Season 2, Episode 40: What To Say When People Tell You “I Don’t Have Time to Read”
Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: seasonal reading vibes and buddy reads during quarantine
Current Reads: bookish serendipity books and books from repeat authors (that we’ve read before)
Deep Dive: how to respond to the “I don’t have time to read” comments
Book Presses: one of few authors that gets a second book on the press list and a contemporary WWII classic. Ha!
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:
4:41 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Current Reads:
7:05 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
7:42 - The Hotel Neversink by Adam O’Fallon Price (Meredith)
8:11 - The Shining by Stephen King
8:15 - The Body by Richard Backman
10:38 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
11:32 - What Lies Between Us by John Marrs (Kaytee)
11:57 - Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
14:01 - The One by John Marrs
14:02 - The Passengers by John Marrs
17:32 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (Meredith)
21:02 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
21:05 - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
21:28 - Book of the Month
21:34 - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (Kaytee)
23:58 - One Day in December by Josie Silver
24:38 - The Whispered Word (Secret Book and Scone Society #2) by Ellery Adams (Meredith)
25:35 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
26:42 - The Book of Candlelight (Secret Book and Scone #3) by Ellery Adams
27:07 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Kaytee)
28:24 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle
Deep Dive -I Don’t Have Time to Read:
39:42 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
40:04 - 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam
43:08 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
43:23 - David Sedaris Books: Calypso and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
43:29 - Liane Moriarty Books: What Alice Forgot and Big Little Lies
43:42 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)
44:08 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
44:17 - The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
47:53 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Kaytee)
50:13 - The movie (that I haven’t watched yet) on Netflix
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