Our Favorite Summer Books 2019

• Viv wouldn’t have read anything if it weren’t for our Book Club

• Kit’s thankful for our Charge What You’re Worth Club to help fund her insane Goodreads habit

• Viv recommends Circe by Madeline Miller and we talk about the current popularity of ancient myths

• Kit recommends the Shades of Magic trilogy by V.E. Schwab for all your magical adventure needs

• We’re plotting our own adventure: a reading retreat in a Scottish castle! Details coming soon, spots will be very limited. Email us if you’re interested in joining!

• Viv recommends Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and we learn about Japan’s history with Korea

• Shoutout to Kim’s Convenience on Netflix!

• Kit finally got around to reading Viv’s recommendation from last year’s summer book episode, The Power by Naomi Alderman and we’re obsessed

• Ms. Alderman also wrote the fitness app Zombies, Run!

• The Nomad + Spice Book Club is reading Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich in August

• The Crazy Rich Asians trilogy is good, clean fun for all

• After years of other fantasy fans asking her about it, Kit finally read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and it’s as good as everyone says

• Taking a break from male authors for over a year is a WONDERFUL thing for noticing bias and the male gaze

• We can’t stop talking about The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

• We did NOT enjoy the award-winning “Book of the Year” Normal People by Sally Rooney

• “Just because a book is written by a woman doesn’t make it a feminist book.”

• UP NEXT:

  • This month Kit is reading The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg, and Am I Ugly? by Michelle Elman

  • We’re excited about the Hunger Games prequel

  • Viv is listening to Educated by Tara Westover and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

  • When we lock ourselves in a castle, Viv’s goal is to read SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

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