Literally Reading

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in September!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Traci: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh The Intern by Michele Campbell Black Coffee by Agatha Christie The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton Our Town by Thornton Wilder Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Happiness Falls by Angie Kim The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Ellie:  The Whispers by Ashley Audrain Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson  Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano You, With a View by Jessica Joyce  A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab  A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin Murder in the Family Cara Hunter

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting with the one and only Catherine Steadman!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Crack the Book Open: Novels by Catherine Steadman: Something in the Water Mr. Nobody The Disappearing Act The Family Game  Her short story: Stockholm  Other books mentioned: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang Tom Lake by Ann Patchett  Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: October Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month. October 2023 The Leftover Women by Jean Kwok (Ellie) Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (Traci) Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall (Ellie) The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub (Traci) Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr (Ellie) A Winter in New York by Josie Silver (Traci)  

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about the details of how to tackle those really big books!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Queen Bee by Amalie Howard (Traci) All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien (Ellie)  Crack the Book Open: East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas 11/22/63 by Stephen King The Secret History by Donna Tartt Les Miserables by Victor Hugo The Stand by Stephen King Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Dracula by Bram Stoker  Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in August!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Traci: A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Dark Corners by Megan Goldin  The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard  Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Queen Bee by Amalia Howard Ellie:  We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister When in Rome by Sarah Adams Every Summer After by Carley Fortune  Happy Place by Emily Henry All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien  I Left My Homework in the Hamptons by Blyth Grossberg Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney   

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we did this summer - we didn’t just read!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Traci) Happy Place by Emily Henry (Ellie) Crack the Book Open: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Ellie) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin (Traci) Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Ellie) Happy Place by Emily Henry (Ellie) Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez (Ellie) Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Traci) The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Traci) Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Ellie) Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz (Ellie)

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: September Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month. September 2023 The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (Traci) Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Ellie) Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson (Traci) Playing the Witch Card by KJ Dell’antonia (Ellie) The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall (Traci) Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Ellie)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about what we literally read in July!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Traci:  She Started It by Sian Gilbert The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De la Rose A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Ellie:  Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson’s Creek by Thea Glassman The Honeymoon Crashers by Christina Lauren It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams   

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are chatting about a favorite sub-genre, UpLit!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams (Ellie) The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (Traci) Crack the Book Open: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Traci) Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (Traci) Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (Traci) How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (Ellie) All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Traci) Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Ellie) Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (Traci)   Wonder by R.J. Palacio Meredith Alone by Claire Alexander   

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: August Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month. The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange (Ellie) The Last Ranger by Peter Heller (Traci) Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (Ellie) The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard (Traci) Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman (Traci)