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- Talk Booky Has a Case of Vacationitis: Episode Three
As with all vacations, this one has come to an end. School is starting back, the temperatures are barely cooling, and those of us in the working-world have to return to the grind. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we have one last hurrah before completely giving ourselves over to the 9-5 world. In this episode, we cover some news about new books, review the few we have finished this month (including some new reads and long-time favorites), give some awards, give a few recommendations from family, and end with a fun hypothetical question. Thank you for joining us, and you can reach us at the outlets below!
Books Discussed at Length:
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
Darkness of Mine - Alexis Grace
White Line Fever - K.C. Jones
Deep End - Ali Hazelwood
The Magic Treehouse Merlin Mission: Christmas in Camelot - Mary Pop Osborne
Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider
Merry Bloody Christmas - Olivia Mace
Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions - John Langan
Sourdough - Robin Sloan
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10748838-felicia
Aaron's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27722090-aaron
News:
Felicia - https://booktrib.com/2025/05/01/women-rising-megan-dalla-camina/
Aaron - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220377457-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it
1 hr 4 min - Talk Booky Has a Case of Vacationitis: Episode Two
It's time for the obligatory beach episode that plagued early sitcoms. Well, there's not really a beach, and we are not a sitcom, but the podcast is on vacation! Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we record from a hotel room in downtown Asheville. We hit the road for a work conference, but you know we can't help ourselves. The trip extended into a multi-bookshop tour of the city where we loaded up on enough literature to last at least...two weeks? Who knows. Anyway, in this episode, we start with some news about conventions in Seattle and thrillers to read on vacation, give a tour of the various bookstores and purchases from the city, discuss our sparse reading in August so far, provide some rapid recommendations about time away from home, and end with a question about vacation reads. It's a packed episode with sub-par audio as this air conditioning unit needs to run non-stop to prevent us from fainting, but it's also very fun. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below!
Books Discussed at Length:
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
The Village Library Demon Hunting Society - C.M. Waggoner
Sourdough - Robin Sloan
Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions - John Langan
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10748838-felicia
Aaron's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27722090-aaron
News:
Felicia - https://electricliterature.com/7-thrillers-about-murder-in-paradise/
Aaron - https://seattlein2025.org/
41 min - Talk Booky Has a Case of Vacationitis: Episode One
A new month for Talk Booky to Me means a new theme, and this month is all about fun and not fun in the sun...and the jungle...and on a cruise...you get the idea. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we cover some news related to the Booker Awards nominees and some reading recommendations to better understand racism in the U.S. Then, we exchange vacation-related books and set a TBR all about hitting the road and enjoying the little bit of freedom we are granted in late-stage Capitalist society...I'm bringing down the mood again. We end with a fun question! Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10748838-felicia
Aaron's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27722090-aaron
News:
Felicia - https://electricliterature.com/8-novels-about-class-and-racial-tensions-in-the-suburbs/
Aaron - https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5482914/2025-booker-prize-longlist-fiction
30 min - Talk Booky Reaches for the Stars: Episode Three
Time to round-out July with a final discussion of all things stars, skies, or something like that. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we check in on our TBR progress and mourn a small reading slump alongside the greater challenges of toxic gender roles, politics, and discrimination (the latter three are much more important than the first - to be clear). We open the episode with some news full of book recommendations, cover the few books we managed to power through since mid-month, and finish with random recommendations. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below!
Books Discussed at Length:
Violets - Kyung-Sook Shin
Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions - John Langan
Dolls and Daggers - D.L. Darby
Flawless - Elsie Silver
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10748838-felicia
Aaron's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27722090-aaron
News:
Felicia - https://electricliterature.com/15-novels-in-translation-you-should-be-reading-this-summer-and-fall/
Aaron - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/books/review/lemony-snicket-anti-summer-reading-list.html
1 hr 17 min - Talk Booky Reaches for the Stars: Episode Two
July is packed with sunny days and twinkling night skies, and so is this episode. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we try to reach out to the great beyond for some deity, alien, or whatever exists up there. We start with news on nonbinary books, cover some books we hauled this month, and move on to our TBR progress. Felicia is especially happy to discuss some humorous Olympian literature and not as happy to explain a few pacing issues that drug her month down a bit, but there are rereads sprinkled in for balance. Aaron is still stuck in middle-school, but we don't need to unpack that quite yet. We wrap everything up with tips to break a reading slump and set our sights on the last few weeks of the month. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.
Books Discussed at Length:
The Austere Academy (Book Five) - Lemony Snicket
Shattered Rhythm (Book One); Battered Moves (Book Two) - Blake Black
Disobedient Pawn (Book One); Defiant Knight (Book Two) - Brooklyn Cross
The Words - Ashley Jade
Blood of Hercules - Jasmine Mas
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10748838-felicia
Aaron's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27722090-aaron
Felicia's News:
https://bookriot.com/books-by-nonbinary-authors-2025/
39 min - Talk Booky Airs Out Bad Beginnings
Once again, we, Felicia and Aaron, have a complaint for the world of books! In this episode, we discuss the frustrating issue of books with bad openings. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - @talkbooky
Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/femarie
Aaron's GoodReads - goodreads.com/atcole1400
13 min - Talk Booky Reaches for the Stars: Episode One
July marks a major milestone for those in the U.S.A., but this podcast isn't feeling the most patriotic lately. Regardless, we, Felicia and Aaron, are setting a new theme that reaches out to the ethereal skies and exchange books that will bring some joy to this conflicting feeling we have. Join us as we cover some light news, exchange books, set our TBR for the month, and end with a fun question about surprising books. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.
Contacts:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10748838-felicia
Aaron's GoodRead's - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27722090-aaron
34 min - Talk Booky in Full Color: Episode Three
Welcome to the end of June (no menacing tone implied). Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we cover some end-of-the-month news, including GoodReads awards and the lack of Black Muslim YA. Then, we discuss our reading progress which is filled with Korean literature and plenty of shifter fantasies. The episode ends with some random recommendations for card games and magazines that matter in 2025, but our superlatives are the highlight. Thank you for listening, and you can reach us at the outlets below.
Books Discussed at Length:
Violets - Kyung-Sook Shin
Legacy of Shadows (book one); Anchor of Secrets (book two); Destiny of Ashes (book three) - Tessa Hale
The Stalking Dead (book one); Criminal Spirits (book two); Grave Misconduct (book three) - Eva Chase
Twilight of Embers (book one); Midnight of Ashes (book two); Dawn of Flames (book three) - Tessa Hale
Poison Ivy (book one); Torn Ivy (book two) - Eve Newton
Find Me (book one); Save Me (book two); Love Me (book three); Free Me (book four) - Ashley Rostek
News:
GoodReads - https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2937-the-144-most-read-books-of-the-2025-reading-challenge-so-far
Booktrib - https://booktrib.com/2025/06/30/missing-stories-about-black-american-muslim-teens-in-ya-fiction/
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/talkbooky/
Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/femarie
Aaron's GoodReads - goodreads.com/atcole1400
41 min - Talk Booky Airs Out BookTok
Join the Talk Booky duo, Felicia and Aaron, for yet another grievance! In this episode, we tackle a particularly thorny aspect of BookTok that keeps us up at night. We hope you enjoy it, and you can reach us at the outlets below.
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - @talkbooky
Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/femarie
Aaron's GoodReads - goodreads.com/atcole1400
13 min - Talk Booky in Full Color: Episode Two
June is in full-force with aggressive colors that will make the most glum of us feel a little perk of life in our hearts. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we cover some upcoming releases and complex interview discussions, a catch-up on our TBR progress, some rapid-fire recommendations full of chroma, and a question related to the world of publishing. This is a fun episode for us as we get bluntly political and focus on the books that help us confront those issues and escape them. Check us out at the outlets below.
Books Discussed at Length:
Problematic Summer Romance (book two) - Ali Hazelwood
Demon Reform Academy (Terms 1-4) - Lyra Winters
Fate Hollow Academy (Terms 1-4) - Lyra Winters
The Reptile Room (book two); The Wide Window (book three); The Miserable Mill (book four) - Lemony Snicket
Violets - Kyung-Sook Shin
Contact:
Email - [email protected]
Instagram - @talkbooky
Felicia's GoodReads - goodreads.com/femarie
Aaron's GoodReads - goodreads.com/atcole1400
Related Materials:
Becky Chamber's Interview: https://grist.org/looking-forward/for-anybody-who-could-use-a-break-a-qa-with-sci-fi-author-becky-chambers/
Fifty States of Crime: https://www.overdrive.com/series/fifty-states-of-crime
June's Most Anticipated Releases: https://www.libbylife.com/2025-05-29-june-2025-s-biggest-books
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About Talk Booky To Me
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A conversational podcast all about books. Join us, Felicia and Aaron, as we talk through our current reading habits, give recommendations, and discuss random booky things.