Ep. 85: Circling Back to Spring 2021 Preview Books with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.9 • 732 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In the Spring 2021 Book Preview (Ep. 80), Catherine and I shared our most anticipated books coming out April – May 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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Announcement
- Join our Patreon Community ($5/mo) to get our new bonus podcast episode series called Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and I share at least 4 bonus books (we’re sharing 5 this month) that we’re excited about that we did not share in the regular Preview episode. Get more details about all the goodies available to our patrons and sign up here!
Highlights
- Sarah’s and Catherine’s success rates from the Spring Preview.
- Our Best and Worst picks from the Spring 2021 Preview episode.
- Which mythological character the characters in Olympus, Texas correlated to.
Spring 2021 Books We Had Already Read When We Recorded the Preview [5:42]
Sarah’s Picks:
- What Comes After
by JoAnne Tompkins | Buy from Amazon
[5:42]
- When the Stars Go Dark
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Buy from Amazon
Circling Back: Spring 2021 Books [5:42]
April
Sarah’s Picks:
- Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend by Ben Phillipe | Buy from Amazon
Catherine’s Picks:
- The Bohemians
- Good Company
by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney | Buy from Amazon
- Early Morning Riser
May
Sarah’s Picks:
- Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann | Buy from Amazon
Catherine’s Picks:
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint | Buy from Amazon [25:49]
- The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker | Buy from Amazon [35:32]
- Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger | Buy from Amazon [44:49]
June 1
Sarah’s Pick:
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams | Buy from Amazon [40:47]
Other Books Mentioned
- Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
- Standard Deviation
- Anxious People
- The Push
- One to Watch
by Kate Stayman-London (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [42:33]
Other Links
- Guest appearance on 10 Things to Tell You
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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| 0:40.8 | by supporting the podcast on Patreon. There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio |
| 0:46.5 | to my Patreon page. Let's get rolling. Hey everybody, welcome to the second episode of our new series |
| 0:53.7 | called Circle Back, which is an extension |
| 0:56.1 | of the quarterly book previews. Y'all know that for the quarterly preview episodes, |
| 1:00.6 | Catherine and I have generally not read the majority of the books that we share. In these |
| 1:06.1 | episodes, Catherine and I will circle back to share our thoughts on the books we shared in the preview after we |
| 1:13.0 | have had a chance to read them. So today you're going to get the spring 2021 book preview |
| 1:18.8 | circle back episode where we will update you on how the books we shared in the spring preview |
| 1:25.3 | ended up panning out. And then next week, you will get the |
| 1:29.2 | summer 2021 book preview. And y'all, let me address the elephant in the room for a second. |
| 1:34.3 | For longtime listeners, you know this is not how I normally sound. New listeners, my voice is a bit |
| 1:40.6 | raspyer today than usual. This is called fun Voice. I had, I went on a girls trip |
| 1:48.5 | this past weekend, the first one since those of us in this crowd that went on this trip have been |
| 1:54.3 | fully vaccinated. And apparently I am not used to powering through a girl's trip these days. It was a lot of talking, a lot less |
| 2:03.7 | sleeping than usual, and I'm feeling the effects of it now. So I apologize y'all. Sorry. |
| 2:09.9 | And as usual, Catherine from the blog, Gilmore Guide to Books and at Gilmore Guide on Instagram is |
| 2:16.0 | joining me today. Welcome back, Catherine. Thank you, |
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