The Book Snug Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Because of a death in Ben's family (Julia's husband), we will not be posting an episode today.  We'll be back on June 28 with 3 Peas in a Pod when we'll be discussing Dune by Frank Herbert. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening to today’s show.  To support The Book Snug Podcast:  Write a review and/or rate us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Follow...

Send us Fan Mail We are headed to the beach in a few short days!  In today's chapter, we chat about all the books we're thinking of packing for some serious beach chair and poolside reading.  Our choices range from classics to shiny new releases and we're excited about every single one.   We're going to follow Ralph Waldo Emerson's suggestion to "live in the sunshine,...

Send us Fan Mail Spring is the perfect time for fairy tales.  With that in mind, we are happily dedicating the month of May to discussing some of our favorite fairy tale retellings.  In today's show, we're chatting about different aspects of the Beauty and the Beast story and sharing some of our favorite interpretations. Shared Books: Beauty by Robin McKinley   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bro...

Send us Fan Mail Spring is the perfect time for fairy tales.  With that in mind, we are happily dedicating the month of May to discussing some of our favorite fairy tale retellings.  In today's show, we're diving into the story of Cinderella and sharing some of our favorite books that tell her story in a unique way.  Julia’s Books: Cinderella  by K. Y. Craft Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson...

Send us Fan Mail Using the Easter celebration as inspiration, we talk about a few of our favorite books that address some aspect of the Christian faith.   The theme is broad and the books are varied, ranging from memoir to apologetics and everything in between. Julia’s Books: The Bible Project Coffee Table Book: Illustrated Summaries of Biblical Books , published by  The Bible Project  Letters to...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 10, we're introducing another quarterly series: the Quarterly Reading Review.  In these episodes, we'll talk about our reading experiences across a three month period and share some of our most memorable reads of that time.  For this episode, we are focusing on the books we read in January, February and March.    Julia’s Books:   Half a Soul  by Olivia Atwater...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're introducing the pilot episode of our new series called "3 Peas in a Pod".  We've invited a special guest to choose a book for the three of us to read and then discuss together.  Our special guest is Jo Hart (Stephany's mom and Julia's Nana).  Jo chose The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell to discuss with us on the show and we a ha...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 8, we recommend a few books that play with time.  Books range from those for beginner readers to adults and cover time travel,  time loops and immortality.  We also introduced a new series we'll be doing quarterly called Three Peas in a Pod which we'll be starting in the next chapter.  We've invited a guest and will be talking about The Marriage Portrait...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 7, we use Ryan Holiday's "8 Rules for Reading" to inspire our own list of rules that govern our reading lives.  It's a chatty episode that provides a peek into our personal reading profiles (hint: we are very different readers).  This was a fun thought experiment and hopefully it sparks listeners to create their own list of uniquely personal "ru...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 6, we chat about the what, when and where of our preferred winter reading experiences.  Because we both enjoy non-fiction in the winter, we take some time to talk about a few non-fiction books that sound intriguing.  Julia’s Books:   Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton Humans by Brandon Stanton Atlas of Beauty by Mihaela Noroc Between the World and Me by Ta'Nehis...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we discuss our best books of 2022! Julia’s Books:   All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens American Gods by Neil Gaiman Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulson The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan   Stephany’s Books: The River by Peter Heller Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Project Hail Mary...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 5, we're taking a gleeful look at some of our happiest reading experiences of 2022. The superlatives include "Most Surprising" and "Class Clown" among others.  Some of our favorite books of the year are mentioned in this episode and we have so much fun talking about them.  At the end of the episode, we also share a little surprise. Julia’s Books...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 4 we're looking back over some of our less than stellar reading experiences of 2022 by using superlatives such as "Most Likely to Drop Out" and "Least Popular".  We do end the show on a more positive note discussing the books that happily made us cry, so it's not all negative energy. Julia's Books: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston T...

Send us Fan Mail In Chapter 3 we spend some time reviewing  our reading goals and aspirations for 2022 and discussing our reading plans for 2023.  We end the show by talking about all the books we've been reading lately and the books we hope to fit in before the end of the year. Julia's Books: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Legend of Holly Cla...

Send us Fan Mail In this chapter, we spend some time reminiscing about bookish childhood Christmas memories.  Then we dive into a pile of favorite Christmas picture books.  Unfortunately, because of the length of the episode, we don't take time to discuss our current reads.  We'll spend more time in Chapter 3 on that topic.  Stephany was really on the struggle bus this week - sore throat...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we spend some time talking about books that fit fall-themed prompts:  1) a school theme or setting,  2) a creepy, atmospheric or gothic vibe, or 3) an autumn setting.  To close the show, we chat about the books we’ve just finished, the books we're currently reading, and the books we hope to get to next. Julia's Books: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's...

Send us Fan Mail In the Prologue, we introduce our brand new podcast and ourselves.  We share our vision for The Book Snug and spend some time discussing a few favorite and not so favorite books. We close the episode by talking about the books we’ve just finished, the books we're currently reading, and the books we hope to get to next. Julia’s Books:   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë From Here...