Lucky me…I got to join Sarah from Sarah’s Book Shelves for another podcast episode! This time we talked about the books of 2019 that were most deserving of the hype, least deserving of the hype, and underrated gems…at least so far! (Click here for a link to the episode!)
MOST DESERVED THE HYPE:
Daisy Jones and the Six by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
City of Girls by: Elizabeth Gilbert
I Miss You When I Blink by: Mary Laura Philpott
Golden Child by: Claire Adam
Ask Again, Yes by: Mary Beth Keane
LEAST DESERVED THE HYPE:
The Night Before by: Wendy Walker
The Dreamers by: Karen Thompson Walker
Before She Knew Him by: Peter Swanson
Normal People by: Sally Rooney
The Night Tiger by: Yangsze Choo
UNDERRATED GEMS:
Talk To Me by: John Kenney
A People’s History of Heaven by: Mathangi Subramanian
The Body in Question by: Jill Ciment
Sugar Run by: Mesha Maren
The Last Romantics by: Tara Conklin
#1 BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR: 
Daisy Jones and the Six by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
City of Girls by: Elizabeth Gilbert
What books do you agree with? And what books should we add to the categories?
I am quickly coming to love recording these episodes! Sarah does a great job with her guests and if you haven’t listened to her podcast yet, do yourself (and your TBR list) a favor and give it a try!
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We agree on several of the underrated gems! I loved Talk to Me and am pretty sure I persuaded Sarah to read it. I also thought Sugar Run and The Body in Question were both great but didn’t get much attention.
The only one that I can’t agree with, but know it’s me is I Miss You When I Blink. I loved her writing, but the book as a whole didn’t grab me. In fact, I was only about 40% through when I set it down two weeks ago and I haven’t thought about it since. Maybe because I don’t have the whole parenting experience.
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I hope to get to Talk to Me soon! I wasn’t thrilled with The Body in Question and ended up DNFing it…which bummed me out because so many of you guys loved it!
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