059: What we’re reading

A little reprieve from the deep, existential conversations we know and love, this week Kelly and Brooke look at their current reading lists. Both Kel and Brooke are avid readers, never without a book (or three!) on their bedside table. This week they take a look at what they're currently reading, as well as those books they've recently finished which have struck a chord. Kelly is probably more likely to read a good non-fiction than Brooke, with a good business or self improvement book often in her list. The ones she's read recently include Sarah Wilson's First, we make the beast beautiful, Kate Toon's Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur and Brooke's own Destination Simple. Kel also loves a good fantasy or science fiction read too, and has just finished Hugh Howey's Beacon novel and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire. Brooke is an unapologetic fiction lover, who is enamoured with Stephen King's Dark Tower fantasy series at the moment. She's up to book four – Wizard and Glass – which is her favourite to date, and Kel is happy to learn that King's books aren't all zombie cats and murderous supernatural clowns. Brooke's also recently finished Hannah Kent's The Good People (beautiful and disturbing), Alex Miller's Journey to the Stone Country and the wonderful, wonderful Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall. Thrown in the mix was also Sarah Wilson's newest book (which is very very beautiful and raw and smart and wise). It's a really fun chat between two massive book nerds, and Kel and Brooke have a great time discovering new titles and discussing the reasons they love the books they do. Head over to to learn more about Kelly and Brooke and

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059: What we’re reading is an episode from Let It Be by Jackrabbit.FM.

This episode is 30:34 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2017.

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