Living A Life Through Books

SPOILER ALERT:  Erin Beaver and I discuss the entire Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry.  It's a 4 book series and this book chat is broken into 5 parts.  The first 4 parts are summaries of the first 4 books, respectively.  The fifth part will be a discussion and tie in of everything.  This episode discusses Book 3, the Messenger. As always, you can reach me through my email at l...

SPOILER ALERT:  Erin Beaver and I discuss the entire Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry.  It's a 4 book series and this book chat is broken into 5 parts.  The first 4 parts are summaries of the first 4 books, respectively.  The fifth part will be a discussion and tie in of everything.  So this is part 2, where we discuss book 2, Gathering Blue. As always, you can reach me through...

SPOILER ALERT:  Erin Beaver and I discuss the entire Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry.  It's a 4 book series and this book chat is broken into 5 parts.  The first 4 parts are summaries of the first 4 books, respectively.  The fifth part will be a discussion and tie in of everything. As always, you can reach me through my email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  I look forw...

I’m talking to Casey Skeen from North Carolina. Her Instagram handle is booklifewithcasey.  She’s a mother of 6, a wife and an avid reader who loves to add books to her, we hope, never ending TBR pile.  She’s a marketing assistant and an executive curator at Bedside Reading.  She talks openly about her bookstagram account and how she grows it among other bookish things. You can reac...

In this episode I discuss juggling the art of reading several books together.  I tend to read about 4 at any given time, so I keep alternating between them.  How do I do it?  That's the topic of today's podcast.  If you want to get in touch with me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com

SPOILER ALERT:  We discuss the whole book, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.  This is the second and final part of our discussion.  I tell my friends a true story about happenings in India and also we continue discussing the book in a new light.  For me, the book was raw and realistic.  I loved it personally.  Please leave me a voice memo on your thoughts about this o...

SPOILER ALERT:  We discuss the whole book!  This episode is a recording of our book club session with minimal edits.  Today we talk about the book The White Tiger.  People in attendance were Lindsay, Erin and of course, myself.  Thank you for listening.  You can reach me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  My website is a hodge podge of my book blog, my trave...

Another book review.  This time an ARC from Net Galley.  This publication comes out in August.  If you have any comments about this or any of my other episodes send me a voice memo to livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  Also, you can see some of my other shenanigans on my website .  It's perpetually under construction so I appreciate your patience.

Another review of a book.  This time it's a non-fiction and an ARC from Celadon books.  Quite exciting really to get the ARC.  If you have any comments, send me a voice memo to livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  You can also check out my website which is perpetually under construction.  If you are listening to this podcast through Apple Podcasts, please take a moment to...

This episode is a short book review of the book The Giver of Stars by Joyo Moyes.  Have you read this one?  You can contact me through my email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  My website has more book reviews.  Take a look. #bookreviews, #books, #bookreader, #bookstagrammer

What is a TBR?  How to handle one?  How do I handle my own TBR?  I give a couple of examples.  One my husband with the organized TBR and myself with the not-so-organized TBR.  Take a look and hope you enjoy it. Contact me via email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com Also follow me on Instagram and Facebook on Living a Life Through Books.  My website has book reviews...

This is book 3 of the Crazy Rich Asians series.  In this brief review, I present an extremely brief glimpse of the book, but in general, if you liked the first 2 books, you will enjoy this one also.  Feel free to contact me or leave me a voice memo at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  If you are listening on Apple Podcasts, don't forget to leave me a review.  Thank you.

This time we are reviewing an ARC that doesn't hit the shelves until June of this year.  It's a woman's fiction novel and has some good family drama to it.  Contact me through Instagram or Facebook at Living A Life Through Books.  Or you can send me a voice memo to my email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

We continue this conversation starting with book hangover and then we move on to discussing some more rating systems and the bullet journaling method for bookstagram and bookstagrammers.  And we end with Jenny's top 5 all time favorite books.  You can reach Jenny on Instagram.  Her handle is whatjennyreadsinmontana.  You can contact me on Instagram or Facebook through Living A...

Jenny has the handle of @whatJennyreadsinmontana on Instagram.  She is quite the bookstagrammer and we talk bookish stuff.  We start this conversation with Book of the Month and then we just take it where it goes.  This episode was split into 2 parts due to size.  This is part 1.  Enjoy.

I catch up with Christian Sterling and talk about when the sequel/s (haha) to The Gems Of Elsana are planned.  We talk about his other books that have already come out and his hopes to freshen them up.  Contact Christian through Instagram on @christiansterlingg.  You can reach me through livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  Feel free to leave me a voice memo at my email address...

Another short  review of a book I absolutely loved.  When you love a book, sometimes, there isn't much more to say.  If you want to reach me, you can leave me a voice memo at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  

A book review of a book I liked and yet has me giving it 3.5 stars.  There were some issues.  Take a listen.  And if you want to reach me, send me a voice memo to livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

Review of the book The White Tiger.  I explore my thoughts on this book, briefly.  If you are interested in more about this book, stay tuned to this podcast.  We are doing this book for my book club so that should be coming up end of February.  For the blog version of this podcast, click here !  Also, you may leave me a voice memo at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com . &nb...

In this episode, Dr. Ahmed talks with Jane Ubell-Meyer. Jane Ubell-Meyer is an award-winning entrepreneur and former TV and Film Producer. Credits include Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal-TV, Entertainment Tonight, and others. She’s a columnist on book recommendations for Afar magazine, Hamptons Summer recommendations in 27 East and the Southhampton Press.  She has also made appearan...

Here's a brief review of the book The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.  This is a fantasy with several story layers.   Click for the blog version of this podcast.

This is my review of the book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.  A book about the plight of migrants is making waves and I'm glad for it.   Click here for the blog version of this podcast.

Ikigai is a book based on the Japanese principles of living a purposeful life.  This episode is a  review of the book Ikigai.  Click here for the blog version of this episode .

SPOILER ALERT:  We continue our conversation about the book With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo.  Discussing all aspects of the book may reveal aspects you may not want to know about if you haven't read it yet, hence the spoiler alert.

SPOILER ALERT:  Recording of our first book club meeting (with minimal edits).  We discuss the book With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo.  We discuss all aspects of this YA novel.  Members present were myself, Erin, Lindsay, and Deborah.