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In this episode, we talk about grouping in classroom environments. Things that bring us joy this week: James by Percival Everett (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738749/james-by-percival-everett/) Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (https://reesesbookclub.com/book/erotic-stories-for-punjabi-widows/) Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)

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Gather ‘round, Awesomes! Today's conversation is a big one; the time has come for the final episode in our Midlife with Mindy and Meg series. Sorta Awesome regular Mindy Brouse joins Meg for one last conversation in the midlife series that so many in our Awesome community have loved, and to close out the series, they are talking all things midlife books and reading. From helpful guides to permenopause to captivating storytelling featuring midlife characters, there is definitely a book for everyone on today's list! FIND THE ENTIRE MIDLIFE WITH MINDY AND MEG SERIES HERE Not a Super Star yet? Today is a great day to become one! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: *Green Chef: For Green Chef's best deal of the year, get $250 off with code awesome250 at GreenChef.com/awesome250 *Notion: Try Notion AI for free when you go to Notion.com/sorta SHOW NOTES: Mindy's AotW: Stay Badass tank or shirt Slippers: XIHALOOK House Slippers Book: Hidden Potential by Adam Grant Meg's AotW: The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy @holygnocchi on TikTok MIDLIFE BOOKS: Fast Like a Girl A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones, Dr. Mindy Pelz The Menopause Manifesto Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism, Dr. Jen Gunter Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again, Jancee Dunn The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond Hardcover, Dr. Louann Brizendine Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen “Second Spring: The Self-Care Guide to Menopause,” by Kate Codrington The Galveston Diet by Dr. Mary Claire Haver The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Queen Bee by Ciara Geraghty The Change by Kirsten Miller Broken Light by Joanne Harris Wayward by Dana Spiotta Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal MORE EPISODES FROM SORTA AWESOME: Ep. 427: Let's Talk About Midlife: The struggle is real in the clothes closet Ep. 380: Let's Talk About Midlife: Brain Fog and Cycle Chaos Ep. 395: Let's Talk About Midlife: Parenting Our Parents and Life in the Middle Ep. 401: Let's Talk About Midlife: The Ups and Downs of Sex! You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Find Mindy on Instagram! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don't forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! This post may contain affiliate links, which means we receive a tiny commission from the seller at no additional cost to you, if you purchase from them. We only share products and services we have used, tested, and love ourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Angela speaks with writer and editor Nimarta Narang, who has worked as a journalist since she was 15 in Thailand and currently oversees Brown Girl Magazine's literary vertical, commissioning and publishing original fiction from established and emerging South Asian writers.  Brown Girl Magazine, a multimedia company created by and for South Asian womxn, believes in storytelling as a powerful tool for community building. Their team encompasses and welcomes women, femmes, men, gender non-conforming, queer, and transgender individuals living across the diaspora including the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.  Angela and Nimarta discuss the publication's anthology “Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted,” (edited by Gabrielle Deonath and Kamini Ramdeen) which features over 30 deeply personal stories exploring South Asian experiences with specificity; coming of age and studying in cities around the world; her work to amplify expansive narratives through the BGM platform and advocate for more inclusive media and publishing industries; and a few contemporary writers currently inspiring her.  Nimarta's podcast and book recs include: The Chaat Room, hosted by Keertana Sastry & Nikitha Menon — in partnership with Brown Girl Magazine — featuring interviews with South Asians in Hollywood, on and off the screen. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Books by Adiba Jaigirdar Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me by Sopan Deb Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Angela speaks with writer and editor Nimarta Narang, who has worked as a journalist since she was 15 in Thailand and currently oversees Brown Girl Magazine's literary vertical, commissioning and publishing original fiction from established and emerging South Asian writers.  Brown Girl Magazine, a multimedia company created by and for South Asian womxn, believes in storytelling as a powerful tool for community building. Their team encompasses and welcomes women, femmes, men, gender non-conforming, queer, and transgender individuals living across the diaspora including the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.  Angela and Nimarta discuss the publication's anthology “Untold: Defining Moments of the Uprooted,” (edited by Gabrielle Deonath and Kamini Ramdeen) which features over 30 deeply personal stories exploring South Asian experiences with specificity; coming of age and studying in cities around the world; her work to amplify expansive narratives through the BGM platform and advocate for more inclusive media and publishing industries; and a few contemporary writers currently inspiring her.  Nimarta's podcast and book recs include: The Chaat Room, hosted by Keertana Sastry & Nikitha Menon — in partnership with Brown Girl Magazine — featuring interviews with South Asians in Hollywood, on and off the screen. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Books by Adiba Jaigirdar Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me by Sopan Deb Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thinks week I speak with Emily Achler, founder of Italic Type. She recommends books, speaks with us about her online book community and talks bout how she selects her next read. Books Recommended: Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih GhaliOne's Company by Ashley HutsonErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur JaswalOur Crooked Hearts by Melissa AlbertThe Power by Naomi AldermanPaperbacks:Assembly Natasha BrownHao: Stories by Ye ChunLandslide by Susan ConleySill Life by Sarah Winman Other Books Mentioned: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesLady in the Lake by Laura LippmanDark matter by Blake CrouchRecursion by Blake CrouchUp Next for Us:Woman: An intimate Geography by Natalie AngierWildcat by Amelia MorrisGet a free ticket to Bookie Con! Find out more about Emily Achler and Italic Type on social media:Twitter @italictype                 @Ea_sportz Instagram @italictype                       @emilylaurelWebsite: italictype.comwww.athleticgreens/emerging Support the show

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Mary and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a fabulous buddy read and a young reader milestone Current Reads: this week we have a lot of books we really loved. There may be gushing. Deep Dive: an on-ramp to romance, from fade to black to spicy fun Book Presses: a perfectly midwestern story and a short story collection As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . :28 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:53 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:12 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 3:37 - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann 4:57 - Current Reads 5:13 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (Mary) 7:40 - Erdrich's Bookshop Birchbark Books 9:12 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony (Kaytee) 11:52 - To Sir With Love by Lauren Layne (Mary) 14:23 - Dear White Peacemakers by Osheta Moore (Kaytee) 14:45 - Shalom Sistas by Osheta Moore  14:46 - Season 4: Episode 14 16:57 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (Mary) 17:13 - Cackle by Rachel Harrison  20:01 - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (Kaytee) 20:29 - Dumplin by Julie Murphy 22:10 - By the Book by Jasmine Guillory  22:48 - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London 23:03 - Deep Dive: Our Romance On Ramp 26:20 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 26:22 - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center 26:24 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 27:01 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 27:10 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer  27:33 - Fat Chance Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado 27:48 - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon 28:24 - To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 29:03 - A Pho Love Story by Loan Le  29:05 - Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 29:09 - To Sir With Love by Lauren Layne 29:35 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 29:36 - Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott 30:09 - The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding 30:23 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 31:15 - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #1) 31:55 - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy 32:27 - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 32:28 - Landline by Rainbow Rowell 32:29 - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 32:47 - The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 32:48 - Beach Read by Emily Henry 32:54 - The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary  33:36 - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 33:40 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 34:15 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 34:18 - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid  34:19 - After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid 35:28 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 35:29 - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 36:11 - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall 36:16 - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun 36:57 - Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller 36:58 - The Brightest Star in Paris by Diana Biller 37:32 - The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling 37:53 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams 38:22 - Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory  39:32 - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal 42:50 - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 43:06 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (Mary) 44:54 - Minisode w/ J. Ryan Stradal 45:21- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

We read books recommended by Lauren, our in-house librarian, who is still out of commission, and it's unanimous. She's a book whisperer.Aileen read and thoroughly enjoyed Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal a lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages.Alisa read Deborah Harkness's A Discovery of Witches and her lifelong mission now is go out to dinner with Deborah.And Josie became a Naomi Novik fangirl for life after reading A Deadly Education.

The Lauren Drought continues, but in her absence we discuss books that she picked out for us, and it's unanimous. Every book was a perfect fit. We conclude that Lauren must be a book whisperer. As per Lauren's suggestion, Aileen read and thoroughly enjoyed Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal a lively, sexy, and...

In this episode we are stepping into V.C. Andrews' notorious novel "Flowers in the Attic" and its sequel "Petals on the Wind". It's an equally sexy and skeevy episode in which we discuss the Gothic tradition, the incest scale, and the puberty sweats. With that said, this is an official content note (CN) that we discuss rape and incest in this episode so tread lightly if these are sensitive subjects for you. We recommend, if possible, that you listen to this episode with your sibling. Media Referenced: Silkwood (film) Castle Rock (Hulu Original) The Mist by Stephen King 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King Dracula by Bram Stoker Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte We Have Always Live in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Erasure by Percival Everett Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

For our Unabridged Book Club pick for August of 2021, we're discussing Balli Kaur Jaswal's Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. We talk about our overall impressions, what worked for us, some quotations, and then we pair this one with other books we think readers who loved this would enjoy including Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X, Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi, and Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians.   Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode.   Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.   Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.

I had so much fun speaking with author Sonali Dev, creator of Bollywood-style love stories with a multicultural cast of characters you will definitely root for! I love her Bay Area based, Jane Austen inspired series based on the Raje family - the latest of which just released and is a great end of summer read! Join me in hearing how this architect turned into a full-time author, how being too chatty got her everywhere in life and what's next for her and the fabulous Rajes! Listen now on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you're listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world! SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 57:Connect with Sonali via her website and instagramSonali's books on Bookshop.org and Amazon.comJane Austen - because it's time for a re-read!JANE AUSTEN SCREEN ADAPTATIONS WE DISCUSSED:Pride & Prejudice (Colin Firth edition) and the Keira Knightley onePersuasion (1995)Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility with interesting commentary on how Emma Thompson's screenplay updated the men in the best possible way in The AtlanticBOOKS and MORE:Write my name across the sky by Barbara O'NealThe Dating Plan by Sara DesaiErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur JaswalA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryFollow us on Instagram for more on our guests and everything we mentioned in this episode! Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!Join me in hearing how this architect turned into a full-time author, how being too chatty got her everywhere in life and what's next for her and the fabulous Rajes! Listen now on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or iTunes and please take a second to rate us wherever you're listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

In this hilarious comedy of manners set in Mumbai, where modernity jostles with tradition, Balli Kaur Jaswal's Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows meets Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians. Modernity jostles with tradition in this romantic comedy as Zoya must choose between her family's expectations and the opportunity of a lifetime. Zoya is not a perfect Indian daughter. She's overweight, independent and unmarried in a society that values slim, obedient women. And at 26, she is hurtling towards her expiration date in Mumbai's arranged marriage super-mart. But when her family's matchmaking finally works, everything seems to be on the up - all until she is offered a dream job in New York City. Zoya must now make the choice of a lifetime, but not without a few cultural casualties and, of course, an accidental love story along the way....

Balli Kaur Jaswal is the award winning author of Inheritance, Sugarbread, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, and The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters. Jaswal's short fiction and non-fiction writing have appeared in the UK Sunday Express, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, Conde Nast Traveller and Best Australian Short Stories, among other publications and periodicals. She has travelled widely to appear in international writers festivals to conduct workshops and lectures on creative writing, pursuing an artistic career, the power of storytelling, global citizenship and social justice advocacy through literature. A former writing fellow at the University of East Anglia, Jaswal has taught creative writing at Yale-NUS College and Nanyang Technological University where she is currently pursuing a PhD. Get to know her with 11 questions! You can also watch a video version of this conversation on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more. instagram.com/11questionspod | twitter.com/11questionspod

Each month, Reese Witherspoon selects a book that she loves and has a woman at the centre of the narrative for her Book Club, and in this episode Jess and Lauren discuss some of their favourites. Not only this, but they are joined by special guest, author Flynn Berry, to talk all about her new book Northern Spy and what her reaction was to being selected as the April Reese's Book Club pick! Books Mentioned in this Episode: Northern Spy by Flynn Berry, Milkman by Anna Burns, The Troubles With Us by Alix O'Neill, The Last Mrs Parrish by Liv Constantine, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, The Cactus by Sarah Haywood, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'Antonia, Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, Outlawed by Anna North. Competition Time: We have partnered with Books That Matter to gift one lucky listener a free Books The Matter gift box! To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is subscribe, rate and review this podcast. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts leave a review and put your Instagram handle as your 'Nickname', if you're listening on another platform, subscribe then share our podcast on your instagram story and we'll track your entry that way. Each month a winner will be selected at random and informed via Instagram. Get in Touch: Instagram: @bookreccos Email: bookreccos@gmail.com Jingle written and produced by Alex Thomas licensed exclusively for Book Reccos - you can visit his website here

This week we're discussing Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, narrated by Meera Syal. The story follows a young Punjabi feminist called Nikki, who takes what she believes to be a creative writing job at her local temple. She quickly learns that these women are illiterate and have their own way of learning to read and write. The story then picks up and becomes about loneliness, desire and sexuality within the group. - These are women who have spent their lives in the shadows of fathers, brothers and husbands, being dutiful, raising children and going to temple, but whose inner lives are as rich and fruitful as their untold stories. Join us for our next live event and taping on Sunday, 28th March at 4:00 pm UK time, where we'll be getting stuck into Through The Leopards Gaze by Njambi McGrath.You can register to attend at contentisqueen.org/abc4/ the link is also in the show notes. If you can't make it feel free to send your thoughts and even your questions to us on Whatsapp at +447715 408831 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Audiobook Club -the monthly event and podcast where we celebrate and discuss Black, Asian, Queer and female narratives in literature. Every month we meet with other Audiobookworms to discuss an Audiobook recommended by you.For our next episode, we're joined by 12 audiobookworms to discuss Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. Here's what you can expect from episode 2:Strong opinionsHumble disagreementsAND Revelations from our featured guest Shvorne MarksEpisode 2 will be available on Sunday 21st Feb! Make sure you don't miss this episode by subscribing to AudioBook Club today on your favourite podcast player.Remember you can get involved too! Attend AudioBook Club Live on Sunday 28th Feb at 4 pm UK time. We're currently listening to Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal narrated by Meera Syal. To come along visit HTTP://contentisqueen.org/abc3 This is a safe and inclusive space so you can attend and be an audiobookworm even if you've *read* and not listened to the book.See you soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows" by Balli Kaur Jaswal.  There are a lot of genres.  We debate fantasy situations.  We have our first cocktail of the season!

There are few things as intimate as listening to a podcast, reading is one of them.  On this episode, we speak with Singaporean novelist, Balli Kaur Jaswal, about the role stories play in helping us explore and intimate side of ourselves, in a culture and society that’s modern and yet conservative all the same. Balli’s international debut novel, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows has attracted the likes of international book clubs, including Reese Witherspoon’s!  The episode was presented as part of Night Spin 182.7 FM, a programme curated by The Arts House, commissioned by Singapore Writers Festival and organised by National Arts Council. Listen to the full episode on www.swfspin.live now!

Jen and Jennifer discuss four diverse books that tell the stories of women finding their strength in community, family, tradition and more. They discuss: “Upright Women Wanted” by Sarah Gailey, “Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows” by Balli Kaur Jaswal, “Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want” by Ruby Tandoh and “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle

In this super casual, unscripted mini-episode, I go through the twelve books I read this month and provide some brief opinions and reviews, and rank the books from least favorite to favorite. No spoilers! (Books discussed in this episode: Born Confused, Charlotte's Web, Ender's Game, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, Half God's, Herzog, Good Talk, The Land, Much Ado About Nothing, Solve for Happy, Wow No Thank You, and The Vanishing Half

Even famous novelists sometimes don't get paid on time! Just ask Balli Jaswal.She is well known for her novels Inheritance, Sugarbread and Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, but even that didn't help getting paid on time for work commissioned by VOGUE India.In this edition of the RIABU podcast, she describes what happened, and Simon Littlewood offers some guidance and advice for all freelancers to avoid a similar situation.

It's Pride and Juneteenth! Rachel and Rashmila discuss their current reads, current events, and how racism runs through families and the larger society. Here are some of the books that we mentioned in our podcast. More recommendations for Juneteenth and Pride are on our social media sites. Fierce Fairy Tales by Nikita Gill The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson A Study in Charlotte and The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaiswal How we Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian The Priory fo the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Blache and the Talent Tenth by Barbara Neely My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches by Audre Lorde This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

In this week's episode, Candace and Dan talk about getting back on their morning routines to feel better throughout the day, what it takes to be successful, how procrastination causes more stress, and what they're both reading lately. Dan is reading Upstream and highly recommends it for anyone who feels reactive in life, or like they're always struggling to solve problems. Candace is reading Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows and recommends it for anyone who'd like a fun and quick read. Since measures were put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, we have had to close the physical doors of our studio. With most of us at home, we know that it can be tough to stay motivated. We’re offering live workout and yoga classes on zoom priced on a sliding scale so you have one of us leading you through the class, doing it together in real-time. You can sign up for a class here. All of our classes are filmed and then offered for rental or purchase starting at $1.99 at gumroad.com/yogabycandace.  This episode is brought to you in partnership with BodyChek Wellness. Their organic, non-GMO hemp is grown, harvested, extracted and bottled in the United States and is third party tested to ensure the highest quality. I’ve been using their Full Spectrum CBD oil to improve sleep, reduce inflammation, and provide an increased sense of calm throughout the day. Use code YBC35 for 35% off your order at www.bodychekwellness.com You can find daily blog post updates at: www.YogaByCandace.com. Instagram: @yogabycandace Join our Facebook community: YogaByCandace on FB Follow the new Namaslay® Studios, a boutique yoga and fitness Studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut on Instagram: @namaslay_studios Follow @namaslay_strength on Instagram for strength building tips for yogis. Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers Yoga Retreats and Teacher Trainings: 2019 - 2020 YBC® Retreats and Namaslay® Yoga Teacher Trainings Mantra Box®, our quarterly discovery box that supports small business: Small Business Love with the Mantra Box® Namaslay® Merch: Get your Namaslay® Swag - mugs, notebooks, candles, apparel and more! And the Namaslay Book: Get your copy on Amazon

Come one, come all, it's time for another edition of #Millennial! Where the adulting is pretend and the talk is real. Have you filled out the census (https://2020census.gov/) yet? Don't forget to be counted! We'll be hosting a coffee break with our friends over at MuggleCast (https://www.mugglecast.com) , open to all! Join us Wednesday 4/1 from 3-4 PM EST - links will be posted on social! The Number is back to show us just how much more time we're all spending streaming, gaming, and binging. In happy news, many of us have purportedly reverted to simpler methods of entertainment: puzzle making, cooking, going for actual WALKS. To keep ourselves entertained for the long haul, we're committing to catching up on pop culture we've missed: Laura will watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Andrew The West Wing, and Pam The Matrix trilogy. Will they or won't they provide ventilators to NYC's overwhelmed hospitals? This week in Corona gives the latest updates on the pandemic, as well as breaks down what to expect from the $2 trillion stimulus passed by Congress last week. Laura's successfully gotten a deferral on a few of her monthly bills for April, and she's got some tips about how you can too! BAE Ning Xi joins us all the way from Singapore, and clearly has superior internet to all of us. We chat about working out from home (WOFH?) with Ning Xi, and she shares her journey as well as her favorite at-home work out tips. Looking for more to keep you entertained during #shelterinplace? This week's recommendations have got you, fam: One Day At A Time season 4 (Pam), Man of Medan for PS4 (Laura), Ozark season 3 (Andrew), and "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows" by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Ning Xi). This week's episode is sponsored by Talkspace (https://www.talkspace.com or download the app and enter code MILL for $100 off your first month) and ThirdLove (https://www.thirdlove.com/millennial for 15% off your first purchase). Support #Millennial by supporting our sponsors! And to play us out this week... the incredible, the insatiable... Joe Exotic, with "Here Kitty Kitty." God help us. And in this week's installment of After Dark: Pam and Andrew both have folks in their lives not taking COVID-19 seriously. How to handle people in your life who are putting others at risk! New York City put out some delightful recommendations for safe sex amidst COVID-19, and we're here to share their dos and don'ts. Sex, ok! Kissing, however, might give you the 'rona. Patrons sound off about how their sex lives have been impacted by Miss 'Rona. Remember, you are your safest sex partner!

In this episode, there's cultural relativism, but then there's cultural relativism; we discuss robot-arranged marriages and give our final verdict on incest; we pour one out for Miles Davis.

It's time for our annual Jilted Indian book club episode! We are joined by resident book expert, fellow shitty Indian, and protest sister, Ishita Patel Kent, to discuss Balli Kaur Jaswal's Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. Come for a discussion of Desi themes throughout the narrative, and stay for the vegetable metaphors! 1.8.20 Note: We neglected to include a Trigger Warning in the episode itself. There is some talk about child marriage and all that entails in this episode around 31:40 until 32:45. We apologize for the oversight. Show Notes here: https://jiltedindianpod.com/2020/01/02/s3-be4-erotic-stories-for-punjabi-widows/ Connect with us @JiltedIndianPod on Twitter and Instagram. Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JiltedIndianPod Like and Subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. Follow Anju: @FountofSarcasm Follow Miranda: @MirandaGeorge Follow Puja: @Meanrice Follow Ishita: @ishiekent

This week we discuss the certain aftermath of the Game Awards, Mainly about the things that were announced and the things that won! We also go into things as to why Chris doesn't like Dragon Ball Fighterz. Come check out our channel on Youtube @Aus Plays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHk5TuiDfvC_yp4yEIG33nw Intro - Electric Joy ride -Origins

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A SPECIAL BOOK CLUB EPISODE WITH SASS In this special episode of Masala Podcast, I’m discussing the book ‘Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows' by Balli Kaur Jaswal with Shirin Shah who’s the Co-founder of SASS - South Asian Sisters Speak (SASS) as well as Mahek Mehta and Maryam Siddiqui who’ve been part of previous SASS book clubs. Described as ‘warm and hilariously funny’ – this gem of a book takes on a big taboo: sexuality among older South Asian women. We read some (saucy) extracts from the book, we discuss lots of important themes like the ‘de-sexualisation’ of older South Asian women. We talk about our perceptions of what is acceptable in South Asian culture vs. Western culture. We explore what physical displays of affections (or the lack of them) mean for us growing up as women in our culture. This is a really special episode for me, because we connected, we chatted about some important themes and we had such a laugh. ABOUT MASALA PODCAST The Spotify award-winning Masala Podcast is a show for South Asian women, where we talk about all those things that we’re NOT supposed to talk about in our culture. Sex, sexuality, periods, menopause, mental health, shame, sexual harassment and many more taboos. SOUTH ASIAN SISTERS SPEAK (SASS) Contact Shirin Shat of SASS: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/weare_sass/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/weare_sass Website: https://southasiansistersspeak.wordpress.com/ Contact Mahek Mehta Insta: @mahek_ Twitter: @mahekstweets Contact Maryam Siddiqui Insta: @quiyam9 Twitter: @msid93 ABOUT THE AUTHOR https://www.ballijaswal.com/ Link to buy the book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M70UBQ6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Masala Podcast Producer: Hana Walker-Brown Multi-Award-Winning Documentary Maker www.hanawalkerbrown.com Music Credit: Sunny Robertson @sunnyrobertsonmusics FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MY PLATFORM SOUL SUTRAS Website: https://soulsutras.co.uk Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Soul_Sutras Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulsutras/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulSutrasNetwork/ Click here to join the Soul Sutras newsletter: https://soulsutras.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ddd9c3fdfeb58cecbc5d8a6b2&id=99fbec55d9

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 23:Meenal's beautiful website where you can find her books and some gorgeous photos, including some of her lovely work space.Priya Dreams of Marigolds and Masala on AmazonPlease support the Kickstarter for What Color is My Hijab? by Hudda Ibrahim, which Meenal illustrated!!Other books and podcasts we discussed:Nimita's Place - our book club pick by Akshita Nanda, who will be on soon!The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur JaswalErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (how could I forget a title like that!?)Find Your Artistic Voice by Lisa CongdonArt for your Ear podcastHidden Brain podcastFollow us on Instagram for more on Meenal and everything we discussed in this episode! Her instagram page is @meenal_landSpecial thanks to Yoshobant Badatya and Aman Moroney @ Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

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Lit Set come join us as we discuss this Zane meets Law and Order novel set in Southall in the UK. We follow Nikki on her journey of self discovery and enlightenment as she gain an appreciation for her cultural. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is full of layers and we want to unpack some of them with you. IG @blackgirllit_ blackgirllityt@gmail.com About the Author BALLI KAUR JASWAL is the author of Inheritance, which was adapted into a film at the Singapore International Festival of the Arts in 2017. Her third novel Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was released internationally to critical acclaim in March 2017. Translation rights to this novel have been sold in11 different countries. Film rights to Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows have been acquired by Ridley Scott’s production company, Scott Free Productions and Film Four in the UK. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was also picked by Reese Witherspoon’s book club and The Girly Book Club in 2018. She has travelled widely to appear in international writers festivals to conduct workshops and lectures on creative writing, pursuing an artistic career, the power of storytelling, global citizenship and social justice advocacy through literature. A former writing fellow at the University of East Anglia, Jaswal has taught creative writing at Yale-NUS College and Nanyang Technological University where she is currently pursuing a PhD. Jaswal’s new novel, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters, was released in April 2019. The novel is a dark comedy following the travels of three British-Indian sisters on a pilgrimage in India to fulfil their late mother’s final wishes. Book Synopsis Every woman has a secret life . . . Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community. Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind. As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community’s "moral police." But when the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife—a modern woman like Nikki—and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.

In this episode we discuss our June buddy read which is Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/libraryoverload/support

This month we’re discussing Which Book Should We Read? Once a year we pick one title that we all read and discuss. This year we each suggest one title and are asking you to vote for which one we’ll read. Also discussed: Books & Beverages library displays, The Podcaster’s Dilemma, poetry clocks, touching, smelling, and tasting podcasts, and a fantasy novel that’s a collection of found and fragmentary historical documents. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards The Nominees! Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (Meghan’s pick) The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wong (RJ’s pick) The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (Anna’s pick) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Matthew’s pick) (It didn’t win the Hugo in early June 2016, so who knows what happened then.) Vote for which book we’ll read! (Polls will close by July 14th) Twitter Facebook Google Form (Shortlists only include books that none of us had read.) Meghan’s Shortlist Black Leopard, Red Wolf by by Marlon James All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and  Amelia Nagoski She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal RJ’s Shortlist Little Fish by Casey Plett nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon Mistakes to Run With by Yasuko Thanh Anna’s Shortlist Orlando by Virginia Woolf The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison We are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Matthew’s Shortlist Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey Links, Articles, and Things Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Canada Reads (Wikipedia) Meet the 2019 Combat national des livres contenders - The geographic region that got left out of Le combat des livres was BC Epistolary novel (Wikipedia) Episode 033 - Legal Thrillers Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (the fantasy novel) Masquerade, Initiation, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy: N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor in Conversation “I am still not sure what that [Afrofuturism] is,” Jemisin said. “I write what I write; you put whatever label makes you feel comfortable, have fun with it. I would write these stories whether they were getting published or not. […] I don’t have a problem with labeling, as long as it’s not too restrictive or conservative. People do try to hammer me into this little slot, but I don’t let them. I write what I feel like writing.” Suggest a genre or book! Fill out the form to suggest a genre or book! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, July 2nd when we’ll be talking about the non-fiction genre of True Crime! Then on Tuesday, July 16th we’ll be talking about the American Library Association annual conference and books we’re looking forward to in the second half of 2019!

This is the third episode in a series of discussions that will feature Kristen R. Ghodsee with various guests reflecting on Alexandra Kollontai's 1923 essay: "Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to Working Youth." In this essay, Kollontai works out her theories of how love and sexuality will be superior under socialism as compared to the bourgeois capitalist past. She provides a Marxist history of love and sex as ideals that change depending on how the ruling class uses them to promote their own economic interests. It is an essential essay in terms of thinking about the intersections of sexuality and political economy, and it was an important inspiration for Ghodsee's 2018 book: Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence. In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee speaks with Angelina Eimannsberger, a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Angelina hosts a bookstagram account, @indulgencezine, where she discusses novels and memoirs by contemporary women writers. Also mentioned in this episode are the books Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, The Matchmaker’s List, and Bastards of Utopia. Bastards of Utopia is also a documentary film, as is Knock down the house. The intro and outro music is a Russian version of The Internationale. More info about the host can be found at: www.kristenghodsee.comYou can follow Angelina Eimannsberger on Instagram at: @indulgencezineAlso see: AlexandraKollontai.com – A Website for All Things Kollontai

In Episode 18, Allison from the blog Mind Joggle joins me to talk about the mental load of motherhood, how to relieve it, and share books about motherhood. This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights Where the name Mind Joggle comes from. Why we both started our blogs (the reasons are similar and related to motherhood). How the mental load of being mothers can be overwhelming and how we try to “reclaim some of our brain space.” How to balance doing some things we personally want to do with keeping the trains running at home. What Spring and Summer reading is like for Moms. Why we’ve struck out with Liane Moriarty. Our favorite evil mothers of fiction. Our rant about Mother’s Day Brunch as a tradition. Allison’s Book Recommendations Two OLD Books She Loves The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:37] The Red Tent by Anita Diamant | Buy from Amazon [15:31] Two NEW Books She Loves The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sistersby Balli Kaur Jaswal | Buy from Amazon [18:56] Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton | Buy from Amazon [23:13] One Book She Didn’t Love What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:23] One New Release She’s Excited About On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (Release Date: June 4, 2019) | Buy from Amazon [31:42] Other Books Mentioned Circe by Madeline Miller (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [17:57] Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal | Buy from Amazon [22:21] The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [26:55] Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:52] The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:52] Modern Lovers by Emma Straub | Buy from Amazon [33:34] Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [33:41] There, There by Tommy Orange | Buy from Amazon [33:41] Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James | Buy from Amazon [33:52] A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James | Buy from Amazon [33:52] The Hours by Michael Cunningham | Buy from Amazon [33:52] The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich | Buy from Amazon [36:44] Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews | Buy from Amazon [37:19] I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott | Buy from Amazon [39:15] Other Links Emily Dickinson’s quote that inspired Allison’s Mind Joggle blog name “Digging Out From Under the Mental Load” (Allison’s blog post) Brain Candy Books (Sarah’s book list) Character-Driven Novels I Couldn’t Put Down (Sarah’s book list) V.C. Andrews’ Casteel series Lifetime movies deal “Women Who Get Women” (Sarah’s blog post) Books That Would Make Great Gifts for Moms (Sarah’s book list) About Allison Blog | Pinterest | Twitter Allison writes at Mind Joggle about books, reading, writing, creativity, learning, and anything related and in between. She’s always said that her dream job would be reading books for a living. She didn’t quite go either route, opting instead for a “practical” writing career that more easily pays the bills. Nonetheless, those dreams of long, cozy days composing the stories that play out in her head persist—as does her love of great books, writing stories, learning interesting things, and discussing it all with others. Next Week’s Episode Spring 2019 Book Preview with Catherine from Gilmore Guide to Books (airing May 15) Support the Podcast Share - If you like the podcast, I’d love for you to share it with your reader friends…in real life and on social media (there’s easy share buttons at the bottom of this post!). Subscribe...wherever you listen to podcasts, so new episodes will appear in your feed as soon as they’re released. Rate and Review - Search for “Sarah’s Book Shelves” in Apple Podcasts…or wherever you listen to podcasts! Feedback - I want this podcast to fit what you’re looking for, so I truly do want your feedback! Please tell me (email me at sarahsbookshelves@gmail.com or DM me on social media) what you like, don’t like, want more of, want less of, etc. I’d also love to hear topics you’d like me to cover and guests you’d like to hear from.

Balli Kaur Jaswal is the guest. Her new novel, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters, is available from William Morrow. It is the official April 2019 pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Jaswal is the author of Inheritance, which won the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelist Award in 2014 and was adapted into a film at the Singapore International Festival of the Arts in 2017. Her second novel Sugarbreadwas a finalist for the 2015 inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize and the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize. Her third novel Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (Harper Collins/William Morrow) was released internationally to critical acclaim in March 2017. Translation rights to this novel have been sold in France, Spain, Italy, Israel, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Greece, China, Brazil and Estonia. Film rights to Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows have been acquired by Ridley Scott’s production company, Scott Free Productions and Film Four in the UK. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was also picked by Reese Witherspoon’s book club and The Girly Book Club in 2018. Jaswal’s short fiction and non-fiction writing have appeared in the UK Sunday Express, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, Conde Nast Traveller and Best Australian Short Stories, among other publications and periodicals. She has travelled widely to appear in international writers festivals to conduct workshops and lectures on creative writing, pursuing an artistic career, the power of storytelling, global citizenship and social justice advocacy through literature. A former writing fellow at the University of East Anglia, Jaswal has taught creative writing at Yale-NUS College and Nanyang Technological University where she is currently pursuing a PhD.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I'm joined by Shirin Shah and Sheetal Mistry from South Asians Sisters Speak otherwise known as S.A.S.S. These sassy ladies host a regular event called Brown Girls Book Club which celebrates the work of South Asian female authors. The event provides a space to explore incredible books, share stories and take a look at life through literature. In this episode, join us for our own mini Brown Girls Book Club, talking about the books we love and their inspiring authors! We'll be discussing Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, Stories for South Asian Super Girls by Raj Kaur Kaira , Anita & Me and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal. https://twitter.com/weare_sass?lang=en-gb See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's guest is Nikki from Saturday Nite Reader book blog and Instagram account. In this episode, we chat: What inspired Nikki to start her blog and bookstagram account? Her bookmarks and fun where in the world is SNR? What you should focus when it comes to bookstagram? What makes an interesting book club meeting? What to do after reading a book hangover? How she keeps a TBR which is a mixed of book club books and books that she wanted to pick up. BOOKS MENTIONED Resistant by Rachael Sparks A Little Life by by Hanya Yanagihara Maisy Yates (Cowboy Romance) Everything’s Trash, but It’s Ok by  Phoebe Robinson This Will Hurt Only a Little by Busy Phillips Yes, Please by Amy Poehler My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Hearts of Invisible Fury by John Boyne Jodi Picoult Frederik Backman A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman Beartown by Frederik Backman Us Against You by Frederick Backman The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang The Seven Husbands by Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid  Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal The Bride Test by Helen Hoang Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng   Sonora by Hannah Lillith Assadi Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   For shownotes, show archives and other fun recommendations please visit What to Read Next Blog (http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com)

On our never ending quest to appear smart, this week Kai and Alison are discussing their second book in the Gripe Book Club: Erotic Stories of Punjabi Widows. (We start chatting about it at the 30 minute mark.)Among other things discussed, hate mail, dog attacks, Kate Spade and more! See y'all there.

Brea and Mallory talk about online books clubs and interview comicbookgirl19! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Sponsor - Casper - www.casper.com/glasses Promo Code - GLASSES Audible - www.audible.com/glasses Text GLASSES to 500-500 Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article   Amazon Wish List   Comicbookgirl19 https://www.youtube.com/comicbookgirl19 https://twitter.com/cbgirl19 https://www.twitch.tv/comicbookgirl19 Well Read Black Girl   Vaginal Fantasy    Oprah Book Club   Books Mentioned - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara The Honey Farm by Harriet Alida Lye  How To Flirt With a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper   Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear   An American Marriage by Tayari Jones    Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy    Watchmen by Alan Moore    Dune by Frank Herbert  The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis  Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins    Fuck Whales by Maddox What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

After debating the types of books that get under their skin, Gayle and Nicole discuss the most disturbing books they have ever read. But before they delve into the topic at hand, Gayle relates her Andrew McCarthy sighting. Afterward, they discuss a few upcoming books they have on their radars and a few new books that you should pick up. Our Most Disturbing ReadsBehind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris http://amzn.to/2qa7bb8 (Leopard at the Door) by Jennifer McVeigh (Kenya is the African country featured in this novel. Nicole couldn't recall the country at the time of recording). http://amzn.to/2oA9Rlb (Among The Thugs) by Bill Buford http://amzn.to/2ppKhyB (Room) by Emma Donoghue http://amzn.to/2plYoCQ (All Is Not Forgotten) by Wendy Walker  http://amzn.to/2qiUNVs (The Monster of Florence) by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi http://amzn.to/2qav6qT (We Need To Talk About) Kevin by Lionel Shriver  Other Books Discussed on This PodcastJust Fly Away by Andrew McCarthy http://amzn.to/2qan9lE (Perfect Little World) by Kevin Wilson http://amzn.to/2p7OI0l (The Secret Daughter) by Shilpi Somaya Gowda http://amzn.to/2qahYCc (Our Short History) by Lauren Grodstein http://amzn.to/2qaje8h (Standard Deviation) by Katherine Heiny http://amzn.to/2oAhNmD (The Animators) by Kayla Rae Whitaker http://amzn.to/2qayfHd (The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Stories of Sherlock) Holmes by Lyndsay Faye http://amzn.to/2qj60VZ (Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows) by Balli Kaur Jaswal Support this podcast

This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Singaporean author Balli Kaur Jaswal about her brand new book "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows" and why it isn't nearly as filthy as the title implies.

This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Singaporean author Balli Kaur Jaswal about her brand new book "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows" and why it isn't nearly as filthy as the title implies.

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows and Elan Mastai on literary soothsaying.