On this episode I discuss The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg, Luster by Raven Leilani and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Books Discussed: Born A Crime - by Trevor Noah The Insomniacs – Marit Weisenberg Musical Chairs by Amy POeppel Luster by Raven Leilani Kasuma: The Graphic Novel by Elisa Marcellari Translated by Edward Fortes Next up for me: Hamnet by Maggie O’Fa...
Sep 07, 2020•17 min
On this episode Julie Christine Johnson, author of The Crows of Beara, stops by for a visit. We share some of our favorite recent reads including The Vanishing Half, Disappearing Earth and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Books Discussed: The Crows of Beara by Julie Christine Johnson In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips The ...
Aug 24, 2020•25 min
On this episode I discuss Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony, Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Books Discussed: Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony Turbulence by David Szalay Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia Other Things Discussed: The Crows of Beara a...
Aug 10, 2020•16 min
On this episode Katy Yocom visits to discuss her novel Three Ways To Disappear and share some of her favorite reads. You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Three Ways to Disappear by Katy Yocom Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino 2 am at the Cat’s Pajamas – Marie-Helen Bertino Blue Territory: A meditation on the life and art of Joan Mitchell by R...
Jul 27, 2020•28 min
On this episode I discuss The Last Flight by Julie Clark, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks and other great books! You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link. Or click on the individual book titles below. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Last Flight by Julie Clark Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks Autobiography Of A F...
Jul 13, 2020•18 min
On this episode I get a visit from author JoeAnn Hart and we discuss her memoir Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race and Feminism in the 1970's as well as Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld and The End of October by Lawrence Wright and other great books! You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify JoeAnn Hart's Books: Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race and Feminism ...
Jun 29, 2020•30 min
On this episode I discuss How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson White Fragility by Robin Diangelo This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Dorand Between the World And Me by Ta – Nehisi Coates Want more? Check out these anti-racist reading lists: Ibrim X Kendi’s Antiracist R...
Jun 15, 2020•19 min
Books Are My People #24 On this episode I discuss A Children's Bible by Lydia Miller, Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes One Day by David Nicholls Happy & you Know it by Laura Hankin Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey Other Things Discussed: My new webstie – check it out! www.jennifercaloyeras.com Virtual Silent Read...
Jun 01, 2020•20 min
On this episode I discuss Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker, We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 2am at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino A Tender Thing by Emily Neuberger Other Things Mentioned: Article in Vox on Anxiety Movie Trailer for the New Shirley Jackson Biopi...
May 18, 2020•23 min
On this episode I discuss Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin, The Southern Bookclub's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Pretend I’m Dead by Jen Beagin The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Lonely City: Adventures in the art of being alone by Olivia Laing The Dilemma by B. A. Paris In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Other Things Discussed: PopSugar's Bookclub ...
May 04, 2020•23 min
On this episode I discuss The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandell, We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding The Herd by Andrea Bartz Other Things Discussed: Greenlight Bookstore author talks Politics and Prose author talks Support the show Get your ...
Apr 20, 2020•20 min
On this episode I discuss Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming Temporary by Hilary Leichter Other things discussed: Dolly Parton reads bedtime stories Little Free Library Guidelines Ten Virtual Book Clubs Support the show Get your Books Are My P...
Apr 06, 2020•17 min
On this episode I discuss The Holdout by Graham Moore, Things in Jars by Jess Kidd and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Holdout by Graham Moore Things in Jars by Jess Kidd The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar Other things Mentioned: Gucci Osteria Mossimo Buttera @mossimobottera? Universal Films to release movies early Diesel Bookstore in Los Angeles Free ...
Mar 23, 2020•20 min
On this episode I discuss Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin, Long, Bright River by Liz Moore and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen Reputation by Sara Shepard The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak Long, Bright River by Liz Moore Support the show Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!...
Mar 09, 2020•17 min
On this episode I discuss Weather by Jenny Offill, When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Weather by Jenny Offill When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald Three Daughters Of Eve by Elif Shafak Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories by Lily Tuck Oksana, Behave! Maria Kuznetsova The Five Books vying for the Aspen Words Literary Prize: Patsy , by Nicole Dennis-Benn Lost Children A...
Feb 24, 2020•18 min
On this episode, we get a visit from writer, Colette Sartor and discuss her short fiction collection, Once Removed, as well as other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera The Giant Baby by Laurie Foos The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery Of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton The Chronology of Water by Lydia Yuknavitch Other Books Mentioned: Once Removed by Colette S...
Feb 10, 2020•27 min
On this episode I discuss The Only Woman In The Room by Marie Benedict, The Inventors by Peter Selgin and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict The Worst Kind of Want by Liska Jacobs White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux The Deep by Rivers Solomon The Inventors by Peter Selgin Click here to the see the top ten library book checkouts of all time from the New York Public Library. Support the sh...
Jan 27, 2020•20 min
On this episode I discuss Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok, My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok The Wall – by John Lanhchester My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams The Grace Year by Kim Liggit Tell The Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams Support the show Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!...
Jan 13, 2020•23 min
Join my dad and I and a bottle of vodka for some holiday cheer. Support the show Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!
Dec 30, 2019•13 min
On this episode I go back in time and discuss my favorite books from 2018. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Small Animals: Parenting in the Age Of Fear Other Books Mentioned: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne The Hundred Year House by Rebecca Makkai Music...
Dec 16, 2019•23 min
On this episode I discuss Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid Little by Edward Carey Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue Other books mentioned: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Other Things Ment...
Dec 02, 2019•20 min
On this episode I discuss Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky, Escape Room by Megin Goldin and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky Escape Room by Megan Goldin Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson Other books mentioned: One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus Fever by Mary Beth Keane Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta The Professor and The Mad...
Nov 18, 2019•18 min
On this episode I discuss Fever by Mary Beth Keane, Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Fever by Mary Beth Keane Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb Other books mentioned: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Support the show Get your Books Are M...
Nov 04, 2019•24 min
On this themed episode, I discuss dark books in honor of Halloween, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Confessions by Kanae Minato and other great, spooky books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Vote for me for the 2019 Discover Pods Awards for best new podcast! Visit this link. Books Discussed: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt No Exit by Taylor Adams Bunnicula by Deborah H...
Oct 21, 2019•22 min
On this episode I discuss The Need by Helen Phillips, I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Arrangement by Robyn Harding Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum The Need by Helen Phillips Guts by Reina Telgemeier Other books mentioned: The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn Bunny by Mona Awad Watership Down by Richard Adams Smile by Reina Telgemeier Sisters by Reina ...
Oct 07, 2019•23 min•Ep. 8
On this episode I discuss Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson Becoming by Michelle Obama Other Books Mentioned: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Deadly Olga Tokarczuk Other ...
Sep 23, 2019•21 min
On this episode I discuss The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger, Lock Every Door by Riley Sager and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger I.M.: a Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer Lock Every Door by Riley Sager The Vexations by Caitlin Horrock Other things mentioned: I will be teaching a Young Adult Novel Intensive Workshop through UCLA Exten...
Sep 09, 2019•19 min
On this episode I discuss The Chain by Adrian McKinty, Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy-Brodesser-Akner and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Chain by Adrian McKinty Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford Bunny by Mona Awad The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson Other books mentioned: Circe by Madeline Miller Sula by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison Other things mentione...
Aug 26, 2019•20 min
On this episode I discuss Where We Come From by Oscar Casares, Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo Where We Come From by Oscar Casares Dig by A.S. King Little Darlings by Melanie Golding Other books mentioned: Made for Love by Alissa Nutting Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel Other things mentioned: Aug 24th, 2019 Th...
Aug 12, 2019•23 min
On this episode I host my first guest, writer, Ron Clark (he's also my dad!) We discuss Treasure Island! , Made for Love and other weird and wonderful books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Treasure Island by Sara Levine Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers Made for Love by Alissa Nutting Lightening Rods by Helen DeWitt The Pisces by Melissa Broder Other books mentioned: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy The G...
Jul 30, 2019•26 min•Ep. 3
