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Aug 2017
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Ep. 108 Best books from our summer stack...

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About this episode

The happiest way to spend the summer days is with a stack of books by your side. Megan and Laura indulged in that summer tradition, and they are here to report on the best of their summer reading! It's like book report day in school, only WAY more awesome!

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SHOW NOTES:

The Turnaround: Jerry Springer

The Nod: Good for the Blacks

Annotated: The Most Glamorous Librarian Ever


IT, Stephen King

The Crossover, Kwame Alexander

Anything is Possible, Elizabeth Strout

Upside of Unrequited, Becky Albertalli

This is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid


Deep Work, Cal Newport

Essentialism, Greg McKeown

The Fact of a Body, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

At Home in the World, Tsh Oxenreider

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