Acknowledgments - Read them

Acknowledgments - Read them

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss book acknowledgements and the role they play in the book. That the book doesn't feel complete without them. Recommend: Tin Man by Sarah Winman [https://bookshop.org/p/books/tin-man-a-novel-sarah-winman/fd4585717f8c1e8f?ean=9780735218765&next=t] What we are reading: Colleen Fifty Words for Rain [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/fifty-words-for-rain-a-novel-asha-lemmie/bc24144d7961cb0b?ean=9781524746384&next=t⁠] by Asha Lemmiemmie Dusk Night Dawn [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/dusk-night-dawn-on-revival-and-courage-anne-lamott/dd3167b35529b094?ean=9780593189696&next=t⁠] by Anne Lamott A Compass on the Navigable Sea: 100 Years of World Literature [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-compass-on-the-navigable-sea-100-years-of-world-literature-daniel-simon/d953146b690197f9?ean=9781632064134&next=t⁠]ed. Daniel Simon I’m Glad My Mom Died [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-m-glad-my-mom-died-jennette-mccurdy/c09c4c7bf8080558?ean=9781982185831&next=t⁠] By Jennette McCurdy  Rebecca This Compulsion in Us [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-compulsion-in-us-tina-makereti/c9a5859f5c73850c?ean=9781776562299&next=t⁠] by Tina Makereti  If We Were Villains [https://bookshop.org/p/books/if-we-were-villains-a-novel-m-l-rio/f650ff5c475639d3?ean=9781250095299&next=t]by M.L Rio The Salt Stones [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-salt-stones-seasons-of-a-shepherd-s-life-helen-whybrow/e3a6776a2d279fea?ean=9781571311627&next=t⁠] by Helen Whybrow Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ [https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/] YouTube | @bookpodcasters [https://www.youtube.com/@bookpodcasters] COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-cricchio-msw-951a6b7?lipi@colclemensauthor [https://www.instagram.com/colclemensauthor/]  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com [https://rebeccabeardsall.com] Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall [https://www.instagram.com/author_rebeccabeardsall/] ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth [https://www.instagram.com/athenaroth/#] Shop our recommendations at Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/shop/nothingiswrongwithyou] https://bookshop.org/shop/nothingiswrongwithyou [https://bookshop.org/shop/nothingiswrongwithyou] Disclosure: We are an affiliate of Bookshop.org and we will earn a commission if you click through using this link and make a purchase

How To Support the Work of Writers You Love: Amplify! Amplify! Amplify!

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss what we can do as readers to support the writers we love.  We chat about the benefits of amplifying the work of our favorite authors on social media in hopes of inspiring you to share what you are reading. Recommend: I am I am I am [https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-am-i-am-i-am-seventeen-brushes-with-death-maggie-o-farrell/71c36097d98d90a3?ean=9780525436058&next=t] by Maggie O’Farrell What we are reading: Colleen The Book of Tiny Prayer: Daily Meditations from the Plague Year [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-tiny-prayer-daily-meditations-from-the-plague-year-micah-bucey/8d5f3316583725f8?ean=9780823299225&next=t] by Micah Bucey Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets [https://bookshop.org/p/books/unearthing-a-story-of-tangled-love-and-family-secrets-kyo-maclear/16f93866e1863da6?ean=9781668012604&next=t] by Kyo Maclear Mask of the Deer Woman [https://bookshop.org/p/books/mask-of-the-deer-woman-laurie-l-dove/7dcecee34aeb35f9?ean=9780593816103&next=t] by Laurie L. Dove Rebecca Whidbey [https://bookshop.org/p/books/whidbey-a-novel-t-kira-madden/48258f7008b1c293?ean=9780063289680&next=t] by T Kira Madden The Wind Knows My Name [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wind-knows-my-name-a-novel-isabel-allende/8ef5622ce600704a?ean=9780593598122&next=t] by Isabell Allende Athena They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us [https://bookshop.org/p/books/they-can-t-kill-us-until-they-kill-us-expanded-edition-hanif-abdurraqib/3e2ce76343d74cf0?ean=9781953387448&next=t] by Hanif Abdurraqib Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website |⁠ https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/⁠ [https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/] YouTube | ⁠@bookpodcasters⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@bookpodcasters] COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram |⁠ ⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-cricchio-msw-951a6b7?lipi]⁠@colclemensauthor⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/colclemensauthor/]  REBECCA BEARDSALL website |⁠ https://rebeccabeardsall.com⁠ [https://rebeccabeardsall.com] Instagram |⁠ @author_rebeccabeardsall⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/author_rebeccabeardsall/] ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @⁠athenaroth⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/athenaroth/#]

The Wedding People Walk Into A Bar

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss how books are in conversation with each other–especially when blurbs hint at a working relationship between the writers.  We chat about two bestsellers–The Wedding People and Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar.  And a bonus discussion of why you should read the acknowledgements of your books!  The Wedding People [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wedding-people-a-novel-alison-espach/2a6b95a3104be2ea?ean=9781250899576&next=t⁠] by Alison Espach And Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar [https://bookshop.org/p/books/maggie-or-a-man-and-a-woman-walk-into-a-bar-a-novel-katie-yee/fde5e2e2c5b8048d?ean=9781668084212&next=t] by Katie Yee Recommend:  How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder [https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-a-novel-nina-mcconigley/f6f5068c5d6b1362?ean=9780593702246&next=t] by Nina McConigley What we are reading: Colleen How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-lose-your-mother-a-daughter-s-memoir-molly-jong-fast/87f46fc87f46bf8c?ean=9780593656471&next=t⁠] by Molly Jong-Fast  Dani Shapiro's Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/inheritance-a-memoir-of-genealogy-paternity-and-love-dani-shapiro/63743debb4e9cc36?ean=9780525434030&next=t⁠] Rebecca Sad Tiger [https://bookshop.org/p/books/sad-tiger-neige-sinno/bd8bc13ebb8aeed9?ean=9781644214671&next=t] by Niege Sinno The Pursuit of Love [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-pursuit-of-love-nancy-mitford/9e9963c2632b47d8?ean=9780307740816&next=t⁠]by Nancy Mitford The Pohaku [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-pohaku-a-novel-jasmin-iolani-hakes/c194e3821ee893d8?ean=9780063421134&next=t⁠] Jasmin Iolani Hakes   Athena Our Numbered Bones [https://bookshop.org/p/books/our-numbered-bones-a-novel-katya-balen/236f7b12bf236ceb?ean=9780063459540&next=t]by Katya Balen Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ [https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/] YouTube | @bookpodcasters [https://www.youtube.com/@bookpodcasters] COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-cricchio-msw-951a6b7?lipi@colclemensauthor [https://www.instagram.com/colclemensauthor/]  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com [https://rebeccabeardsall.com] Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall [https://www.instagram.com/author_rebeccabeardsall/] ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth [https://www.instagram.com/athenaroth/#]

Proceed with caution: we discuss gifting books

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss the complicated nature of gifting a book.  Do we like to give more than receive books? We share our opinions on what we deem to be the fraught and vulnerable space of gifting books. Recommend:  Comfort of Crows, Margret Renkl [ ⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-comfort-of-crows-reese-s-book-club-pick-a-backyard-year-margaret-renkl/348a9b392b2d0f7f?ean=9781954118461&next=t&⁠] What we are reading: Colleen Tin Man by Sara Winman [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/tin-man-a-novel-sarah-winman/fd4585717f8c1e8f?ean=9780735218765&next=t⁠] Heart the Lover by Lily King [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/heart-the-lover-lily-king/3bd6eeb2f9e33f03?ean=9780802165176&next=t⁠] Rebecca Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser  [https://bookshop.org/p/books/cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-the-human-story-changes-elizabeth-lesser/2a7ef14d0a876c17?ean=9780062887191&next=t⁠] Body Work by Melissa Febos [https://bookshop.org/p/books/body-work-the-radical-power-of-personal-narrative-melissa-febos/b7e302755a53db2c?ean=9781646220854&next=t⁠ ] Athena Foster by Claire Keegan [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/foster-claire-keegan/2f74f4b6707429b7?ean=9780802160140&next=t⁠] So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan [https://bookshop.org/p/books/so-late-in-the-day-stories-of-women-and-men-claire-keegan/698a51b12fbfb234?ean=9780802160850&next=t⁠] Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ [https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/] YouTube | @bookpodcasters [https://www.youtube.com/@bookpodcasters] COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-cricchio-msw-951a6b7?lipi@colclemensauthor [https://www.instagram.com/colclemensauthor/]  REBECCA BEARDSALL  website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com [https://rebeccabeardsall.com] Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsall [https://www.instagram.com/author_rebeccabeardsall/] ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth [https://www.instagram.com/athenaroth/]

Returning to the Beginning

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss the books that have missed the mark for us or just didn't resonate, but also sharing all the love and respect for the authors. Recommend:  Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven  What we are reading: Colleen I See You’ve Called in Dead [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-see-you-ve-called-in-dead-john-kenney/7743f0c9f88b162a?ean=9798989923014&next=t⁠], John Kenney Once There Were Wolves [https://bookshop.org/p/books/once-there-were-wolves-a-novel-charlotte-mcconaghy/a5866270f6638020?ean=9781250244154&next=t], Charlotte McConaghy Rebecca We Survived the Night [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-survived-the-night-julian-brave-noisecat/aaadcc205773d68c?ean=9780593320785&next=t⁠] by Julian Brave NoiseCat  On Lighthouses [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-lighthouses-jazmina-barrera/3c838467f0c032f6?ean=9781949641349&next=t⁠ ]by Jazmina Barrera  Athena The Book Of Kin: On Absence, Love, And Being There [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-kin-on-absence-love-and-being-there-jennifer-eli-bowen/1eeeb8d21ed12d87?ean=9781571311672&next=t⁠] by Bowen, Jennifer Eli 11/22/63 [⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/11-22-63-a-novel-stephen-king/477f3cd27a8af600?ean=9781451627299&next=t⁠] byStephen King  Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with. Socials NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ [https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/] YouTube | @bookpodcasters [https://www.youtube.com/@bookpodcasters] COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-cricchio-msw-951a6b7?lipi@colclemensauthor [https://www.instagram.com/colclemensauthor/]  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com [https://rebeccabeardsall.com] Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall [https://www.instagram.com/author_rebeccabeardsall/] ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth [https://www.instagram.com/athenaroth/#]