Book Club with Julia and Victoria
Julia Clausen and Victoria Bruick
Welcome to Book Club With Julia and Victoria, the podcast for book friends!
If you just finished a book and HAVE to talk about it with someone, if you’re a casual reader looking for book recs, or if you’re the type of deep thinker who has formative memories of their high school English teacher, you’re in the right place.
We believe a good book can come from anywhere, so we read classics and recent releases, bestsellers and little-known gems. But ultimately, this podcast is for the books we just can’t shut up about.
If you just finished a book and HAVE to talk about it with someone, if you’re a casual reader looking for book recs, or if you’re the type of deep thinker who has formative memories of their high school English teacher, you’re in the right place.
We believe a good book can come from anywhere, so we read classics and recent releases, bestsellers and little-known gems. But ultimately, this podcast is for the books we just can’t shut up about.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 24, 2021 • 1h 4min
063 Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 by Naoki Higashida
Naoki Higashida brought the tea with his most recent book in translation Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 about his experience as a non-verbal autistic young adult, and an extremely successful writer and speaker. Julia and Victoria share some of their favorite insights from his work on everything from ableism in education to the importance of allowing disabled people to express their full humanity in a world that prefers to pretend they do not exist.Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge!Mentioned in the Episode:The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida, Book Club episode 046Haruki MurakamiNaoki Higashida’s Japanese blogMindset by Carol S Dweck PhDPandemic Parenting webinar about building resiliency in childrenDr Bruce Perry’s work on trauma and resilienceInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PerezWomanism and Alice WalkerRecommendations:I am Greta film on HuluCrip Camp film on NetflixJoin the Book Club With JV ‘Tism Tier for more of Julia’s autism articlesNeurotribes by Steve SilbermanMorgan Harper NicholsCurrently Obsessed:DPR Ian album Moodswings In This OrderLucy (band) and their new song “Flowering”Half-Alive song “Rest” ft. Samm HenshawRecipe Club podcastSamin Nosrat’s tahdig recipeMy Persian Kitchen recipe blog
Apr 17, 2021 • 1h 4min
062 Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson
This week on the podcast, Julia and Victoria try to define just what exactly Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson is about, and after an hour of conversation, they land on “nothing and absolutely everything,” which does not do this incredible and soul-stirring book justice. But it’s the best they’ve got.Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge!Mentioned in the Episode:Rudine Sims Bishop, Ph.D, mirrors and windows conceptBaldwin for the Arts fellowshipNYT interview with Jaqueline Woodson“A Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWatchmen tv show on HBORecommendations:The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoTalking to Ourselves by Andrés NewmanCurrently Obsessed:Run River North, Creatures In Your Head albumTablo podcastStaged season 2 on HuluDirty Rotten Church Kids podcastSemler music
Apr 12, 2021 • 1h 17min
061 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Julia and Victoria are back to discuss The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion about an undiagnosed autistic man trying to navigate all the weird social rules of dating and relationships with a bunch of people who won’t explain anything. So for Julia, it was a comical reminder of her own journey not knowing how to make friends in college, and for Victoria, the book was a super fun love story and a good reminder on the importance of open and clear communication.Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge!Mentioned in the Episode:Yuri on Ice on CrunchyrollThe Unkindest Cut by Joe QueenanI Am the Messenger by Markus ZusakScholastic Dictionary of Idioms by Marvin TerbanThe Rosie Effect by Graeme SimsionThe Rosie Result by Graeme SimsionTwo Steps Forward by Anne Buist and Graeme SimsionElf (2003)Recommendations:The Kiss Quotient by Helen HoangAct Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia HibbartGold-Plated Girls pop culture newsletterConSensual romance fiction podcastCurrently Obsessed:Julian Baker new album “Little Oblivions”The Untamed on NetflixThe West Wing on HBO MaxRoeser’s Bakery ChicagoPan Artesenal bakery ChicagoLet’s Throw a Party by Sammy Rae & The Friends
