Episode 20 - Based in Reality with Jordan Cross

Books with Betsy

On this episode, Jordan Cross, a resource librarian for a large interior design firm, discusses her love of audiobooks, books that are based on something true, and how memoirs about hard topics are important and meaningful. She also brings a topic to the show that I hadn’t thought to ask about!

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Books mentioned in this episode:

What Betsy’s reading:

Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

Books Highlighted by Jordan:

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian

The Shining by Stephen King

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Know my Name by Chanel Miller

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Work in Progress by Leanne Ford & Steve Ford

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Other books mentioned in this episode:

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner and L. Kate Deal

Kristy’s Great Idea (the Baby-Sitter’s Club #1) by Ann M. Martin

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Left Behind the Kids by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

1984 by George Orwell

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Tom Lake by Ann Patchet

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

The Push by Ashley Audrain

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

The Green Mile by Stephen King

Misery by Stephen King

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple