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f you would like to check out Carmichael's Bookstore Holiday Book Gift Guide, you can find it online at www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/ Website- www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. The delightful Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichael's Book Store, comes to save the day. She has, as usual, tons of great new reads that are already on shelves and would make perfect gifts this holiday for the book lovers in your life. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante 2- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride 3- Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell 4- Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery 5- The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya 6- This is Happiness by Niall Williams 7- Time of the Child by Niall Williams 8- Jim the Boy by Tony Early 9- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 10- The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff 11- The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham 12- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 13- The Elements of Madame Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel 14- The Universe in Verse edited by Maria Popov 15- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 16- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer 17- Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Revived Pop Music by Rob Sheffield 18- The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel 19- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 20- Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway 21- William by Mason Coile 23- Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison 24- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 25- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire 26- Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley 27- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten 28- From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough 29- Cher: The Memoir (Part One) by Cher 30- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 31- Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney 32- The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon 33-Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories by Ann Byrn 34- Kentucky Ya'll: A Celebration of the People and Culture of the Bluegrass by Blair Thomas Hess and Cameron Ludwick 35- The Stackpole Legend by Wendell Berry 36- In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limon, illustrated by Peter Sis 37- Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid 38- A Five Star Read recommended by fellow Book Lover Perin @mjreadsmagic - Sir Callie and the Dragon's Roost by Esme Symes-Smith 39- Gather by Kenneth Cadow 40- The Horse by Willy Vlautin 41- Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon 42- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery 43- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery Media mentioned-- 1- A Real Pain (2024) 2- Wicked Little Letters (Netflix, 2023) 3- The Lost Daughter (Netflix, 2021) 4- The Return (2024)

If you would like to check out Carmichael's Bookstore Holiday Book Gift Guide, you can find it online at www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/ Website- www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. The delightful Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichael's Book Store, comes to save the day. She has, as usual, tons of great new reads that are already on shelves and would make perfect gifts this holiday for the book lovers in your life. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante 2- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride 3- Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell 4- Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery 5- The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya 6- This is Happiness by Niall Williams 7- Time of the Child by Niall Williams 8- Jim the Boy by Tony Early 9- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 10- The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff 11- The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham 12- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 13- The Elements of Madame Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel 14- The Universe in Verse by Maria Popov 15- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 16- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer 17- Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Revived Pop Music by Rob Sheffield 18- The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel 19- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 20- Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway 21- William by Mason Coile 23- Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison 24- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 25- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire 26- Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley 27- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten 28- From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough 29- Cher: The Memoir (Part One) by Cher 30- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 31- Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney 32- The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon 33-Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories by Ann Byrn 34- Kentucky Ya'll: A Celebration of the People and Culture of the Bluegrass by Blair Thomas Hess and Cameron Ludwick 35- The Stackpole Legend by Wendell Berry 36- In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limon, illustrated by Peter Sis 37- Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid 38- A Five Star Read recommended by fellow Book Lover Perin @mjreadsmagic - Sir Callie and the Dragon's Roost by Esme Symes-Smith 39- Gather by Kenneth Cadow 40- The Horse by Willy Vlautin 41- Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon 42- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery 43- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery Media mentioned-- 1- A Real Pain (2024) 2- Wicked Little Letters (Netflix, 2023) 3- The Lost Daughter (Netflix, 2021) 4- The Return (2024)

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: utilizing AI and getting back into the library swing of things Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: our most huggable books The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 4:01 - Lake Travis Community Library 5:52 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 7:01 - Our Current Reads 7:22 - The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Kaytee) 7:35 - The King's English Bookshop 9:28 - The Change by Kirsten Miller 10:21 - The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao 11:15 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith) 13:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram 15:54 - The Stand by Stephen King 17:13 - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Kaytee) 19:14 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukamatathil 21:25 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (Meredith) 22:35 - Final Girls by Riley Sager 24:37 - Currently Reading Patreon 25:22 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee) 25:32 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory 29:16 - Fairyloot 31:26 - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (Meredith) 35:31 - @booktalketc on Instagram 35:32 - Book Talk, Etc podcast 37:32 - Deep Dive: Our Most Huggable Books 38:28 - All The Only People by Mike Gayle 38:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 38:30 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 39:12 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booey 39:25 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 39:51 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 40:05 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 40:36 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart 40:38 - Charlotte's Web by E.B White 41:18 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 41:28 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili 41:53 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 42:35 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 42:29 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 42:56 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 43:28 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan 43:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 44:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 45:06 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 45:19 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 45:46 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 46:03 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 46:29 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 46:32 - Matrix by Lauren Groff 48:48 - Meet Us At The Fountain 48:55 - I wish that we always live in a world where women are celebrated (Kaytee) 56:37 - I wish everyone would try a book flight (Meredith) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from The King's English Bookshop in Utah! Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Living the Dream: Miranda Roldán's Journey Through Hollywood and Home This episode is brought to you by my favorite productivity and well-being app, Brain.fm* and my book on how to become a stellar speaker, Speak From Within.  Discover the secrets to unlock your inner leader! Download the free confidence-building tip sheet now! Grab a complimentary 15-minute consultation with me. Leave me a voice message. Miranda Roldán is an Actor, Writer, and Podcast host to The Balancing ACTor Podcast where she navigates a creative life with a civilian one and everything in between. She can be seen on many national commercials and has credits from The Blacklist, FBI, Law and Order SVU to Hallmark and Lifetime. Her latest film is The Storied Life of AJ Fikry (book-to-film adaptation written by Gabrielle Zevin) Miranda resides in both the New York City area and Tampa Florida with her husband, baby boy, and cat Margo. Connect with Miranda https://www.facebook.com/miranda.roldan.56 https://www.instagram.com/mirandaroldantv/ https://www.mirandaroldan.com/   This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial and 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset. (affiliate link) URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset It's also brought to you by my podcast host, Podbean! I love how simple Podbean is to use. If you've been thinking of starting your own podcast, Podbean is the way to go!**    Support the show. Buy me a coffee. Listen on These Channels Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | Podbean | MyTuner | iHeart Radio | TuneIn | Deezer | Overcast | PodChaser | Listen Notes | Player FM | Podcast Addict | Podcast Republic |  

Show notes: They say opposites attract, right? Well, we couldn't be more opposite with our reading tastes. So, we're doing what makes total sense and recommending books to each other. Tune in for our tailored book recs and tell us how we did.     Click here to join us on Patreon for exclusive bonus bookish goodies! Get our monthly overflow and new books episodes, our private Facebook group, and more. Plus, supporting us in this way just shows that you love what we do!   Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Something Bookish: [3:46] S: My husband is reading! Holly by Stephen King Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Wager by David Grann [5:30] M: Here's your encouragement (and mine!) to read slowly.   Books We're Recommending to Each Other: [9:08] M: 11/22/63 by Stephen King [12:29] S: The Door to Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin [14:25] M: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker [16:19] S: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Everyone On This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson [18:13] M: The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley [20:02] S: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub [21:52] M: Holiday Country by İnci Atrek [24:06] S: The Book of M by Peng Shepherd   Also Mentioned: Episode 117: Our 2023 Books Superlatives Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Want our show notes delivered right to your inbox? Join our RTL Substack so that you'll get a link for every single book we mention with no extra work. It's free! Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahhartleyco  Follow Mia on Instagram: @fastlifeinslowlane   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.  

Today, Megan and I share a couple book recommendations and chat about our reading goals. Megan's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2BUOhDd7NvozKAO5uScNUQ?si=b3a10d53a8244317 Megan's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Meganhubrex Megan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megansbookedup/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkbookishpodcast Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/talkbookishpodcast/ Books Mentioned Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Lilah Lawson and Lauren Emily Whalen Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Book Lovers by Emily Henry Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane The Plot is Murder by V.M. Burns Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flowers The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger American Kingpin by Nick Bilton --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talk-bookish-to-me/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talk-bookish-to-me/support

Show notes: You know what's better than reading one good book? Reading a pair of good books! Today, we're talking about book pairings that we love and why we think the books go well together. It's fun to read about similar themes or character arcs but from different perspectives. We hope you enjoy our picks!    Click here to join us on Patreon for exclusive bonus bookish goodies! Get our monthly overflow and new books episodes, our newsletter, and more. Plus, supporting us in this way just shows that you love what we do! Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Something Bookish: [1:59] S: We got rid of our website. Check out the RTL Substack instead. [3:02] M: RTL t-shirt - see them in action here!   Book Pairings We Love: [4:36] S: The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley and No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister [5:39] M: Let Him In by William Friend and Home Before Dark by Riley Sager [6:55] S: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and The Daydreams by Laura Hankin (Bonus pairing rec: The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton) [8:37] M: The Troop by Nick Cutter and Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay [9:54] S: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren and The Arc by Tory Henwood Hoen [11:23] M: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey and Making a Scene by Constance Wu [13:18] S: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin and The Door to Door Bookstore by Carston Henn [14:52] M: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin and Know My Name by Chanel Miller  (Bonus pairing rec: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson) [16:38] S: Unprotected by Billy Porter and All Boys Aren't Blue by George Johnson (Also mentioned: Finding Me by Viola Davis) [18:02] M: Elevation by Stephen King and Thinner by Richard Bachman Want our show notes delivered right to your inbox? Join our RTL Substack so that you'll get a link for every single book we mention with no extra work. It's free! Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahhartleyco  Follow Mia on Instagram: @fastlifeinslowlane   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.  

Today we're sharing our (sometimes controversial) opinions about some of the buzziest books of LAST summer. We love it when our reading overlaps off the podcast and gives us a chance to come together for some off-the-cuff book conversation. Of the slew of buzzy books that released in Summer 2022, there were a handful both of us somehow made time to read. We're deep diving into five of those books, sharing what worked for us, what didn't, and why we can love a reading experience even when we don't love a book.  This episode originally aired on our Patreon bonus feed. To hear all about the buzzy books we read THIS summer, sign up to join Classics Club at patreon.com/novelpairings. We would love to see you in our community this semester! Books Mentioned Book Lovers by Emily Henry  Beach Read by Emily Henry People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott  Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine  Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Lessons in Chemistry by Bonne Garmus  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon

Show notes: Mia has been not-so-patiently waiting to bring this topic to the show and we're so excited about this discussion. Books have long been the source of movies and TV shows and today, we're talking about the adaptations we love, the ones we don't love, and the ones we wish existed. Tune in to see if we talked about your favorites.    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist Book Club, The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.    Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Support indie bookstores by shopping our picks on Bookshop.org!   Something Bookish: [3:26] M: Read, Relax, and Recharge - the #1 subscription box for introverts [4:28] S: The Door to Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn    All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin   Books We Wish Would Be Adapted into Movies or Shows:  [8:44] M: Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby [9:26] S: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano [10:01] M: Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton [11:55] S: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune [12:44] M: Out of Esau by Michelle Webster Hein [13:38] S: The Measure by Nikki Erlick [15:05] M: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune [16:02] S: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah [16:28] M: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [17:35] S: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab   [18:25] Wonderful Adaptations That Already Exist   [21:27] Adaptations in Production That We're Excited/Nervous About   [24:19] Adaptations That Got It Totally Wrong   [27:13] Adaptations That We Haven't Seen Yet But Plan to Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahhartleycoaching  Follow Mia on Instagram: @fastlifeinslowlane + @miamanagementco    * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

It's time for the Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag! Sarah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahs_shelvess/ Sarah's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sarahsshelves Manda's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gingersnappedreads Join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/talkbookishpodcast Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/talkbookishpodcast/ Talk Bookish to Me baseball cap https://www.bonfire.com/talk-bookish-to-me-classic-baseball-cap/ QUESTIONS Question #1: Best book you've read so far in 2023 Question #2: Best sequel you've read so far in 2023 Question #3: New release you haven't read yet, but want to Question #4: Most anticipated release for the second half of the year Question #5: Biggest disappointment Question #6: Biggest surprise Question #7: Favorite new author (debut or new to you) Question #8: Newest fictional crush Question #9: Newest favorite character Question #10: Book that made you cry Question #11: Book that made you happy Question #12: Favorite book to film adaptation that you've seen this year Question #13: Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) Question #14: What books do you need to read by the end of the year BOOKS MENTIONED I'll Always Be With You by Monica Murphy Open Throat by Henry Hoke Pageboy by Elliot Page Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Twisted Games by Ana Huang Twisted Love by Ana Huang Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby Rouge by Mona Awad Bunny by Mona Awad All's Well by Mona Awad Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes You by Caroline Kepnes Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Madame by Sara Cate The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth My Dark Romeo by Parker S Huntington and LJ Shen Hilda by Luke Pearson and Stephen Davies The Lost Summers of Newport by Team W Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson The Rehearsals by Annette Christie Everything For You by Chloe Liese Set on You by Amy Lea Exes and O's by Amy Lea The Catch by Amy Lea Normal People by Sally Rooney Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel A Poem for Every Spring Day by Allie Esiri The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi The Diviners by Libba Bray Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma  The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier All's Well by Mona Awad True Crime Story by Joseph Knox White Horse by Erika T Wurth Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors Beautiful World, Where Are You? By Sally Rooney The Idiot by Elif Batuman Killman Creek by Rachel Caine Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry The Novel Art of Murder by V.M. Burns The Chain by Adrian McKinty The Fourth Monkey by J. D. Barker Those Girls by Chevy Stevens Breathe by Joyce Carol Oates Groupies by Sarah Priscus The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talk-bookish-to-me/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talk-bookish-to-me/support

Sorry for the delay in posting this week's episode, y'all. It's been a busy time on our end. This week, we were joined by some special guests, Flannery Buchanan and Chelsea Powers of Bluebird and Co.! Bluebird and Co. is one of our local book retailers, so we took this opportunity to discuss a couple of book-to-movie adaptations with them. We hope you enjoy this week's episode and look forward to more collaborations in the future! PS - The audio quality takes a dip in a few places. We apologize for this. We were using a different setup than what we're used to. 0:00 - Intro 4:02 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry 59:10 - Fantastic Mr. Fox 1:49:54 - Next week's assignments You can find The Storied Life of AJ Fikry on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-storied-life-of-aj-fikry-59e5659c-fdf7-45e6-bf1e-79d354d26eb6 You can find Fantastic Mr. Fox on HBO Max: https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GW3ssWAEl3cNOkQEAAAgY:type:feature Follow us! Instagram: @contentswappodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/content-swap/support

yes yes yes, we are late this week but that is because of a slight change in our programming. We now will give you our review not one week late but just in time for the releases.With that, this week - lets talk about Mrs Chatterjee v Norway that was a hard hitter by Rani Mukherjee in theaters. We will also introduce you to Sagarika Chakraborty later this week - who is the real life Mrs Chatterjee. Hear her story in our interview with her.Rocket Boys 2 on Sony Liv was one of the most fab series in its second season and The Storied Life of Aj Fikry was very disappointing. Wish we could have stayed at the level Novel. For now- listen to us.LoveAntara, Manu and Miraal, Supriya Desislive podcast delivers the latest movie and show reviews to your devices. Wherever in the world you are, tune in to desislive.

Show notes: We're both very different readers, but it seems like lately, there's more of a middle ground between Team Sarah and Team Mia. Here are some books that we both love and it was easier than we thought to come up with this list.   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist Book Club, The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.    Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Support indie bookstores by shopping our picks on Bookshop.org!   Something Bookish: [3:23] M: RTL Quiz: Are you a Team Sarah or Team Mia reader?  [3:58] S: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (Apr 4)   Books We Both Love: [8:20] S: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Share Your Stuff, I'll Go First by Laura Tremaine In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist  The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal   [11:16] M: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger Always, in December by Emily Stone  The Road by Cormac McCarthy Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker Falling by TJ Newman Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune  Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar The Idea of You by Robinne Lee   Books We're Both Excited to Read: M: All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham S: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune   Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @thekindredvoice  Follow Mia on Instagram: @miasutton5   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, This week we take a look at some of our favorite book to movie adaptations. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a BookLover Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2- The Witches by Roald Dahl 3- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 4- The Martian by Andy Weir 5- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 6- Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong  7- A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy/narrated by Rosalyn Landor 8- The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard 9- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 10- Dune by Frank Herbert 11- Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence 12- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shafer 13- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 14- Emma by Jane Austen 15- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 16- Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka 17- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 18- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 19- Truman Capote by Gerald Clarke 20- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 21- Angels and Insects (Morpho Eugenia) by A. S. Byatt 22- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 23- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 24- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 25- Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Hildi Kang 26- Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda 27- All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham 28- Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 29- Stealing by Margaret Verble Movies mentioned-- 1- The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 2- A Beautiful Mind (2001) 3- The Imitation Game (2014--based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges) 4- Dune (1984) 5- Dune (BBC, 2000) 6- Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) 7- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 8- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 9- Emma (2020) 10- Anna Karenina (2012) 11- Bullet Train (2022) 12- Little Women (2019) 13- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 14- Capote (2005) 15- Angels & Insects (1995) 16- The Woman in Black (2012) 17- Lord of the Rings series 18- Nightmare Alley (2021) 19- The Storied Life of A J Fikry (2022) 20- Taxi Driver (1976) Articles mentioned-- A Film That Makes Sex Scenes Look Like Works of Art, Shirley Lee, The Atlantic, Dec 2022

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, this week we take a look at some of our favorite book-to-movie adaptations. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a BookLover Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2- The Witches by Roald Dahl 3- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 4- The Martian by Andy Weir 5- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 6- Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong (published Feb 28, 2023) 7- A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy/narrated by Rosalyn Landor 8- The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard 9- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 10- Dune by Frank Herbert 11- Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence 12- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shafer 13- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 14- Emma by Jane Austen 15- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 16- Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka 17- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 18- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 19- Truman Capote by Gerald Clarke 20- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 21- Angels and Insects (Morpho Eugenia) by A. S. Byatt 22- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 23- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 24- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 25- Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Hildi Kang 26- Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda 27- All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham 28- Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 29- Stealing by Margaret Verble Movies mentioned-- 1- The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 2- A Beautiful Mind (2001) 3- The Imitation Game (2014--based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges) 4- Dune (1984) 5- Dune (BBC, 2000) 6- Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) 7- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 8- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 9- Emma (2020) 10- Anna Karenina (2012) 11- Bullet Train (2022) 12- Little Women (2019) 13- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 14- Capote (2005) 15- Angels & Insects (1995) 16- The Woman in Black (2012) 17- Lord of the Rings series 18- Nightmare Alley (2021) 19- The Storied Life of A J Fikry (2022) 20- Taxi Driver (1976) Articles mentioned-- A Film That Makes Sex Scenes Look Like Works of Art, Shirley Lee, The Atlantic, Dec 2022

Baby it's cold outside… which means it's the perfect time to grab a cup of hot cocoa (or coffee, or tea) and snuggle up with a cozy read. Today Jessie and I are sharing some cozy books to get you through these chilly winter days. Jessie's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/ReadingWithJess Jessie's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/readingwithjess_/ BOOKS MENTIONED Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Mr. Penumbra's 24- Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane Match Making for Beginners by Maddie Dawson Finlay Donavan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins Book Lovers by Emily Henry A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston 11/22/63 by Stephen King - - - - - - - - - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkbookishpodcast Email: talkbookishpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkbookishpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/3tx08dR YouTube (personal): https://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulBooksbyGwen --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talk-bookish-to-me/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talk-bookish-to-me/support

In this episode, Gayle and Nicole discuss several book-to-screen adaptations that they've watched or are being produced. We're sure you have not heard about these, some might be a good surprise to you!As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | BookshopTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | BookshopThe Making Of Her by Bernadette Jiwa | Amazon | BookshopDear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed | AmazonAre You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume | Amazon | BookshopFleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | Amazon | BookshopA Man Called Ove by Frederick Backmann | Amazon | BookshopThe Flatshare by Beth O'Leary | Amazon | BookshopRed White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Amazon | BookshopKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann | Amazon | BookshopLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Amazon | BookshopThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave | Amazon | BookshopLeave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop

In this episode, Nicole and Gayle are both back to update us on what they've been reading. The show focuses on having a discussion about two lists of the most loved books by American readers. Their list will most surely resonate with you, listen to get some reading ideas or gifts for Christmas or upcoming birthdays.As always you can find below the whole booklist they run through during the episode:Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro | Amazon | BookshopThe Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman | Amazon | BookshopThe Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | BookshopThe Great American ReadA Survey Used 76,000 Responses To Determine America's Favorite Books1- Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen | Amazon | Bookshop2- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee | Amazon | Bookshop3- Harry Potter (Series) by J. R. Rowling | Amazon | Bookshop4- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Amazon | Bookshop5- The Lord Of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien | Amazon | Bookshop6- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Amazon | Bookshop7- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Amazon | Bookshop8- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte | Amazon | Bookshop9- Verity by Colleen Hoover | Amazon | Bookshop10- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | Amazon |

Brea and Mallory recommend autumnal books, interview author Lev AC Rosen, and debate how to organize your digital book library. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BetterHelpwww.betterhelp.com/GLASSESMicroDose GummiesEver tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free ShippingLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmReadathon10/23Flyaway by Kathleen JenningsMallory's new book!Lev AC RosenLavender Househttps://www.levacrosen.com/Lavender House PlaylistBooks Mentioned - Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel HarrisonHouse of Hunger of Alexis HendersonA Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky ChambersOsmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne ValenteThe Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinGarlic and the Vampire by Bree PaulsenCatherine House by Elisabeth ThomasThe Wild Hunt by Emma SeckelThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenDeep in Providence by Riss M. NeilsonCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasQuiet Neighbors by Catriona McPhersonThe Lavender Scare by David K. JohnsonFadeout by Joseph HansenHis Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia AdlerThe Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig

Show notes: Maybe it's obvious, but you can't have books if you don't have characters. They're kind of a necessity. In this episode, we're sharing the types of characters we love to read, along with some book recs where you can find those characters. Unreliable narrators, grumpy curmudgeons, and more - you won't want to miss this one!   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Books We Both Love, Monthly Overflow Books, Bookish Conundrums, and The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.    Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Bookish Goodies: [4:22] Sarah - The Moms Are Not Alright: Inside America's New Parenting Crisis by Anne Helen Petersen (This is a Scribd original, so it's only available on Scribd. Here's a link where you can join Scribd for 2 months free.) [6:52] Mia - In the Depths (Mia's poetry collection), eBook available for $6.99 through the end of 2022   Books Mentioned: [8:43] Mia - Life of Pi by Yann Martel | Amazon // Bookshop [9:10] Mia - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins | Amazon // Bookshop [10:16] Sarah - The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch | Amazon // Bookshop [11:04] Sarah - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune | Amazon // Bookshop [12:05] Sarah - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston | Amazon // Bookshop [14:01] Mia - It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | Amazon // Bookshop [14:59] Mia - The Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo | Amazon // Bookshop [16:36] Sarah - The Idea of You by Robinne Lee | Amazon // Bookshop [17:42] Sarah - Scandalized by Ivy Owens | Amazon // Bookshop [19:38] Mia - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara | Amazon // Bookshop [20:29] Mia - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven | Amazon // Bookshop   [21:47] Sarah - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Amazon // Bookshop [22:46] Sarah - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Amazon // Bookshop [23:54] Sarah - Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger | Amazon // Bookshop [25:09] Sarah - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon // Bookshop [26:03] Sarah - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle | Amazon // Bookshop [28:11] Sarah - The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren | Amazon // Bookshop [28:39] Mia - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig | Amazon // Bookshop   Let's Take a Trip: [29:29] Sarah - Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead | Amazon // Bookshop [30:42] Mia - Walden by Henry David Thoreau | Amazon // Bookshop   Also mentioned: RTL Sad Books mug RTL Sad Books sticker Follow us on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah: @tkvcommunity  Follow Mia: @miasutton55   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

Is AMSTERDAM another blockbuster for director David O. Russell? Is THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY getting involved in? What's up with MR. HARRIGAN'S PHONE? and does LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE sing a sweet tune? Find out on this week's episode of SEE IT OR SHOVE IT! I also unveil a new segment called BE KIND, REWIND.Follow on Instagram: @brewstersdad73

Show notes: We're doing it again! We assigned each other a book to read and then waited a few weeks with nervous anticipation for the reviews. Are you taking bets? Did we love the books we were assigned to read or did we hate them? We hate to be those people, but… you'll have to listen to find out! [insert evil laugh] Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Books We Both Love, Monthly Overflow Books, Bookish Conundrums, and The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.  Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Assigned Books: [1:58] The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson [3:52] The Grace Year by Kim Liggett   Bookish Goodies: [6:18] Sarah - IG account: Erika @dailyebookdeals [7:21] Mia - RTL Sad Books Mug    Other Books Mentioned: The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson Columbine by Dave Cullen The Idea of You by Robinne Lee See Jane Snap by Bethany Crandell (shout out to our listener Kimberly @coffeebooksandnature on this one)  The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin   Related Links: Episode 28: That Time We Picked a Book For Each Other Follow us on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah: @thekindredvoice Follow Mia: @miasutton55   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

“I never thought I would be writing something where there would be a lot of intricate feelings around the game engine. But then if you think about something like say, like Sally Rooney's Normal People, who would think that you could feel so much passion over whether like, they go to that dance together, you know?” Gabrielle Zevin's delightful new novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is part love story, part coming of age and entirely unforgettable—which is why it's our July B&N Book Club pick. Gabrielle joins us on the show for a spoiler-free conversation about her latest book, from the parallels between writing novels and video games, to Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson, money and class, creativity, friendship and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.   Featured Books (episode) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton   Featured Books (TBR Topoff) The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker Ready Player One by Ernest Cline   Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays). A full transcript of this episode is available here.

Once again we have our favorite local bookseller, Sam Miller, of Carmichaels Books in Louisville KY on the show to talk about summer reads. She is like our in house book seller who joins us every summer and winter to tell us what is new and notable in bookstores.   Not all of these books are the typical fluffy summer books about the beach and booze; we have her cover all genres—sci/fi, cookbooks, local authors, YA, and literary fiction. We always enjoy when Sam visits us. And this week besides us, she also got to visit with resident cat Miso who was spreading the love around in the studio while we were recording.   www.carmichaelsbookstore.com  Follow us -Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover - Instagram at @perksofbeingabookoverpod - For show notes for any episode, go to our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com.     Books Mentioned In This Episode: 1- The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb 2- Shirley Jackson:  A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin 3- In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet 4- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 5- Horse by Geraldine Brooks 6- Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane 7- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 8- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 9- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 10- How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann 11- Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi  12- Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin 13- A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow 14- A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 15- Little Brother by Sallie Bingham 16- The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke by Sallie Bingham 17- Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith 18- Shifty's Boys by Chris Offut 19- These Killing Hills by Chris Offut 20- Kentucky Straight by Chris Offut 21- These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe 22- River of the Gods by Candice Millard 23- The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold 24- You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe 25- Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe 26- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 27- Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe 28- I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong 29- An Immense World by Ed Yong 30- Tree Thieves by Lyndsie Bourgon 31- The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben 32- Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen 33- The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 34- The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay 355- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 36- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 37- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 38- Family of Liars by E. Lockhart 39- The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert 40- Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert 41- The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson 42- Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White 43- I Dream of Dinner So You Don't Have To by Ali Slagle 44- Snacks for Dinner by Lukas Volger 45- Watermelon and Red Birds by Nicole Taylor 46- Passersthrough by Peter Rock 47- My Old Kentucky Home by Emily Bingham  48- How The Word is Passed by Clint Smith 49- Heartbreak: A Personal  and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams 50- Six Days in Rome by Francesca Giacco 51- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk   Shows mentioned— Justified (FX and Hulu 2010-2016)  

Once again we have our favorite local bookseller, Sam Miller, of Carmichaels Books in Louisville KY on the show to talk about summer reads. She is like our in house book seller who joins us every summer and winter to tell us what is new and notable in bookstores.   Not all of these books are the typical fluffy summer books about the beach and booze; we have her cover all genres—sci/fi, cookbooks, local authors, YA, and literary fiction. We always enjoy when Sam visits us. And this week besides us, she also got to visit with resident cat Miso who was spreading the love around in the studio while we were recording. www.carmichaelsbookstore.com  Follow us -Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover - Instagram at @perksofbeingabookoverpod - For show notes for any episode, go to our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned In This Episode: 1- The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb 2- Shirley Jackson:  A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin 3- In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet 4- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 5- Horse by Geraldine Brooks 6- Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane 7- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 8- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 9- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 10- How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann 11- Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi  12- Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin 13- A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow 14- A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 15- Little Brother by Sallie Bingham 16- The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke by Sallie Bingham 17- Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith 18- Shifty's Boys by Chris Offut 19- These Killing Hills by Chris Offut 20- Kentucky Straight by Chris Offut 21- These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe 22- River of the Gods by Candice Millard 23- The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold 24- You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe 25- Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe 26- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 27- Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe 28- I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong 29- An Immense World by Ed Yong 30- Tree Thieves by Lyndsie Bourgon 31- The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben 32- Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen 33- The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 34- The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay 355- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 36- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 37- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 38- Family of Liars by E. Lockhart 39- The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert 40- Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert 41- The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson 42- Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White 43- I Dream of Dinner So You Don't Have To by Ali Slagle 44- Snacks for Dinner by Lukas Volger 45- Watermelon and Red Birds by Nicole Taylor 46- Passersthrough by Peter Rock 47- My Old Kentucky Home by Emily Bingham  48- How The Word is Passed by Clint Smith 49- Heartbreak: A Personal  and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams 50- Six Days in Rome by Francesca Giacco 51- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk Shows mentioned— Justified (FX and Hulu 2010-2016)

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Jeff and Rebecca turn with their annual spring recommendation show. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.f Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Patreon 2022 (!) 5 Under 35 Honorees Book Riot Podcast Listener Survey You're Not Listening Checklist Manifesto Loonshots Outsiders Danez Smith Hanif Abdurraquib Morgan Parker Louise Gluck Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni Poets.org The Great Circle Pretty Face by Lucy Parker A Taste of Her Own Medicine by Tasha Harrison The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner Gilead Lila by Marilynne Robinson Wicked Fox by Kate Cho Books for K-Drama Fans 2am at the Cat's Pajamas City of Girls Black Cake Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Pachinko The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Chronicles of St. Mary's by Jodi Taylor The Wheel of Time I Came All This Way to Meet You My Glory Was I Had Such Friends The Ugly Cry Fierce Attachments The Odd Woman in the City by Vivian Gornick Joan is Okay Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead The Cartographers by Peng Shepard The Lincoln Highway Greek to Me by Mary Norris The Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson Lab Girl Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck Radical Candor You're Not Listening Grit Conscious Business Getting to Yes Financial Intelligence To The End of the Land by David Grossman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surprise book nerds! We are back to share what is typically a Patron only episode - our overflow episode that we produce each month. These episodes are the reviews of the other books we read for a month that we didn't get to in our main monthly wrap up. We like to stick with 30ish minutes for our main show episode so any books we didn't get a chance to talk about, they go into these Overflow episodes. Today, we wanted to bring you this fun bonus so that you could get a feel for what the episodes are like. PLUS, we'd love to encourage you to become a patron of our show. Being a patron for our show is so important to us. It helps us to financially produce the show - spoiler, running a podcast is not cheap - it helps us to keep it ad free for you because no one likes being interrupted when you're talking about books, and it just shows us that you really love what we're doing. It's just $5 per month and helps us out more than we can say. You can join us by going to: patreon.com/readingthroughlifepod or by visiting our website readingthroughlifepod.com Here's a look at the other books we're reviewing in this episode: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Ilan Stavans Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen I Dare You by Misti Murphy The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer We hope you enjoy this bonus episode and we can't wait to see you hanging out in our Patron community.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: live tweets from a friend and a spicy conversation behind the scenes Current Reads: some romance, some disagreement, and some under-the-radar gems Deep Dive: Mindy and Kaytee bring all the curmudgeons and disagree about them! Book Presses: a great series, and a short but powerful novel As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . :30 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:29 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:38 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 4:05 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 4:19 - Current Reads 4:52 - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (Mindy) 7:48 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon  8:32 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 9:08 - The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang (Kaytee) 9:12 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 9:54 - Libro.fm 13:13 - What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris (Mindy) 14:45 - Matrix by Lauren Goff 15:43 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 15:44 - Honor by Thirty Umrigar 16:39 - Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams 19:26 - Fabled Bookshop 20:18 - The Hidden by Melanie Golding (Kaytee) 23:42 - Julie's Instagram @jns.reads 23:54 - Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (Mindy) 27:11 - Fifty-FIfty by Steve Cavanaugh 27:13 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh 29:03 - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah Jones (Kaytee) 29:18 - Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain 30:37 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 30:40 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander 30:42 - Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams 33:51 - Deep Dive: Our Favorite Curmudgeons 39:34 - Then Tweets My Soul: The Best of the Church Curmudgeon by David Reigier  41:23 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 42:20 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 42:35 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 42:58 - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: Eighty-Three and a Quarter Years Old by Hendrik Groen 43:08 - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior 43:26 - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman 43:29 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 44:29 - The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons 44:52 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey 45:16 - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 46:25 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 46:53 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 48:17 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen 48:56 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 49:37 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 49:39 - The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (amazon link) 51:44 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 51:47 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick 52:39 - Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce 53:04  - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 53:28 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy) 54:06 - Season 3: Episode 7 54:47 - Circe by Madeline Miller 54:48 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes 55:21 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1) 55:56 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee) 54:36 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

The new FULLY BOOKED show is just what your reading life needs. We are giving you a sneak peek into our new Patreon show with a brand new co-host! Get the scoop on all the latest releases, discover the latest in bookish entertainment news, and find out what books to anticipate in the weeks ahead.  This episode will get you all caught up on all those new and shiny releases. Listen to this before your next library day!Looking for the printable newsletter version of today's show? You will find it here! Mentioned in this episode:MomAdvice on PatreonStoried Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Man Who Lived Underground by Richard WrightNative Son by Richard WrightAtlas of the Heart By Brene BrownHow to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny CaineLarry on the BookGang PodcastThe School for Good Mothers by Jessamine ChanVox by Christina DalcherThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Maid by Nita ProseEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanSeven Days in June by Tia WilliamsEarly Morning Riser by Katherine HelnyStandard Deviation by Katherine HelnyThe Book of Harlan by Bernice McFaddenWeather Girl by Rachel Lynn SolomonThe Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn SolomonBright Burning Things by Lisa HardingRoom by Emma DonoghueWahala by Nikki MayA Ladder to the Sky by John BoyneThe Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-DaleSarah's BookshelvesGolden Boys by Phil StamperThe Gravity of Us by Phil StamperAs Far As You'll Take Me by Phil StamperNever Saw Me Coming by Vera KurianTeen Killers Club by Lily SparksThe Collective by Allison GaylinDo No Harm by Christina McDonaldFalse Witness by Karin SlaughterPretty Girls by Karin SlaughterMomAdvice Daily Kindle DealsReckless Girls by Rachel HawkinsThe Wife Upstairs by Rachel HawkinsShare Your Stuff. I'll Go First by Laura TremaineLaura Tremaine on InstagramHang the Moon by Alexandria BellefleurWritten in the Stars by Alexandria BellefleurCount Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria BellefleurRunning Wild by K.A. TuckerThe Simple Wild Series by K.A. TuckerSomething Fabulous by Alexis HallThe Magnolia Palace by Fiona DavisThe Overnight Guest by Heather GudenkaufGood Rich People by Eliza Jane BrazierThe Roughest Draft by Emily WibberleyFinlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle CosimanoBeautiful Little Fools by Jillian CantorHomicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. ManasalaGoodbye Again by Mariah StewartReminders of Him by Colleen HooverConnect With Us:Amy on InstagramMomAdviceLarry's Bookstagram AccountIt's Either Sadness or Bookphoria BlogMomAdvice on Patreon (to get FULLY BOOKED monthly!)

Jeff and Rebecca continue their annual tradition of responding to listener recommendation requests. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez for science history, The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen The Topeka School by Ben Lerner A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson The Man From the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba The Cheffe by Marie NDiaye Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso A Study in Scarlet by Sherry Thomas The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney Wake Siren by Nina MacLaughlin The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes The Heroine with 1001 Faces by Maria Tatar Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Best American Short Stories City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid The Martian by Andy Weir A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein Harvey Penick's Little Red Book See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, we talk to our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller from Carmichael's Books, about the holiday gift giving season. You've probably heard the warning to “shop early' this holiday season because of shortages. So we are giving you the gift of new book ideas for all the booklovers in your life. We love inviting Sam on the show twice a year to tell us all about books to look forward to for summer reading and holiday gift buying. She gives us suggestions in all the categories. 1- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 2- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 3- The Every by Dave Eggers 4- The Circle by Dave Eggers 5- Palmares by Gail Jones 6- Tell the Bees That I'm Gone (Outlander 9) by Diana Gabaldon 7- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 8- Dune by Frank Herbert 9- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 10- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 11- All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 12- Mordew by Alex Pheby 13- A Fortnight in September by JC Sherriff 14- Jim the Boy by Tony Earley 15- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 16- First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings by Stephen Mitchell 17- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 18- It's Beginning to Look a Lot like F*ck This by Andrew Shaffer 19- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 20- It's Beginning to Look Like Zombies: The Book of Zombie Christmas Carols by Michael Spradlin 21- Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian 22- Silverview by John Le Carre 23- The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries by Otto Penzler 24- Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Jay Cooper and Maureen Johnson 25- Smile by Sarah Ruhl 26- The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg 27- The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg 28- Renegades: Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama 29- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones 30- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson 31- Best Wishes, Warmest Regards by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy 32- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci 33- Cooking at Home by David Chang and Priya Krishna 34- Black Food by Bryant Terry 35- Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen 36- All the Marvels by Douglas Wolk 37- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo 38- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by David Domine 39- The Strange Case of Isaac Crawley by James Markert 40- Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin 41- Theft by Finding Diaries by David Sedaris 42- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 43- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 45- Circe by Madeline Miller 46- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 47- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 48- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 49- Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld 50- Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson 51- Shirley: A Novel by Susan Scarf Merrell 52- The Letters of Shirley Jackson edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman 53- The Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 54- Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith Shows mentioned 1- Foundation series (2021) 2- Shirley (2020) Podcasts mentioned 1- Renegades

In this week's episode, we talk to our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller from Carmichael's Books, about the holiday gift giving season. You've probably heard the warning to “shop early' this holiday season because of shortages. So we are giving you the gift of new book ideas for all the booklovers in your life. We love inviting Sam on the show twice a year to tell us all about books to look forward to for summer reading and holiday gift buying. She gives us suggestions in all the categories. 1- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 2- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 3- The Every by Dave Eggers 4- The Circle by Dave Eggers 5- Palmares by Gail Jones 6- Tell the Bees That I'm Gone (Outlander 9) by Diana Gabaldon 7- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 8- Dune by Frank Herbert 9- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 10- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 11- All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 12- Mordew by Alex Pheby 13- A Fortnight in September by JC Sherriff 14- Jim the Boy by Tony Earley 15- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 16- First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings by Stephen Mitchell 17- Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 18- It's Beginning to Look a Lot like F*ck This by Andrew Shaffer 19- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 20- It's Beginning to Look Like Zombies: The Book of Zombie Christmas Carols by Michael Spradlin 21- Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian 22- Silverview by John Le Carre 23- The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries by Otto Penzler 24- Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Jay Cooper and Maureen Johnson 25- Smile by Sarah Ruhl 26- The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg 27- The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg 28- Renegades: Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama 29- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones 30- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson 31- Best Wishes, Warmest Regards by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy 32- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci 33- Cooking at Home by David Chang and Priya Krishna 34- Black Food by Bryant Terry 35- Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen 36- All the Marvels by Douglas Wolk 37- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo 38- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by David Domine 39- The Strange Case of Isaac Crawley by James Markert 40- Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin 41- Theft by Finding Diaries by David Sedaris 42- The Wife Upstair by Rachel Hawkins 43- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 45- Circe by Madeline Miller 46- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 47- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 48- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 49- Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld 50- Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson 51- Shirley: A Novel by Susan Scarf Merrell 52- The Letters of Shirley Jackson edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman 53- The Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 54- Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith Shows mentioned 1- Foundation series (2021) 2- Shirley (2020) Podcasts mentioned 1- Renegades

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a book that confused us both, and a great podcast episode Current Reads: a second in a series, a great premise, a great title, and a book filled with a-holes Deep Dive: the authors whose books we pre-order as soon as we know about them Book Presses: two presses from some of our favorite auto-buy authors As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Bookish Moments of the Week: 2:10 - Diving In Podcast 2:39 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 4:05 - Currently Reading Patreon 4:27 - The Novel Neighbor bookstore 4:45 - Novel Neighbor's Instagram @novelneighbor 6:39 - Super Host by Kate Russo 8:04 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 8:06 - The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Current Reads: 9:01 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Meredith) 9:11 - Fabled Bookshop 9:29 - Book of the Month 13:57 - No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez 14:36 - The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (Kaytee) 14:53 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin 15:33 - The Whisper Network by Chandler Baker 15:38 - The Boys Club by Erica Katz 16:08 - And Then There were None by Agatha Christie 16:11 - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 17:38 - All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenburg (Meredith) 19:50 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 21:44 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty  23:16 - The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 23:46 - Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox (Kaytee) 24:06 - Love Lives Here by Maria Goff 26:31 - Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend (Meredith) 27:48 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 27:51 - The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 31:27 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee) 33:51 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 33:56 - The Book Review Podcast 34:14 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke 34:23 - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby Deep Dive - Auto-Buy Authors and Books 37:40 - Still Life by Louise Penny 38:02 - The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Pre-order link) 38:12 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 38:19 - A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 38:27 - The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams 38:33 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 38:49 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 39:12 - Cazadora by Romina Garber (Preorder link) 39:14 - Lobizona by Romina Garber 39:34 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 39:36 - On The Come Up by Angie Thomas 39:39 - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas 40:19 - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty 40:30 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 40:48 - The One by John Marrs 40:49 - The Passengers by John Marrs 40:51 - The Minders by John Marrs 41:10 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 41:15 - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Preorder link) 41:47 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 42:19 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 42:21 - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James 42:23 - The Haunting of Maddie Clare by Simone St. James 42:35 - Descent by Tim Johnston 42:36 - The Current by Tim Johnston 43:26 - A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris (preorder link) 43:57 - Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain 45:48 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley 46:17 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper 46:33 - The Dry by Jane Harper 46:50 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper 47:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 47:15 - The Editor by Steven Rowley 47:16 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 47:57 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 48:05 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 48:17 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 48:19 - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig 48:41 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 49:35 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth (Meredith) 51:36 - Gone Girl by Gillian Finn 52:24 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield  53:25 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone (Kaytee) 53:26 - Dear Justyce by Nic Stone 54:38 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Amanda and Jenn give their current favorite cozy reads across genres in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones (tw: rape) Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes All the Wild Hungers by Karen Babine (cw: cancer treatment, fertility and pregnancy issues) The True Queen by Zen Cho (Sorcerer Royal #2) Safe As Houses by Marie Helene Bertino Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli (tw: domestic violence) Persephone Station by Stina Leicht Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons (tw: suicide) Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (cw: reference to sexual assault, harm to children) Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (cw: description of panic attacks, reference to child abuse, abductions) Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Patricia and Teresa talk about books they are reading!   Some books mentioned in this episode are:   Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang Wild Robot by Peter Brown The White Mirror by Eliza Hart The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin   This episode was recorded on January 19, 2021.

Jeff and Rebecca give book recommendations in response to reader requests. Discussed in this episode:  In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan  Kings Queens & In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow Paper Girls by Brian Vaughn and Cliff Chiang  Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Heart Berries by Therese Marie Mailhot House Made of Dawn by M Scott Momaday The Surrounded by D’Arcy McNickle Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Wake Siren by Nina McLaughlin The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Circe by Madeline Miller World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso Deacon King Kong by James McBride 2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie Helen-Bertino Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street series How to Knit a Love Song by Rachel Herron See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amanda and Jenn discuss characters with social anxiety, “intellectual angst,” gothic thrillers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, Elsewhere by Dean Koontz, and Sourcebooks. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Feedback Delicacy by David Foenkinos, translated by Bruce Benderson (rec’d by Catleen) The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (rec’d by Heather) Abby Jimenez’s The Friend Zone & The Happy Ever After Playlist (rec’d by Nicole) Questions 1. I am in a book club with some friends where half of them fall under the conservative Republican camp while the other half fall under the liberal Democrat camp (like me).   As someone who believes in climate change, women’s rights and the need for radical change in systemic racism, I really want to suggest a book that this whole group can read together and that will help shift the mindset of the more conservative members. I am not trying to force them into becoming liberals. I am looking for them to be more open to the possibility of climate change and that racism not only happens at an individual level, but on a systemic one. (Note, we are a group of Asian-American women, so we are POC but our political views range widely.)   To have them be more receptive to my book suggestion, I am looking for books that won’t turn them off or are too out of their comfort zone (i.e., Hood Feminism, Stamped from the Beginning, etc.). So, I’m thinking of fiction books that are compelling but not too serious. Hoping these books will allow them to really empathize with characters that live beyond their world and/or imagine a world where Fox News isn’t the only source of truth.   For reference, past books we’ve read include Little Fires Everywhere and Miracle Creek. We are currently reading Dear Girls by Ali Wong. As you can see, we don’t read any controversial books and generally like popular fiction.    I’m pretty stuck on what to choose, so any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!   Thanks so much, -Helen 2. So about a year and a half ago I moved to a new city. I’ve always considered myself a decently social and outgoing person, but since I moved I’ve struggled with some social anxiety. I think the continuous meeting of new people and re-figuring out how to connect with new people was very overwhelming, and at times I’ve felt like I was failing. I’m looking for a book where I can connect to the characters or writers on the basis of social anxiety. I’m imagining connecting to the main character and watching them grow/overcome their anxiety throughout the novel. Although I prefer fiction, I’m open to anything. Thanks! -Emily 3. So this is an oddly specific request. I just finished The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides and was just enthralled the whole way through. I loved what the New Yorker called the characters’ “intellectual angst” and was entranced with the unique, complex relationships between these three characters. Looking for read a-likes that feel the same as this one. In other words books that involve urban intellectuals in their twenties figuring out life and love and intimacy, where the relationships and dynamics are almost a character within themselves and maybe the whole plot (haha). I also liked how this novel and the relationships in it were very nuanced, not your standard cheesy romance. Other books I’ve enjoyed that scratch this same itch are Normal People, Conversations With Friends, The Idiot (Elif Batuman) and One Day. Thanks! -Emily 4. I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but things are kind of terrible right now. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve become interested in the lives of everyday people during ongoing difficult times in history, such as the Blitz in England, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and other places and times throughout history. I’m looking for a book to recommend for my book club that addresses this. Due to the nature of my question, I won’t ask for something that isn’t scary, but none of us is a fan of gore or children and animals in danger. Fiction or nonfiction are both welcome.    Also, let me be the millionth person to thank you for bringing Red, White, and Royal Blue into my life! I’m a DC local and it is exactly what I needed. I like remembering my city as it was before the MAGAs arrived.  -Rebecca 5. I absolutely love gothic thrillers that involve secretly badass women. Favorites include We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson , Rebecca By Daphne du Maurier and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I’m looking to find more books in this genre as we enter Halloween season! I prefer writing that is literary, but accessible. The book can be contemporary as long as it has some kind of gothic feel to it. Bonus points if it features a creepy old house! -Kate 6. Love the show! My sister and I are both really into YA fantasy, but we’ve been looking for some lighter reads in the genre and have come up pretty empty. It seems as if every YA fantasy book deals with heavy subjects, and are dark and intense. Romance is a must, but doesn’t have to be the main storyline. Thanks! -Liza 7. Hi Jen and Amanda,   I am in a reading funk and I am looking for cozy, fun reads that are dramatic but nothing really awful happens.   Something Harry Potter reminiscent would be great. Magic, fantastical elements, maybe even royalty, without the Game of Thrones gore.   I also loved Storied Life of AJ Fikry, so something about books or love of books might be fun.   Thanks so much.  -Maymuna Books Discussed Humankind by Rutger Bregman, transl. by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Modern Lovers by Emma Straub Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee with Carol Mithers (tw: domestic abuse) Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first ever book club with the discussion after our live podcast on January 25th, 2020. Forgive the levels, it's tough to get people up to the microphone to speak!!

Jeff and Rebecca tackle the first batch of listener recommendation requests for the 2020 holiday season. This episode is sponsored by: Opus X One - Obsidian Detective by Michael Anderle Bibliostyle by Nina Freudenberger Feminist Book Club Box + Podcast The Great Courses Plus She Said So You Want to Talk About Race Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer We Are Okay by Nina LaCour Dear Madam President Wolfpack by Abby Wambach Power of Meaning Bored & Brilliant The Adventurer’s Son Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel The Master Plan by Chris Wilson Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom by David Blight Hourglass by Dani Shapiro How to Be Married Mating in Captivity Marriageology by Belinda Luscombe The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Hammerhead by Nina Maclaughlin Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee Best American Food Writing 2019 Taste of Country Cooking Notes of a Young Black Chef by Kuame Onuawachi Burn the Place by Iliana Ragan Storied Life of AJ Fikry 84 Charing Cross Road Shadow of the Wind Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Jasmine Guillory Alyssa Cole Helen Hoang Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Most Fun We Ever Had The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Beyond the Bedroom Wall by Larry Woiwode Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offill The Mothers by Brit Bennett Perfect Little World Celeste Ng Daisy Jones & The Six Go Like Hell by AJ Baimie How to Build a Car by Adrian Newey What It Is Like to Go To War by Karl Marlantes

In episode 76, Heather and Bennett discuss the movies & books from their vacation plus share some big personal news. Topics include: the Kid Who Would be King, Vice, Murder on the Orient Express, Isn’t It Romantic, Wimbledon, Platform 9 3/4, Outlander, Mists of Avalon, Letters from Skye, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Serena Williams, Minnesota Twins, Hunger Games, Fence, Four Weddings, Heartstopper, Playmobile, Cats, Hustlers, Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Gossip Girl, It’s a Wonderful Life, Witcher, and Zombieland 2.

Amanda and Rebecca discuss Westerns, nonfiction, friend stories, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Hunting Annabelleby Wendy Heard, and Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Ryan. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   Feedback The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys   Questions 1. I'm writing because my brother is a 22 year old Marine, and we've recently had a number of fights about race/gender/social justice. Basically, I think he doesn't believe that racism is really real, and he also believes a lot of wild evolutionary psychology stuff about the differences between men and women. I'm a queer white cis woman in a relationship with a woman of color and he thinks all of my political beliefs are too radical to take seriously, so I'm looking for a book that might get through to him. I'm sick of these conversations, but I don't want to give up without making some reading recommendations, so I want to send him a book for Christmas. In an ideal world I could give him The New Jim Crow, or any number of incredible works of feminist theory, but he definitely won't read them. He's not a huge reader, but he's been working his way through the Commandant's Professional Reading List https://grc-usmcu.libguides.com/usmc-reading-list (recommended readings for Marines) and recently mentioned that he was enjoying "Principles" by Ray Dalio? I think he's kind of into self-improvement stuff. Maybe needless to say, I'm at a loss. Some possible criteria: - nonfiction is probably preferable, and it would be great if it had some kind of military connection. - I hate saying this, but should be by an author with some kind of credentials that resonate with him (e.g. someone who isn't a vocal radical feminist). I know this is a broad question, but I'm really struggling, so any recs would be super appreciated. Thanks so much, --Caroline   2. I am looking for a good book for my stepmom to give for Christmas. Since I only see her once a year for Christmas, I only know two things about her: she’s Jewish and is a hippie. Can you guys recommend a book that has those two things? Thanks! --Josh   3. Hey! I love your podcast and have discovered so many great books because of it! I'm between jobs at the moment and have been considered a career switch. I'm looking for any book recommendations that have a similar situation in them - something that could maybe inspire me, make me laugh or just feel better in general. I don't usually read memoirs and would prefer fiction recommendations! Thanks, --Nikhila   4. I have recently finished watching the TV show Justified and I LOVED it. I have also read and loved a few YA books lately that I think could be called westerns: Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist; Vengeance Road and Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman. I am really craving a book that gives me what I loved from the Justified television show (moral grey areas; complicated relationships; prickly characters; law enforcement vs criminals, with people you root for on both sides of the law; sharp, witty dialogue), preferably with a female main character and a Western feel. And I am not big on romance so if there is little to none of that, even better! I do not have a preference between YA or adult, and I also don't have a preference between present day/contemporary setting or historical. I am fine with violence in books. Since the TV show Justified is based on an Elmore Leonard short story about the character Raylan Givens, I read one of Leonard’s books featuring Raylan Givens (Pronto), but it didn't scratch that itch. Thank you and I am very excited to hear any recommendations! --Anon   5. Help! I was just listening to the most recent Get Booked and question 1 was about a woman going through a painful and complicated separation needing a sweet, hopeful love story. I am, unfortunately, in the exact same situation. I, personally, do not enjoy Kate Morton’s books or historical fiction as a rule or witches, really for that matter. Do you have any other recommendations for this request? I’ve never read a romance novel but am open to trying one. I recently read One Day in December and that is just the kind of book I’m looking for, I think. Thanks for participating in my quest for happiness again :) --Julie   6. Hi there! I love the show, but this is my first time writing in. I am looking for some non-fiction recs for my boyfriend. He typically reads sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, but recently commented how he doesn't know much about non-fiction and has always found them rather dry. He loves Murakami, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, etc., so I'm looking for non-fiction books that read more in that flavor. I recently gave him Martha Wells' Murderbot book 1 and he loved that. He's interested in food, and distilling, and psychology, so those topics might be helpful. Thank you so much!!! --Cassidy   7. Hello! I've been filling out my "to read" list, and I'm at a loss for books to fill a certain category that I've been craving. What I'm really looking for are books about platonic relationships that are as strong as most romances are written. I'm not opposed to a good romance, but I'd like a few suggestions where romantic love is not the focus, and instead the plot centers around found-family friendships and best-friend-as-soulmate stories. Any suggestions for me? Thanks for your time! --Molly   Books Discussed Best American Travel Writing edited by Cheryl Strayed Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis Arcadia by Lauren Groff Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl Chemistry by Weike Wang Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee Lab Girl by Hope Jahren She Matters by Susanna Sonnenberg

Amanda and Jenn give more holiday gift recommendations in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by the Book Riot Read Harder Journal and our True Story giveaway. Feedback Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya Land of Burning Heat by Judith van Gieson Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Euphoria by Lily King   Questions 1. I am looking for a book to put me in a better mood. This Christmas will mark the one year anniversary of my sisters death, the doctors don’t expect my dad to make it to New Years, and I told a boy I loved him only to have him totally ghost on me. Also I bought a house and my best friend roommate is a great friend and a less great roommate. I read all the time. But I am stumped on what might cheer me up. I’m a pretty dedicated listener to all the book riot podcasts so if you recommend already and I thought I’d like it, I’ve probably already read it (ie Queen of the Night/ Sorcerer to the Crown). I like a lot of things, but mostly fantasy/ magical realism. Really into the American And French Revolution. (I already have Little on my TBR) Favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Alice Hoffman, nk jemisin, Kelly Link and Cathryn Valente. Also true crime. Sci fi if it’s in the vein of Becky Chambers and Douglas Adams. I am obsessed with the Night Circus. I love Buffy and doctor who and game of thrones. Nothing with sad old people, surprise brain cancer (ie Storied life of AJ Fikry) or quirky beta males. I read ya, not so much romance, but who even knows anymore! --Jenny   2. I need a new author. A few of my favorite books include Ocean at the End of the Lane, Museum of Extraordinary Things, and Remarkable Creatures. I like unusual history or science, and interesting characters. Nothing too romance-y, or too magical. --Stefanie   3. Hello! I’m a prolific reader of mysteries, cozies, thrillers, true crime, and more, but the genre I want to explore more is graphic novels. I’m currently reading Sheets by Brenna Thummler, and I’m enjoying it a lot. I've read Fun Home, Maus, Persepolis, and Embroideries. I’m not into superheroes or any manga, and I’m open to some YA but prefer adult stories. I’d love a response before Christmas if possible, so I know what books to tell my family I want. Thank you! --Becky   4. Hey Amanda and Jenn, this is Lizzy from Munich. I am writing this email to surprise a friend who read „All the birds singing“ from Evie Wylde and is dealing with withdrawal symptoms ever since – as you have recommended it before, I am sure you can relate :) I read the book as well as per her recommendation and I think what she liked about it particularly was the intricate prose, the heartbreaking plot itself, but most of all the intelligent way the story is woven – she generally loves novels with a structure the intertwines past and present. Other favorites of hers are the Goldfinch, A little life, When women were birds and she also really likes Haruki Murakami. Can you recommend something that will fill the hole in her heart? This will be the perfect Christmas gift for this year. Thank you so much in advance :) Keep up the good work and warmest greetings from Germany, --Lizzy   5. This year for Christmas I'm trying to buy a book for each family member. But am stuck on my FIL! Last year he requested Brene Brown's 'rising strong' book. And on his shelf is Strengths Finder 2.0. He reads a lot of 'The Economist' and enjoys non fiction most. But I am so stuck on what to get him. Any recommendations? --Tory   6. Hi guys! Thank you for all you do!! One the last books I need for this year's Book Riot Read Harder challenge is a romance by a person of color. My trouble is that I am so, so tired of many common romance tropes. I understand why they're popular, but I'm just burned out on them. This includes love triangles, mysterious and/or brooding men, and characters who hate each other but then fall in love. I'd really love one where the leads are just two competent people living their lives and facing down the plot, and their relationship starts as friends or colleagues before it becomes romantic. I also prefer sci-fi and fantasy, which really narrows the field. Help! --Tired of the Tropes   7. Hi Jenn and Amanda, If possible, could I get a rec by mid-December, so I can buy this book as a Christmas present? My brother just rediscovered reading and has been flying through a bunch of political nonfiction (scary times). He just visited the Imperial War Rooms and Bunker in London and lovedddddd everything about the museum, so I want to get him a book on Churchill. There are so many biographies on Churchill that I didn't really know where to start, but I've heard Amanda talk about a few Churchill books before (love the podcast; I've listened to every episode and you've introduced me--and my TBR--to so many good books) so I thought you might have some ideas. I'm not looking for a book written by Churchill, but maybe a biography of him or a historical book about the war years or his general service in the British government? Thanks so much for your help! And from a former bookseller who knows how hard it is to find the books people are looking for, can I just say that you ladies are doing the Lord's work? Caitlin   Books Discussed Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T Dungy (Persist Instagram book club) The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (tw: child abuse) The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Eternal Life by Dara Horn Frida Kahlo: an Illustrated Life by Maria Hesse, Achy Obejas The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (rec’d by Christine Ro) Comics About Refugee Experiences post Life After Life by Kate Atkinson A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride (tw: assault, self-harm, suicide) When by Daniel Pink Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi Toxic by Lydia Kang The Undoing (The Call of Crows #2) by Shelly Laurenston Winston’s War by Max Hastings Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about the arts, kid-friendly audiobooks, Victorian-esque reads, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Penguin Random House Audio, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Frankie.   Questions   1. I love your show! I was really getting into a slump of only reading the highly marketed books. You help me broaden my bookshelf so thanks! My husband and I recently start "reading" books together. He listens to the audio book because he is a busy MA student and drives a lot while I enjoy reading physically. We just finished Bird Box and both really enjoyed it! My husband is the finicky reader. He enjoys Stephen King and thrillers. We have Dark Matter by Blake Crouch on our to read list. I tried recommending Into the Drowning Deep, but the mermaids were too far (even though I think he would love it). We would like recommendations for thrillers/suspense with some supernatural happenings and at least one likeable/smart character. He has read most of Stephen King where as I really enjoy fantasy novels. I can do most horror/suspense. Sci Fi could be doable if it had the right characters. Please stay in the adult category as my husband does not enjoy "teen angst". Side note: I would just need a trigger warning for violence against women and children (which you always provide). Thank you in advance! --Kyla and Kyle   2. I would love ideas for books that are relationship focused but have intellectual conversation, like my favorite movies - Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight. What I love about those is that you feel so much intimacy and tension - the way one tiny thing could make everything fall apart. I have On Chesil Beach on my radar already. Normal People by Sally Rooney also came close to what I'm hoping for. --Jenny   3. Hi Ladies! Love the podcast! I have loved the Dana Stabenow, Kate Shugak mysteries. Though I love her series, I would love a recommendation for a Native American own voices author from Alaska or North Western Canada. I prefer fiction, and it does not have to be a mystery. --Jessie   4. I’m looking for recommendations for my school’s book club. We are a group of high school educators who enjoy reading broadly, so we have tried to have books that delve into different departments’ interests like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (science) or Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (History). I would love some book recommendations where the text is heavily influenced by art or music to better represent those departments. Bonus points for diverse authors or perspectives! In the past we have also loved Station Eleven, Enrique’s Journey, The Nightingale, Educated and The Storied Life of AJ Fikry. Thanks in advance for your help! --Sarah   5. Hi! I've recently discovered audio books as an excellent way to get more books in my life on my commute every morning. I drop my kids off at two different places and I'm usually in the car for about an hour. My difficulty is finding something that I enjoy but is also appropriate for my kids to listen to, they are 2 1/2 and 4 but are VERY observant and like to mimic what they hear. So far I've listened to Blackout by Connie Willis and the The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden. I love fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and mystery. Any recommendations you have would be awesome, thank you! --Heather   6. My dad loves traditional sci-fi. Heinlein is his favorite author ever, but he also enjoys Zelazny, Asimov, etc. I'm hoping to find new authors for him, and have had some success with the Expanse, The Martian, and with books by Elizabeth Moon. However, the Vorkosigan books, the Murderbot Diaries, Red Mars, and the Honor Harrington books all fell flat for him. Do you have suggestions for modern books in the classic sci-fi style? --Books for Space Dad   7. Hiii! :) I'm wondering if you know of any books similar to the Victorian "sensation novels" such as Lady Audley's Secret, Wilkie Collins' books etc, but which reflect modern values. I find I'm completely charmed by the trope that I call "mild mannered Victorian gentleman reluctantly and/or accidentally solves a crime," that isn't gritty or over the top but still has a lot of unforseen twists; however, I've grown so tired of books that only have white straight characters. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! --Mild Mannered Modern Reader   Books Discussed The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse by Piu Marie Eatwell Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (TW: violence against women and children (and everyone)) Stephen King read-alikes episode My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (TW: graphic violence, harm to women and children) The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer A Separation by Katie Kitamura Two Old Women by Velma Wallis Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (rec’d by Jessica and Michelle) Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro Blood, Water, Paint by Joy McCullough (tw: rape) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang (rec’d by Jamie C) Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones (rec’d by Jenn's friend Ellen)

We start with Facebook Live again this week and then get into some fantastic book conversations!

In episode 54, Heather and Bennett discuss the movie The Little Hours and the novel "The Storied Life of AJ Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin. Other topics include: MN State Fair, Oscars, US Open, Big Bang Theory, Kelly Marie Tran, Crazy Rich Asians, Coldplay, US Immigration, Serena Williams, Pete Davidson, Netflix, Olive Garden, Young Jane Young, Words in Deep Blue, A Darker Shade of Magic, SNL, Year One, the Good Place, and Fence.

Amanda and Jenn discuss pioneer fiction, distraction reads, slashers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love and First Lessons by Lina J. Potter.   Questions   1. Hello! I am a literature and linguistics double major and am going to be taking 5 classes at an intensive this summer. I am looking for books that are easy to read and really draw you in. I love “The Vacationers,” “the Secret History,” and “the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” and am also a huge fan of classics but want something a bit easier to read than that. I am also looking for fiction books that take place during the rise of Irish Nationalism in the 1910s. I am reading Yeats and Joyce and would like books that will fill in a bit of background information. Thanks so much! –Quinn Elle   2. Hi, I’m looking for a specific type of book that I’m at a loss of where to find. I love love love the Little House on the Prairie series and I have not been able to find any others like it! I enjoy reading about how people lived in the pioneer days. I recently read The Snowchild which was a story of survival as well and I enjoyed that too. Please find me some books similar to those! I like fiction, nonfiction, historical, YA is fine, but please no short stories, poems, or graphic novels. Thanks so much in advance, I look forward to hearing what you recommend! –Susan   3. Hi gals, I believe you have covered something like this before, but I am not sure how to really search for without going through every past episode. Hoping you can help me! My cousin/bestie’s mother-in-law is starting chemotherapy and radiation and they would like to read something light and easy together. My cousin loved the Twilight series and she and her MiL like Nicholas Sparks and Danielle Steele. Both of them, but especially her MiL are progressive and her MiL isn’t religious (my cousin believes in God but also isn’t overly religious). Do you have any uplifting books for them to read? I think they would prefer something that distracts them a bit from the cancer and the physical and emotional pain it causes, so I’d rather it not be about anyone dying or that focuses a large part of the plot on being ill. That said, if it is an uplifting story about someone overcoming a serious illness and you think it would be a good fit for them, I’d certainly consider it. Thank you very much, –Kristin   4. Hello Get Booked! I’m a longtime listener of all things Book Riot and am coming to you for a recommendation for my mother, whose birthday is right around the corner (along with Mother’s Day). To give you an idea, she’s an avid and curious reader who loves plants and gardening, food, historical fiction, cute/feel-good stories, and books with great writing. She also likes current books, books that are on the new releases/hot reads shelf at the library, that she hears about on NPR, etc. Some books that she’s really enjoyed have been Lab Girl, Stay With Me, The Sympathizer (loved the story/writing, didn’t like the ending), The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Goodbye Vitamin. What she doesn’t like are books that are heavy-handed with their message or that have an unrealistic/unrelatable plot (she didn’t like The Nightingale, The Family Fang, or Manhattan Beach). Hopefully that will help you/me out and I can nail her birthday gift this year!! Thanks so much, –Chloe   5. Hi! I have a book swap quickly approaching with a complete stranger. It’s a “slasher” themed swap (which I have understood to mean horror or dark psychological suspense). My partner has listed Stephen King, Grady Hendrix, Richard Laymon, Anne Rice, and James Newman as her favorite authors. She has read and enjoyed The Grip of It by Jac Jemc, Bird Box by Josh Malerman, Universal Harvester by John Darnielle, NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, and Little Heaven by Nick Cutter. She did not particularly enjoy Final Girls by Riley Sager or Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. Could you recommend a book or two for this swap that would make her day? Thanks! –Tanya   6. My sister is trying to get into reading and she keeps coming to me for book requests, which is great, but I’ve run out of ideas on what to suggest to her. She likes reading Nicholas Sparks, Sarah Dessen and John Green, but I believe at this point she’s read them all. She also thoroughly enjoyed Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult, mostly because the plot line kept her interested and she loved the sections about the elephants. I got her Where’d You Go Bernedette for her birthday which she seemed excited for but she hasn’t read it yet. She loves the outdoors and animals and nature, she just needs a plot line that is going to keep her interested from beginning to end. Thank you! –Allyson   7. Hi Amanda and Jenn! I recently discovered this podcast and have been loving it. After binging several episodes, I was tempted to submit a request of my own. I’m in my late twenties and have never been in a relationship; the short way to put it is just that I make friends rather slowly, have never found the idea of romance that appealing, and haven’t yet met anyone to change my mind. I do want a partner though and have tentatively started dating, but I’m not finding the process much fun. I wonder if you could recommend a sweet-hearted story with an older, skeptical or inexperienced narrator with a similar mindset and a happy ending. (In the ballpark of The Rosie Project maybe? Have read Persuasion and Attachments.) I have seen contemporary stories about online dating mishaps, but even humorous takes on this aren’t that encouraging for me. Obviously a Romance would be fine, but it’s also okay for the relationship to be off to the side (enjoy general fiction, mysteries, SFF, and historical fiction). I’m fine with straight or LGBTQIA, steamy bits are welcome, and actually I’ve had some luck with fantasy settings where relationships are arranged/necessary for magical health, etc. No YA and please no trigger warnings. –KS   Books Discussed   The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt The Mothers by Brit Bennett Giveaway! bookriot.com/bookstore500 Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich Burial Rites by Hannah Kent A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (TW: harm to children and basically everyone else also) Security by Gina Wohlsdorf (rec’d by Liberty) When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean

Show Highlights Terri talks about starting new behaviors or habits on any day of the year and not setting New Year’s resolutions Terri and Jacqueline talk about calendars, planners, and their love of paper planners throughout the podcast Terri’s core values are freedom, belonging and self-respect and the importance of making decisions in alignment with her core values Jacqueline’s life purpose/noble goal is posted at her desk to remind daily and is to help herself and others find the self-compassion and self-respect so that they have the courage to be their best selves in the world and make the biggest difference in the world Arian Simon recommends looking for fulfillment instead of balance which Terri is adopting for 2018 Terri and Jacqueline talk about being the pilots in your own lives by Living authentically without apology Having courage instead of being fearless Asking for what you want Saying yes or saying no to support your own goals, objectives and sanity Being defiant: standing up for your own truth Giving yourself permission to change your mind Taking the steps and trust that the path will present itself Lean into the discomfort Having patience Terri writes down the following reminders every day as intentions every day Set boundaries Stop avoiding (or take action) Jacqueline tells the story of the starfish on the beach and the woman who is throwing the starfish back into the ocean one at a time, making a difference for each of the starfish that she throws back into the ocean Letting go of what no longer serves you: expectations, resentment, people, behaviors, thoughts Living in integrity means that there is no friction and its effortless. The definition of integrity is when your words and actions match, and are in alignment with your commitments, values, beliefs and life vision. Terri talks about how she has been changing over the last few years and how other people in her life have not reacted well to the changes Jaqueline talks about the importance of reflecting on the year and how the holidays can be the perfect time to do this A ship in harbor is safe but that’s not what ships are built for. Happy New Year! Call to Action Be your best self. Define your core values or noble goal/life purpose. Make your decisions consistent with these values/purposes. Let go of what no longer serves you. Stay focused on the bigger picture. Take one step at a time and path will present itself. Have faith and trust.   References in the Podcast Julie Ashby: http://www.julieashby.com/ Girl Boss Radio interview with Arian Simone: https://www.girlboss.com/girlboss/2017/12/21/arian-simone-girlboss-radio Arian Simone: http://ariansimone.com/ Julie Gordon White: http://www.growatthewell.com/ The Little Paris Bookshop: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Paris-Bookshop-Novel/dp/1594139652 The Storied Life of AJ Fikry: https://www.amazon.com/Storied-Life-J-Fikry-Novel/dp/1616204516/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514844703&sr=1-1&keywords=the+storied+life+of+a.j.+fikry+by+gabrielle+zevin Best Self Planner: https://bestself.co/ Panda Planner: https://pandaplanner.com/ Passion Planner: http://www.passionplanner.com/ Bullet Journal: http://bulletjournal.com/ Highrise CRM: https://highrisehq.com/ Trello: https://trello.com/ Rocket Book: https://getrocketbook.com/ Evernote: https://evernote.com/ Slice Planner: http://sliceplanner.com/ Brazen Global: https://brazenglobal.com/ Simply Vital: https://www.simplyvitalhealth.com/ Momentum Planner: http://www.productiveflourishing.com/free-planners/

Jeff and Rebecca kick off this year's holiday recommendation extravaganza... This episode is sponsored by: Men & Dogs Penguin Random House Audio   Books recommended in this episode: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown What If by Randall Munroe Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat and Wendy McNaughton The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern History of the World in Six Cups by Tom Standige Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books The Fate of the West by Bill Emmott, No Is Not Enough by Naomi Klein We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-nehisi Coates Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey When Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Yoga Bodies by Laura Lipton and Jamie Beard Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan The Changeling by Victor Lavalle Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn Bec McMaster Psy Changeling by Nalini Singh The Woman Next Door by Yewende Omatoso Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman Liane Moriarty Negroland by Margo Jefferson A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah Out of Africa by Karen Blixen This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri  Bright Lines by Tanwin Nadini Islam 2am at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helena Bertino One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

Ben Fraser reviews “Unbroken Brain” by Maia Szalavitz, and discusses why adolescents are more vulnerable to addiction and why kindness and hope is most helpful to treating addiction. The book: https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Brain-Revolutionary-Understanding-Addiction/dp/1250055822/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Fresh Air interview with the author http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/07/485087604/unbroken-brain-explains-why-tough-treatment-doesnt-help-drug-addicts Appreciation: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry. https://www.amazon.com/Storied-Life-J-Fikry-Novel-ebook/dp/B00GU2RLMC/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1 Watch the web series http://www.brickhousewebseries.com The Brick House Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brick-House/266939153469555 Also, follow on twitter @brickhousetv Or help people find it by giving a review or a rating on iTunes! http://bit.ly/1zhJnUj

On this week’s episode of Parenting Roundabout’s entertainment-themed Round 2, Catherine and Terri take a break from all the TV they’ve been watching. Instead, they report on a book and two movies, and (because they can’t stay away from TV for too long) talk about what show to watch next. Here’s your road map: 01:24 The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George – Much like The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, we found this to be a super-book-clubby kind of book, featuring literary prescriptions and even recipes. Terri’s positive it would not be for her, but Catherine found some qualities she liked. Also mentioned: Last month’s book club pick, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. 12:50 Thanksgiving Weekend Movies – Terri saw Disney’s Moana, some of Catherine’s family took in Allied, and Catherine hit Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with her Harry-Potter-obsessed son and several other family members. Terri appreciated Moana’s animation magic and Catherine enjoyed the critter magic in Fantastic Beasts. 24:12 New TV – We take a cue from our friends at The West Wing and ask, “What’s next?” now that we’re finished with both Sports Night and Dancing with the Stars. After a spin through several decades worth of series options, we choose a winner: The Great American Baking Show, premiering December 1 on ABC. For next week’s episode, we’ll return to The West Wing with the episode “Noel” and see if the American bakers are worth their sugar and flour. Join us!

Bookrageous Episode 78; Our Favorite Books of 2014 Intro Music; Swagger by Flogging Molly What We're Reading Jenn [1:15] Captain Marvel 1: Higher Further Faster More, Kelly Sue DeConnick, David Lopez (Bitch Planet) [2:00] The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin [3:20] If You Could Be Mine, Sara Farizan [3:45] Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson Rebecca [5:00] Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, Sara Farizan [6:20] Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, Nina MacLaughlin (carpentrix), March 16 2015 [8:55] What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, Laura Van Den Berg [9:20] Blindness, Jose Saramago Josh [10:45] Let Me Tell You, Shirley Jackson, July 21 2015 --- Intermission; Intermission by Typhoon --- Our Favorite Books of 2014 [14:45] Josh: Caffeinated, Murray Carpenter [16:25] Rebecca: Land of Love and Drowning, Tiphanie Yanique; Mermaids in Paradise, Lydia Millet [20:10] Ghost Lights, Lydia Millet (mystery book: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart) [21:15] Jenn: Red or Dead, David Peace [23:00] Josh: The Magician's Land, Lev Grossman [26:00] Rebecca: A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, Kevin Brockmeier [28:10] Jenn: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Eimear McBride [29:30] Josh: Sisters, Raina Telgemeier [31:05] Rebecca: The Republic of Imagination, Azar Nafisi [33:15] Jenn: Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine [35:00] Josh: The Lobster Kings, Alexi Zentner [36:55] Rebecca: Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng [39:40] Jenn: Poisoned Apples, Christine Heppermann [41:20] Josh: Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay [44:30] Rebecca: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay; Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, A.S. King [46:55] Jenn: Ms. Marvel: No Normal, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona [46:45] Josh: The Historical Atlas of Maine [49:35] Rebecca: Stone Mattress, Margaret Atwood [51:15] Rebecca: Sleep Donation, Karen Russell [52:25] Josh: Spoiled Brats, Simon Rich; The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead [53:05] Jenn's “literary genre” favorites: Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer; Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes; Tigerman, Nick Harkaway; Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel [54:25] Josh: Euphoria, Lily King --- Outdo; Swagger by Flogging Molly --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Next book club pick: Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine. Use coupon code BOOKRAGEOUS to get 10% off from WORD Bookstores! Find Us Online: Jenn, Josh, Rebecca Order Josh's books! Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.