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In this episode we are featuring Wartime Tales. And these books really enveloped us in a reality that showed the potential people held. Plus, we have a Book in Hand that is binge worthy and creepy. Let's listen!

Featured Books:

• The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman (LH)
• The Library of Legends by Janie Chang (LH)
• Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson (LP)
• The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel (LP)

Book in Hand:

• The Intruder by Frieda McFadden (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
• The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
• The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
• The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
• Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel
• The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
• The Gown by Jennifer Robson
• Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
• The Phoenix Crown by Janie Chang and Kate Quinn
• The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang
• Three Souls by Janie Chang
• The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang
• The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
• Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

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In this episode we are giving you Just the Facts, Mam! Yes...we are sharing Non-Fiction today, plus a great Historical Fiction Book in Hand. Let's get down to it!

Featured Books:

• Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby (LH)
• Murder Most Puzzling - Twenty Mysterious Cases to Solve by Stephanie Von Reiswitz (LH)
• Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins by Barbara Demick (LP)
• The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke (LP)

Book in Hand:

• The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
• You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Marueen Johnson and Jay Cooper
• We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
• New Year Same Trash by Samantha Irby
• The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Football by Chuck Klosterman
• We the Women by Norah O’Donnell and Kate Anderson Brower

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In this episode we are sharing Fiction that any Foodie will love! And just a warning...Don't listen to this episode if you are hungry!

Featured Books:

• The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel Linden (LH)
• Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews (LH)
• Didn’t You Use to be Queenie B? By Terri-Lynne DeFino (LP)
• Delicious! By Ruth Reichl (LP)

Book in Hand

• Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Varina Pallindino’s Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino
• Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
• Miss Cecily’s Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman
• The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
• The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

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What do 2 teachers do in their spare time besides reading?? Why they assign homework of course...to each other! Let's see what grades were given on this Shorty!

Featured Books:

• Everything is Probably Fine by Julia London LH to LP
• Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford LP to LH

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson LH to LP
• Under a Starlit Tide by Kell Williams LP to LH

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In this episode we are talking about Graphic Novels and we feel grand about it! We also have a super creepy Book in Hand. Let's get going!

Featured Books:

• But You Have Friends by Emilia McKenzie (LH)
• 41 Reasons I’m Staying In: A Celebration of Introverts by Hallie Heald (LH)
• Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast (LP)
• How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares (LP)

Book in Hand:

• Good and Evil by Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• Mendell Station by J. B. Hwang
• The Women Who Made New York by Julie Scelfo

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• Bea Wolfe by Zach Weinersmith
• Family Style by Thien Pham
• The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
• Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
• The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez Adapted by Andrew J. Rostan
• Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

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In this episode we are bringing you Books in Hand...books we are currently reading and want you to read as well! Let's do this!

Featured Books:

• My Fair Frauds by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (LH)
• Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva (LH)
• This Here is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry (LP)
• The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens (LP)

Book in Hand:

• The Ordeals by Rachel Greenlaw (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
• Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
• The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
• The Divines by Rachel Greenlaw

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In this episode we are excited about 2 Retellings of the Epic Poem...Beowulf! Step into 2 really GREAT backlist books and one Book in Hand that is being published this month. We think you're going to like this!

Featured Books:

• The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (LH)
• Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith art by Boulet (LP)

Book in Hand:

• The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
• The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
• The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• Beowulf by the Beowulf Poet
• Versions/Translations of Beowulf by:
  • R.M Liuzza
  • Seamus Heaney
• Grendel by John Gardner
• The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven
• Beowulf, Dragon Slayer by Rosemary Sutcliff
• Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife by Susan Signe Morrison

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In this episode we are getting Comfy and Cozy with Mysteries. Tis the season, right? As we record today it's snowing outside and we have a fire going...on the TV, but still! We will also share a Book in Hand that is being published in January 2026 and do a shameless pitch for our Patreon Channel. Wink, wink!

Featured Books:

• The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully (LH)
• A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer (LH)
• The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman (LP)
• The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend (LP)

Book in Hand:

• The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Maid by Nita Prose
• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
• Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
• Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman
• The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
• The Harry Potter Series J. K. Rowling
• The Lost Queen Series by Signe Pike
• Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

• The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P Manansala
• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
• A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
• A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

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