2021: Our Year in Books

Hi! It has been *an entire year* since we last appeared in your podcast feed. We’re wading through Pandemic Year 2 just like everyone else, complete with all the day-to-day negotiations and risk calculations like everyone else. And also: a fourth baby for Ashley, a smattering of kids entering the public school system for both of us, and entire routines shifting overnight. We gave ourselves a break and didn’t record a single thing together in all of 2021 – but it didn’t feel right to finish a year on the calendar without talking together about books. So let’s talk books!  Resources Mentioned: Pantsuit Politics Extra Credit Book ClubThe Anthropocene Reviewed podcast by John Green  Books Mentioned:Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererRewilding Motherhood by Shannon K. EvansNo Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler Perestroika in Paris by Jane SmileyWhat You Wish For by Katherine Center It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn (DNF for Ashley) Fair Play by Eve Rodsky (skimmed by Abbie) Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson Harry Potter Book 1-3 The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra AdachiKeep Going by Austin Kleon The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr The Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesThe Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India HoltonDial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. SutantoThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterThe Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Who Made This Cake? by Chihiro NakagawaThe Wordless Trilogy by Aaron BeckerThe Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control our Lives by Michael A. Heller and James Salzman12 Tiny Things by Ellie Rosher and Heidi BarrThe Road Trip by Beth O’LearyThese Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty Where to connect with Abbie: Goodreads | Instagram | Monthly Newsletter | Bookshop Storefront (affiliate link)  Where to connect with Ashley: Goodreads |  Instagram |  Blog  |  Newsletter