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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.

Copyright: © 2024 Books Are My People

Latest Episodes:

Books Are My People - Episode 41 Jan 18, 2021

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On this episode, I talk about The Rib King, My Brilliant Life and other great books.

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Find me on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras
Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim

The Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow

The Rib King Ladee Hubbard

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Other Books Mentioned:
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

A Beginning At the End by Mike Chen (listen on episode #18)

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict (listen on #15)

Other Things Menitioned:
Roxanne Gay’s Book Club

New York Public Libraries Story Line

Get in touch with me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com

Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #40 Jan 11, 2021

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On this episode, I talk about The Wife Upstairs, The Fortunate Ones and other great books. And you can enter a book giveaway!

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Tsarina by who Ellen Alpsten

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Other Things Menitioned:

The End of October by Lawrence Wright

On Earth We’re Briefly Georgeous

Lydia Millet, a Chinldren’s Bible

Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte
Article by Lawrence Wright in the New Yorker
Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones Giveaway on my Instagram page open until Saturday January 16th

Get in touch with me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com

Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #39 Dec 28, 2020

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On this episode, I go back in time and visit some of my favorites books from 2017 including White Tears and Forest Dark.

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Her Body and other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

White Tears by Hari Kunsru

Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

Strange Heart Beating by Ellie Goldstone

Other Things Menitioned:
Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd.

Click here to learn more.

Get in touch with me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #38 with Marit Weisenberg Dec 14, 2020

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On this episode, author Marit Weisenberg visits and speaks about her novel, The Insomniacs. We also discuss The Dutch House, The Harpy and other great books.

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg
The Harpy by Megan Hunter

Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
Other Books Mentioned:
Select by Marit Weisenberg
Select Few by Marit Weisenberg
Monogamy by Sue Miller
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Friends And Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Other Things Menitioned:
Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd.

Click here to learn more.

Find Marit on instagram @maritweisenberg
www.maritweisenberg.com
Want more of the Insomniacs? Listen to Episode 31
Get in touch with me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com
or on instagram at @jennifercaloyeras

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #37 Nov 30, 2020

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On this episode, I talk about Caste by Isabelle Wilkerson, Intimations by Zadie Smith and other great books.
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FREE shipping on all orders in my Bookshop.org bookstore through November 30th. Click here to be taken there.
Books Discussed:

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Intimations by Zadie Smith

Santa Monica by Cassidy Lucas

Singular Sensation by Michael Riedel

Other Books Mentioned:

Tokyo Ueno Station by You Miri

A Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Monogamy by Sue Miller

The Glass Kingdom by Lawrence Osborne

Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
The Midnight Library By Matt Haig

Other things mentioned:
The World's Reading Habits infographic

Take my 10 - week Young Adult Novel Writing Course through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program. Learn more here!

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #36 with Kitty Cook Nov 16, 2020

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On this episode, author Kitty Cook visits and speaks about her novel, Sleeping Together. We also talk about Why Fish Don’t Exist, This Is How You Lose the Time War and other great books.

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)

Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook

Why Fish Don’t Exist: The story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone?

The Orchard by David Hopen (a special thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the advanced review copy)

How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal M. Fleming

Leave The World Behind by Ruman Alam

Where to find Kitty Cook:

@kittycookbooks

Kittycookbooks.com

Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd.

Click here to learn more.

Support the show

Get your Books Are My People merch here!
I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Episode #35 - Books Are My People Nov 02, 2020

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On this episode, I talk about White Ivy, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America and other great books.
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Books Discussed:

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

White Ivy by Susie Yang

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

Miss Iceland by Audor Ava Olafsdottir

Other Books Mentioned:

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook

Other things mentioned:

Diesel, A Bookstore Go Fund Me Page

Toni Morrison’s house for sale

Come see me speak about writing beginnings, the event is free.

Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 5 PM PST – 6 PM PST

Public · Hosted by Library | Shoreline Community College

I will talk about what make a successful beginning to a novel as well as share a few short excerpts from the start of some of my short fiction stories in order to help new writers get started with their NaNoWriMo journeys. Nanowrimo is national novel writing month, which began November 1st.

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #34 with Author Mallory Tater Oct 19, 2020

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On this episode, I speak with author Mallory Tater about The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun, Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss and other great books.
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Books Discussed:

The Birth Yard by Mallory Tater

The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun

How a Woman Becomes a Lake by Marjorie Celona

Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch

Leave the World Behind by Ruman Alam

If You Discover a Fire by Shaun Robertson

Other Things Discussed:
Get a glimpse at the new Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad limited TV series here.
If you like what you hear, please consider giving my Books Are My People a rating on i-tunes! It helps other listeners find the show.

Are you a bookish person interested in being a guest on the show? Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com

Want a book recommendation for yourself or a friend or relative? Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com and put the words: "Book Recommendation" in the subject line.

Learn more about Mallory Tater:

Mallorytater.com

Twitter: @malatonin

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #33 Oct 05, 2020

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On this episode, I talk about Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi and other great books.
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Want to join my writing workshop on October 18th from 10 - 11:30 am? Click here to register and learn more.
You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link!

Books Discussed:

Hamnet – Maggie O’Falrrel

The Death Of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Evolving Vegan by Akwaeke Emezi

The Comback by Ella Berman

Bright and Dangerous Object by Annalise MacIntosh

Other Things Discussed:

Want to see a photo of my molting chicken?

If you like what you hear, please consider giving my Books Are My People a rating on i-tunes! It helps other listeners find the show.

Are you a bookish person interested in being a guest on the show? Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com

Want a book recommendation for yourself or a friend or relative? Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com and put the words: "Book Recommendation" in the subject line.

US library of Congress new AI tool

Next episode, Mallory Tater author of The Birth Yard will be visiting.

Up next for me: The Orchard by David by David Hopen

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #32 with special guest Midge Raymond and a focus on eco books Sep 21, 2020

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On this episode Midge Raymond, publisher and author of My Last Continent, stops by for a visit. We share some of our favorite environmentally friendly reads including We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver and other great books.
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Want to join my writing workshop on October 18th from 10 - 11:30 am? Click here to register and learn more.
You can purchase all the books I discuss on this episode by clicking this link!
Books Discussed:
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song edited by Kevin Young

My Last Continent by Midge Raymond

We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay.

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

Protest Kitchen by Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina

I continue to update virtual literary events on my blog at www.jennifercaloyeras.com

Drop me a line at booksaremypeople@gmail.com

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

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