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"!
Episodes
Hey everyone!
We just want to pop on and say thank you so much for listening to and watching our videos! This week's episode was originally, of course, going to be a video recording, but Becky became ill! (She's fine now, don't worry!) She kindly offered not venture down to my neck of the woods for fear she would get us sick as well. Also, it was way too cold to do anything!! So she took the day to rest...
HELLO KINDRED SPIRITS!!! This is the last audio episode we recorded in the year of our Lord, 2025!!! We talked about some Christmas-ish books, and Brooke goes on about her plan to reach 100 books by the end of the year! We hope you have enjoyed listening all this time, and we hope you continue to learn and grow with us as we aim to solely have video recordings on YouTube! Thank you so much for listening! We love you d...
Hey friends!
Welcome back to our show notes! We are so delighted you're here, listening to us ramble on about our lives and the books we read.
Were you able to read any Christmas-themed books this year? Or did you randomly cram a Halloween book in during the Christmas holidays?
Until next week, Stay Happily Booked!
3:14 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick
7:21 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Be...
10:13 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
11:30 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
13:30 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup
16:45 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
20:40 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick
22:15 - The Most Wonderful Crime Of The Year by Ally Carter
22:50 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden
24:50 - Animal Farm by George Orwell/ The Book Of The Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr
27:30 - Th...
Hello friends and kindred spirits alike! Welcome back to our show notes section of the podcast! We hope you enjoyed listening to us. In this episode, we talked about several different genres of books. We also, for the life of us, could not remember what we had read or what we were currently reading. Who's supposed to be keeping track of that stuff anyway? Oops. We got through it together, and the books we discuss...
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We are so glad you're here! And we are even more glad if you read along with us! Did you love this spooky, disturbing, insane story like we did? Grady Hendrix is a fantastic author. There are A LOT of crazy things (and gore-filled things) that happen during this story. We actually decided it was more gruesome than The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid, which both of us read back in the first season ...
Hello to all of our dear Kindred Spirits! We are so happy you are here.
Although Becky and the girls did not drive to Brooke's house for this recording, they were able to record over a phone call and had a very successful time! No technical difficulties, they were both in such good moods! I don't know why i'm talking in the 3rd person! Let us know if you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed recording...
Hello everyone!
Thanks again for joining us. This was a very enjoyable episode that we recorded. Even if you can't see the time difference, when Becky and I go a while without catching up on what we're reading, we just don't know what to do with ourselves! Then, when we get the chance to catch up, it always feels wonderfully refreshing! We just enjoy talking about books together and are so blessed to ha...
Hi everyone! Just Brooker here today for this short little episode! Well...Stetson may or may not step in and out of the show as well. You know, he's too busy to just stick around. I do hope you enjoyed listening to his sweet little voice, and I hope it brightened your day!
I recorded this episode minus Becky Boo because we attempted a last-minute, very sudden episode, and come the end of the episode, BROOKE NEVER...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
What...
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...
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...
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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