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Summary: <p>Are you familiar with Belletrist? On this episode Rosy and Hollie chat with Karah Preiss, co-founder of Belletrist, an online platform that celebrates great books and the people who read them, which she set up with actress and friend Emma Roberts.</p><br><p>We're also talking to 2 book finders, Shannon and Sabeen, and getting their views on finding their first book on the subway, and how they feel about living and working in NYC.</p><br><p>There's a ton of amazing book recommendations from this episode, so here's the list for easy reference!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Guernsey-Literary-Potato-Peel-Society/dp/0385341008" target="_blank">The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</a> by Mary Ann Schafer </p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gentleman-Moscow-Novel-Amor-Towles/dp/0670026190/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=man+in+moscow&qid=1548039812&s=Books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">A Gentleman in Moscow</a> by Amor Towles</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whens-Happy-Hour-Work-Hardly/dp/150119898X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13IQKZ6BNAX67&keywords=betches&qid=1548039967&s=Books&sprefix=betches%2Cstripbooks%2C139&sr=1-1" target="_blank">When's Happy Hour?</a> by Betches</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Map-Salt-Stars-Novel/dp/1501169033/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=map+of+salt+and+stars&qid=1548039979&s=Books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">A Map of Salt and Stars</a> by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Marriage-Novel-Oprahs-Selection/dp/1616208775/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1GM3K6JNK17QF&keywords=american+marriage+book&qid=1548040572&sprefix=american+marri%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-2" target="_blank">American Marriage</a> by Tayari Jones</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Immortalists-Chloe-Benjamin/dp/0735213186/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+immortalist&qid=1548040624&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Immortalist</a> by Chloe Benjamin</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Down-Colonel-Powerless-Washington/dp/0374252661/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=bringing+down+the+colonel&qid=1548040652&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Bringing down the Colonel</a> by Patricia Miller</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Light-We-Lost-Jill-Santopolo/dp/0735212759/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+life+we+lost&qid=1548040684&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Light We Lost</a> by Jill Santopolo</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Life-Novel-Hanya-Yanagihara/dp/0385539258/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=a+little+life&qid=1548040798&sr=8-1" target="_blank">A Little Life</a> by Hanya Yanagihara</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dreamers-Novel-Karen-Thompson-Walker/dp/0812994167/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=2NZFRZYTSONN1&keywords=the+dreamers+karen+thompson+walker&qid=1548041017&sprefix=the+dreamers%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1-fkmrnull" target="_blank">The Dreamers</a> - Karen Walker Thompson</p><p>- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Me-novel-Ayobami-Adebayo/dp/0451494601/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LOC8C05HZFP5&keywords=stay+with+me+ayobami+adebayo+book&qid=1548041238&sprefix=stay+with+me+a%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Stay with me</a> - Ayobami Adebayo</p><p>-<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Do-Not-Apply-Memoir/dp/0812996933/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=the+rules+don%27t+apply&qid=1548041287&sr=8-4" target="_blank"> The Rules Don't Apply</a> by Ariel Levy</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>