Episode 45 - TBR Snowball with Deedi Brown
On this episode, Deedi Brown, who runs The Booker of the Month book club, and I discuss the crossover love of literary fiction and genre, getting sucked in by award lists, and how being more involved in books turns into a snowball!
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Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Books Highlighted by Deedi:
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Crescent City Series by Sarah J. Maas
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Fed is Best: The Unintended Harms of the “Breast is Best” Message and How to Find the Right Approach for You and Your Baby by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, B. Jody Segrave-Daly, & Lynnette Hafken
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Wisdom of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Choosing to Run by Des Linden, Bonnie D. Ford
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Lenny by Max Porter
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Playground by Richard Powers
Bel Canto by Ann Pachett
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Circe by Madeline Miller
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
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