Reading Women

Autumn and Kendra discuss Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West and The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel. Trigger Warning: In this podcast we discuss hate speech, threats, and violence against women. BOOKS MENTIONED Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel Book of the Month has kindly given us a coupon code for you to receive three months of BOTM for $9.99/ per month + a free BOTM tote! Just use the code WOMEN at check out. Thank you so much for supporting the Reading Women! (Code Expires 04/30) CONTACT readingwomenpodcast.com | hello@readingwomenpodcast.com Social Media: @thereadingwomen Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat about the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlist, some of their favorite Book of the Month picks, and what they're currently reading. BOOKS MENTIONED The Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang http://amzn.to/2ozRkF2 Swimming Lessons and Claire Fuller http://amzn.to/2oFJM0y The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel http://amzn.to/2n8A2Pi Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West http://amzn.to/2nULP0I All Grown Up by Jamie Attenberg http://amzn.to/2nUHPNR Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue http://amzn.to/2n8E8qJ Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett http://amzn.to/2n8Bzow Dear Friend from My Life I Write You in Your Life by Yiyun Li http://amzn.to/2oFL9fI The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye http://amzn.to/2n8AVHO THINGS MENTIONED Baileys Prize http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk Jhalak Prize https://mediadiversified.org/2017/03/17/and-the-winner-of-the-inaugural-jhalak-prize-is/ Jade Chang on Seth Meyers http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/jade-changs-book-gives-the-m

We couldn't be more excited to interview Jung Yun, the winner of the inaugural Reading Women award for fiction. Her novel Shelter blew us away with its gorgeous writing and depth. In our chat with Jung, she answers all of the burning questions we'd been dying to ask about her novel--and she gives us a sneak peak about her next project! If you would like a Reading Women award seal for your copy of SHELTER, send us an email over at hello@readingwomenpodcast.com, and we'll be happy to send you one. Follow Jung Yun Twitter: https://twitter.com/JungYun71 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jungyun71/ Jung's Website: https://www.jungyun.info/ CONTACT readingwomenpodcast.com | hello@readingwomenpodcast.com Litsy, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @thereadingwomen Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat with Min Jin Lee, author of PACHINKO out now from Grand Central Publishing. Buy the Book http://amzn.to/2mGfzMt FOLLOW MIN Website: https://www.minjinlee.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/minjinlee11 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/minjinleebooks/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lee_minjin/ CONTACT readingwomenpodcast.com Email: hello@readingwomenpodcast.com Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Reading Women, Autumn and Kendra discuss HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly and CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER by Peggy Orenstein. Books Mentioned HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly http://amzn.to/2mXvz1b CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER by Peggy Orenstein http://amzn.to/2njlSHG G I V E A W A Y !! We're giving away a copy of The Zookeeper's Wife as a thank you for all of your support for our newsletters debut. To enter, subscribe to our newsletter. Already subscribed? Never fear! You're already entered. We'll use a random number generator to find the winner and notify them by email. Giveaway closes March 31st! Subscribe here --> https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/newsletter CONTACT readingwomenpodcast.com Email: hello@readingwomenpodcast.com Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Litsy: @thereadingwomen Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello listeners! For Women's History Month, we're featuring six nonfiction books by six amazing women. Books Mentioned in this Episode The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher http://amzn.to/2lw5K4b Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff http://amzn.to/2maLWXG Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly http://amzn.to/2mqpLNN Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen http://amzn.to/2lQVNRv Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo http://amzn.to/2l98bO0 Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein http://amzn.to/2lw4NZt Contact hello@readingwomenpodcast.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Litsy, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: @thereadingwomen Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're beyond thrilled to talk with Christine Hyung-Oak Lee about her book TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU DON'T REMEMBER (Ecco). At 33, Christine had a stroke that changed her life. Simple everyday tasks became impossible, emotions once buried rose to the surface, and, what's worse, she could no longer write stories. Christine first wrote about her experience in an article for Buzzfeed. Now she writes about her stroke and its aftermath in this full-length memoir. In addition to chatting about the writing process and how writing impacted her recovery, she shares details about her forthcoming debut novel THE GOLEM OF SEOUL. Christine's Website: http://www.christinehlee.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/xtinehlee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xtinehlee1/ CONTACT hello@readingwomenpodcast.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello listeners! This is our discussion of MOON OVER MANIFEST by Claire Vanderpool and ESPERANZA RISING by Pam Muñoz Ryan. BOOKS MENTIONED MOON OVER MANIFEST by Claire Vanderpool ESPERANZA RISING by Pam Muñoz Ryan CONTACT hello@readingwomenpodcast.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: @thereadingwomen Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February is all about middle readers. Whether you're looking for a book for a young person in your life or you just want a delightful book for yourself, we're here for you! Check out some of our favorite middle reader novels. News Costa Books Awards Golden Hill by Francis Spufford (First Novel Award) Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Novel Award) Falling Awake by Alice Oswald (Poetry) Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory by Keggie Carew (Biography) The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan (Children’s Lit) Books Mentioned Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson The Giver by Lois Lowry The Secret Voice of Gina Zang by Dori Jones Yang Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms and Horten's Incredible Illusions by Lissa Evans Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan New Books Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing) by Min Jin Lee Autumn (Pantheon) by Ali Smith A Separation (Riverhead) by Katie Kitamura Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember (Ecco) by Chri

We're back, bookish friends! We kicking off the new year with some our most anticipated new releases for the first half of 2017. News "Poet Emily Dickinson Was A Much Loved Baker" via NPR Reading Women has a brand new website! Check out our new look and logo on readingwomenpodcast.com. Books Mentioned Difficult Women (Grove Press) by Roxane GayThe Bear and the Nightingale (Random House) by Katherine ArdenPachinko by Min (Grand Central Publishing) Jin LeeAmerican Street (HarperCollins) by Ibi ZoboiTell My Everything You Don't Remember (HarperCollins) by Christine Hyung-Oak LeeHarmless Like You (W.W. Norton) by Rowan Hisayo BuchananAllegedly (Katherine Tegan Books) by Tiffany D. JacksonThe Mother of All Questions (Haymarket Books) by Rebecca Solnit Contact hello@readingwomenpodcast.com | readingwomenpodcast.com IG, Twitter, Facebook, Litsy: @thereadingwomen Music: “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s finally here! The first ever Reading Women Awards! We are thrilled to announce the winners in two categories: nonfiction and fiction. But first! The runners-up. Nonfiction Runner-up: Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein Fiction Runner-up: The Mothers by Brit Bennett And the winners are: Nonfiction Winner: All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister Fiction Winner: Shelter by Jung Yun If you would like one of our Reading Women Award seals for your copies of All the Single Ladies and Shelter, email us at hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. See full Show Notes at readingwomenpodcast.com Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy @thereadingwomen Music: "Stickybee" by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bonus Wednesday in the month means a bonus episode from the Reading Women! This time, we’re discussing THE OTHER EINSTEIN and other books in the “wives of famous people” sub-genre. Books Mentioned THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Mary Benedict Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD by Therese Anne Fowler UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY by Nancy Horan WOMEN IN SCIENCE: 50 Peerless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky WONDER WOMEN by Sam Maggs BAD GIRLS THROUGHOUT HISTORY: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen Join the discussion on our Goodreads group! NOTE: The complete show notes with links and other fun goodies is on our website, readingwomenpodcast.com.   Contact Email us! --> hello@readingwomenpodcast.com Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Litsy: @thereadingwomen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Autumn and Kendra discuss The Elegance of the Hedgehog and My Brilliant Friend. Do protagonists have to be likable? What role does education play in the lives of Elena and Lina in My Brilliant Friend? Listen and join the conversation on Goodreads or other social media! Books Mentioned in This Podcast The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante The Lost Child by Elena Ferrante Contact readingpodcast@gmail.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Instagram, Twitter, and Litsy: @thereadingwomen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week starts our focus of women in translation. After months of prep, (Autumn will explain why on this one ;) ), we are finally ready to talk about #FerranteFever and giant tomes of female glory. So sit back and get ready for The Man Booker Prize, this month’s selections new books, and more! Books Mentioned The Sellout by Paul Beatty Hot Milk by Deborah Levy His Bloody Project by Roderick Macrae Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh All That Man Is by David Szalay Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien The Sea by John Banville The Life of Pi by Yann Martell The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya The Vegetarian by Han Kang The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante The Scapegoat by Sofia Nikolaidou Inkheart by Cornelia Funke The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen Victoria by Julia Baird Swing Time by Zadie Smith Contact readingwomenpodcast@gmail.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Twitter, Instagram, Litsy: @ther

In this episode, Autumn, Kendra, and special guest Dylan discuss Fun Home and Nimona. Get ready to thrill in the wonders of graphic novels and comics! Books Mentioned Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Contact readingwomenpodcast.com | readingwomenpodcast@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram/Litsy: @thereadingwomen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the month of October, we’re talking about our favorite graphic novels and comics! But first, it’s time to talk about the most wonderful time of the year–award season!! AND check out all the new books we’re excited about for this fall. News National Book Award Kirkus Prize for Fiction Man Booker Shortlist Book Mentioned Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton Ms Marvel by G. Willow Wilson Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Fun Home by Alison Bechtel This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Giants Days by John Allison New Books I’ll Tell You In Person by Chloe Caldwell The Mothers by Brit Bennett Wants vs The World by Jade Chang Swing Time by Zadie Smith Hag-seed by Margaret Atwood Contact readingwomenpodcast@gmail.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Litsy: @thereadingwomen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Autumn and Kendra discuss two of their favorite works of Souther literature: Mama Day and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Warning! There are *spoilers* Books Discussed Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Other Books Mentioned Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Contact readingwomenpodcast@gmail.com | readingwomenpocast.com Twitter/IG/Litsy: @thereadingwomen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s September! A new month means a new theme. This time around, it’s Southern Literature!! Autumn’s favorite! Prepare yourself for a month filled with all things that remind us of the American South. News Autumn went to see Jesmyn Ward talk about the new book she edited, The Fire This Time. Books Mentioned in This Podcast Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons Mama Day by Gloria Naylor The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson New Books Moo by Sharon Creech Commonwealth by Ann Patchett The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jefferies Little Nothing by Marisa Silver The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride Contact readingwomenpodcast@gmail.com | readingwomenpodcast.com Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy: @thereadingwomen   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are five Wednesdays this month, and you know what that means–our book rec show! Cool Bookish News #women_writers Twitter chat Decatur Book Festival Book Recommendations Question 1: I’m looking for a classic novel that deals with the struggle to be a modern woman and one who abides by familial/societal expectations. - Jay Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Evelina by Fanny Burney Question 2: I love fiction books about communal living, living off the grid, back to the earth basics, farming, mountain life, etc. I’d love to hear some fiction recommendations!- Melissa Saints at the River by Ron Rash Arcadia by Lauren Groff Question 3: The best newly published book from this year… . I haven’t been reading a whole lot but I just started the diary of henrik 84 ¼ old. It’s hilarious. - Mary Shelter by Jung Yun Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Question 4: What about your #1, must-read, basics for beginnings book about food? [It’s] for someone who’s never heard of Michael Pollan or Joel

Autumn and Kendra discuss their fierce love and adoration for Hermione Granger and her planning skills. Books Mentioned in this Podcast Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Many thanks to the Witch, Please podcast for inspiring this episode. Check to their complete backlist of episodes for all things Hermione Granger and Harry Potter. You can contact us at readingwomenpodcast@gmail.com or on our website readingwomenpodcast.com. You can also find on Litsy as @autumnprivett and @kdwinchester. We Music: “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices