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Welcome to Living A Life Through Books. This podcast is about a life-changing journey. The journey of starting, sustaining, and learning from the habit of reading.

Living A Life Through Books Dr. Shahnaz Ahmed

    • Arts
    • 4.6 • 22 Ratings

Welcome to Living A Life Through Books. This podcast is about a life-changing journey. The journey of starting, sustaining, and learning from the habit of reading.

    S6E15 - Author Conversations: JP Maxwell (Water Street)

    S6E15 - Author Conversations: JP Maxwell (Water Street)

    JP Maxwell has run a newspaper kiosk, worked for a Californian software company and studied Russian language at the University of London. Now he writes books, makes films and lectures in Creative Writing and Digital Writing at Liverpool John Moores University.p

    He has a passion for the more scandalous aspects of history that reveal truths about modern life.

    July 1st 2023 saw the launch of his debut novel WATER STREET, which details Liverpool's pivotal moment in 1863 during the American Civil War and how a secret battle was won and lost on its cobbled streets. 

    You can purchase Water Street for yourself or a friend. The link will take you to Amazon's purchase page for the paperback.

    Here's the ⁠⁠Be Seen Podcast⁠⁠ episode I was in.

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    It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes.  Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU.

    If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

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    My website is a work in progress.  But 2024 will be the year I get it all sorted out. I have someone working on it.

    On Instagram I’m @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed

    On TikTok and Twitter I'm @drshahnazahmed.

    On Threads, I’m on both @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed


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    • 1 hr 35 min
    S6E14 - Book Club: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

    S6E14 - Book Club: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

    SPOILER ALERT

    This book about stealing a manuscript and publishing it as your own was a fun discussion. We had some interesting points of views and discussed some emotions that came up as we read the book.

    Podcast notes:

    Here's the ⁠⁠Be Seen Podcast⁠⁠ episode I was in.

    Get a Libro.FM credit bundle for yourself and/or that special person in your life. Credit bundles are perfect for any occasion or just because.

    Check out ⁠WriteSeen⁠. It's a creative social media platform that connects writers and other creatives to industry professionals. Join the creative community.

    It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes.  Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU.

    If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

    If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  I thank you for it.

    My website is a work in progress.  But 2024 will be the year I get it all sorted out. I have someone working on it.

    On Instagram I’m @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed

    On TikTok and Twitter I'm @drshahnazahmed.

    On Threads, I’m on both @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed


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    • 1 hr 32 min
    S6E13 - Book Talk: Verity by Colleen Hoover

    S6E13 - Book Talk: Verity by Colleen Hoover

    SPOILER ALERT: In this episode, I discuss the book Verity with a friend of mine, Cheri Haas. The book has a very interesting twist at the end. I didn't predict it. And we discuss how we felt about the characters and their motivations and who the villain was and just general things about the book.

    Here are things about me and ways to support me. Please take a look:

    Here's the ⁠⁠Be Seen Podcast⁠⁠ episode I was in.

    Get a Libro.FM credit bundle for yourself and/or that special person in your life. Credit bundles are perfect for any occasion or just because.

    Check out ⁠WriteSeen⁠. It's a platform that connects writers to industry professionals and helps creatives be seen. Join the writing community.

    It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes.  Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU.

    If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

    If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  I thank you for it.

    My website is a work in progress.  But 2024 will be the year I get it all sorted out. I have someone working on it.

    On Instagram I’m @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed

    On TikTok and Twitter I'm @drshahnazahmed.

    On Threads, I’m on both @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed


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    • 34 min
    S6E12 - Book Club: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

    S6E12 - Book Club: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

    SPOILER ALERT

    As with all our book clubs, we discuss the whole book. Today we worked on Orphan Train. It was interesting to hear the different perspectives.

    Here's the ⁠⁠Be Seen Podcast⁠⁠ episode I was in.

    Get a Libro.FM credit bundle for yourself and/or that special person in your life. Credit bundles are perfect for any occasion or just because.

    Check out ⁠WriteSeen⁠. It's a platform that connects writers to industry professionals and helps creatives be seen. Join the writing community.

    It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes.  Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU.

    If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

    If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  I thank you for it.

    My website is a work in progress.  But 2024 will be the year I get it all sorted out. I have someone working on it.

    On Instagram I’m @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed

    On TikTok and Twitter I'm @drshahnazahmed.

    On Threads, I’m on both @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed but primarily I'm on the drshahnazahmed account.


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    • 59 min
    S6E11 - Bookish goal setting for 2024

    S6E11 - Bookish goal setting for 2024

    How do you decide on how many books to read in the new year? Here are my thoughts.

    Here's the ⁠⁠Be Seen Podcast⁠⁠ episode I was in.

    Get a Libro.FM credit bundle for yourself and/or that special person in your life. Credit bundles are perfect for any occasion or just because.

    Check out ⁠WriteSeen⁠. It's a platform that connects writers to industry professionals and helps creatives be seen. Join the writing community.

    It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes.  Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU.

    If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

    If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  I thank you for it.

    My website is a work in progress.  But 2024 will be the year I get it all sorted out. I have someone working on it.

    On Instagram I’m @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed

    On TikTok and Twitter I'm @drshahnazahmed.

    On Threads, I’m on both @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed


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    • 11 min
    S6E10 - Year in Review: Top 10 of 2023

    S6E10 - Year in Review: Top 10 of 2023

    Going over all my books read and finding my top favorites of 2023.

    Here's the ⁠⁠Be Seen Podcast⁠⁠ episode I was in.

    Get a Libro.FM credit bundle for yourself and/or that special person in your life. Credit bundles are perfect for any occasion or just because.

    Check out ⁠WriteSeen⁠. It's a platform that connects writers to industry professionals and helps creatives be seen. Join the writing community.

    It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes.  Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU.

    If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com.

    If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  I thank you for it.

    My website is a work in progress.  But 2024 will be the year I get it all sorted out. I have someone working on it.

    On Instagram I’m @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed

    On TikTok and Twitter I'm @drshahnazahmed.

    On Threads, I’m on both @livingalifethroughbooks and @drshahnazahmed


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    • 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
22 Ratings

22 Ratings

SamantaVieira ,

Love

I’ve only listened to the White Ivy episode so far, but I really love the insight and honest thoughts these ladies provide! I also appreciate them including spoilers- how frustrating is it when you’re dying to discuss a book and spoilers are withheld!

KingGooser ,

Engaging host! Buy that woman a coffee!

I’ve only listened to a few so far but all three were great! She’s engaging and takes an otherwise boring guest and makes them interesting. Give it a whirl, I am :)

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Books are Worlds Worth Living In

Absolutely wonderful podcast.

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