Book Bumble

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with two bows.  We are featuring spectacular authors and celebrating the beautiful craft that is their writing. We will also share a Book in Hand. What goes well with a great book?  Why, another book by the same author of course!  Featured Books: Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young (LH) The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienn...

Send us Fan Mail Today our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of being marvelous reads...some we have wanted to share for a while...and a few whose pages we just closed.  Our cups runneth over with these books!  Featured Books: The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page (LH) Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (LH) Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (LP) Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (LP) En...

Send us Fan Mail Today our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of author Signe Pike.   We take a deep dive into The Lost Queen and The Forgotten Kingdom, the first two novels in her terrific series (with a third anticipated in Fall 2024). Get ready to take an epic journey to 6th century Scotland…and to put everything else on hold from the first page to the last!  Featured Bo...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we are doing a Podcast Remix! We're bringing you an episode of one of our favorite podcasts, Thoughts from a Page with Cindy Burnett. This episode, from October 2020, is an insightful conversation with author Hazel Gaynor.  You are in for a treat!  Here are Cindy’s Original Show Notes: Hazel discusses When We Were Young & Brave, her inspiration for the...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of our favorite reads of 2023.   Join us as we say goodbye to a standout reading year! Featured Books: A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler  (LH) The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons (LH) The Lost Queen by Signe Pike  (LH) Weyward by Emilia Hart. (LH) Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. (LH) Th...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are bringing you a shorty…an episode with just 2 books and we hope it might be just what you need!  Our short stack is tied together with the common theme of Memoir and Self Help.   Featured Books Bravey by Alexi Pappas LH  10% Happier by Dan Harris  LP  Books That Go Along With Our Theme Finding Me by Viola Davis The Woman in Me by Britney Spears I Thought It Was Just Me...

Send us Fan Mail  Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being inspired in some way by Jane Austen. We will also share a Book in Hand.  It's Leslie's dream episode...We’re going Austen-esque!  Featured Books: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman (LH) The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley (LH)  Unmarriageabl...

Send us Fan Mail  Today our stack of books is tied together with the theme of a saying you have likely heard at weddings...Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. We will also share our Books in Hand.  No weddings here...bringing you a stack of great books representing this familiar saying in a fresh way! Featured Books: Old - My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of Mystery 101!  We have a post Thanksgiving sampler plate for you.  We’ll also share a terrific Book in Hand.  Let’s dig in! Featured Books: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (LP) Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena  (LP) The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclaire  (LH) The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard  (LH)...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of surprises!  There are many different ways to be surprised while reading a great book.  We will also share our Books in Hand. So settle in and enjoy a few surprises we are sending your way! Featured Books: North Woods by Daniel Mason  (LP) The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor (LP) The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (L...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of books with a major sense of place.  You know...books with a setting ,or a place within the setting, that becomes a character.  We will also share a book in hand.  Setting makes the story! Featured Books: Chenneville by Paulette Jiles  (LP) The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (LP) Starling House by Alix E...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being reimaginings.  We have retellings from Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, and the Bible. We will also share a Book in Hand. Let’s look at some familiar characters or stories in brand new ways! Featured Books: Jezebel by Megan Barnard (LH and LP) The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec  (LH) Medu...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are bringing you a shorty…an episode with just 2 books and we hope it might be just what you need!  Our short stack is tied together with the common theme of If You Liked This…Then Read That...  Featured Books The Measure by Nikki Erlick  LH  They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera  LH  Books That Go Along With Our Theme The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and All The Light W...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Tough Cookies.  We’ll discuss characters who have to be resilient. We will also share our Books in Hand. When the going gets tough, the tough get going! Featured Books: The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (LH) A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum (LP) Evil Eye by Etaf Rum (LP) Books In Hand...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of faith.  We are going to explore that in all of its forms. We will also share our Books in Hand.  So, let's take a leap, and Keep the Faith! Featured Books: Tenth of December by George Saunders (LH) Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash (LP)  Out of Esau by Michelle Webster-Hein  (LP)  Books In Hand: Have Y...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2! We are celebrating with a stack of books tied together with the common theme of simply being our current reads.  Well, that's what we thought... the books had a different idea!  We will also share our Books in Hand.  We are Unbound! Featured Books: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (LH) Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (LP)  A Good Neighborhood by The...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are bringing you a shorty…an episode with just 2 books and we hope it might be just what you need!  Our short stack is tied together with the common theme of books we recommended to one another.  Homework time! Featured Books A Well Behaved Woman by Therese Ann Fowler (LH to LP) The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (LP to LH)  Books That Go Along With Our...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of being part of a series we love! Who doesn’t love a good series? We will also share our Books in Hand. Let’s add to our TBRs! Featured Books: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Game Series) (LP) The House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig (Sisters of the Salt Series) (LH) Bookshops and...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of exploring alternative futures and universes. We only want to visit these realities in books! We will also share our Books in Hand. Pack your bags! Featured Books: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey (LH) The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (LP)   The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (LP) Book In Hands: The Summer of Songbi...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Backlist Beauties. Little gems that you can get your hands on immediately.  We will also share our Books in Hand. Let’s see what we’ve been missing! Featured Books: The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal LP The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White LH Books In Hands: The Wi...

Send us Fan Mail Today our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of reinventing yourself. We will discuss change that makes things seem entirely new. We will also share our Books in Hand. It’s a new day for these characters! Featured Books: Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarjan (LH) The Glass Chateau by Stephen P. Kiernan (LP) Books In Hand: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed (LP) T...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Rebuilding Family. These stories focus on the way families can pay attention to what is important - going forward together. We will also share our Books in Hand. Three cheers for families! Featured Books: The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange (LH) Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom (LP) Books In Hand: I Had a Br...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are bringing you a Shorty…an episode with just 2 books, and we hope it might be just what you need!  Our short stack is tied together with the common theme of Reflections.  Featured Books: The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel (LH) Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (LP) Additional Books That Go Along With Our Theme: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Island of Sea Wo...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of books that delivered exactly what we expected…and more! The kind of books that make you wonder if you'll ever find anything else as wonderful to read.  We will also share our books in hand.  Special Delivery! Featured Books: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (LP) The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons (L...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with a common theme of books written by authors we love.  Plus, we'll let you know what book inspired us to want to read this author again.  We will also share our books in hand.  Author love!  Featured Books: The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (LH) Earth’s the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg (LP)  Books In Hand: The Silence that...