The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast
Perks of Being a Book Lover is a show about books, people who read, and how reading, at its very best, is a social experience. Whether it be a book club, a poetry slam, or the production of a play; words are meant to be shared. Keep up with us on FB.
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We interact with book publicists pretty often, but a few months ago, one of them, Sami Lien, emailed and asked for recommendations about things to do in Kentucky around Derby. She explained that she is in a travel book club; they read boo...
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This week we have a remix episode because we are attending the LA Festival of Books. We catch up with author Ellen Birkett Morris. We first spoke to her in 2020 about her short story collection, Lost Girls, and now she has recently publis...
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This week we are playing the nostalgia card. All of the books we mention are backlist in a big way; the majority are at least 15 years old. Our episode is about books that take up space in our heads. They may be books that,...
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You can find Judith Lindbergh at judithlindbergh.com/ and on IG @judithlindbergh.
This week’s episode is one that big history nerds may find fascinating. In fact, big nerd Carrie could have gone even further down a rabbit hole of Herodotu...
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Earth Day is upon us in a few weeks, April 22, and what better time to explore literature that comments on the health of Mother Earth. This week we are talking eco-literature. Eco-literature engages readers on environmental...
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You can find this week’s Austen authors at their websites:
AH Kim - www.ahkim.net/ and @ahkim.writer
Melodie Edwards - www.melodieedwards.com/ and @melodiewritesedwards
Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817 but she remains a wr...
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This week we’re talking about linked short story collections. What are linked short stories, though?
These are stories that are collected and somehow linked to each other. That link can be very explicit or very subtle. They can be linked ...
To find more of Kari’s book thoughts, you can find her on instagram @checkedoutbooks.
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This week we chat with Kari Heggen, a bookstagrammer from Iowa who set herself a goal to read all the Newbery Award winners from the past 102 years. Origin...
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This week we talk about some of our favorite books coming out of small and independent presses. The Big 5 publishers print those blockbusters we love to stick in our beach bag but smaller presses support much more diverse authors and innov...
You can Shawntaye on Instagram at @shawntaye1
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This week we chat with a Lexington, Kentucky bookstagrammer, Shawntaye, who is such a devoted reader that she makes books part of virtually everything she does, from socializing to volunteeri...
You can find Amy and the Gibson Girl review at www.gibsongirlreview.com/ as well as on Instagram at @gibsongirlreview
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As podcast people ourselves, we are always interested in checking out other unique book-related podcasts. You can find a ...
To find out more about Minda, go to her website at www.mindahoney.com or find her on social media @mindahoney
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We have a remix episode for you this week on Valentine’s Day, and the book we discuss is all about love and the loss of it.
We first...
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This week we are talking time bending books, series, and movies including time travel, time loop, and time slip. Here is a link for more info on this subgenera.
https://www.abookgeek.com/exploring-the-paradoxes-of-time-travel-literature-a...
You can find Marty at his website www.martyohlhaut.com/ while you can find Grace on Instagram at @grace.ly_author)
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This week we talk to the father-daughter team of Marty Ohlhaut and Grace Ly. They have written a travel memoir called Tent f...
You can find Huda at her website www.Hudafahmy.com.
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This week we talk to Huda Fahmy, a graphic novelist whose 4th book Huda F Cares? was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. Her book focuses on a teenage ...
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Books Mentioned in this Episode:
1- Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland (Rec by Ritu Mukerji)
2- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)
3- The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Rec by Anna Pitoniak)
4- Working by Robert Caro (Rec by Rach...
Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button.
Things we talked about in the intro:
Movie: Poor Things (2023) Adapted from the book Poor Things by Alisdair Gray
Podcast: NPR's Book of the Day
Social Media Links
1- The Dogist - Insta and FB
2- Dancing Chickens -
You can find Jennifer Caloyeras at her website www.Jennifercaloyeras.com or on Instagram @ jennifercaloyeras.
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Our Shownotes:
Books Mentioned in this Introduction:
1- The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Borwn
Movies Mentioned in this Episode:
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Our Shownotes:
1- Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
2- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
3- Saltburn - (2023, Amazon Prime)
4- Ripley - (upcoming series on Netflix)
Thrillers by the Bookclub Shownotes: Welcome to E...
You can find Anna Pitoniak at www.annapitoniak.com and on socials at annapitoniak.
-Website atwww.perksofbeingabooklover.com. -Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod -FaceBook Perks of Being a Book Lover. -To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button.
For our final episode of 2023, we chat with Anna Pitoniak, whose 4th novel, The Helsinki Affair, has been named a Best Thriller of 2023 by The Washington Post...
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