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Books on Books
Books & Literature
Amanda BenDor and Anna Volbrecht share about the books they're reading.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Books & Literature
Description:
Amanda BenDor and Anna Volbrecht share about the books they're reading.
Language:
English
Episodes
Episode 18 | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
5/9/2021
On this episode, Amanda and Anna catch up on what we've been reading and do a deep dive into The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue .
Currently Reading:
-- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
-- Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter
Deep Dive:
-- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Other books mentioned on this episode:
-- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
-- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
-- The Power by Naomi Alderman
Duration:00:32:03
Episode 17 | The Kindest Lie & A Deadly Education
3/2/2021
On this episode, Amanda and Anna celebrate black history month by sharing books by African American authors.
Currently Reading:
-- The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
-- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Books by African American Authors:
-- Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
-- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Other books mentioned on this episode:
-- Passing by Nella Larsen
-- Everfair by Nisi Shawl
-- Underground Railroad by Colson...
Duration:00:31:02
Episode 16 | The Wife Upstairs & Ministry for the Future
2/15/2021
On this episode, Amanda and Anna share beautiful books, thoughts on poetry, and what we're currently reading.
Currently Reading:
-- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
-- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Most Beautiful Books We've Read:
-- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
-- Above Us the Milky Way by Fowzia Karimi
Poets We Love:
-- Amanda Gorman
-- Fernando Pessoa
-- Amiri Baraka
Duration:00:26:58
Episode 15 | Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance & This Close to Okay
1/18/2021
Amanda and Anna kick off 2021 with some joyful reading!
Books we enjoyed over our winter breaks:
-- Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
-- This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
Books we're excited about in 2021:
-- Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer
-- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
A book featuring animals:
-- The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
-- Lobster is the Best Medicine by Liz Climo
Other books mentioned:
-- Too Like the Lightning by Ada...
Duration:00:26:42
Episode 14 | The 2020 Holiday Spectacular!
12/17/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna present the 2020 Holiday Spectacular! We share our favorite holiday books, bookish traditions, and books not to miss!
Don't miss in 2020:
-- White Ivy by Susie Yang
-- One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten
Holiday books we enjoy:
-- Amanda's Tree by Jo Jones
-- One Day in December by Josie Silver
-- Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
-- In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
-- Letters from Father Christmas by JRR...
Duration:00:31:07
Episode 13 | A Memory Called Empire & Anxious People
11/23/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading:
-- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
-- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Books we haven't read yet (but probably should have):
-- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
-- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Books we'd like to see as movies:
-- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
-- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Other books mentioned:
Afterland by Lauren Beukes
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Signature of All...
Duration:00:27:35
Episode 12 | The Midnight Library
10/18/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading:
-- A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
-- Ohio by Stephen Markley
Deep Dive on:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Other books mentioned:
I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Duration:00:34:30
Episode 11 | A Burning & Transcendent Kingdom
10/4/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading
-- A Burning by Megha Majumdar
-- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
A book that's we didn't like
-- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
-- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Other books mentioned:
--The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
-- Just Like You by Nick Hornby
-- The Party Upstairs by Lee Conell
-- Old Kingdom (series) by Garth Nix
-- The Song of the Lioness (series) by Tamora...
Duration:00:27:34
Episode 10 | One by One & The Library of Legends
9/13/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading
-- One by One by Ruth Ware
-- The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
A book that's made you laugh out loud
-- Where'd You go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
-- Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
-- All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
Duration:00:24:32
Episode 9 | Migrations & Home Before Dark
8/23/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading
-- Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
-- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Quirkiest book you've read
-- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
-- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Other books mentioned:
-- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
-- Sadie by Courtney Summers
-- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
-- Curiousaurs Rex by Maisie York (Anna's...
Duration:00:24:00
Episode 8 | The Pull of the Stars & When We Were Vikings
8/4/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading
-- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
-- When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
Deep dive book discussion
-- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Duration:00:35:24
Episode 7 | Sharks in the Time of Saviors & The Ten Thousand Doors of January
7/19/2020
This week, Amanda and Anna share:
Books we're currently reading
-- Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
-- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Books that have good movie counterparts
-- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
-- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Duration:00:25:11
Episode 6 | American Spy & Upright Women Wanted
7/5/2020
In this episode, we discuss:
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
Find out more about SPL Summer Book Bingo:
https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/learning/summer-of-learning/2020-adult-book-bingo
Duration:00:24:49
Episode 5 | Summer Reading 2020
6/23/2020
In this episode, we discuss:
Borderlines by Michela Wrong
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Duration:00:18:53
Episode 4 | The Vanishing Half & The Last Human
6/8/2020
In this episode, we discuss:
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Last Human by Zack Jordan
Slaughter House-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Duration:00:23:52
Episode 3 | How Rory Thone Destroyed the Multiverse & Ona Out of Order
5/26/2020
In this episode, we discuss:
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
Ona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
In the Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz
Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz
Killing Thyme by Leslie Budewitz
Find Seattle Book Bingo here: https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/learning/summer-of-learning/2020-adult-book-bingo
Duration:00:16:56
Episode 2 | The Stationery Shop & Dr Space Junk Vs the Universe
5/10/2020
In this episode, we discuss:
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
Dr Space Junk Vs the Universe by Alice Gorman
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Learn more about our work at PATH.org
Duration:00:19:56
Episode 1 | Weather & The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
4/26/2020
Amanda and Anna talk about:
Weather by Jenny Offill
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Duration:00:18:15