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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 #12 Dec 02, 2019

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On this episode I discuss Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Little by Edward Carey
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue

Other books mentioned:

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Other Things Mentioned:
Untouchable - Netflix documentary about Harvey Weinstein
Latin History for Morons - play by John Leguizamo

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Book Are My People - Episode #11 Nov 18, 2019

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On this episode I discuss Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky, Escape Room by Megin Goldin and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky
Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene
The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine
I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

Other books mentioned:

One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta
The Professor and The Madman by Simon Winchester

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Books Are My People - Episode #10 Nov 04, 2019

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On this episode I discuss Fever by Mary Beth Keane, Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Other books mentioned:

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

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Books Are My People - Episode #9 - THEMED EPISODE Oct 21, 2019

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On this themed episode, I discuss dark books in honor of Halloween, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Confessions by Kanae Minato and other great, spooky books!

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Vote for me for the 2019 Discover Pods Awards for best new podcast! Visit this link.

Books Discussed:

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Confessions by Kanae Minato
An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten
Other Books Mentioned:
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta
Little Children by Tom Perotta
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
Penance by Kanae Minato
Other things mentioned:
The Girlfriend Experience TV series
The Goldfinch Movie
Mrs. Fletcher limited TV series
Jojo Rabbit Movie
The Booker Prize 2019

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Books Are My People - Episode #8 Oct 07, 2019

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On this episode I discuss The Need by Helen Phillips, I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum
The Need by Helen Phillips
Guts by Reina Telgemeier

Other books mentioned:

The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
Bunny by Mona Awad
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Smile by Reina Telgemeier
Sisters by Reina Telgemeier
Drama by Reina Telgemeier
Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier

Other things mentioned:

The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize shortlist
Read an interview with Waffle House's first poet Laureate
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Books Are My People - Episode #7 Sep 23, 2019

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On this episode I discuss Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Other Books Mentioned:
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Deadly Olga Tokarczuk

Other things mentioned:

I will be teaching a workshop on revision and Twitter Pitch Parties in the Los Angeles area on October 5th brought to you by the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.
I am hosting a giveaway of the novel Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith. You can enter through my instagram account @jennifercaloyeras. The giveaway ends October 1st.
And that's it!
Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

Twitter @jencaloyeras

www.jennifercaloyeras.com

www.booksaremypeople.com

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #6 Sep 09, 2019

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On this episode I discuss The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger, Lock Every Door by Riley Sager and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
I.M.: a Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi
To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

The Vexations by Caitlin Horrock

Other things mentioned:

I will be teaching a Young Adult Novel Intensive Workshop through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program over two weekends in the fall on the UCLA campus.

I will be teaching Young Adult Novel I online through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program in the fall.

I will be teaching a workshop on revision and Twitter Pitch Parties in the Los Angeles area on October 5th brought to you by the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.
I am hosting a giveaway of the novel Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith. You can enter through my instagram account @jennifercaloyeras. The giveaway ends October 1st.
And that's it!
Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

Twitter @jencaloyeras

www.jennifercaloyeras.com

www.booksaremypeople.com

Support the show

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

Books Are My People - Episode #5 Aug 26, 2019

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On this episode I discuss The Chain by Adrian McKinty, Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy-Brodesser-Akner and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Other books mentioned:

Circe by Madeline Miller

Sula by Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Other things mentioned:

Neon Retro Arcade in Pasadena

Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

Twitter @jencaloyeras

www.jennifercaloyeras.com

www.booksaremypeople.com

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #4 Aug 12, 2019

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On this episode I discuss Where We Come From by Oscar Casares, Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes

Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo

Where We Come From by Oscar Casares

Dig by A.S. King

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Other books mentioned:

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel

Other things mentioned:
Aug 24th, 2019 The Young and the Reckless Writing Conference
Oct 5th, 2019 Pitch Ready: Revision Strategies to Get Your Manuscript Pitch Party Ready
The Thread Podcast
Dr. Death Podcast

Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

Twitter @jencaloyeras

www.jennifercaloyeras.com

www.booksaremypeople.com

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

Books Are My People - Episode #3 with Special Guest: Writer Ron Clark Jul 29, 2019

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On this episode I host my first guest, writer, Ron Clark (he's also my dad!) We discuss Treasure Island! , Made for Love and other weird and wonderful books.

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Books Discussed:

Treasure Island by Sara Levine
Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
Lightening Rods by Helen DeWitt
The Pisces by Melissa Broder

Other books mentioned:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Something Wonderful: Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdue
The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra by Eliot Weisman
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing up Bernstein by Jamie Berstein
This Book May Save Your Life by A.M. Homes

Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras

Twitter @jencaloyeras

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I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

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