The Bookshelf Theories

Sarah is already in the airport when she decides to go to Ireland. The grief she doesn't talk about follows her despite her trying to run from it, but we follow her on her journey to learn how to heal. This week, we read The Story Collector by Evie Woods. It's whimsical and mysterious and a journey about healing and grief.

The women who walk in red have a special purpose: to bare children. In The Handmaid's Tale, we follow the life of Offred or June as she navigates a new world society where women can't read and are color coded by position. Warning: this episode covers heavy topics, religion, politics, and discussions of rape. Please be careful and listen at your own discretion. Please be safe.

This week we complete the book and give The Goldfinch its final rating. This episode will be focused on the final part: Part Five.

This week we continue the reading of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. We will dive deeper into Theo's life and how upside down it has beome. This episode will be focused on Part Four.

This week we are continuing the Deep Dive. We delve into the new highs and lows of Theo's life in The Goldfinch by Dona Tartt. This episode will be focused on Part Two and Three.

Welcome to the first Deep Dive, where we are dissecting how Theo's life unfolds and crumbles and how he came to have a beautiful painting in his possession in The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. We are reading this book for the month, part by part. This episode will be focused on Part One.

For the last book of Michael's August picks we dive into the unforgivable crime of Humbert Humbert and his twisted fantasies in Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov.

In this 19th Century classic, we explore the simple life and thoughts about society and living beside the Walden Lake in Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

Prepare to be disgusted, intrigued, horrified, confused, and dragged along into the descent of madness and addiction in Filth by Irvine Welsh.

His mother died, his apartment is filled with odd people and weird happenings that we see through an apatheic lense in The Stranger by Albert Camus.

Time to be turned around, twisted, confused, and dazed in Supermarket by Bobby Hall.

Will you survive the Threshing and unfold the mysteries of Basgiath War College with a certain silver-haired Violet in Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros?

Let's survive with potatoes in the unforgiving martian soil with Mark Watney in The Martian by Andy Weir.

This week we dive into the wild world of trying to be HR to a group of assassins with Eden and and Linc in Whistleblower by Kay Cove.

This week we will be going on a ride with Enid as she awkwardly tumbles through romance, true crime podcasts, and her paranoia in Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin.

This week we will feel the magnetic pull of Connell and Marianne as they navigate university and life itself in Normal People by Sally Rooney.

We will explore life with Clara as she meets her new roommate with an interesting job in The Roommate by Rosie Danan.

With a spring break adventure that goes awry, six friends, and the mafia on a kill order, we will found out who survives the night in Five Survive by Holly Jackson.

For the last week in May, we are finishing the Caraval series and saying goodbye to characters in Finale by Stephanie Garber.

In a continuation of last week's episode, we will be continuing to explore the world of Caraval in Legendary by Stephanie Garber. We will also be trying desperately to find out just who this Legend really is.

This week we are starting a series. We'll be joining the mystical world of Caraval, playing the game, and fearing for Tella right along side Scarlett in Caraval by Stephanie Garber. We also talk about the extra chapter of the Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood because someone finally read it.

If you like love and biology and fake dating tropes, you'll love this week's book. We will follow Adam and Olive on their fake dating mishaps in The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood.

For the first episode, we're kicking this off with The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. We are going to dive into the unsettling mystery that is Alicia Berensen, her therapist, and the murder of her husband.

Hello and welcome to The Bookshelf Theories: a podcast about books for book people. We will explain our rating system here for you to rate all your favorite books along with us.