This is Your Book Club Podcast

On this episode we look through the 2024 Goodreads Choice Award nominees and vote for our favorites.  Vote along with us!

If you need a book to read, this is the episode for you. If you need a book to recommend, this is the episode for you. We got you covered either way. Add these to your list. Or, if you have read them, let us know what you thought.

Jayme's Shelf:

The Age of Grievance by Frank Bruni

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

 

Sarah's Shelf:

What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. Morris

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Do you know what you are doing? Well, take this quiz with us.  It will help you plan AND give you a crazy book recommendation. 

 

 

Sarah has brought you some spooky reads to put on your shelf for next October.  Look at us! Prepping you for next Halloween.  Your welcome! What have you been reading lately?

Sarah's Shelf:

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

 

Jayme's Shelf:

The Road Home by Kristin Harmel

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty 

This episode is the book club discussion of The Examiner by Janice Hallett. We talk the beginning, middle and end.  We spill all the beans and weather the beans were good, or...not so good.  What did you think?

Do you need a couple of really good books to read?  Well, you've come to the right place.  Sarah and I each have 2 off of our shelves that you are going to want to consider. Let us know if you read them.

Sarah's Shelf:

Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews

100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

 

Jayme's Shelf:

The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

Within Arm's Reach by Ann Napolitano

What is your perfect fall day? This quiz will take it and match the perfect book.  Whether you want to be outdoors or in a relaxing bath, hopefully you have the right book.  Take the quiz and let us know what you got.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/claclo23/fall-book-recommendation-quiz

Coming to you from the public library, Sarah and Jayme have a couple of books you have got to check out. Your public library is a great place to check them out from.  Which one will you pick first? Let us know.

Jayme's Shelf:

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

 

Sarah's Shelf:

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 

Sarah and I each bring you two books off of our shelf this week.  Please excuse my froggy throat. I'm back in the classroom with all the germs my immune system forgot about over the summer.  Hopefully you can hear through it to the great books that we've been reading.  

Jayme's Shelf:

The Change by Kirsten Miller

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough 

 

Sarah's Shelf:

The Hunter by Tana French

The Rising Tide by Sam Lloyd 

This book hit close to home for Sarah and I.  Honestly, it should hit close to home for everyone.  We all have a part to play in our public schools and we can all do better.  What did you think?