Mini Ep. 46: Heart-Breaking, But Hopeful Books with Aubree Cheadle (@MNReadingMama)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.9 • 732 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In Mini Episode 46, Aubree Cheadle (@mnreadingmama) shares her love for heart-breaking, but hopeful books and we talk about overdone literary comparisons.
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This month, I chose You Are Not Alone, The Holdout, and Anna K. Check out my commentary on all the February picks to help choose the right book for your reading taste.
Highlights
- Why Aubree loves books that make her cry.
- The Glass Castle being the Gone Girl / Girl on the Train comparison book for memoirs…and many readers’ gateway to memoir.
- And, deep into the accuracy of marketing book comparisons in general.
Aubree’s Book Recommendations
Two OLD Books She Loves
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls | Buy from Amazon
[6:27]
- The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[13:56]
Two NEW Books She Loves
- Pretty Guilty Women
by Gina LaManna | Buy from Amazon [18:36]
- This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger | Buy from Amazon
[21:47]
One Book She DIDN’T Love
- Regretting You by Colleen Hoover | Buy from Amazon [26:00]
One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About
- The Dilemma
by B.A. Paris (Released June 30, 2020) | Buy from Amazon [28:47]
Other Books Mentioned
- You Are Not Alone
- The Holdout
- Anna K
- A Little Life
- Educated
- Wild Game
- The Sound of Gravel
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- And the Mountains Echoed
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[19:02]
- The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth | Buy from Amazon [20:44]
- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | Buy from Amazon [28:10]
- Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover | Buy from Amazon [28:17]
- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris | Buy from Amazon [30:10]
- The Breakdown by B.A. Paris | Buy from Amazon [30:10]
- We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
About Aubree
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Full length episode featuring Caroline Zancan, author of We Wish You Luck (airing Wednesday, February 19).
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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 talking |
| 0:10.6 | with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't |
| 0:16.1 | love, and one new release they're excited about. We're going to get real, and sometimes a bit snarky, about all things books. |
| 0:23.9 | If you like the show, I'd really love your support. |
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| 0:30.3 | rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, |
| 0:33.2 | or get bonus podcast episodes by supporting the podcast on Patreon. |
| 0:38.4 | There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my Patreon page. |
| 0:43.5 | Let's get rolling. |
| 0:45.2 | Hey everyone, welcome to a mini episode of Sayre's Bookshelves Live. |
| 0:49.5 | Many episodes feature book bloggers, Instagramers, or regular readers that apply to be on the show, and focus solely on book recommendations. |
| 0:58.0 | Today's episode is sponsored by Book of the Month. Book of the Month vets hundreds of books each month and selects the best five to feature on their site. |
| 1:06.3 | Members pick one or more books that get shipped directly to them. And February is a great month to join. |
| 1:12.8 | I have read four of the five February picks and I really liked all four that I read. |
| 1:18.2 | I was actually the judge that recommended You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendrix and Sarah Peckon. |
| 1:23.9 | And I also added The Holdout by Graham Green and Anna Kay by Jenny Lee to my box. |
| 1:29.6 | So I got three books this month. |
| 1:31.8 | Go check out their other books and subscribe at bookof the month.com. |
| 1:35.3 | If you use my code, Sarah's bookshelves, you'll get your first month for $9.99, which is a steal |
| 1:40.3 | for a new hardcover book. |
| 1:42.4 | And y'all, Valentine's Day is just a couple days away, so a |
| 1:45.9 | book of the month's subscription would make an excellent last-minute Valentine's Day gift if you |
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