Literally Reading

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 are chatting about our first Literally Reading Book Club … Fable by Adrienne Young.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Relish by Lucy Knisley (Ellie)

The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James (Traci)

Literally Listening: 

Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner (Ellie)

You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe (Traci)

Literally Reading Book Club: 

Fable by Adrienne Young 

Books Also Mentioned:

El Deafo by Cece Bell

The Action Bible by Sergio Cariello 

Book Plans:

Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (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 are sharing some conflicting opinions.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Traci)

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin (Ellie)

Literally Listening: 

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Traci)

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (Ellie)

Crack the Book Open: 

The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel 

Ready Player One by by Ernest Cline 

A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline 

The River by Peter Heller 

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell 

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Recursion by Blake Crouch 

Other Books Mentioned:

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 

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 are filling your TBR with audiobooks!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Ellie)

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (Traci)

Literally Listening: 

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty (Ellie) 

The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke (Traci)

Crack the Book Open: 

A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie  

The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez 

Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters 

Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren 

Inheritance by Dani Shapiro 

Open Book by Jessica Simpson 

Calypso by David Sedaris 

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 

Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny 

Dublin Murder Squad Series by Tana French

Emma by Jane Austin

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kid

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

Ordinary Grace by William 

Shiner by Amy Jo Baker

Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Kelly Corrigan

Nobody will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 

Bossypants by Tina Fey 

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple 

Becoming by Michelle Obama 

11-22-63 by Stephen King

Other Books Mentioned:

Defending Jacob by William Landay 

One by One by Ruth Ware 

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

The War that Saved My Life Kimberly Burbaker Bradley 

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

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 are talking about the nuts and bolts of audiobooks!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (Traci)

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith (Ellie)

Literally Listening: 

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (Traci & Ellie)

The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Crack the Book Open: 

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins-Reid

Surprised by Motherhood by Lisa Jo-Baker

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me/ Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling

Bossy Pants by Tina Fey

In the Woods by Tana French

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty

Newbie Listener:

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

Favorite Audiobook:

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

What’s Next:

Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman (Traci)

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett (Ellie)

Educated by Tara Westover

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

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 are celebrating our podcast anniversary!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Midnight Gang by David Walliams (Ellie)

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty (Traci)

Literally Listening: 

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus (Ellie)

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend (Traci) 

Crack the Book Open: 

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

The Orphans of Race Point by Patry Francis 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gaile Honeyman 

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl 

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Well Met by Jen DeLuca

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano