Book Bumble

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of taking place during the same time period, but in different places. Or is that same place, different time?  Listen in to find out! Featured Books Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan (LP) All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore (LP) The Lost Dresses of Italy by M.A. McLaughlin (LH) The Keeper of Hid...

Send us Fan Mail BOTM: Use the code PASTEL and get your first book (hardcover or audio) for $5.00 and free shipping at bookofthemonth.com. In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being backlist books from automatic read authors. In a reading slump? Not sure what to read next? Digging into a backlist is the answer!  Featured Books: Year of Wonders by Geraldine...

Send us Fan Mail BOTM: Use the code PASTEL and get your first book (hardcover or audio) for $5.00 and free shipping at bookofthemonth.com. In today's episode our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of the Sibling Bond.  Love 'em or hate 'em, sibling relationships are complicated!  Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand.  Brother, (or Sister) where art thou? Fea...

Send us Fan Mail BOTM: Use the code PASTEL and get your first book (hardcover or audio) for $5.00 and free shipping at bookofthemonth.com. In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of crimes, both real and fictional.  We'll also share a Book in Hand.  Get ready to be the judge and jury for this stack of reads! Featured Books: The Five by Hallie Rubenho...

Send us Fan Mail BOTM: Use the code PASTEL and get your first book (hardcover or audio) for $5.00 and free shipping at bookofthemonth.com.  In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of loss.  You can be lost in space, lost in the shuffle, lost in thought...these books explore being lost and found in lots of different ways! We will also share a Book in Hand....

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 Like This, Then Read That.  Featured Books: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (LH and LP) Horses of Fire by A.D. Rhine  (LH and LP) Additional Books That Go Along With Our Theme: Snow Flower and the Secr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of being books that are based on fairy tales.  These books are adult-sized treats that carry with them an ounce of familiarity and some secret ingredients you won’t see coming. We will also share a Middle Grade March Book in Hand. Once upon a time… Featured Books  Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (LP...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of searching for something. We will also share a twisty Book in Hand.  Let the search begin! Featured Books  What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (LH) Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major (LH) The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill (LP) The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (LP) Books In Hand Th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode,  our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being outstanding books that might have flown under your radar.  We will also share a thought provoking Book In Hand.  We're keeping these on our radar! Featured Books  Sparrow by James Hynes (LP)  The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian (LP)  The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry (LH)  The Bridge Acros...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the bright and happy theme of Climate Disasters.  There are a lot of novels in this genre, and we have 4 of the best today!  We will also share a Book in Hand.  How’s the weather in your neck of the woods? Featured Books The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (LH)  Trashlands by Alison Stine (LP)  Fire in the Canyon by...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being grab on for the ride thrillers! We are going on a roller coaster ride with some creepy and propulsive tales. We will also share a Book in Hand. Hold onto your hats!  Featured Books: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth (LH)  His and Hers by Alice Feeney (LH)  Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent (LP)  T...

Send us Fan Mail  On Valentine’s Day you should do something you love, and we love going down a good rabbit hole!  So, in this episode, that’s how our stack of books is tied together.  We will also share a Book in Hand.  Hop to it! Featured Books: Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland (LH)  The Queen’s Fortune by Allison Pataki (LH)  The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore (LP)  Go...

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 Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons  (LH and LP) A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus (LP)  Books That Go Along With Our Theme The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and...

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...