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FoC 082: What to Read and Watch Now: Our Best Recommendations

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Today we’re talking about some of our recent good reads and fantastic shows. Books and tv: two of our favorite things! For this episode we each picked three books and three shows that we loved and want to share with you. We cover everything from domestic spy thrillers to books by popes. So grab a cup of coffee and discover some great new reading material and binge watches!

Our Book Picks:

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland

Reading People by Anne Bogel

Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

The Glass Town Game by Catherynne Valente

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Other Books We Talked About:

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Pope Benedict XVI

Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Our TV Show Picks:

Dickensian, Available on Amazon’s Brit Box Channel

Somebody Feed Phil, Available exclusively on Netflix

Broadchurch, Available on Netflix

This Is Us

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Available on Amazon Prime

The Good Place, First Season Available on Netflix

Other Shows We Talked About:

Anthony Bordain, Parts Unknown

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2 thoughts on “FoC 082: What to Read and Watch Now: Our Best Recommendations”

  1. For Lent I decided to read Ratzinger’s second Jesus of Nazareth book on Holy Week, am in the middle of it and would definitely recommend it! Also wanted to journey with St. Mary Magdalene during Lent since I found it would be a neat way to pray with her as she was the first person that the Resurrected Lord decided to reveal himself to, so I recommend ‘St. Mary Magdalene: Prophetess of Eucharistic Love’ by Fr. Sean Davidson!

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