Tara, Meredith, and Jeannette travel to New York City in this month‘s book The City We Became. They discuss how the book is a love letter to New York City— yet also a critique on society with racism, and the interesting process of how a city is born. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/90 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers! #EclecticReaders #Podcast
Meredith, Jeannette, and Tara talk about what makes for a great setting, the setting-as-character trope, and what makes it true or not. What do you think? Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/89 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers!
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This month we‘re talking all about settings in our book talk episode, so what books have your favorite settings and what do you like about them? Leave a comment and we might read it during the episode!
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New month, new book! We're excited to be reading The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin this month and we hope you are too! Read along and listen to us chat on the 30th! #EclecticReaders #BookClub #Podcast
In this episode we read The Forest of Enchantments, which is a retelling of the Ramayana from Sita‘s perspective. Jeannette, Meredith, and Susan discuss Sita's lessons on love, Ram's struggle with his honor, and the strength of women. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/88 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers and let us know your thoughts!
We are so saddened to hear of the passing of Congressman John Lewis. He did so much for our country and will be sorely missed. If you‘d like to learn more about his life, his work, and his legacy, we‘d recommend reading his powerful graphic novel memoir series MARCH.
New episode! Meredith, Jeannette, and Susan talk about books with great journeys, books they like to take on road trips, and the joy of reading escapist books with great food. Check it out at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/87 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers and let us know what you think! #EclecticReaders #BookClub #BookTalk #podcast #roadtrip
Summer is the time for road trips and traveling, and while this year might be a bit different, we‘re going to talk about books with journeys on the next podcast episode. Answer one or both of these questions, and we might give you a shoutout and read your answer on the episode!
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Jeannette had a delightful chat with Jasmine Guillory, author of the Wedding Date series. They talk about her newest book, Party of Two, what make her couples so much fun, and of course, dessert! Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/86 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers (Spoiler-free)
Susan, Tara, and Meredith discuss Bruce Holsinger's The Gifted School, with its stressed-out parents, fascinating children, and tons of drama! Listen at
eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/85 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers and let us know your thoughts!
We got to sit down last week with the delightful Jasmine Guillory to talk about her new book Party of Two, what makes her couples so much fun, and of course, dessert! Coming to a podcatcher near you, Wed. July 1st!
That‘s a wrap on this year‘s Eclectic Readathon! How did you do? What was your favorite read? Make sure to post a screenshot of your stopwatch to show your reading time with the hashtag #eclecticreadathon by 9:00 pm EST in order to be in the running for the prize!
Tag some of your favorites in the comments! #eclecticreadathon
Halfway point! Tell us, which character are you inviting for brunch this fine weekend?
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Good morning! Before we dive into our books, let's have check-in to help wake our brains up a little. #EclecticReaders #EclecticReadathon
Time for our midnight check-in! Whose still awake? Let us know what your go-to comfort read is! #eclecticreadathon
Welcome to the June 2020 Eclectic Readathon! 24 hours of reading starts NOW & runs until 8 PM (EST) tomorrow!
You have 2 chances to win prizes:
1. Play in our scavenger hunt on Goodreads for a chance at a prize for most points scored.
2. Track your time read with a stopwatch app. Post a screenshot of your time on Instagram, Litsy, or Twitter tagged #EclecticReadathon by 9 PM EST Sat. night for a chance at a prize for most hours read!
TOMORROW!!!!! Need an excuse to do nothing but read? Join us for the next #EclecticReadathon! Rules & info on our website: eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/eclecticreadathon 📚
If you‘re looking for a way to celebrate #juneteenth check out Juneteenth Book Fest and their author talks on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu--Ur5D1oWHD3JOM9rODxw and then buy some of their books from Black-owned bookstores! We recommend Loyalty Books https://www.loyaltybookstores.com & Mahogany Books https://www.mahoganybooks.com ❤️📚
We‘re just over a week away from the next #EclecticReadathon & U.S. participants will have the chance to win a $40 gift certificate from a Black-owned indie bookstore for the most time read (logged on your phone‘s stopwatch app) & the most scavenger hunt points earned (run through a discussion thread in our Goodreads group). Check out eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/eclecticreadathon for more info!
Susan, Tara, and Meredith discuss their favorite LGBTQ+ books and screen stories for Pride Month. They share their own recs, and some of yours too! Any faves you'd add? Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/84 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers!
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Black Lives Matter and their stories matter. Please check out the show notes of this episode at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/83 to a find a list of resources we've compiled: podcasts, web-series, book recommendations, and more. We invite you to join us in learning to be actively antiracist, and to support our fellow Black Americans.
June is Pride Month, so we‘ll be chatting about LGBTQIA+ books and want to know your favorites! Leave a comment with your recs and we may give you a shoutout on the episode! #eclecticreaders #eclecticquestion
If you‘re looking to buy books, consider buying from one of these shops! (Image from Avid Reader Press on IG)
In this episode, Tara, Meredith, and Susan dive into an Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. They discuss how an alien invasion could be surprisingly topical, the drawbacks of internet-fame, and if they too would be one of the Dreamers, solving puzzles with the rest of humanity. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/82 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers! #EclecticReaders #Podcast
We‘re a month out from our next #EclecticReadathon! 24 hours of reading— sounds like heaven, right? Add it to your calendar now, and we‘ll be releasing more info in June. (And no, you don‘t have to participate the whole 24 hours, so don‘t worry 😄) #readathon #EclecticReaders
Meredith, Tara, and Susan are given a mission: curate a list of books for extraterrestrial life. Each list is surprisingly different and yet they all have something in common. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/81 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers and let us know your thoughts! #EclecticReaders #Podcast
The book we‘re reading this month is a bit out of this world 😉 so what would you choose? Leave your book recs below and we might give you a shoutout on the podcast episode! #eclecticquestion #eclecticreaders #bookpodcast #bookclub
Are you living the cinematic life? Susan and Jeannette discuss Secret Passages in a Hillside Town, the role of magic vs. reality, and what's up with all the disappearing umbrellas? Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/80 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers and let us know your thoughts!
Jeannette, Tara, & Susan talk about the effect COVID-19 lockdowns have had on their reading habits, the books they‘re drawn to, and the ways the literary community is coming together to support each other during these unusual times in this newest podcast episode. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/79 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers and let us know how you‘re doing during this time! #EclecticReaders #Podcast
While we‘re all stuck inside due to the pandemic, what book (or books) would you recommend your fellow readers pick up? Leave a comment, and we may give you a shoutout on the next podcast episode! #EclecticQuestion #EclecticReaders
If it‘s anything like his first book translated into English, it‘s sure to be an interesting (and probably weird) read!
Susan, Jeannette, and Meredith discuss The Witcher: Blood of Elves in the newest episode, and how the book felt more modern than they were expecting, but with questionable formatting. Also discussed: how well is something translated if a word is used too much, and is pirouetting really that important when fighting? Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/78 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers!
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In our newest episode, we talk about adaptations on streaming services and how they affect our reading habits. Will we immediately read a book that‘s being adapted? We also talk of favorite adaptations and adaptations we would like to see. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/77 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers! #EclecticReaders #Podcast
Meredith, Tara, & Jeannette talk about the March trilogy, connecting the present & past, and what we wish we‘d learned in history class! Check it out and let us know what you think about Lewis‘s story! eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/76 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers!
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It‘s nice to see so many children‘s books on the list! How many have you read? Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/books/ny-public-library-top-books-history.htm...
On the newest podcast episode we check out some recent stats on diversity in publishing, spotlight a couple of people advocating for diversity in the publishing world, and talk about some of our strategies for keeping our reading lives diverse! Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/75 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers!
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We‘re reading the March trilogy by John Lewis and it got us talking in our real-life book club about what we remember learning of the civil rights movement in school. What about you? Was it glossed over? Did you learn a lot? What part of the U.S. were you living in at the time? And international listeners: what do you know about the movement? #EclecticQuestion
We‘re excited to talk about this graphic novel memoir trilogy on the podcast this month! Reminder: we‘ve changed our format to release 2 episodes a month. The first releases on the 15th and is our general bookish conversation and the second releases on the 30th (29th this month, obviously 😉) and is the book club discussion. So, you‘ve got all month to read! #eclecticreaders
This time on #EclecticReaders, we discuss Erin Morgenstern's latest, The Starless Sea! We talk about how she interweaves so many stories, discuss our faves, and find out whether we are Guardians, Keepers, or Acolytes. Listen on your favorite podcast app or at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/74
New year, new chapter! Tune in to today‘s ep to find out what changes we‘re making to the podcast this year! Plus, our decade of reading in review, and we give our reading resolutions a different twist for 2020! Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/73 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers! #EclecticReaders #podcast #goals #resolutions
Exciting news!! “My mission is to take a different approach: Instead of explicitly encouraging young people to read, my goal is to get them to see the value in their own narratives — that they, too, have a story, and that there's power not just in telling it, but in the opportunity to do so. I‘m excited to create spaces around the country for this to happen —“ article: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-002/?loclr=twloc
We‘re a week into the new year, and we want to know: do you have any bookish resolutions for 2020? We‘re going to be giving each other bookish resolutions on the next podcast episode and we‘d love to hear about yours! If you leave a comment, we might even give you a shoutout and read it during the next episode 🙂 #EclecticQuestion
Yay @InBooksILive you won the #EclecticGiveaway! Please send an email to eclecticreadersbookclub at gmail dot com with your mailing address!
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