Thoughts from a Page Podcast

In this interview, I chat with Karl Marlantes about Cold Victory, how he came up with the idea for this story, why the Cold War enthralls people even today, his title and cover, educating people about the past because it informs the present, and much more. Karl's recommended reads are: The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Foster by Claire Keegan The Women by Kristin Hannah Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Cold Victory can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Julie Chavez about Everyone But Myself, her publishing journey including working with Zibby Books, what surprised her the most about writing a memoir, how involved the editing process can be, her title and cover, and much more. Julie's recommended reads are: The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza Shark Heart by Emily Habeck The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Everyone But Myself can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Amy Pease about Northwoods, writing about addiction and how her health care background helped her depict it authentically on the page, why she decided to write a mystery, getting the cover right for the book, the Facebook group Cops and Writers, her research, avoiding drug addiction stereotypes, and much more. Amy's recommended reads are: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor The Wager by David Grann The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Northwoods can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For today’s episode, I am running an episode of one of my favorite podcasts, Book Bumble. This is their Episode 7 of Season 2 and focuses on the theme of surprises. Here are their original Show Notes: "Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of surprises!There are many different ways to be surprised while reading a great book.We will also share our Books in Hand. So settle in and enjoy a few surprises we are sending your way! Featured Books: North Woods by Daniel Mason(LP) The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor (LP) The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (LH) Books In Hand: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (LH) Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (LP) Other Books Mentioned In This Episode: When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas Crescent City Series by Sarah J. Maas Ways to contact us: Follow us on Instagram @thebookbumble, Facebook @BookBumble, website:https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com, and email:@[email protected]" Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In lieu of my January Behind the Scenes episode, today I am running a joint episode with Victoria Wood, founder ofBibliolifestyleandThe Reader’s Couch, and Amy Allen Clark, founder ofMomAdvice.comandthe Book Gang podcast. We are excited to be launching this collaboration for 2024. Books mentioned in this episode: Little House on the Prairieby Laura Ingalls Wilder Nancy Drewby Carolyn Keene Trixie Belden The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell The Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett Six Months to Liveby Lurlene McDaniel Alice in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll Enid Blyton Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen Turn of the Screwby Henry James A Paris Architectby Charles Belfoure Shark Heartby Emily Habeck The Girls We Sent Awayby Meagan Church The Most Fun We Ever Hadby Claire Lombardo The Berry Pickersby Amanda Peters The Bitter Pastby Bruce Borgos Homecomingby Kate Morton I Could Live Here Foreverby Hannah Halperin The Last Wordby Taylor Adams The Three of Usby Ore Agbaje-Williams Mrs. Dallowayby Virginia Woolf The Dissonanceby Shaun Hamill A Cosmology of Monstersby Shaun Hamill A Letter to the Luminous Deepby Sylvie Cathrall The Great Divideby Cristina Henriquez The Book of Unknown Americansby Cristina Henriquez Real Americansby Rachel Khong Goodbye Vitaminby Rachel Khong Wandering Starsby Tommy Orange There Thereby Tommy Orange The Angel of Indian Lakeby Stephen Graham Jones My Heart is a Chainsawby Stephen Graham Jones Don’t Fear the Reaperby Stephen Graham Jones The Husbandsby Holly Gramazio Northwoodsby Amy Pease The Turtle Houseby Amanda Churchill Amy can be found atMomadvice.com,the Book Gang Podcast, and onInstagram. Victoria can be found atBibliolifestyle,The Reader’s Couch, and onInstagram. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Ashley Elston about First Lie Wins, how she came up with the idea for this one, switching to adult fiction from YA, focusing on identity, the screen adaptation of the book, incorporating technology into her book, and much more. Ashley's recommended reads are: All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. First Lie Wins can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I reminisce about some of my favorite episodes of 2023: Amanda Peters about The Berry Pickers Hugh Howey about Wool Alice Hoffman about The Invisible Hour Pip Williams about The Bookbinder Bruce Borgos about The Bitter Past Elizabeth Passarella about It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway Rory Carroll about There Will Be Fire Rachel Beanland about The House Is on Fire Shelley Read about Go as a River Sadeqa Johnson about The House of Eve Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our favorite books of 2023. Kelly’s Selections: Favorite Book of the Year: Go As a River by Shelley Read Best Book To Recommend to Anyone:The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley Most Unique Premise: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Most Likely to Feel like a Conversation with a Friend:It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway by Elizabeth Passarella Most Tense: The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon Best Time Travel Story:The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young Best Book Club Discussion:One Summer In Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris The Best Love Story of the Year and My Life: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey Most Unique Story Structure: A Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter Most Likely to Keep You Up Past Bedtime:Drowning by T.J. Newman Most Mysterious Storyline: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent Most Darkly Lyrical:On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel Best Coming of Age Story: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Most Likely to Make You Laugh:Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan Most Unforgettable Character: How to Be Remembered by Michael Thompson Cindy’s Selections: Most Unsettling- Better the Blood by Michael Bennett Historical Fiction Standout- Go As a River by Shelley Read Best Book to Get Lost In- Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head Most Likely to Make You Laugh- Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto Best Book Club Discussion- Hello Beautiful by Ann Naplitano Most Likely to Re-read- The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley Best Strong Sense of Place- Homecoming by Kate Morton Most Likely To Recommend to a Friend- Drowning by T.J. Newman Most Perfectly Plotted- The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos Best Family Saga- The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange Best Glimpse into a Particular Time Period- The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Most Unique Format- Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter Best Recommendation from a Friend- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Most Unforgettable Character- The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook Best Based On a True Story/Best Book I Didn’t Know I Needed- The General and Julia by Jon Clinch Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Kelly and I chat regularly together for my Patreon group, and we just released an episode about more great reads of 2023 (and a few we didn't like). Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary and Pamela join me to discuss their recommended reads for Winter 2024. Mary’s Selections: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar You Only Call When You're In Trouble by Stephen McCauley Mercury by Amy Jo Burns Family Family by Laurie Frankel The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett Splinters by Leslie Jamison Bunyan and Henry by Mark Cecil Say Hello To My Little Friend by Jennine Capo Crucet A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke Pamela’s Selections: The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan True North by Andrew Graff The Still Point by Tammy Greenwood Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt Clear by Carys Davies Pamela's Shoutouts: The Young of Other Animals by Chris Cander, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger Support the podcast by joining my Patreon.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter. Mary's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter. Pamela's social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I chat with Jon Clinch about The General and Julia, how he decided to write about Ulysses S. Grant, the impact Samuel Clemens had on the publishing of Grant's memoirs, how he structured the story, preserving the Mark Twain House, and much more. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead. Join my Patreon group to support the podcast.Other ways to support the podcast can be found here. The General and Julia can be purchased at my Bookshop storefront. Connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices