This week, on episode 61, author Darrin Doyle and I discuss his latest novel, The Beast in Aisle 34 and other great books including, The Auctioneer by Joan Sampson and An Elderly Lady Can Do No Wrong by Ellen Tursdon. Click any book below to be taken to my Bookshop.org bookstore! Books Discussed: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The Auctioneer by Joan Samson Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Tales the Devil Told me by Jen Fawkes An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Ellen Tursdon Other Bo...
Oct 18, 2021•36 min
This week on Books Are My People I recommend some new books including A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris , The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller and other great books! Click on the links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop. A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris Brood by Jackie Polzin Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney Performance Art, stories by David Kranes The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller Others Books Discussed: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr All The Light We Can...
Oct 04, 2021•11 min
This week, author Jen Michalski joins me to talk about her latest novel , You'll Be Fine. We also discuss books including The Spectacular by Zoe Whitall and The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen. Click on the links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop. Books Discussed: The Spectacular Zoe Whittall I am Faithful by Jenny Irish The Best Short Stories of 2021 The O. Henry Prize Winners The City We Became N. K. Jamison The Last Thing He Told me Laura Dave Other Books Discussed: Matrix by Lauren Gr...
Sep 20, 2021•28 min
This week, I look at Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, Mrs. March by Virginia Feito and other great books! Books Recommended: Hell of a Book by Jason Mott The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley The Photographer by Marie Dixie Carter Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Mrs. March by Virginia Feito Other Books Mentioned: The English Patient by Michael Ondaji Animal by Lisa Taddeo A Calling for Charlier Barnes by Joshua Ferris Learn more about Misen knives here. The Hit Living Foundation (animal rescue) I have 2 creative...
Sep 05, 2021•15 min
This week, my friend Michael Levin joins the show and talks about reading his way through Nobel Prize winners including Thomas Mann and A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe. Click on the links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop. Books Discussed: Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann The Plague by Albert Camus A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Other Books Discussed: Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel Bring up the Bo...
Aug 23, 2021•33 min
This week, I discuss some new releases, including All's Well by Mona Awad and Edge Case by YZ Chin. Books Discussed: (Click book title to be taken to my Bookshop.org store. It's a GREAT way to support this show!) All's Well by Mona Awod Immediate Family by Asjley Nelson Edge Case YZ Chin The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristen Miller. Safe in My Arms by Sara Shepard Support the show Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!...
Aug 09, 2021•11 min
This week, Rachel Donohue, the author of The Temple House Vanishing, visits and we talk about books, including Embers and Love and Fury. This episode is sponsored by OMIO. Click here to learn more. Books Discussed: Embers by Sandor Marai Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Mother for Dinner: Shalom Auslander The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Other Books Discussed: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Temple House Vanishing by Rac...
Jul 26, 2021•26 min
This week, I recommend five great books including Build Your House Around My Body, Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead and other great books! Click on the link to purchase books at my bookshop.org shop. Books Discussed: Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon The Temple House Vanishing by Rebecca Donaohue Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey Other Books Mentioned: Look Both Ways by Jaso...
Jul 12, 2021•13 min
This week, Ellen Birkett Morris, author of Lost Girls , visits and we talk about writing, teaching and books, including Klara and the Sun and Euphoria. Books Discussed: KLARA AND THE SUN ISHIGURO EUPHORIA BY LILY KING THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN BY TESS SHARPE ABIDE WITH ME BY ELIZABETH STROUT THE PLOT BY JEAN HANFF Korelitz Find Ellen Birkett Morris on Social Media: Website: Ellenbirkettmorris.ink Facebook: EllenBirkettMorrisWriter Twitter: @Birkett_morris Instagram: @Ellenbirkettmorris I'm prepping a ...
Jun 28, 2021•27 min
This week, I recommend four books including The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia and other great books! Books Recommended: The Son of the House Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia With Teeth Kristen Arnett. How to Stop Time by Matthew Haig Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Other Books Mentioned Next up for me is Build Your House Around my body by Violet Kupersmith. Ellen Birkett Morris short stories Other Things: Pizza Hut Book Club My Book Giveaway forThe Hunting Wives closes on T...
Jun 14, 2021•12 min
This week, Missy Dunaway, author of The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal , visits and talks about writing and some of her favorite books, including Astray by Emma Donahue. Books Discussed: The Journey is the Destination: The Journals by Dan Eldon Bluets by Maggie Nelson Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Astray by Emma Donoghue Other Books Discussed: Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan Other Things Di...
May 31, 2021•30 min
This week, May Cobb, author of The Hunting Wives, visits and talks about writing and some of her favorite books, including Hollow by Owen Egerton and Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey. Books Discussed: Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey The Shark Club by Ann Kid Taylor Hollow by Owen Egerton World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezukumatathil. The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Other Things Discussed: The Final Girl S...
May 17, 2021•27 min
On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) The Hunting Wives by May Cobb out May 18 Why Peacocks : An Unlikeyly Search For Meaning In The Worl’d Most Magnificent Bird, by Sean Flynn out May 11 Everywhere You Don’t Belong by Gabriel Bu...
May 03, 2021•15 min
On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia Too Good To Be True Carola Lovering Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley Other Books Mentioned: Everyone in this Ro...
Apr 19, 2021•13 min
On this episode, I discuss Hummingbird Salamander, Love in Case of Emergency and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VenderMeer Love In Case of Emergency Daniela Krien The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders You Love Me by...
Apr 05, 2021•15 min
On this episode, author Mindy Mejia, author of Strike Me Down, comes to visit and we talk about The Echo Wife, You Will Know Me and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras email me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot com Books Discussed: Land of Shadows – Rachel Howzell Every Last Fear Alex Finlay Bad Habits by Amy Gentry The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey You Will Know Me by Megan Abbot Other books mentioned: Strike ...
Mar 22, 2021•27 min
On this episode I discuss How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, Who Is Maude Dixon? And other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: (click any book to be taken to my Bookshop.org store) The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen Justine by Forsyth Harmon The Babysitter by Liza Rodman and Jennifer How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews What I’m Reading Next: Black Buck...
Mar 08, 2021•10 min
On this episode, author Heather Bell Adams comes to visit and we talk about The Dearly beloved by Cara Wall, Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: The All Night Sun Diane Zinna Fourteen Talk by Age 14: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have With Your Kids Before They Start High School Michelle Icard The Dearly Beloved Cara Wall?? Milk Blood Heat ...
Feb 22, 2021•23 min
On this episode, I talk about Milkfed by Melissa Broder, Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan The Delivery by Peter Mendelsund Milkfed by Melissa Broder Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi Other Things Discussed: If you are a kindle reader, I’ve been adding book deals to my Instagram stories, so check b...
Feb 08, 2021•15 min
On this episode, Jacki Skole, author of Dogland, and I talk about dog books including The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, The Particulars of Peter by Kelly Conaboy and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: Dogland: A Journey into the Heart of America’s Dog Problem by Jacki Skole The Friend by Sigrid Nunez On Dogs by E.B. White How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine ...
Jan 25, 2021•25 min
On this episode, I talk about The Rib King, My Brilliant Life and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim The Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow The Rib King Ladee Hubbard We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict Other Books Mentioned: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters M...
Jan 18, 2021•14 min
On this episode, I talk about The Wife Upstairs, The Fortunate Ones and other great books. And you can enter a book giveaway! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce Tsarina by who Ellen Alpsten Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan Other Things Menitioned: The End ...
Jan 11, 2021•16 min
On this episode, I go back in time and visit some of my favorites books from 2017 including White Tears and Forest Dark. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) The Leavers by Lisa Ko Her Body and other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado White Tears by Hari Kunsru Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss Strange Heart Beating by Ellie Goldstone Other Things Menitioned: Enrollme...
Dec 28, 2020•14 min
On this episode, author Marit Weisenberg visits and speaks about her novel, The Insomniacs. We also discuss The Dutch House, The Harpy and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg The Harpy by Megan Hunter Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Here is the Beehive by Sarah C...
Dec 14, 2020•26 min
On this episode, I talk about Caste by Isabelle Wilkerson, Intimations by Zadie Smith and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify FREE shipping on all orders in my Bookshop.org bookstore through November 30th. Click here to be taken there. Books Discussed: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Intimations by Zadie Smith Santa Monica by Cassidy Lucas Singular Sensation by Michael Riedel Other Books Mentioned: Tokyo Ueno Station by...
Nov 30, 2020•16 min
On this episode, author Kitty Cook visits and speaks about her novel, Sleeping Together. We also talk about Why Fish Don’t Exist, This Is How You Lose the Time War and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop) Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook Why Fish Don’t Exist: The story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max...
Nov 16, 2020•28 min
On this episode, I talk about White Ivy, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi White Ivy by Susie Yang Anxious People by Fredrik Backman How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon Miss Iceland by Audor Ava Olafsdottir Other Books Mentioned: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Heavy by Kiese Laymon Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Slee...
Nov 02, 2020•16 min
On this episode, I speak with author Mallory Tater about The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun, Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Books Discussed: The Birth Yard by Mallory Tater The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun How a Woman Becomes a Lake by Marjorie Celona Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch Leave the World Behind by Ruman Alam If You Discover a Fire by Shaun Ro...
Oct 19, 2020•25 min
On this episode, I talk about Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Want to join my writing workshop on October 18th from 10 - 11:30 am? Click here to register and learn more. You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link! Books Discussed: Hamnet – Maggie O’Falrrel The Death Of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Evolving Vegan by Akwaeke Emezi The Comback...
Oct 05, 2020•19 min
On this episode Midge Raymond, publisher and author of My Last Continent, stops by for a visit. We share some of our favorite environmentally friendly reads including We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver and other great books. Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS , iTunes , or Spotify Want to join my writing workshop on October 18th from 10 - 11:30 am? Click here to register and learn more. You can purchase all the books I discuss on...
Sep 21, 2020•30 min
