General Episodes

In this special Behind the Books episode, Kelly Hooker interviews me about the podcast and how it has evolved, my reading life, my literary salon, how I got started in the book world, and much more.

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for Winter 2023.

In this episode, I reminisce about some of my favorite podcast episodes.

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books of 2022.

In this special holiday episode, Amy and I discuss her family's holiday traditions and her recommended holiday reads, what makes a good holiday rom-com, tropes in the romance genre, fairy food, the allure of holiday music, and much more.

In this interview, Marcia and I discuss Dinner Is Done, how she got started in the culinary world, the process for creating the cookbook, her focus on easy weeknight meals, how she decided to structure the cookbook and why, and much more.

Elizabeth and I discuss our favorite narrative nonfiction books, our auto-buy nonfiction authors, categorizing the genre, the categories we gravitate toward, and more.

In this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about our favorite books that published in Fall 2022.

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in July through September 2022.

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for Fall 2022.

In this interview, Kerrie and I chat about her company Sweet Reads Box, how and why she started the business, how Sweet Reads decides what books to select for each box and then subsequently the items to go with the book, what makes her company stand out from the other book subscription services, how the business sources feedback, and much more.

In this interview, Anna and I discuss Bookclubs and how the company was launched, the company's various resources available for book clubs and individual readers, how the pandemic led to the growth of online book clubs, how Bookclubs' business model works and keeping the site free for users, keeping up with changes in technology, and much more.

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in April through June of 2022.

In this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about some great titles for book clubs.

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for Summer 2022.

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about the best books of 2022 publishing in January through March.

In this crossover episode, I join Diana and Michele on Wine, Women, and Words to chat podcasts, books and Diana's new book, Antoinette's Sister.

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for January through April of 2022.

In this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about some of our favorite books in the historical-fiction genre.

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books of 2021.

Olga and I chat about book cover designing, what the process looks like from start to finish, all of the parties that must sign off on a book cover, trends in book cover design, her fabulous Instagram book cover showcase account, and much more.

Karen and I chat about her new book The Lightmaker's Manifesto, her studying and writing about the intersection of joy and activism, her own claiming of the term activism, how stories provide an amazingly resonant way to connect with people, performance activism, and much more.

Mark and I chat about Libro.fm, how the company began, how audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of publishing, the way the relationship between Libro.fm and bookstores works, the importance of local bookstores, curated audiobook lists on the platform, and much more.

Anne and I chat about her latest cookbook A New Take on Cake, why she decided to do this cookbook, how cake mix baking is more common today than when she first started out with this concept, updating some of her favorite recipes, how she approached this project, and much more.