Stay ConnectedBookTok is a podcast book club with your new best friends! Follow along with us as we read sections of books and chat about them each week. Hosted by Katie Chaney and Erica Bailey, new episodes drop every week on Sunday nights.
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This is the last episode about The Guide by Peter Heller. In this episode, we are joined by the man behind the amazing sounds you hear on this podcast, the saxophonist and composer Dan White! [Note: this is a SPOILER HEAVY podcast]
We also announce our next one-off special episode about Outlawed featuring the author Anna North! Our next bookclub read is Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. We start reading on November 7th so get your copy and check our Instagram page (@booktok_podcast) for the schedule. Happy reading!
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Other books mentioned in this episode
Group by Christie Tate
Now I See You by Nicole C. Kear
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The Power by Naomi Alderman
In this episode, we chat about chapters 8-11 and make our best guesses about what is coming the last section. Next week, we are FINISHING the book! Fingers crossed that we get all the answers to our burning questions.
We also announce our next book club read - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy! Grab your copy from our Bookshop.org page, https://bookshop.org/shop/booktok, or your local bookstore. We start reading on November 7th! Keep an eye on our instagram page, @booktok_podcast, for the schedule.
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Maid by Stephanie Land
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
This is part two of our book club read The Guide by Peter Heller. Things are getting MYSTERIOUS but also HOT in Colorado? We're just as confused as Jack is. Next week, we're reading chapters 8-11. See you in a week!
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Normal People by Sally Rooney
This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
It's time for a new book! In the first part of The Guide by Peter Heller, we are heading to Colorado, to a private fishing lodge for the ultra wealthy. After only a few chapters, it's already clear to us that things are not as they seem... Next week, we are reading chapters 5-7.
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Piranesi by Susanne Clark
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Circe by Madeline Miller
Outlawed by Anna North
This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
The MOST special episode today! In this one-off [spoilers included] episode, we chat about It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark. We are then joined by the author to discuss the themes of this book. Next week, we start our next podcast read, The Guide by Peter Heller. If you're reading along with us, the first episode about The Guide will cover the beginning to the end of chapter 4.
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
The Bucket List by Georgia Clark
The Regulars by Georgia Clark
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Dune by Frank Herbert
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
We finished Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Whew! Spoiler alert, we both loved this one. In this episode, we chat about the last section of the book. We are then joined by Adannia known as Chi Reads on Instagram and Tiktok to chat about the themes of this amazing novel!
Next week, we have a special one-off episode about It Had to Be You featuring the author Georgia Clark. Then, grab your copy of The Guide by Peter Heller which is our next podcast read. We start reading on September 26th and are reading through the end of chapter 4. The first episode about The Guide will come out on October 6th. Chat then!
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Mondays Not Coming by Tiffany D Jackson
Allegedly by Tiffany D Jackson
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Piranesi by Susanne Clarke
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
This will make more sense if you've listened to the episode, but Erica HAS published in a Nature journal (not THE Nature journal... we can't all be Gifty). You can find it here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18539-w
In this episode, we chat about section three from Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. AND we have two big announcements! After our final episode of Transcendent Kingdom, we have a special one-off episode coming at you. We will cover It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark with the author! That episode will come out on the 19th. We also announce our next book club book - The Guide by Peter Heller. Grab your copy of The Guide from Bookshop.org or a local book store. We start reading on the 26th!
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
This episode is a little longer than usual because we had a lot to say! The THEMES in this book. Whewww. Next week, we're reading chapters 26 through the end of 40 of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Outlawed by Anna North
Our new book is here! This is the first episode (out of four) covering Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Next week, we are reading chapters 14 through the end of 25.
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Hospital by Bryan Alexander
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Girl, Women, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Outlawed by Anna North
This is our last episode about Good Neighbors! First, we recap the end of the book (MAJOR EYES EMOJI), and then we are joined by the author Sarah Langan!! We learned so much more about the book after chatting with her. Can't wait for you to hear it!
Next week is a special one-off episode about The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood. After that, we start reading our next book: Transcendant Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi!!!
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Other books mentioned in this episode:
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Luster by Raven Leilani
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
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