On today's quick episode, the girls share what books they're reading as summer wraps up! Titles covered include:

The Midnight Train, Haig

The Charity Shop Detective Agency, Boland

The Take, Yang

Famesick: a memoir, Dunham

Democracy Awakening: notes on the state of America, Cox Richardson

American Rambler: walking the trail of Johnny Appleseed, Fitzgerald

Today the ladies discuss the wonderfully funny and cheeky children's classic, Matilda, by Roald Dahl. So, get your hair tonic, your hat, and your chocolate cake, and settle in for a silly conversation.

Matilda at TPL:

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Today the girls field a request from Eliza, focusing specifically on "hidden gems." Titles discussed in today's episode include:

KIDS:

Orris and Timble, DiCamillo

The Questioneers series, Beaty:

• Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
• Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants
• Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion
• Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote
• Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dogs
• Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake
• Lila Greer and the Shrieking Shadow

Bunny & Clyde, McDonald

The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class, various authors

A Game of Noctis, Fagan

How to Train Your Dad, Paulsen

One Big Open Sky, Cline-Ransome

Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson

ADULT:

Wash Day Diaries, Rowser

The Shame, Goodman

Cape May, Cheek

Sigh, Gone: a misfit's memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in, Tran

Today the gals review the upcoming movie, The End of Oak Street, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor.

Today the gals give recommendations for every reader, based on Zodiac signs!

In the order discussed:

AQUARIUS:

Homebound, Elan

Truly Devious, Johnson

LEO:

Half Drowned King, Hartsuyker

Harriet Tubman: the road to freedom, Clinton

PISCES:

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: a therapist, HER therapist, and our lives revealed, Gottlieb

Evening, Minot

VIRGO:

The Maid, Prose

The Gifts of Imperfection, Brown

ARIES:

Best Offer Wins, Kashino

All the Other Mothers Hate Me, Harmon

LIBRA:

The Fortune Men, Mohammad

March (Trilogy -- link is to book 1), Lewis

TAURUS:

The Marlow Murder Club, Thorogood

Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping, Mandanna

SCORPIO:

My Sister the Serial Killer, Braithwaite

Family of Spies: a World War II story of Nazi espionage, betrayal, and the secret history behind Pearl Harbor, Kuehn

GEMINI:

My Education, Choi

The Book Club for Troublesome Women, Bostwick

SAGITARIUS:

Gilead, Robinson

Travels with Charley, Steinbeck

CANCER:

Strangers, Burden

Heart the Lover, King

CAPRICORN:

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde

Titan: the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Chernow

Today the girls are joined by repeat-guest, Angie, to discuss Jane Austen's classic, Emma.

Books Angie recommended during the episode include:

Book of Doors, Gareth Brown

Wild Reverence: a novel, Rebecca Ross

The Midnight Library, Matt Haig

Today the gals chat about a podcast favorite, Ann Patchett, and her newest novel: Whistler.

A couple readalikes Olivia shared:

• Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
• Anything by Liane Moriarty
• The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

• Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
• Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
• This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
• Circe, Madeline Miller
• Babel, R.F. Kuang
• Mistborn: The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
• A Rover’s Story, Jasmine Warga
• Anything by Gordon Korman
• The Second Life of Snap, Erin Entrada Kelly
• When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
• Pax, Sara Pennypacker
• Stranded, Probst
• Mob Squad, Dawson
• City of Ember series, DuPrau
• Hatchet, Paulsen
• The Last Kids on Earth series, Brallier
• Anything by Margaret Peterson Haddix