After having a little book slump, Andrea and Paula dive back into reading with a review of Steve Toltz's latest, a vision of the afterlife that - mini spoiler - leaves the ladies using the word "frustrating" more than once. Plus, find out some exciting news about recorded author events that will be available on the podcast soon and what's new and hotly anticipated in the literary world. Books they mention: Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz Quicksand by Steve Toltz Divine Comedy by Dante Alghieri Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Tenth of December by George Saunders Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Aknor Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet Vladimir by Julia May Jonas This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Book Lovers by Emily Henry DI Vera Stanhope series by Ann Cleeves Fairy Tale by Stephen King Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe The Drowner by Robert Drewe Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe TV Series they mention: The Good Place (Netflix) Podcasts they mention: Chat 10 Looks 3 Movies they mention: 13 Going on 30 Back to the Future In October we will welcome back Jasmine onto the pod and our book for the month is Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover. Happy reading!