Episode notes
This week, Mallory and Brea discuss ways to get out of a book slump and interview author Sara Benincasa about her fundraiser to help refugees and have Neil Gaiman read the Cheesecake Factory menu out loud! Use the hashtag #SayNoToBookSlump to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram!
Bookish News Story-
http://www.obsentinel.com/calendar/reading-labs–a-program-pairing-emerging-readers-with-furry/event_7dd92586-3fcf-11e7-b6ac-4711c2218565.html
Sara Benincasa-
https://sarabenincasa.com/
www.neilcake.com
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa
BookRiot Podcasts-
http://bookriot.com/listen/
Books Mentioned-
No Matter The Wreckage by Sarah Kay
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781938912481
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374115241
Get In Trouble by Kelly Link
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812986495
Author Tana French
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143113492
Runtime by S.B. Divya
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765389794
Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416928171
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konisburg
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780689711817
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062268358
Sex Criminals Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781607069461
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- Sara Benincasa
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