Books with Betsy

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Books with Betsy is a podcast that celebrates the reading life of all readers. Each week, Betsy interviews a different person about their reading life. Listen for book recommendations, reading tips, and to join in the joy that reading brings. And remember, anyone who reads is a reader.

  1. 4D AGO

    Episode 96 - A Complete Package with Arionne Nettles

    On this episode, Arionne Nettles, author, journalist, and professor, talks about how she finds romance to be a comfort, audiobook preferences that she loves, and why she likes talking about books in person but has a harder time with the bookish internet. We also get to talk about her book that I would absolutely recommend widely!   We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Intemperance by Sonora Jha  These Heathens by Mia McKenzie  Brawler by Lauren Groff    Books Highlighted by Arionne: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Matriarch by Tina Knowles  Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid  How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith  The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee  Happiness Falls by Angie Kim    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Addy: Finding Freedom by Connie Porter  The Care and Keeping of You by Valorie Schaefer & Cara Netterson  Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan  Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen  Born a Crime by Trevor Noah  The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey  Come & Get It by Kiley Reid  Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond  Evicted by Matthew Desmond

    1h 1m

  2. MAR 2

    Episode 95 - Who Reads Books Anymore with Will Pass

    On this episode, Will Pass, author and creator of Who Reads Books Anymore, talks about the joy of the library with his kids, how much he learns about books when talking to strangers, and the book that hooked him as a young reader. We also talk a lot about how people develop a rich reading life and I hope this inspires listeners to encourage a non-reader in their life!   Will’s Author Site  Who Reads Books Anymore The Second Smartest Dog That Ever Lived  Pre-Order The Whirlpool of Lebanon    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Culpability by Bruce Holsinger  Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy    Books Highlighted by Will: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki  Nest by Terry Goodkind A Little Like Magic by Sarah Kurpiel  Merle’s Door: Lessons From a Free-Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasote  Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal  Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal Train Dreams by Denis Johnson  The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist  The Stranger by Albert Camus   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: The Coin by Yasmin Zaher  The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien  Corner by Zo-O We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins  Baby Talk by Stella Blackstone Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt  The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt French Exit by Patrick deWitt  The Stand by Stephen King  Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud  Heidi by Johanna Spyri  Angels by Denis Johnson  Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson  Death With Interruptions by José Saramago  Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind  The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein  I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal  Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

    1h 4m

  3. FEB 23

    Episode 94 - Book Club - There There

    On this episode, Sofia and Becca from Off Color Book Club join me to discuss the most recent Off Color Book Club book, There There by Tommy Orange.    My Book Club Guide   If you’re interested in joining the Off Color Book Club in the future, our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 17th to discuss Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli. All are welcome!

    54 min

  4. FEB 16

    Episode 93 - AP Lit Hates to See Me Coming with Nicole Abrahamson

    On this episode, Nicole Abrahamson, Off Color Book Club Member, talks about her extremely varied reading life that is inspired by the idea of trying anything once. We also talk about the importance of talking about why you might not like a book and she drops a ton of titles that you might want to add to your TBR.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte  The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy  There, There by Tommy Orange    Books Highlighted by Nicole: East of Eden by John Steinbeck  The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini  The Plot Against America by Philip Roth The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy  Babel by R.F. Kuang Freedom by Jonathan Franzen  Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr  Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr  About Grace by Anthony Doerr The Most Fun We Ever Had by Clarie Lombardo  Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang  Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros  Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff  The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte  Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen  Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

    1 hr

  5. FEB 9

    Episode 92 - Characters Having a Bad Time with Rachel Larkins

    On this episode, Rachel Larkins, a listener of Books with Betsy, talks about her project to read all the winners of the Hugo award, so we talk about a lot of really great sci-fi books. We also dish about how great the Book Riot podcast universe is and we might convince you to pick up Dune.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Ring by Michele Lerner You Wanna Be On Top? by Sarah Hartshorne Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte  The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy    Books Highlighted by Rachel: Enders Game by Orson Scott Card  Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell  The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson Red Rising by Pierce Brown A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter Miller  Prophet Song by Paul Lynch  Among Others by Jo Walton  Network Effect by Martha Wells  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir  Dune by Frank Herbert  Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman  The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu  Travel Team by Mike Lupica  Recursion by Blake Crouch  Katabasis by R.F. Kuang  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood  The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon  Gilead by Marilynne Robinson  Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

    1h 2m

  6. FEB 2

    Episode 91 - Magpie Reader with Amanda Moulson

    On this episode, Amanda Moulson, co-host of the Curious Readers podcast, talks about finding her heartland as a reader, how much women’s voices influence her reading life, and the ways that podcasting about books changes how she interacts with books. We also go down a bit of an awards rabbit hole and find our shared love of pen and paper.    Curious Readers Podcast    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  So Far Gone by Jess Walter  The Compound by Aisling Rawle  The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabelle Wilkerson    Books Highlighted by Amanda: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry  The Melting by Lize Spit  Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason  Green Dot by Madeleine Gray  Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny  Angel Down by Daniel Kraus  One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad  Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel  Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry  Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell  I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell  Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny  Buckeye by Patrick Ryan  On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle  Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    49 min

  7. JAN 26

    Episode 90 - Book Club - Project Hail Mary

    On this episode, Stephanie Majercik and Nicole Abrahamson from Off Color Book Club join me to discuss the most recent Off Color Book Club book, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.    My Book Club Guide   If you’re interested in joining the Off Color Book Club in the future, our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 17th to discuss There There by Tommy Orange. All are welcome!

    50 min

  8. JAN 19

    Episode 89 - Well-Loved Books with Giorgia Riddell

    On this episode, Giorgia Riddell, of Fostered Fiction, talks about her love for used books, especially those that are already annotated, her memories of listening to books on road trips, and we get into the current reading stats from last year and encourage anyone who wants to talk about reading online to go out there and do it.    Fostered Fiction on TikTok  Fostered Fiction on Instagram    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa Tilt by Emma Pattee  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir    Books Highlighted by Giorgia: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar  The Secret History by Donna Tartt  You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah  Lie With Me by Phillipe Besson  What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez  Creep by Emma van Straaten  Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon  The Will of the Many by James Islington  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab  If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga  Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket  The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale  Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins  The Friend by Sigrid Nunez  Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin  Is This a Cry For Help? by Emily Austin  Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut  Seascraper by Benjamin Wood  Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell  Seven Days in June by Tia Williams  You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi  The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones  The Housemaid by Freida McFadden  This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone The Only One Left by Riley Sager  Gone Girl by Gilian Flynn  Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk  Endling by Maria Reva  The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

    54 min
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Books with Betsy is a podcast that celebrates the reading life of all readers. Each week, Betsy interviews a different person about their reading life. Listen for book recommendations, reading tips, and to join in the joy that reading brings. And remember, anyone who reads is a reader.

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  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    96
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