Join hosts Ashley and Megan for the book club that you never knew you needed. Pour yourself a tall glass of wine and get ready for a bookish adventure!
This month's book club book was Queen's Peril by E.K. Johnston. If you'd like to read along with us before listening, Megan HIGHLY suggests listening to the Audio Book!
This month's TBR is a long one. Megan talks wedding plans and Ashley opens up about her dyslexia. There's a few new books on the horizon and we introduce May's book club book. Here's a hint: May the Fourth Be With You ;)
This months book club book was Lore by Alexandra Bracken. And yes its a LONG episode, but if you've already read it it's not very hard to see why!
Join us for out April TBR's, updates on our lives and as always lots of tangents!
This week we (sorta) review the book Meet Me in Monaco. We also discover a new catchphrase to live our lives by!
Join us for a very short trip into our discussion from our March TBR's when we accidentally went on a 10 minute rant about WandaVision. THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU LISTEN lol. But if it helps, most of them were wrong so, oh well! And if you HAVENT watched WandaVision GO DO IT OMG!
Join us as we talk exciting news, tv books and more that we're wrapping up and are excited for in March! Don't forget to check out our bonus episode "Early WandaVision Spoilersode" where we discussed our Wandavision Theories before the show ended. But DUH THERE'S SPOILERS!
Before reading this book along with us, or listening to this review, please note that Sadie covers a long list of topics and themes that may be difficult to read. These topics include, but are not limited to: Pedophilia, Child Abuse, Sexual Assault and Drug Abuse. We completely understand if this book and this review are not for you. We thank you so much for your continuing support and hope you'll join us again next week for our March TBRs!If you or anyone you know need assistance dealing with any of these things please contact the following free helplines for help and resources:National Sexual Assault Hotline:1-800-656-4673 (Open 24/7-365 with online chat also available)National Human Trafficking Hotline:1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to 233733 (Open 24/7-365 with over 200 available translators)National Child Abuse Hotline:1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)(Open 24/7-365 FOR US AND CANADA ONLY)
Tune in this week to hear our dream cast if our previous book club book, Serpent and Dove, was ever turned into a movie or show! Also check out our Instagram for help seeing the faces if yours as bad with just names as we are! (whineanddinepod)We'll also discuss, as always, our TBRs for the month of February and book related news!THIS MONTHS BOOK CLUB BOOK IS "SADIE" BY COURTNEY SUMMERS!
As the title will suggest, our January book club discussion will be over Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin. We'd love for you to listen in, and tweet at us while you do (@WhineAndDinePod) - because we could talk about this book for the rest of the year!Oh and umm SPOILERS - DUH!
2021 is finally here! Welcome to our brand new format, brand new intro, and brand new books for 2021. We're so excited to be back in the saddle, so get ready for a really great year!
THANK GOD 2020 IS COMING TO AN END! As we do every year, we're wrapping up the year with our review of 2020, an update on the last six months that we've been on quarantine hiatus, and our goals for 2021!Thank you all so much for sticking with us this past year! 2021 is coming so soon - new format, new outlooks and new books! We can't wait to see what this next year holds for us, for the podcast and for you all! Happy Holidays and GOODBYE 2020!!!
July's read along/ book review is over American Royals by Katherine McGee! Its a beautiful reimagining of what the American Royal Family would look like now, if George Washington had ruled as King instead of President! It's a really fun rom-com with a historical fiction twist. Make sure to grab your copy before you listen in!
This ep you get a twofor! In this slightly lengthy episode, we discuss books that celebrate independence, politics, America/ American Historical fiction, etc... PLUS Megan tangents ONCE AGAIN into a 30 minute long discussion about the new Disney+ release of the Broadway musical Hamilton!
This July, we're reading American Royals! Come get some life updates, info about this months episode topics, and find out whether or not Ashley likes Ryan's wine choice for the pair.
Seeing as our reading lists were a bit bare this month, we took this episode to mostly talk about our star charts lol. Join us for our end of June wrap up!
This months read along/ book club book was Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck! If you read along, get ready to hear our thoughts :)This month we did things a little differently. Only Ashley read the book. Megan tried her hand at predicting what comes next at any given moment while Ashley describes the story.Either come for the discussion or play along with Megan! How close did you get? Were you shocked like Ashley or did you find the book too predictable? Let us know your thoughts!!
This months theme is Sweet, Pink Treats! Look you guys, lockdown is hard. Its easy to get down and let yourself go right now. Here's our tips, both bookish and not, on ways to pump yourself back up and be your best (or as best as you can be currently! lol)
Welcome back Diners! Restrictions are lifting mid COVID and that means WE'RE BACK with all new episodes! Catch up on what we've been up to during quarantine and what you can look forward to the rest of the month!June's book club book is Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck! Be sure to pick up your copy so you can read along with us!
As is tradition at this point, Megan messed up and forgot to drop an entire episode. Wasn't just late with it - FORGOT IT EXISTED ENTIRELY. She would apologize, but we all just kind of expect it by now. Lol. You can pick up a copy of Hocus Pocus 2 at most any bookstore and Amazon. Feel free to read along!
In this episode, we step outside the realm of just books to discuss the things we just cant help but love to hate! We discuss everything from sports teams, to commercials, people in the office and of course popular culture. What are some things you just love to hate on? Let us know!
This month we read Married With Zombies - a zombie outbreak book that checks all of our boxes: A crumbling marriage, bad decisions, a religious cult, tree zombies and much much more! If you want to read the book along with us you can find it on Amazon and Thriftbooks!
As we move into our first TBRs of 2020, we got a little long winded. Enjoy this extra long "minisode" for February!
Were you wondering why no episodes dropped around the holidays? Well, here's your explanation!
We're back on track this month - just in time to end the year right: With a Christmas book and a cookie bakeoff!
It's our birthday! That means we're taking a small break from the books and doing something a little different! Come join us to learn our stance on education, the electoral college, and life everlasting!
This month we have some lofty goals and even a few sales for you!
Join us as we bring back David to the podcast to help us discuss HORROR BOOKS- what we love and hate and David's Rules for Reading Horror.
Join us as we return for October to give you all new sales and spooky books to get you in the mood for Halloween!
This week Megan and Ashley tackle miscategorized books. Is it really a "Hot Rom Com"? Or is it simply E-Lit? What's the cutoff for New Adult? Come learn with us!
This week Ashley and Megan hit you with their TBR's, info about Greenwood's Wine and Music Festival, and August's total lack of sales. Will WAM Fest make up for it? Follow us on Instagram for updates! @wineanddinepod
This week we wrap up the month of July! What did we read? What are we excited about for August? Tune in to find out!
In honor of Harry Potter Month and JK Rowling's Birthday, this week Ashley and Megan sort books into their own Harry Potter Houses. What house are you? Did we hit any of your favorite books? Let us know @wineanddinepod!
Join us as we examine Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal!
For the month of July we have 2 sales in the Indy area, lots of audio books to be read, and some nostalgic 90's country music!
Wrap up June with us as we discuss our recent mini haul, Megan's night schedule and above all else, books!
Check in with us to see how we're doing on our reading goals as we reach the half point of the year!
SPOILERS AHEAD! This week Ashley and Megan discuss the book GOOD OMENS just behind it's premier on Amazon Prime.
In this episode Ashley and Megan go through a list of possible TBRs for this summer! Are you fans of James Patterson? Is Kasie West a hit/miss with you? Let us know @whineanddinepod
Tune in to hear about the upcoming HPB sale and this months new releases on our radars!
Join us as we wrap up the month of May by talking about video games, anime and FINALLY getting out of our reading slumps!
Sometimes you just don't feel like reading and that's ok! In this episode we talk about Book Slumps and how to get out of them!
Listen in as we continue to talk about our obsession with Thriftbooks, our months book haul, and a ton of other bookish related things!
In this episode we discuss our buddy read and talk about our addiction with Thriftbooks.
Sometimes a book is just DNF material - And thats ok! Listen up as we discuss our rules for when to quit and when to power through.
In this episode of Whine and Dine we discuss what books we'll be buddy reading this month, a new sale (finally!) and how Megan's trip to tea land went.
In this episode of Whine and Dine we discuss how we finished out the Hamilthon Readalong, Ashley's orginizational skills and a new bookish podcast that Ashley discovered!
Join us as we give you a list of 12 Irish themed books/authors to read to really celebrate St. Patty's Day the right way!
Join us as we intro March with a huge lack of sales and LOTS of books TBR! Are you participating in #Hamilthon? Tweet as us your TBRs! @whineanddinepod