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Dec 2022
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67: What We Read in November

SARAH HARTLEY
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Another month of reading is in the books! We’re sharing 11 books with you that we read in November. Memoirs, hard-hitting fiction, and… an intelligent octopus? You know it’s always a reading smörgåsbord around these parts. We wouldn’t have it any other way. 

 

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Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.

 

Some Things We’re Excited to Share:

[3:10] M: The Fireside, a private community for women seeking friendship and support

[4:29] S: The Collective, a small group program where we spend six weeks diving deep into a topic that is important to women

 

Books We Read in November:  

[8:57] Both: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins | Amazon // Bookshop

[10:02] S: A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella | Amazon // Bookshop

A Little Hope by Ethan Joella | Amazon // Bookshop

[12:15] M: Edge of Collapse by Kyla Stone | Amazon

[13:44] S: Friends, Lovers, & The Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry | Amazon // Bookshop

[15:29] M: We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez | Amazon // Bookshop

[17:18] S: I’ll Show Myself Out by Jessi Klein | Amazon // Bookshop

[19:37] M: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt | Amazon // Bookshop

[22:17] S: How to Be Eaten by Maria Aldermann | Amazon // Bookshop

[24:09] M: Hudson Taylor by Janet + Geoff Benge | Amazon // Bookshop

[25:30] S: You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky | Amazon // Bookshop

[27:38] M: Later by Stephen King | Amazon // Bookshop

 

[29:45] Extra Books We Read in November

 

Let’s Take a Trip:

[31:17] S: Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given | Amazon // Bookshop

[32:57] M: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali | Amazon // Bookshop

    

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