Book Bumble

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are getting Comfy and Cozy with Mysteries. Tis the season, right?  As we record today it's snowing outside and we have a fire going...on the TV, but still!  We will also share a Book in Hand that is being published in January 2026 and do a shameless pitch for our Patreon Channel.  Wink, wink! Featured Books: The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we are sharing our 2025 Faves...and good news...this is Part 2!  Today we disclose the rest of our list!  It's the most wonderful time of the year! Featured Books: The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols (LH) The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore by Anika Fajardo (LH)  Run by Blake Crouch (LH) All My Mothers by Joanna Glen (LH) The Red House...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we are sharing our 2025 Faves...and good news...this is Part 1!  Listen in next week for Part 2.  It's the most wonderful time of the year! Featured Books: The Courting of Bristol Keats and The Last Wish of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson (LH) This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Greg (LH)  The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper LH) This Mot...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being selections based on the NYT’s Summer Bucket List Reading Challenge.  This is Part 2! Featured Books:  Read a Book in a Genre You Don’t Usually Read A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (LH) Read One of the NYT Best Books of the 21st Century The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (LH) Read a...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we are featuring some Unexpected Books for the Holiday Season.  We have Christmas capers, ghost stories, and lots more...jingle, jingle! Featured Books: The Usual Santas: A Collection of SOHO Crime Christmas Capers by 18 SOHO crime authors (LH) Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (LH) The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volum...

Send us Fan Mail Anyone else love to cook and bake?  Well, What's Cookin?  We have a variety of cook and bake books on the table! Featured Books: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book by Alice B. Toklas (LH) The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis (LH) How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking by Nigella Lawson (LH) Sally’s Baking Addiction by Sally McKenney (LP) Sally’s...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we are featuring a few Authors We Love...automatic reads if you will.  And, Yes...We will! Featured Books: Travis Baldree -  Brigands and Breadknives (LH) Lian Dolan - Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding (LH) Michiko Aoyama - The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park (LH) Kelly Rimmer - The Story Keeper (LP) Martha Hall Kelly - The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Cl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Homework we assigned to one another.  One of us turned our assignment in late...will it affect the final grade?? Let's see how we did with this short stack!  Featured Books: A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (LP to LH) Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell (LH to LP) Books Mentioned in This Episod...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being part of the NYT’s Summer Bucket List Reading Challenge.  We don't normally do formal challenges but we couldn't resist! Featured Books: Reread A Book You Loved as a Kid (LH): Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain A Book Set Somewhere You Have...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 4! Today's episode features a celebratory stack of books tied together with the common theme of being our Real Time Reading Books aka the books in our hands right now.  We have a little bit of everything...so onward! Featured Books: Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan (LH) The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell (LH) Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (LP) The Boxcar Li...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is a Shorty...an episode with just a few books and we hope it will be just what you need. Our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of If You Liked This, Then You Should Read That.  It's one of our favorite episodes to put together so let's roll! Featured Books: If You Liked...Leslie Style: The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebec...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode our stack is tied together with the common connection of Who Dunnit...mysteries are the name of today's game.  We'll also share a Book in Hand that Laura tries to convince Leslie to revisit.  Will she be successful?  You'll have to listen in to solve that mystery! Featured Books: We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough (LH) The Marigold Cottages...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of Historical Fiction...we are looking to the past for inspiration!  Join us as we delve into some FAB Historical Novels!  Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand.  Who says you can't live in the past?? Featured Books: The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis (LH) Vera by Carol Edgarian (LH) The Dressmak...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being books that you are allowed to judge by their covers.  Go ahead…do it...we won’t judge you. Even our Book in Hand has a beautiful cover!  Featured Books: The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (LH) The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick (LH)  Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (LP) The Place...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of containing lots of Family Drama!  This is a stack of multigenerational, dramatic sagas.  We'll also share a buzzy Book in Hand!   Featured Books: Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven (LH) A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg (LH) The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff (LP) Where the Rivers Merge by Mary A...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Perfect Pairs...in other words...they go together like a fine dining experience!  Bon Apetit! Featured Books: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (LH) Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price (LH) This Motherless Land by Nikki May (LH) These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant (LP) What Kind of Paradise by Jan...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of Girls Rule.  The women and girls in these books are plucky and fierce.  Plus, we'll share a Non Fiction pick for our Book in Hand.  Girl Power! Featured Books: The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper (LH) Chirp by Kate Messner (LP) Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (LP) The Book Club for Troubleso...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we assign a book to each other and report on our reading.  Homework! Featured Books: The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey (LP to LH) Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones (LH to LP)  Books Mentioned in This Episode: A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey Peachtree Bluff Series by Kristy Woodson Harvey The Wedding V...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episde, we highlight our Favorite Books of the Year...So Far.  And it was hard to pare them down!  As Maria VonTrapp sings...These are a few of our favorite things! Featured Books: Run by Blake Crouch (LH) Wool by Hugh Howey (LH) The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (LH) The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E Pearson (LH) Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (LH) All My Mothe...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we are doing the Twisty with some great mysteries and thrillers...C'mon Baby! Featured Books: The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha (LH) One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware (LH) Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister (LP) The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano - Lax (LP) Books Mentioned in This Episode: Your Truth of Mine by Trisha Sakhlecha Maybe Nex...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Under the Radar titles.  Leslie has you covered with books that begin 2 great series. Laura has 2 that you might not have heard of yet, but are stellar reads.  Let's fly! Featured Books: One Dark Window (#1 The Shepherd King) by Rachel Gillig (LH) An Ember in the Ashes (#1 An Ember in t...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we are bringing you a Shorty...an episode with just 2 books that we hope will be just what you need!  Our books are tied together with the common connection of If You Liked This...Then Read That.  We think you will love these 2 Unforgettable Characters!  Plus, check below for information on joining our Patreon Team.  It won't be the same without you!...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of India.  We have a memoir, a middle grade, a family saga, and a historical novel.  Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand set somewhere completely different.  Pack your bags, and get ready to take off...Bon Voyage to India! Featured Books:  This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg (LH)...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Anne Frank Adjacent.  Some of the books are about Anne Frank or her friends, and others are set in the same time period and share similar themes.  We encourage you to begin with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank...read it for the first time or reread it.   Featured Books: All But My L...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of spring and early summer releases that we can’t wait to get in our hands. Plus, we'll share a little about our upcoming Patreon release. New things are in store! Featured Books: Laura Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell My Friends by Fredrik Backman The Correspondent by Vir...