Well-Read Episode #66 - Spring/Summer 2020 Preview

We’re so excited to talk about the books we’re looking forward to this spring and summer (there are soooooooooo many!) And we’ll finish with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Public Library Association (PLA) Conference 2020
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Episode 58 – Witches
The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Episode 63  – Royal Reads

Ann’s picks:

• My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
• In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
  – Rebecca Serle books
  – Taylor Jenkins Reid books
  – The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle
• Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
  – The Act (TV)
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
  – The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
  – Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
  – With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
  – Curtis Sittenfeld books
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Morena-Garcia
• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
  – The Bachelor (TV)
• The All-Night Sun by Diane Zinna
  – Midsommar (film)

Halle’s picks:

• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
  – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
  – Mhairi McFarlane books
  – The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
• To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
  – The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
  – The Mothers by Brit Bennett
• The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
• I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman
  – The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
  – Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Meet Cute by various authors
  – My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
  – Sara Shepard books
  – Nicola Yoon books
  – Julie Murphy books
  – We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
  – Episode 60 – Books for December
• Halle: The Holdout by Graham Moore
  – Serial (podcast)
  – O.J.: Made in America (TV)

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