25. Quarterly Favorites: The Best Books We Read in Summer 2020

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We love to take time to reflect here at Novel Pairings. Each season, we stop and consider our favorite episodes, our favorite reads, and what we’ve learned. Today we’re sharing some personal updates, gushing about our favorite reads of the summer, and giving listeners a peek at what’s to come in the fall. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shop our Quarterly Favorites on Bookshop:</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/lists/quarterly-favorites-spring-2020/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://bookshop.org/lists/quarterly-favorites-spring-2020/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Use our referral code to get two audiobooks for the price of one through Libro.fm:</span> <a href= "https://libro.fm/redeem/novelpairings"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://libro.fm/redeem/novelpairings</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books we both read:</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/1300/9780062882769"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Clap When You Land</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Elizabeth Acevedo [14:03]</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/1300/9780525536291"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Vanishing Half</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Brit Bennett [16:45]</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/1300/9780062935618"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Rakess</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Scarlett Peckham [18:24]</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/1300/9780399592683"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Undocumented Americans</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Karla Cornejo Villavincencio [21:27]</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chelsey:</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/1300/9780062941237"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Take a Hint, Dani Brown</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Talia Hibbert [29:17]</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bo