How We Choose Our Book Club Books Featuring... Our Book Club!

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting with our in real life book club!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/shop/literallyreadingpodcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our shop</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">at bookshop.org.  </span></p> <p><strong>Literally Reading:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/the-lioness-9780385544825/9780385544825"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Lioness</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Chris Bohjalian (Traci)</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/the-summer-i-turned-pretty/9781416968290"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Summer I Turned Pretty</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Jenny Han (Ellie)</span></p> <p><strong>Open the Book:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/the-water-dancer/9780399590610"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Water Dancer</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Ta-Nehisi Coates </span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/east-of-eden-9780140186390/9780140186390"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">East of Eden</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by John Steinbeck  </span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=ready+player+one"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ready Player One</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Ernest Cline</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/the-underground-railroad-9780385542364/9780345804327"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Underground Railroad</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Colson Whitehead </span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/products/pachinko-national-book-award-finalist-lee-min-jin/8324329?ean=9781455563920"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Pachinko</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Min Jin Lee </span></p> <p><a href= "https://bookshop.org/book