Book Bumble

Send us Fan Mail In this episode 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 featuring the fabulous author, Marianne Cronin.  And, be still our bookish hearts, this stack is special! These books will tug at your heartstrings, and are perfect for Valentine's week.  Get ready to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of If You Liked This... Then Read That.  And we’re doing it memoir style!  For each memoir we have a  selection that we think is the perfect compliment. We’re going to bring you several pairings and we hope that something will strike your fancy!  Featured Books: Outofshapeworthlessloser by Gracie Gold (LP)...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Staying Safe. Easy right?  Not so much for the characters in these books!  Plus, we'll share 2 Books in Hand...both outstanding memoirs by the same author.  Be careful out there, friends! Featured Books: A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness (LH) Run by Blake Crouch (LH) I Cheerfu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Listeners Choice books!  We reached out and asked for your suggestions and recommendations, and boy did you deliver! We can’t use them all at once,  but keep listening, because we are going to use some of your other picks in upcoming episodes! Featured Books: Birdie and Harlow: Life, Loss, and Lovi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of pure excitement. The most recent addition to Signe Pike's Lost Queen series is here...The Shadowed Land!  We can't wait to discuss it AND to give away a copy to one of you!    Featured Books: The Forgotten Queen by Signe Pike The Lost Kingdom by Signe Pike The Shadowed Land by Signe Pike Books...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being our Faves of 2024. And we're not going to lie...it was hard to choose soooo...we also have a list of our Runners Up below! Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand. Now, it's time to get started on our list for 2025! Featured Books: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhorn (LP) Year of Wonders by G...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being  great Book Club Picks. And, we have a special guest to help us discover some great titles to get discussions going in your group.  Lisa Hedger is joining us from the podcast Everyone Loved It But Me. Lisa is in multiple book clubs, and knows her stuff!  Check out her podcast. And check out our Show Notes be...

Send us Fan Mail Today, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of If You Liked This... Then Read That.  It's always helpful to have a few tricks up your reading sleeve for those times when you don't know what you want to read next!  We've also included a few additional read-alikes below in the Show Notes.  Happy Holidays! Featured Books: The Women by Kristin Hanna...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we chat all things Sense of Place with our special guest, the one and only Cindy Burnett from Thoughts from a Page podcast!  It's sure to transport you (wink, wink).  Featured Books: The Lost Man by Jane Harper (CB) Homecoming by Kate Morton (CB) The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (LH) Celine by Peter Heller (LH) The Ancients by John Larison (LP) Once There...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we have a HUGE gift-able stack!  Books are one of our favorite items to give anytime of year. We hope you'll find something for every reader on your list...Happy Holidays!  Featured Books: Series: The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden  (LH) The Lost Queen Series by Signe Pike (LP)  Horses of Fire, Daughters of Bronze by A.D. Rhine (LH) Brooklyn, L...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack is so charming it will sweep you off your feet! Laura read one of her favorites of the year. Leslie continues a favorite series and hopes for a new one. We'll also share a Book in Hand...Plus there’s baking! Featured Books: A Cyclist’s Guide to Crime and Croissants by Ann Claire (LH) A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (LH) Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of murder.  Leslie calls it Murdery...Laura calls it Redrum.  Either way we have some page turning heart pounders, something more cerebral, a locked room, and one that's paranormal! We will also share a Book in Hand.  Come along for a twisty thrilling ride! Featured Books: Murder Road by Simone St. Jam...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are bringing you a Shorty…an episode with just 2 books, which we hope might be just what you need!  This short stack is a Warm Hug from our bookish hearts to yours.  Featured Books: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Linda Cohen Loigman (LP) A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (LH) Books Mentioned in This Episode The Two-Family House by Linda Cohen Loigman  The Warti...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of having protagonists that are of a "certain age."  Plus, we'll share a creepy Book in Hand. Respect Your Elders...you might find they are not always as they seem (Here's looking at you, Maud)!   Featured Books: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (LH) An Elderly Lady Must...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Leslie finds her niche within a genre, and Laura finds her groove with a reading goal.  We're talking about a stack of fabulous Memoirs!  Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand.  It's Memoir Mania! Featured Books: This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian (LH) Yes Please by Amy Poehler (LH) From Here to the Great Unknown...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of our promise that each of these books has something or someone that is based in fact.  We're going full force historical fiction! Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand. Featured Books: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (LH) The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams (LH) By Any Other Name b...

Send us Fan Mail  It's Season 3!!!! In this episode, we assign each other a book (new to the show), and share our thoughts. It's time to do our homework!! Featured Books: This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (LP to LH) Naked in Death by J. D. Robb (LH to LP) Books Mentioned in This Episode In Death Series by J. D. Robb Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard  How the Light Gets In by Joyce...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of books that we enjoyed to close out the summer.  Let's celebrate summer reading together! Featured Books: The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher (LP) The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (LP) House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen (LH) Gone Wolf by Amber McBride (LH) The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sulliva...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of  being Fantasies.  We have a stack that will take you out of the current world and plop you right into another...so be ready for that.  We will also share 2 Books in Hand that will bring you back.  Enjoy! Featured Books: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (LP) The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (LH) Powe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Dystopian.  Ah... that imagined future filled with...what if the world fell apart and we had to survive with none of what we have now, except maybe each other?? Plus, we will share a Book in Hand!  Here we go... Featured Books: Alone by Megan E. Freeman (LP) Burn by Peter Heller (LP) Last Murder at...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode , our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being books that we somehow missed!  Not ok!  We will also share a Book in Hand.  How Did We Miss This??? Featured Books: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (LP) The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (LP) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (LH) An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (LH) Book...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of If You Liked This... Then Read That! And, bonus, the books are cozy!  Settle in with some coffee or tea...you'll see what we mean. Featured Books: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne Books Mentioned in This Episode Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis B...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Something is Amiss…might be big or might be little, but something isn’t right, and we need to find out what it is! We will also share a Book in Hand.    Featured Books: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore  (LP) The Searcher by Tana French (LP) How To Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files Book 1) by Kri...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode, we’re sharing our chat with Danielle Stinson and Ashlee Cowles, known as the author A.D. Rhine! A.D. Rhine has written 2 wonderful novels, Horses of Fire which was published in 2023, and Daughters of Bronze which will be released in November.  This is a duology...  a sweeping epic which puts the women of Troy front and center.  We featured Horses of Fire in Seaso...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being part of a Series (or Duo) that we just couldn’t put down.  We will also share a Book in Hand.  These books are Series-ously great!! Featured Books Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden( LH) The Girl In the Tower by Katherine Arden (LH) The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden (LH) Brooklyn...