Books on Books

On this episode, Amanda and Anna catch up on what we've been reading and do a deep dive into The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue . Currently Reading: -- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry -- Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter Deep Dive: -- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab Other books mentioned on this episode: -- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton -- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood -- The Power by Naomi Alderman

On this episode, Amanda and Anna celebrate black history month by sharing books by African American authors. Currently Reading: -- The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson -- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Books by African American Authors: -- Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman -- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Other books mentioned on this episode: -- Passing by Nella Larsen -- Everfair by Nisi Shawl -- Underground Railroad by Colson...

On this episode, Amanda and Anna share beautiful books, thoughts on poetry, and what we're currently reading. Currently Reading: -- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins -- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson The Most Beautiful Books We've Read: -- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini -- Above Us the Milky Way by Fowzia Karimi Poets We Love: -- Amanda Gorman -- Fernando Pessoa -- Amiri Baraka

Amanda and Anna kick off 2021 with some joyful reading! Books we enjoyed over our winter breaks: -- Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang -- This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith Books we're excited about in 2021: -- Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer -- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah A book featuring animals: -- The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa -- Lobster is the Best Medicine by Liz Climo Other books mentioned: -- Too Like the Lightning by Ada...

This week, Amanda and Anna present the 2020 Holiday Spectacular! We share our favorite holiday books, bookish traditions, and books not to miss! Don't miss in 2020: -- White Ivy by Susie Yang -- One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten Holiday books we enjoy: -- Amanda's Tree by Jo Jones -- One Day in December by Josie Silver -- Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory -- In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren -- Letters from Father Christmas by JRR...

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading: -- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine -- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman Books we haven't read yet (but probably should have): -- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison -- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Books we'd like to see as movies: -- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes -- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Other books mentioned: Afterland by Lauren Beukes Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert The Signature of All...

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading: -- A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost -- Ohio by Stephen Markley Deep Dive on: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Other books mentioned: I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading -- A Burning by Megha Majumdar -- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi A book that's we didn't like -- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal -- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Other books mentioned: --The Midnight Library by Matt Haig -- Just Like You by Nick Hornby -- The Party Upstairs by Lee Conell -- Old Kingdom (series) by Garth Nix -- The Song of the Lioness (series) by Tamora...

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading -- One by One by Ruth Ware -- The Library of Legends by Janie Chang A book that's made you laugh out loud -- Where'd You go, Bernadette by Maria Semple -- Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple -- All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading -- Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy -- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager Quirkiest book you've read -- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson -- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Other books mentioned: -- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire -- Sadie by Courtney Summers -- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson -- Curiousaurs Rex by Maisie York (Anna's...

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading -- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue -- When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald Deep dive book discussion -- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

This week, Amanda and Anna share: Books we're currently reading -- Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn -- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Books that have good movie counterparts -- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

In this episode, we discuss: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Born a Crime by Trevor Noah The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay Find out more about SPL Summer Book Bingo: https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/learning/summer-of-learning/2020-adult-book-bingo

In this episode, we discuss: Borderlines by Michela Wrong Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

In this episode, we discuss: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Beach Read by Emily Henry The Last Human by Zack Jordan Slaughter House-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

In this episode, we discuss: How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason Ona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore In the Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz Killing Thyme by Leslie Budewitz Find Seattle Book Bingo here: https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/learning/summer-of-learning/2020-adult-book-bingo

In this episode, we discuss: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali Dr Space Junk Vs the Universe by Alice Gorman The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki Becoming by Michelle Obama Learn more about our work at PATH.org

Amanda and Anna talk about: Weather by Jenny Offill The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Writers & Lovers by Lily King