Podcasts about sugar queen

Here at the I Heart My Life Community, we are biiiig on desire (as you might have noticed from all the episodes we've had about the subject). And for a good reason! Being able to get everything you desire in life is a skill, and I want aaaaall of us to be able to learn and master that skill. You see, manifesting your desires doesn't have to be difficult (or impossible, like a lot of naysayers would tell you). It can be done, as long as you follow the right steps and do the work needed. A great example of this is today's guest on the I Heart My Life podcast, the brilliant, beautiful Lina Kennedy. Lina (also known as the Sugar Queen) is a storyteller, an entrepreneur, an inventor, a teacher, a successful business owner, and an all in all super woman with decades of business experience. She is also the founder and president of Alexandria Professional, the global leader and authority in body sugaring hair removal systems. Today, Lina and I will be going all in and talking about manifesting your desires, how she built her super successful dream business, the importance of staying positive and consistent in life, and more. Are you ready? Because I am! All right, let's dive in.   In This Episode:  [00:00] Introduction [01:00] Lina shares her story and how she became the successful woman she is today [08:21] Marry a millionaire? No, I'll become one instead! [17:54] Lina shares how she learned to grow her business [20:41] Some business from the Sugar Queen herself [25:44] Lina shares the financial challenges she faced during her journey [35:34] Let's learn more about Lina's book   Quotes:  “When you say ‘I'm grateful for the joy, abundance, and love that finds me today. I'm open, I receive, I'm ready.' Those three things can change your life on a daily basis.” – Lina Kennedy “I'm all about moving on. That's probably one of the biggest gifts I was given to myself is just to move on. And so the opposite of that would be to remain stuck. I don't believe in that. At all. There is always a solution. It's whether or not you're brave enough, or fearless enough, because fear is what stops so many people from taking that first step forward or away.” – Lina Kennedy “I love life. Every day I wake up, I'm so grateful.” – Lina Kennedy “I wish I could take away the fear from people. You shouldn't fear trying something different, trying something for yourself against whatever people believe.” – Lina Kennedy “Women, please, if there's one thing you could do for yourself in this one lifetime, in this one journey we have here, it's to look to make yourself happy. Don't look for a man to make you happy.” – Lina Kennedy “The easiest thing you can do to grow a business is this: Communicate clearly. You want people to understand you? Say it straight.” – Lina Kennedy    Links & Resources:  Ready to Uplevel Your Life? Join here: https://www.iheartmylife.com/membership Follow the I Heart My Life Show on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-heart-my-life-show/id1569047758 Subscribe to the I Heart My Life Show on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zw6fI37FrfVjZMXlMiZZ6   Connect with Emily: Emily Williams Website https://emilywilliams.com/ Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilywilliams/   I Heart My Life Website https://www.iheartmylife.com/ I Heart My Life on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iheartmylife/ I Heart My Life on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/iheartmylifenow I Heart My Life on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/i-heart-my-life/   Join the IHML community to receive exclusive announcements and tips. https://www.iheartmylife.com/newsletter   Email: info@iheartmylife.com   Connect with Lina Kennedy: Learn more about Lina's work  https://linakennedy.com/ Get Lina's book  https://linakennedy.com/product/the-sugar-queen-book/ Follow Lina on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/linakennedyap/

On this episode of the Life Her podcast, I talk with beauty brand builder Lina Kennedy. She's the CEO of Alexandria Professional, a multi-million dollar body sugaring hair removal and skincare line, and she recently wrote a book called The Sugar Queen. If you have a background of family dysfunction, abuse, or poverty, this story is going to be especially uplifting to you. Lina's childhood was challenging in many ways, and our conversation starts with me asking her how she worked past these hinderances and became the generous and successful person she is today. Lina shares how she got involved in beauty and skincare, and what made her decide to start this business. She describes some of the early opportunities that came her way in the field, and how she maximized them to grow her skincare brand. She also shares some of the elements of her products and company values that set them apart from many other companies. She describes the process of creating the audio version of her new book, and why it was a good choice to take on the daunting task of narrating it herself. Then, we talk about the topic of fear versus fearlessness. What does fearlessness look like in everyday life, and why is it so rare in the world? Lina gives examples of times that it paid off to take risks, and of ways that her entrepreneur spirit pushed past limits and expectations. It's obvious that Lina puts her heart and soul into everything she does. She shares how her three kids are involved in the business, and how she plans to delegate more in this next year in order to be present in every aspect of her life. She also shares about her ongoing philanthropic involvement in the fight to end childhood abuse, and gives some wise words about healing and true forgiveness. Lina is on such a high level with regards to not letting others drag her down, and she has sharp discernment about people's character. She shares a beautiful redemption story about re-hiring someone who had previously done her company wrong, and how she could tell that person had just been lost, rather than truly evil. You'll be inspired this story and by our whole conversation, and I know it's going to help you see how you can take your life and entrepreneurship to new levels this year as well. Pick up the book here: https://linakennedy.com/product/the-sugar-queen-book --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeherpodcast/message

Here are the things to expect in the episode:What do you need to do to be successful in the future?What makes a business successful?What are the 5 factors that help a business become successful?Why is self-trust the key to success?And much more!About Lina:Lina is the founder of Alexandria Professional®, a multimillion-dollar business based on her hard work, innovations, and discoveries. Yet behind the compelling story of how she built her company lies another drama, the tale of an abused child who could not be crushed. Raised in poverty and dysfunction, she was sustained by her inner strength and by a near-death experience at age seven, a mysterious gift of reassurance and hope.Connect with Lina Kennedy!Websites: https://linakennedy.com/   |   https://www.alexandriaprofessional.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesugarqueenbook/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linakennedyap/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linakennedy/Connect with Kamie Lehmann!Website: https://www.kamielehmann.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kamie.lehmann.1LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamie-lehmann-04683473Learn more about how to minimize the emotional side effects of cancer: https://adventurefound.org/

Join Jake Randolph & Lina Kennedy AKA The Sugar Queen. She is the founder and president of Alexandria Professional®, the global leader and authority in body sugaring hair removal systems In this VALUE-PACKED discussion, you'll learn: ✅ Her secrets to growing multiple global beauty brands ✅ The key to turning adversity into profits ✅ Scaling businesses without sacrificing quality of life and so much more! Check out her new book The Sugar Queen on Amazon & Audible.  To learn how Jake Randolph can help you, go to https://pmumarketer.com/

Lina Kennedy has overcome significant adversity in her life. As a child, she experienced physical and sexual abuse, and had to contend with an alcoholic father. She also had a near-death experience as a child but was revived. This changed her destiny forever. Lina is a survivor who made it through thanks to inner strength and what she refers to as trusting in "the magic moment." Discover what that means in this week's episode of Motivational Mondays LEARN MORE: >> The first 50 listeners who subscribe to Lina's newsletter will get a FREE signed copy of her book, The Sugar Queen {https://outlook.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=09566159cbbc6c977d6eff793&id=4201eb8500} {https://amzn.to/3kwPHTH} >> Learn more about Alexandria Professional® {https://www.alexandriaprofessional.com} >> Connect with Lina on Instagram {@linakennedyap}

Lina Kennedy is the president and CEO of Alexandria Professional, a worldwide leader in body sugaring epilation. Lina was forced to grow up fast while supporting her alcoholic father at the age of 11. She was told to marry a millionaire but she chose to become one instead. Today she's known as the Sugar Queen and founder of Alexandria Professional®, a multimillion-dollar beauty brand with products sold in over 30,000 salons across the world. @linakennedyap @alexandria_professional @shopalexandriapro

As a child, Lina Kennedy was told to marry a millionaire. Instead, she became a millionaire and today, she's the head of a successful global beauty brand, Alexandria Professional® with products sold in 30,000 salons worldwide. For Lina, becoming wealthy was about more than just money. She wanted to make a difference with her wealth and by reaching financial success, she gained a platform to be heard. Lina's success also helped finance her advocacy work of bringing awareness to child exploitation and abuse. Through a newly formed non-profit organization, she hopes to tap into the global connections she's built to bring attention to child abuse. On this week's episode, Lina shares why just building awareness is not enough. There must be a global coalition. You'll learn how Lina was impacted by her own near-death experience, her passion for exposing child exploitation and abuse, and her mantra, “Change your mind, change your situation.”    LEARN MORE: >> The first 50 listeners who subscribe to Lina's newsletter will get a FREE signed copy of her book, The Sugar Queen {https://outlook.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=09566159cbbc6c977d6eff793&id=4201eb8500} {https://amzn.to/3kwPHTH} >> Learn more about Alexandria Professional® {https://www.alexandriaprofessional.com} >> Connect with Lina on Instagram {@linakennedyap}   NSLS MEMBERS ONLY: Listen to the bonus episode to learn how to balance your life through compartmentalization and how decluttering your environment can help you to achieve clarity. {https://thens.ls/3KzfwNH}

Legs chats to the American artist, now living in The Netherlands, and otherwise known as Sugar Queen

In the next edition of The Roadhouse, it's an hour of professional blues musicans. No amateurs, here. Dave Specter, Sue Foley, Gaye Adegbalola, Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band, and Corey Harris are ahead. They're musicians focused on their chosen craft and we're just listeners focused on another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

In the next edition of The Roadhouse, it's an hour of professional blues musicans. No amateurs, here. Dave Specter, Sue Foley, Gaye Adegbalola, Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band, and Corey Harris are ahead. They're musicians focused on their chosen craft and we're just listeners focused on another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

Треклист передачи: 01 Reaper's Revenge - Warheads 02 Death Rising - Black Seed Of Demonic Sin. 03 Wicked Smile - We Fall 04 Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band - Better Days 05 Mainline - The Unholy Idol 06 Naked Gypsy Queens - Down to the Devil 07 ToxicRose - The Great Escape 08 Two Year Break - Shave 'Em On That 09 Angela Mosley & the Blu Elements - Mean Old World 09 Scarlet Aura - Dark Lightning 10 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 11 Dion - ""Angel In The Alleyways"" with Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen" 12 Alcatrazz - Sword of Deliverance 13 Coldplay - My Universe (feat. BTS) 14 The Blow Monkeys - More Than A Miracle 15 8th Day - Tracht Gut Remix 16 Beast In Black - Moonlight Rendezvous 17 Aurelien Morro Group - Next to Me 18 Eastwood Haze - House of the Rising Sun 19 Tom Morello - Highway to Hell (feat. Bruce Springsteen & Eddie Vedder) 20 Joanne Shaw Taylor - Keep On Lovin' Me 21 Deep Sea Thieves - Here We Go Again 22 Santana - Break (feat. Ally Brooke) Слушайте каждую пятницу в 15-00 с повторами на неделе на motoradio.online Все эпизоды подкаста по ссылке: ссылка

Special Guest: Steph from our fulfillment mateam In this episode we talk about making muslins, starting tools for new sewists, boiled wool, Rayon/Modal/Tencel, what several natural fibres come from, and how to get over the fear of using special fabrics. New sewist and Chalk talk recs: Scissors Glass head pins Tape measure Chaco Triangle Chalk Gold headed sewing needles Little button on the back of your presser foot (video) Boiled Wool Suggestions: Fleece Needle Leather Needle Sashiko Thread Using a thimble Kiriki Press Needle Threaders Info on many natural fibres What is Cotton Linter How cotton grows How Linen grows How linen is made (video) How hemp grows Ramie Sisal Ingeo Corn Fibres Wool That place in England that sells lots of different fibres Pom pom magazine Champagne cardigan Melody Dolman by Love Notions Skulls + flowers fabric Glow Dino Fabric Books we mentioned: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen How To Do The Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers TV Shows we mentioned: Tell Me Your Secrets The Underground Railroad Them Coronation Street Loki Sweet Tooth --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sewquest/message

Big Al Dorn and The Blues Howlers (Red Wine Man); The Cinelli Brothers (Babe Please Set Your Alarm); The Blues Swingers (Alarm Clock Blues); Ritchie Dave Porter (Working Class Bluesman); Warden Martin and Walker (Working Class White Boy); Sugar Queen and The Straight Blues Band (Wanna Take My Man); Catfish Keith (Jumpin' Jack Rabbit); Johnny Shines (Pet Rabbit); Big George Jackson (Beggin' Ain't For Me); The Sly Fox (I'm Tired Of Beggin'); Jorg Danielsen ((Same Old Blues); Dick Justice (Old Black Dog); Allen Brothers (Salty Dog Blues); Danny Bryant (Fool's Game); Johnny Never (Blue Delta Blues); Peter Poirier (No More Alcohol).

In this episode, my guest, Chelsey White and I are diving deep into a wide range of topics. Major key points discussed in this episode: Chelsey is sharing her story of success career transition from corporate finance to baking how she discovered her passion for baking the latest cake trends in 2020 for someone who wants to get into baking, what's the best way to start Chelsey's experience on Food Network crazy and unexpected moments on camera, etc. My Guest Chelsey White @chelsweets has been featured in Buzzfeed, Instagram, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, amNewYork, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, and Pop Sugar. Also, Chelsey has been on the Ben and Pickler show, and Home & Family, which were both amazing, and on very famous Food Network as well. Chelsey left her day job in corporate finance at the end of 2018 to pursue Chelsweets full-time. If you want to know more about that, some pretty personal posts about why I quit my job, and all the things I considered before leaving her corporate job. Host Olyasha Novozhylova - NotBasicBlonde @notbasicblonde_ NotBasicBlonde Podcast - @nbbpodcast Olyasha Novozhylova is the founder and creator of Not Basic Blonde, a fashion, and lifestyle blog dedicated to inspiring young women to create an extraordinary style. The Russian model led an impressive 10-year career in fashion and runway in Atlanta and overseas, as well as enjoying several acting roles. Now a leading influencer, Olyasha shares her beauty, wellness, and fashion tips with an audience of over half a million. https://notbasicblonde.com/about/  

In this episode, Amy Sherman talks to the 2020 Michigan Sugar Queen Shaelynn Lavrack about life as the queen.

This episode takes a look at ‘The Sugar Queen’ by Sarah Addison Allen.Music by Jahzzar – ‘The Last Ones’ and/or ‘Bloom’(Under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)Photograph by Michael Penny.New podcast episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Videos on the Witchfix youtube channel, crafts, unboxings, magical herbs and more.Amazon Wishlist - https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/NO4CUXFXJMUW?ref_=wl_shareVote for your favourite book to be reviewed, and add new ones on the podcast’s goodreads List - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/138527.Witchfix_Podcast_Review_ListBuy Waywood by Sarah Goodwin on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Waywood-Sarah-Goodwin-ebook/dp/B00X2HFG9S Buy Dead to Rites by Sarah Goodwin on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Rites-Harper-Gable-Book-ebook/dp/B07HF6KFXC/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dead+to+rites&qid=1563460902&s=gateway&sr=8-1Follow on Twitter @WitchfixEmail witchfixpodcast@gmail.com

Right now, lots of Americans are discussing the importance of supporting black-owned businesses. When we launched GigRoots back in April of this year— the whole idea was to shine a light on the many people of color operating businesses in cities across the country. Because—as we know—many of these stories often go untold. Then on May 25th, a man named George Floyd was murdered by police officers in Minneapolis. Immediately following the death of Georg Floyd, many Americans began protesting against police brutality. A couple of months later, protests are still going on. But it didn’t take long for many black folks to point out that protests—while symbolizing allyship—are ultimately short-lived sentiments that won’t create lasting change. Black people started asking their white allies to dig deeper to find the root causes of injustice, economic disparity being among them. Interviews with Niallah Scruggs of Sugar Queen Bakery and Tiffany Williams of Exquisite Catering.Links: Niallah Scruggs https://thesugarqueenbakery.com/ | Tiffany Williams https://www.exquisitecateringevents.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

39 - Here are some thoughts on sugar, the control it has had on my life and what I’ve done to combat it.

"The Sugar Queen" - With a passion for excellence and the gift of inspiring others, Lina Kennedy has become a leader in the skin care industry. As founder & president of Alexandria Professional®, a global leader in sugaring hair removal and natural skin care, Lina Kennedy is an industry pioneer and the creator of the Kennedy Theory® of hair removal by body sugaring. Her life’s work, including her new book "The Sugar Queen" is supported by a vast network of distributors and educators who have championed her theory and sugaring products to spas, salons, and beauty schools all over the world. Her brand promotes empowerment, strength, and truth. Today, after decades of manifesting her own destiny join Lina, together with LA40 host Katerina Cozias as they define success and explore the concept of simply “waking up every day happy to go forward.” To reserve your spot as a feature guest on the talk show LA40, contact media@katerinacozias.com or visit LATalkRadio.com For more Lina, visit LinaKennedy.com For more Katerina, visit Katerina360.com

Playlist: Laura Rain And The Caesars, Maybe We Can Make Things Happen, Eric Reed, Ain’t Enough, Jamie Lynn Vessels, Cloak And Dagger, Anthony Gomes, Peace Love And Loud Guitars, Larry Griffith, Mama Tried, The Forevers, The One For Me, Tony Holiday, Becky Ann, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, If You Love Me, The Cash Box Kings, I’m The Man Downstairs, Trombeatz, A Viva Voz, Kate Lush Band, Sanctuary, Bob Corritore & Friends, Gonna Tell Your Mother, J.P. Reali, A Highway Cruise, Harpdog Brown, Reefer Lovin’ Woman, Little Victor, Rockin’ Daddy feat Jon Atkinson & Carl Sonny Leyland, Grady Champion, Someone Else Is Steppin’ In, Ellis Mano Band, Jeanine, Ross Osteen Band, Little Rooster, Terry Robb, Butch Holler Stomp, John Clifton, Honky Tonk Night Time Man, Michele D’Amour & The Love Dealers, Strange Angels, The B.B. King Blues Band, Here Today Gone Tomorrow, Joanne Shaw Taylor, New 89, Jon Gindick, Mississippi Moods, Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band, Hold Your Drank, Big Daddy Wilson, I Got Plenty, Will Jacobs, Berline Bounce, Albert Castiglia, I Tried To Tell Ya, Tony Campanella, Mr. Cleanhead, Vegas Strip Kings, Jesus On The Dash, Meg Williams, Take A Chance On My Love, Amanda Fish, Not Again, Mojomatics, Soy Baby Many Thanks To: We here at the Black-Eyed & Blues Show would like to thank all the PR and radio people that get us music including Frank Roszak, Rick Lusher ,Doug Deutsch Publicity Services,American Showplace Music, Alive Natural Sounds, Ruf Records, Vizztone Records,Blind Pig Records,Delta Groove Records, Electro-Groove Records,Betsie Brown, Blind Raccoon Records, BratGirl Media, Mark Pucci Media, Mark Platt @RadioCandy.com and all of the Blues Societies both in the U.S. and abroad. All of you help make this show as good as it is weekly. We are proud to play your artists.Thank you all very much! Blues In The Area: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id502316055

John Latini (Broken Man); Dave Peabody and Regina Mudrich (Standing On The Highway); Dom Flemons (Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad); Vegas Strip Kings (V8 Ford); Luther Dickinson and Sisters Of The Strawberry Moon (Hold To His Hand); Dee Dee Bridgewater ((Take My Hand) Precious Lord); Hans Theessink (Early This Morning Blues); Tommy McClennan (Blues Trip Me This Morning); Sugar Queen and The Straight Blues Band (Twos And Fews); Robert James Starr (When The Bad Man Comes For You); Knock-Out Greg and The Jukes (Country Boy At Heart); R.L. Burnside (Shake 'Em On Down); Blind Lemon Jefferson (Wartime Blues); Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles (Fightin' In The War With Spain); Big Joe Turner (Rock A While); Coyote Kings (Mojo Run).

Freddie King (Tore Down); Albert King (Angel Of Mercy); Julian Sas (Mercy); Sonny Boy Williamson II (Let Me Explain); Backtrack Blues Band (Checkin' On My Baby); Rachelle Coba (Chicago); Dave Specter (Chicago Style); Johnny Drummer (Too Much Information); Bertha "Chippie" Hill (Kid Man Blues); Elizabeth Johnson (Be My Kid Blues); Greg Stover (As The Years Go Passing By); Fenton Robinson (So Tired); Sugar Queen and The Straight Blues Band (15 Dollars); Sugar Ray and The Bluetones (Two Hundred Dollars Long); Big Jack Johnson (Northwest Airlines Blues).

Треклист программы: 01 Lechery - We're All Born Evil 02 Mile - Why Won't You (Die Motherf...Er) 03 Sonic Prophecy - Night Terror 04 Carvin Jones Band - Atm Blues 05 White Wizzard - Infernal Overdrive 06 Demolition Train - Dawn of the Necromancer 07 HollySiz - Karma 08 Howell Devine - PM Blues 09 Loud 'N' Proud - Merciless 10 Magnum - Glory to Ashes 11 Terror Universal - Dig You a Hole 12 Sugar Queen & The Straight Blues Band - Wanna Take My Man 13 Billy Thompson – That Devil 14 Death Keepers - Rock This World 15 Carolyn Gaines - I'm Your Cat, Baby (Feat. Big Jay McNeely) 16 Anthony Wright - Three Years Too Long 17 The Poodles - Soldier of Fortune

Preston Shannon – Going back to Memphis -be with me tonight Terry Evans – Dob’t give up - Walk That Walk – 2000 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Give everthing I got - Black Coffee – 2018 Tinsley Ellis – Sound of a broken man - Winning Hand - 2018 Oscar Benton – Better stop crying - I Am Back – 2018 Texas Cannonballs – King of the blues – Texas Cannonballs – 2015 Mark Hummel – The hustle is on - The Hustle Is Really On – 2014 Gene Taylor – Feeling Sad - Roadhouse Memories - 2013 Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band – Wanna take my man - 340 blues – 2018 Al Basile – Blues got blues - Quiet Money - 2017 Gary Hoey – This time tomorrow - Dust & Bones (Deluxe Edition) - 2016 Carl Wyatt & The Delta Voodoo Kings – keep ypur feet on the ground - Texas Twister- 2011

When I sit down each week to compile The Sound Podcast’s Weekly Mix-Tape playlist, the goal is always to find artists and songs that fit the general philosophy of music that we love. Meaningful, inspirational tunes, that are genuine in their creation, and authentic in their sound. Obviously the playlist is compiled from songs and artists that we already know and love, but sometimes, I come across a new artist that is new to me, that may in fact may not be new to anyone else. Such apparently was the case when we added Sugar Queen by The Band of Heathens last week. I didn’t realize at the time, that the band had quite a large following and through there 13 years of writing and performing music they had honed their craft into quite a career. So I was elated to sit down with Ed Jurdi to talk about his band, The Band of Heathens, to learn more about them, their inspiration, and a whole lot more. For more visit bandofheathens.com, and do check them out when they visit your town, or on your favorite music streaming platform.  Show Notes: First Song:  1:04 - Sugar Queen (Live) Interview Begins: 06:04 Extro Song:  29:27 - Refugee (Live - Tom Petty cover) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amanda and Jenn discuss Southern fiction, Spanglish, portal fantasy, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew and Book Riot Insiders. Bookstore Giveaway: bookriot.com/bookstoregiveaway   Questions 1. I love love love novels written in Spanglish, both because I'm working on my Spanish, but also because I, too, live in a different community in which most people with whom I interact are bilingual and books like Junot Diaz's are exactly how we talk, albeit in a different language. My favorite genre is literary fiction, but I would take recommendations for good mysteries, YA, essay/poetry collections, or, if they're very well-written, fantasy or sci-fi. Bonus points for evoking a strong sense of place that immediately makes me want to book a trip wherever the book is set. Note: I'm not good with animal death, so either steer clear of that or at least include a trigger warning. Thanks! --Sarah   2. Hello Book Riot! I work at a college, and like a lot of colleges, each year our school assigns a summer reading book for the first-year students. I am just curious what books you two would recommend. What book, fiction or nonfiction, would you want every new college student to read? Thanks! Love the podcast. --Mel   3. Hello Amanda and Jenn! I love your show and all of your recommendations. I have one that I don't think you've covered yet. Growing up, I've always loved Alice & all the other wonderful characters in Wonderland and now, more recently, Neil Gaiman's Coraline and her freaky little alternate reality. I feel similarly about Peter Pan and Neverland, though I didn't read those books (only watched the movies. Oops!) I think they all appeal to this childhood desire to find a secret room or portal (my most common nighttime dream) that is fun, exciting, colorful, magical, and adventurous. If I'm real, it also appeals to my desire to escape the stress and terror of the world. Do you have any recommendations for similar books? Thank you!! P.S. I have read Harry Potter, the Secret Garden, etc. and while I enjoyed these books, I'm looking for something a little different than these. I've thought about reading the Narnia series, but still don't think it's quite what I want. I think I'd prefer something with one main character, even if there is a strong supportive cast, and also something that is a quicker read. --Kristin   4. Hi Jenn and Amanda, I love the podcast and look forward to it every week. I feel like the last few books I've read have been stories to "get through." I enjoy them, but don't find myself savoring words for words alone. I also find that I haven't read much romance lately. Could you recommend something where the language is as decadent as chocolate and there might be some will they/won't they romantic speculation? Favorite books include The Sugar Queen, Jane Eyre, The Blue Sword, and A Tale for the Time-Being. Thank you! --Devin   5. I recently read and loved both Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton and Startup by Doree Shafrir, and this latest Uber scandal has got me interested in more behind-the-scenes tech company/startup books. I read Dave Eggers' The Circle when it first came out and thought it was just kind of okay (though it feels sacrilegious to me to criticize Dave Eggers) - I need some strong characters to really hook me into a story, though it doesn't matter if they're likable or not. I'm much less interested in the technology-is-world-changing angle than I am in the company culture angle. Fiction or nonfiction doesn't matter to me - I'm just looking for a juicy story. Thanks in advance! --Amy   6. I recently plowed my way through War and Peace and I loved it! However, I've realized that I know nothing about the Napoleonic Wars or Russian history. I prefer historical fiction but I wouldn't say no to some readable nonfiction either. Thanks! --Rachael   7.  I absolutely love Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I recently read Whistling Past the Graveyard which had a similar storyline. Can you recommend any other books similar with a child/preteen narrator, set in the south with difficult family life? Thanks in advance. Love the show! --Eboni   Books Discussed Jade City by Fonda Lee Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Malinda Lo on Recommended) The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Infomocracy by Malka Older Reset by Ellen Pao The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Queen of the Night and Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas) Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison (ALL THE TRIGGER WARNINGS EVER) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

“Like, You Know” This episode discusses the Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. We also talk about some news items of interest and reveal yet another way to contact the Book Hoarders. Shannon’s Reading List Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins … Continue reading →