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Katherine and Ashley recap their Indie Bookstore Day book crawl and discuss their current reads and book news. Then, in celebration of their mothers, they discuss favorite books their mother's read to them as children and their mothers' favorite recommendations.

Books mentioned in order:
Wandering Stars byTommy Orange
Lit by Mary Karr
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Ashley's Childhood Favorites:
Big Susan
Heidi
Little House on the Prairie

Kat's Childhood Favorites:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Danny Champion of the World
The Phantom Tollbooth

Molly's Favorite Recommendations
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Ruthie Fear by Maxim Loskutoff

Melinda's Favorite Recommendations
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

Katherine and Ashley discuss Kaveh Akbar's highly acclaimed debut novel, Martyr!

Books mentioned in order of appearance:
The Immortal Life of King Rao by Vauhini Vara
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Micki Brammer

In anticipation of Independent Bookstore Day (April 27th!), Katherine and Ashley discuss their favorite indie bookstores.

Books mentioned in order of appearance:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The Immortal Life of King Rao by Vauhini Vara
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Long Way Down by Jason Reynold
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Whose Afraid of Gender by Judith Butlet

Bookstores Mentioned by Location:

Chicago:
Unabridged
Open Books

New York
Books Are Magic
Unnameable Books

Kansas City:
Rainy Day Books

Boulder:
Boulder Bookstore

Portland:
Powells

Nashville:
Parnassus

Seattle:
Elliot Bay

Katherine and Ashley discuss their current reads, big news in the book world, and their book of the month: Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron.

Books mentioned in the episode:
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsen
Sure I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid I. Khalidi
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Glossy by Marisa Meltzer
Pelican Girls by Julia Malye
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Redwood Court by DeLana RA Dameron
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Katherine and Ashley discuss their fav vacation reads just in time for spring break.

Books mentioned in the episode

Katherine’s current reads:
Redwood Court by DeLana RA Dameron
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Dune by Frank Herbert

Ashley’s current reads:
Passing by Nella Larsen
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
The Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsen

Book News:
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (to be published in September)
One Day by David Nichols

Reads like an HBO mini series:
The Index of Self-Destructive Act by Christopher R Beha
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

To pull from your “I should read that” list
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne Du Mourier
The Neapolitan Novels

Katherine and Ashley discuss their current reads, book news, and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

Books mentioned in the episode:

Good Material by Dolly Alderton
Redeployment by Phil Klay
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Passing by Nella Larsen
The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Redwood Court by DéLana R. A. Dameron