Nothing is Wrong with You - Book Podcast

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we wrap up season two.

Recommend: 

The Glorians Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams

What we are reading:

Colleen

Whistler by Ann Patchett

Woman Life Freedom curated by Marjane Satrapi

Land by Maggie O'Farrell

Rebecca

Awake by Jen Hatmaker

Story is a State of Mind by Sarah Selecky

Splinters by Leslie Jamison

Love you, Bye by Brenda Miller

Athena

Contrapposto by Dave Eggers

The Typing Lady by Ruth Ozeki

Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler

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ATHENA ROTH

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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss the phenomena/coincidence of themes and motifs we cannot escape. Colleen discusses being haunted by bogs in her current reading life, while Rebecca shares the throughline that impacted her reading in the past.

Does that ever happen to you? Comment below and share the theme or motif you cannot seem to shake.

Recommend:

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

What we are reading:

Colleen

Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution by Anand Gopal

Upstream by Mary Oliver

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Rebecca

We Can Make a Life by Chessie Henry

The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams

Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich

Athena

Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler

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NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST

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COLLEEN CLEMENS

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 REBECCA BEARDSALL

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Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTH

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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss book acknowledgements and the role they play in the book. That the book doesn't feel complete without them.

Recommend: Tin Man by Sarah Winman

What we are reading:

Colleen

Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmiemmie

Dusk Night Dawn by Anne Lamott

A Compass on the Navigable Sea: 100 Years of World Literature ed. Daniel Simon

I’m Glad My Mom Died By Jennette McCurdy 

Rebecca

This Compulsion in Us by Tina Makereti 

If We Were Villains by M.L Rio

The Salt Stones by Helen Whybrow

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COLLEEN CLEMENS

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 REBECCA BEARDSALL

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ATHENA ROTH

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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss what we can do as readers to support the writers we love.  We chat about the benefits of amplifying the work of our favorite authors on social media in hopes of inspiring you to share what you are reading.

Recommend:

I am I am I am by Maggie O’Farrell

What we are reading:

Colleen

The Book of Tiny Prayer: Daily Meditations from the Plague Year by Micah Bucey

Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo Maclear

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove

Rebecca

Whidbey by T Kira Madden

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabell Allende

Athena

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

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COLLEEN CLEMENS

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 REBECCA BEARDSALL

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ATHENA ROTH

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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss how books are in conversation with each other–especially when blurbs hint at a working relationship between the writers.  We chat about two bestsellers–The Wedding People and Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar.  And a bonus discussion of why you should read the acknowledgements of your books! 

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

And

Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee

Recommend: 

How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder by Nina McConigley

What we are reading:

Colleen

How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast 

Dani Shapiro's Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Rebecca

Sad Tiger by Niege Sinno

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

The Pohaku Jasmin Iolani Hakes

Athena

Our Numbered Bones by Katya Balen

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NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST

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COLLEEN CLEMENS

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 REBECCA BEARDSALL

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Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTH

Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss the complicated nature of gifting a book.  Do we like to give more than receive books? We share our opinions on what we deem to be the fraught and vulnerable space of gifting books.

Recommend: 

Comfort of Crows, Margret Renkl

What we are reading:

Colleen

Tin Man by Sara Winman

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Rebecca

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser 

Body Work by Melissa Febos

Athena

Foster by Claire Keegan

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

Thank you for joining us. 

Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.

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NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST

 website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/
 YouTube | @bookpodcasters

COLLEEN CLEMENS
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 REBECCA BEARDSALL
 website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com
 Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTH
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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss the books that have missed the mark for us or just didn't resonate, but also sharing all the love and respect for the authors.

Recommend: 

Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven 

What we are reading:

Colleen

I See You’ve Called in Dead, John Kenney

Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy

Rebecca

We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat 

On Lighthouses by Jazmina Barrera 

Athena

The Book Of Kin: On Absence, Love, And Being There by Bowen, Jennifer Eli

11/22/63 byStephen King 

Thank you for joining us. 

Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.

Socials

NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST

website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/

YouTube | @bookpodcasters

COLLEEN CLEMENS

Instagram | @colclemensauthor

 REBECCA BEARDSALL

website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss how we decide what to read. Reviews? Wordof mouth? Cold-calling the new releases at the library?  We do it all, though each of us has a different relationship to all of the ways books find us.  Did we miss a way you select books for your ever-growing TBR pile?  Let us know in the comments!

Recommend: 

E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Loveby Colleen Clemens

My Place in the Spiral by Rebecca Beardsall

The Unfurling Frond by Rebecca Beardsall

What we are reading:

Colleen

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy 

Rebecca

Helm by Sarah Hall

Tennis Lessons by Susannah Dickey

Purgatoire by Liz Prato - Available for preorder, book comesout in April 2026

Athena

A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken

Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCracken

Sweet Talk by Stephanie Vaughn

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NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST
 website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/
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COLLEEN CLEMENS
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 REBECCA BEARDSALL
 website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com
 Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTH
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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss the books we loved reading in 2025.

Colleen

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mcconaghy (TOP PICK)

The Book of I by David Greig

Rabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin

Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

Fi by Alexandra Fuller

Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

My Friends by Hisham Matar

Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno

The Names by Florence Knapp

The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo

 Rebecca

The Women by Kristin HannahRabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin

Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

Autumn, Summer, Spring, and Winter by Ali Smith

All That We Own Know by Shilo Kino

The Book of I by David Greig (TOP PICK)

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether

The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

Sad Tiger

Athena

Wedding of the Foxes: Essays by Katherine Larson (TOP PICK)

Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang

Tilt by Emma Pattee

I See You’ve Called In Dead by John Kenney

Maggie; or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar by Katie Lee

Awake by Jen Hatmaker

Heart the Lover by Lily King 

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

Girls Play Dead by Jen Percy

Companion Piece by Ali Smith

Athena Reading Now:
Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor

Rebecca Reading Now:

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Slicks by Maggie Nelson

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NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST
 website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/
 YouTube | @bookpodcasters

COLLEEN CLEMENS

Instagram | @colclemensauthor

 REBECCA BEARDSALL
 website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com
 Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTH
Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.

Today, we discuss rereading, thanks to a listener question.We discuss why we will never reread a book again, the books we will reread over and over for decades, and the in between. 

Plus, we recommend the incredible book by Florence Knapp,The Names.
Recommend

The Names by Florence Knapp

Colleen

The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo

We Do Not Part by Han Kang

On Breathing: Care in a Time of Catastrophe by Jamieson Webster

Rebecca

The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

Your Soul Had A Dream and Your Life is it by RebeccaCampbell

A Truce that is not Peace by Miriam Toews

Athena

Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee

Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven

I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney

Thank you for joining us. 

Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.

Socials

NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST
 website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/
 YouTube | @bookpodcasters

COLLEEN CLEMENS
Instagram | @colclemensauthor

REBECCA BEARDSALL
 website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com
 Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall

ATHENA ROTH
Instagram | @athenaroth