Books, Broads, & Booze

Welcome to Season 7 for Books Broads and Booze! Our new season focus is on women authors!! Listen to Monica and I discuss a fantastic novella The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal!Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 7 for Books Broads and Booze! Our new season focus is on women authors!! Listen to Monica and I discuss a fantastic space opera, You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo!Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 7 for Books Broads and Booze! Our new season focus is on women authors!! Monica and I discuss Tiger, Tiger by Lynn Reid Banks.Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 7 for Books Broads and Booze! Our new season focus is on women authors!! Monica and I are back with Secure Relating by Sue Marriot, LCSW, CGP and Ann Kelley, PhD. Listen to us as we discuss an important self help guide.Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 7 for Books Broads and Booze! This is a bonus episode from Season 6 book list! Join me in our discussion of the These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card. These Ghost are Family won the National Book Award! This month's guest host is Justin, an avid book dragon and gamer.Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 7 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about books written by women! Join me in our discussion of the The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah! This month's guest host is Jenny, an avid audiobook reader and outdoorsy adventurer.Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Join me in our discussion of the novella The Bees by Laline Paull. The Bees won the 2015 Orin Book Award for Fiction. Additionally, it was nominated for 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.Drink responsibly!Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.comTheme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Join me in our discussion of the novella Adore by Doris Lessing. Doris Lessing is a Nobile Prize Laurent. Her novella was released as a major motion picture in 2013. Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Join me at my wonderful guest, Stephanie, in our discussion of The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science. Awards: 2009 Before Columbus Foundation-ABA, 2009 National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

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Join Monica and I as we discuss the classic, White Noise. The book describes an academic year in the life of its narrator, Jack Gladney. It's a strange and funny book about death. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. The Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. A Time to Dance by Padema Venkatraman is ALA Notable and ALAIVALSA best book for young adults. Listen to our lively discussion about women and able bodies! Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Best book of 2020 for several newspapers, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Listen to Monica and I look through lives of Shakespeare's family. Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! This season is all about award winning books. Winner of the 2021 Newberry Medal and The 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature is When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller. Walk into the magical world of Korean folktales with us. Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! We finished our theme of identity last season. This season, we are focusing on award winning books. Next on the list is National Book award Eat Drink Vote by Marian Nestle. Listen to our discussion of food politics! Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! We finished our theme of identity last season. This season, we are focusing on award winning books. At the top of the season is The Princess Diarist by the cultural icon Carrie Fisher. Listen to our discussion of young Carrie Fisher. May the force be with you. Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to the finality of season 5 for Books Broads and Booze! We finish our theme of identity with the wildly sober book ‘Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison. What changes have you made thinking of yourself and your identity over the last year? Enjoy what Monica and I discovered about ourselves! Wishing you all a happy holiday season! Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity with the thought provoking nonfiction book ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' By Philip K. Dick. Listen to Monica and I go into discussion questions of this thought provoking novel from 1968. And remember, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity with the thought provoking nonfiction book “What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us - who we become after tragedy and trauma” by Mike Mariani. Listen to Monica and I go deep into what makes us who we are. And remember, drink responsibly. Discussion questions provided by the publisher, Random House Books. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity with the classic Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Listen to Monica and I get into the mood for the spooky season. Going forward, all episodes will be released on the last Thursday of the month. And remember, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity with the gothic romance Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Listen to Monica and I as we wander through this roller coaster ride of Jane Eyre. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

This is a special bonus episode of author Corie Adjmi. She's written an incredible story titled “The Marriage Box.” The Marriage Box can be found online at Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. You can also find in at https://corieadmji.com! Look for it where you get your books.

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity with Know Thyself by Ingrid Rossellini. Listen to Monica and I as we wander through this book of rich history and art of Western culture. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity with Artificial You by Susan Schneider. Listen to Monica and I as we discuss questions such as: Can robots really be conscious? Can we merge with AI, as tech leaders like Elon Musk and Ray Kurzweil suggest? Is the mind just a program? As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity! This month's book is only an essay!! It is On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt. The author asserts his views on the way people need to hate, feel disgust, or bigotry to keep themselves entertained. Join Monica and I as we dive into the essay first published on January 1st, 1826. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity! This month's book is Discognition by Steven Shaviro. The author asks, what is consciousness? He looks at science fiction novels and stories exploring the possibility of artificial, human, and alien sentience. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity! Young Heroes of the Soviet Union By Alex Halberstadt. It's so much more than a memoir. I hope you enjoy this with us. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! We continue with our theme of identity! This month we discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Discussions were questions provided by the publisher. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 5 of Books Broads and Booze! This year our theme is identity! We're kicking off 2023 with “Behaving Like Adults” by Gretchen Anthony. Listen to Monica and I talk about these wonderful characters! Discussions were questions provided by the publisher. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! As the season finale of our theme of books to movies, Monica and I picked Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling. Join us and we have fun discussing a favorite book and our opinions of the film from 2001! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! As this season starts to wrap up on our theme of books to movies, Monica and I picked A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. The late award-winning writer, Siobhan Dowd, gave Patrick Ness the book idea. Monica and I discuss all the feelings of the book along with the movie released in 2016. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! As this season continues on our theme of books to movies, Monica and I picked The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. The author is a native of the Mitten state, hoorah! Monica and I talk about our complicated feelings of the book along with the movie released in 2009. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Bonus episode author interview!!! THE REVENGE OF BRIDGET CLEARY by Mathilda Zeller. Ebook will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, GooglePlay October 4th. If you're interested in historical fiction and true crime and also fantasy, check out the podcast. I enjoyed myself interviewing Mathilda! Thank you for listening!! And you can checkout Mathilda's blog here: https://mathildazeller.wordpress.com/ Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! As this season continues on our theme of books to movies, for September pick is The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan. This month guest hosts are Hannah and her dad Kelly! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! As this season continues on our theme of books to movies, For August pick is the intriguing tale of The Da Vinci code. The movie released in 2006 starring Tom Hanks. Are you a fan? Have you read the whole series? Did you know the books are a series? Listen in as Monica and I sip on drinks and some tough discussion questions! Two books that I found interesting with human history: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50734400 As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! This season we decided on a theme of books to movies. For the month of July we discuss the adult fairy tale of Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman is known as an award winning fantasy writer. The book was made into a film in 2007. Enjoy the discussion as Monica and I sip on drinks and some tough discussion questions! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! This season we decided on a theme of books to movies. For the month of June we discuss the spiritual awakening of Elizabeth Gilbert with Eat Pray Love. A novel that inspired millions of readers adapted to film starring Julia Roberts in 2010. Enjoy the discussion as Monica and I drink it up! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! This season we decided on a theme of books to movies. For the month of May we discuss the epic tale of Dune by Frank Herbert. A science fiction novel that inspired millions of readers. It has also been adapted to film and television with the most recent adaption in 2021. Enjoy the discussion as Monica and I spice it up! Link to the Dune inspired cocktail: https://peterallenlab.com/2021/10/17/dune-cocktail/ As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! This season we decided on a theme of books to movies. For the month of April we discuss Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. Enjoy the discussion! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! This season we decided on a theme of books to movies. This month we discuss The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Are you a huge fan of the movie? Did you know there was a book? Do you feel that books you read as a kid molded you into who you are today? Enjoy the discussion! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

In the final installment of Lord of the Rings, Monica and I go over discussion questions of the book. And follow up with our movie experience right after reading the series. Enjoy the show! Special shout out to the podcast The Prancy Pony. A great podcast for in-depth discussion and details of all things LOR. Highly recommend to check them out. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Welcome to season 4 of Books Broads and Booze! This season we decided on a theme of books to movies. We're going to round off the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Two Towers is the middle child of the LOR. Listen to Monica and I discuss our way through some questions and give our take on the movie. Enjoy the show! As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Join Monica and I discuss Gretchen Rubin's The Four Tendencies. It's not just a personality type test. Tendencies are a pattern of behavior. Join us as we go over Gretchen's own worksheet. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Join Monica and I was we discuss, Drunk: How we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way to civilization by Edward Slingerland. It's a mix of science, anthropology, and psychology. We try our best to dive into the interesting ideas of the book. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Join Monica and I was we discuss, This Is Your Mind of Plants by Michael Pollan. Dive into how plants alter our thinking and consciousness. And enjoy our discussion about cultural appropriation and plant medicine. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Join Monica and I as we discuss one of our favorite books, Fellowship of the Ring. The first in the Lord of Rings trilogy. Beloved by many and adored by us. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Join Monica and I as we dive into a small town in rural Africa. The stakes for the characters are high. And the risks are great with every choice. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Join Monica and I was we discuss, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. Chava is a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi. Ahmad is a jinni born of fire. They meet each other in NYC. It's a historical fantasy fiction romance with Jewish mysticism and middle eastern myths woven all together. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Listen to Monica and I discuss the time traveling book Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore!! New Year's Eve in 1982, Oona Lockhart thinks the next year ahead of her will be a difficult choice. She faints right before midnight and wakes up 32 years into the future. And so begins her travel through the decades never knowing how old she will be the following year. Join the discussion and as we talk about this fun and quirky book. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Listen to Monica and I discuss Jenny Lawson's newest book!! Broken (in the best possible way) continues Jenny's journey through life despite living with depression and anxiety disorders. It's a must read for any Jenny Lawson fan. And it'll covert any new reader. As always, drink responsibly. Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay