In Mini Episode 46, Aubree Cheadle (@mnreadingmama) shares her love for heart-breaking, but hopeful books and we talk about overdone literary comparisons.

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This month, I chose You Are Not Alone, The Holdout, and Anna K. Check out my commentary on all the February picks to help choose the right book for your reading taste.

Highlights

• Why Aubree loves books that make her cry.
• The Glass Castle being the Gone Girl / Girl on the Train comparison book for memoirs…and many readers’ gateway to memoir.
• And, deep into the accuracy of marketing book comparisons in general.

Aubree’s Book Recommendations

Two OLD Books She Loves

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls | Buy from Amazon [6:27]
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:56]

Two NEW Books She Loves

• Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna | Buy from Amazon [18:36]
• This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger | Buy from Amazon [21:47]

One Book She DIDN’T Love

• Regretting You by Colleen Hoover | Buy from Amazon [26:00]

One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About

• The Dilemmaby B.A. Paris (Released June 30, 2020) | Buy from Amazon [28:47] 

Other Books Mentioned

• You Are Not Aloneby Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (Out March 3) | Buy from Amazon [1:18]
• The Holdoutby Graham Greene | Buy from Amazon [1:24]
• Anna Kby Jenny Lee | Buy from Amazon [1:24]
• A Little Lifeby Hanya Yanagihara (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [4:43]
• Educatedby Tara Westover (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:09]
• Wild Gameby Adrienne Brodeur (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:43]
• The Sound of Gravelby Ruth Wariner | Buy from Amazon [12:57]
• Where the Crawdads Singby Delia Owens (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [16:57]
• And the Mountains Echoedby Khaled Hosseini (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [17:34]
• A Thousand Splendid Sunsby Khaled Hosseini | Buy from Amazon [17:37]
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (My Review) | Buy from Amazon[19:02]
• The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth | Buy from Amazon [20:44]
• It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | Buy from Amazon [28:10]
• Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover | Buy from Amazon [28:17]
• Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris | Buy from Amazon [30:10]
• The Breakdown by B.A. Paris | Buy from Amazon [30:10]
• We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [31:19]

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Full length episode featuring Caroline Zancan, author of We Wish You Luck (airing Wednesday, February 19).

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