Episode 26: Walking Through the Forest for 300 Pages (With Character Development!)

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. From there, we discuss what things are needed for a successful ‘reading experience,’ and for the first time in a long time (maybe ever?) Beccah says she reckons she would read all three of Summer’s books. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on one of our favorite tropes: You’ve Got Mail retellings. Books We Mentioned:  1:20- Spur of the Moment Question: What do you need around you to have a successful reading experience? Giant reading pillow Space heater  4:30- Reading Round Up: 5:25- Bromantasy, Maire Roche 11:18- The Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming:  That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (book 1) 12:48- Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz 14:00- The Ending Writes Itself, Evelyn Clarke And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie 15:20- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab 21:50- The Diary of Anais Nin, Anais Nin 22:47- Recluse Books, Ft. Worth Texas 25:53- Delta of Venus, Anais Nin 27:50- On Booze, F. Scott Fitzgerald  29:08- I See You’ve Called in Dead, John Kenney 29:57- Straight Man, Richard Russo A Man Called Ove, Frederik Backman Less, Andrew Sean Greer 39:40- The Unicorn Hunters, Katherine Arden 43:47- My Lady Jane, Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows 45:28- Mother Tongue, Sara Novic True Biz, Sara Novic 51:00- Spotlight Segment- You’ve Got Mail Retellings  Well Played, Jen DeLuca Battle of the Bookstores, Ali Brady The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, Megan Bannen Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross Attachments, Rainbow Rowell To Sir With Love, Lauren Layne Thank You For Listening, Julia Whelan Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade Tweet Cute, Emma Lord Mr. Wrong Number, Lynn Painter