Check Your Shelf

In this episode Jaimee and Jennifer talk about their recent stand out books, their Book of the Month picks, and all things Romance for the month of love. Books discussed in this episode: Stand Out Books: Bride by Ali Hazelwood and Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others by Amy Thielen. BOTM: Ready or Not by Cara Bastone, Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver,Resort by Sara Och, More- A Memoir of Open Marriage by Molly Roden Winter, The Women by Kristin Hannah, Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, and Northwood by Amy Pease Romance: One True Loves and After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Hello Stranger by Katherine Center, and When in Rome and Practice Makes Perfect, both by Sarah Adams. The Closer by Aimee Hyde, Memories of Us by Vanessa Carnavelle, Rock and a Hard Place by Juliana Smith Romantasy: From Blood and Ash series by Jennifer Armentrout, King and Coven series by Madeleine Eliot and Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent. Mystery Romance: Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell Find us on Instagram: @checkyourshelfpodcast Send us an email: [email protected]

In this episode Jaimee and Jennifer talk about their Book of the Month picks, their favorites of 2023, and the NPR Books We Love list. Books discussed in this episode: BOTM: Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Mercury by Amy Jo Burns Best of 2023: Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen The Last Word by Taylor Adams NPR Books We Love: Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman The Soulmate Equation & The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett Find us on Instagram: @checkyourshelfpodcast Send us an email: [email protected] Thanks for listening!

This episode features more books on our (very very long) TBR lists.
Books discussed in this episode:
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-Tanner
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede
Fall of Ruin & Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Round Here & Over Yonder by Trae Crowder & Corey Ryan Forrester
Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown
On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
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We start the episode by discussing our BOTM picks for October, then jump into a discussion of some of the books on our extensive TBR lists. 
Books discussed in this episode:
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Queen of All Fae series by Madeleine Eliot
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
California Golden by Melanie Benjamin
Grimoire Girl: A Memoir of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel
Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love
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This month Jaimee and Jennifer discuss their one true book love: Book of the Month Club. They talk about how they discovered it and why it's the best thing ever, and then they review several of their favorite BOTM selections. 
Books discussed in this episode:
None of This Is True - Lisa Jewell 56 Days - Catherine Ryan Howard Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross Vladimir - Julia May Jonas The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid Hello Stranger - Katherine Center She Started It - Sian Gilbert Maame - Jessica George The Only One Left - Riley Sager Yours Truly - Abby Jimenez I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Oscar's Picks: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan Renegades - Marissa Meyer City Spies - James Ponti
Jaimee & Jennifer's September TBRs:
Bring Me Your Midnight - Rachel Griffin Shark Heart: A Love Story - Emily Habeck Things We Left Behind - Lucy Score Holly - Stephen King
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