Today’s guest is Laura from 50 by 25 Blog. She lives in a suburb of Boulder, Colorado. She was elected to Town Trustee which is a city council position in her town. In this episode, we chat about:

• What inspired Laura to start her blog in December 2007.
• When does Laura read?
• What does she loves about reading?
• How she uses the library to get books?
• How she tracks the book that she reads?
• Her go-to-genre is Women’s Fiction/Chick Lit and Social Psychology

BOOKS MENTIONED

Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Drop the Ball by Tiffany Duhu 

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Elin Hilderbrand

Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand

Winter Series by Elin Hilderbrand

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

 How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb

Jodi Picoult

Emily Giffin

Stacey Ballis

Jen Lancaster

Sophie Kinsella

Jenny Colgan

Thousandth Floor Series by Katharine McGee

This is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

Brene Brown

Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

The Selection by Kiera Cass

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Jewel series by Amy Ewing

The Martian by Andy Weir

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Today's show is with my co-host Clara Jackson.   In this episode: We talk in-depth about our joint experience reading The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan What we found surprising after reading this book Christmas Movie Recommendations What Laura has read lately  

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Today's show is with my co-host Clara Jackson.

 

In this episode:

• We talk in depth about our joint experience reading The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan
• What we found surprising after reading this book
• Christmas Movie Recommendations
• What Laura has read lately

 

BOOKS MENTIONED:

The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan

Moonlight over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan

One Day in December by Josie Silver

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

 The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

Severance by Ling Ma

 

PROGRAMMING NOTE

Moving forward for 2019, brand new What to Read Next Podcast episodes will be released once a month. We have a year full of book recommendations.

 

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Today our guest is Sarah from  Really Into This Blog.  In this episode, we chat: What inspired her to start Really Into This blog with her best friend? What are some of the things that she is into this year? What did she discover in 2018 that she loves? What does she love about her reading life? What she wishes her reading life to be different?

SHOWNOTES AND BOOK LINKS
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Today our guest is Sarah from  Really Into This Blog.  In this episode, we chat:

• What inspired her to start Really Into This blog with her best friend?
• What are some of the things that she is into this year.
• What she discovered 2018 that she loves?
• What she loves about her reading life?
• What she wishes her reading life to be different?

BOOKS MENTIONED

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

Jojo Moyes

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Girls Like Us by Cristina Algers

Final Girls by Riley Sagar

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sagar

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

I Let You Go Clare Mackintosh

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

For show archives and other book recommendations, please visit What to Read Next Blog (http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com)

Today we have an author interview with Rachael Sparks. In this interview, we talk about her debut novel, her writing process and her book recommendations. We chat about: How her background as a microbiologist influenced her writing, especially her debut novel What is Resistant all about? What inspired Rachael to write her debut novel? How was she challenge to start writing her debut novel? BOOKS MENTIONED Resistant by Rachael Sparks  Katherine Howe Brunonia Barry The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Woman who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone Eric Larsen Devil in White City by Eric Larsen The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry   For show archives and other book recommendations, please visit What to Read Next Blog (http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com)

 

Today we have an author interview with Rachael Sparks. In this interview, we talk about her debut novel, her writing process and her book recommendations. We chat about:

• How her background as a microbiologist influenced her writing, especially her debut novel
• What is Resistant all about?
• What inspired Rachael to write her debut novel?
• How was she challenge to start writing her debut novel?

BOOKS MENTIONED

Resistant by Rachael Sparks 

Katherine Howe

Brunonia Barry

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

The Woman who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

Eric Larsen

Devil in White City by Eric Larsen

The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

 

For show archives and other book recommendations, please visit What to Read Next Blog (http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com)

Today our guest is Katie from  The Bookly Club blog. We are chatting about the following topics: What inspired to get the Bookly Club to get started How does Katherine pick the Bookly Club Picks When does Katie read? What do Katies love about reading? How would Katie like her reading life to be different? How does Katie choose her next read as a mood reader? Shopping our shelves to see what grabs you and you are in the mood for? We talk about Goodreads shelves

SHOWNOTES AND BOOK LINKS
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Today our guest is Katie from  The Bookly Club blog. We are chatting the following topics:

• What inspired to get the Bookly Club get started
• How does the Katherine’s pick the Bookly Club Picks
• When does Katie reads?
• What Katies loves about reading?
• How would Katie like her reading life to be different?
• How does Katie chooses her next read as a mood reader?
• Shopping our shelves to see what grabs you and you are in the mood for?
• We talk about Goodreads shelves

BOOKS MENTIONED

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley

The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

Call me by their true names by Rebecca Solnit

John Krakauer

An Ember in the Ashes Sabhaa Tahir

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Beartown by Frederik Backman

Men Explains things to me by Rebecca Solnit

The Nix by Nathan Hill

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mendell

The Stand by Stephen King

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Annihilation by Jeff-VanderMeer

One Day in December by Josie Silver

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Today we have an author interview with Mindy Tarquini. In this interview, we talk about her three books, her writing process and her book recommendations. Here are some of the things we chat about: How did she get started with writing? How her heritage influenced her writing? How she ended up writing quirky stories with magical realism? How she ended up coming up with the story for Deepest Blue 15 years ago How she is a plotter What is the hardest thing about writing? BOOKS MENTIONED Hindsight by Mindy Tarquini The Infinite Now by Mindy Tarquini Deepest Blue by Mindy Tarquini Edith Wharton Umberto Eco Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Ezquivel The Road by Cormack McCarthy The Baron and the Trees by Italo Calvino A Gentlemen in Moscow by Amor Towles   For show archives and other book recommendations, please visit What to Read Next Blog (http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com)