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No Thanks We’re Booked

Looking at life through a bookish lens, internet-turned-IRL friends, Katie and Mollie, swap stories about the books they’re currently loving and the life they’re currently living. Grab a cup of tea (or a Moscow Mule) as we chat about the intersection of books, faith, family, friendship, personality, and culture.

Copyright: © No Thanks We're Booked 2018

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Episode 21: Bookish Problems When the Struggle Is Real Oct 24, 2018

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Well friends, we asked, and you answered. We're sharing ALL of our bookish problems in this new episode!

What do you do when all your library holds come in at once? Want to read diversely, but don't know where to start? How do you push past the fear of annotating? How do you prioritize reading over responsibilities in life? Do you pick the new release or a backlist title for your next read?

How do you get over reading slumps? We attempt to offer advice in this episode, and if we don't have advice, we at least share in declaring that #TheStruggleIsReal. It's so nice to be among other readers who GET. IT.

Books mentioned:

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Diverse reading list mentioned:

ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist

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Episode 20: Halloween Reading, ER Binging, and Near Death Experiences Oct 17, 2018

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Last month, Katie and Mollie read I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell for the No Thanks, We're Booked book club and were inspired to talk about their own (sort of) near death experiences. We all have 'em, even if they don't feel eventful. M & K even share some of the stories that you, our listeners, sent in to us. We love when you chime in, friends!

Books/Media Mentioned

The Ice Twins by S. K. Tremayne

At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

ER (season 1 - get ready to binge)

I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O'Farrell

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Episode 19: Favorite Classics—Ours and Yours! Oct 10, 2018

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Hi everyone! This was such a special episode for us because we got to hear some of YOUR favorite classics! Thanks to all our listeners who sent in audio clips. You inspired us to read new and revisit old classics!

Books mentioned:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Huck Finn by Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Sula by Toni Morrison
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Works by Bukowski
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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Episode 18 - Favorite Books of ALL TIME Oct 03, 2018

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In today's episode Mollie and Katie attempt to name their favorite books of all time. And they mostly accomplish it. But it's hard when you've got favorites that span categories...should favorite children's books be lumped in with favorite adult books? Should favorite fantasy be mixed in with favorite literary fiction? The struggle to pick favorite books is real, friends. The struggle is real. IT'S SO HARD.

Books Mentioned

Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han

I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O'Farrell

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson

The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

People Mentioned

Max @welldonebooks

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Episode 17: Fame, Power, and the Carls ft. Author Hank Green Sep 26, 2018

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Chatting with vlogbrothers cohost and debut author Hank Green was such a treat, friends! We talked about his new book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, and the motivation behind it, what it was like working on it, what it has to say about power, internet fame, and how culture deals with the uncertain and unknown.

This is an important book, listeners, and we're so thankful to Hank for writing it (not to mention it's a total page-turner!).

Go buy his book today!

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Other books mentioned:

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Provenance by Ann Leckie
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Dune by Frank Herbert

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Ep. 16 To Re-Read or Not To Re-Read Sep 19, 2018

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Today Mollie and Katie catch up a little bit about their busy summers before diving into talking about all things re-reads. We talk about all the reasons for re-reading and we mention a few of the books we've re-read ourselves. We even drop a Friends reference or two...because there's a Friends reference for every situation in life. So says Katie, anyway.

Books Mentioned

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal

Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin

Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene

Goosebumps by R. L. Stine

People Mentioned

Jordan, Discombobulated.

The Babysitters Club Club Podcast

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Episode 15: What We're Currently Reading, Book-to-Movie Adaptations, and more! Sep 12, 2018

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Hi friends and readers! Katie and I spent this entire episode catching up on what we've been reading (and the book-to-movie adaptations we've been watching), including Anne of Green Gables, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Crazy Rich Asians, Walk Two Moons, and so much more. Check it out and let us know what you're currently reading!

Books mentioned:

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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Episode 14: Disability Representation in Books, Anne of Green Gables, and Bookish Would You Rathers Sep 05, 2018

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In today's episode, Kenzie, Mollie's IRL friend, avid reader, and Special Education Teacher joins us to talk about disability representation in books. We discuss great books where the main characters have a disability, some not so great books, and we discuss the need for more disabilities represented across genres, and done well. Kenzie also loves Anne of Green Gables, so we gush about our favorite carrot top and try not to leave Mollie behind (who was four pages into reading the book while recording).

Books Mentioned

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Today Will be Different by Maria Semple

Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

Fools Errand by Robin Hobb

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Reading Retreat Center: Biblioventures

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Episode 13: Catching Up, The Great Alone, Unpopular Opinions, and More! Aug 29, 2018

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Today, we're catching up in a rather informal, chatty episode! We talk about what's going on in life, what we're reading (and we GUSH about The Great Alone), and answer some rapid-fire questions, including:

Favorite summer read? Unpopular bookish opinions? Where would you live if you could live anywhere? What books have gotten you through a rough patch?

Books mentioned:

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

Ghosted by Rosie Walsh

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

One Plus One by JoJo Moyes

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Marlena by Julie Buntin

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada

Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning

Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

Running Scared by Ed Welch

I am, I am, I am by Maggie O'Farrell

Friends mentioned:

@tinasbookcorner

@brittanyfreakingwilliams

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Episode 12 Transformation Stories Aug 22, 2018

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In today's episode Mollie and Katie talk about all kinds transformation stories. We mention how most good stories include transformation but how that may be different from a transformation story. And we talk about the transformations we've gone through in our own life. This episode was recorded the day after we recorded another episode, so we switch things up a little bit and talk about the books we want to read next rather than what we're currently reading. AND we talk about the author dinner parties we'd love to crash - but you'll just have to listen to find out who those groups of authors are! Listen, won't you?

Books Mentioned

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Fools Errand by Robin Hobb (But start here: Assassin's Apprentice)

Mistborn: The Final Empire (book one) by Brandon Sanderson (whole trilogy)

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Raven Boys (book one) by Maggie Stiefvater

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Wonder by Emma Donaghue

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

The Blue Castle by L M Montgomery

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

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