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Bonus Episode! Reading Glasses and The Professional Book Nerds recommend... May 08, 2020

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It was written in the stars that someday we'd join forces with the Reading Glasses gals and create the nerdiest book event ever. Here it is. An hour of live book recommendations done over Zoom. If you missed out and would like us to do this again, reach out to us via twitter or email and let us know! Book requests and our recommendations" “I just finished the first book in The Witcher series and I’d love more fantasy short story recommendations.” Jill - Rogues (Anthology) https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780345537263 Dangerous Women https://www.overdrive.com/media/2052864/dangerous-women https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780765332073 Adam - Toil and Trouble (Anthology) https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781335016270 “Looking for a read-a-like for Little Women and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.” Mallory - Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316204262 https://www.overdrive.com/media/650438/whered-you-go-bernadette When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781534432871 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4815623/when-we-were-magic The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinki https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143109433 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2015858/the-girl-who-slept-with-god “Looking for recommendations for books about small towns with quirky characters, with a sense of a small community where the characters get all up in each other’s business” Adam - Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby https://www.overdrive.com/media/4297634/cedar-valley Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry https://www.overdrive.com/media/228070/nathan-coulter https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781582434094 Mallory - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781492623441 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2139814/the-readers-of-broken-wheel-recommend “Looking for a read-a-like for Bunny by Mona Awad, something weird and creepy but with no violence and or horror.” Mallory - The Return by Rachel Harrison https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780593098660 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4838379/the-return Sarah Waters https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781594633928 https://www.overdrive.com/media/1742956/the-paying-guests Sarah Perry https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062856401 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5130366/melmoth Dare Me by Megan Abbott https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316430173 https://www.overdrive.com/media/1089210/dare-me Adam - Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781101974445 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3108736/meddling-kids Jill - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781683691433 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5038989/the-southern-book-clubs-guide-to-slaying-vampires “Looking for queer sci-fi.” Adam - The Disasters by M.K. England https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062657688 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3900835/the-disasters Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316449274 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4659499/once-future Mallory - The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781481447942 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5038996/the-stars-are-legion “Looking for a book recommendation to get me out of a slump. I love sci fi and fantasy and need something that will really get its claws in me and get me excited and invested right away.” Adam - The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781524739010 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4775066/the-kingdom-of-back Brea - The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780765392107 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4500036/the-future-of-another-timeline Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781101886717 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2466122/sleeping-giants The Test by Sylvain Neuvel https://www.overdrive.com/media/4297407/the-test “Can you recommend any novellas? Big books are intimidating and hard to focus on.” Mallory - The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250294807 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4288450/the-haunting-of-tram-car-015 Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143198055 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3970894/split-tooth Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781626729247 https://www.overdrive.com/media/5243308/the-phantom-twin Brea - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780525541332 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4159273/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead “Looking for recommendations along the lines of Ghost Maps, nonfiction about diseases.” Brea - The Great Influenza by John M. Barry https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143036494 https://www.overdrive.com/media/204479/the-great-influenza New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People by Robert S. Desowitz https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780393304268 “Looking for a good stand alone middle grade novel.” Adam - Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316531207 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4669399/sunnyside-plaza Doll Bones by Holly Black https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781416963998 https://www.overdrive.com/media/1139037/doll-bones Mallory - Small Spaces by Katherine Arden https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780525515043 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3656348/small-spaces “I really love a teenage girl/young adult detective story. Any recommendations in that realm? Mallory - Goldie Vance https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781608868988 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3007148/goldie-vance-volume-1 Jill - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780385343497 https://www.overdrive.com/media/199312/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie Adam & Brea - A Study in Charllote by Brittany Cavallaro https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062398918 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2236808/a-study-in-charlotte “Looking for a read-a-like for Seanin McGuire/Mira Grant, historical or modern fantasy, maybe combined with a fairytale.” Mallory - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250147936 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4559254/the-hazel-wood Adam - Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781594634666 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4394966/gingerbread Brea - A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250211668 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3750319/a-blade-so-black The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781481466516 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2988715/the-strange-case-of-the-alchemists-daughter “Looking for diverse mystery recommendations.” Jill - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781492670124 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3877587/the-seven-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle Ruth Ware https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781501132957 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2526344/the-woman-in-cabin-10 Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062645234 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2962692/magpie-murders Mallory - Sarah Waters https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781573228732 https://www.overdrive.com/media/242291/affinity “I’ve been into nonfiction comics lately … looking for more.” Adam - The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781419718786 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3135209/the-best-we-could-do Brea - My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris “Looking for a read-a-like for the Wayward Children series, reverse portal fantasy.” Mallory - Ten Thousands Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780316421997 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4513546/the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january Brea - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780385541213 https://www.overdrive.com/media/4716002/the-starless-sea “Looking for nihilistic YA… desperately want more reads with nihilistic young adults as they go through a crisis of self and get closer to university. ” Mallory - A.S. King Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future https://www.overdrive.com/media/1547918/glory-obriens-history-of-the-future Dig https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781101994917 Adam - The Rest of Us Just Live by Patrick Ness https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062403179 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2052828/the-rest-of-us-just-live-here “Read-a-like for an adult version of Yoon Ha Lee’s books, looking for a Star Trek vibe.” Brea - Space Opera by Catherynne Valente https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781481497503 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3442025/space-opera Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780765336309 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2875604/dark-orbit Jill - The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062444134 https://www.overdrive.com/media/2245998/the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet “Looking for lush historical horror a la Alma Katsu.” Mallory - The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781594484469 https://www.overdrive.com/media/552325/the-little-stranger The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780143131632 https://www.overdrive.com/media/3309311/the-silent-companionsLearn more about your ad choices. 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Ep. #442 - Creatively named quarantine book recommendations episode May 07, 2020

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We're still here, in our respective homes, dishing out reading recommendations for all the fellow book nerds of the world. Join us as we bring it back to the beginning of the #SocialDistance reading odyssey by having Andrea and Abbey join us to discuss what they've been reading these some 7 odd weeks.

Books mentioned in this episode

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick

I Must Say by Martin Short

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Beauty in the Broken Places by Allison Pataki

One by One by Ruth Ware

Point B by Drew Magary

Dear Girls by Ali Wong

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Ep. #441 - Francesca Serritella May 04, 2020

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On today's episode, Adam sits down with Francesca Serritella to discuss her first-ever solo novel The Ghost of Harvard! Francesca has been writing bestselling books for years with her mother, Lisa Scottoline, but this is quite the dark departure from their normal work. It's a mystery and a ghost story and an exploration of mental health all wrapped up into one fantastic story. You're going to love it.

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Ep. #440: Previewing May's Biggest Books (and Jill's harrowing kitty tale!) Apr 30, 2020

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On today's episode we're diving into the books coming out in May we can't wait to read! But first, Jill shares an incredible story about her newly adopted kitties. It's must-listen content!

Books mentioned on today's episode (recommendations start at 11:30 mark)

Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

Officer Clemmons by Dr. François S. Clemmons

Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir

All Adults Here by Emma Straub

The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch

Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin

More Than Love by Natasha Gregson Wagner

Goldilocks by Laura Lam

Who Ate the First Oyster? by Cody Cassidy

Forged in Fire and Stars by Andrea Robertson

The Mother Code by Carole Stivers

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella

The Book of V. by Anna Solomon

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Ep. #439 - Deborah Wiles Apr 27, 2020

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On today's episode, Adam interviews Deborah Wiles about her powerful new book Kent State. This quick read looks at the horrific events of May 4th, 1970 on Kent State's campus when the National Guard opened fire on student protestors, killing four and wounding several others. Adam's parents were students at Kent State at the time and were on campus during these events, so this story very much struck home with him. They get into the details that lead up to this awful moment in history as well as the aftermath. This is a must-listen about an event that changed the United States forever and a must-read for history fans everywhere.

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Ep. #438 - A (virtual) round table of recommendations! Apr 23, 2020

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What has quickly become our new Thursday tradition is back as two new coworkers join us (Katie and Regis!) to do a round table of recommendations!

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Books mentioned in today's episode

A Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

GuRu by RuPaul

Animal Kind by Emma Lock

100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Mars' First Friends by Susanna Leonard Hill

Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Everything I know about Love by Dolly Alderton

A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes

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Ep. #437 - Lauren Myracle Apr 20, 2020

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On today's episode, we Zoom chat with #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle! Her new book This Boy is out now and must-read contemporary young adult book. We discuss the strange life we're all living in quarantine, writing teenage characters into her stories while having teenagers herself, and staying productive in a time when it's a bit hard to focus. This is a wonderful conversation for anyone looking for inspiration and motivation.

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Ep. #436 -Dishing out book recs while social distancing Apr 16, 2020

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On today's episode, we bring in some coworkers, their kiddos, and a kitty to offer up book recommendations perfect for cozying up in your favorite reading nook. Let's keep staying safe at home and do some reading, y'all,

Books mentioned in this episode

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Broken Faith by Mitch Weiss & Holbrook Mohr

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Return by Rachel Harrison

Rust by Eliese Colette Goldbach

Janesville by Amy Goldstein

Heartland by Sarah Smarsh

The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren

The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

The Animated Man by Michael Barrier

Street Gang by Michael Davis

Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Life Undercover by Amaryllis Fox

The Farm by Joanne Ramos

The Roxy Letters by Mary Pauline Lowry

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Ep. #435 - Louisa Morgan Apr 13, 2020

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On today's episode, Adam Zoom chats with Louisa Morgan about her new book The Age of Witches. They talk about being a novelist during this time of quarantine, how her career as an opera singer helped her in her character building, Guilded Age New York, and lots more.

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Ep. #434 - Nontraditionally formatted books #PBNread2020 Apr 09, 2020

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On today's episode, Adam and Jill are joined by Emma and Maria to share some book picks for another Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge task. We're sharing some books with unique formats including oral histories, mixed format, unique narrators, diaries, and much more. This was a blast.

Jill’s Picks

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski

Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

Emma’s Picks

The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Maria’s Picks

Sadie by Courtney Summers

The Flame by Leonard Cohen