Literary Morning

This morning I share some reading stats and my best books of 2025. Links mentioned: 2025 Goals (episode) Best Books of 2024 (episode) Re-reading Watership Down (episode) Books mentioned: Watership Down by Richard Adams Watership Down: The Graphic Novel adapted by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Something Wicked This...

This morning I'm taking you along with me as I read through The Brothers Karamazov for the first time. Links mentioned: How to Read The Brothers Karamazov (video) The Grand Inquisitor Analysis (video) Books mentioned: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in October. Links mentioned: Fall TBR (episode) Books mentioned: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte M...

This morning I reflect on libraries and how I want to use my library. Books mentioned: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Endling by Maria Reva Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman Ghost Story by Peter Straub Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymornin...

This morning I go through the End of the Year Book Tag and talk about my plans to wrap up my 2025 reading. Links mentioned: Midyear Book Freak Out Tag (episode) Books Unbound (podcast) My Fall TBR (episode) My 2025 Reading Goals (episode) Books mentioned: The Skull by Jon Klassen The Stand by Stephen King The Will of the Many by James Islington The Strength of the Few by James Islington Boy's...

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in September. Links mentioned: Fall TBR (episode) Books mentioned: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 6 by Beth Brower Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This morning I swap book recommendations with my sister, Emma. Links mentioned: Interview with Chauncea (episode) August wrap up (episode) Follow Emma (Instagram) Books mentioned: Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor (series) Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows Macbeth by William Shakespeare Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (series) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Shadow of the Wind by C...

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in August. Links mentioned: A Gentleman in Moscow review (blog post) Books mentioned: Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Skull by Jon Klassen I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠...

This morning I talk about all the books I want to read this fall. Links mentioned: Goodreads 2025 Goals (episode) Books mentioned: The Stand by Stephen King Boy's Life by Robert McCammon The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Dracula by Bram Stoker The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Coraline by Neil Gaiman Ship of Magic by R...

This morning I break down why I love biographies and what makes a good one. Books mentioned: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Being Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn The Watchmaker's Daughter by Larry Loftis The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas Victoria the Queen by Julia Baird Wol...

This morning I share some recommendations based on the song August by Taylor Swift. Books mentioned: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor A Room with a View by E.M. Forrester Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Atonement by Ian McEwan Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in July. Books mentioned: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 4 by Beth Brower The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 5 by Beth Brower The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 3 by Beth Brower The Will of the Many by James Islington Three Wild Dogs and the Truth by Markus Zusak The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Bridge of Clay by Markus Zu...

This morning I go through the books that have been sitting on my TBR the longest. Links mentioned: My Goodreads Books mentioned: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Outlander by Diana Gabaldon On Writing by Stephen King Little by Edward Carey The...

This morning I talk about how my brain works when I read and how it affects my reading life. Links mentioned: The role of visual imagery in story reading: Evidence from aphantasia (study) Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning

This morning I give you book recommendations based on popular types of tea. Books mentioned: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Crossings by Alex Landragin Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown Connect with me: Website...

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in June. Books mentioned: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 3 by Beth Brower Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagr...

This morning I go through the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag and share what books have stood out so far in 2025. Links mentioned: 2025 Goals (episode) May Wrap Up (episode) March Wrap Up (episode) Books mentioned: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower (series) Three Wild Dogs and the Truth by Markus Zusak Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The...

This morning I share the books I have added to my collection recently and which books I'm getting rid of. Links mentioned: My 2025 Goals (episode) April Wrap Up (episode) Books mentioned: The Vexations by Caitlin Harrocks F#ck Content Marketing by Randy Frisch Robin Hood by Howard Pyle The Will of the Many by James Islington Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante The Three Musket...

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in May. Links mentioned: Currently Reading Podcast Books mentioned: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa Living in Wonder by Rod Dreher Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 1 by Beth Brower The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Bro...

This morning I chat with my sister about her reading journey and how she overcame intellectualism to find joy in reading again. Links mentioned: Follow Chauncea - @chaunceabonnettart Books mentioned: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (series) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah...

This morning I share my current list of favorite authors and my criteria for favorite authors Links mentioned: Watership Down Episode Fairy Tale Review (blog post) Books mentioned: Watership Down by Richard Adams A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 11/22/63 by Stephen King Misery by Stephen King Different Seasons (anthology) by Stephen King Fairy Tale by Stephen King The Lord of the Rings by J...

This morning I share some last minutes books for you to add to your spring TBR. Links mentioned: Books That Feel Like a Breath of Fresh Air (episode) Books mentioned: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by...

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in April. Books mentioned: Victoria the Queen by Julia Baird The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley The Favorites by Layne Fargo Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning

This morning I share all my weird reading, bookish habits and preferences. Books mentioned: The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson (Series) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Series) Connect with me: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠literarymorning.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@literary_morning

This morning I look back on my reading goals and my progress during the first quarter of 2025. Links mentioned: 2025 Goals (episode) March Reading Wrap Up (episode) Books mentioned: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Watership Down Graphic Novel by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Watership Down by Richard Adams Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Stand by Stephen...