073 Jaimie Morimoto on "Beach Read" by Emily Henry

My, my, my, how the turn tables.

Jaimie Morimoto is now a Romance reader, and I, for one, couldn’t be happier.

We start by discussing what it means when we dismiss an entire genre/hobby/aesthetic because it is largely by and for women. Then we cover the strange experience of cringing at our old favorite books, movies, and TV shows. And we wrap it up with the fascinating history of Monopoly. I absolutely love talking with Jaimie!

 

Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon

In this week's Patreon clip, Jaimie and I admit the truth about the authors we tell other people we have read, but have not actually read. We also talk about how easy it is to get into a habit of reading books by people who look just like us. According to Jaimie, “I was reading my own story back to myself over and over.” This clip is available exclusively to my Patreon supporters.

 

Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website

 

Host: Julie Strauss

Website/Instagram  

 

Guest: Jaimie Morimoto

Instagram

 

Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast.

 

Discussed in this episode:

Best Book Ever Episode 024 – Jaimie Morimoto on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Best Book Ever Episode 014 – Jeff Adams on The Understatement of the Year by Sarina Bowen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Best Book Ever Episode 057 – Ellene Glenn Moore on “Bitterblue” by Kristen Cashore

Book of the Month Club

Best Book Ever Episode 043 Jami Albright on The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss

 

Discussed in our Patreon Segment

Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace by Yiyun Li

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Homie: Poems by Danez Smith

(Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you’re shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)