Season 3, Episode 4: Where’s an Editor When You Need One + When We Give Up on an Author

Currently Reading

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading in the heat and a new recording space

• Current Reads: books that need editing, ones that elicit strong opinions, and the plural of bigfoot(s?)

• Deep Dive: giving up on an author - how many tries should you give them?

• Book Presses: books from authors that changed our minds

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* 

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Bookish Moments:

2:20 - New books from authors we’ve enjoyed (Holly Jackson, Katherine McGee)

Current Reads:

4:31 - Devolution by Max Brooks (Meredith)

7:11 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

8:54 - Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (Kaytee)

12:11 - The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth (Meredith)

15:52 - Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (Kaytee)

19:31 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler (Meredith)

26:57 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

27:42 - The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Kaytee)

27:53 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

27:50 - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Deep Dive - Giving Up on an Author:

32:55 - Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike Series

35:23 - Elizabeth George

36:33 - Ann Patchett (The Dutch House and Commonwealth)

37:48 - Jenny Colgan

38:10 - Anthony Horowitz (Magpie Murders, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death)

39:45 - Donna Tartt (Secret History and The Goldfinch)

38:53 - Jane Harper (The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man)

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:52 - The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (Meredith)

43:57 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

44:14 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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