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Episode 41: All the Bookish and Preggo Things for our Final Season 2 Episode!

We’ve made it to the end of season 2, folks, and it’s bittersweet! Thank you sticking around if you’ve been listening this season. We’re taking a hiatus as we both have our babies in November, but we wanted to leave you with a fun Q&A of all things bookish, life, and motherhood! Books mentioned: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Things You Save In a Fire by Katherine Center How to Walk Away by Katherine Center The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield The Wonder Emma Donoghue The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Beartown by Fredrik Backman Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty  The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo  Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Virgil Wander by Leif Enger This Momentary Marriage by John Piper The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile How People Change by Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Ep 40: Looking Forward to Fall Reading

Hi friends! Today we’re talking about what books we’re looking forward to reading in the fall - specific titles as well as genres. We also contemplate what our reading lives will really look like with new babies in the picture. But before we get into all of that we discuss our cats, because who doesn’t love to hear some stories about Remus, Scout, Peaches, and Katie’s long-ago cat Bird (who was sweet but dumb).    Books Mentioned The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger That’s What Frenemies Are For by Sophie Littlefield and Lauren Gershell Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Recursion by Blake Crouch The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Beartown by Frederick Backman There There by Tommy Orange The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell The 7½ of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Americana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Us Against You by Frederick Backman  The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg How to Walk Away by Katherine Center Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center Tidelands by Philippa Gregory The Whisper Man by Alex North Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl All of the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen   Follow Us Everywhere! Website:https://www.nothankswerebooked.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nothankswerebooked Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothxwerebooked/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoThxWereBooked

Interview with Best-Selling Author of Lock Every Door: Riley Sager

Hi readers! You're in for a treat today. We are so excited to have Riley Sager on the podcast, national and international best-selling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied, and his new release that came out in July 2019, Lock Every Door. We loved picking Riley's brain all about what makes a great plot-twisty horror/thriller, how he got the inspiration to write about The Bartholomew—the creepy, gothic setting for Lock Every Door—his favorite characters to write about, and so, so much more.  This is a spoiler-free episode, and we hope you enjoy it! After talking to Riley, we are definitely in the mood for some more page-turning thrillers.  Books mentioned:  Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Final Girls by Riley Sager The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Bird Box by Josh Malerman Red Dragon by Thomas Harris  Follow Us Everywhere! Website: https://www.nothankswerebooked.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nothankswerebooked Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothxwerebooked/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoThxWereBooked      

Episode 38: Instagram Made Us Do It

In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie lament the onslaught of heartburn because their stomachs now reside in their throats. They discuss what they’re reading, the fact that their books have overlapped some this month, they wonder where all the time to read summer books has gone, and they guess each other’s favorite books that instagram made them read (or in Mollie’s case, what KATIE made her read…).    Books Mentioned The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger Beartown by Fredrik Bachman Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Nevermoor and Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler Wives and Daughters and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center   Follow Us Everywhere! Website:https://www.nothankswerebooked.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nothankswerebooked Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothxwerebooked/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoThxWereBooked

Episode 37: Genre-Bending Books and Goodreads Nesting

Hi friends! Today we're talking about our favorite genre-bending books (and some movies!). Let us know what some of your favorite "blends" are—and if you recommend an unlikely pairing! Books mentioned:  The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge Outlander by Diana Gabaldon American Gods by Neil Gaiman The Book Thief by Markus Zusak  infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami The Dinner by Herman Koch Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Beloved by Toni Morrison Bone Gap by Laura Ruby The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 11/22/63 by Stephen King Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Follow Us Everywhere! Website: https://www.nothankswerebooked.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nothankswerebooked Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothxwerebooked/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoThxWereBooked