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May 13, 2021
Book to Doc Review: “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNarmara
Three-ish years ago, Michaela got me to read a true crime book (which I normally hate) and I was blown away by this title. Now, I’ve finally watched the long-awaited HBO docuseries based on the book and I can’t believe I was ALSO blown away!
May 10, 2021
We created our own reading challenge | Reading Challenge Announcement
Wherein Gretchen and Michaela talk about the mini challenges they are plaining to use to help guide their buddy reads this year! We have been known in the past to use similar challenges to help us pick book club books and we also use them to help make sure that we are stepping out of our comfort zones and reading books that represent more than just our own experiences.
May 6, 2021
Book to Documentary Review: “The Soul of America” by Jon Meacham
OOH BOY has it been a time since I’ve done one of these reviews (3 years, actually), and this one was totally accidental. In this review, I talk about both the book “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels” by Jon Meacham and also the HBO documentary that was made of it. I have *feelings.*
May 3, 2021
FDR to Nixon | American Presidents Reading Challenge Ep. 5
Back at it with an ACTUAL episode of the ACTUAL challenge! This one covers FDR to Richard Nixon minus … nobody? Wow. That’s actually impressive. Let’s go!
April 29, 2021
Shaming Ourselves Into Reading | Books We Should Have Read In 2020
Wherein Gretchen and Michaela discuss the books they are guilty of ignoring all of 2020 and want to read at some point in 2021.
April 26, 2021
The Best and Worst Books of 2020
In which I go over my top five and bottom five reads of this year. Weirdly, each group contains two romance novels, two nonfiction books, and one young adult novel. That was not planned, I swear.
April 22, 2021
Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting | Romance Book Review
I’ve read a few books by Helena Hunting, but this is the first one I’ve ever wanted to review. Why? Because it DOESN’T DO “THE THING.” There are a few romance book tropes that super bug me, and this one has a super sweet work around and I love it. Still confused? Watch away for an explanation!
April 19, 2021
The corporatization and conglomeration of the book industry | No more BEA, S+S & PRH Merger
Wherein Michaela and Gretchen discuss some of the changes in the book industry at large and how they may effect the rest of us here in the book community.
List of links we reference: Jess’s Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvn… Non-Amazon Bookish Alternatives mentioned: https://beta.thestorygraph.com https://libro.fm https://bookshop.org
April 15, 2021
Hot & Hammered Series by Tessa Bailey | Romance Book Review
There is NOTHING like a series that gets better with each book. This review covers all three books in the Hot & Hammered series by Tessa Bailey, from Fix Her Up (good) to Love Her or Lose Her (better) to Tools of Engagement (best!). Enjoy!
April 12, 2021
This is Too Many Books on Nixon | American Presidents Reading Challenge Supplementals #3
I read nine books on the Nixon presidency. 10 if you count the actual biography. I never thought the answer “can you read too many books on Nixon in a row?” would be a question I would ever ask myself, but here we are.
