62: The Great Big Holiday Gift Guide, 2023 Edition

11/16/23 • 78 min

It's the most wonderful time of the year -- BOOK GIFTING TIME! I'm joined by booksellers Nicole Brinkley from Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY, and Cathy Berner from Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, TX, and we give you 50+ great recommendations for all the readers in your life, or for your own To Be Read pile. Love these bookseller recs? Support your local independent bookstore! Or, visit Blue Willow Bookshop or Oblong Books! Or, click the links in the show notes to purchase from Bookshop.org and a percentage of the sales goes straight to supporting indie bookstores! Thanks, and happy shopping. :-)

For the show notes and links to all the books we chat about in this episode, visit https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

For the show notes and links to all the books we chat about in this episode, visit https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

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Show notes, along with links to all the books we chatted about, are available at https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast