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Dec 2023
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115: What We Read in November

SARAH HARTLEY
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It’s time for another monthly reading recap. Today, we’re sharing 10 books we read in the month of November. As always, in true Sarah and Mia fashion, there are a whole mix of genres, from nonfiction to romance to sci-fi. We hope you’ll find something in this episode to add to your TBR. 

 

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Something Bookish:

[3:18] S: One Hundred Days by Alice Pung

[4:45] M: Netflix show: The Fall of the House of Usher

 

10 Books We Read in November:

[07:21] M: Brooklyn ‘76 by Anthony Ausiello (Feb 2024)

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

[11:04] S: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

[13:22] M: Women in Politics by Mary Chung Hayashi

[15:50] S: One Last Gift by Emily Stone

Always, in December by Emily Stone

[17:59] M: The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

[20:44] S: You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

[23:00] M: Light From Other Stars by Erika Swyler

[26:05] S: The Wedding People by Alison Espach (July 2024)

[29:05] M: Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway

[31:07] S: In Memoriam by Alice Winn

 

[33:37] The Rest of the Books We Read in November



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