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Reading Women releases new episodes every Wednesday. Each month features two episodes on the same theme—one highlighting a range of titles and one discussing two titles more in depth—and two author interviews with women writers whose work we’ve loved.
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Ep. 122 | Farewell, Dear Listeners
In Reading Women’s final episode, Kendra and a very special guest reminisce about episodes across Reading Women’s six seasons.
Things Mentioned
Team Page
Books Mentioned
Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
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Interview with Helen Hoang
In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Helen Hoang about her latest novel, The Heart Principle, which is out from Berkley Books.
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Books Mentioned
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
About the Author
Helen Hoang is that shy person who never talks. Until she does. And the worst things fly out of her mouth. She read her first romance novel in eighth grade and has been addicted ever since.
In 2016, she was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in line with what was previously known as Asperger’s Syndrome. Her journey inspired THE KISS QUOTIENT.
She currently lives in San Diego, California with her husband, two kids, and pet fish.
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Interview with Denise Williams
In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Denise Williams about her latest novel, The Fastest Way to Fall, which is out from Berkley Romance.
Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews!
Books Mentioned
The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams
How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams
About the Author
Denise Williams wrote her first book in the 2nd grade. I Hate You and its sequel, I Still Hate You, featured a tough, funny heroine, a quirky hero, witty banter, and a dragon. Minus the dragons, these are still the books she likes to write. After penning those early works, she finished second grade and eventually earned a PhD. After growing up a military brat around the world and across the country, Denise now lives in Iowa with her husband, son, and two ornery shih-tzus who think they own the house. How to Fail at Flirting was her debut novel and she can usually be found reading, writing, or thinking about love stories.
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Interview with Kyle Lucia Wu
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Kyle Lucia Wu about her book, Win Me Something, which is out from Tin House.
Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews!
Books Mentioned
Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu
Kyle Recommends
Such a Fun Age by Kylie Reid
Overpour by Jane Wong
Ghost Forest by Pin-Shuen Fung
The Atmosphereians by Alex McElroy
About the Author
Kyle Lucia Wu, author of Win Me Something, has received the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Margins Fellowship and residencies from Millay Arts, The Byrdcliffe Colony, Plympton’s Writing Downtown Residency, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center. She is the Programs & Communications Director at Kundiman and has taught creative writing at Fordham University and The New School. She lives in New York City.
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Ep. 121 | Looking Back: Author Interviews
In this week’s episode, we look back at past author interviews throughout the years, and Kendra shares some behind-the-scenes memories around some of her most memorable interviews.
Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews!
Things Mentioned
Interview | Min Jin Lee
Interview | Leesa Cross-Smith
Interview | Carolina De Robertis
Interview | Alice Wong
Interview | Talia Hibbert
Interview | Elizabeth Miki Brina
Interview | Zakiya Dalila Harris
Books Mentioned
All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
Pachinko by Min jin Lee
Whiskey & Ribbons by Lessa Cross-Smith
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong
Alice Wong’s Podcast
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
CONTACT
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Interview with Myriam J. A. Chancy
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Myriam J. A. Chancy about her book, What Storm, What Thunder, which is out from Tin House.
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Books Mentioned
What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy
Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women by Myriam J. A. Chancy
Myriam Recommends
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The One-Armed Sister Sweeps the House by Cherie Jones
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
About the Author
Myriam J. A. Chancy is a Haitian-Canadian-American writer, the HBA Chair in the Humanities at Scripps College in Claremont, California, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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Customer Reviews
Amazing podcast!
This podcast has opened my eyes to so many good books! Love the conversations they have around women authors, but also the portrayal of women in literature! Definitely recommend!
I learn so much with this podcast
I have never been a person who reads much. I love and respect books and even listen to the radio person’s bi-weekly show on books, but I never thought I could be a person who took less than 3 months to get through a 200-page book. This changed at the end of last year when I found Kendra and Autumn on Instagram by chance. I am that person who follows 3 book clubs on Instagram the way one follows fitness accounts in hopes of inspiring oneself to workout more or, in my case, read more. I figured out this ig page had a podcast and decided - since the radio in my car broke in the car wash and I had finished serial - that I would give these ladies (and books) a chance. I fell in love with the very first episode. I kept listening and writing down the books they talked about that appealed to me. Some of them are too difficult emotionally for me to read (ie. Salvage the Bones), but I am working my way through the 2019 Reading Women challenge and I am 3 books in in January alone! My favourite podcasts have been the one about Hermione and the one about the other Einstein. I admit I am not yet caught up with the episodes, but I am working on it. Through this podcast, I have been enlightened into the way books mimic your life as a reader and can help you through those times where your attitude sucks and things are not working out. Both Kendra and Autumn and the women in these books have taught me much about my life and I think I have grown immensely since I let books in through this podcast. Lastly, I would like to end by saying that these two ladies are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about books and the women who write them and those whose stories are being told. Their words sparked a love for books in me and taught me the importance that female literature has in my life.
Fantastic podcast
I love Kendra and Autumn for creating this podcast. We do need to read more women authors and to #reclaimhalfthebookshelf. The duo does great research and they’re just absolutely charming, my TBR is updated each episode! Love it!