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Virtual Book Tour Book of the Month
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Since we've never been ones to keep interesting new books to ourselves, we're kicking off a series of conversations with Book of the Month authors about God only knows what. Recorded at Book of the Month headquarters on West 27th St. in front of a live audience of raucous employees! Give us your ears and we'll give you a look into the minds of writers we admire and a treasure trove of anecdotes, wisdom, and fun.
Suggestions or ideas? Email us at virtualbooktour@bookofthemonth.com.
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Yulin Kuang on what makes an office romance so hot.
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We had so much fun with Yulin Kuang, author of How to End a Love Story! We talked about her journey from screenwriter to author, what it's like to work in a writer's room, and what makes office romances so hot.
Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. Now, a bestselling author, Helen earned a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her novel, only to find that Grant is the screenwriter on her show. Can they write themselves a new ending?
Get How to End a Love Story at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
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Simone Gorrindo on the unusual expectations of a military wife.
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Simone Gorrindo joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her new memoir, The Wives. We talk about uprooting her life from Manhattan to rural Georgia, the unusual expectations of being a military wife, and how her view of friendship changed.
The Wives tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of Army wives after leaving her New York City job - a profound intimate look at marriage, friendship, and today’s America.
Get The Wives at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
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Holly Gramazio created every single person’s dream attic.
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On this week’s episode, we sit down with Holly Gramazio to discuss her debut novel, The Husbands. We talked about the choice fatigue that comes with online dating, her background in game design, and the importance of playing to feel at home
When Lauren returns home to her flat in London one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband. There’s only one problem–she’s not married. As she tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, her husband goes to the attic and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and she realizes that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands.
Get The Husbands at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
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Ashton Lattimore on the fight for freedom in 1830s Philadelphia.
The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!
On this week’s episode, we sit down with Ashton Lattimore to discuss her debut novel, All We Were Promised. We dove deep on the evolution of abolition in Philadelphia, how family ties bond us, and how her background as a lawyer and journalist finds its way into her writing.
A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Together, they will risk everything for one another in this story of friendship, deception, and women crossing boundaries in the name of freedom.
Get All We Were Promised at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
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Steve Cavanagh’s hangover sent him to law school.
All the way from Ireland, Steve Cavanagh joins us in the BOTM office to discuss his new thriller, Kill For Me, Kill For You. We discussed where the idea of a murder swap originated, when to get your revenge, and how a hangover sent him to law school.
One dark evening on NYC’s Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, they realize how much they have in common, especially loneliness and an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect plan: if you kill for me, I’ll kill for you.
Get Kill For Me, Kill For You at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
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Amy Lin says grief is the final form of love.
Amy Lin joins us at the BOTM HQ to discuss her new memoir, Here After. This was such a beautiful and moving conversation about how her late husband inspires her to be brave every day, why grief is the final form of love, and the importance of community during loss.
Amy Lin never expected to find a love like the one she shares with her husband. Here After is a rich and unflinchingly honest portrayal of her life with her late husband, the vortex created by his death, and the ongoing struggle she faces as she attempts to understand her own experience in the context of commonly held “truths” about what the grieving process looks like.
Get Here After at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout.
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
Customer Reviews
A great way to get introduced to new authors!
This podcast is great for helping me to hear the perspectives of authors on their new releases. I enjoy it!
Why move the podcast?
I love the podcast and have picked up books that I normally wouldn’t after listening. I also think Jerrod and Breanna do a fantastic job as hosts. However, I'm thoroughly annoyed that full episodes of the podcast have moved over to the BOTM app. I subscribe to a lot of podcasts and I think it’s ridiculous to expect me to go to another app to listen to a single podcast. I usually listen to podcasts while driving and the podcast app syncs with my car making it easy for me to navigate, obviously the same can’t be said for BOTM. They really need to reconsider this choice.
Move to app is obnoxious
I’ve been enjoying this podcast since it started but probably won’t listen anymore now that it has moved to the BOTM app. I’m a member and have access but a separate app for a single podcast is super inconvenient and I’m baffled why this was done. No one is going to get a book subscription just to listen to a podcast, so this seems like a much better way to piss off existing members than to get new ones.