned in this episode:
1001 Arabian Nights by Sir Richard Burton
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
The Yellow Wood by Minnie Darke
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
It Ends With Us by...
2024-09-061h 21Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 5 (Ch 20-21)Books mentioned in this episode:
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Hold We're In by Gabrielle Zevin
Weyward by Emilia Hart
2024-08-301h 05Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 4 (Ch 15-19)Books mentioned in this episode:
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Mr. Malcomn's List by Suzanne Allain
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
2024-08-231h 42Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 3 (Ch 10-14)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Seeking Persephone by Sarah Eden
The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
2024-08-161h 24Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 2 (Ch 6-9)Books mentioned in this episode:
Leading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nasifi
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
The Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn Messina
The Quit List by Katie Bailey
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The Eddie Flynn Series by Steve Cavanagh
2024-08-091h 15Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 1 (Ch 1-5)Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Pixels and Paint by Kristi Ann Hunter
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn Messina
Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn
The Duke and I b \y Julia Quinn
2024-08-021h 22Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 4 (Ch 32-43)Books mentioned in this episode:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
James by Percival Everett
There Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
2024-07-261h 03Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 3 (Ch 22-31)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
Up Next (in 2 Weeks):
Persuasion by Jane Austen
2024-07-191h 02Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 2 (Ch 13-21)Books mentioned in this episode:
I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura Vanderkam
The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmin
2024-07-121h 09Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 1 (Ch 1-12)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews
Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
2024-07-051h 06Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 6 (Ch 34-38)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
John Eyre by Mimi Matthews
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Heartwood Hotel Series by Kallie George
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
2024-05-3155 minOut of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 5 (Ch 28-33)Books mentioned in this episode:
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Forever and Ever, Amen by Randy Travis
2024-05-2459 minOut of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 4 (Ch 22-27)Books mentioned in this episode:
Transforming the Difficult Child by Jennfer Easley
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky A. Bailey
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Millie Molly Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley
2024-05-171h 08Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 3 (Ch 17-21)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Women by Kristin Hannah
2024-05-1051 minOut of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 2 (Ch 10-16)Books mentioned in this episode:
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
2024-05-041h 18Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 1 (Ch 1-9)Books mentioned in this episode:
Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
Grit by Angela Duckworth
2024-04-261h 02Out of the Best BooksMuch Ado About Nothing - Part 3Books mentioned in this episode:
How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig
The Shakespeare Stories by Andrew Matthews
Shakespeare Can Be Fun! Series by Lois Burdett
The Usborne Complete Shakespeare: Sotries From All The Plays by Anna Milbourne
A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister
Shakespeare's Stories by Khoa Lee
The Frozen Riverby Airel Lawhon
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
2024-04-1959 minOut of the Best BooksMuch Ado About Nothing - Part 2Books mentioned in this episode:
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
2024-04-1254 minOut of the Best BooksMuch Ado About Nothing - Part 1Books mentioned in this episode:
William Shakespeare: Playwright and Poet by Pamela Hill Nettleton
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
The Affair by Gill Paul
2024-04-0552 minOut of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 4 (Ch 31-38)Books mentioned in this episode:
Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
The Grace of Wild Things of Heather Fawcett
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
The Millie Molly Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester
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Jane in Love by Rachel Givney
2024-03-221h 14Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 3 (Ch 21-30)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam by Quang Nhuong Huynh
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson
2024-03-151h 13Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 2 (Ch 11-20)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2024-03-081h 13Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 1 (Ch 1-10)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
2024-03-011h 25Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird - Part 4 (Ch 22-31)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Mudbound by Hilary Jordan
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Book of Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
2024-02-231h 23Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird Part 3 (Ch 15-21)We had no books to share this week. Stay tuned next week to hear what we are reading!
2024-02-161h 02Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird - Part 2 (Ch 9-14)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
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2024-02-091h 06Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird - Part 1 (Ch 1-8)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
2024-02-021h 06Out of the Best BooksThe Moffats - Part 3 (Ch 9-12)Books Mentioned in this Episode:
All of a Kind Family of Sidney Taylor
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
The Vanderbeeker's of 141st St of Karina Yan Glaser
Pippi Longstocking by Inger Nilsson
Amelia Bedelia Books by Peggy Parish
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
Red Rising...
2024-01-2658 minOut of the Best BooksThe Moffats - Part 2 (Ch 5-8)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
2024-01-191h 03Out of the Best BooksThe Moffats - Part 1 (Ch 1-4)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Later on We'll Conspire by Kortney Keisel
Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel
2024-01-121h 13Out of the Best BooksAnnouncing Our 2024 Book ListBooks mentioned in this episode:
The Moffats (January) by Elearnor Estes
All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor
To Kill a Mocking Bird (Feb) by Harper Lee
Ann of Green Gables (March) by L.M. Montgomery
Much Ado About Nothing (April) by William Shakespear
Jane Eyre (May) by Charlotte Bronte
Huckleberry Finn (July) by Mark Twain
Persuasion (Aug) by Jane Austen
The Old Man and the Sea (September) by Ernest Hemmingway
Rebecca (Oct) by aphne DuMaurier
...
2024-01-0537 minOut of the Best BooksOur top 10 Books of 2023Books mentioned in this episode:
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Go As a River by Shelley Read
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepytys
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepytys
Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman
Deamon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
David...
2023-12-2959 minOut of the Best BooksMere Christianity - Book 4Books mentioned in this episode:
Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
\The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
2023-12-221h 13Out of the Best BooksMere Christianity - Book 3Books mentioned in this episode:
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
2023-12-151h 21Out of the Best BooksMere Christianity - Book 2Books mentioned in this episode:
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
2023-12-0855 minOut of the Best BooksMere Christianity Book 1Books mentioned in this episode:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
2023-12-011h 01Out of the Best BooksAll of a Kind Family - Part 2 (Ch 8-15)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Chosen by Chaim Potock
Little House on the Prarie Series by Laura ingalls Wilder
Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
The Moffits by Eleanor Estes
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2023-11-171h 10Out of the Best BooksAll of a Kind Family - Part 1 (Ch 1-7)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
Finders Keepers by Natalie Barelli
Tom Lake by Ann Patchet
The Dutch House by Ann Patchet
2023-11-101h 13Out of the Best BooksOne Year Anniversary of the Podcast"Some" of the books mentioned in this episode:
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Secret Garden by Fances Hodgson Burnett
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Wheel on...
2023-11-0346 minOut of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 4 (Ch 19-24)Books mentioned in this episode:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
It by Stephen King
11-22-63 by Stephen King
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Marier
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
We Captured the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Hour of...
2023-10-271h 11Out of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 3 (Ch 11-18)Book mentioned in this episode:
The Paris Daughter by Kristen Harmel
The Book of Lost Names by Kristen Harmel
The Sand Castle Girls by Chris Bojahlian
Hour of the Witch by Christ Bojahlian
2023-10-201h 00Out of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 2 (Ch 5-10)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Sand Castle Girls by Chris Bojahlian
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bojahlian
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
2023-10-1351 minOut of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 1 (Preface - Ch 4)Books mentioned in this episode:
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Next Week:
Frankenstein Ch 5-10
2023-10-061h 00Out of the Best BooksThe Wheel on the School - Part 2 (Ch 9-15)Books Mentioned in the Episode:
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong
The Singing Hill by Meindert Dejong
Journey from Peppermint Street by Meindert Dejong
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
The Jewels of Halstead Manor by Kasey Stockton
Up Next:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2023-09-291h 09Out of the Best BooksThe Wheel on the School - Part 1 (Ch1-8)Books mentioned in this episdoe:
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry
The Body Keeps the Score by Sean Pratt
2023-09-221h 13Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 6 (Ch 53-61)Books mentioned in this episode:
Longbourn by Jo Baker
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Death Comes to Pemberley by Rosalyn Landor
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
The Murder of Mr. Whickham by Claudia Gray
Miss Elizabeth Bennet by A. A. Milne
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
Books by Nancy Campbell Allen
Middlemarch...
2023-09-151h 39Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 5 (Ch 43-52)Books mentioned in this episode:
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
Night by Elie Wiesel
2023-09-081h 37Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 4 (Ch 34-42)Books Mentioned in this episode:
Killing England by Bill O'Reilley
Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman
2023-09-011h 11Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 3 (Ch 24-33)Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2023-08-251h 16Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 2 (Ch 13-23)Books mentioned in this episode:
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Rembarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood
2023-08-181h 33Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 1 ( Ch 1-12)
Book Mentioned in this Episode:
Longbourn by Jo Baker
An American Beauty by Shana Abe
Beecoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Own Your Past Change Your Future by Dr. John Deloney
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
2023-08-111h 29Out of the Best BooksJane Austen and Introduction to Pride and PrejudiceBooks mentioned in this episode:
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
To Kill a Mcking Bird by Harper Lee
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
To Con a Gentleman by Sarah Adams
The Hunger Games Series...
2023-08-041h 08Out of the Best BooksIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Part 3 (Ch 19-29)Books mentioned in this episode:
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Two Against the North by Farley Mowat
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
The...
2023-07-2858 minOut of the Best BooksIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Part 2 (Ch 10-18)Book mentioned in this episode:
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Two Against the North by Farley Mowat
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskins
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Up next:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2023-07-2158 minOut of the Best BooksIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Part 1 (Ch 1-9)
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi
Maame by Jessica George
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Dutch House by Ann Patchet
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
2023-07-141h 01Out of the Best BooksOur Summer 2023 Special EpisodeBooks mentioned in this episode:
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Five Children and It by E Nesbit
Sweep: The Story of A Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
The Sunshine Girls by Molly Fader
The Seven Sisters by...
2023-07-0754 minOut of the Best BooksCharlotte's Web - Part 2 (Ch 12-22)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Divine Quietness by Emily Robison Adams
The Perfect Marriage by Geneva Rose
2023-05-261h 07Out of the Best BooksCharlotte's Web - Part 1 (Ch 1-11)Books mentioned in this episode:
A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi
Honor by Thrity Umrigar
The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake
Domina by Barbara Wood
The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake
Up Next (in July):
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
2023-05-1955 minOut of the Best BooksThe Great Gatsby - Part 3 (Ch 7-9)Book Mentioned in this Episode:
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
1984 by George Orwell
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Rebecca by Daphne Du Marier
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Up Next:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Island of the...
2023-05-121h 02Out of the Best BooksThe Great Gatsby - Part 2 (Ch 4-6)Books mentioned in this episode:
Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Our next book:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2023-05-0547 minOut of the Best BooksThe Great Gatsby - Part 1 (Ch 1-3)Books mentioned in this episode:
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Our next book:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2023-04-281h 07Out of the Best BooksOur Interview on the Seeking Light PodcastIn the very beginning of our podcasting journey, we were asked to go on our friend Beth's podcast. This interview came out on the same day that our first four episodes were released. We thought it would be fun to revisit our very beginning! Enjoy!
2023-04-2158 minOut of the Best BooksSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrBooks mentioned in this episode:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaoad
Hanna's Suitcase by Karen Levine
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman
Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
2023-04-1450 minOut of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 6 (Book 3 Ch 9-15)Books mentioned in this episode:
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
In the Reign of Terror: A Story of the French Revolution by G. A. Henty
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Our next book:
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
2023-04-071h 40Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 5 (Book 3 Ch 1-8)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
Unspeakable by Jessica Willis Fisher
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Our next Book:
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (episode will release 4/14/23)
2023-03-311h 43Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 4 (Book 2 Ch 17-24)Books mentioned in this podcast:
One's Company by Ashley Hutson
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
2023-03-241h 15Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 3 (Book 2 Ch 9-16)Books mentioned in this episode:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Go as a River by Shelley Read
2023-03-171h 17Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 2 (Book 2 Ch 1-8)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff
Solito by Javier Zamora
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
2023-03-101h 15Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 1 (Book 1 Chapters 1-6)Books mentioned in this episode:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Never Lie by Freida McFadden
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Next Week:
A Tale of Two Cities - Book 2 Chapters 1-8
2023-03-031h 09Out of the Best BooksAn Intro to Charles Dickens and A Tale of Two CitiesBooks mentioned in this episode:
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall...
2023-02-2456 minOut of the Best BooksThe Wind in the Willows - Part 3 (Ch 9-12)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame
Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame
Winnie the Pooh Series by A.A. Milne
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
The Wind in the Willows: The River Bank by Laura Driscoll
The Wind in...
2023-02-171h 48Out of the Best BooksThe Wind in the Willows - Part 2 (Chapters 5-8)Books mentioned in this episode:
This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris
Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong
Our next book:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2023-02-101h 11Out of the Best BooksThe Wind in the Willows - Part 1 (Chapters 1-4)Books mentioned in this episode:
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
The Green Ember by S. D. Smith
Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel
Peter Rabbit Series by Beatrix Potter
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor
The Maid by Kimberly Cutter
2023-02-031h 09Out of the Best BooksOur Favorite PodcastsPodcasts Mentioned in this Episode:
48 Hours
20/20
The Naturally Thin for Life Podcast
The Yummy Mummy
The Joe Rogan Experience
The Jordan B. Petersen Podcast
Seeking Light
All In
The Dr. John Delony Show
Achieve Your Goals
The Read Aloud Revival
Currently Reading
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
From the Front Porch
Book Gang
What Should I Read Next?
Follow Him
Don't Miss This
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2023-01-2747 minOut of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 6 (Chapters 50-57)Today we discuss the ending of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, a little bit about some similar books, and some interesting facts about the author.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Adam Bede by George Eliot
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Our Next Book:
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
2023-01-201h 18Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 5 (Chapters 41-49)Books Mentioned in this Podcast:
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
Next book we are covering: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
2023-01-131h 14Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 4 (Chapters 31-40)Books mentioned in this episode:
The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah
The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah
Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Next Week:
Far From the Madding Crowd Chapters 41-50
2023-01-061h 14Out of the Best BooksOur Top 10 Books of 2022 and Reading Goals for 2023Books Mentioned in this Episode:
The Forgotten Finca by Christine Von Hagen
The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Show Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Maid by Nita Prose
The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
The Things We Cannot Say by...
2022-12-3050 minOut of the Best BooksA Quiet Little Woman - Christmas EpisodeBooks Mentioned in this Podcast:
A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott
A Grandma for Christmas by Alta Halverson Seymour (Amity)
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (Laura)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry (Amity)
The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (Laura)
How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas by Jeff Guinn (Laura)
Christmas Oranges by Linda Bethers (Amity)
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Laura)
Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost (Laura)
A...
2022-12-2341 minOut of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 3 (Chapters 21-30)Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Calahan (Laura)
The Merchant and the Rogue by Sarah M. Eden (Amity)
An Immense World by Ed Yong
A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott (Next Week)
2022-12-171h 09Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 2 (Chapters 11-20)We will continue our discussion of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, and then we will discuss the books we have read recently.
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocum (Laura)
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (Amity)
Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo
Beatrix Potter Books
2022-12-091h 06Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 1 (Chapters 1-10)Join us as we begin our discussion of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. We will discuss the setting, main characters and chapters 1-10 in this episode. Read along with us, or just listen for a synopsis of this amazing story!
Books Mentioned in this Podcast:
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Amity)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Laura)
Wh...
2022-12-021h 23Out of the Best BooksWhat Do Our Families Read?Meet our family members and find out what they like to read! We talk to all of our kids, and even our husbands about what usually gravitate towards in their reading. We even give some suggestions to at least one that doesn't enjoy reading as a hobby!
Listen to the end as we will also announce the book we will be starting next week!
The list of books mentioned in this podcast:
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The...
2022-11-251h 26Out of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 4 (Chapter 27)"When you tend a rose, thistles cannot grow!" - Chapter 27 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
In this final episode for the Secret Garden we will wrap it up by discussing Chapter 27, talk about the author (Frances Hodgson Burnett), give tons of recommendations for other books to read if you enjoyed The Secret Garden, and finish up with what we have been reading lately.
Books mentioned in this episode:
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Books by Frances Hodgson Burnett:
The One I Knew Be...
2022-11-1838 minOut of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 3 (Chapters 19-26)Come join us as we continue our discussion of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We will see Colin introduced to the garden, try new things, and watch the children bond with each other, Mrs. Sowerby and Ben Weatherstaff. Will they be able to keep their little secret? Is everything that is happening because of a little magic?
Books mentioned in this episode:
His Needs, Her Needs: Building a Marriage That Lasts by Willard F. Harley, Jr (Amity)
Take Back Your Marriage by William J. Doherty
The Reading List by Sa...
2022-11-1157 minOut of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 2 (Chapters 10-18)In this episode we are discussing Chapters 10-18 of the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mary has found the secret garden that she was looking for, she is becoming friends with the gardener, Ben Weatherstaff, as he answers her many questions about plants and things. Finally, she gets to meet Dickon, with whom she is fascinated by. They work together, tending the garden as they continue to try and keep it a secret. Mary is still hearing strange sounds in the night and eventually happens upon the sickly boy, Colin, and they soon realize that they are related. As th...
2022-11-0456 minOut of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 1 (Chapters 1-9)Join us as we discuss chapters 1-9 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We will meet Mary, the novel's 10 year-old protoganist, who is not wanted by her mother, her father is too busy for her, and who has been living in India for her whole 10 years of life, being raised by an Ayah. What happens when she finds herself forgotten, with nearly everyone around her dead from an outbreak of Cholera? We will follow her as she travels to London to live with her Uncle, whom she has never met, in the grand mansion of Misselthwaite.
2022-10-2849 minOut of the Best BooksOur Overall Top 10 Classic Books (So Far)In this episode we count down our top 10 classic books we have read to date. Will our list change a couple of years down the road? We wanted to document where we are with our favorites right now.
How many of our favorites have you read? What should we add to our TBR?
2022-10-2147 minOut of the Best BooksWhere the Red Fern Grows Part 2/2Join us as we discuss the second half of Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
“As I skipped along, it was hard for me to realize all the wonderful things that had happened to me in such a few short years. I had two of the finest little hounds that had ever bawled on the trail of a ringtail coon. I had a wonderful mother and father and three little sisters. I had the best grandpa a boy ever had, and to top it all, I was going on a championship coon hunt. It was no...
2022-10-2154 minOut of the Best BooksWhere the Red Fern Grows Part 1/2Join us as we discuss the first half of Where the Red Fern Grows.
“I suppose there’s a time in every young boy’s life when he’s affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love. I don’t mean the kind a boy has for the pretty little girl that lives down the road. I mean the real kind, the kind that has four small feet and a wiggly tail, and sharp little teeth that can gnaw on a boy’s finger; the kind a boy can romp and play with, even eat and sleep with.” -Chapt...
2022-10-2147 minOut of the Best BooksOur First Ever Podcast!In this episode, you will get to know your hosts! Who are we? Why do we love reading? And why are we doing a podcast? All of your questions...answered!
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