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Sorta Awesome

Ep. 81The best in books & reading for 2016 with Jessica Turner and Laura Tremaine

Sorta Awesome

Cloud10

Education, Society & Culture, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2016

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

'Tis the season for year-end lists of favorites! We've invited blogger and author Jessica Turner back to Sorta Awesome to join Laura in talking all things book and reading for 2016. They dish on buzzed books that fell flat for them, what books they are giving as gifts, and what their very favorite reads from the past year were. All of that, plus Awesome of the Week! SHOW NOTES: Bandolier iPhone Case/crossbody Gilligan & O'Malley at Target Plant Therapy, Serious Cough by Wishgarden, Potion ingredients: equal parts apple cider vinegar, honey, and lemon juice; dilute with warm water, tea, or whiskey Book of the Month Club! BOOKS: The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi Dark Matter, Blake Crouch The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin Before the Fall, Noah Hawley The Nest, Cynthia Sweeney The Girls, Emma Cline Truly, Madly, Guilty, Lianne Moriarty Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton The Sound of Gravel, Ruth Wariner Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead Ruby, Cynthia Bond My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante A Little Life, Hanya Yanigahara The Trespasser, Tana French Dead Wake, Erik Larson Outlander, Diane Gabaldon Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule The Wonder, Emma Donoghue Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates Present Over Perfect, Shauna Niequist SortaLiterary Facebook Group Find Laura on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Find Jessica on her blog, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and pick up her book Fringe Hours! You can find Megan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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