Mike & Abbey Read a Book

Mike & Abbey Read a Book

📚 A couples book club podcast 🎙️ Hosted by Abbey Daughtry and Mike Llerena 📍 New episodes every month! #MikeAndAbbeyBookPod

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October 14, 2025 47 mins

Welcome to Episode 7 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month’s episode (our season finale!), we chat about Abbey’s pick, "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Set against the backdrop of NASA’s 1980s space shuttle era, "Atmosphere" follows astronaut Joan Goodwin as she navigates ambition, family, and a love that defies the rules. It’s a moving story of courage, loss, and the power of finding your true home, both on Earth and...

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Welcome to Episode 6 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month's episode, we chat about Mike's pick, "The Black Tulip" by Alexandre Dumas.

Dumas' last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland.

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June 28, 2025 30 mins

Welcome to Episode 5 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month's episode, we chat about Abbey's pick, "Classified as Murder" by Miranda James.

In the second installment of the Cat in the Stacks cozy mystery series, librarian Charlie Harris is hired to inventory a rare book collection, but finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation when his elderly client, James Delacorte, is killed. Alongside his loyal cat Diesel, ...

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Welcome to Episode 4 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month's episode, we chat about Mike's pick, "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson.

This book is a historical non-fiction thriller about the architect who led the construction of the great Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, and the prolific serial killer who used the fair as a lure. 

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April 28, 2025 37 mins

Welcome to Episode 3 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month's episode, we chat about Abbey's pick, "We Used to Live Here" by Marcus Kliewer.

This is a horror novel about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house's previous residents unexpectedly visit.

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March 29, 2025 32 mins

Welcome to Episode 2 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month's episode, we chat about Mike's pick, "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel.

This is a post-apocalyptic novel following a group of actors and musicians, the Traveling Symphony, as they navigate a world ravaged by a deadly flu pandemic, seeking to preserve art and humanity in the ruins of civilization.

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Welcome to Episode 1 of Mike & Abbey Read a Book! 

On this month's episode, we chat about Abbey's pick, "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches" by Sangu Mandanna. 

This is a warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life.

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