We’ve made it to the end of season 2, folks, and it’s bittersweet! Thank you sticking around if you’ve been listening this season. We’re taking a hiatus as we both have our babies in November, but we wanted to leave you with a fun Q&A of all things bookish, life, and motherhood!

Books mentioned:

• Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
• Things You Save In a Fire by Katherine Center
• How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
• The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
• The Wonder Emma Donoghue
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman
• Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
• Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
• The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty 
• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo 
• Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
• Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
• This Momentary Marriage by John Piper
• The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller
• The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile
• How People Change by Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane
• Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Hi friends! Today we’re talking about what books we’re looking forward to reading in the fall - specific titles as well as genres. We also contemplate what our reading lives will really look like with new babies in the picture. But before we get into all of that we discuss our cats, because who doesn’t love to hear some stories about Remus, Scout, Peaches, and Katie’s long-ago cat Bird (who was sweet but dumb). 

Books Mentioned

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

That’s What Frenemies Are For by Sophie Littlefield and Lauren Gershell

Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

Recursion by Blake Crouch

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Beartown by Frederick Backman

There There by Tommy Orange

The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

The 7½ of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Americana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Us Against You by Frederick Backman 

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

The Whisper Man by Alex North

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

All of the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio

Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen

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Hi readers! You're in for a treat today. We are so excited to have Riley Sager on the podcast, national and international best-selling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied, and his new release that came out in July 2019, Lock Every Door.

We loved picking Riley's brain all about what makes a great plot-twisty horror/thriller, how he got the inspiration to write about The Bartholomew—the creepy, gothic setting for Lock Every Door—his favorite characters to write about, and so, so much more. 

This is a spoiler-free episode, and we hope you enjoy it! After talking to Riley, we are definitely in the mood for some more page-turning thrillers. 

Books mentioned: 

• Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
• Final Girls by Riley Sager
• The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
• Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 

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In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie lament the onslaught of heartburn because their stomachs now reside in their throats. They discuss what they’re reading, the fact that their books have overlapped some this month, they wonder where all the time to read summer books has gone, and they guess each other’s favorite books that instagram made them read (or in Mollie’s case, what KATIE made her read…). 

Books Mentioned

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge

The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger

Beartown by Fredrik Bachman

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah

Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

Nevermoor and Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler

Wives and Daughters and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

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Hi friends! Today we're talking about our favorite genre-bending books (and some movies!). Let us know what some of your favorite "blends" are—and if you recommend an unlikely pairing!

Books mentioned: 

• The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
• Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
• Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
• Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
• infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
• The Dinner by Herman Koch
• Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
• The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James
• Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

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In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie catch up about traveling, what they’re reading (or NOT reading), similar book trends (how do you end up with three books with oddly similar titles), and the transitions that shape a life (and of course how we often find those real life transitions in the books we read). 

Books Mentioned

The Well of Ascension/Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed

Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O’Farrell

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Savvy by Ingrid Law

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

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We’re talking all about buddy reads today! What makes a good buddy read, some of our favorite buddy reads, the difference between a book club and a buddy read, the benefits and the pitfalls of buddy reads, advice on how to find someone to buddy read with, and generally what makes them so great (and also challenging).

Books Mentioned

The Well of Ascension/Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

Middlemarch by George Eliot

I See You by Claire Macintosh

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

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In today's episode, we discuss what we're currently reading, what we hope to pick up soon (hint: When your TBR list is long, it's overwhelming to know what to pick up next), Anne Bogel's summer reading list, why it's so hard to commit to series, and much more!

Books mentioned:

• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman
• Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
• What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff
• Expecting Better by Emily Oster
• Cribsheet by Emily Oster
• Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
• The Read Aloud Family by Jim Trelease
• The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
• American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
• The River by Peter Heller
• Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
• Recursion by Blake Crouch
• Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
• Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
• The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
• Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
• A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

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It’s appropriate that this episode comes out the Wednesday after Mother’s Day because Mollie and Katie - both - have a relevant announcement! You’ll have to listen to find out what it is. They also both read Daisy Jones and the Six and talk about the nostalgia surrounding the book and go off on some semi-relevant tangents?

Books Mentioned:

Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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We're sharing all of our favorite books to read in the spring—and because we're mood readers, it's quite an eclectic mix of genres/categories! Let us know what kind of books you like to read in the spring, or if you already have a set TBR.

Books mentioned:

• Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
• Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Marlena by Julie Buntin
• Ghosted by Rosie Walsh
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
• To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

In today’s episode Mollie and Katie talk about how Middle Grade March is going (it's over now, but sheesh, this is what happens when you record ahead of time). But *mostly* we discuss all the things that we’ve enjoyed over the past few months, and we lament that we both can’t shake the winter illnesses.

Books Mentioned/Recommended

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

Clothing Recommendations

Everlane

CJLA

YouTube Recommendations

Emergency Awesome (for GOT fans)

Minnie Small

Wired Autocomplete Interviews

Movie/TV Recommendations

Captain Marvel

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Podcasts

This Cultural Moment

SSR Podcast

He Read She Read

My Brother My Brother and Me

Games

Werewolf

Music

Hadestown by Anais Mitchell

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves