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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 106: Superlatives with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

Arts, Books

4.7 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books joins me for a special Superlatives episode where we are answering from the fourth bucket of questions submitted for the Ask Me Anything episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live. We give you a little taste of the bonus Monthly Superlative episodes Catherine and I often do for the Patreon community. This format is a favorite of mine, allowing for a bit more candor and a lot of fun. Today we tackle questions about our all-time favorite books, re-reads, auto-buy authors, favorite audiobooks, and more!

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Announcements

  • If you like this episode, consider joining the Patreon Community ($5/mo) to get our bonus Monthly Superlative podcast episode series! In these episodes, I feature a continued discussion with every big show episode guest from the current month where they answer 5 bookish "superlative" questions. One of my favorite things I hear from patrons about this series is how much they love listening to the same guests from the big show, but with a laid-back and relaxed vibe. Get more details about all the goodies available to all patrons (Stars and Superstars) and sign up here!

Highlights

  • Behind-the-scenes info on the Monthly Superlative podcast episode series for patrons.
  • Our all-time favorite books
  • Our auto-buy authors
  • How Catherine and Sarah feel about re-reading
  • Books from Sarah's and Catherine's childhoods
  • Immediate bookish turn-offs
  • What Catherine and Sarah find in a book that makes it easy to read

Superlatives

ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOKS [03:15]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

AUTO-BUY AUTHORS  [09:59]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

FAVORITE AUDIOBOOKS  [14:03]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

FIRST BOOK THAT SPARKED YOUR JOY OF READING  [18:09]

Catherine: 

  • Laurie and Company by Eleanor Frances Lattimore (currently out of print) [18:21]

Sarah:

ALL ABOUT RE-READING  [21:23]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

SIGNIFICANT / IMPACTFUL BOOKS  [28:00]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

BOOKS THAT MADE YOU FEEL SEEN  [33:47]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

SARAH'S FAVORITE LITERARY MYSTERIES & SLOW-BURN SUSPENSE  [36:48]

Literary Mysteries: [37:14]

Slow-Burn Suspense: [35:41]

FAVORITE SPORTS FICTION  [38:44]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

FAVORITE BOOKS IN LEAST FAVORITE GENRE  [41:55]

Catherine (Horror): 

Sarah (Horror & Romance):

IMMEDIATE TURN-OFFS  [46:14]

WHAT MAKES A BOOK EASY TO READ  [49:34]

SENIOR MAIN CHARACTERS  [51:44]

Catherine: 

Sarah:

Other Books Mentioned

Other Links

About Catherine Gilmore

Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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,

0:33.8

subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, or get bonus podcast episodes

0:40.8

by 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. Hey everyone, welcome to our first ever superlatives episode on The Big Show. If you remember back in

0:56.3

December, Catherine and I did an Ask Me Anything episode to celebrate the podcast 100th episode.

1:03.0

I told you all that we had gotten four buckets of questions and we were going to save one bucket

1:07.6

for its own episode. So we are bringing you that fourth bucket today. And Catherine

1:12.0

is here to help me with superlatives today, which is fitting because she and I do superlatives

1:19.3

for the show's patrons almost every month, maybe every other month. We often do superlatives

1:25.6

together for the show's patrons. And it is really

1:28.0

fun. It gets very candid. It's one of my favorite things that we do on the show. Welcome,

1:33.6

Catherine. Thank you. I love superlatives. I think everybody does. It's kind of like a low-hanging

1:39.5

fruit good episode. It is, because you're mostly talking about books you love and books you've read,

1:45.1

whereas our previews, we haven't read them often. And this is just a chance to be reminded of

1:51.3

all the things you love about reading. Absolutely. So y'all, if you like what you hear today

1:57.7

and you are not a patron and you want to hear more things like what you

2:02.0

hear today. Every month, all of my patrons get a bonus podcast episode entirely of superlatives.

2:09.5

Each big show podcast guest answers five superlatives questions that I have written especially

2:15.2

for that guest. And then I add in my own picks for questions where it makes sense later via editing,

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