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Bookreporter Talks ToMegan Abbott: El Dorado DriveMegan Abbott joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest novel, EL DORADO DRIVE. This is the first book that Megan has written about suburban Detroit, which is where she lived for her early years. The story is set during the time when the automobile market crashed, jobs were suddenly lost, and the lifestyle to which people were accustomed disappeared. Megan talks about those days when the rug was pulled out from under people after years of not worrying about money. She also explains what it was like to write about sisters, even though she only has a brother. And she...2025-07-1055 min
Grace and Growth with Addie#204: Fave Books of the Year with Kari & JamieThis is one of my favorite episodes of the whole year. We talk books almost daily and it just made for the most fun hour of the week (or maybe month!) to spend time sharing our faves with each other. I know that we all added some good stuff to our TBR list from it and I hope you do, too. So tell me, What are your favorite reads of the year? Shownotes: Fourth Wing The Secret Life of Violet Grant Canadian Boyfriend We Begin a...2024-12-191h 04Bookreporter Talks To"Bookaccino Live": Our Reviewers' Top Book Picks of 2024Carol Fitzgerald and Tom Donadio talked to seven Bookreporter reviewers about two of their favorite books of 2024. Our guests were Kate Ayers, Harvey Freedenberg, Pamela Kramer, Bronwyn Miller, Rebecca Munro, Ray Palen and Stuart Shiffman. Four reviewers — Sarah Rachel Egelman, Megan Elliott, Eileen Zimmerman Nicol and Norah Piehl — were not able to join us, so we presented their top picks and their comments about them in a slideshow. Their selections cover a wide variety of genres, and there may be a few books you haven’t heard of that you will want to check out. You can see a l...2024-12-121h 05
Medium Lady ReadsEpisode 23: The Best Books of 2024 - So FarHello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 23, “The Best Books of 2024 - SO FAR.”In this episode, Erin and Jillian discuss their favorite books of the year so far. Since it is mid-June and mid-year, it’s the perfect time to catch up and see what books have been the standouts up until now.In This Episode:It’s time to celebrate! Medium Lady Reads turned 1 year old - join us in celebrating by sharing your favorite episode with us on Instagram - tag us @mediumladyreads.The ladies check in...2024-06-1850 min
Tiny Town Library PodcastEpisode 42: Cheers to the New Library!It’s National Library Week…Ready, Set, CELEBRATE!! Tune into this episode to hear all about what have planned for the week and to celebrate the new library WIN! Amy has awesome book reviews and Sue Ries is joining us to tell us all about the up coming Friends of the Library Plant Sale. Drop in and celebrate with us! Cheers!!
Amy’s Recommendations:
Books I’ve Read Recently I Enjoyed:
Martyr! By Kaveh Akhbar
Family, Family by Laurie Frankel (she also wrote One Two Three & This is How It Always Is)
2024-04-1400 min
The Book Snug PodcastS2, Chapter 10: Quarterly Review (January - March 2024)Send us a textWe're having a stellar reading year so far in 2024. In this chapter, we're sharing some of our best (and worst) books of January, February and March. Fiction and non-fiction showed up and delivered in a big way for us and we're excited to share our favorites with you.Julia’s Books:Elizabeth by Margaret GeorgeSnow and Rose by Emily Winfield MartinThe 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas JonassonThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowInkheart by Cornelia FunkeHalf a Soul by Oliv...2024-04-031h 09
The Book Snug PodcastS2, Episode 8: An Embarrassment of (Book) RichesSend us a textWe are having such a great start to reading year that we decided to share some of our not-quite-cream-of-the-crop-but still-great reads of 2024. Join us as we gush about some historical fiction, fantasy, middle grade, non-fiction and mystery books that have kept us enthralled and entertained during these first few months of the new year. Julia’s Books:The Scribe by Matthew GuinnThe 100-year Old Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas JonassonStrangers Assume My Girlfriend is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw Snow and Rose by Emily Winfi...2024-03-061h 01