No Thanks We're Booked Katie and Mollie
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Looking at life through a bookish lens, internet-turned-IRL friends, Katie and Mollie, swap stories about the books they're currently loving and the life they're currently living. Grab a cup of tea (or a Moscow Mule) as we chat about the intersection of books, faith, family, friendship, personality, and culture.
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All the Bookish and Preggo Things for our Final Season 2 Episode!
We’ve made it to the end of season 2, folks, and it’s bittersweet! Thank you sticking around if you’ve been listening this season. We’re taking a hiatus as we both have our babies in November, but we wanted to leave you with a fun Q&A of all things bookish, life, and motherhood!
Books mentioned:
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Things You Save In a Fire by Katherine Center How to Walk Away by Katherine Center The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield The Wonder Emma Donoghue The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Beartown by Fredrik Backman Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Virgil Wander by Leif Enger This Momentary Marriage by John Piper The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile How People Change by Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman -
Looking Forward to Fall Reading
Hi friends! Today we’re talking about what books we’re looking forward to reading in the fall - specific titles as well as genres. We also contemplate what our reading lives will really look like with new babies in the picture. But before we get into all of that we discuss our cats, because who doesn’t love to hear some stories about Remus, Scout, Peaches, and Katie’s long-ago cat Bird (who was sweet but dumb).
Books Mentioned
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
That’s What Frenemies Are For by Sophie Littlefield and Lauren Gershell
Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Recursion by Blake Crouch
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Beartown by Frederick Backman
There There by Tommy Orange
The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The 7½ of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Americana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Us Against You by Frederick Backman
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl
All of the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio
Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
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Interview with Best-Selling Author of Lock Every Door: Riley Sager
Hi readers! You're in for a treat today. We are so excited to have Riley Sager on the podcast, national and international best-selling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied, and his new release that came out in July 2019, Lock Every Door.
We loved picking Riley's brain all about what makes a great plot-twisty horror/thriller, how he got the inspiration to write about The Bartholomew—the creepy, gothic setting for Lock Every Door—his favorite characters to write about, and so, so much more.
This is a spoiler-free episode, and we hope you enjoy it! After talking to Riley, we are definitely in the mood for some more page-turning thrillers.
Books mentioned:
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Final Girls by Riley Sager The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Bird Box by Josh Malerman Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Follow Us Everywhere!
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Instagram Made Us Do It
In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie lament the onslaught of heartburn because their stomachs now reside in their throats. They discuss what they’re reading, the fact that their books have overlapped some this month, they wonder where all the time to read summer books has gone, and they guess each other’s favorite books that instagram made them read (or in Mollie’s case, what KATIE made her read…).
Books Mentioned
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Beartown by Fredrik Bachman
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Nevermoor and Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Sweet Bitter by Stephanie Danler
Wives and Daughters and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
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Genre-Bending Books and Goodreads Nesting
Hi friends! Today we're talking about our favorite genre-bending books (and some movies!). Let us know what some of your favorite "blends" are—and if you recommend an unlikely pairing!
Books mentioned:
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge Outlander by Diana Gabaldon American Gods by Neil Gaiman The Book Thief by Markus Zusak infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami The Dinner by Herman Koch Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Beloved by Toni Morrison Bone Gap by Laura Ruby The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 11/22/63 by Stephen King Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Follow Us Everywhere!
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Episode 36: Crazy Similar Book Titles, Fun-Brow Books, and Transitions
In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie catch up about traveling, what they’re reading (or NOT reading), similar book trends (how do you end up with three books with oddly similar titles), and the transitions that shape a life (and of course how we often find those real life transitions in the books we read).
Books Mentioned
The Well of Ascension/Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed
Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
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Customer Reviews
Kindred spirits
I love listening to Mollie and Katie!! I find myself smiling and nodding along so much while listening to these two and their book recommendations are incredible!! Mollie and Katie seem like such genuinely kind people. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys bookish podcasts.
Like Chatting with Friends
I love following these two on Booktube and Bookstagram, so listening to their podcast is an extension of that love. It’s like sitting and chatting with friends — I laugh, I smile, and I relate ☺️
What a great podcast!
This is a great podcast! They do such a good job with this podcast! I'd recommend this to anyone who likes book related talks.