Ep. 102: Winter 2022 Book Preview with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.7 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Also, stay tuned for my Most Anticipated Books of Winter 2022 blog post, coming out soon. On there, I'll share some of the books I talked about in this episode, but also some I didn't.
This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!).
Announcement
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Highlights
- Sarah's first 5-star book since July 2021!
- Catherine and Sarah each pick their #1 winter release.
- Sarah brings back a sun sub-genre coined from her early blog days.
Winter 2022 Book Preview [4:01]
January
Sarah's Picks:
- Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor (February 1*) | Buy from Amazon
| Bookshop.org [4:12]
- Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (January 4) | Buy from Amazon
| Bookshop.org [13:41]
- I Came All This Way to Meet You by Jami Attenberg (January 11) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org
[19:26]
Catherine's Picks:
- Honor by Thrity Umrigar (January 4) | Buy from Amazon
| Bookshop.org [8:35]
- No Land to Light On
by Yara Zgheib (January 4) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org
[16:36]
- To Paradise
by Hanya Yanagihara (January 11) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org
[24:18]
- The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk (January 25) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:47]
- Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (January 25) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:13]
February
Sarah's Picks:
- What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris (February 1) | Buy from Amazon
| Bookshop.org [28:13]
- Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak (February 15) | Buy from Amazon
| Bookshop.org [33:52]
- Fake by Erica Katz (February 22) | Buy from Amazon
| Bookshop.org [38:53]
Catherine's Pick:
- Love and Saffron by Kim Fay (February 8) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:23]
March
Sarah's Pick:
- Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor (March 8) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org
[44:08]
Catherine's Picks:
- One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle (March 1) | Buy from Amazon [46:46]
- Dilettante by Dana Brown (March 22) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:50]
April
Sarah's Pick:
- Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow (April 5) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org
[49:04]
Other Books Mentioned
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [4:39]
- The Chosen and the Beautiful
by Nghi Vo [6:25]
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun [11:54]
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
[14:33]
- The Ensemble
by Aja Gabel
[14:37]
- The Girls from Corona del Mar
by Rufi Thorpe [15:54]
- All This Could Be Yours
by Jami Attenberg [20:06]
- Saint Mazie
by Jami Attenberg [20:13]
- All Grown Up
by Jami Attenberg
[20:16]
- The Middlesteins
by Jami Attenberg [20:18]
- Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott [23:50]
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami [23:55]
- On Writing
by Stephen King [23:58]
- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr [25:12]
- Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell [25:16]
- Washington Square
by Henry James [26:50]
- A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara [27:30]
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw [29:20]
- The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans [29:26]
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré [29:34]
- The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson [30:53]
- Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak [34:17]
- The Futures by Anna Pitoniak [34:24]
- The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott [35:55]
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld [35:59]
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid [36:09]
- Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka [37:57]
- The Boys' Club by Erica Katz [39:13]
- The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro [41:10]
- The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay [41:30]
- Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney [42:47]
- Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha [45:05]
- Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby [45:14]
- The Bright Lands by John Fram [45:58]
- In Five Years by Rebecca Serle [47:01]
- Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West [51:37]
Other Links
*Book's release date changed since the time of recording.
About Catherine Gilmore
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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week I'm |
| 0:15.5 | talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love, and one new |
| 0:22.7 | release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky about all things |
| 0:28.3 | books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your reader friends, |
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| 0:41.2 | supporting the podcast on Patreon. There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my |
| 0:47.5 | Patreon page. Let's get rolling. Happy New Year. Welcome back to Sarah's Bookshelves live after the holiday break. And I think it is fitting to start the year off with Catherine from Gilmore Guide to Books. And we are bringing you the Winter 2020 book preview. Welcome, Catherine. Thank you. A whole new year and hopefully a lot of great new books. I'm hoping. I hope so. I need it. I need it |
| 1:15.0 | bad. Totally. Today we're going to be highlighting books coming out between January and March of |
| 1:21.7 | 2022. And actually, I do have one early April release, which is kind of a special situation, which I'll explain later. |
| 1:30.1 | Catherine and I do have a lot to make up for from our fall preview. Yes. Yes. Yes. And hopefully |
| 1:37.5 | these picks will go better for us. I know we are off to a better start because both of us have read a |
| 1:42.2 | couple of these already. So that'll pat our stats |
| 1:44.7 | nicely. There you go. And I will say these picks were a little bit like musical chairs for us. |
| 1:50.9 | I know I kept DNFing books that I was thinking about bringing to this show. I also kept finding |
| 1:57.9 | out that publication dates had moved. So I did decide to share this one book that was supposed to come out in March, but it was moved to April 5th. |
| 2:07.7 | And I'm really excited about it. |
| 2:09.5 | And there are so many April releases that I'm excited about that that month is completely jammed that this will take a little bit of pressure off the spring preview. |
| 2:17.8 | That's interesting. Yeah. Because I didn't have as many changes. I felt like it kind of quieted down |
| 2:24.6 | after, you know, 2020 and the initial COVID, how everything shifted. But you had quite a few |
| 2:31.6 | that moved. No, I had more than one that moved. |
| 2:35.1 | Huh. |
| 2:35.8 | Okay. |
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