Book Bumble

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. 6D AGO

    Wartime Tales - Season 4, Episode 17

    Send a text In this episode we are featuring Wartime Tales. And these books really enveloped us in a reality that showed the potential people held. Plus, we have a Book in Hand that is binge worthy and creepy.  Let's listen!  Featured Books: The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman (LH)The Library of Legends by Janie Chang (LH)Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson (LP)The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel (LP)Book in Hand: The Intruder by Frieda McFadden (LP)Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin HarmelThe Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin HarmelThe Paris Daughter by Kristin HarmelThe Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin HarmelMeet Me in Paris by Kristin HarmelThe Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin HarmelThe Gown by Jennifer Robson Coronation Year by Jennifer RobsonThe Phoenix Crown by Janie Chang and Kate QuinnThe Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang Three Souls by Janie Chang The Fourth Princess by Janie ChangThe Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel NayeriAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: 33 Place Brugmann by Alice AustenAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSarah’s Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Things They Carried by Tim O’BrienWays 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!

    35 min

  2. FEB 11

    Just the Facts, Mam - Season 4, Episode 16

    Send a text In this episode we are giving you Just the Facts, Mam!  Yes...we are sharing Non-Fiction today, plus a great Historical Fiction Book in Hand.  Let's get down to it! Featured Books: Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby (LH)Murder Most Puzzling - Twenty Mysterious Cases to Solve by Stephanie Von Reiswitz (LH)Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins by Barbara Demick (LP)The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke (LP)Book in Hand: The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (LP)Books Mentioned in This Episode: Nowhere Boy by Katherine MarshYou Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Marueen Johnson and Jay CooperWe Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha IrbyNew Year Same Trash by Samantha IrbyThe Sunflower Boys by Sam WachmanAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: London Falling by Patrick Radden KeefeFootball by Chuck KlostermanWe the Women by Norah O’Donnell and Kate Anderson BrowerWays 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!

    42 min

  3. FEB 4

    Fiction for Foodies - Season 4, Episode 15

    Send 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

  4. JAN 28

    Homework - Season 4, Episode 14

    Send 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

  5. JAN 21

    Graphic Novels - Season 4, Episode 13

    Send 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

  6. JAN 14

    Books in Hand - Season 4, Episode 12

    Send 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

  7. JAN 7

    Retellings of an Epic - Season 4, Episode 11

    Send 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

  8. 12/17/2025

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

    Send 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
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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.

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  • Creator
    Laura Pleasants and Leslie Hopping
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    159
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Book Bumble
  • Show Website
    Book Bumble

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