We enjoyed the Summer Reading book episode so much that we're back with an end-of-the-year book chat. My real life book club friend Yasmin Dunn is the guest today and we're talking about the very best of what we've read in 2017.
Books we discuss:
FICTION
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Since We Fell by Dennis LeHane
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
NON-FICTION
You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter by Celeste Headlee
Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection by Sharon Salzberg
The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry
The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder by Carolyn Murnick
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Yasmin Dunn is a native of Los Angeles, but has lived abroad in Saudi Arabia and in France. Now based back in LA, she worked in film & television production and education before switching career to become the Executive Producer of a visual effects company that she owns with her husband. Yasmin serves on the board of directors for the non-profit Peace Over Violence.
Two books that have had an impact on her life:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
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