Meg's Reading Room

On this week's episode, I'm replaying one of my favorite conversations with author, Ron Rindo. Ron's beautiful novel, LIFE & DEATH, & GIANTS is now available in paperback.

(Originally aired October 2025)

Mentioned in this episode:

• Life & Death & Giants
• The Bookshelf
• Robert Wadlow
• Wisconsin's Amish Communities
• Emily Dickinson
• Anne Bradstreet
• The Pilgrim's Progress
• Hannah Coulter
• Wendell Berry
• Walden
• Charlotte's Web
• Little House in the Big Woods
• Little House on the Prairie
• Stuart Little
• Legends of the Fall
• Beloved
• The Antidote
• Swamplandia!
• Vampires in the Lemon Grove
• Life & Death & Giants - Audiobook
• A River Runs through It

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Ron on Instagram @rrindoauthor

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by author and mom of three, Meg Anderson to discuss her gorgeous debut novel, THE MEMORY OF BORROWED BOOKS.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Memory of Borrowed Books
• Madeline Martin
• Five Mornings at the Bookshop

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Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by best-selling author, Sarah Damoff to discuss her gorgeous new novel, THE BURNING SIDE.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Ep. 59 Sarah Damoff (The Bright Years)
• The Burning Side
• The Bright Years
• Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
• Land
• Ashley Poston

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

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Connect with Sarah on Instagram @sarahdamoff

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by best-selling children's book author, Megan Wagner Lloyd to discuss DAISY DAVENPORT SAVES THE DAY and her experience working with American Girl for the 2027 GIRL OF THE YEAR!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Daisy Davenport Saves the Day
• Daisy Davenport
• Allergic
• Super Pancake
• Haven
• Ep 125: Valerie Tripp
• Where Only Storms Grow
• Ep 77: Alyssa Colman
• The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night
• The Pumpkin Princess and the Buried Castle
• Blood in the Water
• The Blue Castle
• Anne of Green Gables

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom / @megscollectingcorner

Connect with Megan on Instagram @meganwagnerlloyd

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by Shifa Saltagi Safadi to discuss her powerful new middle grade novel-in-verse, SISTERS ALONE.

Shifa is the National Book Award winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Sisters Alone
• Kareem Between
• Little Women
• Nancy Drew
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Pride and Prejudice
• Twilight
• Wild Dark Shore
• All That Chandi Knew
• A Year Without Home
• Wild Reverence
• A Bittersweet Spell
• Empire
• Dungeon Crawler Carl
• Ready Player One
• Warcross

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Shifa on Instagram @shifasaltagisafadi

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by Mindy Nichols Wendell to discuss her newest middle grade novel, CALIFORNIA OR DUST.

Mentioned in this episode:

• California or Dust
• Light and Air
• Ep. 16 Mindy Nichols Wendell (Light and Air)
• Out of the Dust
• Children of the Dust Bowl
• A Circle of Quiet
• Birdy
• The Winter of the Dollhouse
• Whistler
• A Place to Hang the Moon
• Other Words for Home
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
• RAR Premium

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Mindy on Instagram @mnwendell

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by award-winning copywriter, author, and mom, Elizabeth Wellington Rollins to discuss her beautiful debut novel, THE THREE GRACES OF PEARL STREET.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Three Graces of Pearl Street
• Little House on the Prairie
• American Girl series
• The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter
• Rebecca
• I Capture the Castle
• Jane Austen
• Long Bright River
• Little Women
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (audiobook)
• The Second Chance Cinema
• My Friends
• Pineapple Street
• The Shampoo Effect
• Dolly All the Time
• Maisie Dobbs
• David Sedaris
• Town Mouse, Country Mouse
• Richard Scarry
• Amelia Bedelia
• Strega Nona

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Elizabeth on Instagram @elizabethwellingtonrollins

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by NYT Bestselling author, Ben Reeves to discuss his gorgeous debut novel, EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
• The Overstory
• If Nobody Speaks of Ordinary Things
• Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
• Sylvia Plath
• Mary Oliver

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Ben on Instagram @authorbenreeves

Welcome in! On today's special 40th birthday episode, I'm joined by journalist and author, Stacey Lindsay to discuss her book, BEING 40: The Decade of Letting Go and Embracing Who We Are. BEING 40 is the perfect companion and guide for any woman entering or embracing her forties. I'm so grateful for the wisdom and warmth that Stacey shares -- on and off the page. I know you will be happy to spend time with her, too.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Being 40
• Steph Jagger
• The Calamity Club
• I've Been Thinking
• I Am Maria
• The 25th Hour
• Wild Courage
• Marriage at Sea
• Atmosphere
• The New Rules of Women's Health
• The Goldfinch

Support Meg's Reading Room

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I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Stacey on Instagram @staceylindsay

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by Jess Sporaa (@bibliophage.jess). Jess is a self-proclaimed midlife mom of four and bookseller at the cozy Dog-Eared Books in Ames, Iowa. In our conversation, Jess shares how spending her days in a bookstore has changed her reading life and how she's discovering her personal style off the page.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Dog-Eared Books
• Shatter Me
• Fur-Ocious Readers
• The Sweet Spot
• HeartLand
• The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society
• Catch the Devil
• Project Hail Mary
• Legends & Lattes
• Lonesome Dove
• Chunky Classics Book Club
• It's Hard to Be an Animal
• The Road to Tender Hearts
• Remarkably Bright Creatures
• Poets Square
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion
• Good Joy, Bad Joy
• Creepy Kid
• Sipsworth
• A Pair of Aces
• Christina Lauren
• We the Women
• Domino Style

Support Meg's Reading Room

buymeacoffee.com/megsreadingroompodcast

I always hope our time together can be a soft place to land when you need it most. By supporting Meg's Reading Room, you're helping to keep our show running and our episodes AD free. Thank you for believing in the work we're doing and helping us to connect to more listeners like you.

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Jess on Instagram @bibliophage.jess

Connect with Dog-Eared Books on Instagram @dogearedbooksames