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- A Year of Mistakes
Happy April Fools from the team at Listen Now, Read Later! This week, we're taking you behind the curtain with the best of our blooper reel. We hope you enjoy!
Shout out to everyone who has made silly sounds, learned new words and given hours of their time to help us make this podcast over the last year.
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
6 min - Ep 25: Book Club🌼
Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how episodes 21-24 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!
Highlighted themes: surprising endings, beloved series and great memoirs
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
1 hr 26 min - Ep 24: Watch What Happens
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Girl and the Wild Race" and "Mrs. March's Revenge” by L. M. Montgomery (both published 1904) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (published 2021) later.
Highlighted themes: love, hope and the value of human life
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Klara and the Sun and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
That's One Sly Cat by Artificial.Music ( / artificial-music ) is licensed under a Creative Commons license
Forest by Vlad Gluschenko. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0; music promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube or Spotify.
Purpose by Jonny Easton. Creative Commons Attribution license; music promoted by Audio Library. Listen on YouTube or Spotify.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
41 min - Ep 23: Look What You Made Me Do
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell (published 1924) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (published 1938) later.
Highlighted themes: strained relationships, unexpected danger and the value of human life
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Address Unknown and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
Chase by Igor Khainskyi. Audio Library Release; music provided by Audio Library Plus. Listen on YouTube.
Adventures by CRASTEL. Audio Library Release; music provided by Audio Library Plus. Listen on YouTube.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
56 min - Ep 22: I'm Just a Little Unwell
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (published 1892) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Educated by Tara Westover (published 2018) later.
Highlighted themes: feeling trapped, bad advice and breaking free
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Educated and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
The Reckoning by AERØHEAD. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on YouTube.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
44 min - Ep 21: It's Nice To Have A Friend
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “A Friend of Napoleon” by Richard Connell (published 1923) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Front Desk by Kelly Yang (published 2018) later.
Highlighted themes: sense of belonging, friendship, and things not being what they seem
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Front Desk and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
“Wanderlust” by Scott Buckley. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0; Music promoted by Audio Library. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
52 min - Ep 20: Book Club ❄️
Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how episodes 16-19 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!
Highlighted themes: rom-coms, good audiobooks and holidays
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTub
56 min - Ep 19: O Holy Night🎄
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “A Christmas Inspiration” by L. M. Montgomery (published 1901) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews (published 2021) later.
Highlighted themes: friendship, empathy and helping others
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Santa Suit and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
“Wish Background” (No Copyright Christmas Music) by Kevin MacLeod. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
19 min - Ep 18: You Make It Feel Like Christmas🎄
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry (published 1905) and hear why we think fans of this story should read In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren (published 2020) later.
Highlighted themes: Christmas traditions, selfless love and it’s the thought that counts
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy In a Holidaze and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
Ikson - Christmas (Vlog No Copyright Music). Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Listen on YouTube or Spotify.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
18 min - Ep 17: Everybody Talks
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “At Christmas Time" and "A Malefactor” by Anton Chekhov (published 1899 and 1885) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The No Show by Beth O'Leary (published 2022) later.
Highlighted themes: misunderstandings, miscommunications and disappointments.
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The No Show and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
Follow us on Instagram! @listennowreadlater
Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
"Solo Cello Passion" by Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions. Listen on YouTube.
"Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Shout out to our readers for this episode!
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About Listen Now, Read Later
From the publisher's feed
Looking to grow your TBR? Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that leads you to your next favorite novel by reading you short stories. In each episode, we’ll tie some of our favorite short…
stories to popular novels based on themes, narration, plot, and more. We see connections between stories written by different authors from different places at different times and we want to use those connections to help you find exciting new books to read so that after you Listen Now, you can Read Later. Follow us on Instagram @listennowreadlater for more great bookish content!