Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week with a broad array of books to tell you about! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a personalized book gift FOR a friend, and a kidlit audiobook addiction. Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, some quick reads to hit your year-end goals, and a few books we cannot WAIT to talk to you about! Our super special deep dive this week centers on an interview with Delia Owens, writer of Where the Crawdads Sing. This book has been chosen as a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, as well as (just announced the day after recording) picked up by 20th Century Fox as a feature film production. Delia is so gracious, so well-spoken, and so lovely. We know you’ll love hearing from her. As always, we ALL finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: a nature collection from Delia, a cry-your-heart-out book, and a middle grade classic. Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  1:35 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend 4:18 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 5:32 - Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson 6:31 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 7:43 - Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong 7:57 - Shogun by James Clavell 8:51 - Theft by Finding: Diaries by David Sedaris 10:51 - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny 16:06 - The One by John Marrs 19:59 - Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet 20:06 - Stuart Little by E.B. White 20:08 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 22:55 - Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley 23:25 - Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug 24:11 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 27:51 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams 30:15 - The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams 41:19 - The Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold 43:45 - Instagram Giveaway! Go win one of two copies of Where The Crawdads Sing! 45:09 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 48:29 - Tuesdays At The Castle by Jessica Day George *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*