This week, I'm joined by Carrie and Amy from the podcast, The Perks of Being a Podcast Lover and we discuss some of our favorite recent reads, crochet and sweating in closets. 

Books Discussed:

The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

All the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala 

Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier 


What We're Reading Next:

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather oneill

The Rot by Siri Peterson

The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carrey

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This week, I look at Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson, Reckless Girls. by Rachel Hawkins and other great books out now! 

Books Discussed:

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

The School for Good Mothers: A Novel by Jessamine Chan

The Maid by Nita Prose

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

Other Books
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This week, I go back in time to my favorite books in 2016 as well as recommend my favorite reads form 2021. Get your to read list ready! I'm slinging a ton of titles your way!  

 Books Recommended: 

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan 

Homegoing by Ya Gyassi

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

The Red Parts: An Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

 Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

The Sentence by Lousie Erdrich.    

Wayward by Dana Spiotta

 Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro March

Other Books Mentioned:

Transcendent Kingdom by Ya Gyassi

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Bluettes by Maggie Nelson

Jane: A Muder. By Maggie Nelson

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Beartown by Fredrick Backman

the Underground Railroad by Colsoin Whitehead’s

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard (talked about on episode #41)

Detransition baby by Torrey Peters 

With Teeth by Kristen Arnett(talked about on episode #51)

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (talked about on episode #46)

The Mysteries by Marissa Silver (talked out on episode #49

Razorblade tears by SA Cosby 

Rabbits by Terry Miles

Other things discussed:
Freedom Reads

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This week, author and actor, Dinah Manoff is here to discuss her novel, The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold and recommend some of her favorite reads!

Books discussed:

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

Wayward by Dana Spiotta

One Simple Thing by Warren Read

My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa 

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Next up for us:

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

Matrix by Lauren Groff


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This week, bookstagrammer Jessica Laguna from The Towering TBR visits and recommends some great reads! We discuss The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman, The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas and other great books!

Books discussed

 The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman

The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

Chouette by  Claire Oshetsky

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

Other books discussed

Dial A for Aunties

Next up for us:

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins 

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry

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Come say hello to me at artist, Missy Dunaway's Book signing at Diesel Books, Brentwood on Sunday, December 5th at 3 pm.I'll be handing out Books Are My People stickers! 

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On episode 63 of Books Are My People, I talk about Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg, The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon and other great books!

Book Recommendations: (Click book titles to be taken to my Bookshop.org page.) 

What Just Happened by Charles Finch

Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg

The Guide by Peter Heller

The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

Other Things Discussed:

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On this episode I talk about Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu, New York My Village by Uwem Akpan and other great books!

 Books Discussed:

Win me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu

The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim

Carry the Dog by Stephanie Gangi

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan

Reading next: Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg  

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This week, on episode 61, author Darrin Doyle and I discuss his latest  novel, The Beast in Aisle 34 and other great books including, The Auctioneer by Joan Sampson and An Elderly Lady Can Do No Wrong by Ellen Tursdon.

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Books Discussed:

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Auctioneer by Joan Samson

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Tales the Devil Told me by Jen Fawkes

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed  by Ellen Tursdon

Other Books Discussed:

Washington Black Esi Edugyan

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Ellen Tursdon

The Southern Lady’s Book club guide to slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

 

What we're reading next: 

The Rumphulus by  Joseph Peterson

I Love you but I’ve chosen Darkness  Calire Vaye Watkins

Where to find Darrin on Social Media

Twitter @ DoyleDarrin

Instagram  @DarrinDoyle Writer

Darrin Doyle's Facebook Author Page

Website Darrindoyle.com
 

BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman

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This week on Books Are My People I recommend some new books including A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris , The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller and other great books!

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A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris

Brood by Jackie Polzin

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Performance Art, stories by David Kranes

The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller

Others Books Discussed: 

 Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris

Next : What Just Happened: notes on a long year by Charles Finch

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This week, author Jen Michalski  joins me to talk about her latest novel , You'll Be Fine. We also discuss books including The Spectacular by Zoe Whitall  and The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen.

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Books Discussed:

The Spectacular         Zoe Whittall     

I am Faithful by Jenny Irish

The Best Short Stories of 2021 The O. Henry Prize Winners

The City We Became N. K. Jamison

The Last Thing He Told me Laura Dave

Other Books Discussed:

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Piranasi by Susanna Clarke

Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence

You'll Be Fine by Jen Michalski  

The Tide King by Jen Michalski

The Summer she was under water by Jen Michalski 

Close Encounters  by Jen Michalski 

From Here by Jen Michaelski 

Could You Be With Her Now by Jen Michalski 

What we're reading next

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

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