<description>Books discussed in this episode:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman 
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes by Shauna Niequist
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

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Books discussed in this episode:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman 
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes by Shauna Niequist
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker



Winter Reading Wonderland

<description>&lt;p&gt;It's February and bookish love is in the air.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Books mentioned in this episode...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/crushing-it-9781496725707/9781496725707"&gt;Crushing It by Lorelei Parker&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/some-kind-of-magic/9781496708069"&gt;Some Kind of Magic by Mary Ann Marlowe&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/dating-by-the-book/9781496718211"&gt;Dating by the Book by Mary Ann Marlowe&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/an-extraordinary-union-an-epic-love-story-of-the-civil-war/9781496707444"&gt;An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/mister-owita-s-guide-to-gardening-how-i-learned-the-unexpected-joy-of-a-green-thumb-and-an-open-heart/9780425273838"&gt;Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/full-moon-rising/97805535884"&gt;Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-schwa-was-here/9780"&gt;The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/get-a-life-chloe-brown/9780062941206"&gt;Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/marilla-of-green-gables/9780062697721"&gt;Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/persephone-station/9781534414587"&gt;Persephone Station by Stina Leicht&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/books/miss-benson-s-beetle-9781643588636/9780812996708"&gt;Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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It's February and bookish love is in the air.&nbsp;
Books mentioned in this episode...&nbsp;
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/crushing-it-9781496725707/9781496725707">Crushing It by Lorelei Parker</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/some-kind-of-magic/9781496708069">Some Kind of Magic by Mary Ann Marlowe&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/dating-by-the-book/9781496718211">Dating by the Book by Mary Ann Marlowe&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/an-extraordinary-union-an-epic-love-story-of-the-civil-war/9781496707444">An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/mister-owita-s-guide-to-gardening-how-i-learned-the-unexpected-joy-of-a-green-thumb-and-an-open-heart/9780425273838">Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/full-moon-rising/97805535884">Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-schwa-was-here/9780">The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/get-a-life-chloe-brown/9780062941206">Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/marilla-of-green-gables/9780062697721">Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/persephone-station/9781534414587">Persephone Station by Stina Leicht</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/miss-benson-s-beetle-9781643588636/9780812996708">Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce</a>

Love is in The Air-Reading Romance

<description>&lt;p&gt;Today we head back to campus for a discussion with college students about their reading lives. We’ll learn how they find time, what they are reading and what they wish they were reading.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Books discussed in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9781984801128"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain and Other Big Ideas&lt;/em&gt; by Alexi Pappas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780063008427"&gt;&lt;em&gt;What Kind of Woman&lt;/em&gt; by Kate Baer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780525564201"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Sister the Serial Killer&lt;/em&gt; by Onyikan Braithwaite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780307956460"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery &lt;/em&gt;by Paul Collins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780593409541"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Anthropocene Reviewed &lt;/em&gt;by John Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780448494531"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Sky Beyond the Storm&lt;/em&gt; by Sabaa Tahir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780448494531"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Before the Coffee Gets Cold &lt;/em&gt;by Toshikazu Kawaguchi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Today we head back to campus for a discussion with college students about their reading lives. We’ll learn how they find time, what they are reading and what they wish they were reading.
Books discussed in this episode:
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9781984801128">Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain and Other Big Ideas by Alexi Pappas</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780063008427">What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780525564201">My Sister the Serial Killer by Onyikan Braithwaite</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780307956460">Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780593409541">The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780448494531">A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/27/9780448494531">Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi</a>

Reading for Fun while Reading to Learn

<description>Today we talk with readers and ask them to tell us a little about their bookish goals for 2021. They share their tracking style, what worked and what didn’t and why they think it’s important to give tracking a go. So let’s get reading books together and welcome in 2021 with open book-filled arms !!
Books discussed in this episode: 
A Swim in a pond in the Rain by George Saunders
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell 
Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule 
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 
Chasing Lucky by Jenn Bennett
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Today we talk with readers and ask them to tell us a little about their bookish goals for 2021. They share their tracking style, what worked and what didn’t and why they think it’s important to give tracking a go. So let’s get reading books together and welcome in 2021 with open book-filled arms !!
Books discussed in this episode: 
A Swim in a pond in the Rain by George Saunders
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell 
Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule 
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 
Chasing Lucky by Jenn Bennett


Getting on “Track” with Reading Resolutions

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this, our first episode, our team shares some book ideas for gifting. &amp;nbsp;Books mentioned in this episode: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Greatest Beer Run Ever By J. T. Molloy and John "Chickie" Donahue&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Well Gardened Mind By Sue-Stuart Smith&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Witches are Coming By Lindy West&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse By Charlie Mackesy&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Tiny Chef and and Da Mishing Weshipee Blook by Adam Reid, Rachel Larsen and Ozi Akturk&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Dragon Proxies Tiananmen Ascending By Britt Alan&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Cassandra Speaks By Elizabeth Lesser&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Facism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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In this, our first episode, our team shares some book ideas for gifting. &nbsp;Books mentioned in this episode: &nbsp;
<ul>
 <li>The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant,&nbsp;</li>
 <li>Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous</li>
 <li>The Greatest Beer Run Ever By J. T. Molloy and John "Chickie" Donahue</li>
 <li>The Well Gardened Mind By Sue-Stuart Smith</li>
 <li>The Witches are Coming By Lindy West</li>
 <li>The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse By Charlie Mackesy</li>
 <li>The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune</li>
 <li>The Tiny Chef and and Da Mishing Weshipee Blook by Adam Reid, Rachel Larsen and Ozi Akturk</li>
 <li>The Dragon Proxies Tiananmen Ascending By Britt Alan</li>
 <li>Cassandra Speaks By Elizabeth Lesser</li>
 <li>Facism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright</li>
 <li>The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins</li>
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Don’t Panic-Book Gift Ideas by the Read Books Team

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