This month's book club discussion is centered around David Joy's book, Those We Thought We Knew. We are both big fans of Joy's writing and appreciate so much about how he tells stories.

Joy's book comes out August 1st. Preorder yours here, or here, or email [email protected]

If you have questions or comments for Sara or Phil, send us an email: [email protected]

We had a great June! Phil finally read one of Sara's recommendations and was pleasantly surprised. You can find our podcast collection here. If audio is your thing, you can listen to them here!

Visit the shop and snag our podcast bundle. Any 3 books for 10% off and 5 books for 15% off.

In this month's book club episode, Phil and Sara discuss Ozark Dogs by local author Eli Cranor. We are reading modern "grit lit" or "southern noir" this summer, and Cranor's newest work was a way to kick off the series close to home. You can snag your signed copy of Ozark Dogs in the shop or order online here.

If audiobooks are your thing, Cranor reads his own books. You can listen AND support your favorite independent bookstore here.

Next month we will preview David Joy's book, Those We Thought We Knew. Pre-Order yours today!

If you have questions or comments about Ozark Dogs, you can email us at [email protected]

We are back for Season 3 of The Bookish Life Podcast. Our format is changing a bit, but we will still be bringing you great books along with book industry news, and a book club! For the next few months, we'll be diving into Southern Noir fiction starting with Eli Cranor's OZARK DOGS.

You can find what we talked about here:

You can listen to our picks on Libro.fm!

You can send your questions, thoughts, ideas to [email protected]

Sara and Phil wrap up this season by reading some of our favorites. Sara talks about the Natalie Haynes book Stone Blind which is longlisted for the Women's Fiction award, and Phil reads a new-to-him book from one of his favorite authors, David Mitchell, Slade House.

You can find these and all the other books we talked about HERE.

You can listen to audiobooks and support Bookish HERE!

Phil and Sara are back and recording in the new Bookish brick and mortar space. We discuss books Sara has been reading for the next Stems & Stories event, and one of them happens to be a book Phil has just finished. We spend a lot of time with Patrick Bringley's All the Beauty in the World in this episode, but it deserves it. We also talked about The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell and American Mermaid by Julia Langbein.

You can find all the books we discuss on our podcast here and here thanks to our partners at Bookshop.org and Librofm.com.

Happy Listening.

In this special episode, Schuyler Brooks talks to Phil about Carlo Rovelli's Anaximander.

You can snag your copy here or here

Phil patiently listens as Sara gushes over her new favorite genre, literary horror. Then we discuss gateways to reading. (We all have a reluctant reader in our life!)

Here's where you can find the books we discussed today:

Bookshop.org

Or you can listen with Libro.fm - our audiobook service that supports independent bookstores.

Happy Reading,

Here's what we are reading this week. 

Find them on our website or download the audio book here! 

Happy Reading, 

In this episode, Sara and Phil discuss - yet again - more book bans in the area. We try not to carry on too long, but I did want to clarify that Derrick Barnes was the author I was discussing in the first part of the episode. (His name got cut in the editing process, but his books are fantastic!) 

Also, sorry about the construction noises. It's the sound of progress!

Here's where you can find what we discussed this week:

Buy physical copies here

Download audiobooks here