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Books Are My People

Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist and backlist fiction including literary fiction, suspense, historical, memoir and nonfiction.

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Latest Episodes:

Books Are My People - Episode #71 Feb 28, 2022

Show notes

This week, I recommend Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh and Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh as well as other great books! I also announce my next guest author and host a book giveaway for Let's Get Back to the Party.

Books Recommended:

This Golden State – Marit Weisenberg

Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih

Mercy Street – Jennifer Haigh

Quiet in her Bones – Nalini Singh

Essays Two - Lydia Davis

Fridge Love – Kristen Hong

Up next for me:
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Find me on TikTok @jennifercaloyeras
Instagram @jennifercaloyeras
Book Giveaway: Go to my Instagram account and find the Let's Get Back to the Party Book Giveaway post. Comment and tag friends and post in your stories by 3/15/22 to enter. US Mailing addresses only.
Link to my May UCLA One-Day Writing Course on Scene

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People Episode #70 - with author Sarah Blake Feb 14, 2022

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This week, author Sarah Blake visits to talk about her latest novel, Clean Air! We also recommend books, books and more books including When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill and Hard Child by Natalie Shapero.

Books Recommended:

A Lesser Love by E. J. Koh

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill

The Naomi Letters by Rachel Mennies

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Hard Child by Natalie Shapero

Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jarod Kaid

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict.

Other Books Mentioned:

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis

Naamah by Sarah Blake

Mr. West by Sarah Blake

Let’s Not Live on Earth by Sarah Blake

Trashlands by Alison Stein

Vladamir by Julia May Jonas
Find Sarah on Social Media:

Twitter: @BlakeSarah
Instagram: @sarahblakeauthor
Sarahblakeauthor.com

Save $20 on an Arkive Box by using the code BAMP. Good through the end of February.
This episode is sponsored by Pair

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Books Are My People - #69 - with Valerie Jauregui of the J3 Foundation Jan 31, 2022

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This week, I'm joined by librarian and J3 children's literacy program director, Valerie Jauregui of the J3 Foundation. We discuss some of our favorite recent reads including The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson and The Upstairs House by Julia Fine.
Click links below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop!

Books Discussed:
How to Write one Song by Jeff Tweedy
The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Upstairs House by Julia Fine

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson

Finding Inner Courage Mark Nepo

What We're Reading Next:
Clean Air by Sarah Blake
Flamer by Mike Curato
Other Books Discussed:
Pachinko

Fleishman is in trouble

Conversations with Friends

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Children of Blood and Bone

Find Valerie on Instagram and Twitter @valerie_library

Find our more about the J3 Foundation:

@j3foundationla

J3 Foundation

This episode is sponsored by Pair

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Books Are My People - Episode #68 - with Carrie and Amy from The Perks of Being A Podcast Lover Jan 24, 2022

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This week, I'm joined by Carrie and Amy from the podcast, The Perks of Being a Podcast Lover and we discuss some of our favorite recent reads, crochet and sweating in closets.

Books Discussed:
The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

All the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier
What We're Reading Next:
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather oneill

The Rot by Siri Peterson

The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carrey

Insta: @Perksofbeingabookloverpod

Website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com
Facebook: perks of being a book lover page

Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com
This episode is sponsored by betterhelp.com/listener

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Books Are My People - Episode 67 Jan 09, 2022

Show notes

This week, I look at Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson, Reckless Girls. by Rachel Hawkins and other great books out now!

Books Discussed:

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

The School for Good Mothers: A Novel by Jessamine Chan

The Maid by Nita Prose

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

Other Books
The Ex Hex Erin Sterling
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Books Are My People - Episode #66 - BEST OF 2021 and 2016 Dec 27, 2021

Show notes

This week, I go back in time to my favorite books in 2016 as well as recommend my favorite reads form 2021. Get your to read list ready! I'm slinging a ton of titles your way!

Books Recommended:

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

Homegoing by Ya Gyassi

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

The Red Parts: An Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

The Sentence by Lousie Erdrich.

Wayward by Dana Spiotta

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro March

Other Books Mentioned:

Transcendent Kingdom by Ya Gyassi

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Bluettes by Maggie Nelson

Jane: A Muder. By Maggie Nelson

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Beartown by Fredrick Backman

the Underground Railroad by Colsoin Whitehead’s

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard (talked about on episode #41)

Detransition baby by Torrey Peters

With Teeth by Kristen Arnett(talked about on episode #51)

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (talked about on episode #46)

The Mysteries by Marissa Silver (talked out on episode #49

Razorblade tears by SA Cosby

Rabbits by Terry Miles

Other things discussed:
Freedom Reads
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Books Are My People - Episode #65 with Dinah Manoff Dec 13, 2021

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This week, author and actor, Dinah Manoff is here to discuss her novel, The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold and recommend some of her favorite reads!
Books discussed:

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Wayward by Dana Spiotta
One Simple Thing by Warren Read
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Next up for us:

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

Matrix by Lauren Groff
Link to Bright Burning Stars Giveaway. Open until December 13th.

Purchase. The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold:
on bookshop.org
on Amazon
on www.dinahmanoff.org
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Books Are My People Episode #64 with Jessica Laguna from The Towering TBR Nov 29, 2021

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This week, bookstagrammer Jessica Laguna from The Towering TBR visits and recommends some great reads! We discuss The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman, The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas and other great books!
Books discussed

The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman

The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

Other books discussed

Dial A for Aunties

Next up for us:

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry

Find Jessica on Instagram @The_Towering_TBR instagrm

Link to Bright Burning Stars Giveaway. Open until December 13th.

Come say hello to me at artist, Missy Dunaway's Book signing at Diesel Books, Brentwood on Sunday, December 5th at 3 pm.I'll be handing out Books Are My People stickers!

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode 63 Nov 15, 2021

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On episode 63 of Books Are My People, I talk about Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg, The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon and other great books!
Book Recommendations: (Click book titles to be taken to my Bookshop.org page.)
What Just Happened by Charles Finch

Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg

The Guide by Peter Heller

The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Other Things Discussed:
Sign up for my novel writing course here!

Link to Station Eleven trailer

What Just Happened Giveaway:
Follow me and leave a comment on my instagram post @jennifercaloyeras by November 25th. I will DM a winner by November 26th. Open to US mailing addresses only. Tag a reader friend for extra entries.

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Books Are My People Episode #62 Nov 01, 2021

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On this episode I talk about Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu, New York My Village by Uwem Akpan and other great books!
Books Discussed:

Win me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu

The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim

Carry the Dog by Stephanie Gangi

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan

Reading next: Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg

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