Literally Reading

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we will be discussing our love for October reads!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller (Traci)

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth (Ellie)

Literally Listening: 

Rush by Lisa Patton (Traci)

Fault Lines by Emily Itami (Ellie)

October Reads: 

The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James (Traci)

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Ellie)

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (Traci)

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Ellie)

Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven (Traci)

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab (Ellie)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 

Carrie by Stephen King 

What’s Next:

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Traci)

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Traci)

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (Ellie)

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Ellie)

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (Traci)

The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (Ellie)

The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe (Ellie)

On this mini episode, Traci and Ellie each share a backlist book to add to your TBR.  Check out all of our book recommendations at our shop. 

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we will be discussing one of our favorite things... cookbooks!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Normal People by Sally Rooney (Ellie)

The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (Traci)

Literally Listening: 

A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn (Ellie)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Traci)

Cookbooks: 

It’s All Good by Gwyneth Paltrow 

It’s All Easy by Gwyneth Paltrow

The Sprouted Kitchen

What’s Gaby Cooking by Gaby Dalkin

Eat What You Want by Gaby Dalkin

Half Baked Harvest by Tieghan Gerard

Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard

Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi

Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi

Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman

The Defined Dish by Alex Snodgrass

Two Peas & Their Pod by Maria Lichty

SkinnyTaste by Gina Homolka 

Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman

America’s Test Kitchen

How to Cook Everything Mark Bittman

Bread & Wine by Shauna Niequist

Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl 

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

Champagne Baby by Laure Dugas

What’s Next:

The Comfortable Kitchen by Alex Snodgrass (Ellie)

Jen Hatmaker

The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi 

A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg (Traci) 

The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn

Finding Freedom by Erin French

The Lost Kitchen by Erin French 

On this monthly mini-episode, we each share three books that we’re looking forward to getting our hands on this month, whether it be a shining new release we’ve been impatiently anticipating or a dusty backlist book from our own shelves!

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are playing Would You Rather: Bookish Edition.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Summer Job by Lizzy Dent (Traci)

The Perfect Find by Tia Williams (Ellie)

Literally Listening: 

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Traci)

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (Ellie)

On this mini episode, Traci and Ellie each share a backlist book to add to your TBR.  Check out all of our book recommendations at our shop.

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week is our 3rd Literally Reading Book Club and we will be discussing Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews (Traci)

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann (Ellie) 

Literally Listening: 

The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett (Traci)

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows (Ellie)

LRBC: 

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

What’s Next:

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Traci)

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ellie)

On this monthly mini-episode, we each share three books that we’re looking forward to getting our hands on this month, whether it be a shining new release we’ve been impatiently anticipating or a dusty backlist book from our own shelves!

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

Literally Reading:

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (Ellie)

Falling by T.J. Newman (Traci)

Literally Listening: 

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (Ellie)

Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison (Traci)

What We Literally Read this Summer: 

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (Ellie)

Echo by Pamela Munoz Ryan (Traci)

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Ellie)

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (Ellie)

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (Ellie)

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann (Ellie)

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Ellie)

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (Ellie) 

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (Traci)

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Ellie) 

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (Traci)

The Guncle by Steven Rowley (Ellie)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Traci)

What’s Next:

The Vacationers by Emma Straub (Ellie)

A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (Ellie)

Shipped by Angie Hockman (Ellie)

The Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland (Traci)

On this mini episode, Traci and Ellie each share a backlist book to add to your TBR.  Check out all of our book recommendations at our shop.