Episode 14: Give That Cat a Mic!

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. In this episode, we cover a surprising number of genres, convince ourselves that our lives would be better (and far more emotionally compelling) if narrated by a cat, pivot hard into robot territory (with far too many android jokes), and land with a very honest conversation about book slumps – how they happen, why they stick around, and how to get out of one.   Books We Mentioned:    Spur of the Moment Question: Current favorite bookish accessory Book pouches, pens, bookmarks Reading Pillow   Reading Round Up: 10:20- The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa   14:15- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt   19:50- All Systems Red, Martha Wells   26:20- A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas   29:00- In the Lives of Puppets, TJ Klune   30:50- Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko   32:38- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.   40:45- Cursed Daughters, Oyinkan Braithwaite   41:22- My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite   51:35- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway   56:48- The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living, Hillary L. McBride   1:01:20- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk   Spotlight Segment: Reading Challenge- Reading Slumps   1:17:00- Morning Glory Milking Farm, C.M. Nacosta