TBR Lowdown

In this episode, we discuss an article on The Bookseller titled The Adultification of YA. Highlights: 🎙 Is the intended audience for the YA readership being pushed out???? 🎙Many YA readers DO NOT want to read books with spice. 🎙 It seems like authors are writing YA books for adults instead of for the actual YA audience. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us.

In this episode, we discuss an article on The Cut titled Why Does Every Famous Woman Have a Book Club Now? Highlights: 🎙 The idea of having a ‘Book Concierge’ is strange and intriguing. 🎙 Naomi was surprised the article didn’t mention Amerie and Natalie Portman. 🎙 Surprisingly, these celebrity-chosen books do not have a sustaining effect on sales. ------ Join our

In this episode, we discuss our MAR/APR community read: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison. Highlights: 🎙 The level of discomfort is high in this book. 🎙The relationship between the siblings is so strained and strange. 🎙 The grief is heavy in this book. It drips off almost every page. ------ Join our c

In this episode, we discuss, The Atlantic’s March 14, 2024, The Great American Novels article. Highlights: 🎙 Can one book encompass the totality of America?🎙What does the term “great American novel” even mean?🎙 It’s always fun to see a list of books that are completely new to you. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2

In this episode, we share our favorite books from the first quarter. Highlights: 🎙 Poets writing novels FOR THE WIN! 🎙Naomi makes serious progress in completing some series on her shelves. 🎙2024 is proving to be a really good reading year. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbrlowdown.co

In this episode, we talk about some of the late Spring and Summer book releases we’re looking forward to and think you should put on your radar. Highlights: 🎙 Naomi has been on a literary vampire book kick. 🎙Yup, there are most definitely some dark emotional books on our list. 🎙 Female friendships come up again in some of Alyssa’s picks. ------ Join our community!

STAY TUNED FOR THIS UPCOMING EPISODE.... The Grapes of Wrath was published today in 1939. We have been reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb, and we will have a deep dive discussion about both books and their publishing history. You don't want to miss this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/

In this episode, we chat about the Bloomberg article: TikTok Is Turning the Publishing World Into Fast Fashion. There have been several articles and YouTube video essays on this topic. Highlights: 🎙Is it booktok that’s the problem or the publishing industry?🎙There seems to be an increasing amount of judgment in the book community.🎙We are entirely too concerned with what

In this episode, we discuss Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Highlights: 🎙You can’t help but feel a great deal of empathy for Cyrus. 🎙 We explore the horrid dangers of alcoholism. 🎙This book deserves a second read. There is so much in this story to glean from. ------ Join our community! Read and chat with us. ⭐️ Readalong with us for our 2024 Reading Schedule https://www.tbr

In this episode, we discuss Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump. Highlights: 🎙Sometimes beautiful writing isn’t enough.🎙There was a particular event that was mentioned several times, but was never confirmed, and that lack of verification was extremely confusing.🎙At times it seemed as though we jumped ahead of time without any war