Episode Description
On this episode, Karishma Verma, an English professor who keeps her reading life outside of school alive, talks about her love for celebrity memoirs, and gives a really great list of places she gets her book recommendations. She also talks about her own podcast, Gilmore Gals, which discusses and recaps all things Gilmore Girls.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Ask Me Again by Claire Sestanovich
Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
Books Highlighted by Karishma:
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
By The Book by Jasmine Guillory
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park & Denise Brunkus
The Clique by Lisi Harrison
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
Educated by Tara Westover
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey