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

In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati-Alexander (Ellie)

The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian (Traci)

After Annie by Anna Quindlen (Ellie)

Everyone is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf (Traci)

This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan (Ellie)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we paired great book club books with a menu.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Literally Reading:

Small Mercies by Dennis Lahane

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Open the Book: 

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

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Recipes:

Brandy Old Fashioned

Quick Pickles

Grasshopper Brownies

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are continuing our “I Love” series with I Love…Snow!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Literally Reading:

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

Open the Book: 

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

One by One by Ruth Ware

Beartown Trilogy by Fredik Backman

Snowed In by Catherine Walsh 

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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

February 2024

If It Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn (Ellie)

The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang (Traci)

Ready or Not by Cara Bastone (Ellie)

The Women by Kristin Hannah (Traci)

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (Ellie)

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (Traci)

Hey Readers! We have a bonus episode for you today! Ellie and Kelsey from The Girl Next Door Podcast sit down and talk all about goal setting, creating a reading syllabus, and so much more! To shop the books mentioned in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Rising Shining

The Girl Next Door Podcast

Kelsey’s Goals Workshop

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Past Forward by Clay Routledge

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are analyzing our first books of each year!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Literally Reading:

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 

Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Open the Book: 

Ellie:

Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

Glass Houses (Inspector Gamache #13) by Louise Penny

Everything After by Jill Santopolo

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

A Christmas Spark by Cindy Steel 

Traci:

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

The Christmas Pig by JK Rowling

Babel by RF. Kuang

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing our top ten books of 2023! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Traci’s Top Ten:

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore

Manacled by SenLinYu

Drowning by TJ Newman

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Fourth Wing/ Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Babel by RF Kuang

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

Ellie’s Top Ten: 

The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Happy Place by Emily Henry

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

Fourth Wing/ Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck 

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 

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

The Fury by Alex Michaelides (Ellie)

Argylle by Elly Conway (Traci)

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (Ellie)

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (Traci)

The Getaway List by Emma Lord (Ellie)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are sharing our 12 rom coms of Christmas!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk

10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

Lovelight Farms by BK Borison

Love, Holly by Emily Stone

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver

Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh

All About Us by Tom Ellen 

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

Recommended for You by Laura Silverman

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

A Christmas Spark by Cindy Steel