Brooke and Becky

Happily Booked: A Bookcast

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This is the podcast where two 'kindred spirits' believe that the pursuit of happiness is the same thing as reading a good book and being able to talk about it! This is the 45-minute to an hour-long podcast show where the two hostesses will discuss...books! They will talk about what they have read recently, whether they have enjoyed those books or not, what they are currently reading, what they hope to get into next, and other hobbies such as knitting and crocheting! A little bit of "life" talk may pop in and out of these episodes, perhaps even a guest or two will appear, but whatever occurs Br...

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Brooke and Becky

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Season 4, Episode 4 - Becky's sick so here's a brief bookish update! (AUDIO ONLY) 02.02.2026 15:49

Send a text Hey everyone! We just want to pop on and say thank you so much for listening to and watching our videos! This week's episode was originally, of course, going to be a video recording, but Becky became ill! (She's fine now, don't worry!) She kindly offered not venture down to my neck of the woods for fear she would get us sick as well. Also, it was way too cold to do anyt...

S3, E20 A - Can I hit 100 books by the end of 2025??? 26.01.2026 1:15:25

Send a text HELLO KINDRED SPIRITS!!! This is the last audio episode we recorded in the year of our Lord, 2025!!! We talked about some Christmas-ish books, and Brooke goes on about her plan to reach 100 books by the end of the year! We hope you have enjoyed listening all this time, and we hope you continue to learn and grow with us as we aim to solely have video recordings on YouTube! Thank you so...

S3, E19 A - Torn between Christmas books and Halloween books 08.01.2026 56:13

Send a text Hey friends! Welcome back to our show notes! We are so delighted you're here, listening to us ramble on about our lives and the books we read. Were you able to read any Christmas-themed books this year? Or did you randomly cram a Halloween book in during the Christmas holidays? Until next week, Stay Happily Booked! 3:14 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick 7:21 - The Unselect...

S3, E18 A - I just wasn't feelin' it... 06.01.2026 1:16:07

Send a text 10:13 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 11:30 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 13:30 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup 16:45 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers 20:40 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick 22:15 - The Most Wonderful Crime Of The Year by Ally Carter 22:50 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden 24:50 - Animal Farm by George Orwell/ The Book Of The...

S3, E17 A - What books have WE finished? Why would we know? 05.01.2026 1:02:50

Send a text Hello friends and kindred spirits alike! Welcome back to our show notes section of the podcast! We hope you enjoyed listening to us. In this episode, we talked about several different genres of books. We also, for the life of us, could not remember what we had read or what we were currently reading. Who's supposed to be keeping track of that stuff anyway? Oops. We got through it t...

S3, E16 A - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix!! **SPOILERS** 10.11.2025 1:22:16

Send a text Hey everybody! We are so glad you're here! And we are even more glad if you read along with us! Did you love this spooky, disturbing, insane story like we did? Grady Hendrix is a fantastic author. There are A LOT of crazy things (and gore-filled things) that happen during this story. We actually decided it was more gruesome than The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid, which both of...

S3, E15 A - Welcome to the podcast where we get distracted! 03.11.2025 1:06:10

Send a text Hello to all of our dear Kindred Spirits! We are so happy you are here. Although Becky and the girls did not drive to Brooke's house for this recording, they were able to record over a phone call and had a very successful time! No technical difficulties, they were both in such good moods! I don't know why i'm talking in the 3rd person! Let us know if you enjoyed listeni...

S3, E14 A - A podcast listening to a book about a podcast?!!? These are some great books! 20.10.2025 1:14:06

Send a text Hello everyone! Thanks again for joining us. This was a very enjoyable episode that we recorded. Even if you can't see the time difference, when Becky and I go a while without catching up on what we're reading, we just don't know what to do with ourselves! Then, when we get the chance to catch up, it always feels wonderfully refreshing! We just enjoy talking about books...

S3, E13 A - A short *rough* summary of what we've read featuring some Stetson commentary! 14.10.2025 27:45

Send a text Hi everyone! Just Brooker here today for this short little episode! Well...Stetson may or may not step in and out of the show as well. You know, he's too busy to just stick around. I do hope you enjoyed listening to his sweet little voice, and I hope it brightened your day! I recorded this episode minus Becky Boo because we attempted a last-minute, very sudden episode, and come th...

S3, E12 A - Trolls, books, and book clubs! 06.10.2025 1:08:03

Send a text Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us yet AGAIN! We are delighted to have you as our listeners. It is truly amazing that someone out there genuinely enjoys listening to two friends ramble on about the books they are reading. As always, the show notes are listed below! The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix is our book club pick! Pleaseeeee send us...

S3, E11 A - We love an episode with plenty of genre variety + potential spooky book club candidate! 23.09.2025 1:19:35

Send a text Hello to our fellow Kindred Spirits! First things first - October book club book: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix; if you are participating, we can't wait to hear what you have to say! Please send in your audio recordings by November 3rd to have your clip featured in our book club episode! We hope you enjoy it, but even if you don't,...

S3, E10 A - An episode with our first ever guest; Tracy R !!! 22.09.2025 1:03:09

Send a text Hey there pals! Welcome back :) This episode features our very first (and very special) guest, Tracy R, also known as Brooke's mom. She was a real team player and enjoyed being our guest. We enjoyed having her as well. All of the books mentioned in this episode are listed below! Also, for the wonderful bunch of you who do read our show notes section, here is a sneak peek at our ne...

S3, E9 A - Like, comment, subscribe!!! 01.09.2025 1:06:02

Send a text Hey friends! Welcome back, and thank you for listening. This episode was a fun one to record. We were in person again after several weeks of phone call recordings, so it was nice to catch up. There were a lot of books to haul as well in this one. If any of the books hauled were any you have read yourself, be sure to let us know your thoughts and opinions on them! We had some fun mome...

S3, E8 A - Becky threw Brooke on the ground!!! 26.08.2025 1:07:48

Send a text Hello friends :) Welcome back! I hope you have enjoyed listening to us ramble and occasionally discuss books! If you have any book recommendations for us, we would love to hear about them. Feel free to shoot us an email with them! The show notes are listed below! Until next week, stay Happily Booked :) 5:10 - Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 8:20 - Cloud Atlas...

S3, E7 A - There's always a good book out there! 26.08.2025 54:18

Send a text 5:00 - I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger / Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel / The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1) 8:27 - Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 11:16 - The Ape That Guards The Balance by Elizabeth Peters (10) 20:45 - Perfect by Sara Shepard (3) / The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien 22:31 - Cell by Stephen King 23:53 - Rogue Pro...

S3, E6 A - It's sort of like The Crazies meet Birdbox..So it's pretty crazy... 13.08.2025 49:16

Send a text Hey friends, welcome back! We had fun finally getting a good catch up episode on what we read recorded. We hope you enjoy listening. I (Brooke) definitely talked about Cell by Stephen King and misremembered the location where the story begins at. My bad!! False advertising from me! Oops. Until next week, stay Happily Booked! :) The main character in Cell by Stephen King IS in Boston!!!...

S3, E5 A - What You Are Looking For Is In The Library BOOKCLUB! **SPOILERS** 04.08.2025 1:00:38

Send a text Hello friends! Welcome back and thank you for joining us! We love having you ;) This episode is mainly covering our bookclub book, What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama. We hope you read it along with us and if you didn't, perhaps this episode will put that book on your radar for the future. Any future bookclub recommendations? Send us an email or send us a...

S3, E4 A - This episode is such a disaster!! 23.07.2025 1:07:29

Send a text Hello friends! Thank you for giving us a listen and for visiting our show notes! Any book we discussed should be listed below. If you have any book recs you think we might be interested in, let us know! We would love some recs! We hope you enjoy this chaotic episode! No! You don't hear audio issues! We paused randomly and talked so sporadically that I began to worry about our re...

S3, E3 A - Real life is sad...but also beautiful 07.07.2025 1:03:22

Send a text Hello everyone! Welcome back, and thank you for giving us a listen, as well as checking out the show notes! All the books mentioned in this episode can be found here with the book titles and author names. I will also put a time marker so you can scroll back through the episode to hear what it was we said about that specific book! 14:55 - The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff 17:09 - Wild D...

S3, E2 A - How many times can I say that this book was good???? 30.06.2025 1:02:28

Send a text Hello friends and fellow kindred spirits! If you find the audio a bit off, that's because it is :) We accidentally recorded in a different audio setting than normal, so we apologize for the wacky episode! Thanks for being here anyway! Our next book club read is What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama (available on Everand). How exciting is that? Translated Ja...

S3, E1 A - It has been far too long :) 16.06.2025 54:51

Send a text Hello friends! It's been far too long since we have posted an episode. We are so sorry! Our goal for season 3 was to begin posting video episodes because that would be so fun! Alas, figuring out how to video edit on your own, with zero experience, is actually sort of difficult for us! So we decided to record and post this episode in the middle of the year as our first audio episod...

S2, E45 - We have a lot to catch up on 26.01.2025 1:17:41

Send a text Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Ly...

S2, E44 - Books can really bring out our emotions...good or bad... 25.01.2025 1:06:53

S2, E43 - I am here for the dddrrraaammmaaa! 05.12.2024 51:43

S2, E42 - Brooke, Becky, birds, & books! 03.12.2024 1:07:02