Nothing is Wrong with You - Book Podcast

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 by Maggie O’FarrellWhat we are reading:ColleenThe Book of Tiny Prayer: Daily Meditations from the Plague Year by Micah Bucey Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo Maclear Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. DoveRebeccaWhidbey by T Kira MaddenThe Wind Knows My Name by Isabell Allende AthenaThey Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website |⁠ https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/⁠ YouTube | ⁠@bookpodcasters⁠COLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram |⁠ ⁠⁠@colclemensauthor⁠ REBECCA BEARDSALL website |⁠ https://rebeccabeardsall.com⁠ Instagram |⁠ @author_rebeccabeardsall⁠ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @⁠athenaroth⁠

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 by Alison EspachAndMaggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie YeeRecommend: How to Commit a Post Colonial Murder by Nina McConigleyWhat we are reading:ColleenHow to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast Dani Shapiro's Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and LoveRebeccaSad Tiger by Niege SinnoThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordThe Pohaku Jasmin Iolani Hakes  AthenaOur Numbered Bones by Katya Balen SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

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 RenklWhat we are reading:ColleenTin Man by Sara WinmanHeart the Lover by Lily KingRebeccaCassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser Body Work by Melissa FebosAthenaFoster by Claire KeeganSo Late in the Day by Claire KeeganThank 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

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:ColleenI See You’ve Called in Dead, John KenneyOnce There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghyRebeccaWe Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat On Lighthouses by Jazmina Barrera AthenaThe Book Of Kin: On Absence, Love, And Being There by Bowen, Jennifer Eli11/22/63 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss how we decide what to read. Reviews? Wordof mouth? Cold-calling the new releases at the library?  We do it all, though each of us has a different relationship to all of the ways books find us.  Did we miss a way you select books for your ever-growing TBR pile?  Let us know in the comments!Recommend: E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Loveby Colleen ClemensMy Place in the Spiral by Rebecca BeardsallThe Unfurling Frond by Rebecca BeardsallWhat we are reading:ColleenMother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy RebeccaHelm by Sarah HallTennis Lessons by Susannah DickeyPurgatoire by Liz Prato - Available for preorder, book comesout in April 2026AthenaA Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCrackenHere’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCrackenSweet Talk by Stephanie VaughnSocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss the books we loved reading in 2025.ColleenWild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mcconaghy (TOP PICK)The Book of I by David GreigRabbit Heart by Kristine S. ErvinBlack Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn IveyFi by Alexandra FullerTell Me Everything by Erika KrouseTender is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaSeven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidMy Friends by Hisham MatarSad Tiger by Neige SinnoThe Names by Florence KnappThe Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo RebeccaThe Women by Kristin HannahRabbit Heart by Kristine S. ErvinBlack Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn IveyAutumn, Summer, Spring, and Winter by Ali SmithAll That We Own Know by Shilo KinoThe Book of I by David Greig (TOP PICK)The River Has Roots by Amal El-MohtarThe Night Flowers by Sara HerchenroetherThe Blue Hour by Paula HawkinsSad Tiger AthenaWedding of the Foxes: Essays by Katherine Larson (TOP PICK)Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy WangTilt by Emma PatteeI See You’ve Called In Dead by John KenneyMaggie; or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar by Katie LeeAwake by Jen HatmakerHeart the Lover by Lily King Writers & Lovers by Lily KingGirls Play Dead by Jen PercyCompanion Piece by Ali SmithAthena Reading Now:Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor Rebecca Reading Now:The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsThe Slicks by Maggie Nelson SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss rereading, thanks to a listener question.We discuss why we will never reread a book again, the books we will reread over and over for decades, and the in between. Plus, we recommend the incredible book by Florence Knapp,The Names.RecommendThe Names by Florence KnappColleenThe Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia MeloWe Do Not Part by Han KangOn Breathing: Care in a Time of Catastrophe by Jamieson WebsterRebeccaThe Book of Lost Hours by Hayley GelfusoYour Soul Had A Dream and Your Life is it by RebeccaCampbellA Truce that is not Peace by Miriam ToewsAthenaMaggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie YeeBug Hollow by Michelle HunevenI See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss book clubs: the good, the bad, the ugly, the lame, the enriching, and why kids shouldn’t be invited!  Join us as we share stories of book clubs that were really wine clubs, our need for folks to do the assignment and read, and why we won’t ever read again a book that someone else makes us read. Plus, we recommend the heartbreaking book by Clare LeslieHall, Broken Country.ColleenThe Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential ofGetting in the Way by Sara Ahmed "I Remain in Darkness" by Annie Ernaux Buckeye by Patrick RyanCacophony of Bone: The Circle of a Year by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh RebeccaThe Bewitching by Siliva Moreno-GarciaThe Healers by Kimo ArmitageRemembering our Intimacies - Jamaica HeolimeleikalaniOsorioPele and Hi'iaka by Nathanial B. Emerson AthenaTilt by Emma PatteeThe Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy WangA Truce that is not Peace by Miriam ToewsThank 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we share our thoughts about when to abandon a book and discuss the factors that go into that hard decision.  We discuss the current quandaries we face regarding the decision to let it go! And we encourage our listeners to allow themselves the freedom to abandon a book that isn’t speaking to them.Book we recommendRabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin(as mentioned in the podcast - please note this book addresses sexual assault and murder)Books Rebecca is currently reading:Gliff by Ali SmithFeijoa: A Story of Obsession & Belonging by Kate EvansFeeding Ghost: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa HullsScotland (still!) by Magnus MagnussonBooks Colleen is currently reading:Small Boat by Vincent DelecroixBook of Alchemy by Suleika JaouadSad Tiger by Neige SinnoBooks Athena is currently reading:The Names by Florence KnappDeadly Animals by Marie TierneyThe Book of Records by Madeleine ThienThank 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we share stories about the role Shakespeare’s work has played in our personal and professional lives and argue for the continuation of reading his work in school–and make the case for teaching some that aren’t often taught.  We share our dirty secrets about canonical books we didn’t love and are going to take off our shelves to make room for more diverse voices. Book(s) we recommend - Ali Smith's season seriesAutumn by Ali SmithWinter by Ali SmithSpring by Ali SmithSummer by Ali SmithAlso recommended, The Unfurling Frond by Rebecca BeardsallBooks Rebecca is currently reading:Gabriele By Anne Berest and Claire BerestAll that We Own Know by Shilo KinoAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidBooks Colleen is currently reading:Raising Hare by Chloe DaltonNight Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean VuongThe Unworthy by Agustina BazterricaNo Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca SolnitBooks Athena is currently reading:A Family Matter by Claire LynchBroken Country by Clare Leslie HallThank 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.comInstagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we talk about our relationship with the literary canon and consider its importance but also its ramifications on us as readers.  We ask who gets to decide what books “matter” and unpack the shame that can come from not liking/understanding/caring about books other people tell us we “should” read.Book we recommend, The Lucky Ones by Zara ChowdharyAlso recommended, My Place in the Spiral by Rebecca BeardsallBooks Rebecca is currently reading:⁠The Forgotten Coast by Richard ShawThe Mermaid Chronicles: A midlife mer-moir by Megan DunnThe Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongKeystone Poetry Edited by Marjorie Maddox and Jerry WempleBooks Colleen is currently reading:The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid⁠⁠Raising Hare by Chloe DaltonBooks Athena is currently reading:The Tell by Amy GriffinWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThank 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss Ocean Vuong’s award-winning novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and how sometimes even when a book is gorgeous, our lives do not allow us the space to experience it. Join us as we talk about what we bring to books when we read them, and how sometimes even the best book isn’t the best for us.Book we recommend - The Change by Kirsten MillerBooks Rebecca is currently reading:The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyStone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Books Colleen is currently readingLittle Rot by Akwaeke EmeziThe Moon That Turns You Back Poems by Hala Alyan  Held by Anne Michaels Books Athena is currently readingOn the Calculation of Volume (Book I)  by Solvej BalleThis is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer Athena also shared the Paris Review interview with Ocean Vuong 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.comInstagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we talk about our personal relationships with books in audio form and share what our brains do when we read–everyone is so different in relationship with their reading life.  We make the case for once and for all that experiencing audiobooks is reading–and no one should convince you otherwise. Book we recommend - The Book of Delights by Ross GayBooks Rebecca is currently reading:Bird Life by Anna Smaill Reading the Waves by Lidia Yunavitch The Whispers Ashley Audrain Books Colleen is currently readingTender is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaRide or Die by Shanita HubbardThe Blue Hour by Paula HawkinsBooks Athena is currently readingOld Soul by Susan BarkerThree Days in June by Anne TylerThank 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.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we get down and dirty in a discussion of Miranda July’s acclaimed novel All Fours. We have our favorite kind of discussion when one of us loves a book and the other duo abandons it. Join us for a passionate discussion of what July’s newest did–and didn’t do–for us. Book we recommend - A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott Books Rebecca is currently reading: Auta Wahine by Hana Tapiata The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins Books Colleen is currently reading The Comfort of Crows Margaret Renkl My Friends Hisham Matar Tell Me Everything Erika Krouse Books Athena is currently reading Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix A Bit Much Lyndsay Rush Black in Blues Imani Perry   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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss how important it really is or is not to connect to characters in all of the books that we read and consider the critical reception of books that felt inscrutable to us.  We spend time with Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake and Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr!.  Join our discussion of these two books–and many others–on this episode. Book we recommend - Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ni Dochartaigh Rebecca also talks about Cacophony of Bone on her podcast Lit Illuminated - check it out here: https://youtu.be/O7qmwJf6j8I?si=z6k2lhDXz7JStgjI Books Rebecca is currently reading: Scotland - The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson  Knife by Salman Rushdie Books Colleen is currently reading  Whiskey Tender Deborah Jackson Taffa The Whispers Ashley Audrain The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer Books Athena is currently reading Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything by Julia Baird  We Do Not Part Han Kang Harness your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days by Kari Leibowitz Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by Gennarose Nethercott 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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today we discuss the books that we would put on our top ten list of best books of the century.  Join us as we discuss the challenges of picking criteria and ten (or 11 or 12!) top books. Instead of recommending just one book, we recommend thirty! Our lists from this episode - bold highlighted are our top fiction and nonfiction recommendations: Colleen - Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich The Seasons of Trouble, Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka Civil War - Rohini Mohan Brotherless Nights - V. V. Ganeshananthan Cloud Cuckoo Land -Anthony Doerr Lives Other Than My Own- Emmanuel Carrere The Prophets  Robert Jones The Chronology of Water - Lidia Yuknavitch Knife - Salman Rushdie The Hero of this Book - Elizabeth McCracken The Postcard - Anne Berest Covenant of Water -Abraham Verghese  Devotions - Mary Oliver The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Athena - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Jeanette Winterson Brooklyn - Colm Toibin Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - Carlo Rovelli Coraline - Neil Gaiman The Beauty of the Husband: A fictional essay in 29 Tangos - Anne Carson The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime - Mark Haddon  The Light of the World - Elizabeth Alexander Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood  Department of Speculation - Jenny Offill Rebecca -  Bee Season - Myla Goldberg Bad Indians - Deborah A. Miranda The Fact of a Body - Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli Bad Cree - Jessica Johns Love and Fury - Samantha Silva A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki The Postcard - Anne Berest Fi - Alexandra Fuller You Could Make This Place Beautiful - Maggie Smith Greta & Valdin -Rebecca K Reilly — 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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @clutzclemens  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we share with you in this quick episode as we spotlight some of our absolute favorite books from the countless pages we’ve devoured  in 2024 Colleen: Sandwich by Catherine Newman Greta & Valdin -Rebecca K Reilly Knife - Salman Rushdie Bright Young Women- Jessica Knoll Lives Other Than My Own - Emmanuel Carrere Rebecca: Fi - Alexandra Fuller Greta & Valdin -Rebecca K Reilly Other People’s Word - Lissa Soep The Ministry of Time - Kailana Bradley The Man Who Saw Everything - Deborah Levy Sand Talk - Tyson Yunkaparta Shark Dialogues - Kiana Davenport The Rachel Incident - Caroline O’Donoghue Athena: Held - Ann Michaels The Safekeep - Yael Van Der Wouden Orbital - Samantha Harvey 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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @colclemensauthor  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of lists that rank books, with a focus on the recent New York Times ranking of the best 100 books of the century–and the subsequent list they crowdsourced readers to develop. We share what books we thought should be on the list, which ones we abandoned, and which choices left us confused.   Plus, we recommend the poignant and captivating book The Postcard by Anne Berest.  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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @clutzclemens  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today, we discuss our decades-long relationship with Barbara Kingsolver’s work.  We work through our evolving attitudes about her work and explain why seeing Demon Copperhead on lists of best books of the year or even the century makes us scratch our heads. Plus, we recommend the delightful book by Lissa Soep Other People’s Words 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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @clutzclemens  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast. Today we discuss two popular books, Women Talking and The Overstory. We dive deep into what makes us abandon a book and what baggage we bring along with us as readers when deciding what resonates with us. Plus, we recommend the delightful book by Rebecca K. Reilly Greta and Valdin Thank you for joining us.  Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being readers 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/ YouTube | @bookpodcasters COLLEEN CLEMENS Instagram | @clutzclemens  REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsall ATHENA ROTH Instagram | @athenaroth