Podcasts about Fredrik Backman

Summary: Muahaha! Cower in fear, dear listeners, as Holly and Devin discuss villains… who need a paycheck too. Whether you've worked in Corporate America or just like to imagine hell as an office building, these books will be a home run.  Topics Discussed: The Dagger (3:26): Holly discussed Sign Here by Claudia Lux, a satirical exploration of morality and corporate offices following Peyote Trip, a caseworker in the Deals Department of the fifth floor of Hell. Responsible for securing soups by making deals with humans desperate enough to sign away their afterlives, Peyote is on the cusp of a promotion. If he can sign up one more member of the Harrison family he'll get a “Complete Set” - five souls from the same lineage. Holly's key takeaways were: Hell's depiction as a monotonous office environment serves as a critique of bureaucratic inefficiencies and the dehumanizing aspects of corporate life.​ Peyote's journey reflects a deeper quest for self-understanding and the possibility of redemption, even within the confines of Hell. The novel explores the gray areas of morality, questioning the binary notions of good and evil through its characters' choices and motivations.​ The Harrison family's dynamics highlight the impact of generational secrets and the lengths individuals go to protect or escape their lineage.​  For Holly, the premise of the story was stronger than the execution. While it was entertaining throughout, the two storylines of Peyote in Helly and the Harrison Family on Earth don't come together as strongly and clearly as they could have.  The Heart (13:20): Devin discussed Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, a BookTok-sourced Romantasy following Evie Sage, a young woman lying in the magical kingdom of Rennedawn who is in desperate need of a job. After an unfortunate firing and a spell of bad luck, she stumbles into a chance encounter with The Villain and ends up hired as his personal assistant. While yes, there are body parts swinging from the ceiling, his castle runs much like any business and Evie can handle the paperwork. Devin's key takeaways were: This novel highlights a recent publishing trend of storylines and authors becoming popular on social media sites like TikTok before they are published, then being signed by publishing companies to ride the wave of their popularity. Pros include increased diversity and a resurgence of popularity of reading in the zeitgeist, but Holly and Devin review cons like rushed editing and expected tropes as well.  Maehrer explores the idea that even villains deserve loyalty, empathy, and maybe even a decent lunch break. It's a workplace comedy... if the workplace had torture chambers. The absurdity of running an evil empire like an office is what makes the “villainous job” theme shine. Capitalism meets chaos magic. While not spicy at all, there are romantic elements to the story. The push-pull between danger and attraction for Evie and The Villain is delicious, especially when the boss could literally smite someone - but instead just broods silently when Evie talks to another guy. Hot On the Shelf (35:54): Holly: My Friends by Fredrik Backman Devin: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming What's Making Our Hearts Race (41:47): Holly: The Last of Us Season 2 on HBO Max Devin: Volunteering in her local community   Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com   If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience.

May is supposed to be the calm before June's opinion storm in SCOTUS-land, but not in Trump's America. Melissa, Kate, and Leah kick off the show with the latest news, including Stephen Miller's habeas suspension fantasies and the president's blatant disregard of the emoluments clause when it comes to free jumbo jets. Then, the hosts are joined by professor Elora Mukherjee of Columbia Law School to break down last week's oral arguments in the Court's blockbuster birthright citizenship case. Hosts' favorite things:Kate: Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age, Amanda Hess; Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It's an Original, Stephen Castle (NYT)Leah: My Friends, Fredrik Backman; Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on All Rise News; Melissa: Weight Watchers Got One Thing Very Right, Jennifer Rubin (NYT); This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World -- And Me, Marisa Meltzer; Forever (Netflix) Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE – The Bad Decisions Tour 2025! 5/31 – Washington DC6/12 – NYC10/4 – ChicagoLearn more: http://crooked.com/eventsOrder your copy of Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes Follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: shifting our perspectives and bookish friends stepping up Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we are bossing some more TBRs 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) .  .  .  .  1:23 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 5:36 - Our Current Reads 5:47 - My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Kaytee) 8:16 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 8:21 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 10:16 - Night Film by Marisha Pessl (Meredith) 15:23 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (Kaytee) 20:29 - The Big Four by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 22:38 - Poirot by Mark Aldridge 24:28 - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie 26:00 - Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (Kaytee) 26:38 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi  31:05 - The Beast and the Bookseller by Eva Devon (Meredith) 35:15 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 36:42 - Boss My TBR From DactylJD 38:19 - Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall 39:42 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 39:45 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 39:48 - Real Americans by Rachel Khong 39:51 - Belle Green by Alexandra Lapierre 39:55 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton From Terri Melton 44:42 - Hyde by Craig Russell 44:43 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 44:49 - Falling by T.J. Newman  45:02 - Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London 45:04 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie 45:07 - To Shape A Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose 45:11 - A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 49:05 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:12 - I wish for us to try new things. (Kaytee) 51:32 - I wish to press Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore. (Meredith) 51:38 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore   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. May's IPL is a new indie to the rotation - Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa. 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!

In this episode, we get excited about two new books: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune and My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman. Then Dave talks about the stellar winners of the 2025 Pen America Awards. Links One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune Read an excerpt from One Golden Summer Love is Like Peanuts by Betty Bates on Internet Archive Every Summer After by Carley Fortune My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman Anxious People by Frederik Backman American Writers Museum Level Up: Writers & Gamers exhibit Online Exhibits at the American Writers Museum Get Lit Happy Hours and the Grown Up Book Fair on 13 May. Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on From the Front Porch, it's another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia are sharing the May releases they're excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 528) or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Annie's books: Poetry is Not a Luxury by Anonymous (5/6) My Friends by Fredrik Backman (5/6) Sleep by Honor Jones (5/13) Olivia's books: Billions to Burn by Taylor Banks (5/6) The Language of the Birds by K.A. Merson (5/13) The Ascent by Allison Buccola (5/20) Erin's books: The Names by Florence Knapp (5/6) Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (5/13) The Love Haters by Katherine Center (5/20) From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.  Olivia is reading King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby.  Erin is listening to The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

Host Jason Blitman sits down with bestselling author Fredrik Backman (My Friends) to discuss his love of films, why he could win a Taylor Swift lyric competition, and the exact moment he recalls where his humor originated. Fredrik shares why he doesn't call himself an "author," how he's struggled with confidence, and much more. Jason is then joined by Guest Gay Reader Erika J. Simpson (This is Your Mother), who discusses her recent reading, while Jason explains why experiencing her memoir was particularly unique.Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and X @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.Erika J. Simpson is a Southern girl living in Denver, Colorado, with her partner and their black cat. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Kentucky and is the recipient of the 2021 MFA Award in Nonfiction. Her essay “If You Ever Find Yourself” was published in Roxane Gay's The Audacity and featured in Best American Essays 2022, edited by Alexander Chee. This Is Your Mother is her debut memoir, and she also writes fiction for the page and screen.SUBSTACK!https://gaysreading.substack.com/ BOOK CLUB!Use code GAYSREADING at checkout to get first book for only $4 + free shipping! Restrictions apply.http://aardvarkbookclub.com WATCH!https://youtube.com/@gaysreading FOLLOW!Instagram: @gaysreading | @jasonblitmanBluesky: @gaysreading | @jasonblitmanCONTACT!hello@gaysreading.com

In Ep. 194, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and Sarah head back to the year 2017 in the book world with this second annual special retrospective episode!  They share big bookish highlights for that year, including book news, award winners, and what was going on in the world outside of reading. They also talk about how their own 2017 reading shook out, including their favorite 2017 releases.  Plus, a quick run-down of listener-submitted favorites!  This episode is overflowing with great backlist titles to add to your TBR!   This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights The big news that was going on outside the book world. The book stories and trends that dominated 2017. How similar 2017 and 2025 are. The 2017 books that have had staying power.⁠ Was this as dismal a year in books as Sarah remembers? Sarah's and Catherine's personal 2017 reading stats.⁠ Listener-submitted favorites from 2017.⁠ Bookish Time Capsule (2017) [2:12] The World Beyond Books No books mentioned in this segment. The Book Industry Wonder by R. J. Palacio (2012) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [9:59] Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (2015) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:04] A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[10:40] The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:44] Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [12:08] My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [12:18] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:03] If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:13] We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:23] Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:46] Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:48] The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [13:50] Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [14:57] Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [15:03] James by Percival Everett (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [15:04] Bookish Headlines and Trends Becoming by Michelle Obama (2018) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [20:41] A Promised Land by Barack Obama (2020) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [20:43] The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (2006) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:48] My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (2011) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [23:04] The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring (2023) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:31] Big Books and Award Winners of 2017 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (2012) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:01] Beartown by Fredrik Backman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:06] The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:21] Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:27] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [26:48] Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (2022) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:09] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [28:39] Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [29:23] Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [29:40] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [31:31] Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (2008) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [32:09] Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [32:51] Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:16] Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [33:41] Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [34:32] Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (2011) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [34:38] Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:09] The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2015) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [35:52] What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:56] Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:21] The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:45] Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (2016) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [38:04] The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, 3) by N. K. Jemisin (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:30]  Our Top Books of 2017 The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:46] Beartown by Fredrik Backman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [41:20] Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [41:22] Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:02] If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:16] Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolitio (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:23] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:36] This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:38] Trophy Son by Douglas Brunt (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:48] White Fur by Jardine Libaire (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [43:05] Final Girls by Riley Sager (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [46:38] Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [46:44] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:46] Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [46:49] The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:10] Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (1995) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:15] Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:19] The Heirs by Susan Rieger (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:34] The Takedown by Corrie Wang (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [47:53] Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [48:01] Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [48:09] Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (2014) | Amazon | Bookshop.org   [48:17] Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:28] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [48:33] Listeners' Top Books of 2017 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [49:33] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:51] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:03] The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[50:07] Beartown by Fredrik Backman (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:13] Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:15] The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:18] The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:24] This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:25] Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (2017) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:27]

It's National Library Week! We've packed the week with programs and a new episode of the podcast. Listen in to catch up on the latest news that affects your library and libraries across the country. Sarat Rogers joins us as our local person of interest today to introduce herself and gives us a sneak peek of the Town Egg Hunt.  Thank you for your support this week and always! Amy's Book Recommendations Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed: The Safekeep by Yael Van de Wouden (Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted) The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Once There Were Wolves and Migrations) Upon A Starlit Tide by Kell Woods The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger   New Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading: The Sirens by Emilia Hart (Weyward) Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah, We Should All Be Feminists) Heartwood by Amity Gage Snowglobe by Soyoung Park   Upcoming Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading: My Friends by Fredrik Backman 5/6/25 Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (American Dirt) 5/15/25 We All Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough 5/20/25      

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading retreats, one finished and one scheduled Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we boss some more TBRs 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) .  .  .  .  1:16 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 7:18 - Our Current Reads 7:32 - Finders Keepers by Stephen King (Meredith) 9:37 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King 10:24 - Holly by Stephen King 12:17 - The Stand by Stephen King 12:18 - The Shining by Stephen King 12:55 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Kaytee) 17:24 - Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridge (Meredith) 20:46 - Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton (Kaytee) 24:54 - Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito (Meredith) 28:58 - Mrs. March by Virginia Feito 29:30 - The Lost Library by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead (Kaytee) 31:08 - CR Season 5: Episode 25 31:10 - The Candymakers by Wendy Mass 31:12 - CR Season 3: Episode 41 31:14 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 31:27 - Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead 33:08 - Boss My TBR From Emily 33:45 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 33:48 - My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman 33:52 - Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty 33:54 - S by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst 33:58 - Vicious by V.E. Schwab 34:18 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 34:20 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 34:23 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 34:25 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 34:27 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall 36:38 - Schuler Books From Bethany 40:38 - Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd (releases April 8, 2025) 40:42 - The Last Party by Claire Mackintosh 40:45 - Out by Natsuo Kirino 40:47 - Baby X by Kira Peikoff 40:50 - The Stolen Child by Ann Hood 41:03 - Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray 41:09 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 41:12- The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker 44:55 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 45:17 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer 45:47 - I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger 46:17 - Virgil Wander by Leif Enger 47:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain 48:25 - I wish people would utilize our website for the plethora of things it offers. (Meredith) 49:46 - The Candymakers by Wendy Mass 49:49 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 50:17 - I wish for a “find all and replace” option for books. (Kaytee) 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. March's IPL comes to you from our tried and true partner, An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA. 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!

Lisa discusses and ranks the books she read in January from least favorite to most favorite. And, she discusses three books that will be released this year, that she believes will be super popular.  Books discussed:  Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.  The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrew Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II (Scholastic Focus) by Candace Fleming Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Avsnitt 264. Vi pratar om agenturen som Salomonsson Agency inte kunde trycka ner, ser hur Forum steker en bok veckan innan utgivning, synar Norstedts nya författarsatsning, ser ett förväntat Trump-utspel och pratar om olika europeiska satsningar att möta den engelskspråkiga bokflodens verkningar. Och, inte minst, samtalar vi med Författarförbundets ordförande Anja Gatu om vad de har framför sig.    Avsnitt 264. Vi funderar på om inte den senaste agenturen på den svenska marknaden snabbt kan bli den tyngsta och största. De slogs sönder för ett år sedan men har byggt upp sig till en desto starkare position just nu. First Edition förlorade inte en enda författare till Salomonsson Agency. Tvärt om. Forum råkade ut för alla förlags mardröm. Dagarna innan en bok ska ges ut lyfts författaren fram som en lögnare och kanske aktiv brottsling i media. Nu hamnar förlaget i hetluften men förläggaren ser inte hur Forum skulle kunnat göra något annorlunda. Fredrik Backman till Norstedts! Vi vill inte ta vinden ur seglen för förlagets eget pressutspel. Men rykten började gå; om en budgivning som Norstedts vann, om en branschfest där skvallret gick. Och alla inblandade gjorde sig onåbara så vi fick klara oss själva på en konkurrensutsatt mediamarknad. Skojar bara. Men det mesta ovan är sant. Vi hörde ryktena, fick dem bekräftade och så kör vi nyheten. Men det är några dagar kvar mellan denna text och sändning av avsnittet. Kanske hinner Norstedt gå ut och göra vårt inslag obsolet. Vi chansar. Trump använder newspeak när han beordrar Utbildningsdepartementet i USA att stänga ner alla ärenden som handlar om bokcensur i skolor och bibliotek, avskedar alla anställda som arbetat med ämnet och konstaterar att det inte finns ett begrepp som heter bokcensur. Right on! Vi ses i historieboken! Vi ger ett par exempel, av många, på hur förlag söker nya vägar att kontra den anglosaxiska floden av engelskspråkiga böcker i Europa. Slutligen, ett längre samtal med Anja Gatu om de utmaningar Författarförbundet står inför. Ett samtal utan skygglappar och undanflykter.   00 50         First Edition fick med sig alla författarna 03 35         Forum tvingas stoppa utgivning 11 07         Fredrik Backman byter förlag 14 37         Trump och Rebecca Yarros i sökarljuset 20 32         Anja Gatu ger svar på tal

Heute geht es direkt um vier Bücher, die wir zwischen den Jahren gelesen haben. Falko hat NEIN gesagt (bzw. hat Fredrik Backman das seine Hauptfigur in einer neuen Novelle sagen lassen). Jochen hat sich weiter mit Morgan Housel beschäftigt und direkt noch ein Buch über den Finanzcrash 2008 gelesen. Dann hat Falko noch die Autobiografie von J. Michael Straczynski verschlungen, dem Erfinder von "Spacecenter Babylon 5" und vielen anderen Dingen. Viel Spaß mit der neuen Folge! Timecodes und Kapitelmarken 00:00:00 - Einleitung 00:07:09 - Die Antwort lautet NEIN 00:21:19 - Über die Psychologie des Geldes und All the Devils Are Here 00:51:54 - Becoming Superman Die besprochenen Titel Fredrik Backman: Die Antwort lautet NEIN amazon original stories, 2024 Morgan Housel: Über die Psychologie des Geldes FinanzBuch Verlag 2021 Bethany McLean / Joe Nocera: All The Devils Are Here Penguin, 2010 J. Michael Straczynski: Becoming Superman Harper Voyage, 2019 Ausblick Wer immer auf dem Laufenden über aktuelle und kommende Folgen sein will - einfach Newsletter abonnieren. Bücher, die bald besprochen werden (kurzfristige Änderungen möglich): Freie Folgen: Ein der nächsten Folge geht es um weitere Bücher, die wir in letzter Zeit gelesen haben - und überraschen uns gegenseitig damit. Falko hat über Weihnachten noch andere Sachen im Visier. Darunter eine Folge über den Hype-Titel Fourth Wing. Bonusfolgen: Peter S. Beagle: Ich fürchte, Ihr habt Drachen Übersetzt von Oliver Plaschka Klett-Cotta, 304 Seiten, 2024 Gebundene Ausgabe: 24 Euro E-Book: 18,99 Euro Originalausgabe: I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons S&S, 284 Seiten, 2024 Neben der monatlichen Bonus-Buchbesprechung erhalten Abonnent*innen eine Bonusfolge von Falko, in der er mit anderen Leuten aus der Buchbranche ein Gespräch führt oder andere Themen behandelt. 10-Euro-Abonnent*innen erhalten exklusive Goodies, meist weitere Texte von Falko.

Happy New Year, girlie pops! We're diving deep into everything we've been watching and reading and what we're hyped for in 2025. First up, we're venturing into the world of body horror with The Substance (Amazon Prime), starring Demi Moore as a fading celebrity who takes drastic measures to reclaim her youth with some seriously freaky side effects. We also check back in with Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game Season 2 (Netflix). This season promises to be even more politically charged, with creator Hwang Dong-hyuk exploring the conflicts arising from the choices we make. Plus, we're spilling the tea on the K-pop connections! Then, we're blasting off into space with Alien: Romulus (Disney+), a thrilling addition to the Alien franchise. We rave about the acting, especially David Jonsson as the AI Andy, whose transformation is seriously mind-blowing. On the book front, we've got a mixed bag of reads. We start with the heartwarming yet grumpy charm of A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, followed by the mind-bending premise of The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, where changing a lightbulb changes your entire life (and husband!). We also discuss Talking at Night by Claire Daverley, a poignant love story spanning years and marked by tragedy. Our January book club pick, The Ledge by Christian White, gets some love, as does Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna, a literary fiction gem reminiscent of Love Actually, exploring the lives of interconnected friends during a London heatwave. We also dive into more of Fredrik Backman's work with The Answer Is No, a short and sweet read about a man who hates decisions, and She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark, a collection of short stories exploring human hunger and desire (which, sadly, didn't quite hit the mark for us). Finally, we celebrate the brilliance of Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly, a witty and chaotic story about siblings navigating adulthood and love.   Get your hands on Delulu merch: https://thedeluludiariespod.theprintbar.com/   Follow us on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedeluludiariespod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeluludiariespod Danika's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danikarbrown Caitlin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caitlinsltr   Watch the episode in full on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UqhxjHXUKnY

E mais uma vez nos reunimos aqui para apresentar as nossas melhores e piores leituras de 2024, onde houve espaço para livros memoráveis e outros que nos fizeram questionar muita coisa. Partilhem connosco as vossas listas, também! Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Holiday Romance (Romance de Férias), Catherine Walsh (05:31) - Não Fossem as Sílabas do Sábado, Mariana Salomão Carrara (06:33) - A Cicatriz, Maria Francisca Gama (09:02) - Stoner, John Williams (09:21) - Revolução, Hugo Gonçalves (09:45) - Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati (10:01) - Dear Edward (Querido Edward), Ann Napolitano (10:38) - Torto Arado, Itamar Vieira Júnior (10:52) - Corte & Costura: As Maiores Fofocas da Nossa Realeza, Márcia Gil Pedroso (11:06) - Coisas de Loucos, Catarina Gomes (12:21) - Blue Sisters (Irmãs Blue), Coco Mellors (13:22) - In Memoriam, Alice Winn (14:55) - The Dutch House (A Casa Holandesa), Ann Patchett (16:06) - Funny Story (Uma Boa História), Emily Henry (17:40) - True Biz, Sara Nović (18:38) - The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Boston (21:11) - Boys Don't Cry, Fíona Scarlett (22:44) - How to End a Love Story (Como Acabar uma História de Amor), Yulin Kuang (25:12) - For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity, Liz Plank (29:27) - Grief is for People, Sloane Crowley (32:06) - Soldier Sailor, Claire Kilroy (34:44) - The Bee Sting (A Picada de Abelha), Paul Murray (37:22) - Small Worlds (Pequenos Mundos), Caleb Azumah Nelson (39:33) - Just Last Night, Mhairi McFarlane (42:08) - A Malnascida, Beatrice Salvioni (44:22) - Intermezzo, Sally Rooney (46:20) - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Conduz o Teu Arado Sobre os Ossos dos Mortos), Olga Tokarczuk (47:16 & 01:09:11) - There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak (49:08) - Stay True (Lealdade), Hua Hsu (53:55) - The List, Yomi Adegoke (54:52) - White Nights (Noites Brancas), Fyodor Dostoevsky (56:02) - Britt-Marie was Here (Britt-Marie Esteve Aqui), Fredrik Backman (57:48) - The Perfect Find (O Achado Perfeito), Tia Williams(58:36) - Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (59:50) - The End of the Moment We Had, Toshiba Okada (01:00:41) - Mile High, Liz Tomforde (01:02:06) - Savor it (Quando o Verão Terminar), Tarah DeWitt (01:02:48) - Night Shift, Annie Crown (01:03:53) - Argyle, Elly Conway (01:04:31) - I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai (01:06:46) - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, Elizabeth Smart (01:08:20) - Must I Go, Yiyun Li (01:09:58) - The Burnout (O Burnout), Sophie Kinsella (01:11:07) - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin (01:11:44) - Western Lane, Chetna Maroo (01:13:48) - Lear Wife, J. R. Thorp (01:15:08) - The Co-Op, Tarah DeWitt (01:16:35) - A Maldição de Rosas, Diana Pinguicha (01:17:11) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: relying on books when sick and bookish themed parties Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: bookishness that we are thankful for 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 - Ad For Ourselves 1:53 - Currently Reading Patreon 8:19 - Fabled Bookshop 9:13 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 11:33 - Currently Reading Patreon 12:42 - Our Current Reads 13:03 - The Ruins by Scott Smith (Meredith) 14:15 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann 17:55 - The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill (Kaytee) 18:01 - Commonplace Books 19:40 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel 21:09 - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (Meredith) 26:56 - Bonk by Mary Roach (Kaytee) 29:43 - Gulp by Mary Roach 31:01 - The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (Meredith) 36:12 - Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (Kaytee) 36:27 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross 36:35 - Fairyloot 38:51 - All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 39:51 - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley 39:52 - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley 40:26 - Bookishness We Are Thankful For 41:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 41:56 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 42:17 - Are You There? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 43:52 - Matilda by Roald Dahl 44:00 - The Witches by Roald Dahl 44:01 - The Twits by Roald Dahl 44:02 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 45:27 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 45:35 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 47:05 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 48:16 - Lobizona by Romina Garber Russell 51:56 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 52:18 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 52:56 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 53:30 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 54:26 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 56:04 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny 56:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain 56:13 - I wish you would consider the new airpod 4s as a gift to yourself this year. (Meredith) 56:16 - AirPods 4 1:01:36 - I wish to press Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva. (Kaytee) 1:01:37 - Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva  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. December's IPL is a recap of the 2024 year!  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!

Fomos completamente influenciadas por um post da @ananascanread e não podíamos deixar de explorar as nossas jornadas literárias. Digam-nos se gostariam que repetíssemos o formato com mais temas! Livros mencionados neste episódio: - The Happy Couple (O Casal Feliz), Naiose Dolan (2:12) - What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher (3:20) - O Pacto, Jodi Picoult (8:37) - The Bee Sting (A Picada de Abelha), Paul Murray (9:15) - Hello Beautiful (Olá, Linda), Ann Napolitano (9:40) - Little Fires Everywhere (Pequenos Fogos em Todo o Lado), Celeste Ng (9:56) - Blue Sisters (Irmãs Blue), Coco Mellors (11:11) - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (De Que Falamos quando Falamos de Amor), Raymond Carver (12:00) - Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love, Huma Qureshi (12:36) - Free Therapy, Rebecca Ivory (12:50) - A Man Called Ove (Um Homem chamado Ove), Fredrik Backman (14:20) - Autumn (Outono), Ali Smith (14:43) - E Se Eu Morrer Amanhã?, Filipa Fonseca Silva (15:30) - Fazes-me Falta, Inês Pedrosa (16:57) - The Great Believers (Os Otimistas), Rebecca Makkai (17:18) - A Little Life (Uma Pequena Vida), Hanya Yanagihara (17:42) - Mythos, Stephen Fry (18:44) - The Song of Achilles (O Canto de Aquiles), Madeline Miller (19:57) - Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati (20:49) - A minha Pequena Livraria, Wendy Welch (21:50) - The Princess Diarist (Os Diários da Princesa), Carrie Fisher (22:20) - I'm Glad My Mom Died (Ainda Bem que a Minha Mãe Morreu), Jennette McCurdy (22:51) - Tetralogia Napolitana, Elena Ferrante (24:02) - Conversations With Friends (Conversas entre Amigos), Sally Rooney (25:43) - Best of Friends, Kamila Shamsie (26:50) - O Diário da tua Ausência, Margarida Rebelo Pinto (27:56) - Talking at Night (Falar Pela Noite Dentro), Claire Daverley (28:28) - Normal People (Pessoas Normais), Sally Rooney (28:46) - Sharp Objects (Objetos Cortantes), Gillian Flynn (29:38) - Bunny, Mona Awad (30:03) - Boy Parts, Eliza Clark (30:50) - My Husband's Secret (O Segredo do Meu Marido), Liane Moriarty (31:46) - Ask Again, Yes (Direi Sempre que Sim), Mary Beth Keane (32:06) - The Happy Couple (O Casal Feliz), Naiose Dolan (32:19) - Pizza Girl, Jean Kyoung Frazier (33:44) - White Nights (Noites Brancas), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (34:28) - A Origem dos Dias, Miguel d'Alte (35:00) - Single for the Summer, Mandy Baggot (37:25) - This Summer will be Different (Este Verão vai ser Diferente), Carley Fortune (37:57) - People We Meet on Vacation (Pessoas que Conhecemos nas Férias), Emily Henry (38:29) - The Bell Jar (A Campânula de Vidro), Sylvia Plath (39:39) - Panenka, Rónán Hession (40:13) - Day (Dia), Michael Cunningham (41:16) - The Rosie Project (O Projeto Rosie), Graeme Simsion (42:20) - The Hating Game (Odeio-te e Amo-te), Sally Thorne (43:07) - Book Lovers (Doidos por Livros), Emily Henry (44:10) - Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid (44:42) - ⁠The Friend (O Amigo), Sigrid Nunez (45:32) - We All Want Impossible Things, Catherine Newman (46:01) - Intermezzo, Sally Rooney (46:38) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.

Welcome to Building Brand You™, the podcast that helps you accelerate your success by unlocking your greatest asset – you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Fiction helps us see how inextricably linked we are and how we fit into the wider world. Our behavior and our mindset are shaped by the world we live in - by the communities we live in, by the schools we go to, by the things we choose to follow and engage in. Courage is the root of change, and change is what we are chemically designed to do - from Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. FEATURED BOOKS: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Us-Against-You/dp/1982115548   The Herd by Emily Edwards https://www.amazon.co.uk/Herd-thought-provoking-unputdownable-must-read-novel/dp/1787634884   Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lessons-Chemistry-Novel-Bonnie-Garmus/dp/038554734X ABOUT KYM HAMER: Kym Hamer is an international leadership, visibility and impact coach, a personal branding expert and serial entrepreneur, and the creator of Building Brand You™, a methodology helping organisations, teams, and individuals to build visibility and reputational rigor as essential building blocks for delivering sustained value.  In other words, accelerating results by unlocking your greatest asset - YOU! In 2020, just one year after launching her business, she was nominated by Thinkers360 as one of the Top 100 Women B2B Leadership influencers and is currently in the Top 15 Personal Branding and Marketing Influencers in the world. For 4 years running Kym has also been one of Thinkers360's Top 10 Thought Leaders on Entrepreneurship and in 2023 and again in 2024 was recognised as one of their Top Voices globally. Kym is the Founder & CEO of Artemis Futures International, a Founding Board Member of the Customer Experience & Service Association Middle East, and co-founder of CXSA Group Ltd.  She has been part of the faculty with Homeward Bound Projects, a global initiative reaching 1.8 billion people, equipping women and non-binary people with a STEMM background to lead conversations for a sustainable future. She voyaged to Antarctica in 2023 for 19 nights delivering the immersive component of the HB programme for more than 170 women, and was Faculty Lead for Homeward Bound's 8th leadership cohort. In between all of these things, you'll find her curled up in a corner with her nose in a book.   Building Brand You™: JOIN the BBY Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingbrandyou SUBSCRIBE to the BBY Podcast on: (Apple) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/building-brand-you/id1567407273 (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ho26pAQ5uJ9h0dGNicCIq SIGN UP to The BBY Bookshelf - https://bit.ly/BBYBookshelf   CONNECT WITH KYM HAMER: LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/kymhamer/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kymhamerartemis/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kymhamerartemis/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kymhamer Thinkers360 - https://bit.ly/thinkers360-kymhamer-BBY Find out about BBY Coaching - https://calendly.com/kymhamer/bbychat/   HOSTED BY: Kym Hamer   DISCLAIMER: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Building Brand You™ podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved. They do not necessarily represent any other entities, agencies, organisations, or companies. Building Brand You™ is not responsible and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information in the podcast available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast does not constitute legal advice or services  

October Book Club is here! It's time to share our feelings about Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. We covered our reading experience, the real-life stories that inspired the book, side characters we loved, and if we enjoyed the controversial epilogue, and more!    If you liked this book, you may like Anxious People by Fredrik Backman!   Obsessions Olivia: Andrew Garfield (shoutout to his Chicken Shop Date) Becca: Viviaia Maryjanes in black   What we read this week Olivia: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern   This Month's Book Club Pick - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Cozy Earth -  cozyearth.com/badonpaper and use code BOP for an exclusive discount of up to 40% off! Prose - get 50% off your first haircare subscription order at prose.com/bop. Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

In this week's episode, Patrick and Greg talk about person-centered methods versus variable-centered methods with the punch line being that the historically contentious distinction between these two is unnecessary, unhelpful, and even counter-productive. Along the way they also mention lost luggage, Sabena Air t-shirts, the Inquisition, honey badger Americans, Fredrik Backman, punch lines, a frayed knot, the Keanu Reeves of statistics, new bosses and old bosses, non sequiturs, fffsssshhhhh, ergodicity, complimentary eye patches, and Atrick. Stay in contact with Quantitude! Web page: quantitudepod.org TwitterX: @quantitudepod YouTube: @quantitudepod Merch: redbubble.com

What is the evolutionary purpose of laughter? What's the difference between Swedish depression and American depression? And why aren't aliens interested in abducting Mike?  SOURCES:Jennifer Aaker, professor of marketing at Stanford University.Judd Apatow, film director, screenwriter, and comedian.Fredrik Backman, author.Naomi Bagdonas, lecturer in management at Stanford University.James Corden, actor, comedian, and former late-night television host.Dick Costolo, former C.E.O. of Twitter.Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University.Jimmy Fallon, comedian and late-night television host.Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.Jimmy Kimmel, comedian and late-night television host.Larry LaPrise, 20th-century American singer-songwriter.Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor, and writer. RESOURCES:"Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination," by Fredrik Backman (Simon & Schuster Centennial Celebration, 2024)."The Relative Importance of Joke and Audience Characteristics in Eliciting Amusement," by Hannes Rosenbusch, Anthony M. Evans, and Marcel Zeelenberg (Psychological Science, 2022)."The 100-Million-Year Origin Story of Laughter and Humor," by Dean Russell (Endless Thread, 2022).Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life (And How Anyone Can Harness It. Even You.), by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas (2021)."What Makes Things Funny? An Integrative Review of the Antecedents of Laughter and Amusement," by Caleb Warren, Adam Barsky, and A. Peter McGraw (Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2020).Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy, by Judd Apatow (2015).How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie (1936). EXTRAS:"Can A.I. Take a Joke?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023)."The Comedian-Ophthalmologist Will See You Now," by Freakonomics, M.D. (2022).There's Something About Mary, film (1998).

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!

This morning we discuss a quote from the wonderful novelist, Fredrik Backman, "Grief is the price we pay for love." Our grief and mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av stems from our deep love of what it is we lost. But when we get stuck in grief or mourning, we need help - from family, friends, and professionals. Here is a story I heard from Meirav Berger, who tells of two keys she used to get unstuck from her grief. May God heal all the broken hearts of God's people. Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (rabbi@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.

This evening we discuss the message Pinchas' actions are supposed to teach us, quoting from Ernest Becker, Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, Fredrik Backman, and Jodie Picoult. I share a characteristically brilliant story about Rav Nota Greenblatt, Z"L, and an esoteric but critical understanding of the incomplete "Vav" in our Torah portion, partially based on Shem MiShmuel and Maharal, and dramatically expressed in a poem by Tehila Siani, and a dramatic post by David Sherez. Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (rabbi@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.

Amigas, amigos y amigues de DLeL: no sabemos si estamos más entusiasmadas por la invitada o por el libro. La Dra. Barros es psicóloga, podcastera, activista por la salud reproductiva y amiga de la casa. El libro, mientras tanto, trata varios temas que nos incumben en lo individual y lo colectivo, pero destacamos uno en particular: la salud mental. En la sección “El libro en PR” les comentamos una noticia de dos librerías amigas. ¡No se pierdan este episodio!

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Listener Presses: This year we have 20 fantastic titles from our listeners. Our TBRs exploded, and we hope yours do too! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  2:19 - Your Listener Presses 3:48 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (pressed by Katie) 6:40 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 7:32 - Poison for Breakfast by Daniel Handler i.e. Lemony Snicket (pressed by Kimberly) 10:30- The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (pressed by Jessie) 12:38 - @thewilltoread on Instagram 12:41 - Reproduction by Louisa Hall (pressed by Bill) 13:32 - Chouette by Claire Oshetsky 13:33 - Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky 14:53 - The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard (pressed by Emer) 18:29 - The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin (pressed by Heather) 18:51 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 21:30 - Go As A River by Shelley Read 22:11 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt 22:49 - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (pressed by Mirabella) 24:54 - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 26:18 - Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Azemien (pressed by Matt) 28:05 - Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro (pressed by Ana) 31:08 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (pressed by Amy) 31:14 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 34:35 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lovato (pressed by Amanda) 35:48 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter 35:50 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch 36:45 - The Body in Question by Jill Ciment (pressed by Alana) 40:40 - The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin (pressed by Avery) 44:26 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 44:27 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 44:33 - The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher (pressed by Kristen) 45:36 - Roscoe Books 46:12 - Hearts and Daggers podcast 46:43 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram 46:45 - Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka (pressed by Holly) 49:02 - Leaving Coy's Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke (pressed by Aubrey) 50:33 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 51:46 - I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalize Sue (pressed by Hannah) 53:01 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 53:02 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 53:35 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 53:38 - The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel 55:08 - Country Dark by Chris Offutt (pressed by Cindy) 57:25 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (pressed by Jessica) 59:46 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (pressed by Abi) 1:01:17 - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe 1:02:03 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill 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. July's IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia! All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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 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!

Chapter 1What is Emotional IntelligenceIn the bustling landscape of personal and professional success, Daniel Goldman's seminal book Emotional Intelligence stands out as a guiding star. At its core, the book shifts the spotlight from conventional intelligence quotients to something deeper — our emotional intelligence (EQ). Through engaging narratives and research-backed insights, Goleman argues compellingly that EQ, which encompasses self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills, is not just a nice-to-have, but a crucial driver of success and well-being.Goleman's exploration reveals how our emotions impact everything from our relationships to our career paths, and how mastering them can lead to greater satisfaction and effectiveness in life. The book is a call to action, urging readers to cultivate their emotional skills through mindfulness, communication, and empathy practice.Emotional Intelligence provokes a profound reconsideration of what it means to be smart, offering a revolutionary look at the roots of many of our personal and societal challenges, while providing practical advice for overcoming them.Chapter 2 Meet the Writer of Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman, in his seminal book "Emotional Intelligence," employs a clear, accessible writing style that bridges academic research and practical application. His language is predominantly informative and persuasive, aiming to convince readers of the profound impact of emotional intelligence on personal and professional success. Golelong uses relatable examples and case studies, which make complex psychological theories understandable and engaging for a broad audience. He skillfully intertwines narratives and data, maintaining a balance that enhances both the emotional appeal and the intellectual rigor of his arguments. This technique not only elucidates his points but also illustrates the very principles of emotional intelligence he describes. By doing so, Goleman not only communicates the importance of emotional intelligence but also models it through his empathetic, informed, and responsive writing style.Chapter 3 Deeper Understanding of Emotional IntelligenceEmotional Intelligence (EI), a term popularized by psychologist Daniel Goleman in the 1990s, refers to the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions—both in oneself and in others. This concept has had a profound impact across various domains including literature, culture, and society, and has influenced how individuals think about and manage their emotions. Impact on LiteratureIn literature, emotional intelligence has opened new pathways for character development and narrative depth. Modern authors are more adept at creating complex characters who exhibit nuanced emotional responses and growth, being influenced by the principles of EI. This has led to stories that not downplay intellect but also emphasize emotional development as a crucial component of the character arc. Books like "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman or "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman show characters with distinctive emotional journeys, highlighting the importance of emotional growth and understanding. Influence on CultureCulturally, the embracement of emotional intelligence has led to greater acknowledgment of emotional care and mental health. This shift is reflected in the increasing openness in discussions about mental health, the destigmatization of therapy and counseling, and a broader cultural awareness of the importance of emotional well-being. Movements across various media—from films and TV shows to public speeches and social media platforms—emphasize the importance of emotional resilience, empathy, and self-awareness. Societal Impact1. Education: In the realm of education, schools are increasingly...

On this episode, Mo Smith, the person I know who reads the most, and we discuss her experiences as a very early reader in school, a book habit that stuns me a little, and she gets to gush about her amazing backyard pool at her home in Las Vegas.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  Dune by Frank Herbert  The Only One Left by Riley Sager    Books Highlighted by Mo:  Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy  Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough  On the Clock: What Low-Wage Word Did to Me and How it Drives America Insane by Emily Guendelsberger  Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #1) by Mia P. Manansala  Not My Father's Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston    Other Books Mentioned in the Episode: All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   The Black Echo (Harry Bosch Series #1) by Michael Connelly  Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez  Verity by Colleen Hoover  The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah  The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah  Beartown by Fredrik Backman  A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: book recs that land with non readers and Kaytee meeting an octopus! Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: how we recommend books to readers outside our own wheelhouses 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) .  .  .  .  .  Season 6, Episode 45 1:27 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:50 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 6:52 - Our Current Reads 6:59 -  Ready or Not by Cara Bastone (Mary) 10:41 - Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery (Kaytee) 10:50 - The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World by Matt Kracht (Fabled link, not available on Bookshop) 11:14 - Secrets of the Whales by Brian Skerry 11:16 - Secrets of the Elephants by Paula Kahumbu and Claudia Geib 11:33 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery 13:45 - Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (Mary) 15:51 - Boswell Books 16:55 - Coyote Lost and Found by Dan Gemeinhart (Kaytee) 17:01 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart 17:13 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare 22:25 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach (Mary) 25:51 - Drowning by T.J. Newman (Kaytee) 25:57 - Falling by T.J. Newman 26:02 - CR Season 5: Episode 41 30:12 - Deep Dive: How To Recommend Books Outside Your Wheelhouse 32:21 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 32:23 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gayle Honeycutt 36:24 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 36:30 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 36:44 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 36:46 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 36:52 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 39:31 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 39:55 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 41:19 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch 41:43 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer 44:29 - Drowning by T.J. Newman 48:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain 48:59 - I wish people would give slow and steady reading a try. (Mary) 49:35 - Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 51:30 - I wish everyone would keep a readerly profile. (Kaytee) 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. June's IPL comes to us from our anchor store Schuler Books in West Bloomfield, Michigan. All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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 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!

Why do so many book clubs fall apart? Do the best parties have rules? And does Angela's husband want to date you?  SOURCES:Fredrik Backman, author.David Chavis, senior fellow at Community Science.Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University.Sebastian Junger, journalist and author.David McMillan, clinical and community psychologist.Priya Parker, strategic advisor and author. RESOURCES:"Do Conversations End When People Want Them to?" by Adam M. Mastroianni, Daniel Gilbert, Gus Cooney, and Timothy D. Wilson (PNAS, 2021)."3 Steps to Turn Everyday Get-Togethers Into Transformative Gatherings," by Priya Parker (TED Talk, 2019).The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, by Priya Parker (2018).Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, by Sebastian Junger (2016).Beartown, by Fredrik Backman (2016).“The 36 Questions That Lead to Love,” by Daniel Jones (The New York Times, 2015).A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman (2012)."Sense of Community: A Definition and Theory," by David McMillan and David Chavis (Journal of Community Psychology, 1986). EXTRAS:"How Can You Get Closer to the People You Care About?" by No Stupid Questions (2023)."How Do You Connect With Someone You Just Met?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).A Man Called Otto, film (2022).

My guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Jennifer Manocherian, author of the book Alpha Bette.  Alpha Bette is Jennifer's first novel. She put much of her personal and professional life experience into writing it, having been a family therapist, divorce mediator, Broadway and Off-Broadway producer, musical book writer, screenwriter & producer, and screenwriting teacher. She co-wrote and produced the films Family Blues and Boundary Waters (in production) as well as wrote the book of two musicals that are streaming online: Marry Harry, a full-length musical, and Cockroaches & Cologne, a short musical. She is a proud board member of New York Stage and Film, The Peace Studio, and 18by Vote. She is married with five children and many grandchildren—great source material! In my book review, I stated Alpha Bette is a contemporary fiction told from the viewpoint of several characters who revolve around the matriarch Bette Gartner. At ninety-five, Bette has lost her husband, most of her friends, and even her granddaughter. She has to rely on help from her housekeeper and night nurse after a fall that left her reliant on her wheelchair. One morning, after what she is sure is a sign from her dead husband, Bette orchestrates a dinner party. The entire story takes place in one day giving readers a glimpse into the past and present of Bette and those around her: housekeeper, aide, two neighbors, daughter and son-in-law, great-granddaughter, and what Bette hopes to be her eventual great-grandson-in-law. Throw in a cremated parrot, political prisoners, a spoiled puppy, a cancer scare, and a medium who Bette believes can speak to her husband, George, and you have a dinner party you'll never forget. This book reminds me a bit of My Grandmother Told Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman and The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley. I think it is because we get into the heads of so many characters and see how they touch one another's lives. ​Jennifer states that people either love or hate the ending. I'm in the love category, but that may be because I saw it coming! This is another must-read. You can follow Author Jennifer Manocherian: Website: https://jennifermanocherian.net/ FB: @ jmanocherian IG: @jennifermanocherian LinkedIn: @jennifer-manocherian-2421855   Teri M Brown, Author and Podcast Host: https://www.terimbrown.com FB: @TeriMBrownAuthor IG: @terimbrown_author X: @terimbrown1   #jennifermanocherian #alphabette #contemporary #familyfiction #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #onlineforauthors #characterdriven #researchjunkie #awardwinningauthor #podcasthost #podcast #readerpodcast #bookpodcast #writerpodcast #author #books #goodreads #bookclub #fiction #writer #bookreview

Fan JB told us this NYT bestseller is a “children's book for adults," and they "cannot fathom what people are getting out of this." Uh, yes please!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday!  Here's the Season 17 reading list: Happy Place by Emily HenryDivine Rivals by Rebecca RossJust the Nicest Couple by Mary KubicaThe Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley HellerA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif BabinSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub! Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.  CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sabrina. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: accepting bookish feedback and purging our bookshelves Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: our current top 5 reads of 2024 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 9:18 - Our Current Reads 9:53 - The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Meredith) 17:02 - Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher (Kaytee) 20:29 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartman (Meredith) 20:36 - @mother.horror on Instagram 25:57 - The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe (Kaytee) 28:18 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 28:20 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus 29:07 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (Meredith) 30:05 - An Unlikely Story 30:30 - Commonplace Books 32:26 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 33:43 - Sociopath by Patric Gagne (Kaytee) 39:23 - Our Top 5 Reads of 2024 (So Far) 42:36 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker 43:24 - Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsen 43:56 - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger 44:43 - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams 44:57 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 45:12 - Confessions by Kanae Minato  46:11 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune 47:30 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 48:36 - James by Percival Everett 49:32 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 50:06 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 51:17 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel 52:19 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 54:40 - Meet Us At The Fountain 54:51 - I wish you could bottle up the feeling of reading a book for the first time. (Meredith) 54:56 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel 54:57 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 55:45 - I wish I could press All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle. (Kaytee) 56:17 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 57:11 - Minisode w/Mike Gayle 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. May's IPL comes to us from Commonplace Books in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller 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 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!

Happy Monday! We are FINALLY doing a long awaited Day In The Life for Jens birthday!!! Vicki is sick so her voice is horrible but the show must go on! (sorry) Enjoy xox Jens current read: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Vickis current read: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: our children reading to the elderly and finally talking to authors Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: Boss My TBR for two bookish friends 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) .  .  .  .  .  1:42 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 4:47 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby 5:30 - What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher 6:09 - An Unlikely Story 8:34 - Currently Reading Patreon 9:01 - Our Current Reads 9:06 - Right at Home by Bobby Berk (Kaytee) 12:10 - Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith) 16:54 - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (Kaytee) 20:13 - That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming  21:03 - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Meredith) 26:01 - Game Changer by Neal Shusterman (Kaytee) 26:05 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 28:45 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 28:49 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle 32:12 - Reef Road by Deborah Goodrich Royce (Meredith) 34:15 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard 37:12 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR From Becca K. 39:18 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (Arc of a Scythe #2) 39:24 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #2) 39:30 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #2) 39:36 - Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #2) 39:43 - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (The Royal We #2) 39:57 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 39:58 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 39:59 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 40:00 - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan 40:37 - The Winners by Fredrick Backman From Rachel M. 43:45 - Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher 43:49 - Look Closer by David Ellis 43:52 - The7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 43:57 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez 44:01 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James 48:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain 48:30 - I wish to press The Guncle into your hands. (Kaytee) 48:45 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 48:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 51:12 - I wish when I am reading a book with a good “house” sense of place, I could go to that place and see, smell, touch, and hear all about it. (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. April's IPL comes to us from A Room Of One's Own in Madison Wisconsin! Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller 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 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!

Join us this week as we chat about a glut of great new fiction and non-fiction releases for March, plus we reveal our top picks from the new Women's Prize for Non-Fiction long list. March 2024 New ReleasesThe Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer CroftMona of the Manor by Armistead MaupinStone Yard Devotional by Charlotte WoodClear by Carys DaviesWho Owns the Moon? by A.C. GraylingThe Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape by Alexandra HarrisWomen's Prize for Non-Fiction Long List - Our PicksSome People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines by Lisa EvangelistaIntervals by Marianne BrookerDoppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi KleinHow To Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya SinclairWifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna FunderThis week's listener recommendation request comes from Mike who normally enjoys cosy crime, but is looking for something a bit more heartfelt. Joseph recommends Things Can Only Get Better by David M. Barnett, and Saph recommends Skippy Dies by Paul Murray and just about anything by Fredrik Backman.Also mentioned in this episode:Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew GreenThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfFlights by Olga TokarczukEileen: The Making of George Orwell by Sylvia ToppMurder Before Evensong by Richard Coles A Good Read Podcast (BBC Radio 4)See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our 23rd episode in the monthly book discussion series hosted by Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and myself, Phil Svitek. If books are your passion, you've come to the right place! In this episode, we delve into Fredrik Backman's Anxious People where looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix their own marriage. There's a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can't seem to agree on anything, from where they want to live to how they met in the first place. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you've got the worst group of hostages in the world. Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them—the bank robber included—desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next. Join the conversation! Share your thoughts, queries, and viewpoints in the comments or connect with Marisa (@serafinitv) and me on social media. In our upcoming discussion, we'll explore This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. And be sure to catch Marisa's new podcast, "Friends & Favorites w/Marisa Serafini," available at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friends-and-favorites-w-marisa-serafini/id1693327509. Thank you for tuning in, and we're eager to hear your thoughts on this captivating book! Yours truly, Phil Svitek Filmmaker, author, podcaster & 360 Creative Coach ⁠http://philsvitek.com⁠ Movies: -The Love Market: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/filmography/#lovemarket⁠ -A Bogotá Trip: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/filmography/#bogotatrip⁠ -The Arbiters: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/filmography/#thearbiters⁠  Books: -Elan, Elan: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#elanelan⁠ -Master Mental Fortitude: A Guide To Achieving Your Creative Ambitions: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#mastermentalfortitude⁠ -In Search Of Sunrise: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#insearchofsunrise⁠ -Hollywood Dreams on a Shoestring Budget: The Indie Filmmaking Guide For Debut Features: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#hollywooddreams⁠  Podcast: A Phil Svitek Podcast: A 360-degree view of the digital artist's path to success, blending technical theory, practical wisdom, and personal development. ⁠https://philsvitek.com/360-mastery/⁠ Altruism: -Financially Fit Foundation ⁠http://philsvitek.com/altruism/#fff⁠ -Adopt Diamond The German Shepherd I'm Fostering ⁠http://philsvitek.com/altruism/#diamond⁠  Substack: ⁠http://philsvitek.substack.com⁠  Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/philsvitek⁠  Merchandise:  ⁠https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A7141123011%2Cp_4%3APhil+Svitek+Podcast&ref=bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011⁠ Instagram:  ⁠http://instagram.com/philsvitek⁠   Facebook:  ⁠http://facebook.com/philippsvitek⁠  X/Twitter:  ⁠http://twitter.com/philsvitek⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-svitek⁠ Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.net/@philsvitek⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@philsvitek⁠ 

Are you a member of a book club or are interested in starting one? East Brunswick Public Library's Book Club in a Bag kits have everything you need to get going! The bags can be checked out for five weeks and can be renewed for one additional five-week period. They are available only for EBPL cardholders. See what titles are available, including Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, and Little Fire Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Reserve yours today at ilove.ebpl.org/book-club-bag . EBPL hopes you get your book club started and happy discussing! Voiceover by Lizzy Woodall Music by Roman Senyk from Pixabay

Marc Forster is a German-born filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Stay (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), The Kite Runner (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), and World War Z (2013).His breakthrough film was Monster's Ball (2001), in which he directed Halle Berry in her Academy Award-winning performance; the film also starred Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, and Peter Boyle. His next film, Finding Neverland (2004), was based on the life of author J.M. Barrie.The film was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Johnny Depp.Forster also directed the twenty-second James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. In 2013 he directed the film adaptation of the novel World War Z, starring Brad Pitt.His latest film is the remarkable A Man Called Otto.Based on the # 1 New York Times bestseller “A Man Called Ove,” A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grump who no longer sees purpose in his life following the loss of his wife. Otto is ready to end it all, but his plans are interrupted when a lively young family moves in next door, and he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol. She challenges him to see life differently, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world around. A heartwarming and funny story about love, loss, and life, A Man Called Otto shows that family can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places. A Man Called Otto stars Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Cast Away), Mariana Treviño (Club the Cuervos), Rachel Keller (Fargo) and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Magnificent Seven). The screenplay is written by Academy Award® nominee David Magee (Best Adapted Screenplay, Life of Pi, 2012; Best Adapted Screenplay, Finding Neverland, 2004) based upon the best-selling novel “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman, and the film A Man Called Ove by Hannes Holm. The film is being produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman.Enjoy my conversation with Marc Forster.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/2881148/advertisement

What happens when a nine-year-old girl decides she's determined to sing at Philadelphia's renowned jazz club? Marie-Helene Bertino's 2 AM at the Cat's Pajamas (Libro.fm) is the story of Madeleine Altimari and other people all trying to reach their goals on the eve of Christmas Eve.   Listen in to hear our thoughts and our pairings for this book club pick, including Abdi Nazemian's Like a Love Story (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Fredrik Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).   In addition to monthly bonus episodes, we are now releasing more content on Patreon for subscribers. We appreciate your support so much. If you haven't joined us there yet, you can check the details out here.   Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.   Want to support Unabridged?     Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Welcome to our 22nd episode in the monthly book discussion series hosted by Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and myself, Phil Svitek. If books are your passion, you've come to the right place! In this episode, we delve into John Grisham's Skipping Christmas, where it imagines a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences—and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined. Join the conversation! Share your thoughts, queries, and viewpoints in the comments or connect with Marisa (@serafinitv) and me on social media. In our upcoming discussion, we'll explore Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. And be sure to catch Marisa's new podcast, "Friends & Favorites w/Marisa Serafini," available at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friends-and-favorites-w-marisa-serafini/id1693327509. For more insightful resources from your 360 creative coach, visit my website at http://philsvitek.com. Thank you for tuning in, and we're eager to hear your thoughts on this captivating book! Yours truly, Phil Svitek Filmmaker, author, podcaster & 360 Creative Coach ⁠http://philsvitek.com⁠ Movies: -The Love Market: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/filmography/#lovemarket⁠ -A Bogotá Trip: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/filmography/#bogotatrip⁠ -The Arbiters: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/filmography/#thearbiters⁠  Books: -Elan, Elan: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#elanelan⁠ -Master Mental Fortitude: A Guide To Achieving Your Creative Ambitions: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#mastermentalfortitude⁠ -In Search Of Sunrise: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#insearchofsunrise⁠ -Hollywood Dreams on a Shoestring Budget: The Indie Filmmaking Guide For Debut Features: ⁠http://philsvitek.com/bibliography/#hollywooddreams⁠  Podcast: A Phil Svitek Podcast: A 360-degree view of the digital artist's path to success, blending technical theory, practical wisdom, and personal development. ⁠https://philsvitek.com/360-mastery/⁠ Altruism: -Financially Fit Foundation ⁠http://philsvitek.com/altruism/#fff⁠ -Adopt Diamond The German Shepherd I'm Fostering ⁠http://philsvitek.com/altruism/#diamond⁠  Substack: ⁠http://philsvitek.substack.com⁠  Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/philsvitek⁠  Merchandise:  ⁠https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A7141123011%2Cp_4%3APhil+Svitek+Podcast&ref=bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011⁠ Instagram:  ⁠http://instagram.com/philsvitek⁠   Facebook:  ⁠http://facebook.com/philippsvitek⁠  X/Twitter:  ⁠http://twitter.com/philsvitek⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-svitek⁠ Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.net/@philsvitek⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@philsvitek⁠ 

Summary: It's time for another awesome LoveFest with Devin and Holly! This week they discuss Swedish author extraordinaire, Fredrik Backman. Known globally for his stories full of heart, redemption, and seeking meaning in the hardest parts of life, he's been a long-time favorite of both hosts. He sheds light on octogenarians and children, the ignored and the marginalized in his writing and brings would-be villains into a gentle light. We love rooting for all his characters!  Topics Discussed: Background (4:39): Backman debuted with A Man Called Ove in 2012 and lives in Sweden with his wife and two children; Holly and Devin discuss how they discovered his work and stand-out aspects of his writing.  Curmudgeon Book Discussion (10:59): A Man Called Ove: After his wife's death, Ove decides life isn't worth living. But life has a funny way of pulling you back in and with a colorful and caring cast of characters, this grump discovers just how much there is to live for.  My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: After the death of her sole caretaker and grandmother, Elsa is left with a series of letters addressed to residents of their apartment building. The adventure she goes on to deliver them opens up Elsa's world and reveals a community she never thought she had.  Britt-Marie Was Here: A sequel to “My Grandmother…” this novel hones in on the strict, cleanliness- and rules-focused character Britt-Marie as she leaves her unfaithful husband and tries to rebuild her life in the decrepit town of Borg. There, she uncovers that the colorful inhabitants of the town are much more than meets he eye and that perhaps, sometimes, mess is ok.  Recent Book Discussion (26:02): And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: This tear-jerker focuses on loss, aging, and dementia as three generations of men confront the decline of the grandfather.  Anxious People: Following a failed robbery attempt at a cashless bank in a small Swedish town, this novel examines what happens when strangers become entwined in a hilarious hostage situation and compassion and vulnerability win the day.  Beartown Series (35:20): A three-book series (Beartown, Us Against You, The Winners), Backman explores a tiny community in a frozen north-Sweden forest that revolves around it's hockey teams. His magnum opus, these stories follow the junior ice hockey team, it's coaches, players, and parents, as they struggle to survive trauma, a declining economy, and other challenges. Trigger warning for sexual assault.  Hot On the Shelf (51:54): Devin: Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan Holly: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim What's Making Our Hearts Race (55:30): Devin: David Sedaris Live Reading at CU Boulder Holly: Killers of the Flower Moon movie (you can check out the book here!) Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com   If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience.  

For our second bonus episode for 2023, we stay across the pond and get to chat with the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Beartown Series, A Man Called Ove, and Anxious People - Fredrik Backman! Elin and Tim chat with Fredrik about his origin story, his debut novel A Man Called Ove and where the idea for this iconic story came from, his Beartown series and the hockey team and town in the trilogy, and his writing process. We hear the differences between publishing in the U.S. and Sweden, why he thinks his characters resonate so much with people, the stigmas around mental health, and the screen adaptation A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks.A special thank you to our Episode Sponsors:Marine Home CenterBook of the Month - limited time, first book for just $5 with code ELINFredrik Backman Reading List:A Man Called OveBritt- Marie Was HereBeartownUs Against YouThe WinnersAnxious PeopleWhat else are we reading in this episode:The Castaways by Elin HilderbrandWinter Street Series by Elin HilderbrandThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Other Side of Sadness by George A. BonannoFollow/Subscribe to the 'Books, Beach, & Beyond' podcast now to stay current on new episodes.And find us on Instagram at @booksbeachandbeyondHappy Reading!

“In every story, you want to have that internal change because, without internal change, there is no character change.” - Savannah GilboIn today's episode, both Abigail K. Perry and I talk about the intriguing world of "Anxious People" by Frederick Backman. Buckle up, because this first chapter exploration is different from any other you've encountered before. Here's a preview of what's included:[05:08] Chapter summary: an unnamed narrator describes a plot involving idiots, bad decisions, and a hostage drama. The narrator outlines key events and this summary stands out because it reveals what appears to be the story's conclusion, offering a unique approach.[16:14] Macro analysis: the challenge of categorizing this book within a specific content genre due to its unique blend of elements and how labeling it solely as a crime story might not align with the reader's expectations. [41:30] Micro analysis: highlighting the importance of identifying character motivations and understanding the events that propel the story forward, even in the absence of a traditional scene. [47:37] Final thoughts: the concept of turning points within the narrative structure and dissecting the crucial moments that force characters into dilemmas. Links mentioned in this episode:"Anxious People" by Frederick Backman“Anxious People” on NetflixEpisode #113” First Chapter Analysis: The Magicians by Lev GrossmanHamilton The MusicalHarry Potter Book SeriesLit Match: Hosted by Abigail K. PerryWant to join is to chat about The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros? Our next meeting is on November611th, 2023 and we're going to be reading and deconstructing this uber popular fantasy novel to see how and why it works. Click here to join or to learn more!Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode of the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast, please rate, review, and follow this show! Follow me on Instagram @savannah.gilbo

Whether you're a first year teacher or a teacher with 20+ years of experience, we all make mistakes throughout the school year. These mistakes ultimately teach us how to pivot and do things differently in the future.We've made our fair share of mistakes, and today we're sharing four that made specifically during the back to school season. From comparing student rosters to giving too much information on the first day of school, we hope you can avoid these mistakes as you kick off the year!Plus, you'll hear a new podcast segment, Read-Alouds with Amanda. Amanda reads a passage from Bear Town, by Fredrik Backman. If you're interested in reading Bear Town or other titles, grab your free 30-day trial of Audible here.Resources:Get your free 30-day trial of Audible!Curriculum Rehab: Pace and Plan Your Entire YearJoin Happy HourEpisode 167, Unpopular Opinions: Back to SchoolJoin Curriculum RehabLet us know what you think! Leave a review on Apple PodcastsShow Notes: https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode168 Learn to teach the Synthesis Essay: bravenewteaching.com/coachingGet Abby Gross' Book Brochures: bravenewteaching.com/abbySupport the show

In this interview, Kent and I discuss The River We Remember, creating a strong sense of place in his stories, how his father was changed by fighting in World War 2, the time period following this war in the U.S., the genre of domestica exotica, his title and cover, and much more. Kent's recommended reads are books by Fredrik Backman. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.  Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.     The River We Remember can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront.      Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Episode 148, as the podcast takes a brief break, we revisit a backlist episode…the Best Books of 2020 with Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits). Re-listening to this one is a unique opportunity to get a look back on a strange year. Whether you're new to the podcast or have been with us for a while, everyone loves a TBR filled with backlist gems! Library holds should be easy and paperbacks editions have been released! So, let's take a look back at our favorite 2020 books (overall and by genre) and our picks for tons of bookish superlatives. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). This is a backlist episode. It features a new introduction and has been cut for content, but first aired on November 25, 2020, in its entirety, as Ep. 71: Best Books of 2020 and Bookish Superlatives with Susie from @NovelVisits. Highlights 2020 Podcast Overview (including favorite and most downloaded episodes)  Overview of our reading years (including the impact of COVID-19) Favorite books of 2020 (trends, overall, and by genre) 2020 Bookish Superlative Awards Our Favorite Books of 2020 (Overall and by Genre) [18:25] Sarah Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West | Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:56] Untamed by Glennon Doyle | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:28] The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:15] The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:39] The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:13] Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:30] One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London | Amazon | Bookshop.org [29:06] Long Bright River by Liz Moore | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:19] The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:24] Craigslist Confessional by Helena Dea Bala | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:50] We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:00] Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:55] Smacked by Eilene Zimmerman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:11] This is My America by Kim Johnson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:25] Susie The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab | Amazon | Bookshop.org[19:34] A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:20] The Night Swim by Megan Goldin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:41] Godshot by Chelsea Bieker | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:15] The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:52] Writers & Lovers by Lily King | Amazon | Bookshop.org [27:40] The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez | Amazon | Bookshop.org[30:12] Long Bright River by Liz Moore | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:00] Greenwood by Michael Christie | Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:48] Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi | Amazon | Bookshop.org[35:52] Open Book by Jessica Simpson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:41] American Royals II: Majesty by Katharine McGee | Amazon | Bookshop.org[41:00] A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:52] Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:37] 2020 Superlatives [43:54] Sarah The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:18] Running by Natalia Sylvester | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:58] We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:02] Untamed by Glennon Doyle | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:13] The Searcher by Tana French | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:59] Sea Wife by Amity Gaige | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:28] Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:18] This is My America by Kim Johnson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:29] The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop.org [52:29] Deacon King Kong by James McBride | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:25] Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:58] Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:59] A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler | Amazon | Bookshop.org[54:00] Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:02] Smacked by Eilene Zimmerman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [55:17] Eat a Peach by David Chang | Amazon | Bookshop.org [55:25] Stray by Stephanie Danler | Amazon | Bookshop.org [56:33] Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop.org [56:45] The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel | Amazon| Bookshop.org [57:40] Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Amazon | Bookshop.org [57:46] The Boys' Club by Erica Katz | Amazon | Bookshop.org [58:59] The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:00:54] The Office by Andy Greene | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:01:19] Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:03:56] A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:05:10] The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim | Amazon| Bookshop.org[1:05:20] Caste by Isabel Wilkerson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:05:37] Susie Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:22] 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:18] Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:26] Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:22] Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:34] Greenwood by Michael Christie | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:41] A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:43] Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:47] Want by Lynn Steger Strong | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:14] Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore | Amazon | Bookshop.org [52:21] Writers & Lovers by Lily King | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:10] The Night Swim by Megan Goldin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:20] The Guest List by Lucy Foley | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:23] Pretty Things by Janelle Brown | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:25] When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:27] 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:57] Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld | Amazon | Bookshop.org [56:56] Memorial by Bryan Washington | Amazon | Bookshop.org [58:17] The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop.org [58:23] Smacked by Eilene Zimmerman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [58:38] The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:00:40] The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez | Amazon | Bookshop.org[1:01:55] A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:02:15] Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:02:43] Other Books Mentioned Beach Read by Emily Henry [15:57] The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel [23:19] The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan [24:46] The Mothers by Brit Bennett [27:23] The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen [35:13]  In Cold Blood by Truman Capote [35:15] Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt [35:18]  Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi [36:03] American Royals by Katharine McGee [40:54] The Witch Elm by Tana French [48:01] Beartown by Fredrik Backman [48:59] The Girls of Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe [52:50] Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight [1:02:28] Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi [1:02:41] Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle [1:03:42] Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby [1:04:34] Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell [1:04:42] Other Links Ep. 116: Micro Genres We Love with Susie (@NovelVisits) Ep. 145: 2023 Micro Genres We Love with Susie (@NovelVisits) Ep. 43: Jordan Moblo (@jordys.book.club) on Growing a #Bookstagram Account Ep. 63: Helena Dea Bala (Author of Craigslist Confessional) Mini Ep. 59: Reviving Your Reading Life + Ann Patchett Deep Dive with Alyssa Hertzig (@alyssaisbooked) Ep. 56: Holly Root (Literary Agent) on the Rise of Rom-Coms & Publishing in the Coronavirus Era Ep. 66: Kate Stayman-London (Author of One to Watch) Ep. 64: Catherine Adel West (Author of Saving Ruby King) From Novel Visits: Reading in the Midst of a Global Pandemic | Musings From Novel Visits: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin | [Spoiler] Discussion About Susie Boutry Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Susie has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Some of her fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, she began journaling about the books she read and turned that passion into writing about books. Her first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend's blog, but she soon realized she wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of her own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, she loves being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading on certain dates and galley homework Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we are bookish travel agents, choosing books to match your travels The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives 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!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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 laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:15 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:24 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 2:05 - Fable App 4:31 - Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou (pre-order. Release date September 12, 2023) 6:16  - Current Reads 6:23 - Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfield (Mary) 10:24 - CR Season 5: Episode 33 10:44 - The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett (Kaytee) 11:19 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 12:54 - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcet  13:52 - Royal Blood by Aimee Carter (Mary) 15:04 - Storygraph 15:44 - American Royals by Katharine McGee 15:47 - The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot 15:56 - Spare by Prince Harry 16:19 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 16:20 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 17:02 - A Beginner's Guide to America by Roya Hakakian (Kaytee) 20:00 - What Looks Like Bravery by Laurel Braitman (Mary) 21:55 - Go As A River by Shelley Read (Kaytee) 25:39 - Deep Dive: Books To Take You Around the World 25:51 - CR Season 4: Episode 44 26:14 - CR Season 4: Episode 5 27:15 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 27:58 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 28:00 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 28:43 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke 29:46 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer 30:56 - How The Word is Passed by Clint Smith 31:57 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 32:50 - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 34:57 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 35:43 - The Cider House Rules by John Irving 35:46 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 36:10 - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser 36:29 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 37:20 - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia 37:35 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 37:48 - Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys 38:17 - Violeta by Isabel Allende 38:26 - Storygraph 39:07 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab 39:32 - Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke 39:44 - Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 39:45 - Love and Luck by Jenna Evans Welch 40:08 - The Dry by Jane Harper 40:31 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 40:57 - Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane 41:00 - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen 42:00 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 42:01 - The Martian by Andy Weir 42:05 - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield 42:03 - ANY J. Ryan Stradal book  42:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain 44:12 - I wish all libraries did adult summer reading programs. (Mary) 45:06 - I wish parents would buy their kids Kindle Fires and turn them into reading only machines. (Kaytee) 45:14 - Kindle Fire (but wait until Prime Day to get a discount!) 45:45 - Hoopla 45:56 - Libby 45:57 - Libro.fm 45:58 - Instructions to download Libro.FM (Libby should have no issues) Connect With Us: *Please note the change in Meredith's Instagram handle. This was recorded prior to the change. We apologize for any inconvenience.* Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

In today's episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live, we dive into the fascinating world of book coaching with Abigail K. Perry (@abigailkperry)! We chat about the role of book coaches, the perks of working with them, and uncover some valuable insights for aspiring authors and book lovers. Plus, Abigail shares her book recommendations! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights What a book coach is and their role in the writing / publishing process. Industry gaps in publishing that create a demand for independent book coaches. How book coaching differs from traditional editing or writing guidance. The benefits of working with a book coach for aspiring authors. The importance of reading broadly and understanding yourself as a writer and a reader. How a book coach helps authors improve their craft and storytelling. The importance of understanding the key components of writing and expectations by genre. How a Book Coach supports the author through finding an agent through query letters. The variety of services and expertise a book coach can offer. How much a Book Coach costs. Abigail's Book Recommendations [35:16] Two OLD Books She Loves Legendborn by Tracy Deonn | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:46] The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:47] Other Books Mentioned: The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros [36:31] The Midnight Library by Matt Haig [40:33] Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson [40:36] Two NEW Books She Loves Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt | Amazon | Bookshop.org[41:54] The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:10] Other Books Mentioned: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus [42:04] A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman [43:35] One Book She DIDN'T Love Spare by Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:01] NEW RELEASE She's Excited About Banyan Moon by Thao Thai (June 27, 2023) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:23] Other Books Mentioned: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner [52:51] Last 5-Star Book Abigail Read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:04] Other Links Lit Match Podcast | First Chapters: Lessons in Chemistry (with Sarah Dickinson)

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: even worse than a book hangover, it's a book coma!, and single-track reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: It's possible to love each other and not love the same books! Here's an example of that! The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives 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!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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 laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:28 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 2:12 - Currently Reading Patreon - Thank you for helping to keep us ad free! 3:04 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:15 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 3:37 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 9:18  - Current Reads 9:28 - The Thief Knot by Kate Milford (Roxanna) 9:34 - Greenglass House by Kate Milford 13:10 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (Meredith) 20:58 - Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey (Roxanna) 24:46 - My Life in France by Julia Child 24:48 - Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes 24:50 - Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell 25:46 - The Bookshop and the Barbarian by Morgan Stang (Meredith, Amazon link) 26:54 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 27:13 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram 27:50 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 30:17 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (Roxanna) 37:47 - The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Meredith) 40:32 - CAWPILE system 41:31 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager 43:21 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 44:31 - Deep Dive: All Things Fourth Wing 44:49 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 46:13 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 48:34 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 48:36 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 49:22 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman 49:32 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 59:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain 59:45 - I wish everyone would read Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center. (Roxanna) 59:45 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 1:00:16 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 1:00:42 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 1:02:10 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 1:02:23 - Read to make you happy, and don't always follow the hype. (Meredith) 1:02:46 - In Memoriam by Alice Winn Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading addiction and revisiting a favorite book rec source Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: the bookish bait & switch - sometimes it's great, sometimes… not so much The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives 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!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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 laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:24 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:22 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5:20 - All the Books podcast  8:19 - Current Reads 8:44 - Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (Kaytee) 11:49 - The Grace of Wild Things  by Heather Fawcett (Meredith) 12:09 - The Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett 14:21 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 16:38 - The Aquanauts by Dan Santat (Kaytee) 20:21 - Kell Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show by Dan Santat 20:40 - McNalley's Puzzle by Lawrence Sanders (Meredith) 24:57 - Dean Koontz books 25:16 - The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar (Kaytee) 27:50 - All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth (patron content) 28:18 - Black Summer by M.W. Craven (Meredith) Out of stock on Bookshop, but available on AMZ 29:49 - Fabled Bookshop and Cafe 32:44 - Bait & Switch Book Experiences 33:22 - Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli  34:51 - I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai 35:22 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 35:59 - The Confession by John Grisham 36:10 - Aurora by David Koepp  37:19 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 39:03 - Pony by R.J. Palazzio 39:29 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 40:10 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark 40:20 - Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakaur 40:49 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 41:04 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 41:07 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 41:23 - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 43:29 - Meet Us At The Fountain 43:44 - I wish everyone would read my press and heart-filled book All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Kaytee) 45:50 -  I wish listeners would read my press and fantastic classic Shogun by James Clavell (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading