Best Book Ever Podcast

Oct 16 2023 100 ep. 35 mins

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Best Book Ever is a podcast for Bookworms! We get to know interesting people by asking them about their favorite books.

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155 Canada-Palooza with Mark Lefebvre

Oct 16 2023 31 mins

My dear friend Mark Lefebvre is back this week to teach me all about Canadian Literature, eh? Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Mark Lefebvre Website/Instagram Editor: Emily Zumchak Website/Email Join the Best Book Ever Newsletter HERE! Subscribe for FREE to receive weekly emails with complete show notes, photos of our guests, and updates on what Julie is read

154 Mark Lefebvre on "The Best Laid Plans" by Terry Fallis

Oct 02 2023 27 mins

This week's guest is one of my favorite readers, writers and humans on the planet: Mark Lefebvre. Mark has been pushing Terry Fallis' books on me practically since we met, and I'm so glad I finally took his advice. We had a great time discussing political satire, reading slumps, and the differences between American and Canadian humor sensibilities. Host: Julie Strauss Website/Insta

153 Kate Reynolds on "A Day With No Words" by Tiffany Hammond

Sep 18 2023 32 mins

This week I'm so delighted for you to meet Kate Reynolds, also known as The Lavender Librarian. Kate is a passionate advocate of inclusive storytimes for children, and she has some innovative ideas for how to share reading time with kids. I was initially hesitant when Kate suggested we read a children's book for this episode - afraid that we wouldn't have enough to talk about to f

152 Lisa Dayton Petersen on Judy Blume

Sep 11 2023 31 mins

Today I am joined by Lisa Petersen, my dear friend since college. We agreed to spend the summer revisiting our favorite childhood classics by Judy Blume, and now we’re back to discuss our feelings about the books as children vs. as adults. Along the way, we talked about banned books and parenting, and how our love for Judy Blume has carried us through the years. Host: Julie Str

151 Yolanda Skeete and Vanessa Vicente on "The School for Good Mothers" by Jessamine Chan

Sep 04 2023 50 mins

Yolanda Skeete, an avid reader and co-host of Thrillers by the Book Club SoCal, is back on the show with our book club pal Vanessa Vicente. Yolanda and Vanessa are both bookstagrammers living in Southern California who love to review thrillers, nonfiction, romance, and other genres. As mothers ourselves, we have a lot to say about the 2022 Science Fiction novel “The School for Go

150 The ACOTAR Panel

Jul 03 2023 44 mins

If you have not yet experienced the joy of the "Court of Thorns and Roses" fandom, we are going to fix that today. Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest Panel: Victoria Snow Instagram Fareya Instagram/TikTok/Goodreads Nicole Burton Instagram/Goodreads Join the Best Book Ever Newsletter HERE! Subscribe for FREE to receive weekly emails with complete show note

149 Marion Hill on "The Book of Strange New Things" by Michel Faber

Jun 26 2023 36 mins

Today I've got my first "three-peat" guest, Marion Hill. Just like in our two previous conversations, Marion introduced me to a book that I wouldn't have picked up on my own, that I sort of dreaded reading, and that I wound up loving and thinking about nonstop after I finished! Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Marion Hill Website/Instagram Join the Best Book Ever

148 Ambika Devi on "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins

Jun 19 2023 32 mins

Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Ambika Devi Website/YouTube/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/LinkedIn Join the Best Book Ever Newsletter HERE! Subscribe for FREE to receive weekly emails with complete show notes, photos of our guests, and updates on what Julie is reading on her own time. Support the podcast for just $5/month and you’ll receive the weekly newslet

147 Ella Strauss on Jane Austen

Jun 12 2023 28 mins

My guest this week is my beautiful daughter Ella. Ella just finished a semester at the University of Leicester, where she studied the novels of Jane Austen, and we have been talking nonstop about the books versus the movie adaptations, as well as feminism in Jane Austens books, and whether or not Harry Styles can smolder. It's a journey. Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Gues

146 Betsy Dunn on "The Pat Conroy Cookbook" by Pat Conroy

Jun 05 2023 34 mins

My mom is the reason I’m a reader and today she joined me to talk books. She surprised me by choosing a cookbook (she and I are both fiction junkies) but The Pat Conroy Cookbook made for a great chat. We also talked about how we both cut our teeth on trashy novels and the joys of re-reading favorite books. She even spilled some tea about her book club! Host: Julie Strauss Website