Whine And Dine: Recent Episodes
Ashley Jones and Megan Curran
Join hosts Ashley and Megan for the book club that you never knew you needed. Pour yourself a tall glass of wine and get ready for a bookish adventure!
This month's book club book was Queen's Peril by E.K. Johnston. If you'd like to read along with us before listening, Megan HIGHLY suggests listening to the Audio Book!
This month's TBR is a long one. Megan talks wedding plans and Ashley opens up about her dyslexia. There's a few new books on the horizon and we introduce May's book club book. Here's a hint: May the Fourth Be With You ;)
This months book club book was Lore by Alexandra Bracken. And yes its a LONG episode, but if you've already read it it's not very hard to see why!
This week we (sorta) review the book Meet Me in Monaco. We also discover a new catchphrase to live our lives by!
Join us for a very short trip into our discussion from our March TBR's when we accidentally went on a 10 minute rant about WandaVision. THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU LISTEN lol. But if it helps, most of them were wrong so, oh well! And if you HAVENT watched WandaVision GO DO IT OMG!
Join us as we talk exciting news, tv books and more that we're wrapping up and are excited for in March! Don't forget to check out our bonus episode "Early WandaVision Spoilersode" where we discussed our Wandavision Theories before the show ended. But DUH THERE'S SPOILERS!
Before reading this book along with us, or listening to this review, please note that Sadie covers a long list of topics and themes that may be difficult to read. These topics include, but are not limited to: Pedophilia, Child Abuse, Sexual Assault and Drug Abuse. We completely understand if this book and this review are not for you. We thank you so much for your continuing support and hope you'll join us again next week for our March TBRs!
If you or anyone you know need assistance dealing with any of these things please contact the following free helplines for help and resources:
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National Human Trafficking Hotline:
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Tune in this week to hear our dream cast if our previous book club book, Serpent and Dove, was ever turned into a movie or show! Also check out our Instagram for help seeing the faces if yours as bad with just names as we are! (whineanddinepod)
We'll also discuss, as always, our TBRs for the month of February and book related news!
THIS MONTHS BOOK CLUB BOOK IS "SADIE" BY COURTNEY SUMMERS!
As the title will suggest, our January book club discussion will be over Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin. We'd love for you to listen in, and tweet at us while you do (@WhineAndDinePod) - because we could talk about this book for the rest of the year!
Oh and umm SPOILERS - DUH!
2021 is finally here! Welcome to our brand new format, brand new intro, and brand new books for 2021. We're so excited to be back in the saddle, so get ready for a really great year!
THANK GOD 2020 IS COMING TO AN END! As we do every year, we're wrapping up the year with our review of 2020, an update on the last six months that we've been on quarantine hiatus, and our goals for 2021!
Thank you all so much for sticking with us this past year! 2021 is coming so soon - new format, new outlooks and new books! We can't wait to see what this next year holds for us, for the podcast and for you all! Happy Holidays and GOODBYE 2020!!!
July's read along/ book review is over American Royals by Katherine McGee! Its a beautiful reimagining of what the American Royal Family would look like now, if George Washington had ruled as King instead of President! It's a really fun rom-com with a historical fiction twist. Make sure to grab your copy before you listen in!
This ep you get a twofor! In this slightly lengthy episode, we discuss books that celebrate independence, politics, America/ American Historical fiction, etc... PLUS Megan tangents ONCE AGAIN into a 30 minute long discussion about the new Disney+ release of the Broadway musical Hamilton!
This July, we're reading American Royals! Come get some life updates, info about this months episode topics, and find out whether or not Ashley likes Ryan's wine choice for the pair.
Seeing as our reading lists were a bit bare this month, we took this episode to mostly talk about our star charts lol. Join us for our end of June wrap up!
This months read along/ book club book was Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck! If you read along, get ready to hear our thoughts :)
This month we did things a little differently. Only Ashley read the book. Megan tried her hand at predicting what comes next at any given moment while Ashley describes the story.
Either come for the discussion or play along with Megan! How close did you get? Were you shocked like Ashley or did you find the book too predictable? Let us know your thoughts!!
This months theme is Sweet, Pink Treats! Look you guys, lockdown is hard. Its easy to get down and let yourself go right now. Here's our tips, both bookish and not, on ways to pump yourself back up and be your best (or as best as you can be currently! lol)
Welcome back Diners! Restrictions are lifting mid COVID and that means WE'RE BACK with all new episodes! Catch up on what we've been up to during quarantine and what you can look forward to the rest of the month!
June's book club book is Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck! Be sure to pick up your copy so you can read along with us!
As is tradition at this point, Megan messed up and forgot to drop an entire episode. Wasn't just late with it - FORGOT IT EXISTED ENTIRELY. She would apologize, but we all just kind of expect it by now. Lol.
You can pick up a copy of Hocus Pocus 2 at most any bookstore and Amazon. Feel free to read along!
In this episode, we step outside the realm of just books to discuss the things we just cant help but love to hate! We discuss everything from sports teams, to commercials, people in the office and of course popular culture. What are some things you just love to hate on? Let us know!
This month we read Married With Zombies - a zombie outbreak book that checks all of our boxes: A crumbling marriage, bad decisions, a religious cult, tree zombies and much much more! If you want to read the book along with us you can find it on Amazon and Thriftbooks!
As we move into our first TBRs of 2020, we got a little long winded. Enjoy this extra long "minisode" for February!
Were you wondering why no episodes dropped around the holidays? Well, here's your explanation!
We're back on track this month - just in time to end the year right: With a Christmas book and a cookie bakeoff!
It's our birthday! That means we're taking a small break from the books and doing something a little different! Come join us to learn our stance on education, the electoral college, and life everlasting!
Join us as we bring back David to the podcast to help us discuss HORROR BOOKS- what we love and hate and David's Rules for Reading Horror.
Join us as we return for October to give you all new sales and spooky books to get you in the mood for Halloween!
This week Megan and Ashley tackle miscategorized books. Is it really a "Hot Rom Com"? Or is it simply E-Lit? What's the cutoff for New Adult? Come learn with us!
This week Ashley and Megan hit you with their TBR's, info about Greenwood's Wine and Music Festival, and August's total lack of sales. Will WAM Fest make up for it? Follow us on Instagram for updates! @wineanddinepod
This week we wrap up the month of July! What did we read? What are we excited about for August? Tune in to find out!
In honor of Harry Potter Month and JK Rowling's Birthday, this week Ashley and Megan sort books into their own Harry Potter Houses.
What house are you? Did we hit any of your favorite books? Let us know @wineanddinepod!
For the month of July we have 2 sales in the Indy area, lots of audio books to be read, and some nostalgic 90's country music!
Wrap up June with us as we discuss our recent mini haul, Megan's night schedule and above all else, books!
Check in with us to see how we're doing on our reading goals as we reach the half point of the year!
SPOILERS AHEAD! This week Ashley and Megan discuss the book GOOD OMENS just behind it's premier on Amazon Prime.
In this episode Ashley and Megan go through a list of possible TBRs for this summer! Are you fans of James Patterson? Is Kasie West a hit/miss with you? Let us know @whineanddinepod
Tune in to hear about the upcoming HPB sale and this months new releases on our radars!
Join us as we wrap up the month of May by talking about video games, anime and FINALLY getting out of our reading slumps!
Sometimes you just don't feel like reading and that's ok! In this episode we talk about Book Slumps and how to get out of them!
Listen in as we continue to talk about our obsession with Thriftbooks, our months book haul, and a ton of other bookish related things!
In this episode we discuss our buddy read and talk about our addiction with Thriftbooks.
Sometimes a book is just DNF material - And thats ok! Listen up as we discuss our rules for when to quit and when to power through.
In this episode of Whine and Dine we discuss what books we'll be buddy reading this month, a new sale (finally!) and how Megan's trip to tea land went.
In this episode of Whine and Dine we discuss how we finished out the Hamilthon Readalong, Ashley's orginizational skills and a new bookish podcast that Ashley discovered!
Join us as we give you a list of 12 Irish themed books/authors to read to really celebrate St. Patty's Day the right way!
Join us as we intro March with a huge lack of sales and LOTS of books TBR!
Are you participating in #Hamilthon? Tweet as us your TBRs! @whineanddinepod
In this episode of Whine and Dine, Ashley rants about her local library and then she and Megan read you their love letters to all the books they've loved before. Stick around because it's about to get emotional in here!
For Valentines Day we're giving your significant others some fantastical and sometimes VERY EXPENSIVE gift ideas.
We've got some surprises for you in this February Introsode! So grab the nearest book to you and be ready to join in. Don't forget to tweet at us after the episode and let us know what your results were!
Come unhaul some books with Ashley! Megan has over 100 books at home, half of which she's yet to read. Will she continue to hoard books or will Ashley show her the light?
January means new year, new podcast. Did we meet our goals? Did we ever stop reading that same books we were tired of in episode 1? Find out and then tweet at us your book reading goals for 2019!
2019 is finally here and with it an all new episode of Whine and Dine. New Year New Podcast (but with the exact same stuff. So... New Year Old Podcast?)
In our Year End Wrap Up, we discuss whether or not we met our bookish and podcasting goals this 2018. What will 2019 look like?!
Do you need a last minute gift? WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED! In this episode of Whine and Dine, we give you some bookish gift ideas for your favorite book lover.
Sometimes we talk about the books we're going to read. Other time we talk about Michael Buble and our first annual cookie bakeoff. Don't forget to vote in our poll to decide if Megan is a cheater!
This week on W&D, we're comparing THUG and TATBILB to their movie adaptations. Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD!
Ashley is back from her honeymoon and we're ready to get October started! This episode is all the updates on what we read in September, how Ashley's honeymoon went, ranting about her wedding and what we're excited for in October. TECHNICALLY you could consider this a minisode, but we went in HARD so here you go!
ASHLEY IS GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW!!! As we wrap up the month with our second segment - something borrowed, something blue - we discuss our borrowed books and our BLUE (colored) books, which somehow lead to judging books by their covers - WHICH WE ALL DO!
Books discussed in this episode: Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan One of Us is Lying by Karen N McManus All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Ashley's wedding is almost here so the girls sit down to discuss the first half of their wedding month reading challenge - Rereading a book they love and finally reading a new book!
Books talked about in this episode:
The Dreadful Tale of Proper Redding: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NH5FA6B/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Illuminae: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OEXJARS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
The Thin Executioner: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VYBP7O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Rot and Ruin: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UYUP1W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
In this minisode, we talk about sales and Ashley's upcoming nuptials. We also give a sneak peak of the month ahead!
Side Note: This episode was not in any way sponsered by Moe's. If anything we sponsered them. You're welcome Moe's!
In this episode of Whine and Dine we brought on Ashley's soon to be husband David to hear a spouse's perspective of what it's like to live with a book addict!
This month, there's NO shopping to be done in the Indy area, so thank goodness for Booktubeathon for keeping up occupied! Let us know if you took part in BookTubeAThon and what books you read!
We're trying out new logos throughout the month of August so if you particularly like one - LET US KNOW ON TWITTER! @whineanddinepod
Finishing up our Harry Potter month, this week we discuss the future of Harry Potter and make a few pleas to JK Rowling herself. Where do you guys see the Harry Potterverse going? Tweet us @whineanddinepod!
Correction: We realized in editing that Ashley continuously referred to Queenie as Winnie - our bad!
Its July - Megan's favorite time of year! Welcome to our first Harry Potter episode this month where we discuss things like IF YOU HAVEN'T READ HARRY POTTER YET YOU HAVE BEEN WASTING YOUR LIFE AWAY AND YOU NEED TO FIX THAT!
Ashley and Megan discuss the books that made them cry: Words In Deep Blue and Me Before You. SPOILERS.
Tune in next month for ALL HARRY POTTER!
We made a lot of plans in June, but the real question is, did anything go as planned? Probably not!
This week we talked about how much it sucks to be judged for buying certain books (specifially YA) and update you all on our recent book hauls. PLUS we now have a mascot! #nojudge
The first Wednesday of every month, Ashley and Megan bring you all the must haves in reading and sales (in the Indy area)
We're officially here and we're so excited! Come drink some wine (or coffee), grab a great book and sit down for our very first long distance book club!
Music by bensound.com