Lit Society: Books and Drama

Latest Episodes:

ReLIT: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson May 11, 2023

Show notes

We return Thursday, May 18th. Until then, please enjoy listening to the best shows from our archives. Here's one we love - it's like a new, sleeker James Bond.

Who do you love? Who deserves your loyalty? And are the two one and the same? One young, brilliant, beautiful FBI officer is tasked with betraying her heart in devotion to her country. Her mission will take her from the high rises of New York to the roads of West Africa to the island of her motherland. Will she have what it takes when the time comes to pull the trigger, or will she find herself on the wrong side of the gun?

Before diving into our book, we'll learn the truth about a woman many know as Mary Bowser, a former enslaved person, and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War. (Psst! There will be a game, and Alexis WILL be put on the spot. Enjoy!

Our spy is Marie Mitchell.

The book is American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson.

LET'S GET LIT!

ReLIT: Spare by Prince Harry May 04, 2023

Show notes

We return Thursday, May 18th. Until then, please enjoy listening to the best shows from our archives. Here's one we love, the first episode of season four - a royal riot!

Buy the book from our shop: https://bookshop.org/a/80860/9780593593806

An heir and a spare: One son, protected future king, and the other a dense, drug-using recluse, destined for failure – that is, if we are to believe the press. In the best-selling memoir of all time, a high-ranking member of the royal family gives us an inside look into the world he was born into and ultimately left for his sanity and health.

The spare: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

The book: Spare by Prince Harry

Alice’s adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Apr 20, 2023

Show notes

This week, we follow one curious and imaginative young girl down a rabbit hole and into a strange and surreal world called Wonderland. In Wonderland, she encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts, and experiences a series of absurd and nonsensical events. Throughout her ordeal, the girl must learn important lessons about growing up, identity, and the power of imagination.

The girl: Alice

The book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol.

And you're listening to lit society.

LET'S GET LIT!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr

Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche Apr 13, 2023

Show notes

Love Kari's LIT mug? Grab your own! | https://www.litsocietypodshop.com/ ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ It's 2009, and Tiffany, an intelligent, hard-working, first-generation American, faces foreclosure and bankruptcy. How did this happen? More importantly, how can you be sure this never happens to you?! Fortunately, this is only the beginning of Tiffany's story. She will soon morph into the fantastic financial forerunner she is today and host of her own - actually useful - Netflix series. But first, she needed to Get Good with Money!

You're listening to LIT Society.

LET'S GET LIT!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr

Othello by William Shakespeare Apr 06, 2023

Show notes

Support our show by shopping our boutique: https://www.litsocietypodshop.com/

◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️

One decorated military commander falls in love with and marries a woman whose love and devotion to him are only exceeded by the hatred and jealousy held for him by his closest companion. Ultimately, madness and isolation will lead the commander to make the most regrettable mistake, sacrificing his world and killing his happiness.

The military man driven mad? Othello

Our play: Othello by William Shakespeare

And you're listening to LIT Society.

LET'S GET LIT!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr

Finally, a book club you’ll love! Apr 02, 2023

Show notes

LIT Society is the weekly book podcast that's making thousands of listeners fall in love again with reading. Travel across worlds, real and imagined, via dramatic readings of passages., complete with sound effects. Listeners say this hilarious, literary show feels like a night out with friends. Isn't it time you take a break from your routine with a book club that's lit? Subscribe to LIT Society: Books and Drama wherever you listen to podcasts.

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham Mar 30, 2023

Show notes

Support our show by shopping our boutique: https://www.litsocietypodshop.com/

◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️

No one ever considers what happens to the children of serial killers. When police arrested Chloe Davis' father, her planet shattered. She'd forever question her judgment and identity. Twenty years later, she's grown up and running her own private therapy practice. She seems to have it all together. But she must become more than a survivor when the killings start again. She must become the detective.

Our book: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

And you're listening to LIT Society.

LET'S GET LIT!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr

Black Cake: A Novel by Charmaine Wilkerson Mar 23, 2023

Show notes

Support our show by shopping our boutique: https://www.litsocietypodshop.com/

View the three Black Cake recipes we chose: https://www.litsocietypod.com/black-cake-a-novel-by-charmaine-wilkerson/

◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️

Our parents have a past. Sometimes that past catches up with them, leaving their children holding the pieces. Sometimes, though, that past reveals itself and helps their children realize more fully who they are and from where they come. One mother has chosen to expose the darkness of her life, but only after her death. Will her children be able to handle learning who the woman they know best really is?

The mom with the mystery? Eleanor Bennett

Our book: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

And you're listening to LIT Society.

LET'S GET LIT!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson Mar 16, 2023

Show notes

Support our show by shopping our boutique: https://www.litsocietypodshop.com/

◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️

Monday Charles is missing, and no one seems to care, except for her best friend Claudia. On her search to find Monday, Claudia must question if she ever really knew her friend or herself. In the end, she's left with an unimaginable task as her world changes forever.

Our book: Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

And you're listening to LIT Society.

LET'S GET LIT!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Mar 02, 2023

Show notes

Support our show by shopping our boutique: https://www.litsocietypodshop.com/

◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️

Remember: Both sides of the field aim to win, but one team has a better system. Stop making goals and start changing your habits. Atomic Habits is yet another self-help book telling us we're not the problem while assuring us that we are most definitely the problem. Its pages offer practical guidance and real-life anecdotes to illustrate that new habits make new results.

LET'S GET LIT!!!!

- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod

Find Alexis and Kari online:

Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod

Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod

Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod

Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.

Subscribe to emails and get free stuff: http://eepurl.com/gDtWCr