Season 2, Episode 31: Spicy Takes - Books We Wanted to Throw Against the Wall

Spicy take warning! Strong opinions abound in this episode.

Meredith, Kaytee, and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a bookish moment of accountability, technology disasters, and a librarian friend

• Current Reads: two books each with lots of happy reading

• Deep Dive: Books that we RIATIATW (Read It And Threw It Against The Wall)

• Book Presses: a graphic novel for adults lands and as classic middle grade pick

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

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Bookish Moments:

2:18 - Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

3:40 - Season 2, Episode 30 was a disaster

Current Reads:

7:13 - A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner

7:18 - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner

7:32 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

9:43 - The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

9:48 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

10:08 - Vageode Cake

12:19 - Currently Reading Illustrated Reading Journal (Free for Patrons!)

12:36 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

12:43 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

13:40 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

14:57 - Winterhouse Mysteries by Ben Guterson

13:50 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh

16:15 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

16:19 - The Firm by John Grisham

17:27 - The Holdout by Graham Moore

18:00 - Slay by Brittney Morris

18:04 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

20:36 - The Selection by Kiera Cass

20:50 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Deep Dive - Books We Read and Threw Against the Wall:

23:23 - What Should I Read Next with Anne Bogel

23:36 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

24:52 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

26:22 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

26:55 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

29:45 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

33:49 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

34:53 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

35:33 - Patron Buddy Read!

38:20 - Mac B Kid Spy, Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett

39:02 - Mac B Kid Spy, The Impossible Crime by Mac Barnett

42:40 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

44:41 - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

45:46 - Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

47:01 - May B by Caroline Starr Rose

47:32 - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

48:18 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

48:40 - The Secrets of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson