Books Discussed: 

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shutterfly

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackermann 

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 Books Discussed: 

 The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh. 

 Books discussed: Finding Me by Viola Davis

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In this episode, Lisa compares the book versus the TV show. In a previous episode, Lisa and her guest Molly Shea had a deep dive into the book and you can find it here. 

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

Books Discussed: 

Bomb Shelter; Love, Time and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott

Other books discussed: 

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 

Books discussed: 

The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward

 A Midwife's Tale, the Life of Martha Ballard – based on the diary 1785 to 1812. 

 For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 This article in Vox discusses how Louise Penny has perfected the literary genre with combining murder mysteries in a small town idyllic town filled with artists. 

Julia is an artist and you can find her on her website or on Instagram. 

 Books Discussed on this show:

 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Sankofa by Chibunduy Onuzo

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

The Rise of Wolf Eight by Rick McIntyre

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation.

 This blog post from Eater describes how much of Garten’s “luck” is really  more related to privilege and wealth. She’s able to make many decisions because of her wealth. She quits a job at the White House to purchase the Barefoot Contessa. 

Other books discussed: 

 The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

 Finding Me by Viola Davis

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 Here’s the list of books that Lisa suggests you consider reading this year. 

 Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros 

 The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda French Gates

 Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates

 The Lamb by Lucy Rose

 Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 The Listeners by Maggie Siefvater

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

 Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

 The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward

 Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

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

 Books discussed: 

 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

 The Overstory by Richard Powers

 For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

Emily is a marketer, entrepreneur and founder of boutique agency Beetle Moment Marketing and the marketing platform WealthVoice. She is on LinkedIn and X. She's also on Instagram @EmilyBinder. 

 Books discussed: 

 The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

Books discussed on this episode: 

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary 

Ramona and her Mother by Bevery Cleary

Ramona Quimby Age Eight

Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: A Christmas holiday book for kids by Barbara Robinson 

To all the boys I loved before

 The Hurting Kind by Ada Limon 

 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan 

 The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum 

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman 

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics  by Daniel James Brown

 For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 Books discussed. 

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Finding Me by Viola Davis
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos
James by Percival Everett.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

 For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

Books discussed: 

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

 Verity by Colleen Hoover.

 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

 I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

 Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score


For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 Other books discussed: 

 The Sellout by Paul Beatty

 The Intuitionist b Colson Whitehead

 
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 James by Percival Everett just won the National Book Award for fiction. It is a retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of James. 

Books Discussed 

 Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe 

The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly Bishop 

James by Percival Everett. 

 In this blog, the reviewer writes about how much they love the book. 

Books discussed: 

Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach


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 The New York Times discusses how riveting this book is even though it doesn’t have the gruesome details of some murder mystery books. Another article in the LA Review - Getting Fooled Again, rereading Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd in the Age of Trump – highlights how Christie focuses on people’s stereotypes of men and women. 

 Books discussed: 

 Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

 The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

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 *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

 Sandwich by Catherine Newman

 The Night in Question by  Susan Fletcher 

 Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim 

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young 

 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition by Agatha Christie

 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 

 Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

 The Washington Post discusses the witty banter and the issues that Rocky faces, thanks to Menopause. 

 Books Discussed: 

 Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott 

 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 Books discussed: 

 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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 Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten. A review describes this as the dishiest book you’ll read all year. I Read Ina Garten's Memoir In One Night—Here's What Shocked Me The Most

 The Life Impossible: A Novel by Matt Haig

 Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

 From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough 

 The Witches of El Paso by  Luis Jaramillo 

 City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim Comes out Nov. 26, 2024

 Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty 

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

 Playground by Richard Powers

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 Books Lisa Discusses: 

 The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

 If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos

 Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham

  Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham

 Bossypants by Tina Fey

 Yes Please by Amy Poehler

 The Honeymoon Crashers by Christina Lauren

 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

 Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

 Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy 

 In Pieces by Sally Field

She answers questions she’s received from listeners and discusses her future goals for the podcast.

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 Books discussed: 

 Finding Me by Viola Davis

 In Pieces by Sally Field

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The Washington Post describes how this book doesn’t go beyond Fey’s humor. She sticks with her funny Saturday Night Live types of bits. She doesn’t share her life’s challenges. In The Guardian, writer Carole Cadwalladr talks about the fact that Fey doesn’t offer up any details about her life than her fans already know. She points out that there are very few revelations. 

 Books Discussed: 

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott 

 Finding Me by Viola Davis.

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

In an interview with PopSugar Reid writes about how Elizabeth Taylor inspired the novel.  

Books discussed: 

·      In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

·      On Beauty by Zadie Smith

·      Wander by Allison Kate Stalberg

·      How Should A Person Be:? A Novel From Life by Shelia Heti 

·      Girl, Wo man Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 Books read and ranked in August 

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott 

The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens 

 After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopie Goldberg

 My Love Story by Tina Turner

 One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

 The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott 

The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens 

 After Annie by Anna Quindlen

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 Laura opened Odyssey Bookstore in March 2020. The store focuses on sustainability and is nestled in a darling spot in Ithaca, New York. You can follow the bookstore on Facebook or Instagram. In next week’s episode, Lisa and Laura will talk about what it was like for Laura to open a bookstore amid the pandemic. 

Books Discussed on the Show: 

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 Books Discussed: 

Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse 

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*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation.

 Books Discussed: 

Terrace Story by Hillary Leichter

How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe

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 Books discussed: 

 The Queen's Gambit by Evie Dunmore

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 Next week’s episode, Lisa will discuss the book versus the TV show. 

 The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell

 Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain

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 She also discusses Starfish without any spoilers. Starfish is a book about Ellie, who is overweight and has been bullied most of her life. Her mother put her on her first diet when she was 4. The book is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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Gone Girl is a super popular book and received many accolades from The New York Times. It’s been more than ten years since the book was published and spawned the “Gone Girl Effect,” according to The Ringer.  Flynn also says it’s not a question of when but if regarding a sequel in a People Magazine.

 Gone Girl Effect Books:
The Woman in the Window by A J Finn

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

 Books Discussed on the show: 

 The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 By Garrett M. Graff 

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI  by David Grann

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

You can find an interview with Geraldine Books, author of Horse, with Christy Cashman here.

 Christy is on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. She also has a Tik Tok for her non-profit, YouthInk, @Youth-ink111 and @youthinkretreats. 

 
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 Christy wrote a heartwarming debut Young Adult novel, The Truth About Horses. Next week's episode will focus on The Truth About Horses.

 Books Discussed: 

 Front Desk (Front Desk #1) by Kelly Yang 

 The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady

 You can find Christy on social media. She is on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. She also has a TikTok for her non-profit, YouthInk, @Youth-ink111 and @youthinkretreats.

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 This article on Book Shelf Fantasies highlights that it’s fun to hear from the mind of octopus  Marcellus. NPR includes an interview with Van Pelt, where she addresses how she watched octopus videos and that struck the idea to write about an octopus and their intelligence. 

 The Today Show recommends six other books to read here.

 Books Discussed on the show: 

 A Man Called Ove  by Fredrik Backman

 The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery.

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 A number of publications lauded the book but Kirkus Reviews offers a constructive opinion.  

 Storm and her library post frequently on TikTok and have more than 140,000 followers and more than 3 million people have liked their videos. You can also find videos on Instagram

Books Discussed: 

 Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monoghan 

 Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

 Husband Material by Alexis Hall

 The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story by Sonia Hartl 

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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Here is an article that discusses essential aspects of libraries. 

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 Books Discussed: 

 Britney Spears: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

 Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

 Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

 Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. 

 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

 The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

 Foster by Claire Keegan 

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

The Truth About Horses by Christy Cashman

 Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

 Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

 *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives a small commission. 

 Books Discussed: 

 Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

 The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

 The Lost Husband by Katherine Center

My Life with the Water Boys by Ali Novak

 Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

 By the Book-A Meant to Be Novel by Jasmine Guillory 

 Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn (Author)

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Books Discussed: 

 Chesapeake by James A. Michener

Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener

Virgin River by Robyn Carr

Bride By Mistake by Serenity Woods

Christian Romance Books by Chloe Carley

The Sheikh’s New Baby by Holly Rayner

MY BEST FRIEND, THE BILLIONAIRE (THE BILLIONAIRE KINGS, BOOK 1) by Serenity Woods

Maverick Mogul by Lila Monroe

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. 

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website. *The book titles mentioned include affiliate links.  

The Silver King's War
The Silver King's War is a series of World War II plays (The Silver King, Marauder Men,...

 The Indianapolis Public Library has a long list of health and safety programs The Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has a wealth of programs, including music programs. 

 San Diego Public Library has dozens of programs available, including many " how-to” programs. Many small libraries also have a wide range of cool events, such as Westerville, Ohio.

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 The Washington Post offers a list of Vietnam War books to consider reading. The Boston Globe 

 The Boston Globe addresses this book's predictability and some clichés in the book. 

Books discussed: 

 A Piece of My Heart: The stories of 26 women in Vietnam War by Keith Walker 

 The Washington Post offers a list of Vietnam War books to consider reading. 

Books discussed: 

 Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

 The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

 The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh

 Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

  For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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The New York Times addresses this book and also talks about how novellas don’t get the same attention as other books.

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Lisa discussed the book in 2022 with author Joshua Berkov and if you would like to listen to that episode, it is here.

The New York Times discusses how Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead first filmed together back in 2017. They are now married, and Ewan plays the Count, and Mary Elizabeth plays the Count’s girlfriend. 

The Los Angeles Times addresses how this almost fanciful fairytale is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The Guardian delves into how this TV show combines the serious and goofy aspects of the Count. 

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 Lisa talks about the experience of reading the book while also listening to it on YouTube, being read by Best Tutor Friendwho is also a teacher. She posts about reading on Instagram too. 

 Books Discussed: 

 Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

 Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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 Lisa and Liz discussed the first book in the series, Fourth Wing in the fall of 2023 in the Fourth Wing Episode and if you haven’t listented to that episode first, you may want to do so. 

 Today’s episode does include spoilers of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. Iron Flame has more than 832,000 reviews on Goodreads and when Iron Flame was released, it sold more than half a million copies in one day. 

 Books Discussed: 

 The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

 Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent

 Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck 

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 Here’s a list of books to consider from Boston University’s story.

 The Women by Kristin Hannah
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley Paperback by Charlotte Gordon
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Britney Spears: The Woman in Me
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
Heart Berries: A Memoir
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 She did an extensive research and slept in the house where Borden’s parents were killed and she hiked in the nearby forest. She also discusses the book she’s writing now. 

You can find Diana on her website here. You can also find her on her Instagram and on

Tik Tok. 

 She has written several books including: 

Small Town Monsters 

 Proof of Lies

 End of the Lie

Lies that Bind 

 Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels. Her recent young adult Latinx Horror novel is Lizzie Borden meets Supernatural, named Hatchet Girls. It was released in October 2023. 

You can find Diana on her website here. You can also find her on her Instagram. She’s also on Tik Tok. 


Books discussed: 

 The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

 
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 Another pet peeve discussed is the cartoonish covers that are taking place on most of the romance book covers in this article. 

 Books Discussed: 

 Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

 The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

 The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

 The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren,

 How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

 Faking with Benefits by Lily Gold

 How Green Was My Valley by Richard  Llewellyn.

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation.

Books Discussed: 

Paris: The Memoir


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 Lisa talks about Winkler’s memoir and how he delves into his dyslexia and his highly complex relationship with his parents. He also shares his longtime relationship with Ron Howard. 

 
Books Discussed:
 Bettyville: A Memoir

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Other Books Discussed:  

Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway


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Other books discussed: 

 Backwater by Joan Bauer

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 This article in Vox discusses how Louise Penny has perfected the literary genre with combining murder mysteries in a small town idyllic town filled with artists. 

 Julia is an artist and you can find her on her website or on Instagram. 

 Books Discussed on this show:

 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Sankofa by Chibunduy Onuzo

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

The Rise of Wolf Eight by Rick McIntyre

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

*The book titles mentioned include affiliate links. You can support the podcast by purchasing a book with the links because the podcast receives compensation.

 Books Discussed:

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candace Millard

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka 

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Hey Kiddo: A Memoir by Jarrett J. Krosoczka 

Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Stoner by John Williams

 The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

How Green Was My Valley by Richard  Llewellyn

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

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  Books Discussed: 

 The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

James by Percival Everett out in May 2024

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

 Black Cat and White Dog Search for the Meaning of Life: A Children's Fable by Kelly Link

House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir by RuPaul

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

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Books discussed: 

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 

Bit Flip by Mike Trigg

Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway

 Falling for You: A Buckeye Falls Novel and Falling Home: A Buckeye Falls Novel. 

 The Measure by Nikki Erlick 

The Shining by Stephen King. 

Stoner by John Williams

Hey Kiddo: A Memoir by Jarrett J. Krosoczka 

Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

The Cider House Rules by John Irving

Last Night in Twisted River

Shark Heart: A Love Story

ADELAIDE by Genevieve Wheeler

 For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 You can find more information about her writing and novels on Instagram and Facebook. She also is a co-host of a romance podcast, which you can listen to or watch on their You Tube channel. 

 Books Discussed:

 A Virgin River Christmas: A Holiday Romance Novel

 Almost Perfect part of the Fools Gold series by Susan Mallery

 Come Back to Me by Sharon Sala, part of the Blessings Georgia series

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 Libby has written the Buckeye Falls novels, including Falling for You: A Buckeye Falls Novel and Falling Home: A Buckeye Falls Novel. 

 You can find more information about her writing and novels on her website, Instagram and Facebook.

 Books Discussed: 

The White Christmas Inn by Colleen Wright

Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien

 They also discuss Genevieve’s book ADELAIDE, which was published this year by St. Martin’s Press. You can find Genevieve on Instagram and her website.

Books discussed: 

 Orwell Diaries by George Orwell

 Down and Out in Paris and London & The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

 The Giver by Lois Lowry

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

 Legend by Marie Lu

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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Lisa discussed her five favorite audiobooks that she listened to this year and a number of her favorite audio books. 

 Books discussed: 

 Hey Kiddo: A Memoir by Jarrett J. Krosoczka 

 Spare by Prince Harry

 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 

 Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 

 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

 Lisa delves into each movie and how it compares to the book. Time Magazine says the limited series of All The Light We Cannot See is a simplistic version of the book. The Daily Beast calls Mark Ruffalo’s accent abominable.

Lisa and Kirsten Plonner discussed All the Light We Cannot See on this episode and Kirsten didn’t like the way the book ended. Still, the limited series has an entirely different ending, which Lisa discusses in today’s episode. 

 Lessons in Chemistry is available on Apple TV and a new episode drops on Fridays. Lisa discussed Lessons in Chemistry on an episode of the podcast here.

 In Lessons in Chemistry, there were some dramatic changes from characters form the book to the show. For instance, one character Harriet was an aging housewife, but in the limited series, they change her to a young African American attorney. Vulture Magazine says that the show introduces a marginalized character and marginalizes her story. 

 Killers of the Flower Moon is now on the big screen and there is some debate about the age of the actors and this article delves into that topic.  CNN discusses the length of the movie. 

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 The Unhoneymooners is set up as an enemies-to-lovers trope. Megan and Lisa discuss their thoughts on the book and Megan shared other Christina Lauren books that she enjoyed more.

 You can also find Megan on her Girls Gone Hallmark Instagram or via Megan and Wendy on Instagram. Their website also contains their links here.

Books discussed: 

 Roomies by Christina Lauren

 The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

 The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

 Georgie, All Along: An Uplifting and Unforgettable Love Story by Kate Clayborn

 Love Lettering: A Witty and Heartfelt Love Story by Kate Clayborn

Playing with Matches: A Lit Lovers Romantic Comedy by Ciara Blume 

 A Lit Lovers Series by Ciara Blume

 Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo

 Nora Goes off Script by Annabel Monaghan

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 The Woman in Me by Britney Spears. She didn’t give any face-to-face interviews about this book, and New York Times writes about how it’s quite unique that she didn’t give any interviews. It’s already reached No. 1 on the New York Times’s Bestseller’s List.  This article, article written by a longtime fan, who thought she knew everything about Spears, says she still learned a lot from the book. 

 Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar Dillard. She was on the TV show Eighteen Kids and Counting and she shares the problems of being in a strict religious environment and being raised on reality TV. People Magazine wrote about some of the bombshells from her book. 

 Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth by Pamela Anderson. Vanity Fair says the book has passages in verse as well, which is quite unique. 

 PageBoy by Elliot Page. Page was in the popular movie Juno and discusses coming out as gay and also delves into gender dysphoria.The actor shares fears and obstacles to gender transition. 

 Being Henry...the Fonz and Beyond by Henry Winkler. He shares his childhood and also his immense struggle with dyslexia. Here’s an article which delves into the conflict between Winkler and Tom Hanks. The pair were both part of Turner and Hooch, but Winkler says he was fired early into the filming of the movie.

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 The Shining repeatedly makes lists of the best spooky books. 

 In the overlooked discussion, here’s a list list of other spooky books to consider. 

 Books Discussed: 

Usher's Passing by Robert McCammon

Property of a Lady by Sarah Rayne

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 Lisa and Liz discuss the characters, plot and have a lively discussion about the dragons. 

Books discussed: 

 The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

 The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

 Legend by Marie Lu

Lisa talks with Kate Reynolds, a librarian from Canada, and they discuss popular author Roald Dahl and the publisher’s decision to edit his work. Lisa and Kate share their concerns about the edits. Kate discusses how an author gets an opportunity to spend a great deal of unsupervised time with children.

The edits are actually regressive - rather than progressive, Kate says during this episode. 

Kate is known as the Lavender Librarian and is an openly autistic and queer librarian from Canada. In 2021, she founded Storytime Solidarity to create inclusive StoryTimes that welcome everyone. You can find her on instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

This discussion also delves into the massive problem with book banning and Kate recently wrote this article about book banning.

This story from the Wall Street Journal discusses the edits that were made in February 2023 in Roald Dahl’s books. This article from The New York Times article addresses how edits have hit a number of authors including Agatha Christie, James Bond, etc.. 

Here’s a list of books for children who love Roald Dahl books and are looking for similar whimsical books.

 Books discussed: 

A Day With No Words by Tiffany Hammond 

Aviva Versus the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gailman 

Big Wig by Jonathan Hillman

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In this episode, Lisa discusses what it means to challenge a book, and offers up ideas on what readers can to to ensure books aren’t being banned. She also discusses the 10 most banned books of 2022.

.The 10 most banned books in 2022:

1. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maria Kobabe
2.  All Boys Aren't Blueby George M. Johnson
3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
4. Flamer by Mike Curato
5.  (Tie) Looking for Alaska by John Green
5.(tie) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
7. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
9. Out of Darkness Ashley Hope Perez
10. (tie) A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
10. (tie) Crank by Ellen Hopkins
10. (tie) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
10. (tie) This Boy is Gay by Juno Dawson

 The American Library Association tracked the top 10 most frequently challenged books of 2021, and they are:
1.  Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maria Kobabe and she is quoted in this article.
2.  Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
3.  All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
4. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
5. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9. This Boy is Gay by Juno Dawson
10. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out    by Susan Kuklin

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She answers questions she’s received from listeners and also discusses her goals for the podcast in the future.

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Other books discussed: 

 Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

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 Episodes later this fall include: 

 Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

 Roald Dahl books 

 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

 Lisa also has a segment called, “I Finally Read it.” She shares her quick thoughts on reading one of John Irving’s books. She read Last Night in Twisted River.

 For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 The New York Times highlights the notion of meeting your mom before she becomes a mom and appreciating her as a person and not just a mom. 

Books Discussed: 

 The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley

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 This New York Times article, “How Would Your Life Change if You Knew When it Would End," discusses the book's unique premise.

 Erlick posted a list of other books to consider if you loved, The Measure. 

Books discussed: 

Stoner by John Williams

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Lisa discusses 10 ways to shake up your book club a little bit to offer a new variety of books and topics. In a 2022 podcast episode, she discussed tips for struggling book clubs, and you can check out that episode here.

Book Riot offers up some themed book club ideas. 

 Though, most experts agree listening to a book counts as reading. In Readers Digest UK, this article interviews many experts who all agree that listening to audiobooks does count as reading. 

 Psychology Today delves into how you process the book slightly differently when listening to it versus reading it. One of the critical differences is reading is something you do, and listening is something that happens to you, according to the article. 

 Time Magazine highlights differences in reading versus listening to books. 

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 Pan MacMillian states this description of a classic novel and talks about the ingredients in a classic. 

 Wikipedia also offers up a wide range of discussions about classic literature, delving into how authors have debated this topic for decades and centuries. 

 New York Times has written about how book publishers are editing and tweaking classical books such as Agatha Christie’s books. 

 This article highlights the classics ‘we not so secretly hate.’

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 There is great debate about the book because years after Llewellyn’s death, it was discovered that he was not from Wales, according to this story titled, How phoney was my Welsh Valley

 Heather owns Woodchuck Arts, a web design and graphic design business. You can also find her on Instagram. 

 Books Discussed

The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks

And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

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 A number of publications lauded the book but Kirkus Reviews offers a constructive opinion.  

 Storm and her library post frequently on TikTok and have more than 140,000 followers and more than 3 million people have liked their videos. You can also find videos on Instagram

Books Discussed: 

 Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monoghan 

 Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

 Husband Material by Alexis Hall

 The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story by Sonia Hartl 

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

For more information, find Lisa on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and her website.

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 On Rutledge's website, she explains how she researched this story and how she learned about this event.  

If you scroll through the San Diego Zoo timeline, in the section on 1938, you’ll see pictures of the giraffes being transported. 

 Other books discussed: 

 The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild by Lawrence Anthony

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 Five Books she can’t wait to read: 

1.     Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

2.     Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

3.     The Measure by Nikki Erlick

4.     We Are Okay by Nina Lacour

5.     The World According to Garp by John Irving

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Books Discussed on the podcast: 

 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

 Normal People by Sally Rooney,

Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, 

Bit Flip by Mike Trigg

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn

Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Katherine J. Chen

Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway

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 by Garth Stein. This was published in 2008 and has sold more six million copies of the book have been sold. It has been turned into many children’s books and a movie. 

It spent over 3 years on the New York Times Bestseller’s List. 

 Books Discussed:  

The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa and Philip Gabriel is the translator 

 
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 This article from PBS delves into how handle these books with racist descriptions. NPR wrote about how a division of the American Library Association decided to strip Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from a major children’s literature award regarding concerns about how Wilder referred to Native Americans and blacks. 

 The New York Times writes an article about how Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book appeal to both Republicans and Democrats alike. 

 Other books discussed: 

 Backwater by Joan Bauer


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 This is an extraordinarily popular book and received many positive attributes. This article in the New York Times discusses the aspect of writing the lyrics. 

 Books Discussed: 

 The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews

 Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

 Stevie Nicks - Visions, Dreams & Rumours by Zoe Howe

 Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography by Mick Fleetwood and Anthony Bozza

 This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years on to Collections by John Kruth

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The New York Times highlights how Garmus learned chemistry and researched texts from the 1950s to write this book. 

 Books Discussed: 

Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz

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 Here's where you can read or hear the poem. Penguin Random House and others are suing a school district in Florida for the excessive book banning, citing that it violates students’ first amendment rights. 

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This book excels in its setting as this article in The New York Times discusses. 

Books Discussed: 

Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway

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 The two bonded over Korean food, and every time, Michelle enters the Korean grocery store H Mart, she weeps over the loss of her mom. She first wrote about crying in H Mart in 2018 in this New Yorker article.

 Lisa ranked this book as her favorite book in 2021 and was quoted in this article discussing this book. Lisa re-read the book in 2023 in light of its popularity to analyze the book. 

Books Discussed: 

 Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick 

 Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho

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Books Discussed: 

 Chesapeake by James A. Michener

Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener

Virgin River by Robyn Carr

Bride By Mistake by Serenity Woods

Christian Romance Books by Chloe Carley

The Sheikh’s New Baby by Holly Rayner

MY BEST FRIEND, THE BILLIONAIRE (THE BILLIONAIRE KINGS, BOOK 1) by Serenity Woods

Maverick Mogul by Lila Monroe

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. 

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 The book is enormously popular and three other books in the series have been released. Here’s an article that discusses several British murder mysteries that are similar to The Thursday Murder Club, but that are often overlooked. 

Books discussed: 

 The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 

 The Bingo Hall Detectives by Jonathan Whitelaw

 The Appeal by Janice Hallett

 
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Lisa speaks with Annie B. Jones, who owns The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia. Annie hosts the From the Front Porch Podcast where she discusses business and life in the South.

In this article, author Blume shares how she came up with the novel. Time Magazine ranked the book in the top 100 best books released since 1923. This article discusses unique facts about the book. 

 Books discussed:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Babysitter's Club by Ann M. Martin
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Backwater and Thwonk  by Joan Bauer
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
The Next Great Jane by K.L. Going
The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
I am Malala (Young Reader's Version) by Malala Yousafazi
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda and Kaitlin Alifirenka
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
History Smashers - Pearl Harbor by Kate Messner
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
Refugee by Alan Gratz
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
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 A number of reviews, including The Washington Post have said this was the best book of 2022. The New York Times says this book is a close retelling of David Copperfield and there aren't a lot of major plot differences between the two books. 

 This article states that you can read Demon Copperhead without reading David Copperfield. 

 Kelly on Goodreads says the book is stereotypical, painting people from Appalachia poorly. 

Books Discussed on the Show: 

 Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

 Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy

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 This article on Book Shelf Fantasies highlights that it’s fun to hear from the mind of octopus  Marcellus. NPR includes an interview with Van Pelt, where she addresses how she watched octopus videos and that struck the idea to write about an octopus and their intelligence. 

 The Today Show recommends six other books to read here.

 Books Discussed on the show: 

 A Man Called Ove  by Fredrik Backman

 The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery.

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 This book has caused many people to look at immigration very differently but it’s also been controversial because Cummins is a white writer and isn’t Hispanic. 

Myriam Gurba writes an amazing take-down of the book criticizing the characters saying they are stereotypes that she says are highlighted in the book. 

 Writer Roxanne Gay says in this piece in Medium that the publisher’s dinner in celebration of the book had centerpieces with small concrete walls wrapped with barbed wire was “callous display” and “aestheticizing trauma.”
This piece calls American Dirt trauma porn and The Guardian delves into the responses from Latinix writers. 

 In this piece, The Long Shadow of American Dirt, a New York Times writer reflects on The American Dirt “debacle” three years later. The piece talks about self-censorship. 

 Books Discussed:

Salito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

 Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli 

 Children of the Land: A Memoir by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 

 Where We Come From by Oscar Casares 

 Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester 

 Other publications have come up with lists of books to read as well. UST Today has a list of books here. The Texas Observer also offers up 17 great books.

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 A number of stories, including this one, share how there were a record number of books subject to banning, according to American Library Association’s statistics. 

 The book banning raised interest when Martin County, Fla., Banned these books. Of the list, 20 include Jodi Picoult's books and she’s written essays and talked on Tik Tok about the fact that her books are being banned for sexual content, but many of them don’t even have a kiss, according to this article

 Book Riot highlights dozens of book challenges across the country here.  This article delves into Gov. J.B. Pritzker set up Illinois as a book sanctuary. You can read a copy of his speech here. 

 Books Discussed: 

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne. 

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

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 Kirkus Reviews describes that this book shows why ‘women needed to be in the room where and when, it’s written.’ New York Times also discusses the book. 

 Other books discussed:

 The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

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 The early reviews were mixed, and it wasn’t as popular but writer Virginia Woolf loved the book. Now, BBC and others have placed it on their top 100 lists. This article discusses how Emily Bronte is compared to her sister Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen, but Emily Bronte’s book is different because of its dark themes and violent men. 

 Laura hosts A Bookish Home, a popular bookish podcast where she talks to authors about their writing process and the books they write. You can find Laura on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook 

Books Discussed in this Episode:

The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel 

 Tera Nova by Henriette Lazaridis

The Best of Friends by Lucina Berry

Tranquility by Tuesday by Laura VanderKam

 Declassified: A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music by Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch

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Lisa also discusses the sudden success of 74-year-old Lloyd Devereux Richards who spent 14 years writing his first novel. It only got dozens of purchases for years until his daughter’s 12-second TikTok Video became a major hit. Since then, Stone Maidens has become an overnight success with many videos on TikTok.

Books discussed:
 Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards

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 Kate is known as the Lavender Librarian and is an openly autistic and queer librarian from Canada. In 2021, she founded Storytime Solidarity to create inclusive StoryTimes that welcome everyone. You can find her on instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

 This discussion highlights the importance of representing all children in picture books. In studying more than 50 Seuss books, this analysis shows 2% of characters in the books are minorities, and no little girls of color are in the collection. Plus, Lisa and Kate talk about the types of roles minority and female characters play in the books as well. 

Philip Nel, a scholar of children’s literature, writes on this topic, and you can find him here. He has written several books about Dr. Seuss, including: Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books. 

Books discussed on the show: 

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

What Will Fit by Grace Lin

The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Go, Otto, Go! by David Milgrim 

Going Somewhere by David Milgrim 

 An Elephant & Piggie Biggie by Mo Willems

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

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 A TikTok user wrote that a major aspect of this book is that each person feels like they can't talk to the other person.  The Stylist discusses the class divide in relationships and also has another article about depression.

 New York Times writes about how Rooney is the first great Millennial novelist.  

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 Alli Hoff Kosik is a full-time freelance writer, editor and content manager. She is the host and producer of SSR Podcast. You can find her on instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

 Books Discussed on the show:
 

Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss

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The media has highlighted this book as a gossip-fest, but at its heart, it is a book of grief. The parts of Harry and William fighting give us insight into the royal family but don’t make this book stand out remarkably. 

The book stands out when it’s highlighting the grief he went through with the loss of his mother. 

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Harry still has a significant privilege that he may not fully comprehend. 

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Lisa also delves into some of his heavy privilege – much of which he acknowledges but also a few aspects he doesn’t address.

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 The movie A Man Called Ove was released as a Swedish film in 2015 and now this new version features Tom Hanks and is set in America. This story delves into the differences between the two movies. 

 In addition to her analysis of the movies, Lisa includes the original episode where she and her guest Erin Cataldi analyze the book. Erin is a librarian in Indiana and writes reviews you can find here. 

This show contains spoilers. This book is a light-hearted book about curmudgeon Ove, a 59-year-old man who is set in his ways and angry about most everything. Lisa and Erin discuss how Ove changes his tune and his heart grows several sizes, similar to the Grinch.  

 Backman described in a New York Times piece that he gained the inspiration after reading an article about a man named Ove who had a fit while buying theater tickets. He began writing blog posts called, “I Am a Man Called Ove.”

In this blog post Backman admits that he’s not good at describing people. He says he doesn’t describe how they look. But both Lisa and Erin say the lack of physical descriptions didn’t bother them. 

Books Discussed on the show: 

·      The Dinner by Herman Koch

·      Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

·      The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

·      A Morbid Taste for Bones, the first book of The Brother Cadfael series written by Ellis Peters

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Lisa discusses Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow written by Gabrielle Zevin. This is a book that highlights two friends who create video games, but it is much more than just about video games. It delves into lifelong friendships, trauma and heartbreak. 

There will be slight spoilers for the book at the 15-minute mark. 

 NPR addresses how the book transports us into this world; even non-gamers alike can enjoy and appreciate this book. NPR explains that this is a sweeping narrative highlighting male-female relationships that’s not romantic but grounded on shared passions and fierce arguments. 

 The New York Times writes about the literary gamer and the comparisons between literary games and reading. 

 And, this article from The Washington Post also highlights the title hails from Shakespeare’s famous speech, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.”

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 Her favorites: 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan 

 
Her least favorite books she read in 2022: 

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a fictional Holocaust middle-grade book by John Boyne. Lisa had an episode about this book in 2022. 

 The Thursday Murder Club By Richard Osman 

 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Lisa had an episode on this book.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Lisa discussed this book in this episode.

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In this episode, Leah and Lisa discuss how A Christmas Carol changed how people celebrate Christmas, and made people realize it wasn't just for the rich. Dickens reportedly wrote this book because he was in a financial pinch and needed revenues.  Dickens also funded a shelter for women.

 Book Discussed: 

The Last Victim by Karen Robards

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 Lisa also discusses goals for 2023 including themes such as reading new authors and new books published in 2023. 

Books Discussed:  

Mission: Get Daddy Better by Todd McElwee
The Holiday Breakdown by Leah Bonnema
The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis
Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families by Nicole Lynn Lewis
When We Were Still Alive by Keith McWalter
Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe and her website describes more about the reason she wrote the book. 
Big Wig by Jonathan Hillman and Levi Hasting, illustrator

My Antonia by Willa Cather
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays by Cj Hauser
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Yinka, Where is your Huzband? By Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

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 Amazon ranked its top books of the year, according to this RollingStone article. Barnes and Noble also have ranked its top books, which you can find in this article from Book Riot. The Washington Post has also ranked its books of 2022. 

 Here are books discussed. 

 Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover

 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

 Afterlives by Abulrazak Gurnah

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Books Discussed:

 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The Eye of the World: Book One of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire Book One by George R.R. Marin

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

When Aidan Becomes a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

Till We have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

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 Z-Library was shut down last week by the government and Lisa talks about why this is crushing college students who used it to gain college books. Here’s an article Fast Company. Many folks blamed famous author Colleen Hoover for shutting down Z-library, and it has been described it as her villain origin story. Here’s a non-profit that works to make textbooks affordable. Hoover posted on Facebook and stated she had nothing to do with Z-Library's closure. 

 Books Discussed on the show: 

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy 

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry

Spare by Prince Harry

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 Gone Girl is a super popular book and received many accolades from The New York Times. It’s been ten years since the book was published and spawned the “Gone Girl Effect,” according to The Ringer.  Flynn also says it’s not a question of when but if regarding a sequel in a People Magazine.

 Gone Girl Effect Books:
 The Woman in the Window by A J Finn

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Books Discussed on the show: 

 The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 By Garrett M. Graff 

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI  by David Grann

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

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 Some tips Lisa suggests are setting a specific date and time for the book club. Organizing the books ahead of time is also a huge help. 

 Books Mentioned: 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zaunner

Verity by Colleen Hoover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab

The Pilars of The Earth by Ken Follet

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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 Tara Wine-Queen is a writer in central West Virginia who posts delightful and charming comments on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

Books Discussed:
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Something to Hide a Lynley novel by Elizabeth George

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Elizabeth George

Normal People  by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You? By Sally Rooney

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Books Discussed on the show: 

·     ·      A Ghost in the Throat by Dorieann Ni Ghriofa

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 Laura opened Odyssey Bookstore in March 2020. The store focuses on sustainability and is nestled in a darling spot in Ithaca, New York. You can follow the bookstore on Facebook or Instagram. In next week’s episode, Lisa and Laura will talk about what it was like for Laura to open a bookstore amid the pandemic. 

Books Discussed on the Show: 

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 

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 Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

 Also Discussed: 

Verity by Colleen Hoover

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zaunner

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaeildes

I am Glad My Mom Died byJennette McCurdy

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 This CNN article discusses how Brooklyn Public Library has handed out 5,100 digital library cards to young people across the country. 

In last week's episode, Lisa highlighted the top 10 most banned books of 2021. Here, she discussed the books banned in 2012. 

 1.     Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey 

2.     The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

3.     Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

4.     Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

5.     And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell, Justin Richardson and Henry Cole

6.     The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

7.     Looking for Alaska by John Green

8.     Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell

9.     The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 

10.   Beloved by Toni Morrison

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 This article from Wired delves into similar themes of Sea of Tranquility, Station Eleven. This Deadline.com article highlights the popularity of the three books and The New Yorker wrote a profile piece of St. John Mandel. 

Banned Books Week is from Sept. 18, to Sept. 24 Publishers Weekly says more books are being banned and contested now.  This article highlights how schools are under pressure. Newsweek wrote an article about a teacher in Texas whose banned books display was protested by parents.

The American Library Association tracked the top 10 most frequently challenged books, and they are:
1.  Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maria Kobabe and she is quoted in this article.
2.  Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
3.  All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
4. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
5. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9. This Boy is Gay by Juno Dawson
10. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out    by Susan Kuklin

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This episode is spoiler free. She shares three things she likes about the book and three things she doesn’t like. 

The Wall Street Journal calls the novel “wonderfully observed” and highlights the father and daughter relationship. The Boston Globe writes about how the book allows you to think about what it would be like to see your elderly dying parent when they’re young and healthy. 

The Chicago Tribune writes about how the book explores how meaningful moments aren’t always apparent at the time. The New York Times highlights how this book highlights lovely gems of New York in the 1990s. 

Books discussed: 

·      The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

·      A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

·      The Help by Kathryn Stockett

·      Verity by Colleen Hoover

·      Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

·      To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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 The book is about an 18th Century Apothecary, Nella, who sells poisons to women seeking to kill men. She has two rules: The poison must never be used to harm another woman and the names of the murderer, and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register. 

 NPR describes it as a poisonously good read, but Publisher's Weekly says it starts out strong but peters out. One Goodreads reviewer Nilufer Ozmekik gave very positive reviews. 

Lisa questions some historical facts, pointing out that if a man dies a woman will likely be subordinate to another man. this article about Jane Austen that highlights some of the laws in the 1700s in London for women showing that women did not inherit the estate when a man died and was instead mostly forced to follow another man's rules. 

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 Authors have posted online, including Kelly Yang, author of the Front Porch Desk series, along with author Kalynn Bayron who is releasing a new book this fall named:  The Vanquishers. 

 Britney S. Lewis’s debut novel, The Undead Truth of Us, was told it would not be shelved at Barnes & Noble.  

Several articles, including Book Riot and Publishers Marketplace, delve into how this policy means fewer middle-grade and debut authors will get their books on the shelves at Barnes & Noble.

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This podcast provides analysis on books and bookish news, and today Lisa discusses her visit to the main New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.  

 The public library was opened on May 23, 1911, and is an impressive building and worth a visit. When you first walk up to the library, you’ll see the two iconic lions and can read a few fantastic stories about them. 

 Lisa also had an opportunity to visit limited-time exhibit. You can get more information about the library here.  In September 2021, the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures showcases opened. You can get free tickets online or while at the library. 

 Also, Lisa also catches readers up with the latest news of the U.S. Government trial against Penguin Random House. The trial is in the 2nd week.  

 In the fall of 2020, Penguin Random House announced it was spending $2.18 billion to purchase competitor Simon & Schuster. The U.S. government has sued Penguin Random House arguing that this deal means fewer authors will be able to earn a living from writing. 

 The New Yorker asks the question about whether publishing is art or commerce and delves into how “backlists,” “Book Tok” and advance copies are essential in publishing today. 

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 In the fall of 2020, Penguin Random House announced it was spending $2.18 billion to purchase competitor Simon & Schuster. The U.S. government has sued Penguin Random House, arguing that this deal means fewer authors will be able to earn a living from writing. 

 CNN writes about this lawsuit in this article. The New York Times also reports in great detail about the dispute with Penguin Random House and the government. The Associated Press delves into this trial which is expected to take three weeks. 

One of the first significant speakers was author Stephen King, who described himself as a “freelance writer” in this AP article.

 n the second week of the trial, Macmillan’s CEO spoke about how the deal will harm his firm and the industry, including writers. 

·      In other book news, David McCullough, an award-winning, best-selling author, died at 89. Lisa discusses some of his books.

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 In the fall of 2022, Penguin Random House announced it was spending $2.18 billion to purchase competitor Simon & Schuster. The U.S. government has sued Penguin Random House, arguing that this deal means fewer authors will be able to earn a living from writing. 

CNN writes about this lawsuit in this article. The New York Times also reports in great detail about the dispute between Penguin Random House and the government. The Associated Press delves into this trial which is expected to take three weeks. 

One of the first significant speakers was author Stephen King, who described himself as a “freelance writer” in this AP article.

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