Happily Booked: A Bookcast

Brooke and Becky

This is the podcast where two 'kindred spirits' believe that the pursuit of happiness is the same thing as reading a good book and being able to talk about it!This is the 45-minute to an hour-long podcast show where the two hostesses will discuss...books! They will talk about what they have read recently, whether they have enjoyed those books or not, what they are currently reading, what they hope to get into next, and other hobbies such as knitting and crocheting! A little bit of "life" talk may pop in and out of these episodes, perhaps even a guest or two will appear, but whatever occurs Brooke and Becky can be counted on to discuss one subject for sure, making this show their "bookcast"!

  1. FEB 2

    Season 4, Episode 4 - Becky's sick so here's a brief bookish update! (AUDIO ONLY)

    Send us a text Hey everyone!  We just want to pop on and say thank you so much for listening to and watching our videos! This week's episode was originally, of course, going to be a video recording, but Becky became ill! (She's fine now, don't worry!) She kindly offered not venture down to my neck of the woods for fear she would get us sick as well. Also, it was way too cold to do anything!! So she took the day to rest, and I (Brooke) uploaded a brief bookish update for you guys. We want to stay consistent with recording, so we felt good about this plan. The books listed in this small episode are listed below! Until next week, stay Happily Booked!! :) 2:44 - The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper, Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup 4:48 - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart 5:20 - The Stand by Stephen King 8:20 - The Infection by Craig DiLouie (#1) 10:00 - Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis 10:30 - The 100 by Kass Morgan 11:17 - Rift by Thomas Asher  13:50 - The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    16 min
  2. JAN 26

    S3, E20 A - Can I hit 100 books by the end of 2025???

    Send us a text HELLO KINDRED SPIRITS!!! This is the last audio episode we recorded in the year of our Lord, 2025!!! We talked about some Christmas-ish books, and Brooke goes on about her plan to reach 100 books by the end of the year! We hope you have enjoyed listening all this time, and we hope you continue to learn and grow with us as we aim to solely have video recordings on YouTube! Thank you so much for listening! We love you dearly! All the books we mentioned in this episode are listed below!  Until next week, stay Happily Booked!  12:08 - Six Days In Bombay by Alka Joshi 16:40 - The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson 23:40 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick / Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden 32:00 - 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi (#1) 38:20 - Making Space by R. F. Kuang (#2) 41:40 - For A Limited Time Only by Peng Shepherd (#3) 44:40 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 46:41 - A Visit To The Husband Archive by Kaliane Bradley (#4) 51:00 - How The Ghost Stole Christmas by Erin McCarthy 51:20 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup  56:40 - All Manner Of Things Shall Be by Olivie Blake (#5) 58:00 - Cronus by P. Djeli Clark (#6) 1:01:01 - Ringshout by P. Djeli Clark  1:01:45 - Ward D by Frieda McFadden 1:07:30 - The Infection by Craig DiLouie (#1) 1:14:00 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    1h 15m
  3. JAN 6

    S3, E18 A - I just wasn't feelin' it...

    Send us a text 10:13 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 11:30 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 13:30 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup 16:45 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers 20:40 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick 22:15 - The Most Wonderful Crime Of The Year by Ally Carter 22:50 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden 24:50 - Animal Farm by George Orwell/ The Book Of The Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr 27:30 - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 30:40 - The Lord Of The Silent by Elizabeth Peters / Emma by Jane Austen / The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 8 by Beth Brower 33:10 - The House Of The Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 42:20 - The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 43:00 - Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen 47:50 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen / Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 44:50 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver 45:50 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden 57:31 -  Fantasticland by Mike Bokoven 59:38 - The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James 1:03:22 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera 1:04:42 - The Infection by Craig DeLouie (#1) 1:05:32 - Blood Red by James A. Moore 1:08:07 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    1h 16m
  4. JAN 5

    S3, E17 A - What books have WE finished? Why would we know?

    Send us a text Hello friends and kindred spirits alike! Welcome back to our show notes section of the podcast! We hope you enjoyed listening to us. In this episode, we talked about several different genres of books. We also, for the life of us, could not remember what we had read or what we were currently reading. Who's supposed to be keeping track of that stuff anyway? Oops. We got through it together, and the books we discussed or just briefly mentioned are down below. Have you read any of these same titles? If you have, what are your thoughts on them? Shoot us an email at happilybookedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know!  Until next week, Stay Happily Booked! :) 2:12 - Letters From Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien 6:18 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer  6:22 - We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough 7:52 - A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher 9:45 - What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher (#1), What Feasts At Night by T. Kingfisher (#2), What Stalks The Deep by T. Kingfisher (#3) 10:43 - The Fall of the House Of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 11:12 - 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi (The Time Travelers Passport) 12:26 - Animal Farm by George Orwell  16:53 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol. 6 by Beth Brower 19:25 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (#5) 21:46 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver 31:43 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden 33:33 - Trapline by Timothy Zahn 38:00 - Lord Of The Silent by Elizabeth Peters (#13) 38:38 - Emma by Jane Austen 39:30 - Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen 41:40 - Persuasion by Jane Austen 43:00 - The Legends Of The First Empire by Michael J. Sullivan 43:40 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 44:15 - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 48:00 - Fantasticland by Mike Bokoven / The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James 59:20 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    1h 3m
  5. 11/10/2025

    S3, E16 A - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix!! **SPOILERS**

    Send us a text Hey everybody! We are so glad you're here! And we are even more glad if you read along with us! Did you love this spooky, disturbing, insane story like we did? Grady Hendrix is a fantastic author. There are A LOT of crazy things (and gore-filled things) that happen during this story. We actually decided it was more gruesome than The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid, which both of us read back in the first season of our podcast. We tried to talk about nearly every aspect of this story that we could. IF there was a portion we did not cover that you were hoping to hear, please feel free to email us and let us know! Books mentioned in this episode: My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix The Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix The Blanks by Grady Hendrix The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid  The Stand by Stephen King Movies mentioned in this episode: Signs (2002) Thank you for your continued support. The next episode will be a normal recording. Until then, Stay Happily Booked! Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    1h 22m
  6. 11/03/2025

    S3, E15 A - Welcome to the podcast where we get distracted!

    Send us a text Hello to all of our dear Kindred Spirits! We are so happy you are here.  Although Becky and the girls did not drive to Brooke's house for this recording, they were able to record over a phone call and had a very successful time! No technical difficulties, they were both in such good moods! I don't know why i'm talking in the 3rd person! Let us know if you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed recording! Also, please let us know what you're reading and how you feel about what you're reading. The show notes for this episode are down below! If you are participating in our book club, today is the cutoff for any audio recordings or typed-up thoughts we receive regarding the book club's book. If you joined us, we are so glad that you did. This book has been a wild ride. :) Happilybookedpodcast@gmail.com  Storygraph - Brookebatesratesbooks / Magbeck2011 Fable - Brooke Bates Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates 3:57 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (#5) 4:45 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 6:22 - Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix / My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix 13:43 - The Rise Of The Governor by Robert Kirkman (#1)  15:47 - Middle Of The Night by Riley Sager 18:30 - Comet In Moominland by Tove Jansson (#1) 20:02 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol 6 by Beth Brower 12:02 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 23:58 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult 30:42 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 31:14 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (#5) 34:29 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera  36:30 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven  40:45 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol 7 by Beth Brower 53:22 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver 54:10 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden 56:05 - Blood Red by James A. Moore Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    1h 6m
  7. 10/20/2025

    S3, E14 A - A podcast listening to a book about a podcast?!!? These are some great books!

    Send us a text Hello everyone!  Thanks again for joining us. This was a very enjoyable episode that we recorded. Even if you can't see the time difference, when Becky and I go a while without catching up on what we're reading, we just don't know what to do with ourselves! Then, when we get the chance to catch up, it always feels wonderfully refreshing! We just enjoy talking about books together and are so blessed to have you here with us. If you are sending in any recordings/ paragraphs to be read about the book club book, please send them to our email (found below) by November 3rd so we can get your clip edited in! Thank you so much. The show notes for this episode are down below. Until next week, stay Happily Booked! 2:31 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 6:31 - Archibald Chesterfield And The Whispers Of The Aztec Scroll by Roger Moak (#1) 11:00 - Robert Frost Poems, Plato's Work Thaetetus / Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Jules Vern 12:02 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain / Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 12:27 - Percy Jackson And The Olympians by Rick Riordan 13:22 - Emma's Christmas Wish by Better Homes And Gardens 13:50 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 14:59 - The Mysterious Island by Jules Vern / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Vern  16:00 - Death On The Nile by Agatha Christie 16:40 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 17:09 - My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix 19:50 - Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver 23:29 - Peggy On The Road by Virginia Hughes (#4) 25:33 - Nancy Drew & Trixie Beldin 26:10 - The Barkeep by William Lashner 27:57 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 29:21 - Bright Young Dead by Jessica Fellowes (#2) 30:47 - The Game Is Murder by Hazell Ward 33:54 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol. 5 by Beth Brower 37:01 - Whiteout by R. S. Burnett 45:16 - Whiteout by Ken Follett 45:45 - Safe And Sound by Laura McHugh 50:15 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol 6 by Beth Brower 51:50 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult 57:02 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera 1:00:54 - How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix / The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix Support the show Be sure to keep yourself Happily Booked! We are Amazon Affiliates, Any link you find available above will redirect you to Amazon. We earn from qualifying purchases with these links. Becky's Homestead Etsy Page: bobwhitehomestead.etsy Instagram/ TikTok - happilybookedpodcast Facebook - Happily Booked Podcast Likewise - BrookeBatesHappilyBooked Goodreads - Brooke Lynn Bates Storygraph - brookebatesratesbooks / magbeck2011 THE Sideways Sheriff - Permanent Sponsor Insta/ TikTok - Sideways_sheriff Facebook - Sideways Sheriff Youtube - Sideways Sheriff

    1h 14m

Ratings & Reviews

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About

This is the podcast where two 'kindred spirits' believe that the pursuit of happiness is the same thing as reading a good book and being able to talk about it!This is the 45-minute to an hour-long podcast show where the two hostesses will discuss...books! They will talk about what they have read recently, whether they have enjoyed those books or not, what they are currently reading, what they hope to get into next, and other hobbies such as knitting and crocheting! A little bit of "life" talk may pop in and out of these episodes, perhaps even a guest or two will appear, but whatever occurs Brooke and Becky can be counted on to discuss one subject for sure, making this show their "bookcast"!