Reading Through Life

Show notes: Listener-favorite episode alert! It’s our monthly recap and we’re sharing with you the books we read in July. We’re glad to report that we had an extremely good reading month with lots of 5 star books. We hope you had a good reading month, too! Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow B...

Show notes: Happy 100th episode, woohoo! What a milestone. We’re really excited to celebrate with you in this episode. We asked and you all wanted a little bit of everything for today’s show and we are happy to oblige. We play a fun game, share some of our favorite books so far this year, and we reflect back on what it’s been like recording the podcast for 100 episodes. Come join the party!   Clic...

Show notes: Summer isn’t quite over yet, but we’re gettin’ there! The pressure is on for us to finish some of our summer TBR books. You won’t be at all surprised to hear that we have different definitions of what constitutes a summer read.    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist...

Show notes: It’s been a long time since we’ve done an episode specifically about audiobooks, so we want to revisit the topic again today. We’re sharing some of our favorite fiction and nonfiction books we’ve read recently, plus a few we hope to read soon. Happy listening!   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like:...

Show notes: Mia has been not-so-patiently waiting to bring this topic to the show and we’re so excited about this discussion. Books have long been the source of movies and TV shows and today, we’re talking about the adaptations we love, the ones we don’t love, and the ones we wish existed. Tune in to see if we talked about your favorites.    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive boo...

Show notes: Another month is in the books! See what we did there? *wink* Here’s our recap of 10 books we read in June. As usual, they span all different types of genres because we like to keep it fresh around these parts. We hope you find more books to add to your TBR. The rest of the books we read in June will be in our Overflow episode available this Friday to our patrons. Happy reading!   Click...

Show notes: We have no shame in our reading game here at Reading Through Life, but we totally get it that some people might be hesitant to share what they’re reading for fear of getting judged. But you know us, we’re going to talk about it all. Here are some books we’ve loved that people might consider guilty pleasures. Don’t send us hate mail.    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusi...

Show notes: Today’s episode is all about the underrated book gems that haven’t gotten a lot of buzz for whatever reason. We want to change that, of course, because we loved these books and they deserve all the recognition and high praise. Come celebrate these amazing books with us!    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode se...

Show notes: We set some reading goals back in January and we thought we’d share our progress on them.  Spoiler alert: We don’t know who we thought we were six months ago, but we’re mostly failing at our goals. It’s fun to look back, though, at how cute we were in January with our excited reading energy.     Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. Wi...

Show notes: Yep, we’re gonna say it: May has really flown by! We’re ready for some summer beach reads, but first, we’re sharing the books we read in May. We had some incredible 5 star books to share, so get your TBRs ready and read along with us. We love you, book nerds!   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: M...

Show notes: May we take a moment to express our polite rage about the things we hate in books? Yes? Good. Because we’d love to say, “Just stop it!” to some of these plot-driven items that authors keep using in their books. Are we just a bit picky? Maybe. Will we stop hating these things? Never. Enjoy!    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With...

Show notes: We all have our favorite authors and obsess over their books. But what if you could sit down with them and ask all your questions? What would you ask? Well, you know we have a list of questions ready in case our fave authors happen to be in our corner of the podcast interwebz. No face-to-face interviews, though… we wouldn’t know what to do with our hands!    Click here to join us on Pa...

Show notes: You hear us say it at the beginning of every episode: we have very different reading styles! Yes, there’s some overlap here and there with genres or authors that we love, but for the most part, we gravitate in opposite directions when it comes to reading. As a result, the terms “Team Sarah” and “Team Mia” have become a shorthand we use to refer to our specific reading styles and habits...

Show notes: April had some really great reads for us and some not so great reads. But that’s to be expected in book nerd life, right? Come listen to 10 books we read in April and if you want to hear about the other books from the month, be sure to join our Patreon for the whole scoop.    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode...

Show notes: We love a good nonfiction book around here - memoir, self-help, history, you name it, we’ve read it. Today, we’re sharing 10 nonfiction recs with you, with some bonus recs from our podcast patrons. There is absolutely a nonfiction book out there for everyone. Happy listening!   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episo...

Show notes: We love long books and we cannot lie! OK, maybe Mia loves them more than Sarah. But today we’re talking about the pros and cons of long books, and also sharing some that we love. What are your thoughts on long books?    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist Book Club,...

Show notes: We don’t really know why we do these things to ourselves, but in this episode, we’re answering a bunch of impossible “would you rather” questions about books and authors. Come listen to us be annoyed by the questions but also be equally amused by them. Cue the giggling!    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode se...

Show notes: You know when you’re reading and you are in the zone and everything just feels right with the world? Yeah, we love that feeling. Today, we’re talking about the apps and products that help us get into that reading sweet spot. We’ve gathered this list through the hard, hard work (ha!) of being book nerds, just for you.    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodi...

Show notes: Our birthday month is over and we’re kinda bummed. But we’re never bummed by books, thankfully. In this episode, we’re sharing 10 books we read in March 2023. As always, there’s a mix of genres to suit all your reading tastes. Happy listening!   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow...

Show notes: Reading is Funny Day is coming up on April 1st, so we wanted to talk about funny books in this episode. Plus, we just really love to giggle and laugh. We’re 12-year-old boys at heart and love jokes about butts and other body parts, so these books are right up our alley. Happy laughing!   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun b...

Show notes: We cannot get enough of climate fiction. It’s our new favorite, #sorrynotsorry. There’s something about how real it feels and about how humanity tries to survive that really appeals to us. In this episode, we talk about what exactly climate fiction is, and we share some of our tried and true cli-fi favorites, along with some titles we haven’t read yet but really want to.  Click here to...

Show notes: We’re both very different readers, but it seems like lately, there’s more of a middle ground between Team Sarah and Team Mia. Here are some books that we both love and it was easier than we thought to come up with this list.   Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist Boo...

Show notes: It’s monthly wrap up time! Today, we’re sharing 10 books that we read in February. It was an overall decent month for both of us. We’re both really into climate fiction lately, so it’s been fun to find more books in that genre. Hope you had a great reading month as well!    Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode s...

Show notes: We get so many questions about our reading process - where we find books, how we track them, how we decide what to read next, and more. And that’s what we’re talking about in today’s episode. It also highlights the difference between Sarah and Mia’s reading habits. Which one do you think is more organized and which one is more fly by the seat of her pants?    Click here to join us on P...

Show notes: We have been friends for over 7 years and talk almost every day. You’d think we know EVERYTHING about one another. But in this episode, we decided to ask each other some questions that we’ve always wondered about. Plus, our patrons sent in some questions as well. This might be our longest episode so far! Tune in to hear all the things about us - some book-related and some not.    Click...