Ep. 79: Circling Back to Winter 2021 Preview Books with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.7 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the first Winter 2021 Circle Back Episode with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!
In the Winter 2021 Book Preview (Ep. 73), Catherine and I shared our most anticipated books coming out January – March 2021. But, we often haven't read the books we share in the Preview Episodes.
So, in this new series, we will "circle back" to update you on all the books we presented in the previous season's Book Preview now that we've at least attempted to read them.
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Highlights
- Catherine and my success rate for books we shared in our Winter 2021 Preview episode.
- Our Best and Worst picks from the Winter 2021 Preview episode.
- A book Catherine liked, but that I DNF'd.
Winter 2021 Books We Had Already Read When We Recorded the Preview [5:17]
Sarah's Picks:
- The Fortunate Ones
by Ed Tarkington (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[5:23]
- The Push
- What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
Catherine's Picks:
- Zorrie by Laird Hunt (Catherine's Review) | Buy from Amazon [8:42]
Circling Back: Winter 2021 Books [10:25]
January
Catherine's Picks:
- Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson | Buy from Amazon [10:34]
- A Thousand Ships
by Natalie Haynes (Catherine's Review) | Buy from Amazon
February
Sarah's Picks:
- The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
- All Girls by Emily Layden | Buy from Amazon [18:00]
Catherine's Picks:
- Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic (Catherine's Review) | Buy from Amazon [22:09]
March
Sarah's Picks:
- What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster | Buy from Amazon
- The Babysitter by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan | Buy from Amazon [31:00]
- Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering | Buy from Amazon
- Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge | Buy from Amazon
Catherine's Picks:
- The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen | Buy from Amazon [29:13]
- How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue | Buy from Amazon [36:05]
- Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi (Catherine's Review) | Buy from Amazon [42:39]
- The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan (Catherine's Review) | Buy from Amazon [46:59]
Other Books Mentioned
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
- The Most Fun We Ever Had
by Claire Lombardo (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [8:11]
- The Last Romantics
by Tara Conklin (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [8:11]
- Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson | Buy from Amazon [10:43]
- The Divines by Ellie Eaton | Buy from Amazon [18:45]
- An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:26]
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
- Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:39]
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [33:16]
- Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [38:12]
- Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering | Buy from Amazon
- We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge | Buy from Amazon [45:20]
Other Links
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. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, |
| 0:15.3 | one book they don't love, and one new release they're excited about. |
| 0:19.2 | We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky about |
| 0:22.4 | all things books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your |
| 0:27.6 | reader friends, subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts. Let's get rolling. |
| 0:34.6 | Hey everyone. Welcome to the first episode of a new series called Circle Back, |
| 0:39.8 | which is an extension of our quarterly book previews. You all know that for the quarterly |
| 0:44.7 | book preview episodes, Catherine and I have generally not read the majority of the books that |
| 0:50.1 | we share. And in the recent podcast survey, y'all completed, I got multiple requests for us to |
| 0:56.3 | quote circle back to share our thoughts on books we share in the preview after we've had a chance |
| 1:01.9 | to read them. And we both thought that was a great idea. So Catherine and I will do just that in these |
| 1:08.4 | circle back episodes. These will air every quarter the week |
| 1:12.3 | before the next quarter's preview, if that makes sense. And they will air on what is normally |
| 1:19.3 | an off week for the podcast. So they will not be replacing a regular episode. Today, you are getting |
| 1:25.9 | the winter 2021 book preview circle back episode where we |
| 1:30.8 | will update you on the books that we shared in the winter preview and talk about how they |
| 1:35.3 | panned out for us. And then next week you'll get the spring book preview. And as usual, Catherine |
| 1:41.6 | from Gilmore Guide to Books is joining me. Welcome back, Catherine. Hello, |
| 1:46.3 | good morning. So y'all, we normally start each quarterly book preview by sharing our success |
| 1:52.6 | rates and our best and worst books from the previous season's preview. We will now be doing that |
| 1:59.2 | during these circleback episodes rather than during the preview |
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