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You've Got to Read This!Ep. 23 - Five New Novel Reviews!Join us as we discuss, Pomegranate, by Helen Elaine Lee; In Memoriam, by Alice Winn; Becoming Madam Secretary, by Stephanie Dray; The Storm We Made, by Vanessa Chan; The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of ea...
2024-06-1428 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 22. 4 Novels & 1 Non-FictionJoin us as we discuss, Still Born, by Guadalupe Nettel; The Great Reclamation, by Rachel Heng; Lion City, by Jeevan Vasagar; Activities of Daily Living, by Lisa Hsiao Chen; The Maniac, by Benjamin Labatut.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each p...
2024-02-1025 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 21. Five novels to scare and share.Join us as we discuss, Schrader's Chord, by Scott Leeds; Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes; The Shadow Cabinet, by Juno Dawson; Nestlings, by Nat Cassidy; A Sliver of Darkness, by C.J. Tudor.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each pu...
2023-11-2123 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 20. Today's books include Literary Fiction, Greek Mythology, Fantasy and a non-fiction book about the Congo.Join us as we discuss, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty; Ariadni, by Jennifer Saint; The Guest List, by Lucy Foley; The Guest Lecture, by Martin Riker; Cobalt Red, by Siddharth Kara. Also discussed are King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild; The Song of Achilles and Circe by Madeline Miller; Stone Blind, by Nathalie Haynes; Clytemnestra, by Costanza Casati; and Ithaca by Claire North.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.i...
2023-08-0225 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 19. YA Novels (Historical Fiction & Murder Mysteries)Join us as we discuss All the Bad Apples, by Moira Fowley-Doyle; One of Us is Lying, by Karen M. McManus; One of Us is Next, by Karen M. McManus; One of Us is Back, By Karen M. McManus; A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, by Holly Jackson; Good Girl, Bad Blood, by Holly Jackson; As Good as Dead, by Holly Jackson; I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys; Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys; The Fountains of Silence, by Ruta Sepetys; Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys. We are joined by a special guest, Sydney, an avid YA reader.
2023-07-0936 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 18. Traversing the Globe in Five Books (India, London, Sri Lanka, Guam & Appalachia)Join us as we discuss Independence, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni; The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, by Shehan Karunatilaka; Maame, by Jessica George; No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, by Julian Aguon, and Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver. We also discuss library and bookstore visits in the Hudson River ValleyTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.faceb...
2023-03-2730 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 17. Two memoirs, two classics, one comedy and bookstore visits in Arizona.Join us as we discuss Between Two Kingdoms, by Suleika Jaouad; American Notes, by Charles Dickens; The Guncle, by Steven Rowley; The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, and A Place Called Home, by David Ambroz. We also discuss library and bookstore visits in Arizona.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve...
2023-02-0534 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 16. Six novels that thrill & chillJoin us as we discuss Daisy Darker, by Alice Feeney; The Fervor by Alma Katsu; Our Crooked Hearts, by Melissa Albert; White Smoke, by Tiffany D. Jackson, When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen, and Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we...
2022-10-2024 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 15. 3 Fiction & 2 Non-FictionJoin us as we discuss The Year of Living Danishly, by Helen Russell; True Biz, by Sara Novic; How the Word is Passed, by Clint Smith; Kaikeyi, by Vaishnavi Patel, and Pilgrims Way, by Abdulrazak Gurnah.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of ea...
2022-08-2435 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 14: 5 Novels (4 Contemporary, 1 Historical Fiction)Join us as we discuss The Parade, by Dave Eggers; Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus; The Change, by Kirsten Miller, City of Orange, by David Yoon and The Women of Chateau Lafayette, by Stephanie Dray.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of ea...
2022-06-2627 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 13: Short Stories & EssaysJoin us as we discuss Life Among the Savages, and Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson; Tunneling to the Center of the Earth and Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson; and Thin Places: Essays from in Between, by Jordan KisnerTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we...
2022-05-0221 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 12: 4 Novels & 1 MemoirJoin us as we discuss Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller, by Nadia Wassef; Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson; The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak; Honor, by Thrity Umrigar; and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga TokarczukTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924
2022-03-2024 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 11: Five Book Reviews (2 Literary Fiction, 2 Biographies and a Comedic Murder Mystery)Join us as we discuss What Strange Paradise, by Omar El Akkad; The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel; by Kati Marton; The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear, by Kate Moore, The Door, by Magda Szabo and Finlay Donovan Knocks 'em Dead, by Elle Cosimano.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Pl...
2022-01-3028 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 10: Five Book Reviews (2 Historical Fiction, 2 Contemporary & 1 Speculative Fiction)Join us as we discuss Still Life, by Sarah Winman; Radiant Fugitives, by Nawaaz Ahmed; The Twilight Zone, by Nona Fernandez; Assembly, by Natasha Brown; and Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924
2022-01-0223 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 9: Five Book Reviews and a Bookstore in BarcelonaJoin us as we discuss Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, by Emily R. Austin; A Pair of Wings: A Novel Inspired by Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, by Carole Hopson; The Apocalypse Seven, by Gene Doucette; Bullet Train, by Kotaro Isaka; and Whereabouts, by Jhumpa Lahiri. We also discuss our visit to the Barcelona bookstore La Central del Raval, The Fiction Center in Brooklyn, NY and Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, NH.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Face...
2021-10-2624 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 8: Seven Book Reviews (2 Memoirs and 5 Fiction)Join us as we discuss Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner; Finding Freedom, by Erin French; The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan; A Dead Djinn in Cairo, by P. Djeli Clark; The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djeli Clark; A Master of Djinn, by P. Djeli Clark; The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, and a special look at the Boston Public LibraryTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis
2021-08-0421 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 7: Six Book Reviews (2 Fiction, 2 Memoir, 2 Non-Fiction)Join us as we discuss Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth; The Salt Path, by Raynor Winn; What Unites Us, by Dan Rather; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson; The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson; Finlay Donovan is Killing It, by Elle Cosimano.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)
2021-03-0823 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 6: Eight Young Adult (YA) novels and a book of poetryEpisode 6: Let's talk YA (Young Adult) fiction and a book of poetry with our niece, Sydney. We discuss: Spy School Revolution, by Stuart Gibbs; The One and Only Bob, by Katherine Applegate; Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series, by Tyler Knott Gregson; Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys; The Cousins, by Karen McManus; One of Us Is Lying, by Karen McManus; One of Us Is Next, by Karen McManus, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram; Darius the Great Deserves Better, by Adib Khorram.To purchase any of the books we...
2021-01-2817 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 5: Jolabokaflod: Iceland's bookish holiday traditionJoin us as we discuss Iceland's Christmas Eve tradition of exchanging books. This holiday tradition is called Jolabokaflod.We also review the book, Miss Iceland, by Icelandic author Audur Ava OlafsdottirTo purchase this book, click the link below to be routed to our bookshop page.Click here!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail - YouveGotToReadThis@outlook.com(NO APOSTROPHE in the e-mail ad...
2020-12-2206 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 4: 3 Bookstore Visits & 5 Book ReviewsEpisode 4: We visit three bookstores in upstate New York and review the following books: The Warehouse, by Rob Hart; Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab; Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac, by Jeremy Leon Hance; Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club, by Megan Gail Coles.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our bookshop page.Click here!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we an affiliate of...
2020-12-0735 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 3: Alyssa Cole, Jessica Francis Kane, Emma Donoghue, Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, and Jason DeParle.Episode 3: Join us as we discuss, "When No One is Watching," by Alyssa Cole, "Rules for Visiting," by Jessica Francis Kane, "The Pull of the Stars," by Emma Donoghue, "Tightrope," by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, and "A Good Provider is One Who Leaves," by Jason DeParle.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page.Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you c...
2020-10-2225 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 2: Kaite Welsh, Julia Alvarez, Sameer Pandya, Sayaka Murata, Stuart TurtonJoin us as we discuss 'The Wages of Sin' by Kaite Welsh, 'Afterlife' by Julia Alvarez, 'Members Only' by Sameer Pandya, 'Convenience Store Woman' and 'Earthlings' by Sayaka Murata and 'The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' and 'The Devil and the Dark Water' by Stuart Turton. Bonus: The value of first edition books hiding in your bookshelves!To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page. Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop L...
2020-08-2328 minYou've Got to Read This!Episode 1: Michael Christie, Megha Majumdar, Kaite Welsh, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Samantha IrbyJoin us as we discuss "Greenwood," by Michael Christie; "A Burning," by Megha Majumdar; the Sarah Gilchrist mysteries by Kaite Welsh; Luis Alberto Urrea's "The Devil's Highway" and "Wow, No Thank You," by Samantha Irby.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page. Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)
2020-07-2525 min