Unofficial Book Club Podcast

The Cringe is So Less Cringy in a Book with Lauren Makely

In this episode my friend Lauren Makely joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode 
Riley Sager
Sarah J. Maas
Lurlene McDaniel
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Final Girls by Riley Sager
The Adventures of Captain Underpants  by Dav Pilkey
The Baby-sitters Club by Ann M. Martin
Heartland by Lauren Brooke
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Who is Maud Dixon?by Alexandra Andrews
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
Scythe and Pen by A C Hobbs
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Gaill by Lo Meyer
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Vicious  by V. E. Schwab
Autumn's Tithe by Hannah Parker
Lovely, Dark and Deep by Claudia Cain
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli
 
Instagram: @literary_lo
 
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You’re More Resilient than You Think with Lauren Makely

In this episode my friend Lauren Makely joins me to discuss her passion to make a difference in the world and the online community of books!
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We Love a Good Mystery with Liz Lawson

In this episode my sister Deryn joins me again to chat with author Liz Lawson about her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Katherine Center
Dolly Alderton
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
 
The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson 
The Agathas and The Night in Question by Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
 Ghosts  by Dolly Alderton
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo
 The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen 
The Amateurs by Sara Shepard
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Look In the Mirror by Catherine Steadman
How to Break a Boy by Laurie Devore
The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Unlikeable Female Characters:The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Vicious by V. E. Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell 
 
Instagram: @lzlwsn
Tiktok: @lzlwsn 
https://www.lizlawsonauthor.com/ 
 
Instagram: @deryng 
 
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Feeling at Home in the World with Liz Lawson

In this episode my sister Deryn joins me to interview an author we love… Liz Lawson. We discuss her book The Lucky Ones and the books she co-authored with Kathleen Glasgow, The Agathas and The Night in Question. 
 
Instagram: @lzlwsn
Tiktok: @lzlwsn 
https://www.lizlawsonauthor.com/
 
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Physical Books Only with Justine Champine

In this episode author Justine Champine joins me to discuss her debut novel Knife River and to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Alice Munro
Joy Williams
Sylvia Plath
Lydia Davis
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
Knife River Justine Champine
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Station Elevenby Emily St. John Mandel
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Miles City, Montana by Alice Munro
Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers
Before We Were Innocent: Reese's Book Club by Ella Berman
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Lowboy By John Cheever
California's Amazing Geology by Donald Prothero
Lore and Language of Schoolchildren by Iona Archibald Opie
Behave by Robert Sapolsky
Red Comet by Heather Clark
Dear Life by Alice Munro
 Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin
 
Instagram: @justin_champine
Justinechampine.com 
 
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I Have to get my Characters Names Right with Justine Champine

In this episode author Justine Champine joins me to discuss her debut thriller novel Knife River!
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I'm Grabbing a Book more than grabbing the Remote with Lo Meyer

In this episode author Lo Meyer joins me to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Scythe and Pen by A C Hobbs
No Exit by Taylor Adams
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Gaill by Lo Meyer
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Divergent by Veronica Roth 
The Maze Runnerby James Dashner
A Court of Mist and Fury  by Sarah J. Maas
Marie Antoinette: The Journey  by Antonia Fraser
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy and Julia Fox
Dante by Sadie Kincaid 
Made Series by Danielle Lori
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Instagram: @_lo_meyer
Tiktok: @_lo_meyer
 
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Maybe I was meant to Stand Out with Lo Meyer

In this episode author Lo Meyer joins me to discuss her debut dystopian fantasy novel The Gaill. 
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Books are Better on Vacation by Liza Palmer

In this episode Liza Palmer joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley
My Life in France  by Alex Prud'homme and Julia Child
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Tell Me Everything: A Memoir by Minka Kelly
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus by Edward Gorey
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris: And, Mrs Harris Goes to New York by Paul Gallico
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
One of Us Knows: A Thriller by Alyssa Cole
RAFE: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Meegan by Rebekah Weatherspoon 
Yellowface  by R. F. Kuang
Instagram: @lizapalmer
 
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It Never Occurred to me that Maren Wouldn’t be a Woman with Liza Palmer

In this episode author Liza Palmer joins me to discuss her new book Family Reservations which came out in April 2024. 
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