Tell Me About Your Book

Oaky Tyree
Tell Me About Your Book

A podcast where Oaky sits down with an author, discussing their book(s), publishing stories, and the author's life. Updated twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, join in on the passion of indie authors.

  1. 11/26/2024

    One More Mountain: Fleeing Iran for America by Mansur Nurdel / Autobiography

    Send us a text Welcome to Non-Fiction Week! An incredible journey has been told in Mansur Nurdel's book One More Mountain and I was honored to discuss the book with him in our episode. And what a journey he'd endured, as well as the journey of writing the book. Definitely an autobiography to check out! About the book: This book is the inspirational true story of young man willing to risk it all. Since the Islamic Revolution began in 1979, millions of Iranians have fled to Turkey seeking refuge from religious and political persecution. In 1988, I was one of them. My family are followers of the Baha'i Faith, a religion founded in Iran and practiced by millions of people worldwide today. Muslims in Iran consider it a blasphemous, illegitimate religion. For more than four decades, Baha'is in Iran have been stripped of all human rights. We are routinely arrested, detained, tortured, imprisoned, and executed without cause. This is my story about what life was like living under Islamic rule. It's a story about determination, perseverance, and Faith. I was 25 when I fled Iran with two friends. We crossed the forbidding Zagros Mountains in the height of winter, seeking asylum in Turkey. More than a year later, I arrived in America, speaking little English, knowing no one, and understanding little about the country except what I gleaned from television. One More Mountain provides a never-before-seen look at what life in Iran is still like for those who have no power, no voice, and no freedoms. To connect: Author's site Want to talk/support the show? email: tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast@gmail.com IG: @tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast IG: @oakylovesbooksandtacos IG: @bookscatspodcast Support: buymeacoffee.com/tellmepodcast

    16 min
  2. 11/19/2024

    It's Murder, You Betcha! by Jeanne Cooney / Cozy Mystery

    Send us a text Welcome to another Women in Fiction Week! Calling herself an accidental author, Jeanne Cooney has been penning out two different cozy mystery series and nothing is stopping her for doing more and more! We discussed her journey to writing and some tips for new authors.  About the book: Retired farmer Doris Day Anderson Connor and her quirky friends and relatives are solving crime in the Scandinavian-Lutheran farming community of Hallock, in the northwest corner of Minnesota.  This book, the second installment in the It’ s Murder series, has Doris and her sister, Grace KellyAnderson, the owner of the local café , taking ninety-year-old Rose O’ Brien ice fishing. The day ends, however, with nothing to show for their efforts except a dead body. With Rose distressed over the crime, Doris feels compelled to make inquiries in an effort to move the murder investigation along, much to the chagrin of the sheriff, an old boyfriend and a current puzzle. While in the café , at a funeral, and during a gender-reveal-party blizzard, she uncovers answers, but she also learns secrets and lies that lead her to wonder if she truly knows the residents of her hometown. After all, at least one of them is a killer. To connect: Author's site Want to talk/support the show? email: tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast@gmail.com IG: @tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast IG: @oakylovesbooksandtacos IG: @bookscatspodcast Support: buymeacoffee.com/tellmepodcast

    23 min
  3. 11/01/2024

    Sister Lumberjack by Candace Simar / Historical Fiction

    Send us a text Continuing with Women in Fiction Week! Author Candace Simar expertly weaves a fictional story into actual historical events and I'm so excited for you listeners to get to know her work! With her Abercrombie series and Sister Lumberjack being the fifth book, Candace discusses her start in writing and her future works.  About the book: Bottle fever has Nels Jensen by the throat. Swindled out of his summer’ s pay, he heads to the logging camps of Northern Minnesota, only to discover he is blacklisted at reputable operations. He is neither a thief nor a liar, but he cannot prove his innocence.  Widow Solveig Rognaldson is left alone with heartache and a mortgage. Without a well-paying job, she will lose her Foxhome farm. Her son marries and moves away. Though she feels too old, she musters courage to strike out on her own. She has to save the farm by herself. She has no one else. Trouble follows Sister Magdalena, a jolly nun who struggles with rules. A giant of a woman, she is sent to sell hospital tickets to lumberjacks working the forests of Minnesota. It is dangerous work, and those with a ticket receive free health care if they are injured. She travels alone to isolated logging camps in the dead of winter, sometimes by snowshoes. The jacks call her Sister Lumberjack.  These three lives intersect at Starkweather Timber, a haywire logging camp, where everything goes wrong. Their unique friendship turns their lives in unexpected directions. To connect: Author's site Want to talk/support the show? email: tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast@gmail.com IG: @tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast IG: @oakylovesbooksandtacos IG: @bookscatspodcast Support: buymeacoffee.com/tellmepodcast

    20 min
  4. 10/29/2024

    Big Demon Energy by Deborah Wilde / Urban Fantasy

    Send us a text Welcome to Women in Fiction Week! Author Deborah Wilde is such a beautiful and brilliant force of an author! I had a great time talking to her about her work and her approach with Big Demon Energy, an enemies-to-lovers urban fantasy that's sure to jump start with love for her work. Don't miss our episode! About the book: Aviva Fleischer hides a dangerous secret. She’s carefully concealing her infernal heritage, a.k.a. Cherry Bomb. Maybe it’s weird naming her demon side and referring to her in the third person, but guys do the same with their junk, and unlike most of them, Avi isn’t deluded about Cherry’s prowess. Avi’s been working her ass off, climbing the ranks of a supernatural policing organization to enact change and empower those like her forced to hide their true nature. Sure, she’s bent the rules now and then, but her arrest record speaks for itself. Her promotion is in the bag. Instead, the director strikes a deal with Avi: spy on the operative sent in to work a rash of bizarre murders and prove she can be a team player, or kiss that new rank goodbye. No problem. Okay, maybe just one. Her co-leader, Ezra Cardoso, is a charming, ruthless vampire with his own agenda, whom she fantasizes about: mostly staking him then vacuuming up his remains. But when the killer sets Aviva’s team firmly in their sights, she’ll have to decide whether to keep playing by the rules or show everyone exactly what she—and Cherry Bomb—are capable of… To connect: Author's site Want to talk/support the show? email: tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast@gmail.com IG: @tellmeaboutyourbookpodcast IG: @oakylovesbooksandtacos IG: @bookscatspodcast Support: buymeacoffee.com/tellmepodcast

    19 min
5
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9 Ratings

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A podcast where Oaky sits down with an author, discussing their book(s), publishing stories, and the author's life. Updated twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, join in on the passion of indie authors.

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