Unofficial Book Club Podcast

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Welcome to Unofficial Book Club: Where Life & Stories Meet!

In this podcast I will be connecting with people through my favorite thing, a good story. And just like any book club we’ll only... more

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March 12, 2026There is Something to be Gained from Any and Every Book with Alice Martin
In this episode, Alice Martin joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Books Discussed in this Episode:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Capitol of Dreams by Heather O’Neil
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Scythe and Pen by A. C. Hobbs
The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor's Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. Jones
Come Closer by Sara Gran

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March 10, 2026 Incubating a Novel with Alice Martin
In this episode, author Alice Martin joins me to discuss her debut novel Westward Women.
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March 05, 2026When I Am Writing a Book, I Can’t Read with Wade Rouse
In this episode author Wade Rouse joins again to discuss his relationship to reading and all of his favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Nora Effron
Tom Wolfe
David Sedaris
Agustin burroughs
Jenny Losten
Urma Bomback
Bret Easton
Erma Bombeck

Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
What A Way To Goby Bella Mackie
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
None of this is True by Lisa Jewell
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Last One by Will Dean
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

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March 03, 2026 Humor, Heartbreak = Honesty with Wade Rouse
In this episode, author Wade Rouse joins me to discuss his newest novel inspired by the Golden Girls!

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February 26, 2026I Never Read Books Over Again with Jumata Emill
In this episode, author Jumata Emill joins me to discuss his relationship to reading and all of his favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
E. Lynn Harris
Anne Rice
Christopher Rice

Books Discussed in this Episode:
Blood Debuts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
A Snow Garden by Christopher Rice
Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally
The Grand Paloma Resort by Clyvis Natera
The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
The White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley
Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
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February 24, 2026 Even When It’s Hard, It’s Still the Job I Want with Jumata Emill
In this episode author Jumata Emill joins me to discuss his YA Thrillers!

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February 14, 2026What Has Plot Holes, This Universe with Friends to Lovers Jamie Fortin
In this episode Jamie Fortin, owner of Friends to Lovers Romance Bookstore in Alexandria VA joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Reena Kent
Brynn Wearver
Emily Henry
Carley Fortune
Casey McQuinston
Abby Jimenez
Liz Tomford
Sarah Adams
Tessa Bailey

Books Discussed in this Episode:
Verity by Colleen Hoover
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Tourist Season by Brynn Weaver
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynn Weaver
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
Phantasma: A Dark Fantasy Romance by Kaylie Smith
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Lights Out by Navessa Allen
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Zodiac Academy by sister duo Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
Cruel Prince by Holly Black
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker
All the Little Raindrops by Mia Sheridan
Throne of Glass by Sara J Mass
Sara Adams When In Rome
Alchamised by SenLinYu
Manacled by SenLinYu
First Time Caller BK Borison
Not Safe for Work by Nisha Touly
Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff
Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia
Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer
Hot Summer by Elle Everheart
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
Eat slay love by Julie Mae Cohen
What we did to Survive by Megan Lally
Sythe and Pen by AC Hobbs
The Gaill by Lo Meyer
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Autumns Tythe by Hannah Parker
Legendborn by Tracy Deon
Good Spirits BK Borison
Bombshell by Sarah McClain
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February 14, 2026 Let’s Talk Smut with Friends to Lovers Jamie Fortin
In this episode Jamie Fortin, owner of Friends to Lovers Romance Bookstore in Alexandria VA joins me to discuss her bookstore and the bravery of starting a new business.
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August 14, 2025Always Fearing the Book Will Get Better with Cleyvis Natera
In this episode author Cleyvis Natera joins me to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Julia Alvarez

Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
South to America by Imani Perry
James by Percival Everett
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Forever by Judy Blume
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes
This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
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49min
August 12, 2025 What Started As 7 Characters Over 7 Days with Cleyvis Natera
In this episode author Cleyvis Natera joins me to discuss her newest novel The Grand Paloma Resort.
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