Best Amy Smalley Podcasts (2025)

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S12:Ep258 - Summer Reading with Bookseller Sam Miller - 5/21/25 1:01:19

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we have Sam Miller, manager at Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, with us to chat about books readers might want to consider for their summer r…

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S12:Ep257 - A Forty Year Kiss with Guest Nickolas Butler + Book Club Recs - 5/7/25 1:08:10

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Nickolas Butler at https://nickolasbutler.com/ or on IG @wiscobutler Amy discovered Nickolas Butler earlier this year when she attended the aut…

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S12:Ep256 - The Husbands with Guest Holly Gramazio + National Poetry Month - 4/23/25 1:07:16

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Holly Gramazio at her website https://www.hollygramazio.net/ or on IG at holly_gramazio When we first heard the premise of Holly Gramazio’s nov…

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S12:Ep255 - Six Walks with Guest Ben Shattuck + Books Recs for Walking - 4/9/25 1:04:12

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Ben Shattuck at his website https://www.benshattuck.com/ or on IG @Benshattuck_ This week we chat with Ben Shattuck, author of Six Walks: In th…

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S12:Ep254 - The Book Riot Podcast with guest Rebecca Schinsky + Western Book Recs 1:09:06

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Rebecca Schinsky on IG @rebeccaschinsky and Book Riot at www.bookriot.com In this week’s episode, we chat with Rebecca Schinsky, who is chief o…

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S12:Ep253 - The Lost Year with Guest Katherine Marsh + Cat Book Recs - 3/12/25 1:11:30

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Katherine Marsh at her website www.katherinemarsh.com or on IG at @katherinemarshauthor. This week we chat with Katherine Marsh, author of The …

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S12:Ep252 - A Tribute of Fire with Guest Sariah Wilson + Picture Books - 2/26/25 1:07:44

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Sariah Wilson at her website www.sariahwilson.com or on IG - @sariahwilsonauthor We chat this week with Sariah Wilson, the author of many, many…

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S12:Ep251 - Silent Book Club with Guest Brittany Brar + We Like Big Books - 2/12/25 1:05:56

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find if there is a chapter of Silent Book Club near you or look into starting your own by going to their website; https://silentbook.club/ For show …

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S12:Ep250 - They All Fall The Same with Guest Wes Browne + Artsy Fartsy Book Recs - 1/29/25 1:06:11

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Wes Browne at www.wesbrowneauthor.com or on IG at @browne_all_over This week we chat with Wes Browne, a Michigan transplant who has been a Kent…

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S12:Ep249 -The Lost Story with Guest Meg Shaffer + Library Book Recs - 1/15/25 1:04:31

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Meg Shaffer at www.megshaffer.com or on IG at meg_shaffer. This week we officially begin Season 12 so we have both a guest and book recommendat…

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S12:Ep248 - Best of 2024 Year in Review - 1/1/25 59:54

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Website- www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we are doing our 2024 recap, covering the books that earned 5 stars. We’ve also got some audio interspersed in the episode from 2024 guests to The Perk…

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S11:Ep247 - REMIX with Guest Tracey Clark - 12-18-24 58:07

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You can find Tracy Clark on social media on Instagram @tpclark2000 and on her website www.tracyclarkbooks.com/ For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover This week we have a Remix episode and catch up with Tracy Clark,…

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S11:Ep246 - REMIX With Guest Sharon Short - 12/11/24 1:02:14

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Sharon Short at her website, www.sharonshort.com and on Instagram at @sharongshortauthor. This week we have a Remix episode and catch up with S…

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REPLAY - S9:E198 | 2023 Holiday Book Buying Guide with Book Seller Sam Miller | 11/29/23 1:01:10

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This is a REPLAY episode from our Holiday gift buying guide from 2023. We will be back next week with a REMIX episode with former guest Tracy Clark who has a new mystery you won't want to miss. This week we chat with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, from Carmichael’s Bookstore. Each November we let her do the heavy lifting and share books that …

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S11:Ep245 - 2024 Holiday Book Buying Guide with Bookseller Sam Miller - 11/27/24 1:03:11

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f you would like to check out Carmichael’s Bookstore Holiday Book Gift Guide, you can find it online at www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/ Website- www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. The delightful Sam Miller, …

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S11:Ep244 - Native American Heritage Month: A Book Rec Episode - 11/20/24 57:30

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. November is Native American Heritage month so in this episode, we’re sharing some books written by Native American authors. There are so many great texts to…

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S11::Ep243 - Alice's Big Book Of Mistakes with Guest Alice Kaltman - 11/13/24 1:01:07

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Alice Kaltman at www.alicekaltman.com or on IG @alicekaltman This week we chat with Alice Kaltman about her latest book, Alice’s Big Book of Mi…

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S11:Ep242 - Ask Big Questions: A Book Rec Episode - 11/6/24 1:01:12

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week our topic is philosophical. No, we’re not discussing those dull philosophy textbooks, but rather novels or nonfiction that ask big questions, such…

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S11:Ep241 - Smothermoss with Guest Alisa Alering - 10/30/24 58:43

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Alisa Alering at www.alering.com or on Insta @alisa.alering. This week we wrap up what has been a month of seasonally spooky books with guest A…

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S11:Ep240 - Creature Feature: A Book Rec Episode - 10/23/24 59:53

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we’re bringing you a Creature Feature in which we suggest books that tell the story of creatures. Those may be mythological creatures, cryptids, o…

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S11:Ep239 - Chicano Frankenstein with Guest Daniel Olivas - 10/16/24 1:00:44

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Daniel at his website www.danielolivas.com This week we speak with Daniel Olivas, a lawyer with the California Department of Justice, who is al…

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S11: Ep238 - Dead to Me: A Book Rec Episode - 10/9/24 54:50

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 2- Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker 3- Black River Orc…

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S11:Ep237 - A Bit Much with Guest Lyndsay Rush - 10/2/24 1:01:06

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Lyndsay at her website www.lyndsayrush.com/ and on IG at @maryoliversdrunkcousin Books Mentioned In This Episode: 1- A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush…

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S11:Ep236 - Eco-Thrillers with Guests Midge Raymond and John Yunker - 9/25/24 1:01:01

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find info about Midge and John at their website midgeandjohn.com/ or at ashlandcreekpress.com/. They are on IG @midge_and_john and @ashlandcreekpres…

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S11:Ep235 - Oh Appalachia!: A Book Rec Episode - 9/18/24 59:18

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. JD Vance first made news when he published his book Hillbilly Elegy in 2016, but he has since become a senator in Ohio and a vice presidential candidate. Wh…

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S11:Ep234 - A Home For Friendless Women with Guest Kelly Hill - 9/11/24 1:00:48

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Kelly Hill on IG @kellyehill_author . This week we chat with Kelly Hill who published her debut novel, A Home for Friendless Women, this year i…

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S11:Ep233 - What We Did This Summer: A Book Rec Episode - 9/4/24 58:59

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. For a lot of people, Labor Day, which this year fell on September 2, marks the end of summer, although astronomical summer doesn’t end until September 22 (a…

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S11:Ep232 - Itty Bitty Books with Guest Britton Perelman - 8/28/24 59:32

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Britton online at her website www.booksbybritton.com/ IG @booksbybritton On Etsy - Books By Britton This week we chat with Britton Perelman, a …

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S11:Ep231 - Back To School: A Book Rec Episode - 8/21/24 1:02:16

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. It's that time of year where kids and teachers are back at school or almost back at school so we thought we would offer recommendations for books related to…

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S11:Ep230 - Bookstore Crawl with Sierra Hollabaugh - 8/14/24 1:00:41

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find the Bookery Cincy at www.bookerycincy.com/ or on IG @bookerycincy. To find info about the Bookstore Crawl visit FB at Cincy Bookstore Crawl. Th…

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S11:Ep229 - Spacey Reads: A Book Rec Episode - 8/7/24 1:00:11

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we’re going “boldly where no man has gone before.” Yes–that’s right into space. Books Mentioned in This Episode: 1- The Most Precious of Cargoes b…

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S11:Ep228 - Soccer and Friendship with Guests Jean Duffy and Sarahlyn Bruck - 7/31/24 59:56

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Jean Duffy at her website www.jeanduffy.com or on IG @soccergranniesbook. Sarahlyn Bruck can be found at her website www.sarahlynbruck.com or o…

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S11:Ep227 - The Father She Went To Find with Guest Carter Wilson - 7/24/24 1:00:24

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Carter Wilson at his website www.carterwilson.com or on IG @carterwilsonauthor. You can also find his podcast Making It Up on all podcast platf…

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S11:Ep226 - We Love LA: A Book Rec Episode - 7/17/24 1:00:08

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. So back during Season 10 we flew to Los Angeles, California for the LA Times Festival of Books, which was held on the campus of USC. We were able to meet ou…

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S11:Ep225 - Five Broken Blades with Guest Mai Corland - 7/10/24 1:01:45

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Mai Corland on IG @maicorland as well as at her website at meredithireland.wordpress.com This episode begins Season 11 for us–we’ve got over 20…

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REPLAY - Journeys: A Book Rec Episode 1:00:25

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***We are on summer hiatus but will be back with an all new episode next week! Happy Reading! This week we are talking all about journeys. Whether they be physical or mental, we whisk you away in a good book. Choose from 10 book recommendations from Carrie and Amy for when you're ready to be on the move. For show notes for any episode, go to our we…

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REPLAY - Laugh Out Loud Lit: A Book Rec Episode 58:19

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We are on summer hiatus until July 10, 2024. Until then, please check out this episode about humor and books that made us laugh. It originally aired April 2023. Did you know it is National Humor Month? Neither did we but now we do and so do you. Which means this week we are talking about books that make us laugh. For show notes for any episode, go …

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REPLAY - Summer Reading 2023 with guest Bookseller Sam Miller 1:00:42

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****We are still on hiatus but will be back with all new episodes in a few weeks. Until then, enjoy our Summer Reading episode from last year with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, from Carmichaels Books. Her suggestions may not be hot off the press but still make for great reads. Happy Reading! At the start of summer, we like to chat with Sam M…

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REPLAY - June Holidays: A Book Rec Episode - 6/13/24 1:00:42

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We are on hiatus for the month of June. This replay episode originally aired June 2023. This week we celebrate all the special days of June! Want a book rec for Pride month? We have one. What about Juneteenth or Father's Day? We have you covered. And did you know it's National Audiobook Month? It's new to us as well but we love audiobooks so we giv…

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REPLAY AAPI Month: A Book Rec Episode - 6/5/24 1:01:11

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We are on hiatus for the month of June. This is a replay episode from 2023. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. This week are celebrating AAPI Heritage Month (Asian American Pacific Islander) and we give you a list…

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S10:Ep224 - Mental Health Awareness Month : A Book Rec Episode- 5/29/24 59:31

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the contact button. We will be on a much needed hiatus for the entire month of June and a smidge into July. You will get replays of some of our book recommendation episodes fro…

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S10:Ep223 - The Act of Disappearing with Guest Nathan Gower - 5/22/24 59:54

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Nathan Gower at his website www.nathangower.com or on IG @nathan_gower_ Our guest this week is Nathan Gower, a writer with roots in Kentucky, h…

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S10:Ep222 - Summer Reading with Bookseller Sam Miller - 5/25/24 1:00:43

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we have our annual summer reading episode with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, store manager at Carmichaels Bookstore in Louisville, KY. By t…

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S10:Ep221 - Audiobook Appreciation Month: A Book Rec Episode - 5-8-24 59:07

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. May is Audiobook Appreciation Month so this week we suggest to you 10 plus books that give an added dimension when you listen to the audiobook version. And …

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S10:Ep220 - A Traveling Book Club with Guests Marilyn Robbins and Sami Lien - 5/1/24 1:00:12

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. We interact with book publicists pretty often, but a few months ago, one of them, Sami Lien, emailed and asked for recommendations about things to do in Ken…

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S10:Ep219 REMIX - Beware The Tall Grass with guest Ellen Birkett Morris - 4/24/24 1:00:30

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we have a remix episode because we are attending the LA Festival of Books. We catch up with author Ellen Birkett Morris. We first spoke to her in …

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S10:Ep218 - Books That Live In Our Heads: A Book Rec Episode- 4/17/24 1:01:19

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we are playing the nostalgia card. All of the books we mention are backlist in a big way; the majority are at least 15 years old. Our episode is a…

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S10:Ep217 - Akmaral and Warrior Women with Guest Judith Lindbergh - 4/10/24 1:01:03

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Judith Lindbergh at judithlindbergh.com/ and on IG @judithlindbergh. This week’s episode is one that big history nerds may find fascinating. In…

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S10:Ep216 - Books Make Environmental Impact: A Book Rec Episode - 3/3/24 59:12

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. Earth Day is upon us in a few weeks, April 22, and what better time to explore literature that comments on the health of Mother Earth. This week we are talk…

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S10:Ep215 - Austen is in the Air with guests Melodie Edwards and AH Kim - 3/27/24 1:00:30

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find this week’s Austen authors at their websites: AH Kim - www.ahkim.net/ and @ahkim.writer Melodie Edwards - www.melodieedwards.com/ and @melodiew…

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