Ep. 226: What’s For Dinner w/ sweetpea flaherty
EQ: What books or trends do you think will define the reading experience for 2026, both for individual readers and the community your bookstore serves?
Guest: We are back with the one and only sweetpea flaherty of King’s Books in Tacoma. sweetpea joined us recently on Ep 214: Shelf Awareness, Ep 196: New Year Fresh Reads, Ep 186: Pumpkin Spice & Bookish Advice and Ep 184: Hot & Steamy Summer Reads
In this episode, we decide to treat book recommendations like meal prep. We refuse to limit the number of apps, mains, or desserts we consume. So, what’s for dinner?
Hors d’oeuvres/Antipasto
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, Shin'ichiro Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, Yoshie Hotta
Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry by Ada Limón
Madaq: Simple and Delicious Everyday Recipes with the Flavors of Morocco by Nargisse Benkabbou
Main Dishes
Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love by Reverend James Lawson Jr., Emily Yellin
Now I Surrender by Álvaro Enrigue
The Way Disabled People Love Each Other by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) by Solvej Balle
Intifadas by Edward Salem
A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake by Tamiko Nimura
Banchan/Side Dishes
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough
When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy by Beronda L. Montgomery
Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane by Lindy West
Wife Shaped Bodies by Laura Cranehill
The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang
Desserts/Aperitifs
Beastly: An Anthology of Shapeshifting Fairy Tales by Jennifer Pullen
Crown City by Naomi Hirahara
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! By Liza Minelli
City of Rats by Copi
At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987–2010 by Lucille Clifton
Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet by Scott Weidensaul
As always, we want to thank our team…
Executive Producer: Doug Mackey
Assistant Producer: Doug Mackey
Sound Producer: Doug Mackey
Audio Engineer: Doug Mackey
Theme Music by: Doug Mackey
Resident Gentleman and Scholar: Doug Mackey