Living A Life Through Books

Author of In Sight Of the Mountain , Jamie McGillen talks to me about the inspiration for her book and the writing process.  Jamie's book is available on Amazon Unlimited.  If you need a read to get you off your quarantine zone, this book is perfect.  You can reach Jamie on Instagram at north_of_something. If you need to reach me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com . &nbs...

SPOILER ALERT!  In this episode we continue to probe into the book and discuss purity vows and women's sexuality.  This is a continuation of yesterday's episode.  This book club session was recorded on May 1st, 2020. If you would like to reach me, contact me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  Thank you for listening.

SPOILER ALERT!  This is a recording of our book club on May 1st, 2020.  We discuss the book A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler.  This episode is split into two parts due to time.  This is part 1 of 2. If you have any questions or concerns about this episode or about the podcast in general, contact me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  Thank you for listening.

Author Anna Solomon has hit gold with her latest book:  The Book of V.  This book about 3 women spans 3 different timelines and connects beautifully.  It will make a great book for book club.  After all, GMA (Good Morning America) has chosen it for their book club.  I couldn't ask Anna about that because I talked to her a couple of weeks before, but I'm sure she's excited....

Ever been to a  book launch?  What is that like?  I was super excited to join the book launch of Phuc Tran's book via Zoom.  So, today I talk about that. If you have any comments about my podcast and would like to reach me, email me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  You can also find me on Instagram and Facebook.  When you get a moment, I would appreciate a revi...

Today's episode goes over my reading trials and tribulations for this month and the books I have read.  Here's a list of the books:  Before We Were Yours, In 5 year, The Book of V, A Good Neighborhood, The Goldfinch and In Sight of the Mountain.  I talk briefly about each book and also I go over the books that I have on my TBR that need to get done.  Let's hope so.  So man...

Today we speak to another self-published author.  Sharon is a lawyer by profession and has used her extensive knowledge to write a crime drama.  The Association is her first published work.  For a copy of the book, you may contact the author Sharon on Instagram @sharonannziegler.  She's quite personable, so reach out to this wonderful woman. You may reach me on Instagram @livingalifethroughbooks....

Net Galley is the topic of this podcast.  I discuss my experiences and trials and tribulations of Net Galley.  I hope it helps.  If you need to reach me contact me at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.  Would love to hear from you.  You can even leave me a voice memo there.  Thank you.

Phuc Tran's memoir Sigh, Gone was published April 21st by Flatiron Publishing (an imprint of MacMillan).  I had the opportunity to talk to Phuc about his journey.  He is a fascinating, down to earth individual that you can just chill and talk for hours with.  I would highly recommend his memoir because of its message of growth and acceptance through the eyes of an immigrant.  B...

Phuc Tran's memoir Sigh, Gone was published April 21st by Flatiron Publishing (an imprint of MacMillan).  I had the opportunity to talk to Phuc about his journey.  He is a fascinating, down to earth individual that you can just chill and talk for hours with.  I would highly recommend his memoir because of its message of growth and acceptance through the eyes of an immigrant.  B...

In this episode I discuss the stress that COVID 19 has placed on us and the changes in our habits without having to drive to work everyday.  I talk about how the stress has affected me and some strategies that might help get us back into reading.  I discuss more about audiobooks, a couple of apps, and some audiobook memories.  And then I end with random bookish notes. Please share t...

SPOILER ALERT:  Welcome to our 4th book club of the year.  Due to the novel Corona virus, we were doing this meeting through Zoom.  We discussed Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate.  In attendance were Erin, Lindsay, Nicole, Sweta and myself.  Sweta was off audio and video and she would send messages through Skype.  I didn't turn the record on for the first 30 minute...

Today we are talking with YA mystery author Farah Zaman.  I found her first book Moon of Masarrah a very fun and charming read.  If you have young adults in your family, I would recommend this book.  I would think her books would be perfect for the 10-12 age group.  This particular book is a 4 book series.  The third book, The hour of the Oryx comes out next week on April...

Tracking my ARC journey is tricky and is not extensive either but I've talked about what is going on with me.  I would still recommend you listen to the other episodes on this podcast, namely S2E17.  That's the gold standard for ARCs.  Monique and I talked openly about ARCs and I learned a lot from her.  Start with that one and then do the episode with Erica.  That was the...

Today we are doing a bookish talk with Erica from Bookstagram.  Her handle is sand_between_pages and she has a beautiful bookstagram page with over 5000 followers.  Go take a look.  Erica is a down to earth bookstagrammer and I enjoyed chatting with her and getting to know her perspective of reading and ARCs.  I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did. As always you can reach me...

Today we are doing a bookish talk with Erica from Bookstagram.  Her handle is sand_between_pages and she has a beautiful bookstagram page with over 5000 followers.  Go take a look.  Erica is a down to earth bookstagrammer and I enjoyed chatting with her and getting to know her perspective of reading and ARCs.  I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did. As always you can reach me...

In this episode, I go over the 8 books I read this month and do a mini review of each of them.  And I also discuss some hiccups I've had in the past with doing a month in review and also reading hiccups this month due to COVID19. As always, follow me on Instagram and Facebook on Living a Life Through Books.  My email is livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  Please feel free to send m...

I cover a hodge podge of bookish topics, namely about how I want to write and also some Libby experiences and hacks.  Please reach out to me on Instagram or Facebook at Living a Life Through Books.  My email is livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com .  Feel free to reach out that way also.  Send me a voice memo about any of my episodes and I may feature you in an upcoming episode. &...

SPOILER ALERT .  This is our book club episode were we discuss the controversial book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.  We had 4 people (including myself) in attendance.  Erin, Lindsay, Monique from Canada and of course, myself.  Monique was a guest in a previous episode and has a fabulous bookstagram account.  Check her out at monique_reads.  Erin has been on severa...

SPOILER ALERT .  This is our book club episode were we discuss the controversial book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.  We had 4 people (including myself) in attendance.  Erin, Lindsay, Monique from Canada and of course, myself.  Monique was a guest in a previous episode and has a fabulous bookstagram account.  Check her out at monique_reads.  Erin has been on severa...

Sanober is an inspirational woman who started a book club in London 3 years ago and that book club is going strong.  She talks openly about her book club and what she does to maintain it.  I learned a lot and if you are looking to start a book club, this might be a good episode to listen to.  And as always, we talk books! Sanober is on Facebook as Sanober Killedar.  Her Instagr...

Sanober is an inspirational woman who started a book club in London 3 years ago and that book club is going strong.  She talks openly about her book club and what she does to maintain it.  I learned a lot and if you are looking to start a book club, this might be a good episode to listen to.  And as always, we talk books! Sanober is on Facebook as Sanober Killedar.  Her Instagr...

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 is a discussion and tie in of everything.  This episode being part 5 is a discussion of the concepts of all 4 books and how they relate to each...

How is COVID 19 related to books?  It's not really related, but I had to made an episode that made light of the situation and gives some light to the situation for bookish folks.  Most of the episode is meant as humor.  Some of it is meant in all seriousness.  Smile and listen on.  You cannot get COVID 19 from listening to this episode. If you want to get in touch with me,...

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 4, the Son. As always, you can reach me through my email at livinga...