Well-Read Episode 118: Read-alikes for Taylor Swift songs (with a special guest!)

from Well-Read · host Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman

Halle thought it wasn’t possible to love a Taylor Swift-themed episode any more, until her sister Heather joined in as a special guest! (Ann was there too, as a casual fan.) Listen in for book pairings for some of our favorite T.Swift songs, along with general Swifty gushing and the books we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Taylor Jenkins Reid books Red (Taylor Swift album) Fearless (Taylor Swift album) 1989 (Taylor Swift album) “Blank Space” Reputation (Taylor Swift album) “…Ready For It?” “The Man” Ann’s picks: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (buy from Bookshop) and “exile (feat. Bon Iver)” – Justin Vernon/Bon Iver – “Death By a Thousand Cuts” Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (buy from Bookshop) and “Bejeweled” – Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich Halle’s picks: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop) and “Enchanted” and “Dress” Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli (buy from Bookshop) and “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” – Midnights (Taylor Swift album) – Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) Heather’s picks: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) and “august” – “This Love” – “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed (buy from Bookshop) and “Dear Reader” – Dear Sugar column on The Rumpus – Dear Sugars (podcast) What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (buy from Bookshop) – Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths – The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (buy from Bookshop) Halle: Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor (buy from Bookshop) – Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (buy from Bookshop) – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop) Heather: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) – Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) – Daisy Jones & The Six (TV) – “Anti-Hero” – Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Bookshop Well-Read on Instagram

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Halle thought it wasn’t possible to love a Taylor Swift-themed episode any more, until her sister Heather joined in as a special guest! (Ann was there too, as a casual fan.) Listen in for book pairings for some of our favorite T.Swift songs, along with general Swifty gushing and the books we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Taylor Jenkins Reid booksRed (Taylor Swift album)Fearless (Taylor Swift album)1989 (Taylor Swift album)“Blank Space”Reputation (Taylor Swift album)“…Ready For It?”“The Man” Ann’s picks: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (buy from Bookshop) and “exile (feat. Bon Iver)”– Justin Vernon/Bon Iver– “Death By a Thousand Cuts” Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (buy from Bookshop) and “Bejeweled”– Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich Halle’s picks: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (buy from Bookshop) and “Enchanted” and “Dress” Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli (buy from Bookshop) and “Bigger Than the Whole Sky”– Midnights (Taylor Swift album)– Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) Heather’s picks: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop) and “august”– “This Love”– “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed (buy from Bookshop) and “Dear Reader”– Dear Sugar column on The Rumpus– Dear Sugars (podcast) What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (buy from Bookshop)– Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths– The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (buy from Bookshop) Halle: Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor (buy from Bookshop)– Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (buy from Bookshop)– The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (buy from Bookshop) Heather: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)– Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (buy from Bookshop)– Daisy Jones & The Six (TV)– “Anti-Hero”– Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on BookshopWell-Read on Instagram

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