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In Episode 182, author Chelsea Bieker discusss her new novel, Madwoman, with Sarah. Chelsea shares how her own childhood inspired…
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In Episode 181, Sarah and Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books catch up on the 16 new releases they shared…
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In Episode 180, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and Sarah return with the 4th annual Debuts Special! They’re sharing their favorite debuts,…
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In Episode 179, Sarah is joined by Gayle Weiswasser, co-founder of Wonderland Books, an independent bookstore in Bethesda, MD opening…
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In Episode 178, Al Woodworth, Senior Editor and Manager at Amazon Books Editorial, goes behind the scenes of Amazon’s editorial…
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Welcome to the Fall 2024 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! Today, Catherine and I share…
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In Episode 176, Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books and I catch up on the 12 new releases from the Summer…
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In Episode 175, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I explore our favorite Micro Genres for 2024. Over the past year, we’ve…
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For Ep. 174, due to an unexpected change in our episode schedule, we’re bringing you an episode from our newest…
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For Ep. 173, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) joins me as we circle back to one of our favorite topics — niching…
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In Ep. 172, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits), Catherine Gilmore (@GilmoreGuide), and I are together for the first time on the big…
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In Episode 171, Rufi Thorpe she joins me to discuss her latest novel, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and her career…
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Welcome to the Summer 2024 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! Today, Catherine and I share…
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In Episode 169, Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books and I catch up on the 12 new releases from the Spring…
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Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I share our favorite books that missed last year’s Summer Reading Guide, some shorter books we…
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Summer reading means something a bit different to everyone, but I’ve got you covered in my 2024 Summer Reading…
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In Ep. 167, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and I are circling back to 2018 in the book world with a special…
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In Episode 166, author Andrew Boryga joins me to discuss his debut novel, Victim, a funny and gripping satire about…
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Welcome to the Spring 2024 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and…
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In today’s episode, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and I circle back to the 16 books we featured in the Winter 2024 Book…
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In Episode 163, Sara Hildreth, from @FictionMatters and co-host of the podcast Novel Pairings, returns for her third appearance on…
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In Episode 162, Leigh Stein (author and journalist) joins me to jump into the world of BookTok, the bookish corner…
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In Episode 161, author Amanda Peters joins me to discuss her surprise hit novel, The Berry Pickers. This debut novel…
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In Episode 160, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and I share the best backlist books we read in 2023. We each discuss our…
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Welcome to the Winter 2024 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and I…
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While my 2023 reading equaled 2022 based on my primary metric of success (number of 5 star books), it…
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In Episode 158, we wrap up the year with our Best Books of 2023 Genre Awards with Susie (@NovelVisits). We…
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Welcome to the Fall 2023 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and…
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In Ep. 149, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and I revisit the 12 books released from June to mid-August that we featured in…
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For Episode 148, as the podcast takes a brief break, we revisit a backlist episode…the Best Books of 2020 with…
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In Episode 147, Lara Love Hardin joins me to discuss her memoir, The Many Lives of Mama Love. Lara shares…
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In today’s podcast episode, Katie Williams and I delve into the complex questions surrounding motherhood, marriage, and society’s fixation on…
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In Episode 145, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I dive into micro genres — the niches within niches that we’ve come…
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John Marrs, best-selling author of The One, The Passengers, and The Marriage Act, talks about his journey from self-published to…
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In today’s episode of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live, we dive into the fascinating world of book coaching with Abigail K. Perry…
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Welcome to the Summer 2023 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and…
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Catherine (Gilmore Guide to Books) and I revisit the 12 books released in April and May featured in the Spring…
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Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I share our favorite books that missed last year’s Summer Reading Guides, some nonfiction books we…
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Summer reading means something a bit different to everyone, but I’ve got you covered in my 2023 Summer Reading…
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In Episode 139, Brendan Slocumb talks about his sophomore novel, Symphony of Secrets, and the inspiration behind it. He shares…
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In Episode 138, author Rebecca Makkai discusses I Have Some Questions for You, her latest novel that explores societal issues…
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Welcome to the Spring 2023 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and…
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In today’s episode, Catherine (Gilmore Guide to Books) and I circle back to the 16 books we featured in the…
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In episode 135, author William Landay discusses his latest novel, All That Is Mine I Carry With Me, while also…
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In today’s episode, Deborah Goodrich Royce joins me to talk about her latest book, Reef Road. We discuss the personal…
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Literary agent Sarah Landis joins me for a deep dive into the Speculative Fiction / Fantasy genre. Sarah breaks down…
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Katie Gutierrez joins me for a spoiler-free discussion of her debut novel, More Than You’ll Ever Know, which is a…
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In Episode 131, Catherine (@gilmoreguide) and I share the best backlist books we read in 2022. We each share our…
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I was extremely happy with my 2022 reading…mostly due to a substantial increase in 5 star books compared to…
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Welcome to the Winter 2023 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and…
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My 2022 reading felt high quality compared to the previous few years with a 40% increase in 5 star…
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Our 2022 year-end reading roundup continues today with our Best Books of 2022 Genre Awards with Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits). We…
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I love finding new debut authors to get excited about and that’s generally reflected in my reading stats. I…
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Quite possibly my favorite list to publish every year. Even with social media spitting books at you all the…
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Since I started using the Reading Tracking Spreadsheet, my reading QUALITY has improved 43%! I built the Rock Your…
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Our 2022 year-end reading roundup starts today with Best Books of 2022 Superlatives with Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits). This year, we’re…
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In the Fall 2022 Book Preview, Catherine (Gilmore Guide to Books) and I shared our 16 most-anticipated books that released…
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Welcome to my Best Holiday Gifts for Book Lovers 2022 guide! Every year, I compile a list of the…
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In Episode 126, audiobook producer Karen Dziekonski from Penguin Random House Audio joins me for today’s deep-dive discussion. Karen takes…
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In Episode 125, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I are back for our 2nd annual Debuts Special. Today we’re sharing our…
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Candice Carty-Williams joins me for a spoiler-free discussion of her sophomore novel, People Person. In People Person, Candice writes about…
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In Episode 123, Nikki Erlick joins me to discuss (spoiler-free!) her debut novel, The Measure, and share her book recommendations.…
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Double Booked is a monthly series, available to my Superstars patrons, where a co-host and I each share our own…
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Welcome to the Fall 2022 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and…
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In Episode 120, Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books and I circle back to the books we shared in the Summer…
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In Episode 119, Keri Blakinger joins me to discuss her debut memoir, Corrections in Ink, a mind-blowing personal story, also…
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In Episode 118, Caroline Zancan, Senior Editor at Henry Holt, joins me for another episode in the Genre 101…
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It’s been awhile since I gathered feedback from you about the Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Podcast. So, I’d love for…
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In Episode 117, Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals, shares the intriguing backstory behind her new novel. She is wonderfully candid…
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2022 has been an interesting reading year so far. Books that are outside of my usual taste have risen…
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In Episode 116, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) joins me to talk about niching down from traditional genre categories into the micro…
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In Episode 115, Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry, discusses the inspiration behind her best-selling debut novel, sexism in the…
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Welcome to the Summer 2022 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and I…
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In the Spring 2022 Book Preview, Catherine (Gilmore Guide to Books) and I shared our most anticipated books that released April…
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Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I share our favorite books that missed last year’s Summer Reading Guides, some deep backlist books…
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Summer reading means something a bit different to everyone, but I’ve got you covered in my 2022 Summer Reading…
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In Episode 111, Dolen Perkins-Valdez (author of Take My Hand) shares details about the real-life events that inspired the book about…
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In Episode 110, Mary Laura Philpott (author of Bomb Shelter) joins me for a deep dive into the memoir &…
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Welcome to the Spring 2022 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! In this episode, Catherine and I share…
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In the Winter 2022 Book Preview (Ep. 102), Catherine (Gilmore Guide to Books) and I shared our most anticipated books set…
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In Episode 107, Barbara Feinman Todd (author of Pretend I’m Not Here) takes me behind the scenes of ghostwriting after a…
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Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books joins me for a special Superlatives episode where we are answering from the fourth…
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In Episode 105, Sarah and Thrity (author of Honor) tackle some hard-hitting questions related to the themes in her emotional…
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In Episode 104, hotly anticipated guest, Catherine Ryan Howard (author of The Nothing Man and 56 Days), joins me…
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In Episode 103, Catherine Gilmore (@gilmoreguide) and I share the best backlist books we read in 2021. We each share…
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I went into 2021 expecting my reading to have “recovered” from its COVID weirdness. I shouldn’t have been so…
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Welcome to the Winter 2022 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books! Catherine and I share our most…
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In the Fall 2021 Book Preview (Ep. 93), Catherine and I shared our most anticipated books that were coming out…
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2020 was a weird reading year for many, myself included. I sort of expected 2021 to settle down and…
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Quite possibly my favorite list to publish every year. Even with social media spitting books at you all the…
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I love finding new debut authors to get excited about and that’s generally reflected in my reading stats. I…
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Today, we’re celebrating the 100th episode of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live with a very special Ask Me Anything episode co-hosted by…
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Since I started using the Reading Tracking Spreadsheet, my reading QUALITY has improved 43%! I built the Rock Your…
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