In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Sulari Gentill’s 2022 murder mystery The Woman in the Library. Topics include whether the pandemic should be included in contemporary fiction, inception narratives, and garden snails. Plus, a murder takes place ON THIS VERY PODCAST (dun dun duuuuuun)!

This week’s drink: Ward Eight via liquor.com

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 ounces rye whiskey
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1/2 ounce orange juice, freshly squeezed
• 2 teaspoons grenadine
• Garnish: 2 or 3 speared cherries

INSTRUCTIONS: 

1. Add the rye whiskey, lemon and orange juices and grenadine to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with speared cherries.

Current reads, recommendations, and links:

After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Becoming a Gardener: What Reading and Digging Taught Me About Living by Catie Marron

Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education by Michael Pollan

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Join us next time as we discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
Here is the beverage recipe for the upcoming episode if you want to drink along with us!

The Marcellus created by Taylor
2 oz dark rum
1 oz orange juice
.5 oz orange liqueur
ginger beer
Shake rum, OJ, orange liqueur in shaker with ice, pour over glass with crushed ice, top with ginger beer, garnish with orange peel.