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**Book Bumble**

A bookish podcast, featuring two friends who love spending time reading and sharing great books. In each episode, we will introduce a stack of books that are tied together with a common connection to help to take a deeper dive into each story. We want to provide a space to talk books that is friendly and deep, with a little hint of geek.

Latest Episodes:

What's Cookin? - Season 4, Episode 5 Nov 05, 2025

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Anyone else love to cook and bake? Well, What's Cookin? We have a variety of cook and bake books on the table!

Featured Books:

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book by Alice B. Toklas (LH)
The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis (LH)
How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking by Nigella Lawson (LH)
Sally’s Baking Addiction by Sally McKenney (LP)
Sally’s Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney (LP)
Half Baked Harvest Every Day by Tieghan Gerard (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Sally’s Baking 101 by Sally McKenney
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

Half Baked Harvest Quick and Cozy by Tieghan Gerard
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes by Ree Drummond
Keep It Simple Y’all by Matthew Bounds

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Our website: https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com

Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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Authors We Love - Season 4, Episode 4 Oct 29, 2025

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In today's episode we are featuring a few Authors We Love...automatic reads if you will. And, Yes...We will!

Featured Books:

Travis Baldree - Brigands and Breadknives (LH)
Lian Dolan - Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding (LH)
Michiko Aoyama - The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park (LH)
Kelly Rimmer - The Story Keeper (LP)
Martha Hall Kelly - The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer
Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer
The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan
Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan
Helen of Pasadena: A Novel by Lian Dolan
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

Sara Goodman Confino - Don’t Forget to Write, Good Grief, She’s Up to No Good
Peter Heller - The River, The Dog Stars, The Orchard, The Guide, Burn, The Last Ranger, Celine

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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Homework - Season 4, Episode 3 Oct 22, 2025

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In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being Homework we assigned to one another. One of us turned our assignment in late...will it affect the final grade?? Let's see how we did with this short stack!

Featured Books:

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (LP to LH)
Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell (LH to LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

LP Wants LH to Read A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan
LH Wants LP to Read The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols.

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Our website: https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com

Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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NYT Bucket List Reading Challenge - Season 4, Episode 2 Oct 15, 2025

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In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being part of the NYT’s Summer Bucket List Reading Challenge. We don't normally do formal challenges but we couldn't resist!

Featured Books:

Reread A Book You Loved as a Kid (LH):
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
- The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
A Book Set Somewhere You Have Never Been (LH):
- The Lost House by Melissa Larsen
- Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
A Book Published in the Last Year (LP)
- A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl by Nanda Reddy
A Book in a Genre You Don’t Normally Read (LP)
- The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb
A Book in Translation (LP)
- The Letter Carrier by Francesca Giannone

Author Mentioned in this Episode:

Kate Morton

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

A Book in a Genre You Don’t Normally Read
- Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Marmie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age Partied Her Way to Power by Jennifer Wright
- The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
- The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
A Book Published in the Last Year
- Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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Real Time Reading - Season 4, Episode 1 Oct 08, 2025

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Welcome to Season 4! Today's episode features a celebratory stack of books tied together with the common theme of being our Real Time Reading Books aka the books in our hands right now. We have a little bit of everything...so onward!

Featured Books:

Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan (LH)
The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell (LH)
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (LP)
The Boxcar Librarian by Brianna Labuskes (LP)
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
The Lost Book of Bonn by Brianna Labuskes
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith by Mariann Edgar Budde
The Letter Carrier by Francesca Giannone
The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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If You Liked This...Then Read That... - Season 3, Episode 45 Sep 24, 2025

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Today's episode is a Shorty...an episode with just a few books and we hope it will be just what you need. Our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of If You Liked This, Then You Should Read That. It's one of our favorite episodes to put together so let's roll!

Featured Books:

If You Liked...Leslie Style:

The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros (LH)
The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros (LH)
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard (LH)
Love and Saffron by Kim Fay (LH)

If You Liked...Laura Style:

The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony (LP)
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall (LP)
All You Have to Do is Call by Keri Maher (LP)
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins Valdez - The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman
A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
A Bookshop in Berlin by Francoise Frenkel - We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton - Better Living Though Birding by Christian Cooper

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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Who Dunnit? - Season 3, Episode 44 Sep 17, 2025

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In today's episode our stack is tied together with the common connection of Who Dunnit...mysteries are the name of today's game. We'll also share a Book in Hand that Laura tries to convince Leslie to revisit. Will she be successful? You'll have to listen in to solve that mystery!

Featured Books:

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough (LH)
The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols (LH)
Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn (LP)
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (LP)

Book In Hand:

The Names by Florence Knapp

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue by Spencer Quinn

Additional Books That Go Along With Our Stack:

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jessie Q. Sutano
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Our website: https://thebookbumble.buzzsprout.com

Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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FAB Historical Novels - Season 3, Episode 43 Sep 10, 2025

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In today's episode our stack of books is tied together with the common connection of Historical Fiction...we are looking to the past for inspiration! Join us as we delve into some FAB Historical Novels! Plus, we'll share a Book in Hand. Who says you can't live in the past??

Featured Books:

The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis (LH)
Vera by Carol Edgarian (LH)
The Dressmakers of London by Julia Kelly (LP)
The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman (LP)

Book in Hand:

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (LH)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

The Address by Fiona Davis
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Green Glass House by Kate Milford
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

Additional Books That Go Along with Our Stack:

Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi
The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly
Shadow On The Crown by Patricia Bracewell
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
News of the World by Paulette Jiles

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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Go Ahead...Judge This One by Its Cover - Season 3, Episode 42 Sep 03, 2025

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In today's episode, our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of being books that you are allowed to judge by their covers. Go ahead…do it...we won’t judge you. Even our Book in Hand has a beautiful cover!

Featured Books:

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (LH)
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick (LH)
Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (LP)
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks (LP)

Book In Hand:

A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks
Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks

Additional Books That Go Along With Our Stack:

*These books have great covers…we have not read them.*

Ending by Maria Reva
My Men by Victoria Kielland
Birding by Rose Ruane
The Manicurist's Daughter by Susan Lieu
Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

Ways to contact us:

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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Family Drama - Season 3, Episode 41 Aug 27, 2025

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In this episode our stack of books is tied together with the common theme of containing lots of Family Drama! This is a stack of multigenerational, dramatic sagas. We'll also share a buzzy Book in Hand!

Featured Books:

Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven (LH)
A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg (LH)
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff (LP)
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (LP)

Book In Hand:

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (LP)

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Search by Michelle Huneven
How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard
Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg

Ways to contact us:

Join us on Patreon for extra content: https://www.patreon.com/c/BookBumblePodcast

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Email: bookbumblepodcast@gmail.com

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