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Interview with thriller writer Alice Feeney Sep 06, 2021

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In today's episode, Jill is joined by Alice Feeney to discuss her latest book Rock Paper Scissors. Alice shares tidbits on her writing process and what it was like writing this book during the pandemic.

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Adam says goodbye Sep 02, 2021

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Adam is leaving OverDrive for another job in the coming weeks and so he says goodbye and thank you to all of you who have listened to the show over the years. <3

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Chris Hammer, internationally bestselling author of Scrublands Aug 30, 2021

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On today's episode, Adam chats with author Chris Hammer about his internationally bestselling debut, Scrublands. They talk about his career in journalism, planning vs. pantsing, the current state of journalism, and much more.

Together We Read is a Digital Book Club that is featuring participating libraries in Australia and New Zealand.

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September is going to be a great month for books Aug 26, 2021

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Once again, we're previewing the books we can't wait to read coming out soon. September's list is extremely exciting.

Books mentioned in this episode

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

Matrix by Lauren Groff

The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Lot like Adios by Alexis Daria

Burden Falls by Kat Ellis

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

Fuzz by Mary Roach

Joshua Weissman by Joshua Weissman

Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe

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Katie Zhao on why we all love dark academia Aug 23, 2021

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Katie Zhao joins Adam to discuss her brand new book, How We Fall Apart! She did this on short noticed DURING her publication week. They have a blast talking about why we all love high school mysteries, the nerds they both were during that time of their life, and the different types of perspectives that mystery books use. This was so much fun!

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The F Word (no, not that one.) Aug 19, 2021

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In today's episode, Jill shares some of the body positive and fat positive books that have helped her heal her relationship with food and her body.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker

Landwhale by Jes Baker

Hunger by Roxane Gay

The Body is Not an Apologyby Sonya Renee Taylor

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fatby Aubrey Gordon

Fearing the Black Bodyby Sabrina Strings

Fat & Queer by Miguel M. Morales, Bruce Owens Grimm, and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini

Intuitive Eatingby Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

The F*ck It Dietby Caroline Dooner

Anti-Dietby Christy Harrison

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Madeleine Roux on trauma, building worlds, and the terror of isolation Aug 16, 2021

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Adam has wanted to interview Madeleine Roux for years and the conversation absolutely lives up to the hype. They discuss everything from her new book Reclaimed, to how space is scary as hell, and the fact that horror video games are truly terrifying. They also get into writing for existing IP like World of Warcraft, crafting stories around trauma, and so much more.

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Recommendations from our reading wheelhouses Aug 12, 2021

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The Nerds are back! Enjoy this dive into some of the aspects of their respective reading wheelhouses including a nice set of the boarding school murder mystery genre Jill as introduced so many of you to!

Books mentioned in this episode

Small stories with big emotions

The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin

This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

Autumn Stories

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo

Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody

Magical Realism

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Small Town Horror

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Jill books

The Ivies by Alexa Donne

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Dare me by Megan Abbott

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

The blogs where Jill mentions even more

First blog

Follow up

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Ash Davidson on humanity's relationship with nature and writing through imposter syndrome Aug 09, 2021

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Ash Davidson, debut author of the phenomenal Damnation Spring, chats with Adam about how to best describe the sheer size of redwood trees, understanding the relationship between loggers and nature, trying to defeat imposter syndrome while in graduate school, and exchanging war stories about college English courses. Her debut novel is a triumph and a must-read.

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Emily Austin on anxiety and coping with existential dread through writing and humor Aug 02, 2021

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Adam chats with debut author Emily Austin about their new book Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. They dive into how they both use writing and reading to cope with anxiety, how writing about death is therapeutic for them, and how religion has affected both of their lives.

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