In search of cozy winter reads? Mary from Currently Reading joins the show to share her top 5 recommendations for our best winter book stack. So let's prep for the season with these book suggestions and set the winter mood with our ideas for your coziest, comfiest reading night.

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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

Hunted by Meagan Spooner

The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Olive & June

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Are you ready to fall in love with holiday romance books?  Spend the holidays with these feel-good Christmas romance books that celebrate the holiday season by finding love in all of those magical places. Whether you are looking for a home for Christmas theme or embrace a small-town love story, we have you covered. Find your one true love book with my special guest Bree from @falling4romance and co-host of The Categorically Romance Podcast.

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Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

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A Wedding One Christmas by Therese Beharrie

This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

Love at the Icicle Cafe by Denise N. Wheatley

Christmas in Full Bloom by Denise N. Wheatley

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One Day in December by Josie Silver

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Lizzie Shane

Coming Home for Christmas by RaeAnne Thayne

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The Clause in Christmas by Rachael Bloome

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Today is the launch day of the MomAdvice 2022 Book Club year.  Do you want to have the best reading year ever? I'm going to give you that with these twelve book club selections for our year.  This episode will tell you everything you need to know about how to join the online club, what special bonus features we are offering our members, and the inside scoop on this year's books. 

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Mary Kubica joins the podcast to talk about her writing process and her latest domestic thriller, Local Woman Missing. Her journey from writing in secret to a successful award-winning suspense writer is the story you need to hear if you have been entertaining a writing dream of your own. We have a shared love for true crime and talk about the real-life cases that have influenced her work. I may be one of Mary’s biggest fans, and her newest edge-of-your-seat page-turner is just what you need to get you out of a reading slump. Mary is bringing 3 of her favorite under-the-radar thrillers to today’s episode, and I think they will surprise you as much as me. I’m also sharing a few of my favorite psychological thrillers that deliver on those unreliable narrators and murder mystery plots that kept me up until the wee hours of the night. So, if thriller writing is something you have been entertaining, I hope today’s episode offers the inspiration you need to kick start your writing career.

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Good Girl by Mary Kubica

Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica

When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica

The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

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Where I Lost Her by T Greenwood

Rust & Stardust by T Greenwood

Bodies of Water by T Greenwood

The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald

Do No Harm by Christina McDonald

This is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

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Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and many of us rely on it every day to make our own book choices. Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a top GoodReads reviewer on a platform with millions of members? Larry ranks 28th in the world on this platform and is giving us a peek into his daily reading life and how he shares books. Learn his preferred format to read a book, the process to rate and review books, how the GoodReads reviewer ranking works, his experience with review copies, and how he gained his loyal following. He offers 5 great books we should add to our stack immediately and I couldn't check them out fast enough. These fiction book recommendations include a couple that hit all the right notes for both of us.

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Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

A Friendly Goodreads Competition

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Tin Man Sarah Winman

The Dearly Beloved Cara Wall

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee

The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

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Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

It’s Either Sadness or Bookphoria…

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New releases are fun, but what if you dedicated a reading year to backlist books? From Our Bookshelf blogger, Lynn, shares her favorite backlist challenge discoveries. Today's episode defines what it means to be backlist, how our pandemic shopping changed the backlist marketing budget, and some surprising publishing house acquisitions because of single backlist books. 

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The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

Glory Over Everything by Kathleen Grissom

No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Syria’s Secret Library by Mike Thomson

Fire in Beulah by Rilla Askew

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Supply chain disruption has impacted many industries, including our beloved booksellers. So who better to guide us through what this book shortage looks like than an independent bookstore owner. Kristin from Fables Books shares how these shortages impact booksellers and what we need to know for this holiday season.

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Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill

A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

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Are you looking for an escape from reality? We have you covered! In today's episode, Kristina Reid, shares a few of her favorite books that allowed her to escape real life and travel somewhere else through her book stack. You won't want to miss this fun break from IRL.

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Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

How to Save a Life by Eva Carter

Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Crocodile on the Sandbake by Elizabeth Peters

Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah

Fable: A Novel by Adrienne Young

Namesake by Adrienne Young

Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie

The Guild Codex Reading Order

The One and Only Crystal Druid by Annette Marie

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

When a reader entered a local library contest to meet Emily St. John Mandel, she sent me a message to ask if I would come to Ohio and share the experience with her.  This correspondence led to an unforgettable road trip and an experience that I won't ever forget.  Carie's also sharing the joy she has found in running a middle-grade book club for her daughter. So be sure to tune in for all of her excellent book recommendations.

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Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Movie

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda the Musical

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

My Life As A Potato by Arianne Costner

Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson

Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

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The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

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The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Price of Time by Tim Tigner

Billy Summers by Stephen King

Effortless by Greg McKeown

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels

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Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

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The Martian by Andy Weir

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Laura Tremaine

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Power of Ritual by Casper her Kuile

The One by John Marrs

Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

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