Book Fare

There's a different tone on the show today as we bring you an update on the state of the show in the first section. Next, we bring you three of the Christian Spiritual books that have impacted us most deeply. It was uncanny how much these three “talked” to one another and were so appropriate for today! Stay to the end to hear our closing thoughts! And please tell your thoughts in our ⁠Facebook Group!⁠ Previous Episodes Mentions in this Episode: Ep 66 Is Ray Bradbury Still Relevant? His Unexpected Range and Timeless Themes with Heather Wells Books & Authors Mentioned in this Episode: The Ethics of Beauty by Timothy G. Patitsas By Ann Voskamp: One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life The Way of Abundance: A 60-Day Journey into a Deeply Meaningful Life Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation by Ruth Haley Barton Quotes from: Flannery O'Conner (via Tish Warren in Liturgy of the Ordinary): Push as hard as the age that pushes against you. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Learn to love what must be done. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Book Club on April 9th in the Facebook Group Led by the wonderful Heather Wells! Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Is the idea of reading the Great Works of Western Civilization intimidating or daunting? Did you read classics in school and just didn't get it or didn't like them? Is it difficult to know where to begin? Well start where you are – here with us! We will walk you through a Baker's Dozen Quick Tips, and give you 2 recommendations each from Children's Literature, Short Stories, and Lite Classics as great entry points to the World's Best Literature! It might just be easier than you think. Let us know your thoughts in our ⁠Facebook Group!⁠ Previous Episodes Mentions in this Episode: Ep 85 – What are the Best Habits for Good Readers? Start Here! Ep 48 – To Reread or Not to Reread. That is Today's Question. Ep 3 - When It's Been a While Since I Was Lost in a Good Book ... When You've Forgotten Your Reading Purpose. Books & Authors Mentioned in this Episode: Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Peter Pan by JM Barrie The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Lord Peter Whimsey Complete Short Stories by Dorothy L Sayers The Lord Peter Whimsey Short Story Collection by Dorothy L Sayers Dracula by Bram Stoker Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Quotes from: Andrew Kern Andrew Klavaan Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Today we dive into Detective Fiction Recommendations - after last week's Detective Fiction Primer. If you love mysteries (like Amanda) or even if it's not your favorite (like Elizabeth and Tricia), you will find a recommendation to start with. What did Elizabeth read as homework for this episode? Does Tricia read any besides Nero Wolfe? And HOW MANY will Amanda recommend?? Find out and then tell us what YOU think! Books mentioned in this episode: The Lady Darby Series and Verity Kent Series by Anna Lee Huber The #1 Ladies Detective Agency Series by A M Smith Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers The Man Who Was Thursday by Chesterton The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton The Father Brown Reader by Nancy Carpenter-Brown The Trixie Belden Series by Julie Campbell The Hound of the Baskervilles and the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir A C Doyle The Maisy Dobbs Series by J Winspear And Only to Deceive by T Alexander They Came to Baghdad and The Hollow by A Christie The Eyre Affair by J Fforde The Moving Toyshop by E Crispin Trent's Last Case by EC Bently The Floating Admiral by The Detection Club --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

How can Murder be a Cozy Mystery?  How is Detective Fiction like Fairy Tales? What do Superheroes, The Western Cowboy Hero, and Dad TV have to do with Detective Fiction? We present to you The Definitive Detective Fiction Primer! Walk with us thru the birth and growth of the genre, focusing on The Golden Age of Detective Fiction, talk about what the genre is, the importance of setting, and talk about the Order, Mercy, Justice, and The Moral Universe of Detective Fiction. Is there Truth, Goodness, and Beauty to be found? Let us know your thoughts in our ⁠Facebook Group!⁠ Books & Authors Mentioned in this Episode: Bleak House by Charles Dickens The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe Talking About Detective Fiction by PD James The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins A Study in Scarlet by Sir Conan Doyle The Innocence of Father Brown by GK Chesterton Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson The Guilty Vicarage by WH Auden (essay) Agatha Christie Dorothy Sayers Josephine Tey Jack Carr Raymond Chandler Quotes from: Neil Gaimain Henry James John BUnyen WH Auden Video that talks about the virtue of the detective becomes the virtue of the reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2HVyPws8rQ Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! Book Fare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with Truth, Goodness and Beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Have you ever felt like everyone around you is being fake? Do you ever think conventional manners are ridiculous? Have you ever felt like people just need to WAKE UP?!? Then this discussion is for you! Today, in our first Book Club of 2024, we discuss Oscar Wilde's brilliant play The Importance of Being Earnest. From the funniest moments to some cultural background to what Wilde is really trying to say, this lively conversation has it all - laughter, wit, and depth - just like the play! Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! Book Fare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

From the sweet first friendships of girlhood to the deep, sometimes complicated friendships of womanhood, we talk about what Friendship is, why we need it, and how it relates to Community. This episode also features a short and sweet interview with Amanda's daughter, Ruby, talking about one of her favorite friendship books and great quotes from Guroain, Aristotle, and CS Lewis! We wrap up with what is a classic – they are much more than their age but we had to crack a joke or two! Let us know your Top Female Literary Friendships - or any Literary Friendships - in our ⁠Facebook Group!⁠ Other Episodes Mentioned in this Episode: Ep 4 Wholesome Romantic Recommendations. No Smut Allowed! Ep 50 The Men of Book Fare: Our Well-Read Husbands and Their Recommendations Ep 51 Books About Books for Book Lovers on Valentine's Day Ep. 38 Heidi White and the Glory of the Classics Books Mentioned in this Episode: Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroain Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Charlotte's Web by EB White Bambi by Felix Salten *there's a beautifully illustrated version by Barbara Cooney Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Anne's House of Dreams by LM Montgomery Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Little Women by Louisa May Alcott My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace Just As Long As We're Together by Judy Blume Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! Book Fare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Today we're talking about making reading a part of our family cultures. But what does that mean? You may picture your whole family sitting down quietly at night before bed, and that and other idyllic pictures may seem impossible, but today we're talking about how simple and fun it can be! We share relatable stories and easy tips to start making reading more a part of your everyday life - no matter what the size or shape of your family! Other episodes mentioned today: Episode 85-What Are the Best Habits for Good Reading? Our Top Three Will Surprise You! Episode 21-Family-Friendly Read-Alouds That Will Build Your Family Culture - They're Not Just for Kids! Episode 11-Middle School--Yikes! Classics to Comics Recommendations for Those Tough Years Episode 37 - It's elementary, my dear Watson... Elementary kids, that is. Episode 64-The World's Best Picture Books for Moms and Kids (Our longest recommendation list yet!) Episode 32 - All the Audiobooks! How to save money and more!! Books mentioned in this episode: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Read Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through Valentine's Day! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

If you could ask one the Top 20 Podcasters in the world to share one book, what would it be? Our guest today is Stefanie Gass, who is not only one of the Top 20 Podcasters is the world, but is also a Christian who is passionate about helping other Christian Women to grow their online businesses using podcasting. We discuss some of our favorite marriage books, what it takes to have a great marriage, Stef's recommendations for business books, AND one special book she brought with her to share! Let us know your Top Marriage and Business Books in our ⁠Facebook Group here! Stefanie Gass is a Christian business and podcast coach, boundary boss, and seven-figure CEO. She helps women grow their online businesses and make consistent income, using podcasting. She is the host of a top 20 globally ranked business podcast, Online Business for Christian Women. She believes it's possible to partner with God to create income and impact without sacrificing your family, faith, or buying into the social media hustle. Find Stef at stefaniegass.com and The Stefanie Gass Show on all podcast platforms! Stef's Freebies!  Clarity on Your Calling Workshop 7-Step Spiritual Battle Plan Book Mentioned in this Episode: Sacred Marriage by Gary L Thomas The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Timothy J Keller and Kathy Keller Unbreaking: How Giving Up Saved Our Marriage by Jason Crawford and Crystal Crawford The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss The Seven Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell Plus, any other book by John Maxwell Don Miller books Everybody Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People by Bob Goff Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through Valentine's Day! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Have you looked at this year and thought, "Why should I set a reading goal (or any goal) - it's never worked before!" Friend, we hear you! We have all been in places where goal setting is discouraging and hard. Today, we tackle the problem of unwieldy goals with a Book Fare first! Tricia is putting on her professional coaching hat to walk Elizabeth through her goal-setting for the year. If you listen closely, you'll not only learn and get ideas about setting your reading goals this year, you'll learn some questions to ask and things to consider when setting any worthy goal. Mentioned in this episode: The Hoopla and Libby apps from the library, and Mindful Planning - https://shopmindful.co/blogs/mindful/where-to-begin-your-mindful-planner?mibextid=Zxz2cZ Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠ You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through Valentine's Day! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Have you set any reading goals for 2024? It can be confusing to know how to set reading goals that won't be too much or too discouraging. We've been there! Today we talk about the reading goals we're exploring for the new year, what they might be, and why we've chosen them. We're also discussing all the new things coming down the pike this year, like... Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠ You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through Valentine's Day! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Happy 2024! This is the time of year we're all thinking about goals and habits. What are the best habits for a great reading life? This year, Amanda leads us in a new way to think about that question, and her habits may look a bit more like virtues... Episodes mentioned today: Episode 38- Guest Heidi White and the Glory of the Classics  Episode 48- To Reread or Not to Reread, That is Today's Question Books Mentioned in today's episode: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Little Women by Louisa May Alcott True Grit by Charles Portis Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠ You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through January! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Are you ready for new?? We have so many new things coming down the pike this year! First, a brand new reading challenge for 2024. In this episode, we reveal the categories and talk about how we can work through them together! We also have a new reading group coming- listen to the end of the episode to find out what... There's new contests, new merchandise, and new ART- do you like it? We are so excited about the New Year and we can't wait for you to join us on a literary adventure in 2024!! Visit our new WEBSITE- www.bookfarepodcast.com You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through January! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

How do we keep our humanity in the face of overwhelming fear and great evil? If CS Lewis and Robin Williams wrote a book together, what would it be like? What is the Moral Imagination and why is it so fundamental to a child's character development? How can one come out of a difficult season of life at peace? These and other topics and themes come from our Top Books of 2023! Welcome to our final episode of the year where we serve up a fresh-out-of-the-oven list of wonderful books you might want consider reading in the new year. These books have stayed with us, touched us, and changed us. We reflect on why reflecting on one's reading is beneficial, and, as always, we do it with a good dose of laughter. We hope you enjoy this episode and share with us your reading year as well. Let us know your Best Books of 2023 in our ⁠Facebook Group here!⁠ Book Mentioned in this Episode: The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroian The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco The Little Mermaind by Hans Christian Andersen The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis Little Women by Lousia May Alcott Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury  Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Instagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

What does Santa have to do with Faerie Land? What was Tolkien like as a father? What REALLY goes on at the North Pole? Welcome to our Christmas Book Club episode featuring Letters from Father Christmas, by JRR Tolkien! We have the sweetest, coziest family book club ya ever did see, including Christmas Jeopardy! This is one to listen to with your children and anyone else you read the book with! There's enough gnomes, goblins, elves, and fairy tales for everyone! Think of this one like you're in our living room with us and your closest Book Fare friends and family with a fuzzy blanket and a mug of hot apple cider! Merry Christmas! Book List: Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien Roverandom by JRR Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne Let us know your favorite North Polar Bear story in our ⁠Facebook Group here!⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a chance to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn at Thanksgiving and one at Christmas! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Instagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it. So…From newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Instagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Today we look back on the 2023 Reading Challenge - first by listening to some voicemails from you, then by talking about some of our favorites. We cover topics from Great Classics to contemporary Sci-Fi to non-Fiction, and everything in between. You'll hear Elizabeth's hot take on Tiger Woods, Amanda's comedy favorite, and Tricia goes deep into listening to unheard voices. Books mentioned in this episode: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle by Gin Stephens Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis Letters From Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien Inferno by Dante This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse The Crucible by Arthur Miller Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Join us on Tuesday Dec 5 at 8:30pm EST for a live Zoom book club discussion on JRR Tolkien's Letters From Father Christmas! The Zoom link will be posted in our Facebook group one hour before. Or, if you're not on Facebook, email us at chat@bookfarepodcast.com to request the zoom link. Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn at Christmas and New Years! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Who doesn't want to be a better parent? What if you have adult children and regrets that you didn't do x or y with them? There are SO many wonderful parenting books out there, how's a girl to decide what to read next? Here's a curated list of our six favorites right now. We've created a list for you that includes books for Toddlers to Teens, Charlotte Mason Habit-Training, Theological Conversations, and Pursuing Wisdom! Finally, our two Mamas with children who have flown the nest give advice and encouragement that it's never too late. Let us know your Top Parenting Books in our Facebook Group here! Book List: Nurture by Nature: Understand Your Child's Personality Type - And Become a Better Parent by Paul D Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger Teaching From Rest by Sarah MacKenzie The Wisdom Pyramid by Brett McCracken Talking with Your Kids About God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have by Natasha Crain Teen-Proofing: Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Younger Teenager by John Rosemond Grandmas Was Right After All! Practical Parenting Wisdom from the Good Old Days by John Rosemond Parenting from the Tree of Life (new Growing Kids God's Way) by Gary and Ann Marie Ezzo Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony E Wolf Laying Down the Rails: A Charlotte Mason Habits Handbook by Sonya Shafer Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy Secrets of the Teenage Brain: Research-Based Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents by Sheryl G Feinstein 1,000 Hours Outside: Prioritize, Reclaim Childhood and Experience a Fuller Life by Ginny Yurich Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn at Thanksgiving and one at Christmas! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Instagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Today we discuss Dystopian books- why do we love them so much? What's the appeal of reading about a disastrous future? Are there redeeming messages and themes? Today we cover all the exciting, disturbing, thought-provoking aspects of dystopian stories, and uncover some surprisingly redeeming truths along the way... Dive in! Books mentioned in this episode: The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1984 by George Orwell Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The End We Start From by Megan Hunter Census by Jesse Ball Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So…From newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Intsagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it.

In today's Book Club episode, we discuss Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary. What is the line between insanity and genius? How does our society treat mental illness? How can compassion build bridges? These themes and more come to light in this fascinating book about one of the biggest literary enterprises of the 19th century. Jump in and join the discussion! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So…From newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Intsagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it.

Voldemort. Elizabeth Bennet... MacGyver?! In today's episode, we discuss these and other characters as we explore the final three Meyers-Briggs groups: the EJs, EPs, and IPs. The Villans. The Dads. The Moms. In both Harry Potter and the Austenverse, there are interesting correlations shared by these groups. There's also several big characters we'd like your help with in this one! So after the show, head on over to our FB Group and let us know thoughts. Grab your laundry basket and your Gingerberry Kombucha and enjoy! This is our final episode our Summer Series: Using Personality Systems as Literary Tools. Links to the other shows in the series are below: Summer Series: Using Personality Systems as Literary Tools ⁠Ep 69 - The Enneagram as a Literary Tool (and Harry Potter) Part 1⁠ ⁠Ep 70-The Enneagram as a Literary Tool (and Harry Potter) Part 2⁠ ⁠Ep 71-Forget Gryffindor - Harry Potter is an Obliger? Plus Jo March's Rebellion, Jane Eyre's Motivations, and Using Gretchen Rubin's The Four Tendencies as a Literary Tool⁠ ⁠Ep 76 - What do Dumbledore, Voldemort, Mr. Darcy, and Marilla Cuthburt have in common??? Using MBTI as a Literary Tool, Part I!⁠ Ep 77 - Using MBTI as a Literary Tool, Part II (coming next week!) Leave us a ⁠5 Star Review in iTunes⁠ and we just might read it on air! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swap - namely a BookFare Mug!! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So…From newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values thru literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Intsagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it.

Neville Longbottom. Snape. Elinor Dashwood. Jane Bennet. -Insert YOUR name here.- What makes them - and you - tick? Today we will learn and use the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to find out! Welcome to the final installment of our Summer Series: Using Personality Systems as Literary Tools! We go over why use Personality Systems as Literary Tools, what is the MBTI, what do those four letters mean, and the first of 4 groups of 4: the IJs! We give literary examples of each type, espcially from Harry Potter and the Jane Austenverse. This was an epic topic so it's a 2-Parter. Do you agree with our assessments? Disagree? What is your type? Head to the FB Group and let us know! Stay tuned for Part II! We will go over the other three groups (EJs, EPs, and IPs) and what are the types of Harry Potter, Lizzy Bennet, and many more. We will finish up by working thru a series of questions to figure out what type Hermione is in a case study that is suitable for even the Hogwarts Library! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swap - namely a BookFare Mug!! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So…From newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values thru literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Intsagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it.

Today's guest is a holistic medical doctor, author, and laughter yoga specialist. In this episode, Dr. Tanya Gold not only shares about her new book, 7 Habits of Extremely Happy People: The Hidden Secrets to Success, but shares with us golden nuggets about how to make our lives happier and healthier through easy practical steps everyone can do. Join us for this joyful exploration of laughter and positivity as the BEST medicine - backed by science and experience. Resources from Dr. Gold: 7 Habits of Extremely Happy People: The Hidden Secrets to Success by Tanya Gold MD (find it on Amazon and Audible - a portion of proceeds go to the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay) Her website: dgoli.com Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@drgoldfunyoga

Do you need permission to refresh your reading goals for the year? Permission to redo your goals? How about permission to have reading goals for the first time this year? We talk about how our year has gone (or stalled out) this year so far.  Do you want A LOT of great recommendations to finish your year strong? This episode is chock full of classical literature, non-fiction, sci-fi, humorous stories, fairy tales, poetry, scary stories, and so much more!  Do you need a laugh? We laughed at ourselves quite a bit in this one. Pull up a chair at our table, grab your cup of coffee or gingerberry kombucha, and laugh along with us!  Books mentioned in this episode  When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II, by Molly Guptill Manning The Crucible, by Arthur Miller Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo Endless Life: Poems of the Mystics, by Scott Cairns The Ethics of Beauty, by Timothy G Patitsas Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems, by Wendell Berry The Light Princess, by George MacDonald Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury Inferno, by Dante Alighieri The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables, by David Bellos How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem, by Rod Dreher The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus, by Andrew Klavan How to Tell A Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor, by Marcus Tullius Cicero  Code of the Woosters, by PG Wodehouse Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott Pilgrim's Progess, by John Bunyan Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So…From newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values thru literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! Join our private Facebook group (search BookFare Podcast) and follow us on Facebook (BookFare Podcast Page) and Intsagram (@bookfarepodcast). We love this community so, so much, and we know it will be better with YOU in it.

Today's episode continues our conversation on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and focuses on Jane's two suitors, Mr Rochester and St John. Do you like Mr Rochester? Do his good qualities outweigh his bad? What is St John's fatal flaw? And is he abusive or just misled? And what does the charade sequence teach us about Bronte's messages on marriage and female personhood? Join in the discussion in our Facebook Group (Book Fare Podcast) and let us know what you think! What did we miss? What are your best takeaways? Referenced in this episode: Dr Octavia Cox's YouTube channel

Oh, we have waited for this one! Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Join us as we discuss a truly Great Book. Who do we love to love? Who do we love to hate? What do Mr Brocklehurst, Mrs Reed, Helen Burns and Miss Temple say about the world Bronte is creating and what impact do they have on Jane? Is this book realistic? Hop on over to the Facebook group (Book Fare Podcast) and join in the discussion - we can't wait to hear what you think! Referenced in this episode: The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell

Join us on a literary exporation of Gretchen Rubin's The Four Tendancies! This is the third installment of our summer series on personality frameworks. Today, we explain this remarkable way of looking at basic motivation, and how it affects the way we see Harry Potter characters, Bronte's Jane Eyre, and Alcott's classic females in Little Women. We'd love to hear what YOU think about this, so head over to the Facebook group and sound off!

Today we continue our discussion of the Enneagram as a literary tool, using the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling as a case study. We have so much fun exploring this personality framework through the lens of one of our most beloved book series.

Today we begin our Summer Series - Personality Frameworks as Literary Tools! First up - the Enneagram! Whether you're a fan or a newbie, this is such a rich conversation, talking about the Enneagram through a literary lense - specifically #HarryPotter. So dive in and join the conversation! #enneagram Books referenced in this episode: The Road Back to You by Susanne Stabile and Ian Cron The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

Today we have got your whole family covered - from lap listeners to your grandpa and everyone in between! There are books in every shape and size to lean into the many stories of America as we approach Independence Day. Dive in and enjoy! Books mentioned in this episode: Picture Books: John, Paul, George, and Ben by Lane Smith  The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh We the People: The Constitution of the United States by Peter Spier Unspoken by Henry Cole Elementary Chapter Books: The Yearling by MK Rawling The Call of the Wild by Jack London West of Boston: Yankee Rhymes and Doggerel and Picture Book of the Revolution's Privateers by James Daugherty Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow, Illustrated by Charles Santore America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes Junior High/High School: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes The American Revolution by Bruce Bliven Jr.  The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Clifford L. Alderman Adult: Gone With the Wind by M Mitchell Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Great Gatsby by FS Fitzgerald A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by B Smith Abigail Adams by Woody Holton The Declaration of Independence George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade and Dan Yeager How The States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein

Today we talk all things SUMMER! Reading plans, vacations, and new releases! What are you reading this summer?? #summerreading #newreleases Books mentioned in today's episode: The Jeeves Series by PG Wodehouse Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rawling The Marriage Code by Brooke Burroughs Author BA Paris Enders Game by Orson Scott Card The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer The Divine Comedy by Dante Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Les Miserables by Hugo The Scarlet Letter by N Hawthorne Sarah's Choice by Pegg Thomas Murder at the Seven Dials by Cara Devlin The Marriage Season by Jane Dunn The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Grey The River and the Last Ranger by Peter Heller Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghes  Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghes  The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos Once Upon a Wardrobe and Becoming Mrs Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny

Today's guest, Heather Wells, has taught the Bradbury classics Dandelion Wine and Fahrenheit 451 to high school students multiple times. Join us as we discuss how different these books are (did you even know Bradbury wrote things that AREN'T sci-fi?), the rich and consistent themes, and why Bradbury has stayed so relevant. #raybradbury #teachraybradbury #teachlit #teachliterature #bookburning

Today we talk about well-known research-based self-help guru Brené Brown. What is her work about? What book should you read first? What kinds of concepts are in her books? If you are experiencing any issues in your life involving shame, vulnerability, resilience, belonging, emotions, or relationships, this episode is for you! Brene Brown's Books In This Episode: I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone  Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

It's our first picture books episode! What can storybooks do for your family culture? How do they build memories? Amanda and Elizabeth discuss these things and so much more, along with amazing recommendations. Dive in!! Books mentioned in this episode: Big Bad Bruce    Bill Peet Cappyboppy    Bill Peet My Lucky Day        Keiko Kasza Jamberry        Bruce Degen Caps For Sale     Esphyr Slobokina Millions of Cats      Wanda Gag Leo the Lop      Stephen Cosgrove Big Words for Little People   Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell Each Peach Pear Plum   Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg ABC Bunny     Wanda Gag Strega Nona   Tomie dePaola CBD     William Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble    William Steig Wild About Books   Judy Sierra Marc Brown The Growing Story     Ruth Kraus Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm    Alice & Martin Provensen A Year at Maple Hill Farm    Alice & Martin Provensen What Do You Do With an Idea?   Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom What Do You Do With a Problem?   Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom What Do You Do With a Question?   Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom The Fire Cat    Ester Averill Around the Year    Tasha Tudor 1 is One        Tasha Tudor A is for Annabell     Tasha Tudor The Kitchen Knight        Margaret Knight St George & the Dragon       Margaret Knight Snow White        Brothers Grimm Pail Heins & Trina Schart Calico the Wonder House     Virginia Lee Burton Katy & the Big Snow         Virginia Lee Burton Mike Mulligan & the Steam Shovel         Virginia Lee Burton Maybelle, the Cable Car   Virginia Lee Burton Choo Choo    Virginia Lee Burton The Little House  Virginia Lee Burton Strawberry Girl    Lois Lenski Policeman Small   Lois Lenski Cowboy Small               Lois Lenski The Little Airplane      Lois Lenski The Little Train          Lois Lenski Pinkerton Behave!     Steven Kellogg A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton     Steven Kellogg The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash      Steven Kellogg The Mysterious Tadpole      Steven Kellogg Can I Keep Him?       Steven Kellogg Best Friends      Steven Kellogg Much Bigger Than Marvin    Steven Kellogg

What a ride! Y'all get to listen in on our first open zoom book club discussion. 15 enthusiastic listeners joined us, and we can't wait for you to hear highlights of the conversation! We discuss forgiveness and redemption, how hard the book was to read, wether the ending was satisfying, wether this is a feminist book, and so much more. Enjoy!

You asked for it, you got it! This listener-requested genre has our hearts racing. We talk about what a thriller IS (is it even a real genre?), why we like it, and recommendations for every taste. Dive in! Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Firm by John Grisham The Black Widow by Daniel Silva (also Gabriel Allon 5-9) Run, Rose, Run; A Novel by Dolly Parton and James Patterson BA Paris Novels Winter Work by Dan Fesperman Colleen Coble's Thrillers Beguiled by Deeanne Gist, J. Mark Bertrand And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie The Moonstone and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins  Dr Jeckle and Mr Hyde by RL Stevenson Rebecca by Daphne duMarier Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Sherlock Holmes Books Murder Must Advertise by D Sayers The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The 39 Steps by John Buchan Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury The War of the Worlds and The Island of Dr Moreau by HG Wells I Must Betray You by Ruth Septys Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Do you think Shakespeare isn't for you? Do you get a mental image of old white men in smoking jackets and libraries? In this episode, Tim McIntosh, classicist and Shakespeare teacher, podcaster, and enthusiast, gives an easy method for learning to love The Bard, starting right where you are. (if you have no idea why you would even try, go back to last week's episode, Why Shakespeare??) This conversation is so fun, and is so full of tips on bringing the greatest writer in the English language into your life. Enjoy! A little about Tim: Tim McIntosh is a former classics professor, a Shakespeare actor, director, and teacher. You can hear him on his Shakespeare podcast, "The Play's the Thing," and on its sister-podcast, "Close Reads." Currently, Tim is creative director at Westfall Gold, major donor fundraising agency.

Today we are thrilled to introduce you to Time McIntosh, who is a classicist and Shakespeare enthusiast and podcaster. We discuss: why do we still bother with Shakespeare when the language is so tough? Is it worth the effort? How can we share it with our children? How can it be fun and exciting? AND join us next week for another episode with Tim! Books and resources mentioned in this episode: -How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig -https://simplyconvivial.com/ -The Best Actors in the World: Shakespeare and His Acting Company by David Grote A little about Tim: Tim McIntosh is a former classics professor, a Shakespeare actor, director, and teacher. You can hear him on his Shakespeare podcast, "The Play's the Thing," and on its sister-podcast, "Close Reads." Currently, Tim is creative director at Westfall Gold, major donor fundraising agency.

It's Poetry Month! Today we invite you to brew a cup of coffee or tea and relax and sip as we discuss and read poetry! Wether you're new to poetry, or it's one of your favorite things, this episode will give you tips and tricks and recommendations for enriching your life with this unique literary art form. Pull up a seat at the table and enjoy! Books mentioned in this episode: 30 Poems to Memorize (Before it's too late) by David Kern and Kirstie Ruffatto Favorite Poems Old and New selected by Helen Farris The Real Mother Goose Linguistic Development Through Poetry by Andrew Pudewa A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Luis Stevenson Poetry of AA Milne Cottage Press Classics Poetry Readers The Grammar of Poetry by Matt Whitling

It's here at last! Tricia reveals her long-awaited, long-cultivated list of the best time travel books you can read! What themes are in time travel? Why do we love it? And which of these will you be adding to your TBR? All of this and MORE this episode! Books mentioned in this episode: War of the Worlds by HG Wells Passenger by Alexandra Bracken A Rip Through Time by Kelly Armstrong The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 11.22.63 by Stephen King On Writing by Stephen King The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Marianna by Susanna Kearsley The Ruby Red Series by K Gier The Time Machine by HG Wells

In this book club episode we we discuss Daniel Nayeri's profound and funny middle grade novel, Everything Sad Is Untrue. We all adored this book, and this lively discussion includes themes of parenting, cultural differences, hospitality, 90's nostalgia, food, and redemption. We can't wait to hear what you think about this one! Search Book Fare Podcast and join our private Facebook group to join the fun!

You're in for a real treat today as we chat with fantasy author KB Hoyle, author of a dozen books, the most recent of which is Orion and the Starborn. Two young readers join us to review the book, which is so much fun, and we talk all things fantasy, science fiction, writing, reading, and Doritos! Find Karen on the web at: KBHoyle.com and owlsnestpublishers.com

Spring is coming! Spring is here! Today we talk all things spring growth - wether it's growing plants in your home, a garden outside, or your own soul. What are you growing this spring? We have all the books to help you do it! Books mentioned in this episode: How to plant a room: and grow a happy home by Morgan Doane The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies by MB Cicely Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol Into the Wild by John Krakaur Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl by Jennifer Dukes Lee Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney The Literary Garden: Recreating Literature's Most Beautiful Gardens in Your Own Backyard by Duncan Brine The Secret Garden by FH Burnett

Today we are joined by Latin teacher and classical homeschooling mom-of-five Angela Reed. We talk Latin and literature, her love of old things, what the pandemic did to her brain, and lots more! Angela's voice and perspective are a balm to the soul, and we know you'll love getting to know her AND hear her book recs. Dive in! Angela's Latin website: www.athenaeumamidstthereeds.com Books mentioned in this episode: Metamorphosis by Ovid Bulfinch's Mythology by T Bulfinch Mythology by Edith Hamilton 84, Charing Cross Road by H Hanff Our Town by Thornton Wilder Heidi by J Spyri The Secret Garden by FH Burnett The Swiss Family Robinson by JD Wyss The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Charlotte's Web by EB White Pinocchio by C Collodi Peter Pan by JM Barrie I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel

Reading is one of the greatest ways to expand your mind and your empathy for people who lead different lives than you. How often do you read outside your culture? Join us as we discuss why we love this kind of reading and some of our favorite books and authors in this category! Books mentioned in this episode: Digging to America by Anne Tyler And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See A Gathering of Old Men by Earnest J Gaines Exit West By M Hamid Prisoners of Geography: 10 Maps that Explain Everything about the World by Tim Marshall Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel What the World Eats by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel The Color Fairy Books by Andrew Lang The My Bookhouse Series Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri Short Stories by Pushkin Give Your Child the World by Jamie Martin

Today we are joined by Jessie Wakefield, a librarian in the Chicago area, and she's answering all our many library questions! We talk about her training, her job, ALL the things libraries do, and how to take advantage of them. This was SUCH a fun conversation and we learned so much! And, of course, we talked books :) Books mentioned in this episode: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro Babel by RF Kuang Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by G Zevin River of the Gods by Candace Millard The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by M Bannen The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

On this Valentine's Day, we're coming to you with every book lover's dream - Books About Books! Even we were surprised at how many categories and types of books fall in here - and it may be our biggest book list yet! Enjoy! Books Mentioned in this Episode: What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England By D Pool Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City by A Quindlen Deeper Heaven by C Hale How Dante Can Save your Life by R Dwyer Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays by P Leithart The Soul of Wit: G. K. Chesterton on William Shakespeare by GK Chesterton Talking About Detective Fiction by PD James Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper Mythology by Edith Hamilton On Stories by CS Lewis How to Read Literature Like a Professor by TC Foster How to Read a Book by M Adler Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by KM Richardson The Book List by SN Adams The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Library Book by Susan Orlean When Books Went to War by MG Manning The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by S Winchester How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry The Uncommon Reader by A Bennett Possession by AS Byatt Wild About Books by Judy Sierra and Mark Brown Save the Cat by Blake Snyder How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig Words of Delight by L Ryken The Eyre Affair by J Fforde Categories of Books About Books: Reference Reader's Guides Books about Specific Genres Books on Story and Reading Fiction about Bookish Topics Biographies of Libraries and Books

Today we welcome our favorite men - our husbands! Join us as we pepper them with questions about their book lives, why they read, and what they like to read. AND you might just get a great Valentine's Day book gift idea!! Books mentioned in this episode: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller The Parker Novels by Richard Stark Instagram Poets: Atticus, Andrea Gibson, Robert M Drake, Kate Baer, Morgan Harper Nichols, Alfa, Tyler Gregson, Ian S Thomas Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead by OS Card In the Fist Circle by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Getting Things Done by David Allen Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne Freddie Goes to Florida by Walter Brooks Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Join us for a delightful discussion on this charming modern fairy tale! We discuss the characters and the setting, how it's like and unlike ancient fairy tales, the funniest parts, and what we can learn from it. If you love magic or mystery, humor or human characters, this one's for you! #fairytales #childrensbooks

Do you ever read books more than once? Why would you do that when there are so many good books in the world? Today, we discuss the potential benefits of rereading, what makes a good reread, when to reread, and so much more! Books Mentioned in the Episode: Where the Red Fern Grows by W Rawls Great Expectations by C Dickens Little Women by LM Alcott War and Peace by L Tolstoy Crime and Punishment by F Dostoyevsky The Collected Letters of CS Lewis An Experiment in Criticism by CS Lewis Wives and Daughters by E Gaskell A Christmas Carol by C Dickens Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis

Today we talk all things Book Club: how to start a book club, why we love book clubs, why book clubs are meaningful to communities, and more! If you've ever wanted to start a book club, or be in a book club, or have loved a book club, you are going to LOVE this. #bookclub Tricia's Steps to Starting a Book Club: Decide on the purpose of your book club - what kind of books are you going to read? Plan something fun you are going to do along with the book discussion (themed food, games, wine, etc.) Research the best day and time for your people to meet. Make direct personal invitations to the first meeting. For the first meeting, pick an attractive, available book people will be drawn to and excited about. When you meet, have fun and ask good questions! Decide on a way you are going to pick books ongoing. Books mentioned in this episode: Atonement by Ian McEwan War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Crime and Punishment by F Dostoevsky Life of Pi by Yann Martel Team of Rivals by DK Goodwin Remains of the Day by K Ishiguro Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim At Home in the World by Txh Oxenrider Dante's Inferno

Happy New Year Book Friends! Today we talk about all the new things coming your way in Season 3! Reading topics, reading goals, a reading challenge, and new plans. We are going to have so much fun this year, and we can't wait for you to pull up a chair at the table and join us! Join our private Facebook group for all the book talk and book recommendations you can handle! Books mentioned in this episode: Great Expectations by C Dickens The Crucible by A Miller River of the Gods by C Millard The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by EJ Gaines Conjure Women: A Novel by A Atakora Animal Farm by G Orwell Lord of the Flies by W Golding Ender's Game by OS Card The Glass Castle by J Walls The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff Antifragile by N Taleb Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris The Ethics of Beauty by Timothy Patitsas How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor by Cicero

It's a big day! Today we talk best books of the year, how we did on our reading goals, and what our biggest take-aways from our reading lives are. This is a fun and meaningful one, and we can't wait to share it! Books mentioned in this episode: A Christmas Carol by C Dickens Sweep by J Auxier Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard 1984 by George Orwell Beowulf That Hideous Strength: A Deeper Look at How the West was Lost by Melvin Tinker Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri Brideshead Revisited by E Waugh Laurus by E Vodolazkin The Complete Short Stories by Flannery O Connor