Episodes
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Braiding Sweetgrass Part 2 with my Aunt Jayne
Welcome to Part 2 of Braiding Sweetgrass. If you didn't listen to Part 1, don't worry. This is a non-linear episodic series so it really doesn't matter. I decided to talk to two different people about the same book because it's just that great of a book and its impossible to talk too much about…
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Braiding Sweetgrass Part 1 with Sam Saifer
This week we get real witchy with my friend same in the first installment of this two part thing on the Book Braiding Sweetgrass my Robin Kimmerer. I can't even describe this book because its so cool and weird. I talked to my friend same in this episode and in the next one I talk to another…
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"Teaching our kids to read good!" A Q &A with real live SLP Aileen Plough
In a departure from my normal format, I dive into a Q &A with my cousin Aileen Plough @howtotellastory about her career as a pediatric focused Speech and Language Pathologist and how to engage our kids in language arts at a young age (even infants!) to give them a great baseline for reading...
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Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner with my friend D'Auria (Door-ee-uh)
Do you love a good mystery? Are you a UK media junkie like me? Ya gonna love this! Susie Steiner is an incredible mystery writer. Missing, Presumed is the first book in the "Manon" trilogy. If you are a crime novel reader, get yourself a copy. In, fact, get all three and spend the week with…
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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado with my friend Madeline!
This week, I sit down with my friend Madeline and we talk about In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, a masterpiece of a book that challenges form and prose to bring you a memoir that transcends person and place. Making the personal universal. This is a brave book that addresses the…
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with my friend Laura!
Delighted to bring you our first non-fiction book review in the series. My guest Laura is a long time friend, she suggested this book because she is just as obsessed as I am with gardening and homesteading. Laura is a tech entrepreneur that is always serving incredibly creative solutions to the...
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Priory of the Orange Tree with Kylie
This week my sister-in-law and I read Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. An addictive fantasy novel that is nothing short of expansive and beautiful. Truely one of the most creative fantasy books I've ever read. A real feminist one too! Follow us @thesegirlsreadbooks on IG and send me...
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Little Fires Everywhere with my Mom, Maura
Ring a ding ding! You get to meet the family in this episode, I'm taking you home to meet my mom! For Thanksgiving! She and I read Little Fires Everywhere with Celeste Ng. It was fantastic, just like all the book reviews say. Enjoy and come at me with voice memos, email...
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Man at the Helm with Lisa
This week we talk to my friend Lisa about Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe. If you love talking about the darkest parts of humanity with a light and wry sense of humor, then you will love this book. This was recorded while we were both in the middle of evening dinner prep, so you are lucky to…
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Samantha Hunt's: A Love Story with Vera
In this episode I get to discuss the beautiful short story called A Love Story by Samantha Hunt with my friend Vera. The story is from Samantha Hunt's collection that came out in 2017 called In the Dark Dark, which she describes in an interview as "a map of humans at night." Preach girl. The…
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Drinking Closer to Home with Rikki
Today we talk with my friend Rikki about the book Drinking Closer to Home by Jessica Blau. A family drama that hits all your un p.c. buttons. You can find Rikki's podcast "Dear God it's me 30" anywhere you want to listen to podcasts... follow her on Instgram @deargoditsme30 Support this podcast…
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Coming Soon! These Girls Read Books....
Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Welcome to These Girls Read Books. This is a teaser episode for my first season. Will be putting out my Season 1 Ep. 1 this weekend. Follow me on IG @thesegirlsreadbooks or shoot me and email at [email protected] We read books so you don't have to! I will…
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