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Ep. #310 - #PBNRead2019 recommendations!

Ep. #310 - #PBNRead2019 recommendations!

Published 7 years, 8 months ago
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On today's episode, Adam & Jill are joined by Emma and Kristin to dish out oodles of recommendations for the Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge! Also they make lots of good, good jokes.

Books mentioned in this episode (broken out by category)

 

Book written by two or more authors

 

Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Josh and Hazel's guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza

My Plain Jane Cynthia Hand & Brodi Ashton

All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

 

Book that has appeared on the ALA's frequently challenged book list

Scary Stories to tell in the dark

Perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Harry Potter

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Of Mice and men by John Steinbeck

A lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

Grendel by John Gardner

 

 

Audiobook of a memoir or autobiography read by the author

Heartland by Sarah Smarsh

Still Foolin' em by Billy Crystal

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

As You Wish by Cary Elwes

My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum

We're going to need more win Gabrielle Union

In pieces by Sally Field

Hunger makes me a modern girl by Carrie Brownstein

Party of One by Dave Holmes

Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips

 

 

Retelling of a classic book, fairy tale, or play

The Hogarth Shakespeare series of books-

The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson (The Winter's Tale)

Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson (The Merchant of Venice)

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwo

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