Episode 30: Books with Hype + What Friends and Family Pressed Into Our Hands

Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds with a whole cartload of book recommendations! You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: bear with us this week as we gush at each other about getting to meet in person for the first time. Next, we discuss our current reads. We have some reads that surprised us this week, and we hope they surprise you, too, in all the best ways. Our deep dive this week centers on the Currently Reading Challenge for 2019 and we are discussing the books that our friends and family members have pressed into our hands. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. A children's classic and a funny romantic comedy. 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! . . . . . 4:38 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 8:30 - The Child by Fiona Barton 8:38 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 9:15 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Burton 12:33 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 12:40 - Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 14:02 - 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich 17:58 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 18:02 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik 22:04 - Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillin Smith 26:52 - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 26:57 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 30:01 - Currently Reading Challenge 2019 ! 31:33 - The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd 31:42 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 31:55 - The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman 32:14 - Dreamland by Sam Quinones 32:23 - Dopesick by Beth Macy 33:18 - The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald 33:30 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 33:54 - Soul of America by Jon Meacham 34:06 - Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich 34:18 - 100 Diagrams That Changed the World by Scott Christiansen 34:33 - Testable Asic Devices by Wayne Needham 34:56 - American Gods by Neil Gaiman 35:04 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 35:08 - The White Book by Han Kang 35:24 - For Every Solution, A Problem by Kristin Gier 36:05 - A Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindburgh 36:19 - West With The Night by Beryl Markham 37:20 - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari 37:33 - Yes, Please by Amy Poelher 37:34 - Bossypants by Tina Fey 39:11 - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 41:09 - The Ordinary Princess by MM Kay 44:49 - Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty McDonald 47:55 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 49:22 - The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 49:28 - The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion 49:50 - The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion 52:45 - 10 Things To Tell You Episode 1: When Do You Read?