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01:06:30

Book Review: Brawler by Lauren Groff

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2026/04/03

Katherine and Ashley discuss Lauren Groff's latest short story collection: Brawler. Katherine reads: Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Dominion by Addie Citchens Ashley reads: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

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01:34:08

Book Review: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

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2026/03/20

Katherine and Ashley are joined by special guest Sophie to discuss the horror/thriller, Our Share of Night. Katherine Reads: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez Ashley Reads: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez Sophie Reads: The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez Água Viva by Clarice Lispector Jorge Luis Borges Julio Cortázar

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00:53:33

Guilt List Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee & The...

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2026/03/06

Katherine and Ashley announce their mini series: Guilt List Reads. Kat reads: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan KarunatilakaThe House by the Lake by Riley Sager Ash reads: Everything I Never Told You by Celest Ng

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01:23:57

Adaptation Review: Wuthering Heights

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2026/02/20

Katherine, Ashley, and special guest, Emily discuss the film adaptation of Wuthering Heights (film discussion begins at 42:22)Katherine Reads: Clear by Carys Davies Vladimir by Julia May JonasZorrie by Laird HuntThe Eye in the Door by Pat BarkerAshley Reads: Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship by Dana WilliamsBright Young Women by Jessica KnollSpeedboat by Renata AlderEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Emily Wilson’s translation of The OdysseyVineland by Thomas

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00:46:38

Book Review: Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq

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2026/02/09

Katherine and Ashley discuss the International Booker Prize Winner, Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq Ashley Reads: Orbital by Samantha Harvey Speedboat by Renata Alder Katherine Reads: Generations by Lucille CliftonThe Idiot by Elif BatumanClear by Carys Davies

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00:42:47

Book Review: Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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2026/01/23

Katherine and Ashley discuss Braithwaite's new novel, Cursed Daughters. Kat Reads: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Generations by Lucille Clifton Ash Reads: Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt City of Thieves by David Benioff

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00:48:01

Best Books of 2025

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2026/01/09

Katherine and Ashley discuss their favorite books from 2025. Katherine Current Reads: O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker The Director by Daniel Kehlmann The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits Ashley Current Reads: Happy Hour by Marlow Granados The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt Kat's Top Five: Foster by Claire Keegan A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker Heart the Lover by Lily King Ash's Top Five

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01:25:33

Book Review: Heart the Lover by Lily King

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2025/12/26

Katherine and Ashley discuss Lily King's latest novel, Heart The Lover (20:46). Katherine Reads: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Ashley Reads: North Sun: Or the Voyage of Esther the Whaleship by Ethan Rutherford Strange Houses by Uketsu

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00:56:58

Movie Review: Hamnet

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2025/12/12

Katherine and Ashley discuss the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's, Hamnet. Katherine Reads: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Ashley Reads: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Palaver by Bryan Washington The Antidote by Karen Russell Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood

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01:07:16

Book Review: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

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2025/11/14

Katherine and Ashley discuss the most mentioned bookfare book: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Discussion of the book begins at 18:42. Katherine Reads: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiWhat Can We Know by Ian McEwenAshley Reads: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine.CivilWarLand In Bad Decline by George Saunders

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01:04:46

Book Review: Flashlight by Susan Choi

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2025/10/31

Katherine and Ashley discuss Susan Choi's newest novel, Flashlight. Nominated for both the Booker long list and National Book Award long list. Discussion of the book because at 30:18. Katherine Reads: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Ashley Reads: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders The True True Story of Raja the Gullible

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01:06:08

Bookfare Break Roundup

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2025/10/17

Katherine and Ashley return for Season Three with a roundup of the books they read over the Bookfare break. Katherine Reads: Flashlight by Susan Choi Universality by Natasha Brown Valentino and Sagittarius by Natalia Ginzburg Intimacies by Katie Kitamura Endling by Maria RevaFlesh by David Szalay Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood Ashley Reads: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Original Sin: The (Mis)education of Black and

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00:53:02

Book Review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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2025/08/29

Katherine and Ashley discuss Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. Kat Reads: Mobius Book by Catherine Lacey Flashlight by Susan Choi Ash Reads: This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg LarsenBookfare will be taking a (late) summer break! We will be back with Season 3 in October!

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00:51:57

Book Review: Among Friends by Hal Ebbott

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2025/07/31

Katherine and Ashley discuss Hal Ebbott's Among Friends. Discussion begins at 22:39. Katherine Reads The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey Ashley Reads The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

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00:45:00

Mini Review: Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet

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2025/07/14

Katherine and Ashley discuss Laurent Binet's Perspective(s). Discussion begins at 15:07. Kat reads: Like Mother Like Mother by Susan Rieger The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Ash Reads: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Jillian by Halle Butler

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00:56:55

Book Review: Audition by Katie Kitamura

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2025/06/20

Katherine and Ashley discuss Kitamura's latest, Audition (book discussion begins at 12:16). Katherine Reads: The Cafe with No Name by Robert Seethaler Ashley Reads: Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyonce, and the Women Who Built Pop’s Shiniest Decade by Nora Princiotti. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

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00:32:51

Mini Review: Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

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2025/06/06

Katherine and Ashley discuss Rebecca K. Riley's novel, Great and Valdin. Kat reads: Evenings and Weekends by Oisan McKenna Ash reads: Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

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00:38:46

Book Review: Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

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2025/05/15

Katherine and Ashley discuss Fundamentally, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Kat reads: Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette HOwland The Yellow Sofa by Eca de Queiros Ash reads: Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Next Book: Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

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00:42:44

Mini-Review: The Echoes by Evie Wyld

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2025/05/01

Katherine and Ashley discuss Evie Wyld's The Echoes. Katherine Reads: Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee The Women by Kristin Hannah Fundamentally by Nussaibah YounisAshley Reads: You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin Bookfare's Next Four Reads: Fundamentally by Nussaibah YounisAudition by Katie Kitamura Perspectives by Laurent Binet Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

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01:03:21

Mini Review: Good Girl by Aria Aber

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2025/04/03

Katherine and Ashley discuss Aria Aber's debut novel, Good Girl (book discussion begins at 15:19). Katherine Reads The Watchmen by Alan Moore The Unwedding by Ally Condie Ashley Reads Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

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