Happily Booked: A Bookcast

Happily Booked: A Bookcast

This is the podcast where two 'kindred spirits' believe that the pursuit of happiness is the same thing as reading a good book and being able to talk about it!This is the 45-minute to an hour-long podcast show where the two hostesses will discuss...books! They will talk about what they have read recently, whether they have enjoyed those books or not, what they are currently reading, what they hope to get into next, and other hobbies such as knitting and crocheting! A little bit of "life" talk may pop in and out of these episodes, perhaps even a guest or two will appear, but whatever occurs Brooke and Becky can be counted on to discuss one subject for sure, making this show their "bookcast"!

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October 6, 2025 68 mins

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Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us yet AGAIN! We are delighted to have you as our listeners. It is truly amazing that someone out there genuinely enjoys listening to two friends ramble on about the books they are reading. As always, the show notes are listed below! 

The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix is our book club pick! Pleaseeeee send us any audio recordings/ paragraphs t...

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Hello to our fellow Kindred Spirits! 

First things first - October book club book: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix; if you are participating, we can't wait to hear what you have to say! Please send in your audio recordings by November 3rd to have your clip featured in our book club episode! We hope you enjoy it, but even if you don't, please don't hesitate to send...

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Hey there pals! Welcome back :)


This episode features our very first (and very special) guest, Tracy R, also known as Brooke's mom. She was a real team player and enjoyed being our guest. We enjoyed having her as well. All of the books mentioned in this episode are listed below! Also, for the wonderful bunch of you who do read our show notes section, here is a sneak peek at our next book club book! We will be...

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September 1, 2025 66 mins

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Hey friends! 

Welcome back, and thank you for listening. This episode was a fun one to record. We were in person again after several weeks of phone call recordings, so it was nice to catch up. There were a lot of books to haul as well in this one. If any of the books hauled were any you have read yourself, be sure to let us know your thoughts and opinions on them! 

We had some fun moments where THE Sideways Sheriff snuc...

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Hello friends :) Welcome back! I hope you have enjoyed listening to us ramble and occasionally discuss books! If you have any book recommendations for us, we would love to hear about them. Feel free to shoot us an email with them! 

The show notes are listed below! 

Until next week, stay Happily Booked :)

5:10 - Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

8:20 - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell / Station Eleven by...

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5:00 - I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger / Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel / The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1)

8:27 - Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 

11:16 - The Ape That Guards The Balance by Elizabeth Peters (10)

20:45 - Perfect by Sara Shepard (3) / The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien 

22:31 - Cell by Stephen King

23:53 - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (3) 

43:38 - Tomo...

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Hey friends, welcome back! We had fun finally getting a good catch up episode on what we read recorded. We hope you enjoy listening. I (Brooke) definitely talked about Cell by Stephen King and misremembered the location where the story begins at. My bad!! False advertising from me! Oops. Until next week, stay Happily Booked! :)

The main character in Cell by Stephen King IS in Boston!!! He has to make his way back to Ma...

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Hello friends! Welcome back and thank you for joining us! We love having you ;)

This episode is mainly covering our bookclub book, What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama. We hope you read it along with us and if you didn't, perhaps this episode will put that book on your radar for the future. 

Any future bookclub recommendations? Send us an email or send us a message on Instagram/Facebook.

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Hello friends! Thank you for giving us a listen and for visiting our show notes! Any book we discussed should be listed below. 

If you have any book recs you think we might be interested in, let us know! We would love some recs! We hope you enjoy this chaotic episode! 

No! You don't hear audio issues! We paused randomly and talked so sporadically that I began to worry about our recording device! Do not fear, all is...

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Hello everyone! 

Welcome back, and thank you for giving us a listen, as well as checking out the show notes! All the books mentioned in this episode can be found here with the book titles and author names. I will also put a time marker so you can scroll back through the episode to hear what it was we said about that specific book!


14:55 - The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff

17:09 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConagh...

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Hello friends and fellow kindred spirits! 

If you find the audio a bit off, that's because it is :) We accidentally recorded in a different audio setting than normal, so we apologize for the wacky episode! Thanks for being here anyway!

Our next book club read is What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama (available on Everand). How exciting is that? Translated Japanese fiction for our book club! I...

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Hello friends!

It's been far too long since we have posted an episode. We are so sorry! Our goal for season 3 was to begin posting video episodes because that would be so fun! Alas, figuring out how to video edit on your own, with zero experience, is actually sort of difficult for us! So we decided to record and post this episode in the middle of the year as our first audio episode! Wish us luck with learning to e...

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January 25, 2025 77 mins

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December 2, 2024 67 mins

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November 11, 2024 81 mins

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14:00 - Mistaken Identity by Don & Susie Van Run and Newell, Colleen, & Whitney Cerak with Mark Tabb
18:00 - Daphne by Josh Malerman 
18:46 - Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman 
27:50 - Knife Of Dreams by Robert Jordan 
31:17 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 
38:31 - The Long Walk by Stephen King *spoilers
52:18 - The Watchers by A. M. Shine 
55:21 - We Used To Live Here by ...

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12:45 - Rabbits by Terry Miles
Rabbits, The Black Tapes, and Tanis podcasts 
24:31 - I'm Thinking Of Ending Things by Iain Reid 
48:14 - The Quiet Room by Terry Miles 

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1:30 - Scarlet (2) by Marissa Meyer/ Cinder by Marissa Meyer 
16:55 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 
17:10 - Knife Of Dreams by Robert Jordan 
18:10 - Crossroads Of Twilight by Robert Jordan 
18:13 - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 
24:24 - Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman (5 Novellas) / We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 
41:50 - Daphne by Josh Malerman/Goblin by Josh Mal...

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October 21, 2024 56 mins

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11:45- The Last by Hanna Jameson 
13:36- Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman 
17:10- We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 
18:08- Crossroads Of Twilight by Robert Jordan 
22:30- Cinder by Marissa Meyer 
23:56- We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 
25:03- Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
33:49- Feathers Floating Through Ember by Trinity Dunn 
36:14- More Of Us To The West by Trinity Dunn 39:1...

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