Mom's Reading Lounge

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk with one of our favorite social media influencers, Ingrid.

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(00:00) Intro

(02:00) Booktok

(12:45) Finding Inspiration for Content Creation

(18:33)Spousal Support

(21:28) Booktok Influencer vs Content Creator

(26:03) Favorite Book

(28:08) Challenges of Moving and Packing Book Collection

(30:54) Least Favorite Book

(33:12)Top Five Favorite Books

(43:04) Preferred Genres

(49:14) Interacting with Authors at Book Signings

(56:25) Attending Book Signing and Conventions

(01:00:54) Booktok vs Bookstagram

(01:06:41) AZ & MT weather and moving around

(01:11:30) Finding Time for Oneself as a Mom and talking about our children

(01:21:42) Strangest Bookmark

(01:24:16) Favorite Booktokers

(01:28:44) Enjoying Other Booktokers and their content styles

(01:31:13) Challenges of Content Creation, Visibility, and Other Responsibilities 

(01:35:26) Our Children and their future reading preferences

(01:44:36) This or That

(01:51:39) Favorite Tropes

(01:53:56) Book Club, Current Reads, and Outro

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about the book convention that they are attending this year.

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(38:44) Freida’s New Book and Book Club/Outro

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about how they would fancast for Fourth Wing, Lightlark, and A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR).

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Our Fan Casting Picks

Fourth Wing

Violet: Danielle Russel (Sam), Danielle Campbell (Danielle), Katherine Langford (Leah)

Xaden: Charles Melton (Sam), Rome Flynn (Danielle),Matthew D’Addario (Leah)

Mira: Marie Avegeropoulos (Sam), Mila Kunis (Danielle), Cara Delevingne (Leah)

Lilith: Charlize Theron (Sam & Leah), Lena Headey (Danielle)

Dain: Cody Christian (Sam & Danielle), Michael Cimino/Tom Blyth (Leah)

Rhiannon: Tati Gabrielle (Sam), Vanessa Morgan (Danielle), Zendaya/ Alexandra Shipp (Leah)

Sawyer: Zane Phillips (Sam), Alex Pettyfer (Danielle), Cole Sprouse (Leah)

Garrick: Gavin Leatherwood (Sam), Charles Melton (Danielle), Theo James (Leah)

Liam: Matthew Noszka (Sam), Danny Griffin (Danielle), Gabriel Basso (Leah)

Imogen: Natalie Dormer (Sam & Danielle), Kristen Stewart/Florence Pugh(Leah)

Ridoc: Tyler Posey (Sam), Miles Teller (Danielle), Noah Centineo/ Caleb McLaughlin(Leah)

Jack: Alexander Ludwig (Sam, Danielle, & Leah)

Bodhi: Bob Morley (Sam & Danielle…. & Leah?)

ACOTAR

Fyre: Alicia Debnam-Carey (Sam & Danielle), Ryan Whitney (Leah)

Tamlin: Alexander Skarsgard (Sam), Austin Butler (Danielle), Alex Pettyfer (Leah)

Rhysand:  Richard Deiss (Sam), Tom Ellis (Danielle), Kit Harrington/ Ian Somerhalder (Leah) 

Cassian: Henry Cavill (Sam), Jason Momoa (Danielle), Tyler Hoechlin (Leah)

Azriel: Alan Ritchson (Sam), Jensen Ackles (Danielle), Idris Elba/Ben Barnes (Leah)

Alan Ritchson and Henry Cavill

Nesta: Phoebe Tonkin (Sam & Danielle), Alexandra D’Addario (Leah)

Elaine: Kristine Froseth(Sam), Lily Collins (Danielle), Olivia Holt (Leah)

Lucien: Tom Busson (Sam & Leah) , Sam Heughan  (Danielle)

Amarantha: Dominique McElligott (Sam), Madeline Petsch (Danielle), Rachelle Lefevre (Leah)

Lightlark

Isla: Mackenzie Foy (Sam), Danielle Russell (Danielle), Odeya Rush (Leah)

Grim: Jacob Elardi (Sam), Theo James(Danielle), Luke Powell (Leah)

Oro: William Mosley (Sam), Charlie Hunnam (Danielle), Hayden Christensen (Leah)

Azul: Michael B. Jordan/ Nelsan Ellis (Sam), Lucien Laviscount (Danielle), Rege-Jean Page (Leah)

Celeste: Elle Fanning(Sam, Danielle & Leah)

Aurora: Katie McGrath (Sam), Charlize Theron (Leah & Danielle)

Cleo: Amanda Seyfried (Sam), Anya Taylor-Joy (Danielle), Jamie Chung (Leah)

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(1:40) Fourth Wing: Violet

(6:21) Fourth Wing: Xaden

(9:31) Fourth Wing: Mira

(11:18) Fourth Wing: Lilith

(12:28) Fourth Wing: Dain

(14:06) Fourth Wing: Rhiannon

(16:28) Fourth Wing: Sawyer

(20:04) Fourth Wing: Garrick

(21:19) Fourth Wing: Liam

(24:35) Fourth Wing: Imogen

(29:09) Fourth Wing: Ridoc

(33:58) Fourth Wing: Jack

(36:54) Fourth Wing: Bodhi

(39:47) ACOTAR: Feyre

(41:20) ACOTAR: Tamlin

(43:43) ACOTAR: Rhysand

(47:24) ACOTAR: Cassian

(50:51) ACOTAR: Azriel

(54:59) ACOTAR: Nesta

(56:37)ACOTAR: Elian

(59:12) ACOTAR: Lucien

(01:00:32) ACOTAR: Amaratha

(01:05:56) Lightlark: Isla

(01:08:22) Lightlark: Grim

(01:10:02) Lightlark: Oro

(01:12:48) Lightlark: Azul

(01:19:23) Lightlark: Celeste 🚨Spoiler in this Chapter🚨

(01:23:14) Lightlark: Cleo

(00:00:00) Currently Reading/Outro

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about the books they read from January to June 0f 2024.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:02) Best Book you have read this year

(02:22) Number of books read so far

(06:34) Best Sequel

(09:00) New Release this year but haven’t read yet 

(13:34) Anticipated Releases for the rest of the year

(18:00) Best Surprise

(23:57) Favorite New Author

(26:38) New Book Boyfriend

(32:49) Book that made you cry

(41:09) Book that made you happy

(47:02) Cover you thought was beautiful

(48:34) Need to read by the end of the year

(54:02) 5 star reads this year

(57:32) Rereads that you are or going to do

(01:03:26) Currently Reading/Outro

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about one of their favorite authors, Frieda McFadden.

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Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about what they think of smut in the books they read.

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(42:10) Book Boyfriends

(1:00:25) Current Reads/Outro

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about their latest buddy read, The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent.

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(38:57)Book Haul/Outro

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about books that have turned into movies or tv show and if they have read and/or watched them or not.  

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(01:07:47) News, Announcement / Closing

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they interview indie author Libby Webber. 

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(01:04:00) Currently Reading & Outro

Books mentioned

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Black Bear Alibi by J.C. Fuller

Chaos Kings by N. Owens

Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

Snapshot by Scarlett Amor

Manacled by SenLinYu 

Nightbane by Alex Aster

The Assassin’s Storm by Libby Webber

Hello Books Friends! Join Danielle, Leah, and Sam as they talk about popular books and if they have read them or not. 

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(01:14:43) Closing and Outro

Books mentioned

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan 

It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton 

Fourth Wing / Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros 

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica 

Credence by Penelope Douglas 

Verity by Colleen Hoover 

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace 

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 

Twisted Love by Ana Huang 

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Chestnut Series - Flawless, Heartless, Powerless, Reckless and Hopeless by Elsie Silver 

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros 

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent 

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 

Normal People by Sally Rooney 

In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros 

The Deal by Elle Kennedy 

Mile High by Liz Tomforde

King of Wrath by Ana Huang 

Hooked by Emily McIntire

A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 

The Guest List by Lucy Foley 

The Inmate by Freida McFadden 

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 

Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter 

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 

Lightlark by Alex Aster