Podcasts about other punchlines

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are discussing Middle Grade vs. Young Adult!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes (Ellie) The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling (Traci) Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (Ellie) Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (Traci) Crack the Book Open:  On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Ellie) The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Traci)  Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum (Ellie) Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (Traci) To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (Ellie) The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke (Traci) To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Ellie) Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith (Traci)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about BuzzList vs. BackList books.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney (Ellie) The Survivors by Jane Harper (Traci)  Literally Listening:  Someone Else’s Love Story (Ellie) Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger (Traci) BuzzList vs. BackList Books:  The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Bel Canto by Ann Patchett  Anxious People by Fredrik Backman The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware  One by One by Ruth Ware  The Guest List by Lucy Foley  Admission by Julie Buxbaum Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty  A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman Books Also Mentioned: Other Alice Feeney Books: His and Hers by Alice Feeney I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney  The Dry by Jane Harper  Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkinss The Witch Elm by Tana French Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty  Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty  The Push by Ashley Audrain

Welcome to The Island Library podcast, where your hosts put a fun twist on the get-to-know-you-question by asking one another if the book they've read will take up a spot in their library if they were stranded on a desert island. Each week your hosts Laura and Jo answer that very question but, there are only ten spaces. Listen to them as they answer the dreaded question: 'Will this book make it on to your Island Library?' For week two, Laura and Jo discuss two books, Hope and Other Punchlines and Every Last WordBooks discussed this week are: > Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone> Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie BuxbaumLet us know if you would have chose our books or if you have any recommendations for other weeks at our Twitter page: @theislandlibpod or at our email theislandlibrary@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theislandlibrary)Support the show

While we appreciated the 9/11 aspect of “Hope and Other Punchlines” by Julie Buxbaum, we struggled to connect to the characters. Also, miscommunications, withheld communications, not really our thing… Pearl...

This week is our first discussion in our new Book Club series! We are excited to be talking about a book we loved that came out earlier this year, Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum. Spoilers ahead! For the full schedule of our Book Club picks, check out our website. 

First Draft Episode #200: Special Anniversary Episode For the 200th episode of the First Draft with Sarah Enni podcast, previous guests sent in answers to questions like, where do you turn for inspiration? What are you hopes and dreams at this moment in your career? What do you do besides writing that makes you a more skillful storyteller? And, of course, any advice! Listen in to hear tips, tricks, and reassurances and encouragement from dozens of bestselling and award-winning writers! People Featured, and Links and Topics Mentioned, In This Episode Podcasts I listened to obsessively, which inspired me to start this podcast, include Fresh Air with Teri Gross, WTF with Marc Maron, and You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series, Carve the Mark duology and the forthcoming short story collection, The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future (listen to her First Draft podcasts here, here, and here) Kayla Cagan, author of Piper Perish and Art Boss (listen to her First Draft interview here) Will Hines, author of How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth (hear his First Draft episode here) Sara Farizan, author of Here to Stay, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, If You Could Be Mine (hear her First Draft interview here) Kass Morgan, author of The 100 series and Light Years (stay tuned for her episode of First Draft!) Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Beasts Made of Night, Crown of Thunder, and War Girls series Tochi recommends playing narrative video games, like God of War, Assassin's Creed, or Red Dead Redemption Leigh Bardugo, author of the Shadow and Bone series and Six of Crows duology, and the forthcoming adult novel, Ninth House , and more (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Josh Gondelman, author of the forthcoming memoir Nice Try, writer and producer of “Desus and Mero” and Emmy-winning writer for “Last Week Tonight on John Oliver” (hear his First Draft interview soon!) Maris Kreizman, author of Slaughterhouse 90210 and host of LitHub’s The Maris Review podcast Ryan Graudin, author of the Wolf by Wolf, Invictus, The Walled City, and more (hear her First Draft interview here) Sabriel by Garth Nix Jason Reynolds, author of Look Both Ways, the Track series, Long Way Down, As Brave As You, All American Boys, and many more (stay tuned for his episode of First Draft) The New Yorker The Newberry Award; The National Book Award; The Pulitzer Prize Stephanie Garber, author of the Caraval series (listen to her First Draft episode here) Elana K. Arnold, author of A Boy Called Bat, Damsel, What Girls Are Made Of, Infandous, and more (listen to her First Draft episodes here and here) Lance Rubin, author of Denton's Little's Deathdate, Denton's Little's Still Not Dead, and Crying Laughing (listen to his First Draft episode here) Freedom (computer app) Deep Work Work by Cal Newport Courtney Summers, including Sadie, Cracked Up to Be, This Is Not a Test, Fall for Anything, All the Rage, Some Girls Are (hear her First Draft episodes here and here) “Real Romance,” The New Yorker profile about Nora Roberts Mary H. K. Choi, author of Emergency Contact and Permanent Record (stay tuned for her episode of First Draft) The Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) and Dia:Beacon Bridget Tyler, author of The Pioneer and The Survivor (listen to her First Draft episode here) Scientific American, which Veronica just subscribed to Samantha Mabry, author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison and All the Wind in the World (listen to her First Draft episode here) Elissa Sussman, author of Stray and Burn (listen to her First Draft interview here) Abdi Nazemian, author of Like a Love Story, The Authentics, and The Walk-In Closet (listen to his First Draft interview here) Madonna, the queen of Abdi’s book The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Morgan Matson, author of he Date, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, The Unexpected Everything, and more! (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Julie Buxbaum, author of Tell Me Three Things, What to Say Next, and Hope and Other Punchlines (listen to her First Draft interview here) Danielle Paige, author of Dorothy Must Die, Stealing Snow and Mera: Tidebreaker (listen to her First Draft episode here) David Yoon, author of Frankly in Love (stay tuned for his episode of First Draft!) Zan Romanoff, author of Look (due Spring 2020) and A Song to Take The World Apart and Grace and the Fever (listen to her First Draft interview here) Writing Workshops LA Francesca Lia Block, author of Weetzie Bat, The Thorn Necklace, and so many more (listen to her First Draft episode here) Aminah Mae Safi, author of Not the Girls You're Looking For and Tell Me How You Really Feel (listen to her First Draft interview here) Alex London, author of Black Wings Beating, Proxy, The Wild Ones series and more (listen to his First Draft episodes here and here) Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, Hold Still and more (hear her First Draft episodes here and here), and listen to Nina’s podcast, Keeping a Notebook Hamline University’s MFA program The Slow Novel Lab, Nina LaCour’s online course on writing Lilliam Rivera, author of Dealing In Dreams and The Education Of Margot Sanchez, (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Pseudonymous Bosch, aka Raphael Simon (author of the The Name of This Book is a Secret and the Bad Magic series, and more) and Shane Pangburn, who together created The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers (stay tuned for their First Draft episode!) Amy Lukavics, author of Daughters into Devils and The Ravenous (listen to her First Draft episode here) Maurene Goo, author of Somewhere Only We Know, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and The Way You Make Me Feel and Since You Asked (Listen to Maurene’s first, second, and third episodes of First Draft) That time Maurene interviewed Sarah Enni for this podcast! (The Sarah Enni episode of First Draft ) Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. 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Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every other teenager, with a few smallish exceptions: her famous alter ego, Baby Hope, is the subject of internet memes, she has asthma, and sometimes people spontaneously burst into tears when they recognize her. Abbi has lived almost her entire life in the shadow of the terrorist attacks of September 11. On that fateful day, she was captured in what became an iconic photograph: in the picture, Abbi (aka "Baby Hope") wears a birthday crown and grasps a red balloon; just behind her, the South Tower of the World Trade Center is collapsing. Now, fifteen years later, Abbi is desperate for anonymity and decides to spend the summer before her seventeenth birthday incognito as a counselor at Knights Day Camp two towns away. She's psyched for eight weeks in the company of four-year-olds, none of whom have ever heard of Baby Hope. Too bad Noah Stern, whose own world was irrevocably shattered on that terrible day, has a similar summer plan. Noah believes his meeting Baby Hope is fate. Abbi is sure it's a disaster. Soon, though, the two team up to ask difficult questions about the history behind the Baby Hope photo. But is either of them ready to hear the answers? Hope and Other Punchlines author Julie Buxbaum is in conversation with novelist and playright Kayla Cagan.

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Vessel, Star-Crossed, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Audible; Delacorte Press, publisher of Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum; and Ritual. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: The Confessions of Frannie Langton: A Novel by Sara Collins How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir by Kate Mulgrew Star-Crossed: A Novel by Minnie Darke Vessel: A Novel by Lisa A. Nichols The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love by Keith S. Wilson What we're reading: Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierszawska Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky More books out this week: The Royal Secret: A Novel by Lucinda Riley The Naked Truth: A Memoir by Leslie Morgan The Missing Season by Gillian French Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker Where We Come From: A Novel by Oscar Cásares Talking to Strangers: Selected Essays, Prefaces, and Other Writings, 1967-2017 by Paul Auster The Organs of Sense: A Novel by Adam Ehrlich Sachs The Summer of Ellen by Agnete Friis and Sinead Quirke Kongerskov Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters  Biloxi: A Novel by Mary Miller The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption by Ben Mezrich Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass Birthday: A Novel by Meredith Russo The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia by Marin Sardy The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California by Mark Arax White Peak: A Thriller by Ronan Frost Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan It's Hot in the Hamptons: A Novel by Holly Peterson Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small Prairie Fever by Michael Parker The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop) by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall Kingsbane (The Empirium Trilogy) by Claire Legrand The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin Cari Mora by Thomas Harris Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde Waisted: A Novel by Randy Susan Meyers Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik Riots I Have Known by Ryan Chapman Little Glass Planet: Poems by Dobby Gibson Nima by Adam Popescu Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough Empty Words by Mario Levrero, Annie McDermott (translator) The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record by Jonathan Scott Going Off Script by Jen Wilde The Pursuit of Miss Heartbreak Hotel by Moe Bonneau Hold My Hand by Michael Barakiva The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan and Elaine Castillo The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

Julie Buxbaum is the author of warm, funny, feelsy adult and YA novels, including YA debut Tell Me Three Things, a story of anonymous letters, displacement, and first love, and her new book, Hope and Other Punch Lines, about unwanted fame and the personal fallout of a national tragedy, set over the course of one long, life-changing summer. We talked to Buxbaum about hard questions, the click that happens when you know a story is right, and feeling like you're just playing at being a grownup.

Julie Buxbaum is a brilliant, best-selling author whose latest Young Adult novel, “Hope and Other Punch Lines,” just arrived in bookstores. She’s also a total sweetheart whom Christy doesn’t get to see often enough. Julie discusses growing up as an obsessive reader and studious girl in suburban New York, going to Harvard Law School (which she loved) and her brief career as a lawyer (which she didn’t love), and taking the leap into becoming a novelist. We also talk about what her process is when she starts a new book and how she tackles writer’s block. Please try to tune out the police helicopter circling overhead for a big chunk of our conversation — it’s all part of our glamorous life in the big city! — and enjoy.

Amanda and Jenn discuss funny audiobooks, Marvel reads, monsters, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins, and Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Feedback The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante (rec’d by Michelle)   Questions 1. Hello! My daughter is 10 and in the 5th grade. She has recently discovered all the Marvel movies and has watched them over and over. Some of the movies are a little…intense…but the genie is well out of the bottle, so . (I can’t say I’m too sad, because I love them also.) She also loves the TV show Agents of SHIELD. She recently asked me if she could read some of the Marvel graphic novels/comics. I haven’t read a lot myself—some Thor, Vision, and Black Panther, all of which I enjoyed very much. I handed her my Black Panther (Ta-Nehisi Coates), but she had trouble understanding it. The Thor and Vision I have read are graphic in the sex and violence department, which I’m not super crazy about her reading. So… Are there any Marvel graphic novels appropriate for her age group? And before you rec Ms Marvel, she really wants to read about these MCU characters she has fallen in love with. A little about her: She’s a prolific reader of fantasy, with particular loves for Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. She is reading The List, the Unwanteds series, and the School of Good and Evil series right now (and she’s always re-reading Harry Potter!). Anything you can recommend would be awesome! Thanks! -Brooke   2. My name is Candice, & my partner and I are driving from San Antonio, TX to Colorado Springs, CO for our first vacation. We would like to listen to an audiobook or two along the way; however, we would like something that we can both enjoy. Extra points for a book set in Colorado or with a Road tripping theme, though it is not required. We are both POCs, so an author that reflects that would be ideal. Trigger warnings include any form of sexual assault/abuse. To help: He’s an avid D&D player, and his reading likes include “Gritty Fantasy, Speculative Sci-Fi, & Witty Comedy”. His favorite authors are Brandon Sanderson, Issac Asimov, William Gibson, & Douglas Adams. He also really enjoyed the book Captain Freedom. My all-time favorite series is the Wayward Children Novellas by Seanan McGuire (Beneath the Sugar Sky was my Fav) & the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers is a close follow-up. I am currently reading How Long ‘til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin, and cannot get enough of it. Other Science Fiction & Fantasy books of note for me are Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Circe by Madeline Miller, Roses and Rot by Kat Howard, & The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel. I also really love atmospheric thrillers & horror novels (the creepier the better). And if it helps, we both loved the Netflix show Russian Doll. Thank you so much for your book recommendation assistance! -Candice   3. I am currently in a reading drought. I am hoping that you will help me find a new series to enjoy. I have enjoyed Still Alice (Lisa Genova), an ember in the ashes (sabba tahir), snow child (eowyn ivey), the giver (Louis Lowry) and the Tattooist Of auschwitz (heather morris). Please help me find something similar. The snow child and the giver are my two all time favorite books. Open to anything minus non-fiction Thank you. -Kelsey   4. I am traveling to West Virginia in July for two reasons: 1. To visit my husbands family and 2. To do research for a short story that I’m writing about a haunted coal mine. For both these reasons, I want to learn a lot more about West Virginian culture, life, history, etc. I have already read Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina and The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake by Breece D’J Pancake and enjoyed both very much. I am not super picky, especially for something like this where I’m just trying to absorb as much knowledge about the history, culture, and how it shaped the lives of those in the region. I look forward to your recommendations — thanks! -Daniela   5. Hi all, I’m looking for some read-alikes for my sister and me. For my sister, I’m looking for a good book to get her as a graduation present. Her all-time favorite book is Girl Reading by Katie Ward, and I’ve heard her complain on multiple occasions that she can’t find anything else quite like it—which I would love to change! She generally tends towards magical realism, feminist literature, and something-is-slightly-off type plots (like in Never Let You Go by Kazuo Ishiguro). For me, I have a serious book hangover from Isabel Allende’s Island Beneath the Sea. I originally picked it up because it deals with the Haitian Revolution (I lived in Haiti for a year) but was just blown away by the style and mood of it; I’ve never so wanted to describe a book as sensual! I liked how the time moved so fluidly and the view points shifted subtlety but distinctly and also smaller details, such as the masterful way that Allende handled the continued rape of the main character, a slave woman, both as off-hand in the way that it would be treated at the time and yet as absolutely brutal and despicable. It doesn’t have to be set in the same era/place or deal with the same themes of slavery, etc; I just want something to make me Feel like this book did! THANK YOU, -C   6. Hello ! I Need some audiobooks recommendations. Something I can easily follow while doing my housework after baby goes to bed. One audiobook I LOVED was “The Year of Yes” I Would really like something non fiction again. Maybe some humour or a memoir but Nothing too sad please. Thanks -Stef   7. Hello wonderful people, I’m trying to deal with lots of the things right now. My wife is traveling a lot and I miss her. So I’m escaping into the world of monsters. Specifically 1890s-1920s monster hunter goodness. I recently read S.A. Sidor’s fury from the tomb and the Beast of Nightfell Hall as well as the 4 books in Rick Yancey’s Monstrumolgist series and am looking for more in that vein. I love the arcane vocabulary in those books as well as the sense of the exoticism of travel in the days before tv/ the internet. I also ADORE the relationship between Will Henry and Pellinore in the Monstrumologist. It’s so tortured and full of love and yet so horrible and that poor kid. Monsters are great but what I really need is a sense of the mysterious as well as a horrible sociopathic nihilist narrator voice combined with the inevitable longing for love and human connection. But monsters too if you can manage it. Thank you very very much and I hope you and everybody else has a great day. -Justin   Books Discussed Captain Marvel Vol 1: In Pursuit of Flight, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Dexter Soy and Emma Rios Spidey Vol. 1: First Day by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Nick Bradshaw Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal by Preeti Chhibber, illustrated by George Clements and Stéphane Kardos (out June 4) The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (TW mention of sexual assault) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Sugar Run by Mesha Maren (TW homophobia) What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (TW PTSD) The Book of Night Women by Marlon James (many trigger warnings) My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan Borderline by Mishell Baker (tw: suicide, self-harm)

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Bride Test, Somewhere Only We Know, Furious Hours, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Always Smile by Alice Kuipers from KCP Loft, and The Invited by Jennifer McMahon. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel by Juliet Grames Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo The Bride Test by Helen Hoang The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday by Rob Walker Soon the Light Will Be Perfect: A Novel by Dave Patterson Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer What we're reading: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table by Rick Bragg More books out this week: Beautiful Revolutionary by Laura Elizabeth Woollett Such a Perfect Wife: A Novel (Bailey Weggins Mysteries) by Kate White The East End by Jason Allen Jaclyn Hyde by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen Monsieur Mediocre: One American Learns the High Art of Being Everyday French by John von Sothen The Death of Noah Glass by Gail Jones Exiles of Eden by Ladan Ali Osman The Missing of Clairdelune: Book Two of The Mirror Visitor Quartet by Christelle Dabos and Hildegarde Serle How We Disappeared: A Novel by Jing-Jing Lee Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Original Prin by Randy Boyagoda New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent by Margaret Busby Just South of Home by Karen Strong Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations by Craig Ferguson Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby Outside the Gates of Eden by Lewis Shiner The Lingering by Sji Holliday The Last Time I Saw You: A Novel by Liv Constantine Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back by Gary John Bishop The Yankee Widow by Linda Lael Miller The Woman in the Blue Cloak by Deon Meyer How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox Finale: A Caraval Novel by Stephanie Garber Loudermilk: Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World by Lucy Ives Finding Orion by John David Anderson Nocturna by Maya Motayne The Guest Book: A Novel by Sarah Blake No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder The Body in the Wake: A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page The Unpassing: A Novel by Chia-Chia Lin Cinderella Liberator by Rebecca Solnit and Arthur Rackham Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (Illustrator) Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali China Dream by Ma Jian and Flora Drew Above the Ether by Eric Barnes The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience by Lee McIntyre Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond Juliet the Maniac: A Novel by Juliet Escoria With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Absence of Sparrows by Kurt Kirchmeier Last Things by Jacqueline West Black Mountain (An Isaiah Coleridge Novel) by Laird Barron Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler Gather at the River: Twenty-Five Authors on Fishing by David Joy and Eric Rickstad Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors: A Novel by Sonali Dev Is, Is Not: Poems by Tess Gallagher The Archive of Alternate Endings: Stories by Lindsey Drager Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins The Daughter's Tale: A Novel by Armando Lucas Correa Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle and Isaac Goodhart The Farm: A Novel by Joanne Ramos Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum Westside by W.M. Akers The Charmer in Chaps by Julia London The Cowboy and His Baby by Jessica Clare HUMANS: A Brief History of How We Fcked It All Up by Tom Phillips Million Mile Road Trip by Rudy Rucker The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer A Devil Comes to Town by Paolo Maurensig, Anne Milano Appel Nightingale by Paisley Rekdal Again, but Better: A Novel by Christine Riccio Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff A Craftsman’s Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning by Eric Gorges and Jon Sternfeld The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois and Rhonda Mullins Sleepless Night by Margriet de Moor and David Doherty Scott Pilgrim Color Collection Box Set by Bryan Lee O'Malley Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board by Vince Houghton Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi and Sarah Tanat-Jones Angel Bones by Ilyse Kusnetz The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science by Shaili Jain  A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do: A Novel by Pete Fromm No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco Atomic Frenchie, Vol. 2 by Tom Sniegoski and Tom McWeeney All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making by Jared Yates Sexton After the Party: A Novel by Cressida Connolly A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 Years in Hollywood by Irwin Winkler Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette Howland The Unquiet Heart by Kaite Welsh State of the Union: A Marriage in Ten Parts by Nick Hornby The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum The Paris Diversion: A Novel by Chris Pavone At Home with Muhammad Ali by Hana Ali Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox (Illustrator) The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby Electric Forest by Tanith Lee Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings The Latte Factor: Why You Don't Have to Be Rich to Live Rich by David Bach and John David Mann Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art of LGBTQ by Andy Campbell When Darkness Loves Us (Paperbacks from Hell) by Elizabeth Engstrom Folded Wisdom: Notes from Dad on Life, Love, and Growing Up by Joanna Guest The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel by Kim Michele Richardson The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI by Lauren Johnson The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

~It's gonna be MAYYYY~ Sorry, Justin. Today we're talking about the books we're most excited about that are coming out in May (oh my god, it's May)... You know the drill.   Books Mentioned in this episode The Farm by Joanne Ramos The Bride Test by Helen Hoang The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla & Chimene Suleyman Cari Mora by Thomas Harris Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Tubman Command by Elizabeth Cobbs Kingsbane by Claire LeGrand Biloxi by Mary Miller Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones Anna of Cleve by Alison Weir We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson There's Something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell The Obsoletes by Simeon Mills The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Again, but Better by Christine Riccio Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

Here are our picks for this special Valentine's Day edition of our Hotties of the Month: Lord Carlston from The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman Prinz Soren from Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian Romeo Anderson from the #Hashtag Series by Cambria Hebert Aiden Callahan from the Hearts Revenge Series by Cole Jaimes Noah Stern from Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum Caleb from The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons Here's our list of Honorable Mentions: Athan from Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway Loom from The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano Jordan Tuttle from You Promised Me Forever by Monica Murphy Jesse Lachlin from Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry Ignifex from Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge Gideon Pruitt from Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills We also mentioned Jase (from My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick) and Jase (from The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson). Because of course we did.