Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by author, Tory Henwood Hoen to discuss her bestselling novel, BEFORE I FORGET.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Before I Forget
• The Arc
• Dick Johnson is Dead
• The Correspondent / Audiobook
• Ep 46: Virginia Evans on Meg's Reading Room
• Lady Tremaine / Audiobook
• Broken Country / Audiobook
• This Story Might Save Your Life / Audiobook
• All Fours / Audiobook
• Before I Forget / Audiobook
• Barrie Kreinik
• CT Public Radio / Tory Henwood Hoen, Barrie Kreinik
• Big Red Barn
• Owl Babies
• Corduroy
• The Story of Ferdinand
• Eloise
• Matilda

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Connect with Tory on Instagram @toryhenwoodhoen

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

This episode contains personal reflections on child loss, illness, grief, and marriage. Please listen with care.

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“We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside." - Maggie Smith

On today's episode, I'm joined by USA Today Bestselling author and advocate, Kelly Cervantes, to discuss her powerful memoir, THE LUCKIEST: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Motherhood, and the Pursuit of Self.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Luckiest
• Maggie Smith Poet
• Normal Broken
• Hamilton
• CURE Epilepsy
• Joan Didion

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by author, N. West Moss to discuss her debut middle grade novel, BIRDY.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Birdy
• The Odyssey
• Tillerman Cycle series
• Harriet the Spy
• The Wizard of Oz
• David Copperfield
• Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
• The Snow Child
• Small Things Like These
• Maniac McGee
• Star Girl
• The Long Winter

Support Meg's Reading Room

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by author, Claire Swinarski to discuss her newest middle grade (and first historical fiction!) novel, EACH AND EVERY SPARK.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Each and Every Spark
• The Brothers Karamazov
• What's Become of Her
• This is Not About Us
• Dracula / Audiobook
• The Supper Club Saints

Support Meg's Reading Room

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Connect with Claire on Instagram @claireswinarski

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, author and elementary librarian, Cassie Miller, returns to my Reading Room to celebrate her DEBUT YA contemporary romance, MEET ME UNDER THE LIGHTS.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Meet Me Under the Lights
• The Notebook
• Our Town
• Tell Me Three Things
• Where the Crawdads Sing
• Safe Haven
• Nicola Yoon
• To All the Boys I've Loved Before
• The Summer I Turned Pretty
• The Secret Book of Flora Lea / Audiobook
• The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson)
• Meet Me on Mistletoe Lane

Support Meg's Reading Room

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Connect with Cassie on Instagram @cassiemillerwrites

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by award-winning author, Rebecca Kauffman to discuss her new release, THE RESERVATION (Counterpoint Press, 2026).

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Reservation
• Heart the Lover
• Writers and Lovers
• Vladimir
• Hot Air
• In Search of Lost Time, Proust

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by Anglican priest, writer, and mother, Hannah Miller King, to discuss her beautiful book, Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness (IVP, 2026)

Mentioned in this episode:

• Feasting on Hope
• Esau McCaulley
• A Severe Mercy
• The Teacher of Nomad Land
• Everything Sad is Untrue / Audiobook
• Lilac Girls / Audiobook
• Wild Dark Shore
• Christiantity Today / This Winter, Be Bored

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by poet and writer, Allison Mei-Li (@writtenbyallison).

Mentioned in this episode:

• A History of Holding: Poems on Motherhood
• Poetry Foundation
• Heart the Lover
• Someone We Know
• She Didn't See It Coming

Support Meg's Reading Room

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by my friend, Allison.

Allison is a mother of 3 young boys, a preschool teacher, and shares her love of huggable books on @nestful_of_books.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Fellowship of The Ring
• Nancy and Plum
• Anne of Green Gables
• A Place to Hang the Moon
• The Mouse and the Motorcycle
• My Side of the Mountain
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Harry Potter / Audiobook
• Maggie Smith Poet
• The Dream Daughter
• Theo of Golden
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion
• The One and Only Ivan
• The Farmer's Wife / Audiobook

Support Meg's Reading Room

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Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me.

On today's episode, I'm joined by award-winning actress, narrator, and director, Piper Goodeve.

Piper recently narrated Jo March for BETH IS DEAD : Apple Books Must-Listen Staff Pick, Spotify Editors' Pick, Audible Editors' Most Anticipated Listen, and the inaugural pick for Reese Witherspoon's Sunnie Select book club!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Beth is Dead
• Beth is Dead / Audiobook
• Anne of Green Gables
• Little Women
• All the Young Men / Audiobook
• The Illiad / Audiobook
• Remarkably Bright Creatures
• Lessons in Chemistry
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon / Audiobook
• Saddle Club Book Series

Support Meg's Reading Room

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