In this Unabridged podcast episode, we're talking with Katherine Center about her latest book, What You Wish For, which released on July 14th. Katherine shares her first experience as a writer, writing fan fic about Duran Duran, why clown socks are the most fashionable apparel, and how she sets out to fight for joy.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half
Jen - Jennifer Weiner’s Big Summer
Sara - Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
Katherine - Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
Other Mentions
Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Brit Bennett's The Mothers
Katherine Center's Happiness for Beginners
Katherine Center's Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center's How to Walk Away
Katherine Center's The Lost Husband
Ingrid Fetell Lee’s Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
Katherine Center's thoughts on reading for joy on her website
Archie comics
Stranger than Fiction
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2020 Reading Challenge Check In
Great Books for the Classroom by Black Authors
Re-release of Jason Reynolds Highlight with LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST
Re-release of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE Book Club Discussion
A Message about Today's Episode
Parenting and Partner Tips with Brandy Ferner of ADULT CONVERSATION
Building on the Classics: Middle-Grade Reads to Add to Your Shelves
Plugging into Bookish Communities Online with @readwithtoni from Instagram
Thrillers that You Can't Put Down - Better on Audio
Readers' Choice Pick - Katharine McGee's AMERICAN ROYALS
How to Help Young People Keep Reading when School Is Out
Bookish Turn Offs and What to Do about Them
Learn More about Yourself by Exploring Enneagram Books
Find Your Way Back to Reading with Comfort Reads
Samira Ahmed's INTERNMENT -- April Unabridged Book Club
Hopeful Books to Engage Students - What Can I Recommend to Students Right Now?
The Unread Shelf with Whitney Conard - Curate that Unread Shelf and Actually Get Them Read
Anne Bogel's DON'T OVERTHINK IT - I Always Have the "Over" Problem
Kevin Wilson's NOTHING TO SEE HERE - Learning by Fire
Read Alike Ideas and Lit Circles - I Think the Risk Is Worth the Reward
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