Listen "Ep. 4: We’re Already Thinking About 2023 Book Goals! Plus, a Spoiler-Free Book Club of Our Wives Under the Sea"
Episode Synopsis
Hallie and Pam talk about their October reads and the CAWPILE rating system, begin planning for their 2023 book goals, and host a spoiler-free book club discussion of their first buddy read: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.Books mentioned, in order: Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy CookeMy Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Gathering Dark by Tori BovalinoI’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyFour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver BurkemanBeloved by Toni MorrisonDiary of a Void by Emi YagiFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed SaadawiOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldThe Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays by CJ HauserSearch by Michelle HunevenThe Eden Test by Adam SternberghThe Animals by Cary FaganBehind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughThe Lies She Told by Cate HolahanThe Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah PekkanenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnDark Places by Gillian FlynnNight Film by Marisha PesslNo Gods No Monsters by Cadwell TurnbullWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin DoughtyNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Imitation Game: ALAN TURING DECODED by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Leland PurvisI’m The Girl by Courtney SummersThe Psychology of Time Travel by Kate MascarenhasSourdough by Robin SloanMr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGrimm’s Fairy TalesLady Sapiens: Enquête sur la femme au temps de la Préhistoire by Thomas Cirotteau, Jennifer Kerner and Eric PincasFace au chocs écologiques: 12 entretiens pour comprendre l’anthropocène by Philippe Vion-Dury and Rémi NoyonThe History of the Bible by John BartonSpinster by Kate BolickThe Last White Man by Mohsin HamidThe Anthropocene Reviewed by John GreenSalt Slow by Julia ArmfieldMarvelous by Molly GreeleyThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’FarrellThen Everything Happens at Once by M. E. GirardGirl Mans Up by M. E. GirardFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]
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