Season 3, Episode 16: Election Reading + Endings That Make or Break a Book

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a new reading space and a bookish helper

• Current Reads: you have to read this, plus lots of murder

• Deep Dive: how an ending can change a book for us, great endings and phone-ins

• Book Presses: a book with a fantastic ending and book that will help you end 2020 well

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

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Bookish Moments of the Week:

3:36 - Book Bone to hold your books open

Current Reads:

4:51 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Meredith)

4:56 - Mindy’s current read of this one is Season 3, Episode 7

7:08 - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Kaytee)

7:46 - Libro FM Advance Listening Copy Program

9:47 - The Warehouse by Rob Hart (Meredith)

12:08 - The Circle by Dave Eggers

12:36 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

13:33 - Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (Kaytee)

13:36 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone

15:26 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Meredith)

17:08 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

17:11 - Jenny Colgan’s books

19:19 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow (Kaytee)

19:20 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow

21:30 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Deep Dive - Endings That Make or Break a Book:

31:02 - In the Woods by Tana French

32:27 - American Royals by Katherine McGee

32:57 - Majesty by Katherine McGee

33:31 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

33:34 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

34:50 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

35:00 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

35:35 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson

36:11 - The Boys Club by Erica Katz

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

37:20 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Meredith)

40:08 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Kaytee)

40:43 - Brene Brown with the Nagoski Sisters

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Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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