This is Your Book Club Podcast

We are ready to talk all things "Impossible Fortune" by Richard Osman. Are you? What did you think?  The Thursday Murder Club returns to solve yet another murder. This unlikely group of investigators once again gets pulled into a car bomb, a disappearance and a murder.  Who did it? 

We pulled some good reads off of our shelves for you this week.  It's a little of everything, so get your pens ready to jot down a few good reads. 

Sarah's Shelf:

The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

Jayme's Shelf:

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick

We have a super unique quiz for you today.  Is it good or a bust?  You will have to listen to find out.  Please share your thoughts with us.

Get your tbr ready, because we have some books for you.  On this episode we both review three books from off our shelfs.  Have you already read any of them?

Sarah's Shelf:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand

Jayme's Shelf:

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

The Names by Florence Knapp

September book club is here! Let's talk all things the River is Waiting by Wally Lamb. Tell us what you thought. 

A couple books from each of our shelves this week.  Have you read them? Let us know if/when you do and what you thought. Would you recommend them?

Jayme's Shelf:

Inside the O'briens by Lisa Genova

A Family Matter by Claire Lynch

Sarah's Shelf:

Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilja

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Get ready to take another quiz with us, cause our teenage selves need a quiz to tell us what book to read for fall.

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Fall Reading Quiz

As the school season starts, there is a buzzing of newness all around.  My constant is reading.  It brings me comfort during a time of change and newness.  This episodes gives you a variety of genres so you can find some comfort as well.

Sarah's Shelf:

Miss Newbury's List by Megan Walker

Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

Jayme's Shelf:

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden

Marsha by Tourmaline

We have so much to say about The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony. There are so many story in history that deserve a bigger spot light and this is one of them.  What did you think?  What surprised you most?  Let us know. 

The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony

In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this sweeping, timely novel inspired by a remarkable and little-known true story.

Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married Dr. Christy Davenport and they look forward to growing their family. But as her husband’s vicious temper emerges, Maura worries that her home might never be safe for a child. Meanwhile, her close friend Bernie, a mother of three, learns the devastating news that if she conceives again, her health complications could prove fatal.

Dublin, 2023: A close call makes Saoirse realize that she may never want to be a mother. Little does she know that only a few decades ago, a group of women made this option possible for her. And she’s about to meet one of them…

The Women on Platform Two is a haunting, powerful story of feminine resistance and resilience that reminds us all of where we started—and how far we still have to go.

Wow! Is this a good list of books to add to your tbr. We are calling it the golden episode.  So. Many. Good. Books! What do you think?

Jayme's Shelf:

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Sarah's Shelf:

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

The Memory Library by Kate Storey

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Cary