In this Unabridged podcast episode, we're talking with Katherine Center about her latest book, What You Wish For, which released on July 14th. Katherine shares her first experience as a writer, writing fan fic about Duran Duran, why clown socks are the most fashionable apparel, and how she sets out to fight for joy.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half
Jen - Jennifer Weiner’s Big Summer
Sara - Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
Katherine - Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
Other Mentions
Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Brit Bennett's The Mothers
Katherine Center's Happiness for Beginners
Katherine Center's Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center's How to Walk Away
Katherine Center's The Lost Husband
Ingrid Fetell Lee’s Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
Katherine Center's thoughts on reading for joy on her website
Archie comics
Stranger than Fiction
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Stay the Course and Go for It: Graphic Novels and Comic Collections (Highlight)
I'm Always Here for That: YA To-Be-Read Lists (Short)
Don't Get in That Car: Tara Westover's EDUCATED (Book Club)
The Longest Short Episode Ever: Book-to-Film Adaptation of Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE (Short)
A Chill Up the Back of Your Neck: Spooky Reads (Short)
Part of My Personality: Anne Bogel Highlights - READING PEOPLE and I'D RATHER BE READING (Highlight)
Our Children Making Their Rounds: Bring Your Own Book Game #2 (Short)
Every Time I've Read It I've Found Something New to Love: Angie Thomas's THE HATE U GIVE (Book Club)
"Frantically Reading": Book-to-Film Adaptation of Kevin Kwan's CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Short)
Phenomenal in Scope: Global Read Aloud with LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS, AMAL UNBOUND, and REFUGEE (Highlight)
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Who Has the Right to Judge?: Books We Don't Necessarily Recommend but Are Dying to Discuss (Short)
Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST (Highlight)
I Missed that Train: Favorite Guilty Pleasure Reads (Short)
Describe That in Detail: Tiffany Haddish's THE LAST BLACK UNICORN (Book Club)
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