Well-Read Episode #73 - Books to Read after Binge-watching

from Well-Read · host Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman

If you’re anything like the rest of the quarantined, you’ve been doing a lot of binge-watching over the past few months. We have book suggestions for when you max out on your favorite show but still want more. And, of course, we’ll end by what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Alias (TV) The Office (TV) CHiPS (TV) Diff’rent Strokes (TV) The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV) Ann’s picks: Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (buy from Bookshop) – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (buy from Bookshop) – Crazy Rich Asians (film) Gossip Girl (TV) – Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar – A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (buy from Bookshop) Fleabag (TV) Search Party (TV) – Alia Shawkat filmography – Arrested Development (TV) – John Early filmography Grown Ups by Emma Jane Unsworth (buy from Bookshop) The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain (buy from Bookshop) The Great British Bake Off (TV) – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (buy from Bookshop) – Jenny Colgan books Halle’s picks: Succession (TV) The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (buy from Bookshop) Schitt’s Creek (TV) Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper (buy from Bookshop) – Gilmore Girls (TV) – Hart of Dixie (TV) Normal People (TV) – Normal People by Sally Rooney (buy from Bookshop) Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (buy from Bookshop) – Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding (buy from Bookshop) – Like Crazy (film) – Felicity Jones filmography What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (buy from Bookshop) – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (buy from Bookshop) – Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams – A Game of Cones by Abby Collette (releases March 21, 2021) Halle: This Won’t End Well by Camille Pagán (buy from Bookshop) – Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop) – The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Bookshop Well-Read on Instagram

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If you’re anything like the rest of the quarantined, you’ve been doing a lot of binge-watching over the past few months. We have book suggestions for when you max out on your favorite show but still want more. And, of course, we’ll end by what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Alias (TV)The Office (TV)CHiPS (TV)Diff’rent Strokes (TV)The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV) Ann’s picks: Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (buy from Bookshop)– Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (buy from Bookshop)– Crazy Rich Asians (film) Gossip Girl (TV)– Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar– A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (buy from Bookshop) Fleabag (TV) Search Party (TV)– Alia Shawkat filmography– Arrested Development (TV)– John Early filmography Grown Ups by Emma Jane Unsworth (buy from Bookshop) The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain (buy from Bookshop) The Great British Bake Off (TV)– Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (buy from Bookshop)– Jenny Colgan books Halle’s picks: Succession (TV) The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (buy from Bookshop) Schitt’s Creek (TV) Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper (buy from Bookshop)– Gilmore Girls (TV)– Hart of Dixie (TV) Normal People (TV)– Normal People by Sally Rooney (buy from Bookshop) Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (buy from Bookshop)– Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding (buy from Bookshop)– Like Crazy (film)– Felicity Jones filmography What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (buy from Bookshop)– Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (buy from Bookshop)– Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams– A Game of Cones by Abby Collette (releases March 21, 2021) Halle: This Won’t End Well by Camille Pagán (buy from Bookshop)– Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)– The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on BookshopWell-Read on Instagram

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