Episode 09: Spring Book Review

Spring is here and with it a new season of books! Longtime book blogger Susan Matheson unpacks her top picks of the season. The much anticipated follow up novel by Imbole Mbue, a literary thriller by historical novelist Paula McLain and a memoir from 1980s Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy are topics of discussion. The rich period drama The Luminaries on Amazon Prime and Sibling Revelry, Kate and Oliver Hudson's fun podcast about family, are also discussed.

Top Spring Book Picks:

Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthy
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur: A Novel by Alka Joshi
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
The Elephant of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh

Other books/resources discussed:

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
419: A Novel by Will Ferguson

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