Meg's Reading Room

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

On today's episode, I am joined by Emmy-winning journalist, activist, and author, Ruchira Gupta.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Freedom Seeker
• I Kick and I Fly
• Apne Aap - Women Worldwide
• Selling of Innocents - Documentary
• The Dead of Summer
• War Games
• Ultraviolet
• Soldiers and Kings
• Mother Mary Comes to Me

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Connect with Ruchira on Instagram @ruchiragupta

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by author and elementary school librarian, Cassie Miller.

Cassie's debut YA novel, MEET ME UNDER THE LIGHTS, will release on March 3, 2026 and is available now for preorder!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Meet Me Under the Lights
• Sydney Dunlap
• Sydney Dunlap on Meg's Reading Room (Ep: 42)
• Lindsay Currie
• Kate DiCamillo
• Wishtree
• The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves
• Fablehaven
• The Secret Garden
• Matilda
• Adrienne Young
• Before Dorothy
• Lynn Painter

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Connect with Cassie on Instagram @cassiemillerwrites

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by author, Anna Rose Johnson to discuss her newest middle grade novel, THE BLOSSOMING SUMMER.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Blossoming Summer
• The Star That Always Stays
• The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry
• American Girl Historical Collection
• American Girl: Rebecca Series
• Betsy-Tacy books
• Noel Streatfield
• Gladys Taber
• Jen's Reading Life

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Connect with Anna Rose Johnson on Instagram @annarosewriter

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by actor and audiobook narrator, James Aaron Oh. James recently narrated his first audiobook, THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong which was a Oprah's Book Club selection.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Emperor of Gladness
• Ocean Vuong
• Penguin Random House Narrator Membership
• The Road
• Name of the Wind

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Connect with James on Instagram @jamesaaronoh

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by author, Audrey Ingram to discuss her newest novel, THE SUMMER WE RAN.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Summer We Ran
• Where the Red Fern Grows
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Wild Dark Shore
• Culpability
• The Summer We Ran - Audio

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Connect with Audrey on Instagram @audreyingramwrites

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by author and Book Gang podcast host, Amy Allen Clark.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Book Gang Podcast
• MomAdvice
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• The Good Life for Less: Giving Your Family Great Meals, Good Times, and a Happy Home on a Budget
• Junie
• The Girl with the Louding Voice
• The Lilac People
• Sister Sinner
• The Bright Years
• Notes on Infinity
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
• Allie Larkin
• The 2025 Summer Reading Guide
• Book Gang on Patreon
• The Most Fun We Ever Had
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Sweet Valley High
• Judy Blume
• VC Andrews
• Nancy Drew
• The Secret History
• Ashley Winstead
• Bad Habits
• My Brilliant Friend
• Julia Whelan
• Bluff
• Ocean Vuong on Oprah Podcast
• The Emperor of Gladness

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Amy on Instagram @momadvice

Subscribe to the Book Gang Podcast on Apple and Spotify

Subscribe to the Book Gang on Patreon

www.momadvice.com

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by bestselling author, Natalie Jenner to discuss her newest novel, AUSTEN AT SEA and how Jane Austen continues to shape and heal her life.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Austen at Sea
• The Jane Austen Society
• Bloomsbury Girls
• Every Time We Say Goodbye
• Jane Austen
• Louisa May Alcott
• American Bloomsbury
• Harriet the Spy
• Anne of Green Gables
• The Famous Five
• Encyclopedia Brown
• Agatha Christie
• When the Going Was Good
• Just Kids - Audiobook

Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Natalie Jenner on Instagram @authornataliejenner

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by poet and author, David Gate to discuss his debut poetry collection, A REBELLION OF CARE.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Like Every Selfie
• A Rebellion of Care
• Enneagram Beatitudes
• Star Wars - Andor
• The Fire of Joy
• We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live
• The Magician
• Little Simz - Lotus
• Joan Didion
• Notes to John

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Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with David Gate on Instagram @davidgatepoet

Follow David Gate on Substack

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by Amy (@livingwellread) and Jeannie (@reidallday).

Mentioned in this episode:

• All That Life Can Afford
• How to Read a Book
• Candle Island
• Middle Grade Matters Podcast: Lauren Wolk
• The Mother Act
• Everything is Tuberculosis - Audiobook
• Becoming Mrs. Lewis
• Patti Callahan Henry - Becoming Mrs. Lewis Podcast Series
• Once Upon a Wardrobe
• This Is A Love Story
• Station Eleven
• Atmosphere
• The River is Waiting
• The River's Daughter
• Flashlight
• With a Vengence
• A Rebellion of Care
• The Road to Tender Hearts
• Unlikely Animals
• Bug Hollow
• Search
• The Ghostwriter
• Jane Austen
• Persuasion
• Claudia Gray
• Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
• Buckeye
• The Bletchley Riddle
• Ep 13: Living a Well Read Life with Amy
• Ep 15: Looking Back to Look Forward with Jeannie
• Ep 18: Meg's Reading Room Wrapped with Jeannie

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Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Amy on Instagram @livingwellread

Connect with Jeannie on Instagram @reidallday

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier

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

On today's episode, I am joined by author, Frances Quinn to discuss her newest novel, THE LOST PASSENGER.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Lost Passenger
• The Smallest Man
• The Famous Five
• The Other Side of Mrs. Wood
• Miss Aldridge Regrets
• Harlem After Midnight
• Anne Tyler
• Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Wedding People

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Connect with me on Instagram @megsreadingroom

Connect with Frances on Instagram @franquinn21

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Music credit: Clavin Clavier