We’re back, and ready to talk about books with you!

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We’re talking about a book about books! You’re going to love Why We Read by Shannon Reed.

We’re talking with our friend Haley, sharing all our favorite books of 2023.

No shared read today, but we still have lots of good books to discuss.

Our shared read this week is the inimitable Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land.

We’re reading When Stars Are Scattered, a graphic novel recommended by our daughter, and welcoming guest appearances by each of our kids.

We reread an old favorite—My Reading Life by Pat Conroy.

We loved Syed M. Massoud’s The Bad Muslim Discount.

Happy first podcast anniversary to us! We’re celebrating by discussing Michael Lewis’s The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.

This episode’s shared book is Jon Acuff’s Stuff Christians Like.

John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed brings new light to the events and creations of our world today.

With summer travel on our minds, we took a look back at Bill Bryson’s classic travel memoir, Neither Here nor There.

Joe and Julie deep dive into Frederick Buechner’s Peculiar Treasures.

This week’s focus is Joshilyn Jackson’s Mother May I, but we’re also discussing thrillers, sports books, a cancer memoir, and the joys of re-reading.

Joe and Julie discuss Angie Thomas’s brilliant novel Concrete Rose.

Joe and Julie end the year with each of their top ten books of 2020.

Joe and Julie talk political books, middle grade and young adult books, and the importance of reading the right book at the right time, and they do a deep dive into Frederik Backman’s amazing Anxious People.

Joe and Julie discuss Jon Meacham’s His Truth Is Marching On and catch up on the other things they’ve been reading.

Joe and Julie talk about Michael Ian Black’s A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son.