DogEared Book Club Alexandra Shelly

Hello!!!! This is such a gorgeous episode, with an amazing bookstagrammer, Margaux at @margauxreads. Also, the timing was BRILLIANT and completely unplanned. Margaux is a Queer, Black and vocab-lovin' reader. She is obsessed with anything related to coming of age stories, literary fiction, queerness, Blackness and just damn' good writing. Follow Margaux if you want super incredible book recs, thoughtful reviews, and very entertaining stories with words of the day and -what-if/this-or-that polls.
In this episode, we talk about:
Margaux's love of words Why she started a bookstagram What kind of reader they she wants to advocate The importance of queer literatureThe types of stories she'd like to see more of in queer stories (books, movies, etc.)Margaux's favorite authors Margaux's favorite style of writing If Margaux could have an author write about her life, who would it beWhy does Margaux read?
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HELLO MY BOOKISH LOVERS AND FRIENDS! IT IS SO AMAZING TO BE BACK IN ACTION! Oh, how I've missed you all so dearly!
This guest is Emily Alcher, the Co-founder and CEO of Italic Type; an online platform for cultivating authentic, real-deal book communities, setting goals, and enhancing the reader experience.
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In this episode, we discuss:
What is Italic Type and why does it matter?What's different about Italic Type?Why we need to care about readersWhy reading mattersHow Emily fell into her love of booksSharing the ups and downs of creating an online book club/companyThe importance of underground/backlist readsUplifting minority subjects and voicesEmily's favorite books of all time What books Emily would give to someone to show them she loves them
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This conversation is a combination of books and focusing on the topic of friendship with our dear guest, Lindsey Simcik. If you haven’t listened to one of my most recent episodes, her co-host and sidekick Krista Williams was just on the podcasts. If you don’t know Lindsey, she is the co-host of the Almost30 Podcast with Krista. She is also the co-creator of the Almost30 Membership, which is a monthly/yearly membership that brings together like-minded souls for conversation, intimate healing seminars, they invite key note speakers, release bonus episodes, and so much more. Lindsey is also the founder of her latest program, The Sacredness of Being Single, an intimate container for those who are seeking more fulfillment and grace during your time as a solo partner.
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Meet Sam from the gorgeous, chic, always-on-point bookish account, __and.books. Her style is uncluttered, understated, yet so intuitively curated. She says she doesn’t try… but truly.. what’s her magic touch? Aside from her glorious feed, her taste in books is just as incredible. Joyce Carol Oates, Elena Ferrante, Ottessa Moshfengh, she has quality taste. In this episode, we discuss:
Mind-bending stories from Joyce Carol OatesSharing love for the amazing content creators on BookstagramWe bond over being picky bitches for good writingDissecting the hype over Sarah J MassSam’s favorite authors (up to the Sam standard)Our weird emotional attachment to books
& so, so much more!!
Make sure to give DogEared Book Club a follow wherever you get your podcasts, and leave a review! DM dogeared.bookclub on IG about what resonated, any guest suggestions (Leader or bookish), along with topics!
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Hello, hello everyone! This is a little bit of a mash-up episode with DogEared Book Club and my other podcast, Embody Your Soul. If you haven’t heard of Embody Your Soul, it is an off-shoot of my Psychic Medium practice, and a place to play, learn and expand spiritually. This guest / DogEared Leader is Krista Williams; co-host of Almost 30, Almost30 Membership and the creator of The Life Edit.
I was a part of Krista and her co-host, Lindsey’s, program, Your Podcast Pro. This was a 9-week intensive to either get your podcast off the ground or re-vamp it. At the time, I just had DogEared Book Club. But now that I have Embody Your Soul, and it’s the absolute perfect podcast for Krista to be one, I just had to take the opportunity.
I take the opportunity to dive into books and the important pieces of literature in Krista’s journey. We then get into the spiritual goodness—living with integrity, spiritual red flags, how to live aligned for you and your peers.
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Episode show notes 
12:30 What book are you currently reading? Do you like it? How did you find it?18:10 Who is your favorite author/what is your favorite genre?20:00 What is your earliest memory of reading?23:00 Melissa’s 7 favorite books of all time!35:28 If you could have an author write about your life who would it be?38:04 What makes you dog-ear a page in a book?40:22 If you could gift someone a book, what would it be, who would it be to and why?42:40 Why do you read?
 
 
Books mentioned in episode 
Anything Osho Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Positive Disintegration by Kazimeriz Dabrowski Originals by Adam Grant Origins of Genius by Dean Simonton Touch With Fire by Kay Redfield JamisonPlay by Stuart Brown The Joy of Living Courageously by Osho Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope
 
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