Podcast appearances and mentions of mona awad

Author Lee Upton joined Leah to talk about her newest book Wrongful, available for pre-order now for May 1 delivery, and about how she became a bunny person. PSA: Bunnies are exotic pets and not responsible Easter presents. Stick to chocolate and toy bunnies today! Where was the podcast? Leah had emergency gall bladder surgery which meant hitting eject from her life for about a month. So happy to be back on the mic and to welcome back engineer-extraordinaire Rob Abrazado.   Keep up with Lee online Wrongful is available for pre-order now and releases May 1, 2025: https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/wrongful/ Lee's website: https://www.leeupton.com/ Show Notes Sagging Meniscus Press: https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/ Tabitha, Get Up: https://bookshop.org/p/books/tabitha-get-up-lee-upton/21257767 Kate Racculia: https://www.kateracculia.com/ Agatha Christie: https://www.agathachristie.com/ The Withers (coming in 2026 from Regal House Publishing): https://regalhousepublishing.com/forthcoming-publications/ Book & Puppet Co.: https://www.bookandpuppet.com/ Ghostlit: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ghostlit-poems/121f3a980b2b881e On the Rocks: https://www.theodoraziolkowski.com/books Asterism: https://asterismbooks.com/ I Am a Bunny: https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-am-a-bunny-ole-risom/8547916 Michael Sowa: https://michaelsowa-art.de/ Esterhazy: The Rabbit Prince: https://www.amazon.com/Esterhazy-Rabbit-Prince-Irene-Dische/dp/0152009213 Instant Relief Therapy: https://www.wikiart.org/en/michael-sowa/instant-relief-therapy Bunny by Mona Awad: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bunny-mona-awad/12087549 Alice in Wonderland: https://bookshop.org/p/books/alice-in-wonderland-illustrated-lewis-carroll/7841425 Rabbit, Run (the first book in John Updike's Rabbit series): https://bookshop.org/p/books/rabbit-run-john-updike/11076364 The Velveteen Rabbit: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-velveteen-rabbit-margery-williams-bianco/19005883 Donnie Darko: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/ Harvey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/ Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (the first book of the Bunnicula series): https://bookshop.org/p/books/bunnicula-a-rabbit-tale-of-mystery-deborah-howe/286233 Bunnicula (TV series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5444412/ Watership Down: https://bookshop.org/p/books/watership-down-richard-adams/286191 The House Rabbit Society: https://houserabbit.org/ POP Cats: https://popcats.co/   Finding Favorites is edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com Support Finding Favorites by shopping for books by guests or recommended by guests on Bookshop.

Samantha Heather Mackey não poderia estar mais deslocada como bolsista do seletivo programa de artes da Universidade Warren. Localizada na Nova Inglaterra, a instituição é famosa por receber a elite norte-americana.Tímida por natureza, Samantha prefere a companhia de sua imaginação sombria do que das outras pessoas, em especial suas colegas da turma de Escrita Criativa, um grupo de garotas ricas, lindas e mimadas que chamam umas às outras de “Bunny”.Compre aqui:https://amzn.to/3XhhyewSiga a Babi nas Redes sociais: Instagram da babi: instagram.com/@babliotecas Goodreads da babi: goodreads.com/@babliotecas

Rachel's Recommendations Favorite 2024: What's Not Mine by Nora Decter Non-2024 book: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2024 book no one read: Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn Most anticipated 2025 by a Chicago author: Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing Most anticipated by an author with a long gap since last book: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Small press titles: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show by Freda Epum Leave: A Postpartum Account by Shayne Terry No Offense: A Memoir in Essays by Jackie Domenus Friends might think you're nuts but sorry not sorry: The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case   Greg's Recommendations Favorite 2024: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, by Hanif Abdurraqib Non-2024 Book: Bunny, by Mona Awad 2024 Book No One Read: Familiaris, by David Wroblewski Most Anticipated Chicago: All the Water in the World, by Eiren Caffall Most Anticipated after long gap: Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Most Anticipated Small Press: A Forty-Year Kiss, by Nickolas Butler Friends Might Think I'm Nuts: Great Big Beautiful Life, by Emily Henry ... Mark Twain, by Ron Chernow   Mike's Recommendations Street Fight by Anne Morrissy The Overstory by Richard Powers Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing People of Means by Nancy Johnson Vanishing Daughters by Cynthia Pelayo True Failure by Alex Higley All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall The El by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr The Antidote by Karen Russell Stag Dance by Torrey Peters Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah Schulman Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam Morgan Waterline by Aram Mrjoian

Send us a text✨ Transformations take center stage in our latest episode! ✨We're diving into The Measure by Nikki Erlick, where a mysterious box transforms lives overnight, and Bunny by Mona Awad, a darkly whimsical tale of metamorphosis, friendship, and...bizarre bunny cults?

Brianna and Caleb return for another book discussion, this time following up their previous entry in this series by looking at another novel by Canadian author Mona Awad! What will they think of Bunny, her debut novel? Hit play and find out!   This episode was recorded Oct. 26th, 2024.   What was your favorite book of the year? Let your hosts know over at the thenoviceelitists@gmail.com or reach out to us on twitter @CalebAlexader    Find more of Caleb & Brianna's adventures in reading on her bookstagram: https://instagram.com/the.opposites.bookstagram?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=   Or follow her goodreads account: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/31302788-brianna

Das Jahr ist fast vorbei, es ist also Zeit für einen Jahresrückblick! Dieses mal nicht von unseren liebsten Influencern sondern unser ganz eigener. Erst denken wir, dass dieses Jahr gar nicht so viel passiert ist, nur um dann das Gegenteil festzustellen. Und war das Jahr eigentlich eine Woche oder drei Jahre lang? BUCHEMPFEHLUNGEN: Mona Awad „All's well“ (Simon & Schuster, 2023) - https://tidd.ly/3BIg45j * Jen Begain „Big Swiss“ (Atlantik Verlag, 2023) - https://tidd.ly/4iFfndJ * HIER FINDET IHR UNS: Spotify Bewertung - https://tinyurl.com/24voda5d Apple Bewertung - https://apple.co/2NX1rBW YouTube Kanal - https://tinyurl.com/277fkhcm Buchempfehlungen - https://bit.ly/2Z7wb9r Musik-Playlist - https://tinyurl.com/2cnd34jq Kat - https://instagram.com/katcomatose Zora - https://instagram.com/ichbinszora Email-Kontakt: londoncallingpodcast (at) googlemail (dot) com *Affiliate Link (Thalia)

This week, Emily tells us about strange food cravings in The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim, while Rebecca shares the sinister side of self care in Rouge by Mona Awad. We talk about Fable going missing (but returning!), share some fears described in these novels, and Emily brings up Stray Kids yet again!   Our infatuations: 13 - HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDaD2y5J5b0&ab_channel=StrayKids  Respirator - HAN and Seungmin of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGtJXeH6LQ&ab_channel=StrayKids  Human - HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEjHFRzv5TY&ab_channel=StrayKids  Prelude to Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA    Follow us: infatuatedpodcast@outlook.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/infatuatedpod Emily's Instagram - https://instagram.com/emiloue_  Emily's TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@emiloue Rebecca's Instagram - https://instagram.com/grammour.puss Rebecca's Twitter - https://twitter.com/grammourpuss    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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.

In which the diadem is found and destroyed and also Fred dies. Email us at restrictedsectionpod@gmail.com to tell us what you thought of The Battle of Hogwarts or even what you think of us! We'd love to read your email on the show. Be sure to subscribe to know right away about new episodes, and rate and review! SUPPORT US ON OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/therestrictedsection THANK YOU LOVE YOU BUY OUR MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/restricted-section-podcast THANK YOU LOVE YOU IG: https://www.instagram.com/restrictedsectionpod/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rspoddetentioncrew/   Check out our other amazing Deus Ex Media podcasts! www.deusexmedia.org   This episode featured: Danni! Danni plugged Depressions & Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781943735204 Also I Love You, Call Me https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780593185872 Also just check out their IG https://www.instagram.com/badass_sab/?hl=en Christina Kann https://linktr.ee/christinakann Christina plugged Bitch Planet https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781632153661 Also Rouge by Mona Awad https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781982169695 Haley Simpkiss Haley plugged Interview with the Vampire https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3960394/

This is an analysis of Bunny by Mona Awad from 3 perspectives. We might not get everything right, but using our combined theories and thoughts on the book we hope we did it justice. Author's website: https://monaawadauthor.com/ Elizabeth's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingWryly Elizabeth's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingwryly/ Summer's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SeasonsReadings Summer's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seasonsreadingss/ Join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkbookishpodcast Buy Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/talkbookishpodcast/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talk-bookish-to-me/support

Brianna and Caleb are back for their mid year Book Discussion, this time taking a spoiler filled look at the fourth novel by acclaimed Canadian author Mona Awad. Blending horror and fairy tale, Rouge tells the story of a woman's beauty obsession leading down a dark and twisted road, filled with fun strange turns, and creepy characters, both your hosts give a hearty recommendation to check this out before listening. So If you haven't read the book, check it out, then join your hosts as they discuss it.    This episode was recorded on May 14th, 2024.   What was your favorite book of the year? Let your hosts know over at the thenoviceelitists@gmail.com or reach out to us on twitter @CalebAlexader    Find more of Caleb & Brianna's adventures in reading on her bookstagram: https://instagram.com/the.opposites.bookstagram?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=   Or follow her goodreads account: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/31302788-brianna

For July we're picking books with a colour in the title and the first book we're chatting about is Rouge by Mona Awad! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

We're setting up Seth Rubin, a queer, trans, and nonbinary Los Angeles-based comedian and writer. Seth's writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Onion, Reductress, McSweeney's, and more. They currently write full-time for Jackbox Games and they were named one of Gold Comedy's 22 Comedians to Watch in 2022. With a PhD in geology up their sleeve, Seth's on the spot TED talk would be about volcanoes. They're a snob about ice cream and movies, and they don't consider themselves a romantic. A perfect Saturday for Seth includes waking up late, brunch and the Saturday crossword, and going to the movies or a bookstore. Seth has twenty tattoos, but would love to add one of a sandwich. Seth recently read and enjoyed Bunny by Mona Awad and Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead. Seth, welcome! The winning bookstore: Marble City Books The picks Outline by Rachel Cusk Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link Mrs. S by K. Patrick People Collide by Isle McElroy Where to find us: Find our show online at blinddatewithabookpod.com and @bookmeetcute on Twitter and Instagram. Please follow and tell us all the books you've fallen in love with recently.

In this episode, Maya and special guest Maddy ponder lots of different facets of life in their discussion of Bunny by Mona Awad. Sierra Madre Golf https://sierramadregolf.com/?ref=mayag or use Code MAYAG Subscribe to the My Take newsletter that comes out every other friday: https://mytake.aweb.page/p/5c793f97-1177-42ff-a0a9-5c9f3b7313b1  My Take also has a Patreon, where every month there will be fun bonus content, including a book club, so it would mean the world if you could support us there!  Connect with Maya: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_mytake/?hl=en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mytakepod Website: https://mytakepodcast.weebly.com/  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/my-take/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/my-take/support

Zoë and Ryan are BACK this week as they check in about what books they have been reading along with other tangents. Become a paid member of our Substack at ⁠bookhoes.substack.com⁠ for bonus content, including extended author interviews and access to The Drunken Literate episodes. Join us on Geneva ⁠here⁠ to connect with other listeners and get behind-the-scenes content from Zoë and Ryan! Linktree: ⁠linktr.ee/nycbookhoes⁠ Instagram @nycbookhoes Email: ⁠nycbookhoes@gmail.com Books Discussed in this Episode: I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton Funny Story by Emily Henry Olga Dies Dreaming Pineapple Street Yours Truly The Fox Wife Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin All Dressed Up Blessed Water Argylle by Elly Conway (allegedly) Rouge by Mona Awad

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the first five episodes of X-Men '97. Enjoy!  *** The Coda: Hopadillo from Karbach Brewing and Jim's Organic Coffee Sweet Love Blend *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: This by Earth Suits Colin's recommendation: Bunny by Mona Awad and "Is There Something in the Movies?" by Samia *** Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

say hello to our very first talk lit, get hit bonus episode! we had the pleasure of talking to jade from literature done juicy - a podcast all about literature (you guessed it) and its intersection with pop-culture, science, history and so much more.we took the time to chat a little deeper about the author mona awad and two of her most popular books rouge (you can listen to the talk lit, get hit episode on this one while you're at it) and bunny (keep an eye on jade's feed for this). in this episode we discuss MFA writing programs, the occult and of course, the insidious power of a college clique. sounds great, doesn't it bunny? put on your red shoes, slap on your finest snail mucin and join us for our first ever bonus episode!choose our next podcast read by going here and voting in the first week of each month!make sure you subscribe to hear our groundbreaking thoughts as soon as they are unleashed. if you want to be on the same page as us, follow us at talklit.gethit on Instagram and TikTok.theme music born from the creative genius of Big Boi B.talk lit, get hit acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waterways where we record this podcast. further, we acknowledge the cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.

In which the Death Eaters have a staff meeting. Email us at restrictedsectionpod@gmail.com to tell us what you thought of The Dark Lord Ascending or even what you think of us! We'd love to read your email on the show. Be sure to subscribe to know right away about new episodes, and rate and review! SUPPORT US ON OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/therestrictedsection THANK YOU LOVE YOU BUY OUR MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/restricted-section-podcast THANK YOU LOVE YOU IG: https://www.instagram.com/restrictedsectionpod/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rspoddetentioncrew/   Check out our other amazing Deus Ex Media podcasts! www.deusexmedia.org   This episode featured: Christina Kann https://linktr.ee/christinakann Christina plugged Twilight by Stephanie Meyer https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780316327336 Also Bunny by Mona Awad https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780525559757 Also Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9780593321201 Also Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White https://bookshop.org/a/97181/9781682635636 Lelia Hilton IG @leelz4realz http://instagram.com/leelz4realz Lelia plugged taking advantage of your work bennies Zach from My Cabbages! https://www.deusexmedia.org/mycabbages Zach plugged The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy https://www.amazon.com/Second-Best-Hospital-Galaxy/dp/B0CMLPX36T

Hey book lovers, welcome back to Stories in Two!

Bunny, by Mona Awad, is a nightmare fairy tale of Samantha Mackey as she navigates an exclusive MFA program in the company of a clique of girls who call each other "Bunny." She gets an invitation to join the Bunnies' Smut Salon and the book gets very hard for Carleigh and Hannah to describe after that. But they give it the ol' college try (wink wink). Spoilers begin in minute 31. 

Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty – we're talking about Rouge by Mona Awad! Special guest Mary Kay McBrayer (author and podcast host) joins us for a deep dive into this surreal world to chat about genre, mother-daughter relationships, the toxic beauty industry, and of course, Tom Cruise himself. Next we catch up with what's on the blog, including a post about Hazbin Hotel and new Bachelor recaps! Buckle up for our next Othersode on Jennifer Lopez's movie-thing, This is Me…Now on March 5th. Then read along for our next Bookpisode about Thorn Hedge by T. Kingfisher on March 19th! Please leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts, and we might read it on the pod!Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/booksquadgoalsTOC:30 – Welcome Mary Kay! And childhood crushes9:11 – The very extra Goodreads summary14:44 – Genre21:41 – Mother Daughter relationships52:57 – The ending1:08:40 – Tom Cruise1:23:30 – Cover art corner1:26:35 – Ratings1:31:16 – Mary Kay's new podcast, what's on the blog? What's up next?Links: https://www.vogue.com/article/mona-awad-fathers-day-essayhttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-greatest-true-crime-s-128412643/

Get in, losers; we're listening to a podcast the whole way there! Join the Book Squad, aka the Army of Skanks, to discuss the new Mean Girls movie, which IS in fact a musical. We talk about our individual histories with Mean Girls, the music and singing, the performances, and changes that worked and didn't from the original. Next we catch up with what's on the blog and Kelli shames listeners (Send feedback! Leave a rating! Write a review! Become a patron!). Read along for our next Bookpisode on Rouge by Mona Awad, featuring special guest Mary Kay McBrayer on 2/20. Then brace yourself for whatever This Is Me…Now is because we're discussing it on our next Othersode on 3/5. TOC::30– Welcome! And Icebreaker9:40– Movie intro and spoiler warning29:54– What was up with the marketing?40:45– The cast and the music1:00:40– Changes the new adaptation made1:14:10– What's on the blog? What's up next? Kelli's shame corner

Recorded on January 24, 2024 Book Talk starts at 19:28 Our Fall Sweater KAL has ended!  Please stayed tuned to the end of the episode to find out if you won a prize.  We had 107 completed sweaters - way to go! Our Summer Tops KAL will run February 1 to June 1, 2024.  It needs to be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will the parameters of that to you.  Come chat with us about summer tops on our KAL thread, and check out our Summer Tops bundle for pattern ideas!   Events Tracie and Barb will  NoCKRs - April 25-28, 2024 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA.  The retreat is full but you can still get on the waiting list!   KNITTING Barb Finished: Bankhead Hat #27 by Susie Gourley   Tracie finished: Socks to match my Archer in Dizzy Blonde Studios Dizzy Color in Delete and Lisa Souza Dyeworks Deluxe Sock in Cornflower   Barb working on: Colourwheel DK 1 Ball Scarf by Sirdar, using a Sirdar Colourwheel in the Follow the Rainbow Colorway Cheeky Cables Socks  by Mary Lukas using Universal Yarns Zesty Sock in the Pearl colorway Velvet Pullover by Claudia Quintinilla/Ewe Knit Toronto, using  Serendipidye Kings Mountain Fingering in the Piccadilly colorway, Invictus Yarn Adventure in the Don't Look Under the Lilacs colorway, Invictus Yarns Master of my Feet in the Adagio and the Bobby color ways   Barb has cast on: Bankhead Hat #28 CAPROCK tee by Yamagata using Araucania Ollagua   Tracie has cast on: Beginner's Rainbow Rabbit by Claire Garland in periwinkle Tahki Linguine from the NYFR destash   She continues to work on: Jen by Josée Paquin in Marianated Yarns Scrumptious HT in Sea of Glass and Indigo Bunting, Laneras Barefoot in Coral and Invictus Yarns Unconquerable Sole BFL in the Powerful colorway Fresh Favorite Tee by Christen Clement Designs in Queen City Yarn Coleman in the Maple colorway Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota using fingering scraps   BOOKS Barb read: Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary by Rebecca Front - 4 stars 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard - 3 stars Prom Mom - by Laura Lipman - 5 stars Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases (Crime Files #8) by Ann Rule - 4 stars High Country (Anna Pigeon #12) by Nevada Barr - 5 stars   Tracie read: Wham! George Michael and Me by Andrew Ridgeley - 4.5 stars Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen - 3 stars 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr - 3 stars Bunny by Mona Awad - 3 stars Deadly Pretender: the Double Life of David Miller by Karen Kingsbury   Tracie recommends the TV show Jury Duty on Prime Video/FreeVee

Desirae and library assistant Kate discuss chilling horror stories, including author Jonathan Edward Durham's debut novel, Winterset Hollow. Also mentioned: Skin Thief by Suzan Palumbo; Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw; Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff; Watership Down by Richard Adams; What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher; and Bunny by Mona Awad. Check out books and movies at countycat.mcfls.org, wplc.overdrive.com, and hoopladigital.com. For more about WAPL, visit westallislibrary.org. Music: Tim Moore via Pixabay

Biography, but make it fiction. Join the Book Squad for a discussion of Biography of X by Catherine Lacey. We talk about the novel's alternative-America backdrop, the depiction of the South, X's “art, and what is up with the narrator. After that, Kelli interviews author Emily Austin (Interesting Facts About Space, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead) about her latest novel, her writing process, the importance of queer stories, and of course, space! Plus, Emily asks Kelli some questions about designing her beautiful book covers! Then we get into some listener feedback for Looking Glass Sound and catch up with what's on the blog. Go see the new Mean Girls movie and join us for our next Othersode on 2/6 to hear us talk about it. Then special guest Mary Kay McBrayer will join us for our next Bookpisode on Rouge by Mona Awad on 2/20! Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and consider becoming a patron for just $3 a month!TOC:30 – Welcome! And icebreaker6:29 – Why biography?? And book intro14:00 – Alternate history23:39 – And how it relates to the south35:00 – How X sucks46:04 – What is up with the narrator?50:37 – Kelli's art corner59:00 – Ratings1:02:30 – Emily Austin interview!1:51:10 – Listener Feedback1:56:26 – What's on the blog? What's up next?Links: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/01/catherine-lacey-that-constant-nervous-twitter-energy-repels-me-biography-of-x

We air highlights from our November Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Mona Awad. We spent the month reading her novel, Rouge, which tells the story of a woman named Belle, who investigates the mysterious death of her beauty obsessed mother, and encounters the dangerous magic mirror that might have entranced her. Awad speaks about the book, and takes questions from our audience.

We air highlights from our November Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Mona Awad. We spent the month reading her novel, Rouge. We were also joined for a special performance from musical guest Dear Dear (Chase Cohl), whose new album is called death of a fairytale.

A brief discussion about the book Bunny by Mona Awad with our Special Guest and best friend Jessica D'ambrosio. Also a lot of tea and gossip and silly talking.

[REBROADCAST FROM Nov. 7, 2023] Mona Awad is our November Get Lit with All Of It book club author. She joins us to give a preview of her new novel, Rouge, which tells the story of a woman named Belle who investigates the mysterious death of her beauty-obsessed mother. Belle encounters the dangerous magic mirror that might have entranced her. Click here to borrow your free e-copy of the book and to grab your free ticket to our November 27 event with Mona Awad.

Mona Awad is our November Get Lit with All Of It book club author. She joins us to give a preview of her new novel, Rouge, which tells the story of a woman named Belle who investigates the mysterious death of her beauty-obsessed mother. Belle encounters the dangerous magic mirror that might have entranced her. Click here to borrow your free e-copy of the book and to grab your free ticket to our November 27 event with Mona Awad.  

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This week, R. Eric Thomas, TV writer and author of Congratulations, The Best Is Over!, and Alex Abad-Santos, senior correspondent for Vox, joined us to reflect on the end of the writers' strike and the 20th anniversary of the pumpkin spice latte.Then, we revel in the best new books coming out this fall! We called up some of our favorite readers and writers to find out what they're most excited to read. Here are the titles in order of when they were mentioned in the episode. For links and full descriptions, head to our website! ‘The Woman in Me' by Britney Spears‘Same Bed Different Dreams' by Ed Park‘How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins' by Helena de Bres‘Iron Flame' by Rebecca Yarros‘Rouge' by Mona Awad‘Organ Meats' by K-Ming Chang‘A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand‘Edith Holler' By Edward Carey‘The Reformatory' by By Tananarive Due‘The Vaster Wilds' by Lauren Groff (Nerdette Book Club pick!)‘Land of Milk and Honey' by C Pam Zhang (Nerdette Book Club pick!)‘Roaming' by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki‘Vampires of El Norte' by Isabel Cañas‘The Iliad' translated by Emily Wilson‘The Vulnerables' by Sigrid Nunez‘Family Lore' by Elizabeth Acevedo‘North Woods' by Daniel Mason‘The Unsettled' by Ayana Mathis]]>

Mona Awad is the bestselling author of the novel Rouge, available from Marysue Rucci Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Awad's other books include the novels All's Well, Bunny, and the story collection 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. Bunny was a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award and the New England Book Award. It was named a Best Book of 2019 by Time, Vogue and the New York Public Library. It is currently being developed for film by Jenni Konner and New Regency Productions. All's Well was a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award. 13 Ways won the Amazon Best First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. Awad currently teaches fiction in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. She is based in Boston. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason and Brett talk to Mona Awad (Rouge) about the key ingredients of a fairy tale, the cult of the beauty industry, and how her own biracial background influenced her writing this contemporary gothic Snow White. Mona Awad is the author of the novels All's Well, Bunny, and 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. Bunny was a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award and the New England Book Award. It was named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, and the New York Public Library. It is currently being developed for film with Bad Robot Productions. All's Well was a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. Awad's forthcoming novel Rouge, is being adapted for film by Fremantle and Sinestra. This spring, Margaret Atwood named Awad her ‘literary heir' in The New York Times's T Magazine. She teaches fiction in the creative writing program at Syracuse University and is based in Boston.**BOOKS!** Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content! Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch! Follow us on Instagram @gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitmanWhat are you reading? Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

Mona Awad visits the Damn Library via the casual magic of web video for a third go round, this time for her bedeveling, garnet-bedazzled Rouge. She talks about putting her characters through the ringer, horror stories showing you a path, Tom Cruise, beauty cults, and more. Plus, both Mona and Christopher extoll the many virtues of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, and how it came at exactly the right time. contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)

“… this was a book about beauty, and I wanted it to be very honest.”  In Mona Awad's Rouge, gothic family-drama meets fairy tale (with a hint of horror) as a young woman navigates the world of youth and beauty in the aftermath of her mother's death.   Awad joins us to talk about how her obsession with skincare led to writing this book, creating a mother and daughter dynamic, the importance of writing with a distinct voice and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson.      This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.            New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.           Featured Books (Episode):  Rouge by Mona Awad  Bunny by Mona Awad  13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad  American Psycho Bret Easton Ellis  Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys  Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys  Featured Books (TBR Topoff):  Maeve Fly by CJ Leede  Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 

Critically acclaimed novelist Mona Awad joins us to discuss Rouge (Marysue Rucci Books, Sept. 12). Kirkus: “A woman tangles with a cultlike spa and her own obsession with physical beauty in the wake of her mother's death in this hypnotic tour de force” (starred review). Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.

I speak with Hannah Carlson, who has a PHD in material culture, to talk about her book, Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close.Books Recommended:The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland BarberHappiness Falls by Angie KimQueen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline WeberRouge by Mona AwadBarbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William FinneganGuest author recommendation: Laura Zimmerman Just Do This One Thing For MeRecommendsWeather by Jenny Offill Other Books Discussed:Prophet by Sin Blanche and Helen McDonald Miracle Creek by Angie KimUp Next:Pet by Catherine ChidgeyThe Fraud by Zadie Smith Annie Sullivan and I recommend book live on Instagram @JenniferCaloyeras 9 am 9 /19Shop my Journals and Art in my Etsy Shop The Weaver and the Witch Queen Giveaway Link, closes Thursday, 9/14 Sign up for my weekly newsletter out each Tuesday.Follow me on Substack. Follow me on InstagramSupport the showI hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Montreal artist Debby Friday reveals her bedside book and feature interviews with award-winning authors Sean Michaels, Mona Awad, and Yasuko Thanh.

As we wrap up the summer, E. J. and Emma have completed their summer reading and are ready to report back. Emma assigned E. J. to read Bunny by Mona Awad, a speculative/horror cult favorite with shocking twists and a lot of takes. Bunny, we have a lot to talk about. Egregious spoilers ahead.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the copyright lawsuit two well-known authors are bringing against OpenAI. Then stick around as Christine chats with New York Times and USA Today bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub! Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than ninety novels, best known for the single-title psychological suspense novels she writes under her own name. Those books and the women's fiction written under the pseudonym Wendy Markham have also appeared on the USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookscan bestseller lists. Her latest novel, Windfall, releases tomorrow, July 11, 2023, and is available for preorder now. Check It Out! Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay's suit against OpenAI - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/05/authors-file-a-lawsuit-against-openai-for-unlawfully-ingesting-their-books Hinton Publishing - https://www.hintonpublishing.com/ "The Year of The Slim Volume" = https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a44377129/short-books-popularity/ Submit your solar punk/optimistic sci-fi, horror ghost stories, or dragon-featured tales to PW for fall coverage consideration (deadline is July 18, so hurry!) - https://www.publishersweekly.com/sffhsept23 Show Links: Writers, Ink on YouTube! - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts⁠⁠⁠ J.D. Barker - ⁠⁠⁠https://jdbarker.com/⁠⁠⁠ Christine Daigle - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/⁠⁠⁠ JP Rindfleisch IX - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jprindfleischix.com/⁠⁠⁠ Kevin Tumlinson - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kevintumlinson.com/⁠⁠⁠ Patrick O'Donnell - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.copsandwriters.com/⁠⁠⁠ Wendy Corsi Staub - https://wendycorsistaub.com/ TODAY'S SPONSOR: AutoCrit - https://www.autocrit.com/jd (click this link to take advantage of our Writers Ink special offer!!!) Best of BookTok - ⁠⁠⁠https://bestofbooktok.com/⁠⁠⁠ Booktrib - ⁠⁠https://booktrib.com/author/writers-ink/⁠⁠ Music by Nicorus - ⁠⁠⁠https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep⁠⁠⁠ Voice Over by Rick Ganley - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.nhpr.com⁠⁠⁠ and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.millpondstudio.com⁠⁠⁠ Show notes & audio production by Geoff Emberlyn - ⁠https://twitter.com/horrorstoic⁠⁠⁠ Website Design by Word & Pixel - ⁠⁠⁠http://wordandpixel.com/⁠⁠⁠ Contact - ⁠⁠⁠https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/⁠⁠⁠ *NOTE: Some of the links are affiliate links. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersink/support

This week, Kelly talks about two darkly funny works of literary fiction for fans of Yellowface and Mona Awad. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Bunny by Mona Awad All's Well by Mona Awad Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Disorientation by Elaine Hseih Chou One's Company by Ashley Hutson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, we delve into the groundbreaking class-action lawsuit filed against OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. We discuss the allegations of copyright and privacy violations, exploring the perspectives of both the plaintiffs and the defendant. Authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad, who believe their works were used by ChatGPT without consent, join the ever-growing list of parties concerned about their intellectual property rights in the era of AI. Meanwhile, OpenAI maintains that its technology constitutes fair use.We also examine the broader implications of this case for the tech industry, with a particular focus on the potential for further litigation against companies like OpenAI. With the novelty of these circumstances, we ponder how courts might approach such cases in the future and whether we may see legal safeguards established to protect copyrights in the age of AI.Join us for an engaging conversation on the intersection of AI, copyright, and privacy, as we try to understand what this lawsuit means for the world of technology and its users​.Support the showLet's get into it!Follow us!Email us: TheCatchupCast@Gmail.com

On this day, June 30th, in legal history, the 26th Amendment was ratified making the legal voting age a uniform 18.The amendment is straight and to the point, consistent of two sections and holding:Section 1The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.Section 2The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.The history of the reduction of the voting age is inextricably tied to Vietnam. During the 1960s, there was a growing movement across the United States to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. This push was fueled in part by the Vietnam War, as young men between 18 and 21 were being drafted into the military. Advocates argued that if these individuals were old enough to fight, they should be old enough to vote. Facing legislative inaction, supporters of lowering the voting age included a provision in a 1970 bill that extended the Voting Rights Act. However, the Supreme Court ruled in Oregon v. Mitchell that Congress couldn't lower the voting age for state and local elections. To avoid confusion and costs associated with maintaining separate voting rolls, Congress proposed and the states ratified the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 for all elections.The US Supreme Court has ruled that universities cannot use race as a factor in admissions, overturning decades of precedent. The court's 6-3 decision stated that programs at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violated the Constitution's equal protection clause. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, rejected the argument that these programs were necessary for campus diversity. The ruling is expected to lead to fewer Black and Hispanic students at top universities and require many schools to revise their admissions policies. President Joe Biden disagreed strongly with the decision, claiming it effectively ends affirmative action in college admissions.Rather than recount the stretched logic and thinly masked reasoning behind the majority's overturning decades of precedent, I'll summarize Justice Jackson's dissent. Justice Jackson highlights the existence of significant racial disparities in the health, wealth, and well-being of American citizens, which have been inherited from the past and continue to persist today. She argues that these disparities contradict the fundamental principle of equality and suggests that holistic admissions programs, like the one implemented by the University of North Carolina (UNC), are a necessary solution to address this issue. She joins Justice Sotomayor's opinion that race can be considered in college admissions to ensure racial diversity, emphasizing the universal benefits of such considerations. She counters the contention made by the plaintiff, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), that considering race in admissions is unfair, stating that it ignores the historical and ongoing impact of discrimination and the transmission of inequality across generations. Ultimately, Justice Jackson dissents from the majority's decision to restrict the use of race in admissions, arguing that it hampers progress without a legal, historical, logical, or justifiable basis. A particularly salient quote from Justice Jackson's dissent:With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces “colorblindness for all” by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. And having so detached itself from this country's actual past and present experiences, the Court has now been lured into interfering with the crucial work that UNC and other institutions of higher learning are doing to solve America's real-world problems.Supreme Court Rejects Use of Race in University Admissions (3)“A Tragedy for Us All”: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Dissent | The NationIn a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court sided with a Christian website designer who argued that her freedom of speech entitled her to create wedding pages exclusively for opposite-sex couples. The court determined that anti-discrimination laws, including the specific Colorado measure involved in the case, must allow for exceptions for businesses engaged in expressive activities. Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Against Same-Sex Marriage (1)The US Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on the legality of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt, which aims to benefit up to 43 million Americans. The conservative justices expressed skepticism during arguments in February, considering legal challenges brought by six conservative-leaning states and two individual borrowers. The ruling has significant implications for the 26 million borrowers who sought relief after Biden announced the plan but faced opposition from lower courts. Biden's plan, fulfilling a campaign promise, seeks to cancel a portion of the $1.6 trillion federal student loan debt, but it faced criticism from Republicans who viewed it as an overreach of presidential authority. The plan would forgive up to $10,000 or $20,000 in federal student debt based on income and grant eligibility. The Biden administration argued that the plan is authorized under the 2003 HEROES Act, which empowers the education secretary to modify student financial assistance during emergencies. The legal challenge faced opposition from a federal judge in Missouri but was found to have proper standing by the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Additionally, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the plan exceeded the administration's authority. Public opinion on the debt relief plan is divided along partisan lines, with Democrats generally supportive and Republicans opposed. The Supreme Court's ruling will have significant implications for student loan borrowers and the Biden administration's efforts to address student debt.Supreme Court to decide fate of Biden student loan forgiveness | ReutersOpenAI Inc. is facing another class-action copyright lawsuit that alleges its popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is trained on books without obtaining permission from the authors. The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT's machine learning training dataset includes content that OpenAI copied without consent, credit, or compensation. OpenAI and other generative AI companies have been encountering intellectual property and privacy lawsuits, as regulators and Congress attempt to regulate the industry. This latest lawsuit follows a previous class-action suit against OpenAI, accusing the company's AI models of scraping personal information from the internet in violation of privacy laws. It also references a separate copyright suit filed in 2022 regarding OpenAI's AI coding assistant, Copilot. The plaintiffs in the current case, authors Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad, allege that ChatGPT has provided accurate summaries of their books, leading them to believe their works were copied without permission. The lawsuit mentions a 2020 paper from OpenAI, which states that a portion of the training dataset comes from "shadow libraries" like Library Genesis and Sci-Hub, which illegally publish copyrighted works. OpenAI Legal Troubles Mount With Suit Over AI Training on Novels Get full access to Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast at www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by friend and frequent co-host Hunter for a mid-year reading check-in and to chat all about their favorite books of 2023 so far. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website: Annie: First five-star read: Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny Most surprising: The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill Least favorite: When in Rome by Liam Callanan or Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Next on your TBR: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry / Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Most anticipated release: Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward / Family Meal by Bryan Washington Annie's Top Ten: 1. In Memoriam by Alice Winn 2. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 3. Stealing by Margaret Verble 4. All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore 5. How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key 6. Monsters by Claire Dederer 7. Paper Names by Susie Luo 8. Congratulations, the Best Is Over by R. Eric Thomas 9. If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook 10. How Far to the Promised Land by Esau McCauley Hunter: First five-star read: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Most surprising: Brother and Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella Least favorite: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai / The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie Next on your TBR: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Most anticipated release for fall: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff / Family Meal by Bryan Washington Hunter's Top Ten: 1. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin 2. August Blue by Deborah Levy 3. Monsters by Claire Dederer 4. The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varela 5. My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Albert Florin 6. The New Life by Tom Crewe 7. Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 8. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff 9. Witness by Jamel Brinkley 10. In Memoriam by Alice Wynn 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 at @bookshelftville, 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 Talking at Night by Claire Deverly. Hunter is reading Rouge by Mona Awad. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. 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...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins. Thank you to this week's sponsor, Visit Thomasville. Summer is a wonderful time to see Thomasville, Georgia!  If it's time to hit the road for a quick getaway, we're exactly what you're looking for! You can rekindle your spark, explore historical sites, indulge in dining out, shop at amazing independent stores, and finally relax and unwind. There's no better getaway than Thomasville!  Whether you live close by or are passing through, we hope you'll visit beautiful Thomasville, Georgia – it's worth the trip! Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.  

My guest this week is my beautiful daughter Ella. Ella just finished a semester at the University of Leicester, where she studied the novels of Jane Austen, and we have been talking nonstop about the books versus the movie adaptations, as well as feminism in Jane Austens books, and whether or not Harry Styles can smolder. It's a journey. Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram   Guest: Ella Strauss   Join the Best Book Ever Newsletter HERE!   Subscribe for FREE to receive weekly emails with complete show notes, photos of our guests, and updates on what Julie is reading on her own time.   Support the podcast for just $5/month and you'll receive the weekly newsletter AND a monthly themed curated book list.   Become a Founder for $100 and you'll receive the weekly newsletter, the monthly curated book list, AND a personal thank you on the podcast AND a Best Book Ever T-Shirt in your favorite color and style.     Discussed in this episode:   1st Annual Kids/YA Episode when Ella told me about Kate Atkinson Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Clueless Movie Bride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Movie A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Here comes the smolder – from “Tangled” Derek Zoolander's “Blue Steel” Here is the Mr. Darcy hand flex scene that all the kids are weirdly obsessed with We Were Liars by E. Lockhart The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird Eve Ensler Colleen Hoover Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad   (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links. If you shop using my affiliate link on Bookshop, a portion of your purchase will go to me, at no extra expense to you. Thank you for supporting indie bookstores and for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

This week on From the Front Porch, a familiar series gets a fresh new name! Backlist Book Club was where Annie and Hunter read or re-read a book that came out several years prior. Now, it's called Bookmarked with Annie and Hunter! This time on Bookmarked, they're discussing Tinkers by Paul Harding. You can purchase your copy from our website here. 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 at @bookshelftville, 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.  Thank you to this week's sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com. This week, Annie is listening to Happy Place by Emily Henry (releases on April 25th). Preorder Happy Place on Libro.fm here. Preoder a physical copy of Happy Place here. Hunter is reading Rouge by Mona Awad (releases September 12th). If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. 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...Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Hi besties, Let's get into it! To begin our chit chat, we share our thoughts on Emma Chamberlain's $10K Instagram DMs and Jas shares her latest celeb encounter. This moves us onto a chat about Liam Payne's new look and his apparent redemption arc. Next, resident wellness warrior, Gwenyth Paltrow shared her food diary on a US podcast this week. She's received backlash and has attempted to justify it in a very interesting way… We discuss the implications of this advice and the lack of size diversity on the runway this fashion season. We reference this article by Tariro Mzezewa for The Cut. Next, we chat about the Oscars season and the historic diversity moments before launching into a discussion around celeb stylist Law Roach's retirement. We read from Law Roach's interview with Lindsay Peoples for The Cut. In recommendation land, because we're in the same book club (!!) we share our thoughts on Bunny by Mona Awad. Katie Zhou created our fab cover art and India Raine is our wonderful producer and composer of our jingle. Email us at cultureclubmail@gmail.com, find us on Instagram @cultureclubpod, or on our personal accounts @jasmineeskye and @yemagz.See ya next time. Xoxo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two witty novels, two funny women, and two engaging interviews await you in this Double Shot episode of Poured Over. This pair of authors and their stories of relationships and what happens when they end fit so well together - if you're a fan of one, you're sure to love the other. Listen in as both authors talk separately with host Miwa Messer.  Schitt's Creek writer Monica Heisey's debut novel REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY gets at the heart of the Millennial struggle as one twenty-something puts her life together again after divorce. Heisey joins us to talk about how we cope when relationships end, what happens when characters spend their lives online, how to find a voice as a comedic writer and more.   SMALL WORLD by Laura Zigman is a different kind of post-divorce novel that focuses on family in the wake of change. Zigman talks about how we get to know our families as adults, the many manifestations of grief, how to work through writer's block and what she's reading now.     Featured Books (Episode): Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey Small World by Laura Zigman Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman The Idiot by Elif Batuman Bunny by Mona Awad   Featured Books (TBR Topoff): Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee   Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.  

Today, we are toppling your TBR with Shakespeare-inspired stories, retellings, and adaptations. We have ten books for you today, but there are so many more we could have discussed. Join our community over on  Patreon for three additional recommendations from each of us!    Pairings   Chelsey: If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston That Way Madness Lies, edited by Dahlia Adler Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel All's Well by Mona Awad   Sara: The Third Witch by Rebecca Reiser A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler New Boy by Tracy Chevalier Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin   Coming Up October (next week!): Macbeth by William Shakespeare November: The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo   To support Novel Pairings: Write a review in Apple Podcasts.  Subscribe to our newsletter at novelpairings.substack.com Join our Patreon community at patreon.com/novelpairings. Follow Novel Pairings on Instagram or Twitter.  Send this episode to a bookish friend!