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Feel Good Fiction

March 22, 2023
Episode 88

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Feel Good Fiction

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing feel good fiction. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Literally Reading:

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler (Traci)

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore (Ellie)

Open the Book:

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal

A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

Limelight by Amy Poeppel

The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ramona by Beverly Cleary

Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee

Kevin Henkes

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Genres in this episode:

Animals
Animals - Mice; Hamsters; Guinea Pigs; etc.
Asian American
Biographical
Biographical - United States
Christian Living - Personal Memoirs
Christian Living - Spiritual Growth
City Life
Classics
Comics & Graphic Novels - Action & Adventure
Comics & Graphic Novels - Coming of Age
Comics & Graphic Novels - General
Coming of Age
Cultural Heritage
European - English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General
Family - Adoption
Family - Multigenerationa
Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
Family - Siblings
Family Life - General
Family Life - General; Classics
Family Life - General; Literary; Classics
Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies
Feminist
Friendship
General
Girls & Women
Historical - Canada
Historical - Canada - General
Historical - Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)
Historical - Civil War Era
Historical - General
Historical - United States - 19th Century
Historical - United States - General
Holidays - Christmas & Advent
Humorous - General
Humorous - General; Gothic; Literary
l Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life
LGBT - General
Lifestyles - Country Life
Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life
Literary
Love & Romance
Manga - Fantasy
Media Tie-In - General
Mystery & Detective - Cozy - Cats & Dogs
Own Voices
People & Places - Canada - General; Classics
Personal Memoirs
Readers - Beginner
Readers - Chapter Books
Romance - Collections & Anthologies
Romance - Contemporary
Romance - General
Romance - Romantic Comedy
Sagas
Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age
Social Themes - Friendship
Social Themes - Values & Virtues
Women
World Literature - Canada - Colonial & 19th
World Literature - England - 21st Century
World Literature - India - 21st Century