Meg's Reading Room

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I'm spending time with international bestselling author, Joy Callaway to discuss her two 2025 releases, THE STAR OF CAMP GREENE and SING ME HOME TO CAROLINA . Mentioned in this episode: The Star of Camp Greene Sing me Home to Carolina The Fifth Avenue Artists Society Secret Sisters Rush Week Under the Stars It's a...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I'm spending time with international bestselling author,  Madeline Martin to discuss her newest novel, THE SECRET BOOK SOCIETY . Mentioned in this episode: The Secret Book Society Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre The Lotus Shoes Sense and Sensibility Laura Ingalls Wilder Saskia Maarlevald The Last Bookshop in London The...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I'm spending time with author, Alyssa Colman to discuss her newest middle grade novel, WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW . Mentioned in this episode: Where Only Storms Grow The Gilded Girl The Tarnished Garden Out of the Dust Megan E. Freeman Megan E. Freeman on Meg's Reading Room Redwall Book Series Quest for a Maid The Ant...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am spending time with my friend, Susan. Susan is a mom, military spouse, and lifelong reader sharing books and whimsy on her bookstagram account, @what.susan.reads . Mentioned in this episode: American Girls Collection : Molly The Royal Diaries: Anastasia Homecoming The Worst Witch The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Kristi...

Welcome in! Thank you so much for being here with us. On today's special episode, Alex joins me to celebrate 75 episodes and 1 year of podcasting! Mentioned in this episode: From the Front Porch Podcast The Bookshelf Thomasville Annie B. Jones / @anniebjones05 Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put Annie B. Jones on Meg's Reading Room Beth / @smallhomecomforts Beth / Small Home C...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by writer, reader, and Host of Friday Night Readers , Jules Buonocore. Mentioned in this episode: Gilmore Girls American Girl Collection / Molly McIntire The Literary Lifestyle Friday Night Readers Rory Gilmore Book Challenge Little Women Breakfast at Tiffany's The Perks of Being a Wallflower Slaughterhous...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Emmy-winning journalist, activist, and author, Ruchira Gupta . Mentioned in this episode: The Freedom Seeker I Kick and I Fly Apne Aap - Women Worldwide Selling of Innocents - Documentary The Dead of Summer War Games Ultraviolet Soldiers and Kings Mother Mary Comes to Me Connect with me on Instagram  @megsr...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by author and elementary school librarian, Cassie Miller . Cassie's debut YA novel, MEET ME UNDER THE LIGHTS , will release on March 3, 2026 and is available now for preorder! Mentioned in this episode: Meet Me Under the Lights Sydney Dunlap Sydney Dunlap on Meg's Reading Room (Ep: 42) Lindsay Currie K...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by author, Anna Rose Johnson to discuss her newest middle grade novel, THE BLOSSOMING SUMMER . Mentioned in this episode: The Blossoming Summer The Star That Always Stays The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry American Girl Historical Collection American Girl: Rebecca Series Betsy-Tacy books Noel Streatfield Gladys...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by actor and audiobook narrator, James Aaron Oh . James recently narrated his first audiobook, THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong which was a Oprah's Book Club selection. Mentioned in this episode: The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong Penguin Random House Narrator Membership The Road Name of the Wind ~~...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by author,  Audrey Ingram to discuss her newest novel, THE SUMMER WE RAN . Mentioned in this episode: The Summer We Ran Where the Red Fern Grows To Kill a Mockingbird Wild Dark Shore Culpability The Summer We Ran - Audio ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @megsreadingroom Connect with Audrey on Instagram  @audre...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by author and Book Gang podcast host, Amy Allen Clark . Mentioned in this episode: Book Gang Podcast MomAdvice Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome The Good Life for Less: Giving Your Family Great Meals, Good Times, and a Happy Home on a Budget Junie The Girl with the Louding Voice The Lilac People Sister Sinner The Bright...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by bestselling author, Natalie Jenner to discuss her newest novel, AUSTEN AT SEA and how Jane Austen continues to shape and heal her life. Mentioned in this episode: Austen at Sea The Jane Austen Society Bloomsbury Girls Every Time We Say Goodbye Jane Austen Louisa May Alcott American Bloomsbury Harriet the Sp...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by poet and author, David Gate to discuss his debut poetry collection, A REBELLION OF CARE . Mentioned in this episode: Like Every Selfie A Rebellion of Care Enneagram Beatitudes Star Wars - Andor The Fire of Joy We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live The Magician Little Simz - Lotus Joan Didion Notes to J...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Amy ( @livingwellread ) and Jeannie ( @reidallday ). Mentioned in this episode: All That Life Can Afford How to Read a Book Candle Island Middle Grade Matters Podcast: Lauren Wolk The Mother Act Everything is Tuberculosis - Audiobook Becoming Mrs. Lewis Patti Callahan Henry - Becoming Mrs. Lewis Podcast Ser...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by author, Frances Quinn to discuss her newest novel, THE LOST PASSENGER . Mentioned in this episode: The Lost Passenger The Smallest Man The Famous Five The Other Side of Mrs. Wood Miss Aldridge Regrets Harlem After Midnight Anne Tyler Curtis Sittenfeld The Wedding People ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @meg...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by award-winning author and journalist,  Brooke Lea Foster ( @brookeleafoster ). Mentioned in this episode: Our Last Vineyard Summer McNally Jackson Books Dawson's Creek The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau Murder Takes a Vacation Under the Stars Far and Away The Academy Something in the Water - Audiobook Wh...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Deidre ( @libraryaroundthecorner ) Mentioned in this episode: My Chapter House Nancy Drew The Book Thief Drinker of Ink The Language of Flowers The Notebook It's a Love Story A Place to Hang the Moon The Tale of Desperaux The Correspondent The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion ~~ Connect with me on In...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Brittany Dahl ( @themiraculousjourneyofbooks ) Mentioned in this episode: The Literary Moms' Bookclub The Secret Garden Their Eyes Were Watching God Till We Have Faces Nancy Drew Olive Kitteridge Tell Me Everything The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Farmyard Tales Poppy and Sam Kate DiCamillo Orris an...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by award-winning New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor . Mentioned in this episode: Before Dorothy The Wizard of Oz Heather Webb The Other Boleyn Girl Girl with a Pearl Earring Lessons in Chemistry Great Circle Life After Life ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @megsreading...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Sarah Damoff to discuss her debut novel, THE BRIGHT YEARS . Mentioned in this episode: The Bright Years Lost Children Archive The Poisonwood Bible A Grief Observed Mary Oliver Dani Shapiro Sipsworth Fabled Bookshop Commonplace Books ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @megsreadingroom Connect with Sarah on Ins...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Ethan Joella . Mentioned in this episode: A Little Hope A Quiet Life The Same Bright Stars Bear Snores On All the Light We Cannot See Everything is Tuberculosis Show Don't Tell Browseabout Books Home of the American Circus The Correspondent ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @megsreadingroom Connect with...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by climate journalist and writer, Emma Pattee to discuss her debut novel, TILT . Mentioned in this episode: Tilt Ducks, Newburyport Fever Dream Weather Rejection ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @megsreadingroom Connect with Emma on Instagram @emmapattee ~~ Music credit:  Clavin Clavier

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by Joanna Miller to discuss her debut novel, THE EIGHTS . Mentioned in this episode: The Eights Ali Lowe, Author Little Women Margaret Atwood Sarah Waters Pat Barker Sarah Mackintosh The Road Still Life Confessions The Glass Maker ~~ Connect with me on Instagram  @megsreadingroom Connect with Joanna on Instagr...

Welcome in! I'm so glad you're here with me. On today's episode, I am joined by artist and author, Jenny Williams ( Carrot Top Paper Shop ). Mentioned in this episode: Carrot Top Paper Shop Eat Like a Heroine Anne of Green Gables Little Women Pride and Prejudice A Wrinkle in Time The American Girls Collection American Girl History Mysteries American Girl Pastimes (Craft Books) Unbroken...