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. 1D AGO

    Shh...Secrets - Season 4, Episode 20

    Send a text In this episode we are tying our stack together with the common connection of Shh...Secrets.  Don't tell!  Leslie shares a Book in Hand that is perfect for a brain break or a little time away.  Featured Books: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (LH)The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North (LH)The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner (LP)The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin (LP)Book in Hand: The Inn Crowd: Artistic Getaways and the Modern Innkeepers Who Crafted Them by Jackie Caradonio (LH)Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerThe London Seance Society by Sarah PennerThe Last Bookshop in London by Madeline MartinThe Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline MartinThe Librarian Spy by Madeline MartinThe Booklover’s Library by Madeline MartinThe Whisper Man by Alex NorthA Burning by Megha MajumdarThe Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan HowardAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: The Family Upstairs by Lisa JewelThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreDidn’t See it Coming by Shari LapenaThe Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel LindenThe Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. PearsonWays 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!

    30 min

  2. MAR 4

    Crossing Over - Season 4, Episode 19

    Send a text In this episode we are featuring books with the common theme of Crossing Over. These novels are uplifting (even though Laura wanted to title this episode Death Books).  Thankfully, Leslie had a much more appropriate way of tying these wonderful novels together.  Teamwork! Featured Books: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride (LH)The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten (LH)The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman (LP)The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (LP)Book in Hand: A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa (LH)Books Mentioned in This Episode: Under the Whispering Door by TJ KluneMe, Moth by Amber McBrideGone Wolf by Amber McBrideAdditional Books That Go Along with Our Stack: The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanFirst Grave on the Right by Darynda JonesThe Seven O’Clock Club by Amelia IrelandWays 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!

    21 min

  3. FEB 25

    Book Mail - Season 4, Episode 18

    Send a text In today's episode we are featuring books we've recently received via Book Mail.  Let's check the mailbox! Featured Books: Thistlemarsh by Coorea Corrigan (LH)A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn (LH)I’m Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig (LH)Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser (LP)Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutano (LP)The Pie & Mash Detective Agency by J. D. Brinkworth (LP)Books Mentioned in This Episode: Vera Wong Series and Dial A for Aunties Series by Jesse Q. SutanoA Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1) by Deanna RaybournDetective Roger LeCarre series by Fergus CraigAn Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helen TurstenDidn’t You Use to Be Queenie B? by Terri-Lynne DeFinoOther Books That We’ve Recently Received in the Mail: The Phoebe Variations by Jane HamiltonThe Wandering Queen by Claire HeywoodWhen We Were Brilliant by Lynn CullenWorthy of Fate by A.N. CaudleWays 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. FEB 18

    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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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
    162
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Book Bumble
  • Show Website
    Book Bumble

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