Podcast: Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah’s Bookshelves Live is a weekly show featuring real talk about books and book recommendations from a featured guest. Each week, Sarah of the blog Sarah’s Bookshelves will talk with her guest about:

– 2 OLD BOOKS THEY LOVE
– 2 NEW BOOKS THEY LOVE
– 1 BOOK THEY DON’T LOVE
– AND 1 NEW RELEASE THEY’RE EXCITED ABOUT

I’m getting real about all things books and serving you up a bit of snark on the side.

Ep. 41: Winter 2020 Book Preview

Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out for the first quarter (January – March) of 2020.

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Ep. 40: Byrd Leavell (Literary Agent at United Talent Agency)

The business of publishing, the truth behind publisher marketing dollars, and holiday book recommendations for husbands / dads / sons / boyfriends.

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Mini Ep. 39: Southern Books & Character-Driven Dramas with Lindsay Creech (@littlelindsreads)

Ep. 38 – Garrett M. Graff (Author of The Only Plane in the Sky)

In Episode 38, Garrett M. Graff goes behind-the-scenes of his new book, The Only Plane in the Sky (one of my top books of 2019).

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Mini Ep. 37: More Than a Mini Episode with Elizabeth Chapman (@samandscout)

In Mini Episode 37, Elizabeth Chapman and I talk for so long about books that it can’t technically be called a mini episode.

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Ep. 36: Claire Gibson (Author of Beyond the Point)

The inspiration behind Beyond the Point, what it was like growing up on the West Point campus, & two key editorial choices.

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Mini Ep. 35: Sarah Bohl (Character-Driven Mysteries & Terrible Luck with Pulitzer Winners)

Character-Driven Mysteries, our terrible luck with Pulitzer winners, and our thoughts on a beloved WWII novel.

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Ep. 34: Books in the Classroom with Sara Hildreth from @fictionmatters

How Sara tries to encourage her students to love what they’re reading, how she feels about classic and contemporary literature in the classroom, and…of course, book recommendations!

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Mini Ep. 33: Stephenie Freeman from @reads.on.wednesdays

Stephenie Freeman from @reads.on.wednesdays talks about hyped books, #bookstagram FOMO…and shares her book recommendations!

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Ep. 32: Cristina Arreola (Senior Books Editor at Bustle)

Cristina’s job as Senior Books Editor at Bustle and her path to that job, Bustle’s approach to recommending books, and book recommendations (some by Latina authors).

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