Literally Reading

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are chatting about what we literally read in May! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Traci:

The Golden Spoon Jessa Maxwell

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian

The Last Word by Taylor Adams

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Red Widow by Alma Katsu

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

The Bartender's Cure by Wesley Straton

The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

The Last Battle of CS Lewis

Ellie:

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

Drowning by T.J. Newman

And Yet by Kate Baer

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Your's Truly by Abby Jimenez

Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Hi Readers! Welcome to Literary Lineup: June Edition! On this mini-episode, we'll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month.

You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard (Ellie)

Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos (Traci)

Nightbloom by Peace Adzo (Ellie)

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose (Traci)

The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman (Ellie)

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Traci)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are talking about our love of Catherine Steadman. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Crack the Book Open:

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman

The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are talking about going to book festivals. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Three Mrs. Wrights by Linda Keir 

The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our summer reading guide! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman (Ellie)

Drowning by T.J. Newman (Traci)

Open the Book:

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

Birds of California by Katie Cotugno

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Emma by Jane Austen 

The Almost Sisters by Jashilyn Jackson

Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison 

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in April!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Ellie:

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson

The Life Council by Laura Tremaine

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Intermediate Thermodynamics by Sussanah Nix

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman 

The Three Mrs. Wrights  by Linda Keir

Traci: 

The Angel Maker by Alex North

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakroborty

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland 

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: May Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month.

The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle (Traci)

A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand (Ellie)

Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay (Traci)

The New Mother by Nora Murphy (Ellie)

Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno (Traci)

Meet Me at the Lake by Carly Fortune (Ellie)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are deciding who did it better. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Ellie)

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (Traci)

Open the Book:

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore 

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 

A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 

Educated by Tara Westover

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 

Ayesha, at Last by Uzma Jallaluddin 

The Maidens by Alex Michaelaides 

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake 

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh 

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing modern classics. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Open the Book:

Kindred by Octavia Butler

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Atonement by Ian McEwan 

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry  

Carrie by Stephen King

Dune by Frank Herbert

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Amor Towles

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in March.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Traci: 

Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie 

A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross 

No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron

Romantic Comedy by Curtis SIttenfeld 

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Set on You by Amy Lea 

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

Drowning by T.J. Newman

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White

Ellie:

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon 

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt 

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai 

Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt 

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore