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Episode 24: Goodreads books

On this episode of Book Clubbin, Sallie and I turn to Goodreads to find out which of the books on our shelves were most and least liked by the Goodreads community. Did we agree with the general Goodreads population?! We start the show with a Season's Readings segment for Native American Heritage Month in the United States, and as always, we end with what we're currently reading. 



Season's Readings: An Indigenous People's History of the United States For Young People

Highest-Rated Books on Goodreads On Our Shelves: 
Educated by Tara Westover
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Lowest-Rated Books on Goodreads On Our Shelves: 
What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
Good Little Wives by Abby Drake

Books with the Most Ratings on Goodreads On Our Shelves: 
The Kite Runner
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Girl on the Train
The Da Vinci Code
The Giver 
Jane Eyre 
Eat Pray Love
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Books with the Lowest Ratings on Goodreads on Our Shelves: 
My Two-Year-Old Eats Octopus: Raising Children Who Love to Eat Everything by Nancy Tringali Piho 
Brave Enough by Jessie Diggins
The Nerviest Girl in the World by Melissa Wiley
The New Rules of Marathon and Half-Marathon Nutrition by Matt Fitzgerald

Current Reading Situation: 
Both Sallie and Emily: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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