Unofficial Book Club Podcast

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. 
 
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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!
Instagram: @justin_champine
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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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I Love to Read Unusual Perspectives with Emiko Jean

In this episode author Emiko Jean joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean
Tokyo Forever by Emiko Jean
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer 
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Room by Emma Donoghue
 The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya
The Perfect Marriage: A Completely Gripping Psychological Suspense by Jeneva Rose
Everyone But Myself: A Memoir by Julie Chavez
The Fetishist by Katherine Min
Instagram:  @emikojeanbooks
Tiktok:  @emikojeanbooks
 
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Nothing Is Ever Certain with Emiko Jean

In this episode Emiko Jean joins me to discuss her new book The Return of Ellie Black!
 
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Jane Austen Raised in New Jersey with Jessie Rosen

In this episode the author of The Heirloom, Jessie Rosen joins me to discuss the books that impacted her the most!
 
Books and Authors Discussed in this Episode: 
Judy Blume Books
Stephen King Books 
Lucy Clarke Books 
Jane Austen Books 
 
The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin
Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia  by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
 One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Unmaking of June Farrow by ADRIENNE YOUNG
One Day by David Nicholls
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
Expiration Dates: A Novel by Rebecca Serle
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
 
Instagram: @jessierosenwriter
Tiktok: @jessierosenwriter 
 
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