On this episode, Sam Ali, @readwithsama on instagram, talks about how she is developing a love of reading in her daughter, recommends some amazing Canadian books, and we gush about our shared love of awards. We talk about how it can be hard to be readers with wide interests when you have so many great books available to you!
Sam on Instagram
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey
The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Books Highlighted by Sam:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
We Measure the Earth with our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Astra by Cedar Bowers
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
The Arsonists’ City by Hala Alyan
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa