Two Babes and a Book

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson as we co-host with Ramona Siddoway to launch her new book, We Are Adam: The Partnership of Adam and Eve in the Garden and What It Means for You. This is a special episode that we did live on Facebook! This is a fabulous book that discusses the symbolism of the story of Adam and Eve with extensive research done within the framework of The Church of J...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book! Today we have some book banter about the prequel to the Hunger Games Trilogy, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins. See the cleanliness rating on this book and the rating that we give it.  We have a new format! If you want a spoiler free episode, listen until the music plays in the middle of the episode, an...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book! Today we have some book banter about By the Book by Amanda Sellet. See the cleanliness rating on this book and the rating that we give it. We have a new format! If you want a spoiler free episode, listen until the music plays in the middle of the episode, and then stop after the music. The book club style, full of spoilers,...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book! We have a special guest today, Laura Wirrick. You may remember her from episode 15 of Reading with Rach, when we discussed Where the Crawdads Sing. She did such a great job, we just had to have her back! Listen as we have some book banter about I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.  See the cleanliness rating on this book and...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book! We have a special guest today, Randi Odell. Listen as we have some book banter about Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. We also read a goodreads review (not written by us), that perfectly encapsulates how we felt about this book. See the cleanliness rating on this book and the rating that we give it. Follow us on instagram @twobabes...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book! Today we have some book banter about The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty. This was a hard episode to do without spoilers!! Moriarty's books are always full of secrets and intrigue, and this one did not disappoint. See the cleanliness rating on this book and the rating that we give it. Follow us on instagram @two...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book. Today we discuss My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows. See the cleanliness rating on this book! Learn the history of Jane Grey, Edward VI, Bloody Mary, and more. Also, listen to how My Lady Jane has a very, very different take on those historical figures.  Follow us on instagram @twobabesandabook. Mak...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book. Today we discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. See the cleanliness rating on this book, what we loved about it, what we struggled with, and Liz's thoughts on the movie!  Follow us on instagram @twobabesandabook. Make a comment there and tell us if you read this book. Make sure to leave us a review on the apple podcasts...

Send us Fan Mail Reading with Rach has a new name!! Join Rachel Hill and Liz Wilson on Two Babes and a Book. (Rach was lonely! It's hard for extroverts to have solo projects!) Today we discuss The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. See the cleanliness rating on this book and what we loved about it.  Follow us on instagram @twobabesandabook. Make a comment there and tell us if you read this book. Ma...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and one of my LONGTIME friends (26 years, folks!), Liz Wilson, as we discuss The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. See why we gave this series 5 thumbs up and our individual cleanliness ratings for the series. Here is the order that we read the books in: Cinder Scarlet Cress Winter (Listen to see why we decided to skip Fairest , #3.5 in the series) Follow me on insta...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me as I discuss the new movie, Emma, as well as other versions, and of course the original book by the one and only Jane Austen! This is my favorite book, (I just re-read it for the 3rd time) and it's always fun to compare how different directors decide to spin the same piece of text. See why I have two different ratings for the new Emma movie and what I thought of...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and my awesome recurring guest, Stephanie Price, as we discuss Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin . This has been dubbed a "modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice" so Austen fans will thoroughly enjoy it. But as Stephanie points out, it definitely goes in different directions than you expect and is not a strict re-telling. So even if you have never read Pride...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and one of my besties, Laura Wirrick, as we discuss Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens . (Published August 14th 2018. Laura was right!) See why we gave this book a 4 out of 5 thumbs up, our individual cleanliness rating for the book, and what season (or seasons) we recommend reading it! Follow me on instagram @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me if yo...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and my awesome bookish and real life friend, Stephanie Price, to discuss the The Road Back To You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron. We discussed this book at our recent book club, and it was definitely a fascinating book to discuss there. See how we rated the book slightly differently, what enneagram types we are, and more!  Make sure to foll...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and my favorite person EVER, my husband Kirk, to discuss the book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, what Kirk's rating is (we had different ratings!) and as always, the cleanliness score. Find out what made us decide to listen to this book on our drive down to Texas, the best format t...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me today to discuss the book, Deleted by Ruth Mitchell. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book (hint, I LOVED it!), Cleanliness Score and More!  Ruth Mitchell sent me her debut novel to give an unbiased review this book. I was worried...what if I didn't like the book??  Well I needn't have worried! One thing that I neglected to mention on this episode of...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and Stephanie Price (@because.my.mother.read) as we discuss Fatima Farheen Mirza's debut novel, A Place For Us . Tune in to see why we gave this book five thumbs up! This book is full of rich prose and a family drama that draws you in. You really care about these characters from beginning to end. You'll also get to hear what our cleanliness rating is! Make s...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and my awesome bookish and real life friend, Stephanie Price, to discuss the newest Little Women movie! Make sure to follow her on instagram @because.my.mother.read. Find out why we both gave this movie a 5 thumbs up. (And this is even with my love of the 1994 version, so that’s saying a lot, peeps!!) We also compare this movie with 3 other versions of Little Women th...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me and a SURPRISE guest today to discuss the first 3 books in the The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book!  As Holbrook Jackson said, "Never put off till...

Send us Fan Mail Special episode recorded in Houston, Texas with my brother Joe Siddoway and his lovely wife Muriel Siddoway! Join with us today to discuss Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book! Take a pic of yoursel...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me today to discuss the Chief Inspector Gamache Series (Books 1-4) by Louise Penny. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book! Take a pic of yourself with your book and I'll pick my favorite picture to give you a shout-...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me today to discuss Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke (NOT Joanna like I mispronounced it on the episode...Just wanting to show you my human side. ;) ). Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book! Take a pic of yourself wit...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me today to discuss the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book! Take a pic of yourself with your book and I'll pick my favorite picture to give you a shout-out in another episode! ...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me today to discuss the book, Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts .  Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book! Take a pic of yourself with your book and I'll pick my favorite picture to give you a shout-out in another e...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me today to discuss the book, Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos. Find out what my Rach Rating is for this book, Cleanliness Score and More! Make sure to follow me on instagram: @sugarplumbooks. Make a comment there and tell me what you thought of the book! Take a pic of yourself with your book and I'll pick my favorite picture to give you a shout-out in another...