Episode 17: Fame, Power, and the Carls ft. Author Hank Green
Release Date: 09/26/2018
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We’ve made it to the end of season 2, folks, and it’s bittersweet! Thank you sticking around if you’ve been listening this season. We’re taking a hiatus as we both have our babies in November, but we wanted to leave you with a fun Q&A of all things bookish, life, and motherhood!
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Hi friends! Today we’re talking about what books we’re looking forward to reading in the fall - specific titles as well as genres. We also contemplate what our reading lives will really look like with new babies in the picture. But before we get into all of that we discuss our cats, because who doesn’t love to hear some stories about Remus, Scout, Peaches, and Katie’s long-ago cat Bird (who was sweet but dumb).
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Hi readers! You're in for a treat today. We are so excited to have Riley Sager on the podcast, national and international best-selling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied, and his new release that came out in July 2019, Lock Every Door.
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Hi friends! Today we're talking about our favorite genre-bending books (and some movies!). Let us know what some of your favorite "blends" are—and if you recommend an unlikely pairing!
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It’s appropriate that this episode comes out the Wednesday after Mother’s Day because Mollie and Katie - both - have a relevant announcement! You’ll have to listen to find out what it is. They also both read Daisy Jones and the Six and talk about the nostalgia surrounding the book and go off on some semi-relevant tangents?
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We're sharing all of our favorite books to read in the spring—and because we're mood readers, it's quite an eclectic mix of genres/categories! Let us know what kind of books you like to read in the spring, or if you already have a set TBR.
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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!).
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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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