In honor of Valentine’s Day, Annie and her two special guests — Ashley Sherlock, cousin, friend, and former Bookshelf social media guru, and Hunter McLendon of @shelfbyshelf — discuss the book To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han and reminisce about all the literary crushes they’ve had and what literary crushes say about you.
Most of the books discussed today can be purchased from The Bookshelf:
Looking for Alaska by John Green

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (4th book)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins 

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Emma by Jane Austen

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Emily Novels by L.M. Montgomery

Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

To Kill A Mockingbird by by Harper Lee


Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D productions for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 
This week Hunter is listening to Flowers in the Attic and Ashley is listening to Such A Fun Age on Libro.fm.
This week, Annie is reading Writers & Lovers by Lily King, and she adores it. 
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