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Ep. 23 - Five New Novel Reviews!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 28:56


Join us as we discuss, Pomegranate, by Helen Elaine Lee;  In Memoriam, by Alice Winn; Becoming Madam Secretary, by Stephanie Dray;  The Storm We Made, by Vanessa Chan; The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 22. 4 Novels & 1 Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 25:14


Join us as we discuss, Still Born, by Guadalupe Nettel;  The Great Reclamation, by Rachel Heng; Lion City, by Jeevan Vasagar; Activities of Daily Living, by Lisa Hsiao Chen; The Maniac, by Benjamin Labatut.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 21. Five novels to scare and share.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 23:41


Join us as we discuss, Schrader's Chord, by Scott Leeds;  Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes; The Shadow Cabinet, by Juno Dawson; Nestlings, by Nat Cassidy;  A Sliver of Darkness, by C.J. Tudor.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 20. Today's books include Literary Fiction, Greek Mythology, Fantasy and a non-fiction book about the Congo.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 25:42


Join us as we discuss, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty;  Ariadni, by Jennifer Saint; The Guest List, by Lucy Foley; The Guest Lecture, by Martin Riker;  Cobalt Red, by Siddharth Kara.   Also discussed are King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild; The Song of Achilles and Circe by Madeline Miller;  Stone Blind, by Nathalie Haynes;  Clytemnestra, by Costanza Casati; and Ithaca by Claire North.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 19. YA Novels (Historical Fiction & Murder Mysteries)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 36:15


Join us as we discuss All the Bad Apples, by Moira Fowley-Doyle;   One of Us is Lying,  by Karen M. McManus; One of Us is Next,   by Karen M. McManus;  One of Us is Back,  By Karen M. McManus;   A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, by Holly Jackson;  Good Girl, Bad Blood,  by Holly Jackson;  As Good as Dead, by Holly Jackson;  I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys;  Salt to the Sea,  by Ruta Sepetys;  The Fountains of Silence, by Ruta Sepetys;  Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys.    We are joined by a special guest, Sydney, an avid YA reader.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 18. Traversing the Globe in Five Books (India, London, Sri Lanka, Guam & Appalachia)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 30:20


Join us as we discuss  Independence, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni;   The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, by Shehan Karunatilaka;  Maame,  by Jessica George;    No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, by Julian Aguon, and  Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver.   We also discuss library and bookstore visits in the Hudson River ValleyTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 17. Two memoirs, two classics, one comedy and bookstore visits in Arizona.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 34:13


Join us as we discuss  Between Two Kingdoms, by Suleika Jaouad;   American Notes, by Charles Dickens;  The Guncle,  by Steven Rowley;   The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, and  A Place Called Home, by  David Ambroz.   We also discuss library and bookstore visits in Arizona.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 16. Six novels that thrill & chill

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 24:20


Join us as we discuss  Daisy Darker, by Alice Feeney;   The Fervor by Alma Katsu;  Our Crooked Hearts,  by Melissa Albert;   White Smoke, by Tiffany D. Jackson,  When the Reckoning Comes by  LaTanya McQueen, and Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 15. 3 Fiction & 2 Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 35:51


Join us as we discuss  The Year of Living Danishly, by Helen Russell;  True Biz, by Sara Novic;  How the Word is Passed,  by Clint Smith;  Kaikeyi, by Vaishnavi Patel, and Pilgrims Way, by Abdulrazak Gurnah.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 14: 5 Novels (4 Contemporary, 1 Historical Fiction)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 27:34


Join us as we discuss  The Parade, by Dave Eggers;  Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus;  The Change,  by Kirsten Miller,  City of Orange, by David Yoon and The Women of Chateau Lafayette, by Stephanie Dray.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 13: Short Stories & Essays

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 21:05


Join us as we discuss Life Among the Savages, and Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson;  Tunneling to the Center of the Earth  and Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson; and Thin Places: Essays from in Between, by Jordan KisnerTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 12: 4 Novels & 1 Memoir

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 24:46


Join us as we discuss Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller, by Nadia Wassef;  Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson;  The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak;  Honor, by Thrity Umrigar; and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga TokarczukTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 11: Five Book Reviews (2 Literary Fiction, 2 Biographies and a Comedic Murder Mystery)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 28:09


Join us as we discuss What Strange Paradise, by Omar El Akkad;  The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel;  by Kati Marton;  The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear,  by Kate Moore,  The Door,  by Magda Szabo and Finlay Donovan Knocks 'em Dead,  by Elle Cosimano.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

Episode 10: Five Book Reviews (2 Historical Fiction, 2 Contemporary & 1 Speculative Fiction)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 23:00


Join us as we discuss Still Life, by Sarah Winman;  Radiant Fugitives, by Nawaaz Ahmed;  The Twilight Zone, by Nona Fernandez;  Assembly, by Natasha Brown; and Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924

Episode 9: Five Book Reviews and a Bookstore in Barcelona

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 24:03


Join us as we discuss Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, by Emily R. Austin; A Pair of Wings: A Novel Inspired by Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, by Carole Hopson;  The Apocalypse Seven, by Gene Doucette;  Bullet Train, by Kotaro Isaka;  and Whereabouts, by Jhumpa Lahiri.   We also discuss our visit to the Barcelona bookstore La Central del Raval, The Fiction Center in Brooklyn, NY and Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, NH.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924We receive a portion of the sale for each book sold from our Bookshop page.

Episode 8: Seven Book Reviews (2 Memoirs and 5 Fiction)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 21:39


Join us as we discuss Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner;  Finding Freedom, by Erin French; The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan;  A Dead Djinn in Cairo, by P. Djeli Clark; The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djeli Clark;  A Master of Djinn, by P. Djeli Clark;  The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, and a special look at the Boston Public LibraryTo learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis

Episode 7: Six Book Reviews (2 Fiction, 2 Memoir, 2 Non-Fiction)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 23:17


Join us as we discuss Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth;  The Salt Path, by Raynor Winn;  What Unites Us, by Dan Rather;  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson; The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson; Finlay Donovan is Killing It,  by Elle Cosimano.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail -youvegottoreadthis@outlook.com(no apostrophe)

Episode 6: Eight Young Adult (YA) novels and a book of poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 17:31


Episode 6:   Let's talk YA (Young Adult) fiction and a book of poetry with our niece, Sydney.  We discuss:  Spy School Revolution, by Stuart Gibbs;  The One and Only Bob, by Katherine Applegate;  Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series, by Tyler Knott Gregson;  Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys;  The Cousins, by Karen McManus;  One of Us Is Lying, by Karen McManus; One of Us Is Next, by Karen McManus, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram; Darius the Great Deserves Better, by Adib Khorram.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our bookshop page.Click here!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: We are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail - YouveGotToReadThis@outlook.com(NO APOSTROPHE in the e-mail address)

Episode 5: Jolabokaflod: Iceland's bookish holiday tradition

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 6:25


Join us as we discuss Iceland's Christmas Eve tradition of exchanging books.   This holiday tradition is called Jolabokaflod.We also review the book, Miss Iceland, by Icelandic author Audur Ava OlafsdottirTo purchase this book, click the link below to be routed to our bookshop page.Click here!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail - YouveGotToReadThis@outlook.com(NO APOSTROPHE in the e-mail address)

Episode 4: 3 Bookstore Visits & 5 Book Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 35:15


Episode 4: We visit three bookstores in upstate New York and review the following books: The Warehouse, by Rob Hart;  Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab;  Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac, by Jeremy Leon Hance;  Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club, by Megan Gail Coles.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our bookshop page.Click here!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail - YouveGotToReadThis@outlook.com(NO APOSTROPHE in the e-mail address)

Episode 3: Alyssa Cole, Jessica Francis Kane, Emma Donoghue, Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, and Jason DeParle.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 25:15


Episode 3:  Join us as we discuss, "When No One is Watching," by Alyssa Cole, "Rules for Visiting," by Jessica Francis Kane, "The Pull of the Stars," by Emma Donoghue, "Tightrope," by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, and "A Good Provider is One Who Leaves," by Jason DeParle.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page.Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)To reach us via e-mail -youvegottoreadthis@outlook.com(no apostrophe)

Episode 2: Kaite Welsh, Julia Alvarez, Sameer Pandya, Sayaka Murata, Stuart Turton

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 28:03


Join us as we discuss 'The Wages of Sin' by Kaite Welsh, 'Afterlife' by Julia Alvarez, 'Members Only' by Sameer Pandya, 'Convenience Store Woman' and 'Earthlings' by Sayaka Murata and 'The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' and 'The Devil and the Dark Water' by Stuart Turton. Bonus: The value of first edition books hiding in your bookshelves!To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page.  Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop LLC and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)

Episode 1: Michael Christie, Megha Majumdar, Kaite Welsh, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Samantha Irby

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 25:25


Join us as we discuss "Greenwood," by Michael Christie; "A Burning," by Megha Majumdar; the Sarah Gilchrist mysteries by Kaite Welsh; Luis Alberto Urrea's "The Devil's Highway" and "Wow, No Thank You," by Samantha Irby.To purchase any of the books we discuss in this episode, click the link below to be routed to our Bookshop page.  Click Here! - https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthis(Disclosure: we are an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.)

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