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  • You Should Read: Our Most Anticipated Spring Releases (with Kathy Coe!)
    2024/04/02

    Hi, Should-Heads! We're very excited to share some upcoming spring releases with you. As always, we're joined by Kathy Coe, who always knows about the best ones.

    Book News:

    People continue to challenge Nora Roberts

    The Thought of You movie sounds amazing

    Our most anticipated spring reads:

    Kathy: Missing White Woman (Kellye Garrett), Honey (Isabel Banta), The One Who Got Away With Murder (Trish Lundy), The Husbands (Holly Gramazio) and Such a Bad Influence (Olivia Muenter).

    Kelly: You Like it Darker (Stephen King), Funny Story (Emily Henry), The Ballad of Darcy and Russell (Morgan Matson), Kill Her Twice (Stacey Lee) and The House That Horror Built (Christina Henry).

    Rachael: Just For the Summer (Abby Jimenez), The Paris Novel (Ruth Reichl), Honey Witch (Sydney J. Shields), April May June July (Alison B. Hart) and Lies and Weddings (Kevin Kwan).

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  • We're Back... (And Some Updates)
    2024/03/05

    Hello, Should-Heads. It’s been a while and we’re happy to be back. We missed you!

    We’ve got horrible news first, though. Julia, our cohost, passed away in January. We needed to take some time to honor her and also decide to do with the show.

    We’ve got some answers for you.

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  • Books we're thankful for
    2023/11/21


    It’s the holiday season, Should-Heads! Here are the books we’re most grateful for. 


    LINKS:

    P!nk Donates Banned Books in Florida: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1213317663/pink-gives-away-2-000-banned-books-at-florida-concerts


    BOOKS MENTIONED:


    Julia: Big Summer (Jennifer Weiner), Everything Happens For a Reason: And other Lies I've Loved (Kate Bowler) and Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell)


    Kelly: Somewhere Beyond the Sea (TJ Klune), Somehow: Thoughts on Love (Anne Lamott) and The Collected Regrets of Clover (Mikki Brammer)


    Rachael: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery), The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things (Carolyn Mackler) and Intuitive Eating (Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch)

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  • "The Woman in Me" by Britney Spears (with Kendell!)
    2023/10/31

    Hi, Should-Heads! We're back and what better topic to return with than the memoir that everyone's talking about? Kendell joins us to discuss who's the biggest villain in the story and the things that surprised us most. Major spoiler alerts for this one!

     

    BOOK NEWS LINKS: 

     

    LeVar Burton Hosts the National Book Awards

     

    Scholastic and Diverse Books

     

    Millie Bobby Brown and Ghostwriters

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  • You Should Read: The Nonfiction That’s Saving Kelly’s Life
    2023/09/19

    Hi, Should-Heads! We’ve got an…interesting episode for you today! Kelly shares some life updates and the nonfiction that’s getting her through *gestures* all this.

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  • Our Fall 2023 Most Anticipated Releases (with Kathy Coe!)
    2023/09/05

    Should-heads, summer's almost over. Starbucks is selling pumpkin spice everything and Kelly's starting to think about her Halloween viewing choices. We've got the books you need to preorder or request from the library.

     

    BOOKS MENTIONED:

    Kathy: The Kingdom of Sweets (Erika Johansen), The Good Part (Sophie Cousens), Good Girls Don’t Die (Christina Henry), Midnight is the Darkest Hour (Ashley Winstead) and Stars in Your Eyes (Kacen Callender)
     

    Julia:  The Breakaway (Jennifer Weiner), Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Imposter Syndrome (Aparna Nancherla), The Bell in the Fog (Lev AC Rosen), The Woman in Me (Britney Spears) and Cleat Cute (Meryl Wilsner)

    Kelly: Down the Hill (Susan Hendricks), Plan A (Deb Caletti), Becoming the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar), There's No Way I'd Die First (Lisa Springer) and In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child (Kim Cross)

     

    Rachael: The Vaster Wilds (Lauren Groff), Bookshops and Bone Dust (Travis Baldree), The Future (Naomi Alderman), The Fraud (Zadie Smith) and The Burnout (Sophie Kinsella)

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  • You Should Read: Books About Space (More or Less)
    2023/08/22

    How do you feel about outer space, Shouldheads? Are you like Julia, where it's fascinating and something you want to know more about? Or are you like Kelly, where it's one of the scariest things to ponder?

     

    No matter where you fall in the debate, we've got some recommendations for you!

     

    BOOKS:

     

    Julia: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Becky Chambers), The Martian (Andy Weir) and Meet Me In Another Life (Catriona Silvey)

     

    Kelly: The Sound of Stars (Alechia Dow), Clues to the Universe (Christina Li) and We Dream of Space (Erin Entrada Kelly).

     

    Rachael: An Unkindness of Ghosts (Rivers Solomon), The Illuminae Files (Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff) and Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)

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  • Rachael's guide to epic fantasy!
    2023/08/08

    Hi, Should-Heads! Have you always wanted to try reading epic fantasy but don't know where to start? Or maybe you already like it but aren't sure of where to go next? Or possibly you have no idea because you're not even sure what that IS? Either way, don't worry: Rachael has come with suggestions.

     

    LINKS MENTIONED:

     

    Henrietta Lacks' family settles with biotech firm

     

    BOOKS MENTIONED:

     

    Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree), The Green Rider series (Kristen Britain), the Graceling series (Kristin Cashore), the Lord of the Rings series (J.R.R. Tolkien), the Song of Ice and Fire series (George R.R. Martin), the Poppy War trilogy (R.F. Kuang), the Mirror Visitor quartet (Christelle Dabos) and the Mistborn series (Brandon Sanderson).

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