About this episode

The episode features a discussion about formative books with guest Costa, providing listeners with valuable book recommendations.

We welcome our longtime friend Costa (@notthatcosta, Costa's Bookshelf on Tiktok) to chat all things books, and we feel EXTRA smart today! We each bring ten formative books for us, and we promise, you are getting some recommendation GOLD here, people! We talked for two hours and could have kept going, but there will be much more of Costa in the future, we promise! Let us know YOUR favorite books! Enjoy!!! Amanda's Books: "Blubber" & "Just as Long as We're Together" by Judy Blume "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett "The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes" by Diane Chamberlain "Prep & "The Man of My Dreams" by Curtis Sittenfeld "Shrinkage" by Bryan Bishop "Official Book Club Selection" by Kathy Griffin "Down the Rabbit Hole" by Holly Madison (Quitting drinking books) "The Chris Farley Show by Tom Farley Jr. & Tanner Colby, "Guts" by Kristen Johnson, & "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Mattew Perry Costa's Books: "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman "Animal Farm" by George Orwell "The Stepford Wives" by Ira Levin "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda

Guest: Costa

Topics covered

• books
• recommendations
• literature
• friendship
• BookTok

Keywords

• book recommendations
• Costa
• Amanda
• literature
• BookTok

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blubber, Just as Long as We're Together, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Help, The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes, Prep, The Man of My Dreams, Shrinkage, Official Book Club Selection, Down the Rabbit Hole

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