Literally Reading

1. This or That?!

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will play a little reading game we like and force each other to make some real hard decisions!  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

Rebecca (Traci)

What You Wish For (Ellie)

Happiness For Beginners

What we are Literally Listening To:

A Rogue of One's Own (Traci)

Bridging Down the Duke 

Paris is Always a Good Idea (Ellie)

This or That:

Tweet Cute

Tell Me Three Things

A Gentleman in Moscow

Rules of Civility

Such a Fun Age

Dear Edward

The One in a Million Boy

J.K. Rowling

Louise Penny

Daisy Jones and the Six

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires 

Agatha Christie

Anthony Horowitz

Peter Swanson 

Reading Plans:

The Penderwicks (Traci)

The Moffats

To Have and to Hoax (Ellie)

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We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about our real life book club!  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

A Discovery of Witches (Ellie)

Magpie Murders (Traci)

What we are Literally Listening To:

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb (Ellie)

Outlander (Traci)

Book Club Reads:

Orphan Train

The Library Book

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Where the Crawdads Sing

A Man Called Ove

The Dutch House

Anne of Green Gables

Little Women

Pride & Prejudice

Ayesha at Last

The Underground Railroad

An American Marriage

Everything I Never Told You

Bel Canto

Defending Jacob

East of Eden

A Gentleman in Moscow

What Our Book Club Should Read Next:

Kindred (Ellie)

What Kind of Woman (Ellie)

Year of Wonders (Traci)Shop these links to support our local independent bookstore, Vroman’s.  Independent bookstores have taken a hit during Coronavirus...let’s support them and keep them open!

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about spooky, spine-tingling books.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica Pennington

What we are Literally Listening To:

Well Met by Jen DeLuca (Traci)

A Quiet Life in the Country by T. E. Kinsey (Ellie)

Spine-Tingly Reads:

The Silent Wife A.S.A. Harrison 

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson 

The Last Mrs. Parish by Liv Constantine

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

Mr. Nobody Catherine Steadman 

The Woman in the Window by A J. Finn

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 

Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar

The Likeness by Tana French 

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Lock Every Door by Grady Hendrix

Home Before Dark by Riley Sagar

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardson

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Defending Jacob by William Landay (Traci)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Ellie)

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson (Traci and Ellie)

Thrillers We Can’t Wait to Read:

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton (Traci)

The Searcher by Tana French (Ellie)

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about books we are planning to literally read this summer.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

City of the Lost (Ellie)

Anxious People (Traci)

What we are Literally Listening To:

Well Played (Ellie)

All Shall Be Well (Traci)

What We’re Literally Reading this Fall:

Catherine House (Ellie)

Fantasticland (Traci)

Good Girl, Bad Blood (Ellie)

The Lions of Fifth Avenue (Traci)

Leave the World Behind (Ellie)

A Rogue of One’s Own (Traci)

In a Dark, Dark Wood (Ellie)

Rebecca (Traci)

Practical Magic (Ellie)

Wolf Hall (Traci)

Winter Garden (Ellie)

A Great Reckoning (Traci)Shop these links to support our local independent bookstore, Vroman’s.  Independent bookstores have taken a hit during Coronavirus...let’s support them and keep them open!

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about books we read over the summer.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

2:58 - Anna K (Traci)

4:47 - Majesty (Ellie)

What we are Literally Listening To:

5:53 - The Favorite Daughter (Ellie)

7:53 - Death on the Nile (Traci)

Summer Reading Recap:

13:28 - The Guest List (Traci)

15:18 - Calypso (Ellie)

17:27 - The Jane Austen Society (Traci)

18:46 - The Sea Wife (Ellie)

21:23 - Beach Read (Ellie)

23:44 - The Unhoneymooners (Traci)

Reading Plans:

25:54 - Rebecca (Traci)

26:22 - A Discovery of Witches (Ellie)

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about our favorite read alouds!  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

1:49 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Ellie)

1:59 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

3:18 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 

3:49 - Atomic Love by Jennie Fields (Traci)

What we are Literally Listening To:

5:42 - The Last Guest House by Megan Miranda (Ellie)

6:04 - A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Ellie)

7:35 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Traci)

9:56 - Sadie by Courtney Summers

Kid Lit Read Alouds:

12:42 - Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon

16:14 - Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

Preschool:

17:43 - Sneeches by Dr. Suess

18:40 - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

19:14 - Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems

19:29 - Richard Scary Books

20:42 - Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

21:08 - Peter Spier books: Noah’s Ark, Circus, Jonah, Christmas

22:25 - This is How We Do It by Matt Lamonthe

23:00 - How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen

23:35 - Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman

23:49 - Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark by Jonathan Stutzman

 Kinder/1st:

24:33 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

25:40 - Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins

26:26 - Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke 

26:27 - Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke

26:40 - Julia’s House Moves On by Ben Hatke

27:03 - We Don’t Eat our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

27:59 - Beautiful Oops! By Barney Saltzberg

28:53 - Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban

29:45 - The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak 

30:45 - Penny by Kevin Henkes

30:50 - Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

30:52 - Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes 

31:54 - Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel

32:40 - Mouse and Mole by Wong Yee

32:43 - Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant 

Early Elementary: 

33:23 - Gooney Bird-Greene by Lois Lowry

33:58 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

34:26 - Half Magic by Edward Eager 

35:10 - Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

35:34 - My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

35:49 - Ramona Quimby Books by Beverly Cleary 

35:52 - The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

36:02 - Matilda by Roald Dahl

36:04 - James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl

36:06 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl

Community Recommendations:

The Penderwicks 

Where the Sidewalk Ends 

The Lion & the Mouse 

Pippi Longstocking!

Baa Baa Smart Sheep 

The Berenstain Bear books

Smithsonian - The Animal Box 

Kid Reading Goals:

39:16 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Traci)

41:11 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (Ellie)

41:12 - Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes (Ellie)

*Spoilers in this episode!*

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have! In this episode, we are talking all things Emma by Jane Austen!  Join us on Instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

2:19 - The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Traci)

3:31 - A Share in Death 

3:59 - The Guest List (Ellie)

What we are Literally Listening To:

6:41 - I'd Give Anything (Traci)

8:18 - The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Ellie)

Emma:

          - Emma (1815 book)

          - Emma (2020 movie)

25:22 - Pride and Prejudice

Next Austen Read:

37:01 - Persuasion  (Ellie)

37:15 - Sense and Sensibility  (Traci)

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We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk vacations gone wrong...especially since none of us are going anywhere!  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

4:32 - All We Ever Wanted (Ellie)

4:37 - Something Borrowed

5:55 - Beartown

6:59 - The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes (Traci) 

What we are Literally Listening To:

The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes (Ellie) 

9:30 - I Was Told it Would Get Easier (Traci)

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Vacations Gone Wrong:

12:30 - Castle of Water

16:30 - The River

19:27 - The Unhoneymooners

21:35 - Do Not Become Alarmed

Vacations Through a Book:

24:24 - The House in the Cerulean Sea

25:24 - Sea Wife

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We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about atmospheric books - namely hot books.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

3:07 - Tweet Cute (Ellie)

4:28 - The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes (Ellie) 

5:56 - Eight Perfect Murders (Traci)

What we are Literally Listening To:

10:09 - Tell Me Three Things (Traci)

12:06 - What to Say Next

12:15 - Admission

12:56 - Stand All the Way Up (Ellie)

Hot Books:

19:07 - Beach Read

20:18 - The Great Alone

22:06 - The Great Gatsby

23:48 - Beartown

23:49 - Us Against You 

24:14 - Little Women

24:30 - Louise Penny

25:31 - The Dry

28:06 - The Lost Man

28:33 - The Lola Quartet

28:38 - Station Eleven

28:41 - The Glass Hotel

33:15 - Where the Crawdads Sing

37:08 - Dune

38:16 - Red Rising

38:49 - The Secret Life of Bees

Reading Goals:

40:17 - The Jane Austen Society

41:02 - Beach Read

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We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about historical fiction and why it is the best way to celebrate the 4th of July.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading. 

What we are Literally Reading:

3:48 - The Library at Mount Char (Ellie)

5:56 - One to Watch (Traci)

What we are Literally Listening To:

7:46 - The Silent Patient (Ellie)

9:38 - Recipe for a Perfect Wife (Traci)

Our Lives in Books:

14:13 - The Alice Network

14:36 - Lilac Girls

14:39 - Resistance Women

14:40 - The Girl They Left Behind 

16:12 - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

17:52 - Daisy Jones and the Six

22:15 - We Were the Lucky Ones

24:33 - The Invention of Wings

24:36 - The Underground Railroad

24:39 - The Kitchen House

24:46 - Dreamland Burning

24:47 - Calling Me Home

25:12 - The Girl You Left Behind

25:14 - Lilac Girls

25:35 - The Orphan Train

26:20 - Code Name Helene 

27:06 - The Romanov Empress

27:39 - I Was Anastasia 

28:45 - Lovely War

29:04 - Life After Life

29:06 - 11/22/63

29:13 - The Book Thief

29:18 - The Underground Railroad

32:08 - Before We Were Yours

33:32 - Calling Me Home 

34:30 - The Giver of Stars

35:37 - The Gown

35:44 - Beneath a Scarlet Sky

36:31 - The Island of Sea Women

38:12 - All the Light We Cannot See

Reading Goals:

40:11 - The Book of Lost Friends 

40:58 - Wolf Hall

41:30 - The Other Boleyn Girl

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