I Reckon I’ll Read It

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 determine which authors Summer would invite to her birthday party, somehow break our own Reading Roundup rules with a few bonus recommendations, and watch Beccah once again campaign against book blurbs that make thoughtful romance novels sound like cheesy Hallmark movies (which we’re also 100% here for). We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment celebrating one full year of I Reckon I'll Read It – looking back at our favorite moments, biggest surprises, and how far we've come. Books We Mentioned:  2:30 - Spur of the Moment Question: What three authors living or dead would you invite to your birthday party? 10:00 - Reading Round Up: 10:30- The Return of Ellie Black, Emiko Jean Before You Were Anne, Emiko Jean 18:20- Persuasion, Jane Austen 30:40- The Framed Women of Ardemore House, Brandy Shillace 32:00- The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman The Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz 37:20- Wine and Punishment, Sarah Fox 38:30- Honey Bee Mine, Sarah T. Dubb Birding with Benefits, Sarah T. Dubb 49:30- The Children, Melissa Albert 57:40- To The Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf 1:05:00 - Spotlight Segment- Looking back on one year of I Reckon I’ll Read It! Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sarah Beth Durst Wives Like Us, Plum Sykes Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer The Correspondent, Virginia Evans Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry Babel, R.F. Kuang Three Pines series, Louise Penny Twilight, Stephanie Meyer By the Fire We Carry, Rebecca Nagle Quicksilver, Callie Hart To the Moon and Back, Eliana Ramage Violet Thistlewaite is Not A Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas

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 tackle the very important question of when it's socially acceptable to start reading fall books, wander into the strange world of paranormal fiction (where the phrase “sexy reanimated corpses” somehow becomes a normal part of the conversation), and somehow find ourselves back in cowboy romance territory once again. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment breaking down how we actually rate books: the metrics, moments, and gut feelings that help us decide where a book lands on our five-star scale. Books We Mentioned:  6:10 - Spur of the Moment Question: When does fall reading start for you? 7:20- If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia Love Felt Like This, Julie Olivia- out Sept. 8th 8:05- Moby Dick, Herman Melville 12:05- The September House, Carissa Orlando 13:00- Reading Round Up: 13:20- Bound, Ali Hazelwood Mate, Ali Hazelwood Two Can Play, Ali Hazelwood 27:00- The Reimagining of Thornwood House, Jaliegh Johnson Thistlefoot, GennaRose Nethercott  34:00- Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz 34:48- Flawless, Elsie Silver Gold Rush Ranch series (first book Off to the Races) Rose Hill series (first book Wild Love) Emerald Lake series (first book Fever Dream) 47:30- Rebel Blue Ranch services, Lyla Sage (first book Done and Dusted) 48:00- The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood 52:40- Beach Read, Emily Henry 53:00- The Hating Game, Sally Thorne 54:15- Vera Stein is Fine, Julie Murphy Dumplin’, Julie Murphy A Merry Little Meet Cute, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone 1:01:20- Leave and Come Back, Lavanya Lakshmi 1:02:00- Dolly All the Time, Annabel Monaghan Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan  1:08:30 - Spotlight Segment- How We Decide on Book Ratings 1:11:45- Assistant to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1:15:00- Fall I Want, Lyra Parish 1:18:30- Dearly Departed, Chip Pons 1:19:45- Wells Ranch series, Bailey Hannah 1:20:45- Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko 1:21:30- The Correspondent, Virginia Evans 1:21:40- Where’d You Go Bernadette, Maria Semple 1:22:15- Helm, Sarah Hall 1:23:00- Listen for the Lie, Amy Tintera 1:23:45- Excavations, Kate Myers 1:23:55- The Hounding, Xenobe Purvis 1:24:15- Unlikely Animals, Annie Hartnett 1:25:23- books by Janice Hallett 1:28:20- The Selection series, Kiera Cass

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 tackle the very important issue of which books feel like August before Beccah experiences the literary equivalent of an identity crisis after enjoying several of her least favorite tropes. Summer continues her deep dive into the world of Sarah J. Maas to prepare for the upcoming book release in October. To wrap things up, we end with a Spotlight Segment exploring high school reading lists, while we, the obvious experts, decide what we think should stay, what should go, and what we'd assign instead. Books We Mentioned:  2:40- Spur of the Moment Question: If the month of August was a book genre, what would it be? S.A. Cosby novels The Dry, Jane Harper 7:25- Reading Round Up: 7:40- Finlay Donovan is Killing It, Elle Cosimano  14:30- Wells Ranch series by Bailey Hannah, specifically: Love Wells Kept 16:50- Rebel Blue Ranch series, Lyla Sage 17:05- Chestnut Springs series, Elsie Silver 18:40- Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks 23:45- Resisting the Alien Rider, Ursa Da 26:00- The Vow, Movie (incorrectly cited as a Nicholas Sparks novel, whoops!) 32:30- Crescent City Series, Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass Series, Sarah J. Maas 42:00- Adversary to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer 47:43- Excavations, Kate Myers 51:28- Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan 51:55: Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez Spotlight Segment- High School Reading Lists Revisited The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald  The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett  The House on Mango St., Sandra Cisneros  To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston The Color Purple, Alice Walker Monster, Walter Dean Myers  The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne  Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne The Minister’s Black Veil, Nathaniel Hawthorne  1984, George Orwell Hunger Games, Susanne Collins The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood The Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway  Life of Pi, Yann Martel Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer The Things They Carried, Tim O’brien  The Martian, Andy Weir  The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho  Lord of the Flies, William Golding Stanford Prison Experiment, Documentary or Podcast The Lottery - Shirley Jackson  Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Macbeth, Shakespeare Hamlet, Shakespeare  The Odyssey, Homer Circe, Madeline Miller The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien  American Born Chinese - Gene Juen Yang The Crucible, Arthur Miller Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Night, Elie Wiesel The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka  Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon  Out of My mind, Sharon M. Draper

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 discuss what things are needed for a successful ‘reading experience,’ and for the first time in a long time (maybe ever?) Beccah says she reckons she would read all three of Summer’s books. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on one of our favorite tropes: You’ve Got Mail retellings. Books We Mentioned:  1:20- Spur of the Moment Question: What do you need around you to have a successful reading experience? Giant reading pillow Space heater  4:30- Reading Round Up: 5:25- Bromantasy, Maire Roche 11:18- The Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming:  That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (book 1) 12:48- Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz 14:00- The Ending Writes Itself, Evelyn Clarke And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie 15:20- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab 21:50- The Diary of Anais Nin, Anais Nin 22:47- Recluse Books, Ft. Worth Texas 25:53- Delta of Venus, Anais Nin 27:50- On Booze, F. Scott Fitzgerald  29:08- I See You’ve Called in Dead, John Kenney 29:57- Straight Man, Richard Russo A Man Called Ove, Frederik Backman Less, Andrew Sean Greer 39:40- The Unicorn Hunters, Katherine Arden 43:47- My Lady Jane, Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows 45:28- Mother Tongue, Sara Novic True Biz, Sara Novic 51:00- Spotlight Segment- You’ve Got Mail Retellings  Well Played, Jen DeLuca Battle of the Bookstores, Ali Brady The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, Megan Bannen Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross Attachments, Rainbow Rowell To Sir With Love, Lauren Layne Thank You For Listening, Julia Whelan Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade Tweet Cute, Emma Lord Mr. Wrong Number, Lynn Painter

Hey y’all! Welcome to our first Side Saddle episode, where we take the time to dive deep into topics that might not fully make it to the big show. Today, we are joined by a VERY special guest to discuss one of our favorite book (and movie) series of all time, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. We talk all things original trilogy, prequels, movie adaptations, hot takes, and more! And y’all, it really is THAT deep for us. Saddle up and ride along as we go!   Books We Talked About:    1:20- Introducing our guest- THE BULLY! (AKA our dear friend, Sandiey)   5:10-Hunger Games discussion   7:45- Rapid Fire Discussion Questions   Buzzfeed quiz, Which Hunger Games District    20:00- The Original Trilogy Discussion   23:00- Divergent, Veronica Roth   25:28- The Lottery, Shirley Jackson   31:38- Battle Royale, Koushun Takami   37:00- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes   1:04:30- Sunrise on the Reaping   1:21:00- Hot takes and thoughts on the upcoming Sunrise on the Reaping movie adaptation

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 discuss our favorite fictional friendships, which quickly becomes an excuse for Beccah to spend an unreasonable amount of time fangirling over Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings. Summer, unsurprisingly, brings even more horror novels to the table, while Beccah once again shares her (admittedly unpopular) opinions about the so-called “greatest assassin in the world.” We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on the books that have pushed us out of our comfort zones.  Books We Mentioned:  The Okie Bookcast BOB Podcast 7:45- Spur of the Moment Question: What are some of your favorite fictional friendships? Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery  My Friends, Fredrik Backman The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien  Clare Pooley novels A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas 13:58- Reading Round Up: 14:23- A Box Full of Darkness, Simone St. James The Sun Down Motel, Simone St. James Broken Girls, Simone St. James Murder Road, Simone St. James The Book of Cold Cases, Simone St. James 21:00- The Haunting of Hill House TV adaptation, based on the story by Shirley Jackson 25:35- Just for the Season, Rachel Griffiths 27:00- Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn 35:45- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Sarah J. Maas Crescent City series, Sarah J. Maas 50:00-The Shippers, Katherine Center The Bodyguard, Katherine Center Hello Stranger, Katherine Center The RomCommers, Katherine Center The Love Haters, Katherine Center  57:00- Our Perfect Storm, Carley Fortune 1:00:55- Forever Your Rogue, Erin Langston 1:08:50 - Alive and Wells, Bailey Hannah 1:25:30- Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks 1:16:00- The Edens series, Devney Perry 1:17:00- Spotlight Segment- Books that have pushed us out of our comfort zones Books by Silvia Moreno Garcia: -Gods of Jade and Shadow -Mexican Gothic -The Seventh Veil of Salome   Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Canas Tin Man, Sarah Winman The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax  The Traveling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa  

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. After a brief rant about technology refusing to cooperate, we tackle an important literary debate by assigning book genres to different meals (because nonfiction is clearly breakfast). We then embark on an entirely unnecessary mission to correct a book blurb’s understanding of Shakespearean conspiracy theories before wrapping things up with a Spotlight Segment on the books we’ve DNF’d so far this year.  Books We Mentioned:  2:35- Spur of the Moment Question: What genres would each meal be? 10:00- Reading Round Up: 10:30- Well Met, Jen DeLuca  Well Played Well Matched Well Travelled  25:00- The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden 35:00- Scandalized, Lauren Billings (of Christina Lauren author duo) 46:00- The Authenticity Project, Clare Pooley Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting How to Age Disgracefully Friends You Haven’t Met Yet 55:00- The House of Now and Then, Edward Underhill 1:05:37- The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow Starling House The Once and Future Witches 1:10:15- The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown 1:11:00- The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern  1:13:35- Babel, R.F. Kuang 1:16:55- Weyward, Emilia Hart 1:19:15- Spotlight Segment- Books We’ve DNF’d this year Meet Me Under the Mistletoe, Jenny Bayliss Good Spirits, B.K. Borrison Harlem Rhapsody, Victoria Christopher Murray Wolf Gone Wild, Juliette Cross Babel, R.F. Kuang Alien Tyrant, Ursa Dax Scandalized, Lauren Billings Northwoods, Daniel Mason The Poet Empress, Shen Tao

This week, we discuss what we love – and what we don’t – about popular book cover trends. We then venture into the world of true crime and accidentally uncover Summer’s surprisingly strong enthusiasm for clone stories. We wrap things up with a mid-year check-in on our reading goals, stats, and favorite books of the year so far. Books We Mentioned:  Visit our Shop! Knight’s Nook local independent bookstore in Yukon, OK 4:00- Spur of the Moment Question: What style of book covers do you like? Where’d You Go Bernadette, Maria Semple Emily Henry covers Ali Hazelwood covers Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses vs Crescent City   10:30- Reading Round Up: 10:40- The Carpool Detectives, Chuck Hogan 14:10- Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann 24:43- The Summer of Broken Rules, K.L. Walther 33:30- The Echo Wife, Sarah Gailey 39:00- My Murder, Katie Williams 41:00- The Hunger Games narrated by Tatiana Maslany  43:00- The Daisy Chain Flower Shop, Laurie Gilmore (and other titles in the Dream Harbor series) 44:16- Rebel Blue Ranch series, Lyla Sage 49:38- Books by Sangu Mandanna 49:50- Books by Sarah Beth Durst 56:25- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, Ilona Andrews 59:25- The Bridge Kingdom, Danielle L. Jensen 1:02:50- A Novel Love Story, Ashley Poston 1:04:50- Into the Blue, Emma Brodie 1:15:00- The Correspondent, Virginia Evans 1:16:45- In Cold Blood, Truman Capote 1:17:30- Spotlight Segment- 2026 Mid-Year Check In  Checking in on:  Total books read so far First book of the year Most recently finished A Few Rules For Predicting The Future, Octavia E. Butler Top genres so far Fiction vs Nonfiction Biggest letdown so far Summer Her Last Breath, Taylor Adams Beccah:  Star Shipped, Cat Sebastian Favorite books so far this year Summer:  The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Beth Brower The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells The Road to Tender Hearts, Annie Hartnett Lady Tremaine, Rachel Hochhauser Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax Beccah: The Traveling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa ACOTAR 6 Hunger Games Checking in on yearly goals

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 take the opportunity to lovingly roast each other’s reading personalities, encounter both murderous mermaids and detective sheep, and wonder what ever happened to the Bermuda triangle? Then, we wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on our biggest bookish “icks” – the words, phrases, and writing habits that make us want to gently set a book down and walk away (or catch on fire). Books We Mentioned:  2:30- Spur of the Moment Question: Bookish roasts Murder Bimbo, Rebecca Novack Every Summer After, Carley Fortune Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens The Mad Wife, Meagan Church Ice Planet Barbarians, Ruby Dixon Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax   11:45- Reading Round Up: 12:00- The Deal, Elle Kennedy   23:45- The Road to Tender Hearts, Annie Hartnett   32:45- Eve’s Hollywood, Eve Babitz   35:00- Tehrangeles, Porochista Khakpour   38:40- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo; Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid   40:35- Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant   51:30- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Rick Riordan   54:50- Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann   1:01:00- Pony Confidential, Christina Lynch   1:01:45- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt   1:03:05- Booklist Magazine   1:04:45- A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World, and How it Can Save Us, Bruce Feiler   1:09:05- With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories, Nicole Nehrig   1:11:55- Spotlight Segment- Epistolary Books A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas The Edens series, Devney Perry Powerless, Elsie Silver Done and Dusted, Lyla Sage Carley Fortune titles Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune Poem by Lyndsey Rush- “And the Shape of Her Body? Unusual”

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, by Beth Brower To Sir Phillip with Love, Julia Quinn The Diaries of Anne Frank

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

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

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

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

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 dive into the wild world of genre mashups and dream up some strange combinations – debating what works and what really doesn’t. Cat detectives take a leading role in our genre discussion, and as the episode progresses, so do the questionable sci-fi robot noises. Then, we wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on genre labels and our own genre-labeling system. Books We Mentioned:  1:15- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Spur of the Moment Question: Favorite genre mashup? 7:00- The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, Ally Carter 7:45- Silvia Moreno Garcia, Isabel Canas 11:45- Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Canas 12:00- The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells 14:00- A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Sarah J. Maas Reading Round Up: 17:00- When in Rome, Sarah Adams 24:50- In Your Dreams, Sarah Adams 27:00- The Belle of Belgrave Square, The Siren of Sussex, Mimi Matthews 32:00- Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn 35:00- Harlem Rhapsoday, Victoria Christopher Murray 36:00- The Goodbye Cat, The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa 40:00- Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune 47:45- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer 49:00- The Girls Who Grew Big, Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley 55:45- The Stardust Thief, The Ashfire King, Chelsea Abdullah 1:02:00- The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights 1:04:00- Lady Tremaine, Rachel Hochhauser 1:04:40- Circe, Madeline Miller 1:06:15- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins Spotlight Segment- Genre Designations: 1:18:20- The Wedding People, Alison Espach 1:23:30- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

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 spend an excessive amount of time discussing The Little Mermaid (we apologize in advance), bring a couple of current reads celebrating Black History Month to the table, and somehow get so silly that Summer laughs to the point of tears – more than once. We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on book-to-screen adaptations: what we love, what we hate, and a few we’re convinced should have never made it off the page. Books We Mentioned:  Spur of the Moment Question: Favorite/least favorite book to screen adaptation? 2:30- The Percy Jackson series, Rick Riordan 6:00- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer 6:15- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins 7:15- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 8:55- Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 9:00- Persuasion, Jane Austen Reading Round Up: 10:50- The Favorites, Layne Fargo 19:50- Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid 20:00- Helm, Sarah Hall 32:00- The Storm, Rachel Hawkins 33:20- The Ex Hex, Erin Sterling 40:40- The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 41:00- Harlem Rhapsody, Victoria Christopher Murray 52:40- Dominion, Addie E. Citchens 59:00- A Spy in the House of Love, Anais Nin Spotlight Segment: Book to Screen Adaptations: Titles Mentioned in Segment The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Persuasion, Jane Austen Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry Beach Read, Emily Henry Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn  Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis  Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood Seven Days in June, Tia Williams  Heated Rivalry Series, Rachel Reid

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. In this episode, we cover a surprising number of genres, convince ourselves that our lives would be better (and far more emotionally compelling) if narrated by a cat, pivot hard into robot territory (with far too many android jokes), and land with a very honest conversation about book slumps – how they happen, why they stick around, and how to get out of one.   Books We Mentioned:    Spur of the Moment Question: Current favorite bookish accessory Book pouches, pens, bookmarks Reading Pillow   Reading Round Up: 10:20- The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa   14:15- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt   19:50- All Systems Red, Martha Wells   26:20- A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas   29:00- In the Lives of Puppets, TJ Klune   30:50- Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko   32:38- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.   40:45- Cursed Daughters, Oyinkan Braithwaite   41:22- My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite   51:35- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway   56:48- The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living, Hillary L. McBride   1:01:20- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk   Spotlight Segment: Reading Challenge- Reading Slumps   1:17:00- Morning Glory Milking Farm, C.M. Nacosta

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 quickly go off the rails with some truly unnecessary vocal “stims,” very impassioned reactions to Wuthering Heights, and a few non-traditional reads brought to the table just to keep things interesting! Books We Mentioned:  1:13- Brimstone, Callie Hart 2:20- The Long Game, Rachel Reid 4:00- The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins Spur of the Moment Question: An author you trust to lead you through emotional danger 5:58- Authors:  Angeline Boulley Emily Henry Rebecca Ross Fredrik Backman Autobuy Authors: Ali Hazelwood Rachel Gillig Sarah J. Maas Simone St. James Isabel Canas Silvia Moreno Garcia Reading Round Up: 10:43- Here For It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays, R. Eric Thomas 18:40- Two Can Play, Ali Hazelwood 26:30- A Holiday by Gaslight, Mimi Matthews 28:40- Anatomy of an Alibi- Ashley Elston 35:00- Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte 52:10- Lost Lambs, Madeline Cash 59:20- The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien, John Hendrix Spotlight Segment: Reading Challenge - Childhood Favorites  1:05:40- Time for a new reading challenge! 1:10:00- The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin 1:12:30- Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech

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. Then we attempt a little book therapy to figure out what actually makes us cry in books (with… limited success), poke fun at the ever-present Oklahoma tornado stereotypes in fiction, and wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment where we confess what books we keep dodging.  Books We Mentioned:    Spur of the Moment Question: What Was the Last Book That Made You Cry? 2:30- Brimstone, Callie Hart   3:55- The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis   5:10- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas   6:18- Books by Brene Brown   6:30- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer   6:55- Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid   Reading Round Up: 8:45- Elizabeth of East Hampton, Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding   18:35- The Bone Thief, Vanessa Lillie   19:00- author Lou Berney, Summer previously read The Long and Faraway Gone   29:20- Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley   36:15- The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion   43:10- Isabel and the Rogue, Liana De La Rosa   *Fact check, we both say “Regency” period in England, but both stories take place during the Victorian period.    50:00- Burning Daylight, Emily McIntire   56:13- The Poet Empress, Shen Tao   Spotlight Segment: Books We’ve Been Dodging  Books we’ve been “about to start” for forever 1:05:00- The Correspondent, Virginia Evans The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Amy Tan The Sign For Home, Blair Fell   A classic we’ve always wanted to read 1:08:50- Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas Les Miserables, Victor Hugo   Books we’ve been actively avoiding 1:14:30- Beloved, Toni Morrison Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison Sula, Toni Morrison Giovonni’s Room, James Baldwin A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas

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 off 2026 (and Season 2) by doing something a little different. Instead of our usual segments, we’re taking a long look back at our 2025 reading lives: what we read, what surprised us, what disappointed us, and which books completely wrecked us (emotionally, of course). We share our top reads of the year, our biggest reading patterns and shifts, and a few reading goals as we look ahead to 2026. It’s a reflective, honest wrap-up of a year in books before we turn the page to 2026.   Books We Mentioned:    3:00- Fill in the Blank-2025 was the year of ____   6:00- Soapbox about audiobooks   The Reading Round Up Numbers:   10:30- Total books read   Longest book- 16:19- Quicksilver, Callie Hart   16:40- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix    18:14- Top formats   22:56- Publication dates   26:39- Fiction vs. Nonfiction   28:43- Author Demographics   32:56- How many re-reads   The Scarlet Pimpernel; Frankenstein    34:20- Book sources (library, bought, etc.)   37:19- Top Genres Books we both read this year 39:54- The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emmuska Orzcy The Wedding People, Alison Espach The Strawberry Patch Pancake House Wild and Wrangled, Lyla Sage Deep End, Ali Hazelwood Sula, Toni Morrison The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Battle of the Bookstores, Ali Brady Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry Problematic Summer Romance, Ali Hazelwood Love is a War Song, Danica Nava The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer Passing, Nella Larson A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, Sangu Mandanna Shady Characters, Keith Houston My Vampire Plus One, Jenna Levine Longitude, Dava Sobel If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner Roadtrip With a Vampire, Jenna Levine The Gingerbread Bakery, Laurie Gilmore Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens Quicksilver, Callie Hart An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister Merry Little Bookshop, Ali Brady   Our Spotlight Books:  50:40- Best Series Three Pines/Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, Louise Penny Harry Potter series   53:19- Biggest Disappointments Roadtrip with a Vampire, Jenna Levine Eclipse, Stephanie Meyer   55:55- Biggest Surprise Book Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid Quicksilver, Callie Hart   59:04- The Book that Broke You Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros Brimstone, Callie Hart   1:01:49- The Book that Got Away Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer   1:04:39- Comfort Read of the Year The Teller of Small Fortunes, Julie Leong A Holiday by Gaslight, Mimi Matthews   1:07:15- Least Favorite Book The Hunting Wives, May Cobb Fall I Want, Lyra Parish   Top 10 Books:   1:10:15- Honorable Mentions:  The Hounding, Xenobe Purvis Tomorrow Will Be Different, Sarah McBride My Vampire Plus One, Jenna Levine Sula, Toni Morrison Accomplice to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer   10- Atmosphere; Quicksilver Check & Mate, Ali Hazelwood   9- Run for the Hills, Kevin Wilson Lolly Willowes, Syliva Townsend Warner   8- Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz Frankenstein, Mary Shelley   7- Passing, Nella Larson Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer   6- Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros Brimstone, Callie Hart   5- My Friends, Fredrik Backman Quicksilver, Callie Hart   4- Sisters in the Wind, Angeline Boulley If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia   3- By the Fire We Carry, Rebecca Nagle The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath   2- The Wedding People, Alison Espach Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry   1- The Correspondent, Virginia Evans The Wedding People, Alison Espach   2026 Reading Goals 1:25:50- Main personal goals   1:29:17- Other personal goals   1:33:10- Podcast Goals

It's a Christmas Surprise! In this bonus episode, we give each other bookish Christmas gifts, and you get to hear all the reactions Live On Air (or live on recording, maybe?) Plus a heartfelt thank you to all of our listeners for being along for the ride, and a look towards what’s coming up next for the pod in 2026. Happy Holidays!

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. In this episode, we fully surrender to the holiday spirit with even more festive book recs (and a few decidedly not festive ones), plus a Spotlight Segment where we share what we’re hoping to see under the Christmas tree this year. Along the way, there’s an alarming number of references to the Ghost of (Reading) Past and far too much enthusiastic humming of the Flintstones theme song. Books We Mentioned:  5:58- Spur of the Moment Question: What book would the Ghost of Reading Past judge you for?  English major Beccah 8:15- Waiting For Godot, Samuel Beckett 10:20- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf 10:52- How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, Molly Harper Reading Roundup 15:55- The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, Ally Carter  24:57- The Hounding, Xenobe Purvis 28:07- Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner 29:00- A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner 31:00- Hearts and Daggers Podcast 31:30- Side Quests: Animal Symbolism in The Hounding 32:50- Lovelight Farms; In the Weeds, B.K. Borison 42:42- Best Offer Wins, Marisa Kashino 52:20- Meet Me Under the Mistletoe, Jenny Bayliss 56:10- An Academic Affair, Jodi McAlister 56:29- Welcome to Murder Week, Karen Dukess 1:01:42- Violet Thistlewaite is Not A Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz  1:03:05- Spotlight Segment: Our bookish holiday wishlist, realistic and delusional 1:03:58- Quicksilver; Brimstone, Callie Hart 1:09:00- Blind Date with a Book, Knight’s Nook, Yukon, OK 1:11:41- A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas

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. In this episode, we dive straight into the Christmas season with a festive Spur-of-the-Moment Question and some holiday recs! Summer updates us on her Lord of the Rings journey, and we wrap things up with a book-themed “Naughty or Nice” Spotlight Segment that really exposes just how questionable our reading habits really are.  Books We Mentioned:  Second Story Books 2:15- Emma, Jane Austen 2:41- A Letter to the Luminous Deep, Sylvie Cathrall 3:22- Mate, Ali Hazelwood 3:37- Merry Little Bookshop, Ali Brady  3:45- The Little Book of Winter: A Cozy Guide to a Season of Comfort and Happiness, Brittany Viklund 4:08- Meet Me Under the Mistletoe, Jenny Bayliss Spur of the moment question:  5:30- Beach Read, Emily Henry 6:00- Quicksilver; Brimstone, Callie Hart 6:33- Emma, Jane Austen 6:50- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas Reading Roundup: 7:40- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab  8:05- The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien  10:15- The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien 11:35- The Odyssey, Homer  17:45- The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis 21:23- New Moon, Stephanie Meyer  28:33- Welcome to Murder Week, Karen Dukess 32:27- Merry Little Bookshop; Battle of the Bookstores, Ali Brady 40:16- Good Spirits; Lovelight Farms; First Time Caller, B.K. Borrison 42:20- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 44:28- Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens 44:39- Once Upon a December, Amy E. Reichert  46:42- The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern  Spotlight Segment: 54:00- Bookish Naughty or Nice List

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. This episode we lean into the season with some more Nonfiction November picks, Native American Heritage Month recs… and, yes, even more vampires. Then, we draft our ideal literary Thanksgiving dinner guests, where you know chaos will ensue. Not everyone makes the final cut, so be ready to defend your favorites. Books We Mentioned:  1:33- If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia 1:35- Fall I Want, Lyra Parish 3:03- The Wedding People, Allison Espach 6:23- My Oxford Year; Thank You for Listening; Casanova LLC, Julia Whelan 7:35- The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes 12:10- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer 23:00- The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien 25:11- By the Fire We Carry, Rebecca Nagle 30:45- Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann 36:27- Quicksilver; Brimstone, Callie Hart 41:59- This Summer Will Be Different, Carley Fortune 42:48- Every Summer After; Meet Me at the Lake; One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune 46:43- Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery 47:25- New Moon, Stephanie Meyer 47:52- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon 48:25- The Courting of Bristol Keats, Mary E. Pearson 53:13- Dance of Thieves, Mary E. Pearson 55:12- To the Moon and Back, Eliana Ramage 55:49- Violet ThistleWaite Is Not a Villain Anymore, Emily Krempholtz 59:19- The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sarah Beth Durst 1:00:35- The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst

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 (more or less,) and two that are up next. We share a moment of pure chaos when Beccah reads the back of a book she swears she just finished – only to realize live that she was reading from a completely different “Fall” book with an almost identical cover – bringing a whole new meaning to “never judge a book by its cover.” Summer helps reel us back in with some Non-fiction November picks, and we wrap things up by reminiscing on special book-related moments in our spotlight segment featuring a bookish gratitude jar.  Books We Mentioned:  0:56- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 1:52- The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood 2:36- Beach Read, Emily Henry 3:12- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas 8:10- The Gingerbread Bakery, Laurie Gilmore 20:14- Fall I Want, Lyra Parish 22:20- Falling Like Leaves, Misty Wilson 23:20- The Summer I Turned Pretty; To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han 36:40- The House of My Mother, Shari Franke 45:03- Mate, Ali Hazelwood 53:45- Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women who Challenged a Nation, Tiya Miles 57:55- Quicksilver, Callie Hart 1:02:30- Silver Elite, Dani Francis 1:07:38- A River Enchanted, Rebecca Ross 1:07:50- Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross 1:09:38- The Princess Bride, William Goldman 1:10:24- Battle of the Bookstores, Ali Brady 1:12:34- The Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien  1:13:58- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer 1:14:00- Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley 1:14:30- Disability Visibility, Alice Wong 1:14:35- How the Word is Passed, Clint Smith 1:14:50- White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo 1:20:38- The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin 1:21:24- Nancy Drew series, Carolyn Keene 1:22:45- Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech 1:24:40- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

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. We share a few bookish confessions with each other, Beccah can't let a certain "spitting" scene go, somehow find common threads of both Jane Austen and retirement communities across our books, and we revisit some of our favorite reads from last year.  Books We Mentioned:  5:25- Passing, Nella Larson 10:45- Hot Hex Boyfriend, Carly Bloom 14:26- Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 14:28-Twilight, Stephanie Meyer 17:43- The Austen Affair, Madeline Bell 28:08- Heartwood, Amity Gaige 31:40- The God of the Woods, Liz Moore 34:40- Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, Ben Montgomery  34:57- A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson 35:28- The Rebel Blue Ranch Series, Lyla Sage 37:03- Soul Searching, Lyla Sage 40:15- The Chestnut Springs Series, Elsie Silver 52:15- The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, Lynda Cohen Loigman 1:01:24- Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner 1:11:18- The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne 1:12:44- The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones 1:21:01- Ruthless Vows, Rebecca Ross 1:21:56- Funny Story, Emily Henry 1:21:58, Check & Mate, Ali Hazelwood 1:22:20- Hello Stranger, Katherine Center 1:22:32- Never Rescue A Rogue, Virginia Heath* 1:22:50- A Holiday by Gaslight, Mimi Matthews 1:24:58- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt 1:25:40- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 1:27:38- Calling for a Blanket Dance, Oscar Hokeah 1:27:50- How to Age Disgracefully, Clare Pooley 1:28:50- Heartless Hunter and The Rebel Witch, Kristen Ciccarelli 1:29:01- Kingdom of Ash, Sarah J. Maas 1:29:15- Warbreaker and Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson 1:30:03- The Harry Potter Series, JK Rowling 1:30:29- The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie 1:31:15- My Murder, Katie Williams 1:31:48- Persuasion, Jane Austen 1:31:57- The Awakening, Kate Chopin 1:32:00- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf 1:32:07- Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston 1:33:18- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer 1:33:55- Atlas of the Heart, Brene Brown 1:34:18- Good For a Girl, Lauren Fleshman 1:37:08- The Crescent City Series, Sarah J. Maas 1:37:29- The Wilderwood Series, Hannah F. Whitten 1:37:39- The Cruel Prince Series, Holly Black 1:37:40- The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis 1:38:08- The Three Pines Series, Louise Penny 1:38:30- The Chestnut Springs Series, Elsie Silver 1:39:04- Strange Sally Diamond, Liz Nugent

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 heartwarming (and sometimes silly) comfort reads to Summer’s signature descent into the dark and twisty, we cover the full emotional spectrum. Somewhere in there, we start a campaign for Penguin to sponsor us (we’re only half joking). Books We Mentioned:  0:56- Author talk with Ally Carter and Allison Ashley 1:20- Crime and Compassion Inc 3:44- Hello Stranger, Katherine Center 6:18- Game of Thrones series, George R.R. Martin 7:20- Sisters in the Wind, Angeline Boulley 8:10- Firekeeper’s Daughter, Angeline Boulley 8:44- Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley 18:00- A Novel Love Story, Ashley Poston 18:18- The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston 8:23- The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston 25:22- If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia 33:58- Roadtrip with a Vampire, Jenna Levine 34:38- My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine 36:46- The League of Gentlewomen Witches, India Holton 37:16- Love in the Time of Serial Killers, Alicia Thompson 40:50- The Flatshare, Beth O’Leary 43:30- The Long and Faraway Gone, Lou Berney 46:30- Crooks, Lou Berney 46:50- Blood Sisters and The Bone Thief, Vanessa Lillie 49:48- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruis Zafon 51:26- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf 56:10- The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern  59:55- The Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien  1:00:38- The Twilight Series, Stephanie Meyer  1:02:40- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

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. Along the way, we meander through a whole host of genres, take a few unexpected conversational turns related to a favorite theme of Beccah’s (and a few of her biggest fears!), and get a surprise bookish confession from Summer. We finish out with a spotlight segment discussing Spooky Season and several titles we reckon you should pick up this time of year.    Books We Mentioned:  1:35- Funny Story, Emily Henry 1:38- Sisters of the Lost Nation, Nick Medina 4:22- The Wedding People, Alison Espach 7:31- Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf 7:37- The Bell Jar, Silvia Plath 10:59- The Awakening, Kate Chopin 16:16- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas 16:23- A Court of Silves Flames, Sarah J. Maas 16:30- Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross 16:35- A River Enchanted, Rebecca Ross 16:50- Heartless Hunter, Kristen Ciccarelli 17:00- The Rebel Witch, Kristen Ciccarelli 17:18- The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy 18:05- Rook, Sharon Cameron 24:40- Passing, Nella Larson 30:45- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennet 32:28- The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson 32:42- I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacquiline Harpman 33:11- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir 40:50- The Martian, Andy Weir 41:11- Ice Planet Barbarians, Ruby Dixon 45:22- The Narrow Boat Summer, Anne Youngson 1:01:50- The Ex Hex; The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling 1:02:20- The Wedding Witch, Erin Sterling 1:02:36- Hot Hex Boyfriend, Carly Bloom 1:02:47- Love’s A Witch, Tricia O’Malley 1:03:08- My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine 1:03:25- My Vampire Plus One, Jenna Levine 1:03:33- Road Trip with a Vampire, Jenna Levine 1:03:46- Happy Medium, Sarah Adler 1:03:54- Fang Fiction, Kate Stayman-London  1:04:12- One to Watch, Kate Stayman-London 1:04:52- Books by author Isabel Cañas (The Hacienda; Vampires of El Norte, The Possession of Alba Diaz) 1:05:42- Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia  1:05:55- The September House, Carissa Orlando  1:06:50- Lone Women, Victor LaValle  1:07:06- The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones 1:07:57- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 1:08:28- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte 1:08:40- Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte 1:09:06- Ninth House; Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo 1:09:17- Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey 1:10:05 Wine and Punishment, Sarah Fox 1:10:39- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches; A Witches Guide to Magical Inn Keeping, Sangu Mandanna 1:11:18- The Spellshop; The Enchanted Greenhouse; The Sea of Charms, Sarah Beth Durst

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. Along the way, we wander into a lively chat about sentient objects and seeds (the plant kind – not the baby kind, which Beccah can’t quite keep straight). For our spotlight, we turn to the world of book clubs: we talk about why we love them, highlight some of our favorites from one of our local bookstores, and rhapsodize about the joys of reading in community. To see more of us, you can find us on Instagram at: @IReckonIllReadIt Book Titles Mentioned: 1:08- Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall 1:19- Disability Visibility, Alice Wong 2:07- The Iliad, Homer 3:44- Firekeeper’s Daughter, Angeline Boulley 5:36 Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R. Tolkien 8:47- Run For the Hills, Kevin Wilson 9:04- Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson 17:36- Assistant to the Villain series, Hannah Nicole Maehrer 25:07- The Empyrean series, Rebecca Yarros 28:26- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt 28:58- Starling House, Alix E. Harrow 29:19- Ninth House & Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo 30:24- Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy 39:02- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins 44:36- The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sarah Beth Durst  54:12- Runner 13, Amy McCulloch 54:31- Breathless, Amy McCulloch  1:02:54- Wives Like Us, Plum Sykes 1:10:26- The Hunting Wives, May Cobb 1:11:15- Magnolia Parks, Jessa Hastings 1:13:40 Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery

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 we’ve got our eyes on next. Somewhere in the middle, we stumble into our very first fact-check moment – a spontaneous realization that we mixed something up back in Episode 1 (oops, y’all). From there, we dive into part two of our “This or That” discussion, sharing more of our bookish quirks and preferences, so you can get to know our reading tastes a little better. To see more of us, you can find us on Instagram at: @IReckonIllReadIt Book Titles Mentioned: 5:15 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants- Robin Wall Kimmerer 12:20 The Correspondent- Virginia Evans  13:12 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society- Mary Ann Shaffer 13:18 Where’d You Go, Bernadette?- Maria Semple 19:52 Babel- R.F. Kuang 26:46 Great Big Beautiful Life- Emily Henry 27:36 Funny Story- Emily Henry 32:28 Beach Read- Emily Henry 33:46 The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy- Megan Bannen 34:33 The Undermining of Twyla and Frank- Megan Bannen 38:44 A Better Man- Louise Penny 41:07 Still Life- Louise Penny 46:25 Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad (We fact check ourselves here!) 47:02 The Jungle Book- Rudyard Kipling 47:11 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi- Rudyard Kipling 53:17 A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas 53:32 Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros 55:52 The Ex Hex; The Kiss Curse- Erin Sterling 56:18 Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen 56:38 Persuasion- Jane Austen 1:00:27 Well Met- Jen DeLuca

Hey there, and welcome 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.  Episode 1 starts with an introduction to the pod and the hosts, before getting into our first ever “Reading Roundup.” We share two books we’ve finished recently, two current reads, and two upcoming reads. Then we discuss some bookish “This or That” to let you get to know more of our individual reading tastes. We reckon you’ll want to listen! Find us on social media at: @IReckonIllReadIt on Instagram Book titles mentioned: 10:39 Margo’s Got Money Troubles- Rufi Thorpe 19:00 The Personal Librarian- Marie Benedict 24:27 The Keeper of Lost Causes- Jussi Adler-Olsen 26:20 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson 31:15 Problematic Summer Romance- Ali Hazelwood 31:35 Bride- Ali Hazelwood 32:00 Not in Love- Ali Hazelwood 40:35 Love is a War Song- Danica Nava 40:52 The Truth According to Ember- Danica Nava 47:32 Done and Dusted- Lyla Sage 57:19 A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas 1:06:37 Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad (Head to “Episode 2: A Study in Fact Checking” to hear us realize we made a mistake here) 1:07:54 Divergent- Veronica Roth