Unofficial Book Club Podcast

Welcome to Unofficial Book Club: Where Life & Stories Meet!

In this podcast I will be connecting with people through my favorite thing, a good story. And just like any book club we’ll only be spending half the time actually talking about books.

I believe life is like a book, each chapter is a piece of our development and growth with the good, the bad and everything in between that ultimately makes up our story.

Two episodes will be shared with you every other week, first I’ll sit down with a guest to get to know them and the second we will host our own book club, talking about our favorite books!

Thank you for joining me!

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Episodes

Thursday Jul 24, 2025

In this episode, Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons join me to discuss their favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode: 
Stephen King
R. L. Stine 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
Fear Street by  R. L. Stine
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by American author Rick Riordan
The Stranger by Albert Camus
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte
Whidbey by T Kira Madden
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself by Lisa Marchiano
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Love xxx Allie Rowbottom
JELL-O Girls by Allie Rowbottom
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
 
IInstagram: @chelseabieker and @kimberlykingparsons
Tiktok: @chelseabieker1 
https://www.fountainpractice.com/
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https://www.kimberlykingparsons.com/
 
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Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

In this episode, Chelsea Bieker author of Madwoman, Godshot and Heartbroke and Kimberly King Parsons author of We Were the Universe and Black Light join me to discuss their books and their platform for writers, The Fountain.
 
Instagram: @chelseabieker and @kimberlykingparsons
Tiktok: @chelseabieker1 
 
https://www.fountainpractice.com/
https://www.chelseabieker.com/
https://www.kimberlykingparsons.com/
 
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Thursday Jul 17, 2025

In this episode, author Nicci Cloke joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Carrie by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
The Deptford Mice Series by Robin Jarvis
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
The Last One by Will Dean
So Happy For You by Celia Laskey
Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves   by Karen Joy Fowler
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Run by Ann Patchett
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Instagram: @niccicloke
https://niccicloke.com/
 
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Tuesday Jul 15, 2025

In this episode author Nicci Cloke joins me to discuss her newest novel Her Many Faces!
Instagram: @niccicloke
https://niccicloke.com/
 
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Thursday Jul 10, 2025

In this episode Zahra Thaleb joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Ali Hazelwood
Emily Henry
Kristina Forest
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia
The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 
The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M. L. Wang
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Devine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Funny You Should Ask  by Elissa Sussman
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Love Con by Seressia Glass
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews  
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti
Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
Gone Girl  by Gillian Flynn
The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
 
Instagram: @zahra.thaleb
Tiktok: @zahra.thaleb
https://substack.com/@zahrathaleb 
 
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Tuesday Jul 08, 2025

In this episode, content creator and writer Zahra Thaleb joins me to discuss her romance novel and job in NYC!
 
Instagram: @zahra.thaleb
Tiktok: @zahra.thaleb
https://substack.com/@zahrathaleb 
 
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Thursday Jul 03, 2025

In this episode, author Kelsey Cox joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven portal fantasy by C. S. Lewis
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Mae Cohen
The Last One by Will Dean
The Island by Adrian McKinty
Scythe and Pen by A. C. Hobbs
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Authors Discussed in this Episode: 
Roald Dahl
Lisa Jewell
Lucy Foley
Freida McFadden
Tana French
Agatha Christie
Jane Harper
Daphne du Maurier
 
Instagram: @kelseycoxwriter
https://kelseycoxbooks.com/
 
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Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

In this episode, debut author Kelsey Cox joins me to discuss her new thriller Party of Liars. 
Instagram: @kelseycoxwriter
https://kelseycoxbooks.com/
 
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Thursday Jun 26, 2025

In this episode, Maika and Maritza Moulite join me again to discuss their relationship to reading and all of their favorite books!
 
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Madeline Miller
Jenni Howell
Brandon Sanderson
Alyssa Cole
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
James by Percival Everett
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia
The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy D. Snyder
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory
The Deep Blue Betweenby Ayesha Harruna Attah
 
 
Instagram: @maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite
Tiktok:@maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite
https://www.maikaandmaritza.com/
 
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Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

In this episode, Maika and Maritza Moulite join me to discuss their newest novel The Summer I Ate the Rich.  
 
Instagram: @maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite
Tiktok:@maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite
https://www.maikaandmaritza.com/
 
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