Nothing is Wrong with You - Book Podcast

Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena
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Three avid readers host a podcast about being readers to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.

  1. MAR 25

    Proceed with caution: we discuss gifting books

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss the complicated nature of gifting a book.  Do we like to give more than receive books? We share our opinions on what we deem to be the fraught and vulnerable space of gifting books. Recommend:  Comfort of Crows, Margret Renkl What we are reading: Colleen Tin Man by Sara Winman Heart the Lover by Lily King Rebecca Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser  Body Work by Melissa Febos Athena Foster by Claire Keegan So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

    33 min

  2. FEB 25

    Returning to the Beginning

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss the books that have missed the mark for us or just didn't resonate, but also sharing all the love and respect for the authors. Recommend:  Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven  What we are reading: Colleen I See You’ve Called in Dead, John Kenney Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy Rebecca We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat  On Lighthouses by Jazmina Barrera  Athena The Book Of Kin: On Absence, Love, And Being There by Bowen, Jennifer Eli 11/22/63 byStephen King  Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

    39 min

  3. JAN 25

    Do we find books or do they find us?

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss how we decide what to read. Reviews? Wordof mouth? Cold-calling the new releases at the library?  We do it all, though each of us has a different relationship to all of the ways books find us.  Did we miss a way you select books for your ever-growing TBR pile?  Let us know in the comments! Recommend:  E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Loveby Colleen Clemens My Place in the Spiral by Rebecca Beardsall The Unfurling Frond by Rebecca Beardsall What we are reading: Colleen Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy  Rebecca Helm by Sarah Hall Tennis Lessons by Susannah Dickey Purgatoire by Liz Prato - Available for preorder, book comesout in April 2026 Athena A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCracken Sweet Talk by Stephanie Vaughn Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

    49 min

  4. 12/25/2025

    Our best of 2025

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss the books we loved reading in 2025. Colleen Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mcconaghy (TOP PICK) The Book of I by David Greig Rabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey Fi by Alexandra Fuller Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid My Friends by Hisham Matar Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno The Names by Florence Knapp The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo  Rebecca The Women by Kristin HannahRabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey Autumn, Summer, Spring, and Winter by Ali Smith All That We Own Know by Shilo Kino The Book of I by David Greig (TOP PICK) The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins Sad Tiger   Athena Wedding of the Foxes: Essays by Katherine Larson (TOP PICK) Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang Tilt by Emma Pattee I See You’ve Called In Dead by John Kenney Maggie; or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar by Katie Lee Awake by Jen Hatmaker Heart the Lover by Lily King  Writers & Lovers by Lily King Girls Play Dead by Jen Percy Companion Piece by Ali Smith Athena Reading Now:Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor   Rebecca Reading Now: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams The Slicks by Maggie Nelson  Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

    47 min

  5. 11/25/2025

    To Read or Not To Reread? That is today’s question

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss rereading, thanks to a listener question.We discuss why we will never reread a book again, the books we will reread over and over for decades, and the in between.  Plus, we recommend the incredible book by Florence Knapp,The Names.Recommend The Names by Florence Knapp Colleen The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo We Do Not Part by Han Kang On Breathing: Care in a Time of Catastrophe by Jamieson Webster Rebecca The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso Your Soul Had A Dream and Your Life is it by RebeccaCampbell A Truce that is not Peace by Miriam Toews Athena Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney   Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor   REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

    49 min

  6. 10/25/2025

    Going to the Clerb: Book Clubs and Why They Make Us Grumpy

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss book clubs: the good, the bad, the ugly, the lame, the enriching, and why kids shouldn’t be invited!  Join us as we share stories of book clubs that were really wine clubs, our need for folks to do the assignment and read, and why we won’t ever read again a book that someone else makes us read. Plus, we recommend the heartbreaking book by Clare LeslieHall, Broken Country. Colleen The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential ofGetting in the Way by Sara Ahmed  "I Remain in Darkness" by Annie Ernaux  Buckeye by Patrick Ryan Cacophony of Bone: The Circle of a Year by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh   Rebecca The Bewitching by Siliva Moreno-Garcia The Healers by Kimo Armitage Remembering our Intimacies - Jamaica HeolimeleikalaniOsorio Pele and Hi'iaka by Nathanial B. Emerson   Athena Tilt by Emma PatteeThe Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy Wang A Truce that is not Peace by Miriam Toews Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

    38 min

  7. 09/25/2025

    When Is It Time to Break Up With a Book?

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we share our thoughts about when to abandon a book and discuss the factors that go into that hard decision.  We discuss the current quandaries we face regarding the decision to let it go! And we encourage our listeners to allow themselves the freedom to abandon a book that isn’t speaking to them. Book we recommend Rabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin (as mentioned in the podcast - please note this book addresses sexual assault and murder) Books Rebecca is currently reading: Gliff by Ali Smith Feijoa: A Story of Obsession & Belonging by Kate Evans Feeding Ghost: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls Scotland (still!) by Magnus Magnusson Books Colleen is currently reading: Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno Books Athena is currently reading: The Names by Florence Knapp Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

    29 min

  8. 08/25/2025

    We Just Can’t Leave the Canon Behind: The Ladies Doth Fangirl Too Much

    Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we share stories about the role Shakespeare’s work has played in our personal and professional lives and argue for the continuation of reading his work in school–and make the case for teaching some that aren’t often taught.  We share our dirty secrets about canonical books we didn’t love and are going to take off our shelves to make room for more diverse voices.  Book(s) we recommend - Ali Smith's season series Autumn by Ali SmithWinter by Ali Smith Spring by Ali SmithSummer by Ali Smith Also recommended, The Unfurling Frond by Rebecca Beardsall Books Rebecca is currently reading: Gabriele By Anne Berest and Claire Berest All that We Own Know by Shilo Kino Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Books Colleen is currently reading: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit Books Athena is currently reading: A Family Matter by Claire Lynch Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

    43 min
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Three avid readers host a podcast about being readers to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.

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