Episode 21: You Know What I Reckon I Won’t Read? That Book Right There

Episode 21: You Know What I Reckon I Won’t Read? That Book Right There

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From there, we share our rarely talked about writing lives, listen to Beccah go on a passionate rant about the cheesy, interchangeable book titles currently taking over publishing, and watch Summer repeatedly inform us that she wants a “light, summer read” before immediately bringing a book about serial killers to the table. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on epistolary novels — discussing the stories told through letters, journals, emails, and all the beautifully nosy ways characters let us into their lives.   Books We Mentioned:    2:30- Spur of the Moment Question: Are you a writer? Freida McFadden Ali Hazelwood Ursa Dax CM Nacosta Ruby Dixon   Reading Round Up: 9:20- The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances, Glenn Dixon   12:40- In the Lives of Puppets, TJ Klune   20:25- How to Write a Love Story, Catherine Walsh   26:40- One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune   27:10- This Summer Will Be Different, Carley Fortune   27:30- Every Summer After, Carley Fortune   34:30- The Daisy Chain Flower Shop, Laurie Gilmore   35:25- Rebel Blue Ranch series, Lyla Sage   38:00- Starter Villain, John Scalzi    38:43- Murder Bimbo, Rebecca Novack   40:00- Assistant to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer   44:50- Final Girls, Riley Sager   47:55- Survive the Night, Riley Sager   51:30- The Long and Faraway Gone, Lou Berney   53:35- What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, Michiko Aoyama   57:00- The Secret, Book & Scone Society, Ellery Adams   1:00:00- Spotlight Segment- Epistolary Books The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans Lady Susan, by Jane Austen  Dracula, Bram Stoker   The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky  Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple   Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Partial), by Mary Shelley  The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis  Address Unknown, by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Anne Shaffer  The Color Purple, by Alice Walker  Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding   The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte   Carrie (partial), by Stephen King The Martian (Partial), by Andy Weir  The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, by Janice Hallett  84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff  The Chestnut Springs series, Elsie Silver  Love & Saffron, Kim Fay The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52085140-the-unselected-journals-of-emma-m-lion], by Beth Brower To Sir Phillip with Love, Julia Quinn The Diaries of Anne Frank

Episode 20: You’re Going to Start Weeping About the Pipes

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From there, Beccah makes an emotional plea for someone – anyone – to love sad existential books, so she can have people commenting about her great taste in books. Things take a wild turn when a cricket appears in the studio, triggering a genuine crisis mid-recording. Once the heart palpitations subside, we get overly invested in the concept of a detective pony (despite the obvious thumb-related limitations). We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment breaking down all the different book apps out there! Books We Mentioned:  Spur of the Moment Question: What book made you have an over-dramatic reaction? 3:35- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott 4:40- My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult 7:00- The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins 7:30- The Correspondent, Virginia Evans 8:45- Brimstone, Callie Hart 10:20- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt Reading Round Up: 14:30- Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto 25:30- These Summer Storms, Sarah MacLean 29:00- Elin Hildebrand novels 37:30- The Patron Saint of Second Chances, Christine Simon 42:15- Tartufo, Kira Jane Buxton 44:00- Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke 1:00:30- The Book Club for Troublesome Women, Marie Bostwick 1:01:30- We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi 1:12:00- The Message, Te-Nehisi Coates 1:14:00- Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax 1:14:10- Pony Confidential, Christina Lynch 1:18:30- Open Throat, Henry Hoke 1:18:40- The Hounding, Xenobe Purvis    1:22:00- Spotlight Segment- Book Apps Accessing books: Libby Hoopla Kindle Libro.FM   Tracking books: Goodreads Fable Storygraph   For cute graphics:  Margins Reading “WrapUp”   Buy/sell books: Thrift Books Pango Book of the Month

Episode 19: Just Here for the Ha-Has

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From there, we establish (officially) that we are each other’s other half of a book best friend necklace, reflect on the lines from books that have stuck with us, and watch Beccah engage in some extremely normal, definitely-not-parasocial reading choices based on her celebrity crush (Hudson Williams, if you’re listening… we can explain). And finally, we wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment answering a listener question about DNFing books – especially when it comes to book club picks. Books We Mentioned:  Mary Oliver poetry Pablo Neruda poetry Spur of the Moment Question: What are examples of writing that has stuck with you? 4:00- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer 5:00- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer 5:40- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 5:50- Moby Dick, Herman Melville 6:00- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Reading Round Up: 9:00- The Paradise Problem, Christina Lauren 16:45- Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan 17:20- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins 27:20- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins 31:00- Good People, Patmeena Sabit 32:00- God of the Woods, Liz Moore 40:04- The Hounding, Xenobe Purvis 41:04- Angie Kim, Celeste Ng 42:30- One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand, Luigi Parandello  48:00- The Man Who Was Thursday, G.K. Chesterton 51:00- The Courage to be Disliked, Ichiro Kashmir 58:00- The Bridge Kingdom, Danielle L Jenson 1:02:20- Quicksilver, Brimstone, Callie Hart 1:02:50- Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros 1:03:00- A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas 1:03:45- Tehrangeles, Porochista Khakpour Spotlight Segment-DNFing 1:13:40- The People We Keep, Allison Larkin 1:15:50- North Woods, Daniel Mason 1:16:00- Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax 1:28:00- The Hunting Wives, May Cobb 1:34:00- The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Beth Brower 1:36:30- How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix

Episode 18: I Don’t Know if I Love a Mad Wife, but I Love a Mad Woman

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From there, we share the weirdest places we’ve ever read a book, and Beccah makes the shocking discovery that she has accidentally been reading a thriller… after fully committing to the book without reading the blurb. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment for National Poetry Month, sharing a list of poets and poems for anyone looking to finally dip their toes into poetry.   Books We Mentioned:  Spur of the Moment Question: The weirdest place you’ve ever read a book? 4:40- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt 8:50- Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier 10:45- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins   Reading Round Up: 12:30- With Her Own Hands, Nicole Nehrig 20:02- This Story Might Save Your Life, Tiffany Crum 20:50- Listen for the Lie, Any Tintera 29:10- The Mad Wife, Meagan Church 32:45- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath 40:15- So Far Gone, Jess Walter 43:10- Lost Lambs, Madeline Cash 43:30- Run For the Hills, Kevin Wilson 53:00- A Bit Much, Lyndsay Rush 59:30- How About Now: Poems, Kate Baer   Spotlight Segment- National Poetry Month: 1:02:00- Our favorite poets Summer- Contemporary Lyndsay Rush Button Poetry Josie Balka Ada Limon Amanda Gorman Beccah- Classic John Keats, “Bright Star” Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18” Emily Dickinson William Blake Rumi Poe Langston Hughes Sylvia Plath Rupi Kaur   Taylor Swift Noah Kahan Jewel Shel Silverstein Entry Point Poets: Mary Oliver Billy Collins Rupi Kaur Lyndsay Rush Accessible but Impactful: Langston Hughes Maya Angelou Ada Limon If You’re Feeling Brave, try these classics: Emily Dickinson Robert Frost William Blake Poe

Episode 17: The Queen of Twists, a Twistress

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From there, things take a turn with cowboy aliens, tails (yes… tails), and Beccah’s “top five” favorite books list continues to defy both logic and math. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment celebrating women authors for Women’s History Month — highlighting voices that have shaped literature and the stories we keep coming back to. Books We Mentioned:  Spur of the Moment Question: How do you organize your bookshelves? Les Miserables War and Peace The Count of Monte Cristo Ali Hazelwood Homer A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year, Liz Ison Reading Round Up: 12:25- My Husband’s Wife, Alice Feeney   13:00- His & Hers, Alice Feeney   Frieda McFadden, Riley Sager   23:45- The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates   35:40- Big Dumb Eyes, Nate Bargatze    36:35- North Woods, Daniel Mason   38:00- Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax   45:10- Ice Planet Barbarians, Ruby Dixon   45:15- How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, Molly Harper   49:30- Tin Man, Sarah Winman   59:00- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins   1:02:00- The Man Who was Thursday: A Nightmare, G.K. Chesterton   The Bell Jar The Awakening Pride and Prejudice/ Persuasion The Night Circus   Spotlight Segment- Women’s History Month, Literature Version: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Jane Austen The Bronte Sisters Mrs. Dalloway, A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf Little Women, Louisa May Alcott The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston The Color Purple, Alice Walker The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros Toni Morrison Maya Angelou Agatha Christie Amy Tan