Summary: Gayle and Nicole endeavor to recommend the best big books to read over the upcoming holiday season and get stopped up by the philosophical considerations they take when considering a big book. Gayle discusses her yearly reading goal and the opportunity cost of reading big books, and they both agree that it's super easy to prioritize the shorter books before settling down with a tome. Plus, what they're reading and Gayle's rundown of Curtis Sittenfeld's novels-which ones to read, and which ones to skip.
