Well-Read

We’ve been away for a bit, thanks to our travels this fall, but that just means we have a lot of books to talk about!

We’re looking back at the formative books that made us the readers we are today, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week! Books and other media mentioned in this episode:Andrew Lang booksLittle House series by Laura Ingalls WilderBeauty by Robin McKinleyThe Ordinary Princess by M.M. KayeAnne of Green Gables series by L.M. MontgomeryThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareAnn Rinaldi booksA Break with Charity by Ann RinaldiIn a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin SchwartzFear Street series by R.L. StineChristopher Pike booksCam Jansen series by David A. AdlerEncyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. SobolMasterpiece Mystery! (TV)The Babysitters Club series by Ann M. MartinSleepover Friends series by Susan SaundersThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Search for Delicious by Natalie BabbittBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsSweet Valley High series by Francine PascalSweet Valley Twins series by Francine PascalFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsDollanganger series by V.C. AndrewsGoosebumps series by R.L. SteinRichie Tankersley Cusick booksNora Roberts booksWalden by Henry David ThoreauThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieJane Austen booksSherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMary Higgins Clark booksJohn Jakes booksNorth and South series by John JakesNorth and South (TV)A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude DevereauxWhitney, My Love by Judith McNaughtGone Girl by Gillian FlynnFrances Burney booksDiane Mott Davidson booksAnne Perry booksThe Eight by Katherine NevilleComing Home by Rosamunde PilcherSarah Dessen booksBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanThe Water Mirror by Kai MeyerNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsBird Box by Josh MalermanThe Silent Companions by Laura PurcellThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyMary Kay Andrews books What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn Halle: The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill– Read with Jenna– Thousand Voices Books Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop

Autumn is just around the corner, and it’s time to get our fall TBRs in order!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann Patchett booksTaylor Jenkins Reid booksDeath at the White Hart by Chris ChibnallBroadchurch (TV)Jane Austen booksThe Listeners by Maggie StiefvaterHow to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory ArnoldFive Found Dead by Sulari GentillKatabasis by R.F. KuangAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Girls Who Grew Big by Leila MottleyPark Avenue by Renée AhdiehSuccession (TV)Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin KwanRose in Chains by Julie SotoHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe Ghostwriter by Julie ClarkWhen Javi Dumped Mari by Mia SosaThese Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean Ann’s picks:  Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin Nosrat (releases September 16)– Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat– Salt Fat Acid Heat (TV)  The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller (releases October 7)– The Change by Kirsten Miller– Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller  All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles (releases October 7)– Death in the Spires by KJ Charles Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer (releases October 7)– Grady Hendrix books– Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Happy People Don’t Live Here by Amber Sparks (releases October 14)– Only Murders in the Building (TV)– Angela Carter books The Unveiling by Quan Barry (releases October 14)– We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (releases November 11)– Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree  Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (releases November 25) Halle’s picks: Amity by Nathan Harris (releases September 2)– The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris– Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry– Doc by Mary Doria Russell– Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee– William W. Johnstone books  Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (releases September 2)– Commonwealth by Ann Patchett– Our Town by Thornton Wilder– Wallace Stegner books  The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (releases September 16)  The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover (releases September 23)  Heart the Lover by Lily King (releases September 30)– Writers & Lovers by Lily King An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (releases November 11) Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz (releases November 18) I, Medusa by Ayana Gray (releases November 18)– Circe by Madeline Miller– Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller– Rick Riordan books– Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian Halle: When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop