How We Read So Much + Hidden Gem Books (With Listener Recs!)

One of the things we get asked about most is how to read more. So we tackle that during the first fifteen minutes of this episode. (Spoiler alert: being single and childfree during a pandemic helps!) When we read, the advantages of audiobooks, and how to find books you truly love reading, and more! For the rest of the episode, we dive into our favorite hidden gem books. We each brought our five favorite hidden gem books to the table, peppering them in with recommendations from YOU! So this episode is packed with hidden gems to read. 10 from us, 14 from you… get ready for some amazing recommendations!

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Becca and Grace's Recs:

• The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
• A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood
• Peach Tree Bluff Series Kristy Woodson Harvey
• Kitchens of The Great Midwest by J Ryan Stradal
• The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman
• Who's That Girl & You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
• American Predator by Maureen Callahan
• Musical Chairs by Amy Poepell
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• The Conspiracy of Us Trilogy by Maggie Hall

Reader Recs:

• The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
• The Tea Rose Series by Jennifer Donnelly
• Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
• The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown
• The League of Extraordinary Women (Series)
• Love Walked In by Maris Los Santos
• The Pull of The Stars by Emma Donoghue
• Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
• Delicious by Ruth Reichel
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• The City Baker's Guide To Country Living by Louise Miller
• We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
• A Heart In A Body In The World by Deb Caletti
• Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

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Obsessions:

• Issa Rae's Master Class
• Hotel Lobby Candles

What We're Reading:

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
• Yolk by Mary H K Choi
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
• The Underground Railroad by Colston Whitehead

February Book

• If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

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