Well-read

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re talking about books that grapple with love in all its sweet, messy, delicate, difficult, and wonderful forms. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks: Less by Andrew Sean Greer – Pulitzer Prize The Only Story by Julian Barnes – Episode 61 – Favorite Reads of 2019 – The Graduate (film) The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli – Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli – J.R.R. Tolkein books – Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli Halle’s picks: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf – Our Souls at Night (film) Normal People by Sally Rooney – Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney – Normal People (TV) – Rooney Mara filmography – Joaquin Phoenix filmography – Rachel Bilson filmography – Bill Hader filmography The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan – 500 Days of Summer (film) What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan –