Yolanda Skeete, an avid reader and co-host of Thrillers by the Book Club SoCal, is back on the show with our book club pal Vanessa Vicente. Yolanda and Vanessa are both bookstagrammers living in Southern California who love to review thrillers, nonfiction, romance, and other genres. As mothers ourselves, we have a lot to say about the 2022 Science Fiction novel “The School for Good Mothers” by Jessamine Chan. In this episode, we talk about our experiences, hardships, and joys as mothers, and the discussion ranges from KidLit to Black Mirror to Michelle Obama to questions like “Why aren’t moms allowed to be sexy??”
Host: Julie Strauss
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Guest: Yolanda Skeete
Guest: Vanessa Vicente
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Discussed in this episode:
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2022
Maribel’s Year and Others by Michelle Sterling
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds
Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds
The Couch Potato by Jory John
The Bad Seed by Jory John
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Harambe
Black Mirror TV Show
The Sitting Month
The Drowning Woman by Robin Harding
Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen
Judy Blume
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Movie
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Drowning by T.J. Newman
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