Book Interrupted

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. They continued on to the group discussion, exploring whether energy and emotions are contagious across species, birds calls, pet versus city versus country birds, if they liked reading the book, and much more.       Discussion Points:   Pers...

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of bird language, multitasking, interconnectedness, naturalists versus naturists, and so much more. The episode ends with a new challenge: can you master/mimic a bird call and spell it? Discussion Points: Technical aspect of the book Lea...

The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “What the Robin Knows”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of sit spots, Scouts, bird watching and putting random found things in y...

Follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” How has she been over the past year and what are her current projects? How can we change the messaging around periods and puberty?   Discussion Points: Tik Tok Parents in Texas can now be prosecuted for child abuse if they give their transgendered child medication Supporting...

Concluding their series on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.   Discussion Points: Squiggy’s Stumble Forward t-shirt Mere’s mullet Twitter responses and Kim’s attempt to connect with Oprah   Book Interrupted playlists   International Women’s Day - Breaking the Bias Our...

The women finish their chat and share their final book reports inspired by “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Kim brings to the group a few concerns she has with the book, then they finish with whether they recommend it.   Discussion Points: Suicide - is the information in the book is out of date? Coupling - do events only happen because...

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell.   “Friends”, TV, The Stanley Milgram Experiment, authoritative figures, body language, and attractiveness - how do all these things influence our perceptions of strangers and our interactions with them? Discussion Points: Error in the Friends sec...

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. So many things to talk about with this book in the group chat: default to truth, relationships, oppression, the Holy Fool and more.   Discussion Points: Personal journals The illusion of asymmetric insight - do you think you know mor...

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, exploring topics of biases, first impressions, empty sorrys, shoulds versus coulds, rules, sisters, mothers, sense of self and Legends of the Fall. Discussion Points: Have you met a stranger and had a bias, but when talking to them you found out...

The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Talking to Strangers”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of Gladwell’s other books and podcasts, basketball, making an ex...

  The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women talk about “little t” traumas in their lives and bonus tarot card readings from Kim. What happened to them and what will happen to them?     Discussion Points:   Sarah’s wax on the eyeballs story Meredith’s Great Dane dog stories Lindsay’s falling Christmas tree story Kim’s bike acci...

Concluding their series on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle, Ikea furniture, Britney, Uncle Buck, the dangers of eating magnets, dog-earring pages of books, giant bookshelves, merkins, and all the pop culture references. Discussion Points: Follow up fro...

The women finish their chat and share their final book reports inspired by “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Do they recommend the book? Discussion Points: Would we recommend the book? Does the book keep getting worse? Is there a happy ending? Being able to not finish a book to take care of oneself.   Being an entrepreneu...

Spiderman, déjà vu, synesthesia, Cyndi Lauper, A Million Little Pieces, apologies, community, asking for help, and making friends as an adult. Lots of tangents this week! The women continue their chat inspired by “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Discussion Points: Déjà vu - is it mindfulness, something we don’t understan...

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Lots of trigger warnings - this was a hard one to read for some of the members. Were you impacted emotionally, intellectually or both? And where is the hope in this book? Discussion Points: This is a hard book to read....

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, exploring topics of triggers, choice, deep breathing, filling your bucket, and the impact the first few years of a child’s life have on their adulthood.   Discussion Points: What triggers you now, that could relate to your childhoo...

The Book Interrupted women begin Season Two with “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “What Happened to You”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of their childhoods, emotional regulation, and traum...

The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women continue their new segment filled with lots of silliness, fun and laughs. Who would you Bestie, Boink, Battle, or Barf? And did the women complete their Meditation Challenge? Discussion Points: Bestie Boink Battle Barf Quiz Show Meditation Challenge - did the women continue with it? Co...

Welcome to part two of our recap of Book Interrupted Season One! Listen to what the members think were the funniest, most surprising and most embarrassing moments. What did they learn about each other? And a teaser for next season’s books! Discussion Points: If you had to pick one other author from last season to come on the show, who would you choose? What was one positive surprise you got as a r...

Welcome to part one of our recap of Book Interrupted Season One! What are the members’ favourite moments? Who likes the smell of their own farts? And who held back and didn’t say all they wanted to? Discussion Points: What is your favourite moment or quote? Farts Kirsten Karchmer and Squiggy coming on the podcast Was there anything you wish you’d said recording, but you held back during the season...

The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women begin their new segment filled with lots of silliness, fun and laughs. Discussion Points: Enneagram Quiz Show Behind the scenes - inside look before and after the podcast Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website   Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Int...

Concluding their series on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, the women and their fan Lindsay discuss fan responses, mermaids, librarians, secret languages, the rat race, being famous, swag and a whole lot of laughing. Discussion Points: Fan response to our blog answers Mermaids What’s worth getting out of bed for? The rat race - do we really want to be in it? How do w...

The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, finish their discussion on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Do we recommend the book? What are our final thoughts? Discussion Points: Do we recommend The 4% Fix? The final book reports Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website   Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook...

The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, continue their discussion on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Which sleep archetype are you: Lion, Bear, Wolf or Dolphin? What is misophonia? And how do you use the tools from the book? Discussion Points: Letter writing/ getting letters in the mail How different cultures raise children Lions, Bears, Wolves, and Dolph...

The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, share their personal journals while reading “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, then continue the group discussion. How important is sleep? And what brings your balance? Discussion Points: Personal journals Would you recommend this book? Getting up earlier - can it help you find your own time? Using the 4% Fix Baby step...