Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. This episode we lean into the season with some more Nonfiction November picks, Native American Heritage Month recs… and, yes, even more vampires. Then, we draft our ideal literary Thanksgiving dinner guests, where you know chaos will ensue. Not everyone makes the final cut, so be ready to defend your favorites.

Books We Mentioned: 

1:33- If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia

1:35- Fall I Want, Lyra Parish

3:03- The Wedding People, Allison Espach

6:23- My Oxford Year; Thank You for Listening; Casanova LLC, Julia Whelan

7:35- The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes

12:10- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer

23:00- The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien

25:11- By the Fire We Carry, Rebecca Nagle

30:45- Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann

36:27- Quicksilver; Brimstone, Callie Hart

41:59- This Summer Will Be Different, Carley Fortune

42:48- Every Summer After; Meet Me at the Lake; One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune

46:43- Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery

47:25- New Moon, Stephanie Meyer

47:52- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

48:25- The Courting of Bristol Keats, Mary E. Pearson

53:13- Dance of Thieves, Mary E. Pearson

55:12- To the Moon and Back, Eliana Ramage

55:49- Violet ThistleWaite Is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz

59:19- The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sarah Beth Durst

1:00:35- The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading (more or less,) and two that are up next. We share a moment of pure chaos when Beccah reads the back of a book she swears she just finished – only to realize live that she was reading from a completely different “Fall” book with an almost identical cover – bringing a whole new meaning to “never judge a book by its cover.” Summer helps reel us back in with some Non-fiction November picks, and we wrap things up by reminiscing on special book-related moments in our spotlight segment featuring a bookish gratitude jar. 

Books We Mentioned: 

0:56- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

1:52- The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood

2:36- Beach Read, Emily Henry

3:12- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas

8:10- The Gingerbread Bakery, Laurie Gilmore

20:14- Fall I Want, Lyra Parish

22:20- Falling Like Leaves, Misty Wilson

23:20- The Summer I Turned Pretty; To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han

36:40- The House of My Mother, Shari Franke

45:03- Mate, Ali Hazelwood

53:45- Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women who Challenged a Nation, Tiya Miles

57:55- Quicksilver, Callie Hart

1:02:30- Silver Elite, Dani Francis

1:07:38- A River Enchanted, Rebecca Ross

1:07:50- Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross

1:09:38- The Princess Bride, William Goldman

1:10:24- Battle of the Bookstores, Ali Brady

1:12:34- The Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien 

1:13:58- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer

1:14:00- Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley

1:14:30- Disability Visibility, Alice Wong

1:14:35- How the Word is Passed, Clint Smith

1:14:50- White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo

1:20:38- The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin

1:21:24- Nancy Drew series, Carolyn Keene

1:22:45- Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech

1:24:40- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. We share a few bookish confessions with each other, Beccah can't let a certain "spitting" scene go, somehow find common threads of both Jane Austen and retirement communities across our books, and we revisit some of our favorite reads from last year. 

Books We Mentioned: 

5:25- Passing, Nella Larson

10:45- Hot Hex Boyfriend, Carly Bloom

14:26- Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

14:28-Twilight, Stephanie Meyer

17:43- The Austen Affair, Madeline Bell

28:08- Heartwood, Amity Gaige

31:40- The God of the Woods, Liz Moore

34:40- Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, Ben Montgomery 

34:57- A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson

35:28- The Rebel Blue Ranch Series, Lyla Sage

37:03- Soul Searching, Lyla Sage

40:15- The Chestnut Springs Series, Elsie Silver

52:15- The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, Lynda Cohen Loigman

1:01:24- Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner

1:11:18- The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

1:12:44- The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones

1:21:01- Ruthless Vows, Rebecca Ross

1:21:56- Funny Story, Emily Henry

1:21:58, Check & Mate, Ali Hazelwood

1:22:20- Hello Stranger, Katherine Center

1:22:32- Never Rescue A Rogue, Virginia Heath*

1:22:50- A Holiday by Gaslight, Mimi Matthews

1:24:58- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

1:25:40- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

1:27:38- Calling for a Blanket Dance, Oscar Hokeah

1:27:50- How to Age Disgracefully, Clare Pooley

1:28:50- Heartless Hunter and The Rebel Witch, Kristen Ciccarelli

1:29:01- Kingdom of Ash, Sarah J. Maas

1:29:15- Warbreaker and Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson

1:30:03- The Harry Potter Series, JK Rowling

1:30:29- The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie

1:31:15- My Murder, Katie Williams

1:31:48- Persuasion, Jane Austen

1:31:57- The Awakening, Kate Chopin

1:32:00- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

1:32:07- Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston

1:33:18- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer

1:34:18- Good For a Girl, Lauren Fleshman

1:37:08- The Crescent City Series, Sarah J. Maas

1:37:29- The Wilderwood Series, Hannah F. Whitten

1:37:39- The Cruel Prince Series, Holly Black

1:37:40- The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis

1:38:08- The Three Pines Series, Louise Penny

1:38:30- The Chestnut Springs Series, Elsie Silver

1:39:04- Strange Sally Diamond, Liz Nugent

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From heartwarming (and sometimes silly) comfort reads to Summer’s signature descent into the dark and twisty, we cover the full emotional spectrum. Somewhere in there, we start a campaign for Penguin to sponsor us (we’re only half joking).

Books We Mentioned: 

0:56- Author talk with Ally Carter and Allison Ashley

1:20- Crime and Compassion Inc

3:44- Hello Stranger, Katherine Center

6:18- Game of Thrones series, George R.R. Martin

7:20- Sisters in the Wind, Angeline Boulley

8:10- Firekeeper’s Daughter, Angeline Boulley

8:44- Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley

18:00- A Novel Love Story, Ashley Poston

18:18- The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston

8:23- The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston

25:22- If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia

33:58- Roadtrip with a Vampire, Jenna Levine

34:38- My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine

36:46- The League of Gentlewomen Witches, India Holton

37:16- Love in the Time of Serial Killers, Alicia Thompson

40:50- The Flatshare, Beth O’Leary

43:30- The Long and Faraway Gone, Lou Berney

46:30- Crooks, Lou Berney

46:50- Blood Sisters and The Bone Thief, Vanessa Lillie

49:48- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruis Zafon

51:26- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

56:10- The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern 

59:55- The Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien 

1:00:38- The Twilight Series, Stephanie Meyer 

1:02:40- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. Along the way, we meander through a whole host of genres, take a few unexpected conversational turns related to a favorite theme of Beccah’s (and a few of her biggest fears!), and get a surprise bookish confession from Summer.

We finish out with a spotlight segment discussing Spooky Season and several titles we reckon you should pick up this time of year. 

Books We Mentioned: 

1:35- Funny Story, Emily Henry

1:38- Sisters of the Lost Nation, Nick Medina

4:22- The Wedding People, Alison Espach

7:31- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

7:37- The Bell Jar, Silvia Plath

10:59- The Awakening, Kate Chopin

16:16- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas

16:23- A Court of Silves Flames, Sarah J. Maas

16:30- Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross

16:35- A River Enchanted, Rebecca Ross

16:50- Heartless Hunter, Kristen Ciccarelli

17:00- The Rebel Witch, Kristen Ciccarelli

17:18- The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy

18:05- Rook, Sharon Cameron

24:40- Passing, Nella Larson

30:45- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennet

32:28- The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson

32:42- I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacquiline Harpman

33:11- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

40:50- The Martian, Andy Weir

41:11- Ice Planet Barbarians, Ruby Dixon

45:22- The Narrow Boat Summer, Anne Youngson

1:01:50- The Ex Hex; The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling

1:02:20- The Wedding Witch, Erin Sterling

1:02:36- Hot Hex Boyfriend, Carly Bloom

1:02:47- Love’s A Witch, Tricia O’Malley

1:03:08- My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine

1:03:25- My Vampire Plus One, Jenna Levine

1:03:33- Road Trip with a Vampire, Jenna Levine

1:03:46- Happy Medium, Sarah Adler

1:03:54- Fang Fiction, Kate Stayman-London 

1:04:12- One to Watch, Kate Stayman-London

1:04:52- Books by author Isabel Cañas (The Hacienda; Vampires of El Norte, The Possession of Alba Diaz)

1:05:42- Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

1:05:55- The September House, Carissa Orlando 

1:06:50- Lone Women, Victor LaValle 

1:07:06- The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones

1:07:57- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

1:08:28- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte

1:08:40- Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

1:09:06- Ninth House; Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo

1:09:17- Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey

1:10:05 Wine and Punishment, Sarah Fox

1:10:39- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches; A Witches Guide to Magical Inn Keeping, Sangu Mandanna

1:11:18- The Spellshop; The Enchanted Greenhouse; The Sea of Charms, Sarah Beth Durst

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. Along the way, we wander into a lively chat about sentient objects and seeds (the plant kind – not the baby kind, which Beccah can’t quite keep straight). For our spotlight, we turn to the world of book clubs: we talk about why we love them, highlight some of our favorites from one of our local bookstores, and rhapsodize about the joys of reading in community.

To see more of us, you can find us on Instagram at: @IReckonIllReadIt

Book Titles Mentioned:

1:08- Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall

1:19- Disability Visibility, Alice Wong

2:07- The Iliad, Homer

3:44- Firekeeper’s Daughter, Angeline Boulley

5:36 Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R. Tolkien

8:47- Run For the Hills, Kevin Wilson

9:04- Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson

17:36- Assistant to the Villain series, Hannah Nicole Maehrer

25:07- The Empyrean series, Rebecca Yarros

28:26- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

28:58- Starling House, Alix E. Harrow

29:19- Ninth House & Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo

30:24- Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy

39:02- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

44:36- The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sarah Beth Durst 

54:12- Runner 13, Amy McCulloch

54:31- Breathless, Amy McCulloch 

1:02:54- Wives Like Us, Plum Sykes

1:10:26- The Hunting Wives, May Cobb

1:11:15- Magnolia Parks, Jessa Hastings

1:13:40 Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two we’ve got our eyes on next. Somewhere in the middle, we stumble into our very first fact-check moment – a spontaneous realization that we mixed something up back in Episode 1 (oops, y’all). From there, we dive into part two of our “This or That” discussion, sharing more of our bookish quirks and preferences, so you can get to know our reading tastes a little better.

To see more of us, you can find us on Instagram at: @IReckonIllReadIt

Book Titles Mentioned:

5:15 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants- Robin Wall Kimmerer

12:20 The Correspondent- Virginia Evans 

13:12 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society- Mary Ann Shaffer

13:18 Where’d You Go, Bernadette?- Maria Semple

19:52 Babel- R.F. Kuang

26:46 Great Big Beautiful Life- Emily Henry

27:36 Funny Story- Emily Henry

32:28 Beach Read- Emily Henry

33:46 The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy- Megan Bannen

34:33 The Undermining of Twyla and Frank- Megan Bannen

38:44 A Better Man- Louise Penny

41:07 Still Life- Louise Penny

46:25 Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad (We fact check ourselves here!)

47:02 The Jungle Book- Rudyard Kipling

47:11 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi- Rudyard Kipling

53:17 A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas

53:32 Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros

55:52 The Ex Hex; The Kiss Curse- Erin Sterling

56:18 Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen

56:38 Persuasion- Jane Austen

1:00:27 Well Met- Jen DeLuca

Hey there, and welcome to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk. 

Episode 1 starts with an introduction to the pod and the hosts, before getting into our first ever “Reading Roundup.” We share two books we’ve finished recently, two current reads, and two upcoming reads. Then we discuss some bookish “This or That” to let you get to know more of our individual reading tastes. We reckon you’ll want to listen!

Find us on social media at: @IReckonIllReadIt on Instagram

Book titles mentioned:

10:39 Margo’s Got Money Troubles- Rufi Thorpe

19:00 The Personal Librarian- Marie Benedict

24:27 The Keeper of Lost Causes- Jussi Adler-Olsen

26:20 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson

31:15 Problematic Summer Romance- Ali Hazelwood

31:35 Bride- Ali Hazelwood

32:00 Not in Love- Ali Hazelwood

40:35 Love is a War Song- Danica Nava

40:52 The Truth According to Ember- Danica Nava

47:32 Done and Dusted- Lyla Sage

57:19 A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas

1:06:37 Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad (Head to “Episode 2: A Study in Fact Checking” to hear us realize we made a mistake here)

1:07:54 Divergent- Veronica Roth