This week we're sharing our Poolside book recommendations as well as Elsie's favorite hot takes.

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Elsie's Pollside Books:

The Paper Palace By Miranda Cowley Heller

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

Emma's Poolside Books:

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Things you Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

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