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Living A Life Through Books
S5E10 - Book Club: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
We discuss the book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. We talk about the themes and our favorite characters and ultimately our rating of the book. This episode is rated explicit because of a couple of F words. Get a Libro.FM credit bundle for yourself and/or that special person in your life for any occasion or just because. Use code LLTBPODCAST on the Libro.FM site. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it...
2023-01-19
54 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E39 - Book Club: Kalyana by Rajni Mala Khelawan
This is a book about an Indo-Fijian woman. The author joins us after 20 mins. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at liv...
2022-08-28
1h 06
Living A Life Through Books
S4E36 - Book Club: The 7 or 8 Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
EXPLICIT content. Adult themes. We discuss our thoughts on the book, themes, and our favorite characters (and not so favorite ones). Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other epis...
2022-07-30
1h 14
Living A Life Through Books
S4E27 - Book Club: I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart
Book club discussions involve the perspectives of the attending members and we had a lively discussion on this one. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please co...
2022-05-30
1h 15
Living A Life Through Books
S4E25 - Book Club: White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Lively discussion of White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Loved to hear everyone's point of view on this disturbing topic and book. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other epi...
2022-04-23
1h 18
Living A Life Through Books
S4E22 - Book Club: Hell Of A Book by Jason Mott
Discussing the whole book with spoilers. There were several themes in this book and we had a good discussion. This session as with my book club sessions was done on Zoom. Just an FYI, I will be switching to in-person soon and my book club members who are out of town, I will still figure out a way to get them through Zoom or some other medium. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just be...
2022-03-28
1h 10
Living A Life Through Books
S4E21 - Book Club: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE With book club, we discuss all aspects of the book, including the ending and plot twists. While this episode does not have a recorded audio spoiler alert, at the time of posting, please accept my apologies. Due to family issues and my health, I have been behind on this episode. This is our February book club and while I worked hard to edit, I was so focused on getting the episode out, I forgot to add the audio spoiler alert. I may go back and change the audio to add the spoiler alert, but...
2022-03-21
1h 18
Living A Life Through Books
S4E16 - Book Club: A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
SPOILER ALERT: We are discussing the book A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman. We had a lively discussion with this one. Hope you have read the book and are able to enjoy the journey of reading this one. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any other occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I wo...
2022-01-16
1h 24
Living A Life Through Books
S4E12 - Book Club: The Dancing Girls of Lahore by Louise Brown
SPOILER ALERT. This book is non-fiction and the researcher follows the women and transgender in the red light district of Lahore. Our conversation goes all over the place. When we talk prostitution and patriarchy, it was lively. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occa...
2021-12-27
1h 38
Living A Life Through Books
S4E11 - A Writer's Retreat: Her Spirit Retreat by Story Summit
At the end of October, I decided to go to a Writer's Retreat and this podcast chronicles my journey and my experiences. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift me...
2021-12-22
18 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E10 - What's in a name?
Today's episode comes to you from a conversation I had with a person who I refer to as John Doe (in this podcast). His 16 year old self was passionate about the name of a character in a book he read and so the story goes... It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.c...
2021-12-06
25 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E9 - November 2021 (Month in Review)
Another month and more books and my reading to discuss. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. When you click on the link, please double check that it says "Get 2 audiobooks for the price of...
2021-12-02
11 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E7 - Author Conversation: Nicole Glover (The Undertakers)
Today we are talking with author Nicole Glover from The Conductors and The Undertakers. Her second book, the Undertakers, published by Mariner books, comes out today. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If that embed doesn't work, here's the direct link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lltbpodcast If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM...
2021-11-09
1h 02
Living A Life Through Books
S4E6 - October 2021 (Month in Review)
It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. When you click on the link, please double check that it says "Get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 from Living A Life Through Books" at the top of the pa...
2021-11-01
05 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E4 - Author Conversations: Margaret Verble (When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky)
Talking with Pulitzer finalist Margaret Verble about her latest book, When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky. We talk about the book, writing, Pulitzer and go where the conversation takes us. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for th...
2021-10-12
47 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E3 - September 2021 (Month in Review)
This month I did 9 books. If you follow this podcast, you know there's a super short summary about each of the books I've read. This episode is also a way to track my reading monthly. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to...
2021-10-03
11 min
Living A Life Through Books
S4E2 - Book Club: White Ivy by Susie Yang
SPOILER ALERT As with book club, we discussed the book White Ivy by Susie Yang and had a couple of different opinions. I guess, mine was the unpopular one. Haha. Take a listen and would love to hear your thoughts on this episode or on the book. Just reach out to me. Thank you. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any o...
2021-09-20
1h 05
Living A Life Through Books
S4E1 - Author Conversations with Alka Joshi
Alka Joshi is a NY Times Bestselling author. Her debut novel The Henna Artist is a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub pick. Her book The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, released June 2021 is already on bestseller lists. Today we talk about the journey of writing her novels. Invite Alka to your bookclubs, your local bookstores, libraries for an author talk and discussion. She can be reached at www.alkajoshi.com It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YO...
2021-09-06
59 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E73 - Everything AUDIOBOOKS for the most part.
It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. When you click on the link, please double check that it says "Get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 from Living A Life Through Books" at the top of the pa...
2021-09-03
22 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E72 - August 2021 (Month in Review)
A lot of books this month. Enjoy the little summaries and my take on them. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. When you click on the link, please double check that it says "Get...
2021-09-02
14 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E71 - Book Club: The Street by Anne Petry
Another Book Club episode. Excellent book. Great discussion and thoughts. Please note that the audio cut out briefly about 2 to 3 times. Thank you for your understanding. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. When you...
2021-08-25
51 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E70 - Book Club: My Real Name is Hanna by Tara Lynn Masih
The author joins us later in this episode. I do not tell my book club members when an author joins. I figure I would like to reward the members who do commit and come regularly. Although, getting an author on the book club can be tricky. And it's next to impossible to get the "famous" ones. Today's book is a YA, WWII, historic fiction set in Ukraine. Listen to our discussion and to the author's point of view. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How abou...
2021-08-21
1h 29
Living A Life Through Books
S3E69 - Book Club: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Discussing the book The Casual Vacancy without spoilers. Hope you all get a chance to read it. I would like to introduce each of our members in attendance briefly with their instagram tags. Please follow them all. Thank you. Erin - @erin_eatsbooks and Riffat - @booksection. Please note that Riffat also has a blog: www.teacrockery.blog/ *********************************************************************************************************************************** It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the...
2021-08-09
56 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E68 - July 2021 (Month in Review)
Going over the books I've read this past month. I did 8 books. Also talking a bit about book goals. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the pric...
2021-08-02
11 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E67 - Author Conversations: Erika Montgomery (A Summer to Remember)
This conversation went in different directions. Erika talks about the old way of approaching agents and the new way and just the process of research and writing. As always, author conversations are so much fun and I learn a lot. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me...
2021-07-31
1h 00
Living A Life Through Books
S3E65 - Author Conversations: Dr. Adam Stern (Committed)
Chatting with the author of the book Committed, Dr. Adam Stern. Committed comes out July 13, 2021. Look for it at your local bookstores. There are no spoilers in this episode but it's always a great idea to read the book and then listen to the author's perspective. I've found that helps me. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you ha...
2021-07-13
53 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E64 - Author Conversations: Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman (The Very Nice Box)
The Very Nice Box comes out July 6th, 2021. Check it out. I'm chatting with the authors of this book in this episode. Take a listen. We discuss their process of writing and how they got their book published. It was a fun chat. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other...
2021-07-06
48 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E63 - June 2021, Month In Review
It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Please note that you need to add the code to get the deal. I realized that the link...
2021-07-01
10 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E62 - Author Conversations: Damyanti Biswas (You Beneath Your Skin)
This was another delightful, open, honest and refreshing conversation with author Damyanti Biswas. She most certainly has a different take on reader reviews. Take a listen. You can follow Damyanti on her instagram @damyantig It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at l...
2021-06-19
1h 04
Living A Life Through Books
S3E61 - Book Club: House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
SPOILER ALERT: Since this is book club we do discuss several elements of the book, including the end. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the pr...
2021-06-12
43 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E60 - Book Club: Of Women And Salt by Gabriela Garcia
SPOILER ALERT: As with our book club episodes, there will be spoilers for the book. Today we are doing Of Women And Salt by Gabriela Garcia. Take a listen to see what we thought about the book. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me b...
2021-06-07
1h 04
Living A Life Through Books
S3E59 - May 2021 (Month in Review)
It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Please note that you need to add the code to get the deal. I realized that the link...
2021-06-01
12 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E58 - Author Conversations: Brian Broome (Punch Me Up To The Gods)
Today we are talking with memoir author, Brian Broome. You can reach Brian on his website at www.brianbroome.com. His book comes out May 18th, 2021. It's an excellent read that I would highly recommend. It is very raw but it's so good. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other...
2021-05-18
44 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E44 - Serialized publishing with Emily Sheng
Talking with owner of e-publishing company, eglobalcreativepublishing, Emily Sheng. Take a listen and contact her for any questions you may have. I'm available on Clubhouse. Look me up by name: Shahnaz Ahmed. I have "Living A Life Thru Books" as a club on Clubhouse. Doing a weekly bookclub there (Tuesdays at 8pm CST). If you would like an invite into Clubhouse, let me know. :-) It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can...
2021-03-19
48 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E42 - Author Conversations: Samuel Kane (The Pilgrim's Soul)
Sam Kane is an English teacher and he's used his talents and creativity to write a book! He's working on his second book, the sequel to The Pilgrim's Soul. You can reach Sam at www.samkanewriter.com. His book can be preordered here. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. Look for me (Shahnaz Ahmed) and follow me on Clubh...
2021-03-11
57 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E38 - Author Conversations: Jenny Ashcroft (Meet Me In Bombay)
Jenny Ashcroft, a British author, has wanted to cross over to the American market. Her book Meet Me in Bombay was published by St. Martin's Press and Jenny talks about her writing journey. She brings authenticity and humor to this conversation. Take a listen. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support would mean the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. I can use all the caffeine I can get. LOL. And THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any...
2021-02-21
56 min
Connections through Creativity with Rebekah Jane Art
016 - Reading with Dr. Shahnaz Ahmed; Living a Life Through Books
IN THE EPISODE This is Part 2 of my collaboration with Living a Life Through Books Podcast! Listen to Part 1 here!Dr. Shahnaz Ahmed is a podcaster from Living a Life Through Books, where she talks about everything bookish. She's an avid reader, working on her first novel. Her dream is to one day be a motivational speaker. Today we're talking about how Shahnaz took her super achievable reading goal of 0 books a year to 100! She turned one bad habit into her love and passion for reading and now shares that love to...
2021-01-29
35 min
Living A Life Through Books
RE-UPLOAD - S3E26: 2021 Goal Setting
Hi folks, It was brought to my attention that when I originally uploaded this episode, I mistakenly used the audio for the top 20 of 2020, episode. I went back to that episode, deleted the audio and re-uploaded this one. While Apple podcasts and Spotify has self-corrected for my original error, some other apps have not. So, I decided that I would just upload it again as a new episode. I want to thank everyone who brought it to my attention that the same episode was uploaded twice. THANK YOU and I sincerely apologize for my mistake and any inc...
2021-01-06
16 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E3 - Book Club: I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
SPOILER ALERT Today's episode had Erin, Katie, Lindsay, Lori and myself discussing this book. Hope you enjoy the discussion. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Check out my swell cast. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff...
2020-09-10
58 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E2 - Bookish change
Do your interests in different genres in books change over time? I explore that briefly in this episode. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Check out my swell cast. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't m...
2020-09-07
07 min
Living A Life Through Books
S3E1 - Bookish panel discussion for 2nd Anniversary of this podcast!
Welcome to the 3rd season of this podcast. For the 2nd Anniversary party, I got a group of authors and bookstagrammers together and here's what happened. My good friend Erin, co hosted. Panel of authors included Christopher Todd, Amy Voltaire and Jamie McGillen. Bookstagrammers were Erica (sand_between_pages), Jenny (whatJennyreadsinMontana), and Angie (dclazygirl). I hope you all enjoy this wonderful and special episode. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can email me at...
2020-09-06
1h 07
Living A Life Through Books
S2E101 - My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. Book Talk with Erin. Part 2/2
SPOILER ALERT If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Check out my swell cast. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't miss the conversation. My website has some older episodes and some of my travel...
2020-09-04
44 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E100: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. Book talk with Erin. Part 1/2
SPOILER ALERT If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Check out my swell cast. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't miss the conversation. My website has some older episodes and some of my travel...
2020-09-03
44 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E99 - Month in Review: August 2020
If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Check out my swell cast. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't miss the conversation. My website has some older episodes and some of my travels are chronicled there. I know...
2020-08-31
10 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E98 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. Book talk with Erin.
As mentioned in the episode, you are all invited to my 2nd Anniversary recorded Zoom bookish panel party. Please email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com with a Zoom link request. Panelists include Chris Todd, Jamie McGillen, Amy Voltaire, Erica and Angie. Will accept first 90 guests to RSVP. If you have more questions for me, you can reach me through Facebook or Instagram at Living A Life Through Books. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your family and fri...
2020-08-26
47 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E97 - Book Club: Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Part 2/2)
As mentioned in the episode, you are all invited to my 2nd Anniversary recorded Zoom bookish panel party. Please email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com with a Zoom link request. Panelists include Chris Todd, Jamie McGillen, Amy Voltaire, Erica and Angie. Will accept first 90 guests to RSVP. If you have more questions for me, you can reach me through Facebook or Instagram at Living A Life Through Books. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your family and fri...
2020-08-25
44 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E96 - Book Club: Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Part 1/2)
As mentioned in the episode, you are all invited to my 2nd Anniversary recorded Zoom bookish panel party. Please email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com with a Zoom link request. Panelists include Chris Todd, Jamie McGillen, Amy Voltaire, Erica and Angie. Will accept first 90 guests to RSVP. If you have more questions for me, you can reach me through Facebook or Instagram at Living A Life Through Books. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your family and fri...
2020-08-24
48 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E95 - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. Book talk with Katie.
SPOILER ALERT. We do discuss the book and that includes the end. If you don't mind spoilers, then listen at your own risk. haha! Please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. I thank you. You can reach me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Send me an email if you want to reach me. Katie can be reached on Instagram @_Katie.reads I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Check out my swell cast. Here's the link if you want to check out the...
2020-08-17
39 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E94 - Ereader App Resources For Children
Erin Beaver and I discuss a lot of popular apps that children can use to read, paid and free. Check it out. You can reach me on Instagram and Facebook at Living a Life Through Books. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. If you loved this episode, please take a moment to write me a review on Apple podcasts. Thank you. My website (perpetually under construction) is: shahnazahmed.com Join me on Swell. Check out the site. If you love it, download the audio app where you can have a conversation with me. My tag on it is @bookish...
2020-08-10
42 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E93 - National Book Lover Day. Here's to us!
Happy National Book Lover Day! What does it mean to be a book lover? Here are my thoughts. You can reach me on Instagram and Facebook at Living a Life Through Books. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. If you loved this episode, please take a moment to write me a review on Apple podcasts. Thank you. My website (perpetually under construction) is: shahnazahmed.com Join me on Swell. Check out the site. If you love it, download the audio app where you can have a conversation with me. My tag o...
2020-08-09
05 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E92 - Author conversation: Charlotte McConaghy, author of Migrations
Author Charlotte McConaghy breaks through in a big way into the US market with a book published by Flatiron books, an imprint of MacMillan books. Her book Migrations gets published August 4th, 2020. Congratulations Charlotte! You can reach me on Instagram and Facebook at Living a Life Through Books. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. If you loved this episode, please take a moment to write me a review on Apple podcasts. Thank you. My website (perpetually under construction) is: shahnazahmed.com Join me on Swell, the audio app where you c...
2020-08-04
30 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E91 - Month in Review: July 2020
I talk about the 7 books I read this month and my reading in general. You can reach me through Instagram or Facebook at Living A Life Through Books. You an email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com My website (under perpetual construction) is shahnazahmed.com Join me on the new app called swell. You can continue this conversation with me there. Thank you.
2020-07-31
10 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E90 - The Mystery of Sherlock Holmes by Christopher Todd
This is a story adapted to a play. Hope you enjoy it. You can reach me on Instagram and Facebook at Living a Life Through Books. You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. If you loved this episode, please take a moment to write me a review on Apple podcasts. Thank you. My website (perpetually under construction) is: shahnazahmed.com Join me on Swell, the audio app where you can have a conversation with me. My tag on it is @bookishpodcast. To purchase the book of New Sherlock Holme...
2020-07-29
48 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E89 - Books or Movie/TV
When Instagram handle @starsatnightpub gave me this concept for a podcast, I jumped on it. It took me a while, but I hope I did it all some justice. You can reach me through Facebook or Instagram at Living a Life Through Books. Email me at: Livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com Website (in perpetual construction): shahnazahmed.com Please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. Thank you. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can join more of my bookish conversations there. Here's my convers...
2020-07-27
29 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E88 - Book Club: An Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (Part 2/2)
SPOILER ALERT. On July 10th our book club discussed An Island of Sea Women, a novel by Lisa See. This historic fiction is set in Korea. Author Lisa See joins us in this part! You can reach me through Facebook or Instagram at Living a Life Through Books. Email me at: Livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com Website (in perpetual construction): shahnazahmed.com Please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. Thank you. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can join more of my bookish...
2020-07-23
49 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E87 - Book Club: An Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (Part 1/2)
SPOILER ALERT. On July 10th our book club discussed An Island of Sea Women, a novel by Lisa See. This historic fiction is set in Korea. Author Lisa See joins us in part 2/2 coming soon. You can reach me through Facebook or Instagram at Living a Life Through Books. Email me at: Livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com Website (in perpetual construction): shahnazahmed.com Please write me a review on Apple Podcasts or on www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks. Thank you. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can join more of my book...
2020-07-22
56 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E86 - The Raven Boys. Book talk with Katie.
SPOILER ALERT. I apologize for not adding the spoiler alert to the podcast itself. As I mentioned I'm navigating audio issues with my new upgraded software. You can reach me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Send me an email if you want to reach me. Katie can be reached on Instagram @_Katie.reads I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @bookishpodcast. Here's the link: Join me on Swell. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't miss the conver...
2020-07-13
46 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E85 - Sci-Fi and Alternate History with Alex Wallace
My guest, Alex Wallace, is a nerd who is well versed with the genres of Sci-Fi and Alternate History and today he talks to me about those genres and he brings up books he recommends. He talks a bit about the books in contention for the upcoming Hugo awards. You can reach me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Send me an email if you want to reach me. If you want to reach Alex, email me and I will forward it on to him. I'm on a new app called Swell. You can reach me there @book...
2020-07-07
49 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E84 - Thoughts on e-readers/e-reader apps
A brief overview of e-reader and e-reader apps. I do talk Kindle, Nook, Libby and Glose. Hope it's helpful. Please share this episode with your family and friends and on your social media pages. You can reach me on Living A Life Through Books on Instagram and Facebook. You can also reach me via email on livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.
2020-07-06
09 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E83 - Bookstagram cancel culture
You can reach me on Instagram or Facebook at Living A Life Through Books. You can also contact me via email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join me on Swell. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't miss the conversation. My website has some older episodes and some of my travels are chronicled there. I know it's a perpetual work in progress. I want the home page to look a certain way and long story short, I sincerely apologize. I have no excu...
2020-07-02
10 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E82 - Month in Review: June 2020
You can reach me on Instagram or Facebook at Living A Life Through Books. You can also contact me via email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Join me on Swell. It's a new way to reach out to me and voice chat. I will be posting more podcast stuff there also. Don't miss the conversation. My website has some older episodes and some of my travels are chronicled there. I know it's a perpetual work in progress. I want the home page to look a certain way and long story short, I sincerely apologize. I have no excu...
2020-06-30
12 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E81 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Book talk with Katie. (Part 2/2)
SPOILER ALERT: This two part series has myself and Katie talking about Brit Bennett's book The Vanishing Half. While there are no spoilers in this post, there are spoilers in the actual episode. If you've read this book, this might be a talk you want to listen to. Katie can be reached on Instagram @_katie.reads You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. You can also reach me on Instagram or Facebook at Living A Life Through Books. Please share this podcast with your family and friends and on your social media page...
2020-06-29
39 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E80 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Book talk with Katie. (Part 1/2)
SPOILER ALERT: This two part series has myself and Katie talking about Brit Bennett's book The Vanishing Half. While there are no spoilers in this post, there are spoilers in the actual episode. If you've read this book, this might be a talk you want to listen to. Katie can be reached on Instagram @_katie.reads You can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. You can also reach me on Instagram or Facebook at Living A Life Through Books. Please share this podcast with your family and friends and on your social media page...
2020-06-26
40 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E79 - Meet the podcaster. Interview by Phillybookfairy. (3/3)
Yes, we do talk books also, but this is more of a meet the podcaster type of episode. I’m chatting with Instagram handle Phillybookfairy and she’s interviewing me. She does talk about herself and her father and we talk about immigration and culture and our relationship with books. Take a listen. The episode is broken into 3 parts as usual to not get too long. Also, if you love my podcast, here’s the link to write me a review: www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks You can contact me through Facebook or Instagram or send me...
2020-06-24
46 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E78 - Meet the podcaster. Interview by Phillybookfairy (2/3)
Yes, we do talk books also, but this is more of a meet the podcaster type of episode. I’m chatting with Instagram handle Phillybookfairy and she’s interviewing me. She does talk about herself and her father and we talk about immigration and culture and our relationship with books. Take a listen. The episode is broken into 3 parts as usual to not get too long. Also, if you love my podcast, here’s the link to write me a review: www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks You can contact me through Facebook or Instagram or send me...
2020-06-23
43 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E77 - Meet the podcaster. Interview by Phillybookfairy. (1/3)
Yes, we do talk books also, but this is more of a meet the podcaster type of episode. I’m chatting with Instagram handle Phillybookfairy and she’s interviewing me. She does talk about herself and her father and we talk about immigration and culture and our relationship with books. Take a listen. The episode is broken into 3 parts as usual to not get too long. Also, if you love my podcast, here’s the link to write me a review: www.ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks You can contact me through Facebook or Instagram or send me...
2020-06-22
34 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E76 - Book Club: White Rage by Carol Anderson (part 2/2)
Mild spoiler alert. If you haven't studied history, this new history lesson will be eye opening. It will help you understand the racial divide better and help you confront the truth that you were not taught in schools about racism. We talk about the book, but we also talk about the current situation and what needs to be done. I know this book may be a tedious read, but I do believe it is should be required reading. As always when an episode gets too long, I have split it in two parts. This is part two. If you...
2020-06-19
38 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E75 - Book Club: White Rage by Carol Anderson (Part 1/2)
Mild spoiler alert. If you haven't studied history, this new history lesson will be eye opening. It will help you understand the racial divide better and help you confront the truth that you were not taught in schools about racism. We talk about the book, but we also talk about the current situation and what needs to be done. I know this book may be a tedious read, but I do believe it is should be required reading. As always when an episode gets too long, I have split it in two parts. This is part one. If you...
2020-06-18
1h 03
Living A Life Through Books
S2E74 - A Year Older
Hello friends. Today is my birthday and so call it my self-indulgent bookish introspective episode. If you listen 'til the end, I would like some gifts. Let's see those gifts flow in. :-) You can reach me on Instagram at Living A Life Through Books. Or you can email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com If you loved this episode or any of my previous episode, please click this link to write me a review: https://ratethispodcast.com/livingalifethroughbooks Thank you.
2020-06-17
06 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E73 - Mid-Year bookish check-in with Katie
Katie and I did a book bingo giveaway on Instagram that helped stretch our book reading and helped us grow through different genres. The bingo took us almost half a year to complete and I thought we could talk about our reading that we have accomplished already and what we want to get to for the rest of the year. It's always good to stop and re-evaluate and re-check your reading habits and what books you are working on. Try to be intentional. Katie can be reached on instagram at _katie.reads. Check her out and follow her also.
2020-06-15
1h 08
Living A Life Through Books
S2E72 - A book list with black authors
Given our climate today, I hope we all are taking steps to grow past our racist tendencies and grow to accepting all colors of human beings. I created this list of black authors that I have read. I've read 13/15 books that I am mentioning. Also, before I posted this list, I consulted with @shellys_book_corner_ on instagram. She has her own list of diverse authors on her saved stories. Check it that out also. It is time we got more proactive and got "woke" about this issue. Books are a great way to get us there. You can...
2020-06-12
15 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E71 - Bookish Growth
I look back at my growth through reading. Serendipity but more. One habit leads to more and that leads to more. This is more of my bookish growth journey. Where do you want your bookish growth journey to take you?
2020-06-08
07 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E70 - Month in Review: May 2020
I discuss my reading (in general) for this month and my podcast. I also list all the 9 books I read and my thoughts on them. You can call it a mini review session. If you would like to reach me, please email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. I'm on Instagram and Facebook as Living A Life Through Books. I post bookstagram pictures, so come on down and follow me. Also, if you loved this episode or any of my previous episodes, please take a moment to write me a review on Apple podcasts. I would great...
2020-05-31
16 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E69 - Author conversation with Jamie McGillen
Author of In Sight Of the Mountain, Jamie McGillen talks to me about the inspiration for her book and the writing process. Jamie's book is available on Amazon Unlimited. If you need a read to get you off your quarantine zone, this book is perfect. You can reach Jamie on Instagram at north_of_something. If you need to reach me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, this podcast, or just anything bookish.
2020-05-20
53 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E68 - The Book Club: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler Part 2/2
SPOILER ALERT! In this episode we continue to probe into the book and discuss purity vows and women's sexuality. This is a continuation of yesterday's episode. This book club session was recorded on May 1st, 2020. If you would like to reach me, contact me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Thank you for listening.
2020-05-13
49 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E67 - Book Club: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler. Part 1/2
SPOILER ALERT! This is a recording of our book club on May 1st, 2020. We discuss the book A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler. This episode is split into two parts due to time. This is part 1 of 2. If you have any questions or concerns about this episode or about the podcast in general, contact me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Thank you for listening.
2020-05-12
58 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E66 - Author conversations: Anna Solomon (The Book of V)
Author Anna Solomon has hit gold with her latest book: The Book of V. This book about 3 women spans 3 different timelines and connects beautifully. It will make a great book for book club. After all, GMA (Good Morning America) has chosen it for their book club. I couldn't ask Anna about that because I talked to her a couple of weeks before, but I'm sure she's excited. I want to formally thank Anna Solomon for taking the time to be in my podcast and I hope you all enjoy this episode and hope you give this book a try...
2020-05-07
56 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E65 - The Book Launch
Ever been to a book launch? What is that like? I was super excited to join the book launch of Phuc Tran's book via Zoom. So, today I talk about that. If you have any comments about my podcast and would like to reach me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. You can also find me on Instagram and Facebook. When you get a moment, I would appreciate a review on Apple podcasts or any of the other podcast engines you listen to. Thank you.
2020-05-04
09 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E64 - Month in Review: April 2020
Today's episode goes over my reading trials and tribulations for this month and the books I have read. Here's a list of the books: Before We Were Yours, In 5 year, The Book of V, A Good Neighborhood, The Goldfinch and In Sight of the Mountain. I talk briefly about each book and also I go over the books that I have on my TBR that need to get done. Let's hope so. So many books, so little time. If you get a moment, please share this podcast on your social media pages and please share it with your...
2020-04-30
11 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E63 - Author Conversation: Sharon Ann Ziegler (The Association).
Today we speak to another self-published author. Sharon is a lawyer by profession and has used her extensive knowledge to write a crime drama. The Association is her first published work. For a copy of the book, you may contact the author Sharon on Instagram @sharonannziegler. She's quite personable, so reach out to this wonderful woman. You may reach me on Instagram @livingalifethroughbooks. If you would like to leave me a voice memo, please send it to my email: livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. You can also visit my website. I occasionally add book reviews and other hodgepodge there. I would greatly appreci...
2020-04-29
36 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E62 - Net Galley everything
Net Galley is the topic of this podcast. I discuss my experiences and trials and tribulations of Net Galley. I hope it helps. If you need to reach me contact me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Would love to hear from you. You can even leave me a voice memo there. Thank you.
2020-04-27
14 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E61 - Author Conversation: Phuc Tran, author of Sigh, Gone. Part 2/2
Phuc Tran's memoir Sigh, Gone was published April 21st by Flatiron Publishing (an imprint of MacMillan). I had the opportunity to talk to Phuc about his journey. He is a fascinating, down to earth individual that you can just chill and talk for hours with. I would highly recommend his memoir because of its message of growth and acceptance through the eyes of an immigrant. Brilliant! Phuc Tran can be reached on Instagram by the tag @phucskywalker. As always, I can be reached through email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Would love to hear your thoughts about this or any...
2020-04-22
33 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E60 - Author Conversation: Phuc Tran, author of Sigh, Gone. Part 1/2
Phuc Tran's memoir Sigh, Gone was published April 21st by Flatiron Publishing (an imprint of MacMillan). I had the opportunity to talk to Phuc about his journey. He is a fascinating, down to earth individual that you can just chill and talk for hours with. I would highly recommend his memoir because of its message of growth and acceptance through the eyes of an immigrant. Brilliant! Phuc Tran can be reached on Instagram by the tag @phucskywalker. As always, I can be reached through email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Would love to hear your thoughts about this or any...
2020-04-21
40 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E59 - Audiobooks, Reading, and Motivation Through COVID19.
In this episode I discuss the stress that COVID 19 has placed on us and the changes in our habits without having to drive to work everyday. I talk about how the stress has affected me and some strategies that might help get us back into reading. I discuss more about audiobooks, a couple of apps, and some audiobook memories. And then I end with random bookish notes. Please share this podcast with your family and friends. If you want to reach me, my email is livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Stay safe.
2020-04-14
20 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E58 - Book Club: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate.
SPOILER ALERT: Welcome to our 4th book club of the year. Due to the novel Corona virus, we were doing this meeting through Zoom. We discussed Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. In attendance were Erin, Lindsay, Nicole, Sweta and myself. Sweta was off audio and video and she would send messages through Skype. I didn't turn the record on for the first 30 minutes and so we'll pick up directly in the middle of the conversation where Erin talks about a similar chain in St. Louis with the adoption of children. As always, you can reach me at...
2020-04-10
53 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E57 - Author Conversation: Farah Zaman
Today we are talking with YA mystery author Farah Zaman. I found her first book Moon of Masarrah a very fun and charming read. If you have young adults in your family, I would recommend this book. I would think her books would be perfect for the 10-12 age group. This particular book is a 4 book series. The third book, The hour of the Oryx comes out next week on April 15. It was fun chatting with her and discussing issues such as #ownvoices because she's Muslim and I found her journey very interesting. As always you can leave...
2020-04-08
49 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E56 - My ARC journey
Tracking my ARC journey is tricky and is not extensive either but I've talked about what is going on with me. I would still recommend you listen to the other episodes on this podcast, namely S2E17. That's the gold standard for ARCs. Monique and I talked openly about ARCs and I learned a lot from her. Start with that one and then do the episode with Erica. That was the last 2 episodes and then you'll be ready for this one. As always, if anything wasn't clear or you just have a question or some comments, don't hesit...
2020-04-07
15 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E55 - Book Talk with sand_between_pages (Erica): Part 2/2
Today we are doing a bookish talk with Erica from Bookstagram. Her handle is sand_between_pages and she has a beautiful bookstagram page with over 5000 followers. Go take a look. Erica is a down to earth bookstagrammer and I enjoyed chatting with her and getting to know her perspective of reading and ARCs. I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did. As always you can reach me through Living a Life Through Books on Instagram or Facebook and feel free to drop me a voice memo on my email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Would love...
2020-04-02
38 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E54 - Book Talk with sand_between_pages (Erica): Part 1/2
Today we are doing a bookish talk with Erica from Bookstagram. Her handle is sand_between_pages and she has a beautiful bookstagram page with over 5000 followers. Go take a look. Erica is a down to earth bookstagrammer and I enjoyed chatting with her and getting to know her perspective of reading and ARCs. I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did. As always you can reach me through Living a Life Through Books on Instagram or Facebook and feel free to drop me a voice memo on my email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Would love...
2020-04-01
39 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E53 - March 2020. Month in Review.
In this episode, I go over the 8 books I read this month and do a mini review of each of them. And I also discuss some hiccups I've had in the past with doing a month in review and also reading hiccups this month due to COVID19. As always, follow me on Instagram and Facebook on Living a Life Through Books. My email is livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Please feel free to send me a voice memo. I may add it to a future episode.
2020-03-31
10 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E52 - Bookish Hodge Podge and more Libby
I cover a hodge podge of bookish topics, namely about how I want to write and also some Libby experiences and hacks. Please reach out to me on Instagram or Facebook at Living a Life Through Books. My email is livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. Feel free to reach out that way also. Send me a voice memo about any of my episodes and I may feature you in an upcoming episode. Look forward to hearing from you all. And if you get a moment, please get on Apple Podcasts and review my podcast. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
2020-03-30
19 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E51 - Book Club: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. Part 2/2
SPOILER ALERT. This is our book club episode were we discuss the controversial book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. We had 4 people (including myself) in attendance. Erin, Lindsay, Monique from Canada and of course, myself. Monique was a guest in a previous episode and has a fabulous bookstagram account. Check her out at monique_reads. Erin has been on several episodes and she was recently on my episode discussing The Giver Quartet and I've spoken about Lindsay in previous episodes as my groupie. And I say that fondly! We had quite a sprightly discussion and this book is great to talk...
2020-03-20
40 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E50 - Book Club: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. Part 1/2.
SPOILER ALERT. This is our book club episode were we discuss the controversial book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. We had 4 people (including myself) in attendance. Erin, Lindsay, Monique from Canada and of course, myself. Monique was a guest in a previous episode and has a fabulous bookstagram account. Check her out at monique_reads. Erin has been on several episodes and she was recently on my episode discussing The Giver Quartet and I've spoken about Lindsay in previous episodes as my groupie. And I say that fondly! We had quite a sprightly discussion and this book is great to talk...
2020-03-19
47 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E49 - Chat with Sanober in London. Part 2/2.
Sanober is an inspirational woman who started a book club in London 3 years ago and that book club is going strong. She talks openly about her book club and what she does to maintain it. I learned a lot and if you are looking to start a book club, this might be a good episode to listen to. And as always, we talk books! Sanober is on Facebook as Sanober Killedar. Her Instagram tag is ranisramblings. Check her out. She is quite the foodie also. If you want to reach me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail...
2020-03-18
33 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E48 - Chat with Sanober in London. Part 1/2.
Sanober is an inspirational woman who started a book club in London 3 years ago and that book club is going strong. She talks openly about her book club and what she does to maintain it. I learned a lot and if you are looking to start a book club, this might be a good episode to listen to. And as always, we talk books! Sanober is on Facebook as Sanober Killedar. Her Instagram tag is ranisramblings. Check her out. She is quite the foodie also. If you want to reach me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail...
2020-03-17
36 min
Living A Life Through Books
S2E25 - Frank conversation with Jane Ubell-Meyer of Bedside Reading
In this episode, Dr. Ahmed talks with Jane Ubell-Meyer. Jane Ubell-Meyer is an award-winning entrepreneur and former TV and Film Producer. Credits include Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal-TV, Entertainment Tonight, and others. She’s a columnist on book recommendations for Afar magazine, Hamptons Summer recommendations in 27 East and the Southhampton Press. She has also made appearances on KTLA, USA Today, and Forbes. She founded Bedside Reading®, in 2017. This innovative author-marketing program places books by the bedsides in luxury hotels and in the Media. The goal: To introduce and promote an author to new readers and build their fan base...
2020-01-27
1h 04
Living A Life Through Books
Episode 23 - Conversation with Amy Voltaire, debut author. Conclusion. Part 4/4.
Dr. Ahmed continues her conversation with debut author Amy Voltaire. Her book My Name is Erin, and My Mom is an Addict came out on April 27th. WE talk more about characters and choices for the characters. We conclude after Amy openly discusses her publishing journey.
2019-05-02
14 min
Living A Life Through Books
Episode 22 - Conversation with Amy Voltaire, debut author. Part 3/4
SPOILER ALERT. Dr. Ahmed talks with debut author Amy Voltaire. Her book My Name is Erin, and My Mom is an Addict was released on April 27th. Please join us for this 3rd part in the series (broken into 4 parts). Today we'll talk about the book and some notable scenes and why Amy chose to write them that way. The workings inside the mind of an author.
2019-04-29
14 min
Living A Life Through Books
Episode 21 - Conversation with Amy Voltaire, debut author. Part 2/4
Dr. Ahmed talks with debut author Amy Voltaire. Her book My Name is Erin, and My Mom is an Addict is coming out on April 27th. Please join us for this second part in a 4 part series. Amy talks about her favorite book, how it changed her life and more...
2019-04-25
14 min
Living A Life Through Books
Episode 20 - Conversation with Amy Voltaire, author. Part 1/4
Dr. Ahmed talks with first time author Amy Voltaire. Her book My Name is Erin, and My Mom is an Addict is coming out on April 27th. Please join us for this series (broken into 4 parts).
2019-04-22
10 min