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Laura Pleasants and Leslie Hopping
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A bookish podcast, featuring two friends who love spending time reading and sharing great books. In each episode, we will introduce a stack of books that are tied together with a common connection to help to take a deeper dive into each story. We want to provide a space to talk books that is friendly and deep, with a little hint of geek.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Fiction for Foodies - Season 4, Episode 15

    Send us a text In this episode we are sharing Fiction that any Foodie will love!  And just a warning...Don't listen to this episode if you are hungry!   Featured Books: The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel Linden (LH)Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews (LH)Didn’t You Use to be Queenie B? By Terri-Lynne DeFino (LP)Delicious! By Ruth Reichl (LP)Book in Hand Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham (LH)Books Mentioned in This Episode: Varina Pallindino’s Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino Tender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan StradalMiss Cecily’s Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky ZimmermanThe Kitchen Front by Jennifer RyanThe City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise MillerLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusThe Pairing by Casey McQuistonWays to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    29 min

  2. 28 JAN

    Homework - Season 4, Episode 14

    Send us a text What do 2 teachers do in their spare time besides reading??  Why they assign homework of course...to each other!  Let's see what grades were given on this Shorty! Featured Books: Everything is Probably Fine by Julia London LH to LPMrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford LP to LH Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson LH to LPUnder a Starlit Tide by Kell Williams LP to LHWays to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    13 min

  3. 21 JAN

    Graphic Novels - Season 4, Episode 13

    Send us a text In this episode we are talking about Graphic Novels and we feel grand about it!  We also have a super creepy Book in Hand.  Let's get going! Featured Books: But You Have Friends by Emilia McKenzie (LH)41 Reasons I’m Staying In: A Celebration of Introverts by Hallie Heald (LH)Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast (LP)How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares (LP)Book in Hand: Good and Evil by Other Stories by Samanta SchweblinBooks Mentioned in This Episode: Mendell Station by J. B. HwangThe Women Who Made New York by Julie Scelfo Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: Bea Wolfe by Zach WeinersmithFamily Style by Thien PhamThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiGrass by Keum Suk Gendry-KimThe Circuit by Francisco Jimenez Adapted by Andrew J. RostanAlmost American Girl by Robin HaWays to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    28 min

  4. 14 JAN

    Books in Hand - Season 4, Episode 12

    Send us a text In this episode we are bringing you Books in Hand...books we are currently reading and want you to read as well!  Let's do this! Featured Books: My Fair Frauds by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (LH)Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva (LH)This Here is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry (LP)The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens (LP)Book in Hand: The Ordeals by Rachel Greenlaw (LH) Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Life We Bury by Allen EskensThree Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War  by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess The Divines by Rachel GreenlawWays to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    23 min

  5. 7 JAN

    Retellings of an Epic - Season 4, Episode 11

    Send us a text In this episode we are excited about 2 Retellings of the Epic Poem...Beowulf!  Step into 2 really GREAT backlist books and one Book in Hand that is being published this month. We think you're going to like this! Featured Books: The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (LH)Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith art by Boulet (LP)Book in Hand: The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (LH)Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel HawkinsThe Heiress by Rachel HawkinsThe Villa by Rachel HawkinsAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: Beowulf by the Beowulf PoetVersions/Translations of Beowulf by:R.M LiuzzaSeamus HeaneyGrendel by John GardnerThe Legacy of Heorot by Larry NivenBeowulf, Dragon Slayer by Rosemary SutcliffGrendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife by Susan Signe MorrisonWays to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    25 min

  6. 17/12/2025

    Getting Comfy and Cozy with Mysteries - Season 4, Episode 10

    Send us a text In this episode we are getting Comfy and Cozy with Mysteries. Tis the season, right?  As we record today it's snowing outside and we have a fire going...on the TV, but still!  We will also share a Book in Hand that is being published in January 2026 and do a shameless pitch for our Patreon Channel.  Wink, wink! Featured Books: The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully (LH)A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer (LH)The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman (LP)The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend (LP)Book in Hand: The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus (LP)Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Maid by Nita ProseThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionLenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus We Solve Murders by Richard OsmanThursday Murder Club Series by Richard OsmanThe Mitford Series by Jan KaronThe Harry Potter Series J. K. Rowling The Lost Queen Series by Signe PikeUpon a Starlit Tide by Kell WoodsAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo NicholsArsenic and Adobo by Mia P ManansalaEveryone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin StevensonA Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel PennantA Most Agreeable Murder by Julia SealesWays to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    31 min

  7. 10/12/2025

    2025 Faves Part 2 - Season 4, Episode 9

    Send us a text In today's episode we are sharing our 2025 Faves...and good news...this is Part 2!  Today we disclose the rest of our list!  It's the most wonderful time of the year! Featured Books: The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols (LH)The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore by Anika Fajardo (LH) Run by Blake Crouch (LH)All My Mothers by Joanna Glen (LH)The Red House by Mary Morris (LH)The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian (LP)Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (LP)Lark Ascending by Silas House (LP)The Names by Florence Knapp (LP)The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff (LP)Books Mentioned in This Episode: Murder on Charity Lane by Jo NicholsAbigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian DolanFeatured Runner Up Books: Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven (LH)Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (LP)Ways to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    26 min

  8. 03/12/2025

    2025 Faves Part 1 - Season 4, Episode 8

    Send us a text In today's episode we are sharing our 2025 Faves...and good news...this is Part 1!  Listen in next week for Part 2.  It's the most wonderful time of the year! Featured Books: The Courting of Bristol Keats and The Last Wish of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson (LH)This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Greg (LH) The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper LH)This Motherless Land by Nikki May (LH)The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa (LH)Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (LP)Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (LP)Candle Island by Lauren Wolk (LP)The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (LP)Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods (LP)Books Mentioned in This Episode: Fourth Wing series by Rebecca YarrosFeatured Runner Up Books: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (LP)The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros (LH)Ways to contact us: Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast Follow us on Instagram - @thebookbumble Facebook:  Book Bumble Our website:  https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com Email:  bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com Support the show Please rate and review us, subscribe, follow us on Insta, and join our Team Patreon! It won't be the same without you!

    31 min
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About

A bookish podcast, featuring two friends who love spending time reading and sharing great books. In each episode, we will introduce a stack of books that are tied together with a common connection to help to take a deeper dive into each story. We want to provide a space to talk books that is friendly and deep, with a little hint of geek.

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  • Creator
    Laura Pleasants and Leslie Hopping
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    157
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Book Bumble
  • Show Website
    Book Bumble

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