Literally Reading

Literally Reading
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May 17, 2023 • 31min

Book Festivals

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are talking about going to book festivals. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: The Three Mrs. Wrights by Linda Keir  The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
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May 10, 2023 • 39min

2023 Summer Reading Guide

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our summer reading guide! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman (Ellie) Drowning by T.J. Newman (Traci) Open the Book: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren Birds of California by Katie Cotugno To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Emma by Jane Austen  The Almost Sisters by Jashilyn Jackson Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison   
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May 3, 2023 • 32min

What We Literally Read in April

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 April!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Ellie: Kill Joy by Holly Jackson The Life Council by Laura Tremaine Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Intermediate Thermodynamics by Sussanah Nix Hello Stranger by Katherine Center The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman  The Three Mrs. Wrights  by Linda Keir Traci:  The Angel Maker by Alex North Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Cover Story by Susan Rigetti The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakroborty Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland   
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Apr 26, 2023 • 16min

Literary Lineup: May

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: May Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month. The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle (Traci) A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand (Ellie) Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay (Traci) The New Mother by Nora Murphy (Ellie) Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno (Traci) Meet Me at the Lake by Carly Fortune (Ellie)  
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Apr 19, 2023 • 45min

Who Did It Better?

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are deciding who did it better. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Ellie) Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (Traci) Open the Book: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson  The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore  The Duke and I by Julia Quinn Tweet Cute by Emma Lord  A Pho Love Story by Loan Le A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson  The Night Swim by Megan Goldin The Midnight Library by Matt Haig  This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls  Educated by Tara Westover The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins  Ayesha, at Last by Uzma Jallaluddin  The Maidens by Alex Michaelaides  The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake  The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh  The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty  
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Apr 12, 2023 • 44min

Modern Classics

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing modern classics. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: The Secret History by Donna Tartt Follow Kristine here: @kristio114 Open the Book: Kindred by Octavia Butler 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Atonement by Ian McEwan  Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry   Carrie by Stephen King Dune by Frank Herbert We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Sally Rooney Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Amor Towles Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann    
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Apr 5, 2023 • 54min

What We Literally Read in March

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 March.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Traci:  Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie  A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross  No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron Romantic Comedy by Curtis SIttenfeld  Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Set on You by Amy Lea  Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano  Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Drowning by T.J. Newman Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White Ellie: Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon  Becoming Duchess Goldblatt  I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai  Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt  The Secret History by Donna Tartt Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano  All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore
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Mar 29, 2023 • 18min

Literary Lineup: April

Hi Readers!  Welcome to Literary Lineup: April Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up this month. Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman  (Ellie) Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (Traci) In the Lives of Puppets by Tj Klune (Ellie) The Plus One by Mazey Eddings (Traci) Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (Ellie) Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge (Traci)
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Mar 22, 2023 • 35min

Feel Good Fiction

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing feel good fiction. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler (Traci) All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore (Ellie) Open the Book: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos  Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams The Guncle by Steven Rowley The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman  The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal  A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller Limelight by Amy Poeppel  The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder  Ramona by Beverly Cleary  Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee Kevin Henkes  
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Mar 15, 2023 • 43min

March Madness: 2023 Literally Reading Edition

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our March Madness of spring releases! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (Ellie) Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Attkinson (Traci) Open the Book: Happy Place by Emily Henry Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon  Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Whispers by Ashley Audrain With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sohpie Irwin Hello Stranger by Katherine Center The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal  

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