He Read She Read Curtis and Chelsey

New year, same nerdy readers. We’re talking about what we learned about our reading lives last year, and what we’re planning for 2021. Plus, we share which books are on our priority TBR lists. We’re still adjusting to a new recording space set-up since Curtis got back from deployment, so bear with us as we calibrate some background noise.
 
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Curtis:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
Alone at Dawn by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz
Three Ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 
Grant by Ron Chernow
Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
Name of the Wind (anniversary edition) by Patrick Rothfuss
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K Jemisin
 
Chelsey: 
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Euphoria by Lily King
The Pleasing Hour by Lily King
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward 
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
 
Recommendations of the week:
Curtis - Ted Lasso
Chelsey - Bridgerton

Curtis is back! Today we’re sharing our favorite books of 2020, plus an overview of how the circumstances of this year affected our reading lives. How would you describe your reading life this year?
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Curtis:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
The Only Plane In The Sky by Garrett M. Graff
Alone At Dawn by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 
 
Chelsey: 
A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Would I Lie to the Duke by Eva Leigh
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
The Undocumented Americans by Carla Cornejo Villavicencio
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
 
Recommendations of the week:
The Queen's Gambit on Netflix // Book version
The Flight Attendant on HBO Max // Book version

Today we’re talking about BIG books. Books that are 500 pages or more. We’ll share which tomes are on our TBR lists and which ones we’ve read and loved. 
 
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Curtis:
Three Ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman
Gunslinger by Jeff Pearlman
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (1,008 pages)
Executive Orders by Tom Clancy (1,376 pages)
Once An Eagle by Anton Myrer (1,312 pages)
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin 
The Stand by Stephen King (uncut version = 1,152 pages)
Grant by Ron Chernow (1,104 pages)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1,024 pages)
 
Chelsey: 
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Emma by Jane Austen
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
These Truths by Jill Lepore
The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
 
Recs of the week:
 
Curtis - Nick Offerman Yule Log ASMR
Chelsey - Home Cooking podcast

Today, we’re recommending books to our listeners based on requests they submitted a few weeks ago. Curtis LOVES recording these episodes. We’re ready to fill your TBR and perhaps your shopping cart with books.
 
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Sarah:
Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The Alice Network or The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makai
The Road by Cormac McCarthy 
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
 
Katie:
The Poet X or Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Billy Collins
Langston Hughes
Nikki Giovanni
What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
 
Christine:
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills
Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor by Russell S. Bonds
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley
Be Free Or Die by Cate Lineberry
 
Joslyn:
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin 
The Dry by Jane Harper
 
Claire:
Penguin Vitae series or Penguin Clothbound Classics
Scribe by Alyson Hagy
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Farjado-Anstine
 
Carly:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller
 
Emma:
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (Century trilogy)
Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (First Law trilogy)
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

Today we’re reflecting on two years of buddy reading: why we read together, how we read together, and the books we’ve enjoyed discussing. This episode is a great place to get gift recommendations for the reader in your life, ideas for your book club, or titles to start a buddy read of your own. 
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The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
 
Two years of buddy reads
 
Ep 7: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Ep 11: You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt
Ep 15: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Ep 20: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Ep 24: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Ep 28: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
Ep 30: The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
Ep 32: The River by Peter Heller
Ep 34: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Ep 36: Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
Ep 38: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Ep 40: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Ep 42: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Ep 46: Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Ep 50: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
Ep 57: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Ep 61: A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey

Today, we’re discussing A Quiet Life in the Country, a Lady Hardcastle Mystery by T.E. Kinsey. 
 
We’re also talking about the benefits of audiobooks, our favorite ways to buddy read, and cozy mystery recommendations for fall and winter audiobook listening. 
 
To find a list of every title we mention in today’s episode, go to hereadsheread.org/podcast for show notes. 
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Books mentioned:
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
A Brush with Death by Ali Carter
A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell mysteries) by Deanna Raybourn
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
The Camel Club by David Baldacci