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The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast

Perks of Being a Book Lover is a show about books, people who read, and how reading, at its very best, is a social experience. Whether it be a book club, a poetry slam, or the production of a play; words are meant to be shared. Keep up with us on FB.

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S9:Ep200 Creativity Keeper with Guest Kelcey Ervick -...

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2023/12/13

Website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram- @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook- Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find out more about Kelcey Ervick on her website kelceyervick.com This week we chat with Kelcey Ervick whose graphic memoir The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives Amy discovered after our friend and former guest, Bethany, told us about what a great book it was. Kelcey is the author

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S9:Ep199 - Bonus Books of 2023: A Book Rec Episode -...

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2023/12/06

Website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram- @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese 2- The Friend by Sigrid Nunez 3- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch 4- Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopolou 5- Krazyland by Mar Romasco-Moore 6- Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak 7- This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper 8- Walking

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S9:E197 Holiday Book Giving Guide with Carmichael’s...

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2023/11/29

This week we chat with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, from Carmichael’s Bookstore. Each November we let her do the heavy lifting and share books that have come out and might be good choices for your holiday shopping. If you would like to check out Carmichael’s Bookstore Holiday Book Gift Guide, you can find it online at www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/ Website- www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to

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S9 Ep.197 - A Doctor Detective Drama with Guest Ritu...

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2023/11/22

Our guest this week, Ritu Mukerji, is a busy, full-time physician and a mother of 3, but she managed to find time to write her first novel, a recently published historical fiction mystery titled Murder by Degrees about a female physician in late 19th century Philadelphia. She was inspired by her love of the mystery genre as well as her experience living in Philadelphia while getting her medical degree where she would often visit places where female doctors had paved the way for other women to

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01:00:41

S9 Ep 196 -The Bus Stops Here with Guests Matthew...

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2023/11/15

This week is one of the funniest shows we’ve done simply because our guests are delightful. In fact this show may be just a tad longer than normal because we almost couldn’t bear to cut any of our conversation out. They are the author/illustrator and husband/wife team of Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr whose Cookie Chronicles books are a big hit among the 8-12 year old crowd, although, honestly, their stuff is good no matter how old you are. They recently completed a year long

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S9 Ep195 - Free For F(all) - A Book Recommendation...

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2023/11/08

This week we have a book recommendation episode. We hunker down for November and embrace fall. We call this our Free For F(all) episode because we each give you a recommendation in 5 categories to represent November : Autumn, Native American Heritage Month, Diwali, Day of the Dead/ All Soul's Day, and No-Shave November. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook - Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a

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PERKS REPLAY with Guest Alix Harrow 11-1-23

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2023/11/01

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Boo kLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. We interviewed Alix E. Harrow in the before times (2019) when her first novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, was published. We drove to Berea, Kentucky and recorded in Berea College’s library, where Harrow graduated from and where she lived for a

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01:00:39

S9 Ep194 - Momma Trauma with guest Katrina Monroe -...

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2023/10/25

You can find Katrina Monroe on IG @katrinamonroeauthor or on her website katrinamonroe.com/ For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod loverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. If you would like to contact us, go to our website and click the Contact button. I happened upon the audiobook Graveyard of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe on Libby and was riveted by how the horror novel explored the

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01:00:06

Perks REMIX S9 Ep193- Mel Joulwan and David...

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2023/10/18

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message, click on the "Contact Us" button on the website. To find Mel and David, check out their website, www.strongsenseofplace.com. or Insta @strongsenseof In episode 86, we first spoke with Melissa Joulwan during the COVID pandemic. She is one of the co-hosts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast. Melissa has

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S9 Ep192 - Women Talking Horror with Guest Jenny...

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2023/10/11

You can find Jenny Kiefer on her website at jennykiefer.com/ or at Butcher Cabin Books at www.horrorbookstore.com/. She is also on instagram at @horrorbookstore and @_jennykiefer For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. You can contact to us through the link on the website. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. It has been one year since Louisville welcomed a horror bookstore to its ranks of cool,

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S9 Ep191 - Witch, Please! A Book Rec Episode - 10/4/23

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2023/10/04

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. You can email us throught the contact button on the website. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. It is officially Halloween season so we’re talking all about witches this week. We’ll each share 5 bewitching books, 10 total, that you should put on your TBRs. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Leslie “F*cking” Jones by Leslie Jones 2- Killers of the Flower Moon

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S9 Ep190 - The Greek Girls’ Guide To Murder with...

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2023/09/27

Our guest this week, Kika Hatzopoulou, grew up in Greece with the foundation of Ancient Greece and its mythology all around her. She now lives in London and until recently was an acquisitions editor for a Greek publisher, where she read and recommended books being published in the US and Britain for acquisition and translation for Greek audiences. She tinkered with the idea of writing a book herself, combining the Greek mythology stories she learned as a child with the detective stories and gritty

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S9 Ep189 - Hispanic Heritage Month is Lit - 9/20/23

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2023/09/20

This week we are featuring books by Latino authors in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Molly's Tuxedo by Vicki Johnson 2- Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (short story) 3- Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield 4- Fever by Mary Beth Keane 5- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 6- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 7- Why Didn’t You Tell Me by Carmen Rita Wong 8- Ghetto Klown by John Leguizamo 9- The Last Cuentista by

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S9 Ep188 -Good Reads With The Gilmore Girls with...

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2023/09/13

We always enjoy chatting with people we find on Instagram who are doing bookish things, and Kristine Eckart is one of those folks. She is the creator of Gilmore Book Club, which offers all kinds of book blogs, discussions, videos, and lists associated with the show Gilmore Girls. As if that wouldn’t keep her busy enough, she also hosts a book club for people with chronic health conditions (and we’re including the link to it in our show notes) and is working on creating book-related content for other

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S9 Ep. 187 - Bluegrass Moon and Neck Bones with Guest...

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2023/09/06

You can find Willie Carver on Instagram @williecarverjr or on his website at www.williecarver.com. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. Sometimes when people have experienced a loss or some kind of traumatic event, they are encouraged to write about it, which gives them an outlet for their feelings and a way to help them process the experience. Our guest this

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01:00:12

Perks Remix Ep. 186 - The Past and the Curious with...

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2023/08/30

This week we are giving you something we are calling a "remix" episode. We have a new interview with former guest Mick Sullivan combined with some of his previous interview way back in 2019. Amy is traveling this week so we’ve reconnected with former guest Mick Sullivan, who is the curator of guest experience at the Frazier History Museum and is also the creator of the award winning children's history podcast, The Past and the Curious, which grew out of the stories he tells people at the museum. His

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S9 Ep. 185 -Place Settings: The Destination - 8/23/23

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2023/08/23

A few weeks ago we talked about journeys and this week we are completing the circle with an episode about destinations; specifically about places we have visited in the last few years. Do you read books about the places you travel before or during a trip? We talk about how it can enrich both your reading and travel experience. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book

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S9 Ep 184 - Alternative to Amazon with guest Andy...

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2023/08/16

We were honored to welcome Andy Hunter, the CEO of Bookshop.org to the podcast this week. Andy is a writer, a publisher, and now heads up a company that competes with Amazon for on-line book sales. But unlike Amazon, the proceeds of Bookshop.org’s sales go back to independent bookstores. At the click of a button, you can order a book to be delivered while your favorite independent bookseller gets part of that sale. Independent bookstores that sell most of their books during summer or don’t have the

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S9 Ep183 - Are We There Yet? A Journey - 8/9/23

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2023/08/09

This week we are talking all about journeys. Whether they be physical or mental, we whisk you away in a good book. Choose from 10 book recommendations from Carrie and Amy for when you're ready to be on the move. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. Books Mentioned in this Episode 1- How to Read Novels Like a Professor by Thomas Foster 2- American Born Chinese by

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S.9 Ep. 182 - Creating A COVID Family with guest...

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2023/08/02

This week we chat with Katrina Kittle, a Dayton, OH author whose most recent novel is titled Morning in This Broken World. I met Katrina when I took her online writing class not even knowing she had a new novel coming out but had heard such wonderful things about her four previously published books. Katrina is a real delight of a person. She is fun and bubbly but she would say she is also anti-social. So maybe a mix of both Carrie and I? Her newest novel is about a group of unlikely companions who

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