The Everygirl Book Club

The Everygirl Book Club
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Welcome to the Everygirl Book Club Podcast—an extension of our virtual book club and your inside look at the book world. Each episode brings you exclusive conversations with bestselling authors, creators, and industry insiders, alongside deep dives into the stories everyone’s talking about. From the viral books taking over your feed to the latest BookTok and BookThreads drama, upcoming releases we can’t wait to read, and behind-the-scenes publishing buzz, we’re covering all things books, culture, and conversation. Whether you’re a casual reader or fully booked and busy, this is your place to stay in the know and obsessed with what’s next on your TBR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. 1d ago

    #6 Andy Hunter: Taking on Amazon, Ethical Consumption, and Hoarding Books

    The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with Andy Hunter, founder and CEO of Bookshop.org and publisher of Literary Hub, Bookmarks, and CrimeReads. Andy shares his current reads and recommendations, how books helped him navigate a challenging upbringing, and the formative titles that shaped his life. He discusses the creation of Bookshop.org and its mission to support independent bookstores in the face of Amazon’s dominance, early skepticism from investors, the platform’s rapid pandemic-era growth, and the impact of BookTok on book sales and niche bookstores. Andy also dives into Bookshop’s goals for the future, including improving bookstore technology and expanding independent bookstore access to e-books. 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:42 Vacation Reads and ARCs 06:10 How Books Shaped Andy 07:41 Childhood Favorites and Classics 13:03 Raising Readers at Home 15:12 Building Bookshop Against Amazon 20:06 BookTok and Indie Bookstore Boom 26:09 Opening a Bookstore Advice 27:41 Boldness and Embracing Failure 29:46 Anti-Acquisition Guardrails 42:10 Affordable Ethical Reading 45:56 Finding Better Book Recs 49:30 Impact And Future Plans 59:29 Final Thanks And Sign Off Books mentioned:Dodge City by Patrick deWitt French Exit by Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood Famous Men by Julie Buntin I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman On the Road by Jack Kerouac Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Watership Down by Richard Adams The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Charlotte's Web by E.B. White The Mixed-Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Jul 14

    #5 Rachel Lynn Solomon: Pop Stars, Slutty Little Earrings, and Emotionally Mature Men

    The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with author Rachel Lynn Solomon ahead of her novel Extracurricular, about former pop star Ramona Wilder starting college and developing chemistry with her psychology professor, Nick, while trying to escape a toxic, objectifying career and heal from an emotionally abusive mother. Solomon discusses the books that made her want to write (especially Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries), her chaotic “Mad Libs” drafting process across YA and adult, and why adult romance allows broader life questions and more explicit content while still modeling healthy desire, consent, and communication for teens. She explains her draw to entertainment settings, researching authentic Los Angeles details, crafting a charged meet-cute, and balancing the professor-student power dynamic by giving Ramona agency.  00:00 Meet Rachel Lynn Solomon 02:46 Drafting Process 03:55 YA Versus Adult Romance 06:23 Fanfic Reader Origins 09:47 Why Entertainment Settings 14:10 Writing Extracurricular 23:53 Strangers And Meet Cutes 28:17 Fame Persona vs Person 30:40 Balancing Pop and Trauma 34:04 Girlhood and Fandom 39:12 Parasocial Loneliness 44:23 Tropes as Marketing 50:22 Therapy is Sexy 53:10 Book Recs and Farewell Books MentionedThe Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon Business Or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon Isn't It Obvious? by Rachel Runya Katz Fifty Shades Of Grey by E. L. James Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Warriors Series by Erin Hunter The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O'Clover If Not You by Ellen O'Clover Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar Musicians/Artists MentionedTaylor Swift Olivia Rodrigo Charli XCX The Smiths The Cure One Direction Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Jul 10

    #4 Ashley Poston: The Power of Fandoms, Magical Realism, and Negative Reviews

    #4: The Power of Fandoms, Magical Realism, and Negative ReviewsThe Everygirl Book Club hosts interview New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston about her novel The Someday Garden, in which Sophie, the new head gardener at Lilymoor, discovers a secret garden and a mysterious man trapped inside. Poston explains how growing up in fandom and writing fanfic shaped her voice and led to her magical realism romances. She shares her craft process: using fanfic-style scenarios to test character chemistry, then ensuring the magic serves character growth. Poston reflects on The Seven-Year Slip’s personal origins, its reader-driven “long tail” success, coping with grief while writing it, handling reviews (including a harsh Kirkus line as motivation), researching gardens despite having a “brown thumb,” drafting The Someday Garden’s time-based magic through multiple versions, and teases a forthcoming romantasy duology. 0:00 – Introduction 2:03 – The Dead Romantics & Discovering Romance 6:27 – Fandom, Fanfic & Reylo 12:47 – Characters, Magic & Writing Process 15:35 – The Seven-Year Slip's Success 28:20 – On Reviews, Ratings & Reader Taste 35:20 – The Someday Garden & The Secret Garden 41:12 – Sophie, Grief & the Garden's Magic 47:10 – The Challenge of Writing Time Travel 51:52 – About Time & Character Inspirations 57:23 – Easter Eggs & the Ashley Poston Universe 58:20 – The End of an Era & What's Next 1:00:59 – Book Recommendations & Closing Books mentioned: The Someday Garden – Ashley Poston The Dead Romantics – Ashley Poston The Seven-Year Slip – Ashley Poston Heart of Iron – Ashley Poston Geekerella (Once Upon a Con trilogy) – Ashley Poston Novel Love Story – Ashley Poston Bishop Takes King (Hawkeye) – Ashley Poston Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon Howl's Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess – Frances Hodgson Burnett Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros Dearly Departed – Chip Ponds The House of Now and Then – Edward Underhill The Summer Girlfriend – Kristina Forest Romantic Hero – Kirsty Greenwood Movies/TV shows mentioned: Star Wars (franchise, plus Ashley's upcoming Star Wars novel) Avatar: The Last Airbender About Time Fairy Tale Dimension 20 / Dropout (TV series) Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Jul 2

    #3 Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires

    Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with debut novelist and journalist Jessica M. Goldstein about her novel Retro—a speculative time-travel novel that kept us hooked from the moment we first read the synopsis—discussing “the sickening pain of nostalgia,” escapism, and why female friendships and platonic love are undervalued. Goldstein shares formative childhood reads and describes her affinity for vintage media and film craftsmanship. She explains building Retro’s grounded speculative world—an office-run time-travel agency using a Metro-like system—while setting clear limits, blending satire with serious themes of debt, corporate power, moral responsibility, modern dating, and the need to stay present. Goldstein also reflects on moving from journalism and McSweeney’s satire to speculative fiction, and on crafting an emotionally open ending meant to spark debate. Chapters00:26 Why Retro hooked us01:15 The books that shaped Jessica as a writer04:12 Developing her love of vintage media10:37 Nostalgia and escapism15:42 Building Retro's world21:46 Offices are actually so weird32:19 Moving from Journalism to Fiction36:35 Laughing at reality44:59 The nostalgia trap46:58 Choosing hope amid uncertainty53:57 Friendship as a lifeline01:02:36 Balancing humor and heart01:08:12 On the importance of staying present Books MentionedRetroAlice in WonderlandThe Wizard of OzThe Phantom TollboothPeter PanElena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels Yesteryear Movies MentionedDog Day AfternoonThe Red ShoesBefore SunsetCluelessIndependence DayArgoForrest GumpCocoYou've Got MailWhen Harry Met SallySinnersOne Battle After AnotherLa ChimeraThe Wolf of Wall Street TV Shows MentionedEuphoriaSeveranceParty Down Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Jun 30

    #2 Erica Hendry: Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters

    #002: Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters with Erica Hendry In partnership with BookSparks, The Everygirl Book Club welcomes Erica Hendry, author of June Book Club pick, Let's Not Go Overboard Here. If you've ever defended your love of reality TV, assigned yourself a favorite boy band member, or found comfort in messy female characters, this episode is for you. Erica joins Garri and Lauren to chat about how her debut novel came to be, why pop culture is so much more than a guilty pleasure, and how she built a mystery that's equal parts funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable. Along the way, they swap book recommendations, reminisce about the pop culture references that live in their heads rent-free, and make the case for letting people unapologetically love the things they love. Chapters00:00 Welcome & introducing Erica Hendry02:49 Reading Receipts: What Erica is reading now, recent 5-star reads, and her most anticipated upcoming releases08:18 Erica's journey to publishing her debut novel13:26 Writing authentic characters through pop culture20:54 Balancing humor, grief & emotional depth23:24 Why reality TV fans are misunderstood31:25 Do pop culture references date a novel?35:08 Why we should let people love what they love43:07 Building the world of Let's Not Go Overboard Here47:25 The parallels between reality TV and real life53:17 Rapid-fire questions with Erica1:03:43 Final thoughts & what's next for Erica Books MentionedA Deadly Episode by Anthony HorowitzPhoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke AverickNight Objects by Eli RaphaelBig Nobody by Alex KadisHopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlaneBig Little Truths by Liane MoriartyYou'll Love It Here by Natalie Sue Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise RennisonReady Player One by Ernest ClineHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinRetro by Jessica M. Goldstein The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Jun 30

    #1: Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate

    Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate #001: In this episode of The Everygirl Book Club podcast, Lauren and Garri share the books that made them lifelong readers, their evolving reading phases, and how BookTok shaped (and later sharpened) their tastes. They discuss mood reading, cringe in romance, DNFing, and their auto-buy authors. They share their all-time favorite reads as well as their 2026 highs and lows (so far). They swap current reads and audiobook habits, deliver hot takes (including loving Silver Elite despite the hate, disliking Crescent City, and Garri’s case against Fourth Wing’s Xaden), and answer member-submitted recommendation requests. Finally, they reveal and contextualize The Everygirl Book Club's summer picks—Let’s Not Go Overboard Here, Love By the Book, and Both Can Be True—plus a bonus read, A Good Person, and close with the LITigation segment, defending unlikable main characters and pushing back on the idea that “all romantasy is the same.” Chapters00:46 Read Receipts06:24 Book Taste Explained10:58 Auto Buy Authors15:31 All Time Favorites21:28 2026 Highs and Lows25:41 Current Reads27:29 Hear Me Out36:41 Listener Prescriptions42:41 Summer Book Club Picks53:21 LITigation Books MentionedPercy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick RiordanThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanNormal People by Sally RooneyThe Secret History by Donna TarttBlood Over Bright Haven by M.L. WangThe Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne YoungMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodProblematic Summer Romance by Ali HazelwoodOne Dark Window by Rachel GilligThe Bone Season by Samantha ShannonThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonHeart of the Lover by Lily KingInto the Blue by Emma BrodieRetro by Jessica M. GoldsteinThe Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth BrowerHabits of the Sea by Shea ErnshawDeath of the Author by Nnedi OkoraforBlood Bound by Ellis HunterSongbird of the Sorrows by Braidee OttoCrescent City by Sarah J. MaasFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasSilver Elite by Dani FrancisYellowface by R.F. KuangYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabWith All My Haunted Heart by Isabel StirlingHappily Ever Afterlife by Emma R. AlbanWayward by Blake CrouchHappy Place by Emily HenryJune Baby by Shannon GarveyLet's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica HendryLove by the Book by Jessica GeorgeBoth Can Be True by Jessica GuerririA Good Person by Kirsten King Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to the Everygirl Book Club Podcast—an extension of our virtual book club and your inside look at the book world. Each episode brings you exclusive conversations with bestselling authors, creators, and industry insiders, alongside deep dives into the stories everyone’s talking about. From the viral books taking over your feed to the latest BookTok and BookThreads drama, upcoming releases we can’t wait to read, and behind-the-scenes publishing buzz, we’re covering all things books, culture, and conversation. Whether you’re a casual reader or fully booked and busy, this is your place to stay in the know and obsessed with what’s next on your TBR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    The Everygirl Book Club
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © The Everygirl Media Group
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