Unofficial Book Club Podcast

A Book with a Compelling Cast of Characters with Kathleen Carter

In this episode book publicist Kathleen Carter joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode: 
Emily Henry
Amy Poeppel
Lynda Loigman
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Editor)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
One Day by David Nicholls
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews
The Last One by Will Dean
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Tell Me Everything: A Memoir by Minka Kelly
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Godshot by Chelsea Bieker
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche
Kathleen Carter Communications 
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My Time to Give Myself a Shot with Kathleen Carter

In this episode book publicist Kathleen Carter joins me to discuss her job owning a book publicity company and her start in publishing! 
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I’ve Been Reading to be More Fearless with Jessie Rosen

In this episode author Jessie Rosen joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode: 
Rebecca Serle
Adrienne Young
Iman Hariri-Kia
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
All Fours by Miranda July 
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death  by Maggie O'Farrell
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin
The Wedding People by Aliso Espach
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke 
Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Cohen
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri Kia
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Less Is Liberation: Finding Freedom from a Life of Overwhelm by Christine Platt
 
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Transformation Requires Travel with Jessie Rosen

In this episode, Jessie Rosen joins me to discuss her new novel, All the Signs!
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There is Something to be Gained from Any and Every Book with Alice Martin

In this episode, Alice Martin joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Capitol of Dreams by Heather O’Neil
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Scythe and Pen by A. C. Hobbs
The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor's Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. Jones
Come Closer by Sara Gran
 
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Incubating a Novel with Alice Martin

In this episode, author Alice Martin joins me to discuss her debut novel Westward Women. 
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When I Am Writing a Book, I Can’t Read with Wade Rouse

In this episode author Wade Rouse joins again to discuss his relationship to reading and all of his favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Nora Effron 
Tom Wolfe
David Sedaris
Agustin burroughs 
Jenny Losten
Urma Bomback 
Bret Easton
Erma Bombeck
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
What A Way To Goby Bella Mackie
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
None of this is True by Lisa Jewell
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Last One by Will Dean
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder
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Humor, Heartbreak = Honesty with Wade Rouse

In this episode, author Wade Rouse joins me to discuss his newest novel inspired by the Golden Girls!
 
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I Never Read Books Over Again with Jumata Emill

In this episode, author Jumata Emill joins me to discuss his relationship to reading and all of his favorite books! 
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
 E. Lynn Harris
Anne Rice
Christopher Rice 
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
Blood Debuts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
A Snow Garden by Christopher Rice
Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally
The Grand Paloma Resort by Clyvis Natera
The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
The White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 
Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid 
There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley
Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
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Even When It’s Hard, It’s Still the Job I Want with Jumata Emill

In this episode author Jumata Emill joins me to discuss his YA Thrillers! 
 
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