Apr 12, 2021
Briana O’Neal lives in the world of books professionally and personally. She’s a college Dean by day, a Ph.D. candidate by night, and a hardcore bookworm in the twilight hours. She fills her free time with live music, old movies and traveling. In the few months I’ve been following her online, she has opened up my reading life. Today, she joined me to talk about the joys of used books, Scholastic Book Fairs, and why “Legendborn” by Tracy Deonn is the Best Book Ever.
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Host: Julie Strauss
Guest: Briana O’Neal
Episode Sponsor: Books2Read Pocket Garden
Books2Read has curated a selection of feel-good springtime reads from across the publishing spectrum. From humorous fiction to romantic comedies, heart-warming literature, to feel-good nonfiction. There's even a selection of "happy pocket garden covers" because just looking at those beautiful covers will make you feel the spring sunshine on your face.
Discussed in this episode:
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
The B2Weird Bookclub on Instagram
The City We Became by NK Jemisin
The Dream Blood Duology: The Killing Moon and The Shadowed Sun by NK Jemison
The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemison
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemison (The first book in this series, The Fifth Season, is Briana’s favorite Jemison book.)
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Discussed in our Patreon Conversation:
Rosewater (Book 1 in the The Wormwood Trilogy) by Tade Thompson
I can understand why Briana bought these books based on the covers alone – they are gorgeous!
The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson
The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson
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