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What books do we have on pre-order?! Feb 19, 2024

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In this episode, we share the books we have on pre-order. There are so many exciting books releasing this year.

Highlights:

🎙 Some interesting books are being reprinted this year.
🎙 Our pre-orders span multiple genres!
🎙 Naomi has way more pre-orders than usual.

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We Discuss Tentacle and Miss Iceland Feb 12, 2024

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In this episode, we finally discuss our last two reads from our 2023 community reading schedule, Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas, and Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon.

Highlights:

🎙 Naomi had a strange and tiresome experience with Tentacle.
🎙 The sheer amount of literature from Iceland is impressive considering its size.
🎙 We loved the themes explored in Miss Iceland.

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How many books Americans own + how they organize them Feb 05, 2024

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In this episode, we discuss an article that shares statistics on how many books people own and how they organize them.

Highlights:

🎙 85% say they owned at least one physical book.
🎙 19% of Americans between 31 and 35 years old own at least 100 physical books.
🎙 Even among adults under 30, however, color is a less popular sorting method.

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How much people read + Obama’s reading list Jan 29, 2024

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In this episode, we chat about a Book Riot article and Obama’s list of his favorite books from 2023.

Highlights:

🎙 It’s weird being concerned with how many books other people read.
🎙 Why is the book community so obsessed with numerical reading goals?
🎙 The questions surrounding Obama’s annual reading lists are pretty hilarious.

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Romance novels vs romance in books Jan 22, 2024

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In this episode, we chat about romance novels vs romance in books.

Highlights:

🎙 We briefly chatted about finally starting the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Check our Discord for details!
🎙 Is there a specific formula romance authors use? If a novel doesn’t follow that formula, is it even a true romance novel???
🎙 Do romance novels give a false sense of reality as it relates to real relationships?

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Our 12 Favorite Books of 2023 Jan 15, 2024

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In this episode, we chat about our 12 favorite books we read in 2023.

Highlights:

🎙 Alyssa has such an appreciation for well-written short novels.
🎙 Translated fiction was a definite winner for Naomi in 2023.
🎙 Check our individual social media channels for our full list of favorites.

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2024 Reading Schedule + 12 Women 12 Countries Reading Challenge Jan 08, 2024

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In this episode, we announce our 2024 Reading Schedule and talk about our 3rd annual 12 Women 12 Countries Reading Challenge.

Highlights:

🎙 We announce the five books we’ve selected for our community reading schedule
🎙 Books about marriage are catnip for Naomi.
🎙 Alyssa has been on a kick reading books about wives of famous/important men.

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It’s time for an end-of-year bookish chat! Dec 18, 2023

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In this episode, we discuss how our reading went for the year, our goals for 2024, and other bookish things. It was a lovely all-around bookish conversation.

Highlights:

🎙 Alyssa would like to read less and more intentionally next year.

🎙 Naomi has some exciting reading projects she can’t wait to start in 2024.

🎙 We chat a bit about the explosion of romantasy.

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We Discuss Sphinx by Anne Garréta Dec 11, 2023

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In this week’s episode, we discuss Sphinx by Anne Garréta, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.

Highlights:

🎙 This book is a genderless story and was extremely challenging.

🎙 This constraint used in this book was interesting.

🎙 Parts of Sphinx kind of remind us of Boulder and Giovanni’s Room.

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We Discuss My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women Dec 04, 2023

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In this week’s episode, we discuss our March/April community read, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women.

Highlights:

🎙 The amount of work it took to put this project together was no small feat.

🎙 There’s a great panel discussion about this project on YouTube. It’s very eye-opening.

🎙 It’s not lost on us that these women put themselves in danger to write and publish these stories.

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