Meg's Reading Room

Welcome in, friends. On today's episode, I'm sharing how I'm making space for rest in my reading life. I hope our time together can bring you a few moments of peace, too.

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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

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

Welcome in, book friends! On today's very special episode, I'm sitting down for a cozy conversation with my favorite author of all time -- Kate DiCamillo! I'm so excited and honored to share her voice and stories with you today.

Kate DiCamillo is the author of many books for young readers. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal (Flora & Ulysses in 2014 and The Tale of Despereaux in 2004); the Newbery Honor (Because of Winn-Dixie, 2001), the Boston Globe Horn Book Award (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 2006), and the Theodor Geisel Medal and honor (Bink and Gollie, co-author Alison McGhee, 2011; Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, 2007). She is a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Emerita, appointed by the Library of Congress.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Love and Mercy
• Mercy Watson
• VLCAD Deficiency
• Moby Dick
• Chris Van Dusen
• Ann Patchett
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (20th Anniversary)
• Raymie Nightingale
• Charlotte's Web
• Black Beauty
• Kelly Yang
• StoryKind Podcast
• Life, & Death, & Giants
• Ep 90 Ron Rindo (Life, & Death, & Giants)
• Who is Government? (audiobook)
• Great Expectations
• On Writing
• The Wizard of Loneliness
• The Paris Review
• The True Story of Edith Leapyear, Child Outlaw: As Told by Herself

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 StoryKind Podcast on Instagram @storykindpod

Thank you Tracy Miracle & Egypt Street PR!

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by English professor and podcaster, Stephanie to discuss her reading life and her beautiful podcast ESCAPE INTO PERIOD PIECES.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Escape into Period Pieces
• The Other Bennet Sister
• American Girl series
• Little House on the Prairie
• Renee Graef
• The Magic Attic Club
• The Baby-Sitters Club / Little Sister
• Disney Girls
• The Secret Garden
• Madeline
• Anastasia
• The Secret Garden
• A Little Princess
• BritBox / The Other Bennet Sister
• PBS / All Creatures Great and Small
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion
• Echo / audiobook
• Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen
• The Way Home
• Samantha: The Next Chapter
• The Spectacular
• Ep 125: Valerie Tripp / Celebrating 40 Years of American Girl
• The Making of American Girl

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 Stephanie on Instagram @escape.into.period.pieces

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

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 Meg on Instagram @meganderson.writes

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

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 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

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 / @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

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 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

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 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

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 Elizabeth on Instagram @elizabethwellingtonrollins