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May 8
April 2026: Maddie Mortimer’s Maps of our Spectacular Bodies
Description:This month in the Jen Hatmaker Book Club, we’re reading a novel that doesn’t just tell a story—it inhabits one. Jen sits down with author Maddie Mortimer to talk about Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, a breathtaking and formally inventive debut that explores what it me ... Show More
51m 6s
May 6
Jen Hamilton on Birth Vibes: Reclaiming Agency in One of Life’s Most Vulnerable Moments
Description:If you’ve ever felt the quiet fear of placing your body—and your baby—into a healthcare system you don’t fully understand, this conversation is for you. Today, Jen and Amy sit down with labor and delivery nurse, educator, and internet big sister Jen Hamilton to talk a ... Show More
1h 3m
Apr 29
Molly Sims on Midlife Confidence (That Doesn’t Come From Perfection)
Description:This week, Jen and Amy sit down with actress, model, entrepreneur, and Lipstick on the Rim host Molly Sims for a conversation that starts light and breezy—backstage at a Hello Sunshine Shine Away event—and quickly moves into something deeper: what it’s like to live in ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2023
Big Book Guys: The Housemaid with Freida McFadden
<p>The Big Book Guys recently held their third discussion via Zoom last week, and not to toot our own horn, but this might just be the coolest book club out there. Delicious wine, Bailey’s harmonica playing, AND the author of the book – it doesn’t get better than that! The BBGs a ... Show More
36m 23s
Oct 2023
Big Book Guys: Too Late WITH Colleen Hoover
<p>KB took the second official Big Book Guys meeting to a whole new level with the most remarkable guest imaginable: The GOAT of the literary world, a New York Times Bestselling author with 24 novels/novellas under her belt, and the very author of the book in discussion, Colleen ... Show More
35m 1s
Feb 2021
BOOK CLUB: Just Like You
G’day book club friends!!!
This month, we read best-selling author Nick Hornby’s eighth novel, Just Like You. The book follows two protagonists, 22-year-old Joseph and 42-year-old Lucy, who fall in love despite coming from two different worlds. Joseph is a young Black DJ trying t ... Show More
37m 39s
Jun 2020
Fully Booked: Summer Reading 2020
Welcome to Fully Booked: Summer Reading 2020! In this special episode, editor in chief Tom Beer joins host Megan Labrise to present the hottest books for the sultriest months. First up, young readers editors Vicky Smith and Laura Simeon give their top picks in children’s, middle- ... Show More
56m 53s
Jan 2021
Book Club #3 - Janvier 2021 - Essentialism, Greg Mckeown
2m 5s
Dec 2016
Ep. 81The best in books & reading for 2016 with Jessica Turner and Laura Tremaine
'Tis the season for year-end lists of favorites! We've invited blogger and author Jessica Turner back to Sorta Awesome to join Laura in talking all things book and reading for 2016. They dish on buzzed books that fell flat for them, what books they are giving as gifts, and what t ... Show More
1h 8m
Dec 2021
A trip to our secret book vault. Plus: the best books of 2021
This weekend, we’re going behind the scenes of the FT’s legendary Books of the Year roundup. Literary editor Frederick Studemann and deputy books editor Laura Battle take us into a secret room in the basement of the FT, where all the books sent in for review are kept behind lock ... Show More
24m 24s
Feb 2021
Book Club #4 - Février 2021- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry
2m 10s
Aug 2023
Big Book Guys: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
<p>It’s the first official meeting of the Big Book Guys and we could not be more excited! For those of you who were unable to join the live discussion, we have you covered with a recording of Kaitlyn’s conversation with her producer, Alesha (AKA Glenda Cl!t), her assistant, Maggi ... Show More
49m 35s
Jun 2024
Your Guide to Completing the Pro Book Nerds 2024 Reading Challenge
On today's episode, Emma and Joe share some tips and tricks to completing your 2024 Pro Book Nerds Reading Challenge. They also discuss the prompts they've completed and what books they read. Finally, they offer some suggestions for, perhaps, some harder to complete prompts. Let ... Show More
54m 22s
Calling all book nerds! Are you looking for a place where your book-loving heart can flourish? Join us at jenhatmakerbookclub.com, and become one of our sisters in nerdiness. For October 2021, Jen and the club read Lucy Foley’s The Guest List. Lucy Foley is a former fiction editor who used her passion for literature to become a master of who-dunnit mystery b ... Show More
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bonjour,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bienvenue dans le <strong>Book Club de Gatemeri</strong>. Mon ambition avec le Book Club est de partager mon amour des livres avec vous. </span></p> <p><strong>Concrètement comment ça se pas ... Show More
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bonjour,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bienvenue dans le <strong>Book Club de Gatemeri</strong>. Mon ambition avec le Book Club est de partager mon amour des livres avec vous. </span></p> <p><strong>Concrètement comment ça se pas ... Show More
