The Book Bully

Join obsessive reader and raconteur Ellison Weist, aka “The BookBully,” as she muses about current books and old favorites that may have slipped past you. Interviews with other bibliomaniacs and recommendations galore.

#11: I Hate Reading Ruts 04/24/2018

#10: The BookBully Goes to the Dogs 04/10/2018

#9: A Millennial Reader: An Interview with Podcast Maker Alex Ward 03/27/2018

#8: 2018 So Far 03/13/2018

#7: Restoring My Faith in Mysteries 02/27/2018

#6: An Interview with Adrienne Martini, Sci-Fi Whisperer 02/13/2018

#5: Non-Fiction Favorites 01/30/2018

4: Top Fiction Reads of 2017 01/16/2018

3: Six Books That Tickled My Funny Bone 01/02/2018

2: The BookBully Blabs New Books 12/19/2017

2: The BookBully Blabs New Books The BookBully goes a bit crazy talking about new books she's read or is looking forward to reading. Let's just say her eyes are bigger than her reading capacity! BOOK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti Brewster by Mark Slouka The Secret History by Donna Tartt The World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews (yes, only one "t") The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Mary and O'Neil by Justin Cronin A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton The Turner House by Angela Flournoy Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas The Age of Perpetual Light by Josh Weil The New Valley by Josh Weil Don't I Know You by Marni Jackson The Good Lord Bird by James McBride Five-Carat Soul by James McBride Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash The Good People by Hannah Kent Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan The Power by Naomi Alderman Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia Here in Berlin by Cristina Garcia Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs A Secret Sisterhood by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney What She Ate by Laura Shapiro Ranger Games by Ben Blum An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn The Child Finder by Rene Tenfold The Party by Elizabeth Day White Bodies by Jane Robins The Smack by Richard Lange Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent Ferocity by Nicola Lagioia Me Before You by JoJo Moyes Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Paradise City by Elizabeth Day Sourdough by Robin Sloan Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis The Address by Fiona Davis One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson /episode/index/show/bookbully/id/6058837

1: Sarah Bowen Shea 12/05/2017

Prologue to the Book Bully 11/30/2017

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