Happy New Year Book Fam!

In this episode, Stephanie has the first interview of 2023 with Ty! He’s a restaurant Key Manager who loves to read and just so happens to be one of Alycia and Steph’s good friends! Ty has such great book recommendations for you so be sure to listen!

Steph’s Current Read: 

• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Ty’s Recommendations:

• Lord of the Rings Audio Book
• The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
• Codex Alera by Jim Butcher
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Eoin Colfer, and Thomas Tidholm
• Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

This podcast is sponsored by:

• Anxious Tomato Art Collective visit anxioustomato.com to see this month’s show- Former Tomatoes: 2 Year Anniversary Show
• Artco Framing and Gallery visit artcoframingandgallery.com

Visit Locust Cider on 6th Ave in Tacoma to see Artist of the Month Joshua C. Lee!

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In this episode, Alycia and Stephanie discuss tropes! The good, the bad, and the ugly.

• Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery Series by A.L. Herbert
• The Family Lawyer by James Patterson 
• The Perfect Witness by Iris Johansen
• The Spookshow by Tim McGregor

This podcast is sponsored by:

Anxious Tomato Art Collective 

• Artist of the month- Nami Oshiro 

Anxioustomato.com

Artco Framing and Gallery 

• Artist of the Month-Arisa Roo

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In this episode, Stephanie and Alycia interview Author Heidi McCann! She’s an amazing author who has written a book about her experience as a young adult with a husband who was dying from ALS. We discuss her journey to writing the book she says “is to help others heal”. 

Whatever the Future Holds - Kindle edition by McCann, Heidi. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Request her book at your local bookstore or library! 

Follow Heidi @hevmccann on Instagram!

Heidi’s Favorite Authors:

Anita Shreve

• The Weight of Water
• The Pilot’s Wife

Heidi’s Book Recommendations:

• Ulysses by James Joyce
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Choose Steph’s next book!:

They Call Them Grifters: The True Story of Sante and Kenneth Kimes by Alice McQuillan

Or

The New American by Micheline Aharonian Marcom

Alycia’s Murder Mystery book:

Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mysteries by A.L. Herbert

This podcast is sponsored by:

Anxious Tomato Art Collective- Artist of the Month- Nami Oshiro anxioustomato.com

Artco Framing and Art Gallery- Artist of the Month- Arisa Roo artcoframingandgallery.com

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In this episode, Alycia and Stephanie discuss the books they are currently reading and they also give you a brief history of the incomparable Phillis Wheatley. A Revolutionary Poet and the first African American Woman to have her work published in the American Colony.

Alycia's Currently Reading:

• The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber

Stephanie’s Currently Reading:

• The Family Lawyer by James Patterson and Robert Rotstein
• The Night Sniper by James Patterson and Christopher Charles

This podcast is sponsored by:

The Anxious Tomato Art Collective visit anixioustomato.com

Artco Framing and Art Gallery visit artcoframingandgallery.com

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In this episode, Stephanie and Alycia interview Relisha Monay! She’s the Founder of Moms Who Grind,  a business where she is the  Business Coach teaching moms how to start and run their own businesses. She has been an entrepreneur for almost 12 years with experience in management,  public relations and public speaking. And she  currently has a podcast called The Moms Who Grind Show which airs every week on 92.6 The spot app!

• Heretic: Hellmage Chronicles by Jennifer deBie
• Spookshow: Spiritualist and Medium  Book 11 by Tim McGregor
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 
• The Family Lawyer by James Patterson

Relisha’s Book Recommendations

• The Power of Broke by Daymond John
• Powershift by Daymond John
• Becoming by Michelle Obama

Download The Spot App so you can listen to Relisha's show!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/92-6-the-spot/id1636705586

Follow Relisha @relishamonay on Instagram!

This podcast is sponsored by:

• Anxioustomato.com
• Artcoframingandgallery.com

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In this episode, Stephanie and Alycia do deep dives into the books they are currently reading. Then they talk about the fabulous life of Ms. Zora Neale Hurston! From her historical beginnings in the first Incorporated African American town in Florida to her tremendous impact on the Harlem Renaissance!

Books by Zora Neal Hurston:

Novels

• Jonah’s Gourd Vine 
• Their Eyes Were Watching God 
• Moses, Man of the Mountain 
• Seraph on the Suwanee 
• Barracoon 

Short Stories

• The Gilded Six-Bits
• Sweat

Short Story Collections

• Mules and Men
• I Love Myself When I am Laughing…And Then Again
• Hurston Reader
• The Sanctified Church
• Spunk!
• The Complete Stories

Novels and Stories

• Zora Neale Hurston: Stories
• Zora Neale Hurston: Plays
• Go Gator and Muddy the Water
• Mother Through the Eyes of Women Writers
• Every Tongue Got to Confess
• In Search of Our Sister’s Garden
• What’s the Hurry Fox?
• The Skull Talks Back
• Lies and Other Tall Tales
• Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
• Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

This podcast is sponsored by:

Anxious Tomato Art Collective: anxioustomato.com- 2nd Annual Group Show- True Crime

Artco Framing and Gallery: artcoframingandgallery.com- Artist of the Month- Mark Evans

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In this episode, Alycia and Stephanie interview Author Laura Holt! She’s a Georgia Peach with a thing for history and mythology. She has written several award-winning books and was a blast to talk to!

Steph's New Read: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Laura’s Favorite Authors

• Stephen King
• Richelle Mead
• Madeline Miller
• Adrian Young

Lauras’s Book Recommendations

• Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
• Spells for Forgetting by Adrian Young
• Cat Call by Kristen J. Sollee
• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

Laura’s Books

• Amazon.com: Village of Salt and Sorrow eBook : Holt, Laura: Kindle Store
• Amazon.com: Fathoms Below eBook : Holt, Laura: Kindle Store
• Amazon.com: Fathoms Above (Star-Crossed Book 2) eBook : Holt, Laura: Books
• Amazon.com: Fathoms Between (Star-Crossed Book 3) eBook : Holt, Laura: Kindle Store
• Amazon.com: Fathoms Across (Star-Crossed Book 4) eBook : Holt, Laura: Kindle Store

TBD- Fathomless

Laura’s social media- @authorlauraholt on all platforms

This podcast is sponsored by: Anxious Tomato Art Gallery and Artco Framing and Gallery

Anxioustomato.com- True Crime Group Show

Artcoframingandgallery.com- Artist of the Month- Mark Evans

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In this episode,  Stephanie and Alycia discuss the Harlem Renaissance and the History of Langston Hughes! A primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was one of the first to use jazz rhythms in his works, becoming an early innovator of the literary art form jazz poetry.

Books by Langston Hughes:

• The Crisis
• The Weary Blues
• The Big Sea 
• I Wonder as I Wander 
• The Ways of White Folks
• Not Without Laughter
• The Dream Keeper

Poetryfoundation.org for all of Langston’s Poetry

This podcast is sponsored by Anxious Tomato Art Gallery anxioustomato.com and Artco Framing and Gallery artcoframingandgallery.com

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In this episode Stephanie and Alycia interview Lazarus Belle from New Jersey! He has a Ph.D. and is the author of 2 amazing books!

• Insidious- Insidious: Belle, Lazarus: 9798842182718: Amazon.com: Books
• A Beautiful World-A Beautiful World - Kindle edition by Belle, Lazarus. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Lazarus’ Recommendations:

• The Human Stain by Philip Roth
• American Pastoral by Philip Roth
• The Bible
• The Scarlett Letter
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

This podcast is sponsored by The Anxious Tomato Art Gallery and Artco Framing and Gallery. If you are interested in experiencing beautiful art please visit anxioustomato.com and Artcoframingandgallery.com

Lazarus’ Social Media:

• Lazarus Belle on Facebook
• @bellelazarus on Twitter
• @LazarusBelle on Instagram

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In this episode, Alycia and Stephanie talk about the history of the Late Great Dr. Maya Angelou. They also discuss the books they are currently reading in a bit more detail.

• Steph- Spookshow: Midwinter by Tim McGregor
• Alycia- Diary: a novel by Chuck Palahniuk
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

This podcast is sponsored by Anxious Tomato Collective and Artco Framing and Gallery- resources for artists in the Tacoma area

Artcoframingandgallery.com - Artist of the Month- Ashley Laufner

Anxioustomato.com - Artist of the Month - Rachel Heimbigner

Maya Angelou’s Books

1.   I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Book

2.   Gather Together In My Name Book

3.   Singin' And Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas Book

4.   The Heart Of A Woman Book

5.   All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes Book

6.   A Song Flung Up To Heaven Book

7.   Mom & Me & Mom: Library Edition Book

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