Mini Ep. 55: Sarah Saba Cetra (@bookedinadvance) on Middle Eastern Books on her TBR + Reading During Coronavirus

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4.9 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In Mini Episode 55, Sarah Saba Cetra (@bookedinadvance) shares Middle Eastern books on her TBR list, books from a publisher we both love (Riverhead), and we both share how coronavirus is impacting our reading.

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Highlights

How coronavirus is impacting both of our reading.
How Sarah barely read at all during law school and what (specific book and specific person) eventually got her back into reading.
Sarah’s 2 reading goals for this year (including focusing on reading more Middle Eastern authors).
The 3 Middle Eastern books on Sarah’s TBR list.
An ode to Riverhead Books (the publisher).

Sarah’s Book Recommendations

Two OLD Books She Loves

Beautiful Souls by Eyal Press | Buy from Amazon [10:45]
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds | Buy from Amazon [13:55]

Two NEW Books She Loves

We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [16:13]
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson | Buy from Amazon [19:45]

One Book She DIDN’T Love

Women Talking by Miriam Toews | Buy from Amazon []

One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About

Sisters by Daisy Johnson (Release Date: August 25, 2020) | Buy from Amazon [26:51]

Other Books Mentioned

It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood | Buy from Amazon [4:24]
Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk | Buy from Amazon [5:16]
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [6:51]
Our Women on the Ground by Zahra Hankir | Buy from Amazon [9:24]
How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi | Buy from Amazon [9:24]
Apeirogon by Colum McCann | Buy from Amazon [9:24]
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler | Buy from Amazon [17:10]
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson | Buy from Amazon [21:17]

About Sarah

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Sarah was an avid reader until she hit law school, where she read maybe 2 books per year for the three years she was a student, and the year after she graduated. After following Ashley Spivey for Bachelor-related reasons, and she found Sarah’s Bookshelves Live and got back into the swing of regularly reading.

She is currently a legal writer living in Pittsburgh, where she’s just become a regular at her neighborhood indie bookstore. She also likes to embroider while listening to audiobooks.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelps. Each week I'm talking with one
0:11.5	bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love,
0:17.0	and one new release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky
0:22.4	about all things books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to
0:28.0	your reader friends, subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts,
0:33.6	or get bonus podcast episodes by supporting the podcast on Patreon.
0:38.9	There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my Patreon page.
0:43.9	Let's get rolling.
0:45.5	Hey everyone, welcome to a mini episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live.
0:50.0	Many episodes feature book bloggers, Instagramers, or regular readers that apply to be on the show and focus solely on book recommendations.
0:58.7	I wanted to mention something specifically today because we are in the time of coronavirus and I feel like coronavirus time is like dog years.
1:07.1	Everything's just moving so fast.
1:08.6	So I want to tell you when we are recording versus when this is airing.
1:12.5	So we are recording on March 24th, and this will be airing on April 22nd.
1:17.9	So keep that in mind as we talk about how coronavirus is affecting our reading lives.
1:23.3	Things might have changed drastically by the time this airs.
1:26.4	So today's guest is Sarah Saba,
1:28.6	Cetra. She goes by Booked in Advance on Instagram. Sarah is a legal writer in Pittsburgh where she's
1:35.5	just become a regular at her neighborhood bookstore. Hopefully she can be an online regular
1:40.1	at her neighborhood bookstore now. And she loves to embroider while listening to audiobooks.
1:45.5	She was an avid reader until she started law school, during which she only got to read about
1:49.7	two books a year, but following Ashley Spivey, got her back into the reading saddle lately.
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