Ep 179: Best Books of 2023 (So Far) with Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Unknown, Personal Journals

4.7 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Instead of waiting for the end of the year to talk about our favorite books, my real life book club members Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith and I decided we should have a mid-year meeting to discuss some of the great things we've read in this first half of 2023. We talk about the best novels, memoirs, personal growth, and general nonfiction books that stand out, and even share some of the personal things going on in our lives that have affected our reading habits lately. We also unintentionally talk a lot about Hollywood in this episode - where the three of us all live and work - discussing the writer's strike and multiple celebrity memoirs. JOIN SECRET STUFF NOW FOR BONUS CONTENT Of course, we talked for hours. And there was still more we had to say. Check out the Secret Stuff bonus episode for even more book talk, including the books that haven't worked for us this year. FULL SHOW NOTES ARE HERE LAURA’S FAVORITES: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman The Perfectionist’s Guide To Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler Spare by Prince Harry Beloved by Toni Morrison I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld STEPHANIE’S FAVORITES: Maame by Jessica George Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson YASMIN’S FAVORITES: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED in this episode: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer (Prince Harry’s ghost writer) I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Educated by Tara Westover The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Tales from the Boom Boom Room by Susan Antilla Glamarama by Bret Easton Ellis Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano SPONSORS: Lume // Go to LumeDeodorant.com and use code YOU for 40% off your starter pack HelloFresh // Go to HelloFresh.com/YOU16 and use code YOU16 for 16 free meals and free shipping Betterhelp // Go to BetterHelp.com and use code YOU for 10% off your first month SUBSCRIBE to 10 Things To Tell You so you never miss an episode! CLICK HERE for episode show notes FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook JOIN the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group SIGN UP for episode emails, links, and show notes JOIN the Secret Stuff Patreon BUY THE BOOK: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine BUY THE BOOK: The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:08.6	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you. And you have 10 things to tell.
0:15.0	This show is about connection,
0:18.0	with each other and with ourselves.
0:20.0	And the hope is that the things we talk about here
0:22.0	will be fuel for better conversations and a personal awareness.
0:26.4	Each episode has a prompt or a topic that I want you to take to your journal, text to a friend,
0:32.0	or share on social media using the hashtag 10
0:34.9	Things to Tell You. This is a show about digging deeper and sharing our
0:39.4	stuff. I'll go first. Y'all were doing something different this time.
0:45.0	We are actually going to talk about our favorite books halfway through the year so that we don't have a four hour
0:56.7	episode at the end of the year. So welcome to our brand new half yearly best books of the year so far.
1:08.8	Yay!
1:10.4	We might have had a lot of champagne. No.
1:15.0	That's definitely a new thing for the podcast.
1:20.0	So we will see where this goes. I also have screamed multiple times. Save your word! Stop talking!
1:30.0	We're going to say this when the microphone is on.
1:32.9	So I hope that you took that literally
1:34.5	so that we can have all of our words in this actual episode.
1:39.5	But let's introduce ourselves as we're going around.
1:41.8	I'm Laura Tremaine, the host of 10
1:43.4	things to tell you. I talk about books. I write books. And I love more than anything
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