On this week’s episode of BOOKS ARE MY PEOPLE I’m joined by fellow book podcaster Traci Thomas of THE STACKS. We chat about some of her favorite author interviews, how she manages her reading time and, she even spills the tea regarding what kind of tea Regina Porter sent her after their interview! 

Guest Book Recommendation: Will Bardenwerper author of Homestand Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America recommends The Good Hand: a memoir by Michael Patrick F. Smith

Books Recommended:

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing

Private Rites by Julia Armfeld

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Other Books Discussed:

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Carry On by Shea Barry Andreoni

Empire of Ruin by Django Wexler

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

The Partner by John Grisham

Transect of Coexistence Inquiry into Nature Art and Habitat by Illaria Mazzoleni 

Be Ready When The Luck Comes by Ina Garten

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Other Things: 

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Find Traci online at:

Instagarm @thestackpod

Substack: tracithomas

Traci's website

Links:

Link to Substack Nickel Boys:

Link to Instagram Nickel Boys:

Youtube Bookbinding for the Booker series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XVn89hrlI

Link to my handmade upcycled journals.

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!