On this episode, Sarah Sabet and I discuss Scandi-Crime, how her book club fell in love with Lynn Painter, and we have an extended conversation about a fantastic organization that, unfortunately, neither of us have had a chance to connect with: @readandrunchicago on Instagram!

Books mentioned in this episode:

What Betsy’s reading:

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

The Resort by Sarah Ochs

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Books Highlighted by Sarah:

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The China Garden by Liz Berry

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Devil’s Trill: A Daniel Jacobus Mystery by Gerald Elias

The Art of Gathering: How we Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker

Other Books Mentioned in the Episode:

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Faust by J.W. Von Goethe

Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

Gaybash by David Jay Collins