Totally Booked with Zibby

Rachel Bloom's memoir will capture your heart just like her Golden Globe winning tv series, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." They chatted about what "normal" means, award shows, OCD, comedy, and more. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, personal essays, and a new essay platform...

For passionate readers, Sarah Gelman has the world's best job - she's the Director of Books, PR, and Editorial at Amazon. In this special episode, she and Zibby talked about Amazon's "Best Books of 2020," jumping on trampolines with their children, and their mutual love of sharing good books with people. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which inclu...

Zibby and her family love Natalie Portman's reimagining of classic fairy tales. She had a blast talking to the actress, filmmaker, writer, and mother about judging people by their character rather than their gender, the upside of social media, and bringing women's soccer to Los Angeles.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly...

Jean Kwok's inspiration for her latest novel is deeply personal. Her conversation with Zibby is captivating - sharing intimate details about her brother who went missing ten years ago, growing up in New York City in a working-class immigrant family, and feeling like the black sheep of her family.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a f...

Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, created a brilliant playbook for navigating free speech in an era of Twitter, cancel culture, and a divided culture. She talked to Zibby about what it means to defend free speech, creating inclusivity, and how we can use the power of the written word to mend a fractured society. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which...

Zibby talked to power couple Jennifer Risher, author of  We Need To Talk , and her husband David. They shared their stories about joining Microsoft and Amazon in the early years, managing unexpected wealth in their early thirties, the hidden effects of being newly affluent, and pulling the curtain back on the taboo topic of money talk. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up...

Michelle Buteau, comedy queen, talked to Zibby about IVF and hormones, beauty and body image, and raising twins. Michelle reminded Zibby how important it is to stop worrying about being perfect and to focus on your passion.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, per...

Zibby thanked Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn on behalf of couples everywhere for their terrific book. Their conversation explored some of our biggest questions about relationships: what does a sparkling marriage look like, why do we stop trying to impress each other when the honeymoon phase is over, and can you fall back in love with your partner by making simple changes? This will now be Zibby’s go-to...

Kazu has been drawing comics since he was five years old. He chatted with Zibby about the inspiration for his popular graphic novel series, how cartoons are a universal language, and how he had to relearn to do what he loves after being in a coma.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most ant...

"Uncomfortable" is a bit of a misnomer because Emmanuel Acho is gifted at making people feel at ease having honest conversations about racism and social injustice. He talked to Zibby about making our way to the middle to find the truth, why he believes we learn history in school when we're too young to understand it, and creating a catalyst for racial reconciliation through dialogue. ** Want more?...

Zibby thinks  Didn't See That Coming  is the best book title. It really hits home and she had a great time talking to Rachel about encouraging people who are going through something difficult to get to the other side, the different ways grief manifests, and absorbing the role of being a healer to others. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which...

Julie Buxbaum became so obsessed with the 2019 college admissions scandal that she was inspired to write Admission . Zibby loved talking about Julie's compelling characters, what it must feel like to be a teeager at the center of a huge media fallout, what achievement means, what success costs, and ethical parenting.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highl...

Hope Edelman talked about her research process for this poignant book, what her term AfterGrief means, bereavement leave, and confiding in others. Her moving advice resonated with Zibby: release yourself from the idea of an end point for mourning and consider grief as ebbs and flow of intensity rather than an end point.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlig...

Zibby and Dr. Evan Antin both brought furry, four-legged guests to their interview. He shared his passion for animals, wildlife conservation, and vet medicine and talked about some of his wildest adventures around the globe (tune in for snake bite sagas), his advice for being a responsible pet parent, and what it was like being named one of People's Sexiest Men Alive! ** Want more? Become a part o...

Peace Adzo Medie's latest work of fiction is a Reese's Book Club pick and she talked to Zibby about the themes she explored: how culture shapes women's lives, class divide, generational views on what a marriage ought to be like, and the difficulty in parting with comfort for the unknown. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly news...

Zibby talked to powerhouse writer Janet Evanovich about her New York Times best-seller and twenty-seventh book in the best-selling  Stephanie Plum series, her start as a romance novelist, and her love of comic books, drawing, and adventure.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most antic...

Wandering in Strange Lands was a labor of love for Morgan Jerkins. She talked to Zibby about her inspiration for the book, inheriting trauma, and why she encourages aspiring writers to investigate ideas that make them afraid. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, persona...

Laura Vanderkam is a time management expert and says that "once a second is gone, all the money in the world can't buy it back." Her wisdom and research resonates as we navigate 2020. Zibby got the low-down on how to successfully work from home, configure childcare, and create priority checklists.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a...

Kim Brooks knows what it means for one seemingly small decision to snowball into something unexpected. She described the catalyst event that led her to write  Small Animals  (a must-read for parents) to Zibby. They talked about the anxiety of raising children, examining the culture of parenthood and how it shifts over generations, and marriage, divorce and coparenting.  ** Want...

Matthew John Bocchi was a child when his father died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. He and Zibby had a moving conversation about the long-lasting effects of this tragedy, coping mechanisms, addiction, abuse, and hope.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists,...

Zibby talked to Liz Petrone about her soulful memoir, which poignantly explores mental illness and expressed the need for our society to do better in telling the truth about depression, anxiety, and disordered behaviors.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, person...

Zibby loved Sarah Crossan's unique writing style and the format of  HereIs the Beehive; it reads almost like one big long poem. This novel about adultery, seduction and loyalty will be a book club pick on Zibby’s Virtual Book Club! Sarah and Zibby talked all about secrets, intuition, the shock value of grief, and universal compassion.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Si...

Clarissa Ward is a badass journalist. She talked to Zibby about her trajectory studying comparative literature at Yale, wanting to become an actress, and the epiphany moment that led to her career as an award-winning war correspondent. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book list...

Cameron Douglas wrote a raw and intimate portrait of being raised as Hollywood royalty (the son of Michael Douglas and grandson of Kirk Douglas) and experience becoming a drug addict who served time in prison. He spoke openly with Zibby about anxiety, addiction, survival, and transformation. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly...

Fariha Roisin's novel is gripping and bold and at times so disturbing it’s almost hard to read. Zibby was fascinated by their talk about abuse, autonomy, humor, self-discovery, victimhood, ancestral trauma, and much more.  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, perso...