Books Around the Block

Looking for your next great read? In this month's reading recap, we're sharing every book we read in August, including our favorite book, our biggest disappointment, and one book we just had to rant or rave about. Whether you're searching for your next five-star read or hoping to avoid a book that didn't live up to the hype, we've got plenty of honest opinions and book recommendations to add to your TBR.
Then we're looking ahead to September and each sharing the two books we're hoping to read this month. From new releases to backlist favorites, we're talking about the books we currently have on our TBR.
If you love book recommendations, monthly reading wrap-ups, TBR videos, book club discussions, romance books, thrillers, historical fiction, literary fiction, and all things Bookstagram and BookTok, you'll feel right at home with Books Around the Block.
Follow the podcast so you never miss a new episode every Tuesday, and come read with us!
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
Into the Wild by John Krakauer
 The Academy by Elin Hildebrand
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
 The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Wild Atlantic by Cillian Dunn
 My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
 Love and Other Killers by Brynne Weaver
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Brynn Greenwood
Love You More by Emily Griffin
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen
Emma B Lions (vol 3) by Beth Brower
The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hildebrand
The Bright Side by Sarah Damoff
Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez
Incidents Around The House by Josh Malerman

It’s time for our August book club discussion! In this episode of Books Around the Block, we’re diving into Whistler by Ann Patchett, sharing our ratings and discussing the book in full, including characters, relationships, major themes, favorite moments, and all of our thoughts on the ending. Warning: this episode contains full spoilers for Whistler.
We’re also announcing our September book club pick, so stick around to find out what we’ll be reading next! If you love book club discussions, Ann Patchett books, book reviews, spoiler discussions, book recommendations, and finding your next great read, this episode is for you.
What did you think of Whistler? Did it live up to the hype? Listen in for our full review, ratings, and spoiler-filled discussion!
Five by Ilona Bannister
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand
Strangers by Belle Burden

It's time to go back to school! In this episode of Books Around the Block, we're sharing 6 must-read books set in schools, colleges, boarding schools, and academic settings, or books that are academia adjacent. Each of us brings two books to the table, covering everything from school drama and campus life to academia, boarding schools, dark academia, secrets, friendships, and more.
Whether you're looking for back to school books, books set at school, campus romance, or dark academia reads, we've got plenty of books to add to your TBR. 
You don't have to go back to school to read these books!
My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
Whistler by Ann Patchett
The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
Heart the Lover by Lily King
The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen
The Academy by Elin Hildebrand
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

What happens when a book takes over BookTok and Bookstagram, everyone is talking about it, and you finally read it? 
In this episode of Books Around the Block, each host brings a viral, trending, or hugely hyped book from social media and gives the ultimate verdict: loved it or loathed it? We’re talking about the books that dominated BookTok, flooded our feeds, made it onto everyone’s TBR, and had readers everywhere talking. We’re breaking down whether these popular books actually lived up to the hype. If you love BookTok books, Bookstagram recommendations, trending books, popular books, and honest book reviews, this episode is for you!
P.S. We are also tackling a LOT of True Crime in our Read, Watch, Obsessed segment, so don't miss the first 25 minutes of this episode, especially if you're paying attention to the Lindsay Clancy trial.
Take What You Can by Naima Coster
We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt
25 Days by Per Jacobson
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

Looking for your next great read? In this month's reading recap, we're sharing every book we read in July, including our favorite book, our biggest disappointment, and one book we just had to rant or rave about. Whether you're searching for your next five-star read or hoping to avoid a book that didn't live up to the hype, we've got plenty of honest opinions and book recommendations to add to your TBR.
Then we're looking ahead to August and each sharing the two books we're hoping to read this month. From new releases to backlist favorites, we're talking about the books we currently have on our TBR.
If you love book recommendations, monthly reading wrap-ups, TBR videos, book club discussions, romance books, thrillers, historical fiction, literary fiction, and all things Bookstagram and BookTok, you'll feel right at home with Books Around the Block.
Follow the podcast so you never miss a new episode every Tuesday, and come read with us!
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen
The Unknown by Riley Sager
Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
The Hour of the Wolf by Fatima Bhutto
Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe
Savor It by Tarah DeWitt
Someone Else's Husband by Kimberly McCreight
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves
Just For The Season by Rachel Griffiths
Its A Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
The Lake Club by Lina Patton
For Love of the Grind by Sara Hall 
The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen
The Replacement by Liv Constantine
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand 
Love You More by Emily Giffin
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia
Whistler by Ann Patchett