The Stories of My Life: Recent Episodes
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A podcast for readers, writers, and anyone who has ever fallen in love with a fictional character. Whether discussing the newest bookstagram trend or their favorite writing tips, our hosts are always excited to dig into the world of books.
New episodes every other Monday.
Introducing the Midwestness Book Club: Lewis and Mary kick-off this new segment by discussing Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Then they move on to discussing white whale books and play a new game, Sparked Joy or SparkNotes.
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Book Loversby Emily Henry
The Unhoneymoonersby Christina Lauren
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Lewis has finally finished editing a podcast that was recorded in late 2021. A lot has changed in the world since then, but the frivolity of this podcast has not! In this episode, Lewis and Mary talk current reads, favorite reading spots, and play Author Wikipedia.
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The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix)by Saylan and Blumstein
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
The Name of the Windby Patrick Rothfuss
The Thursday Murder Clubby Richard Osman
In this episode, Mary and Lewis record in person for the first time ever! They discuss their reading resolutions and books they're looking forward to in 2022. Then they play a new game: New Year New Reviews.
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The Unhoneymoonersby Christina Lauren
The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix)by Saylan & Blumstein
The Four Windsby Kristin Hannah
The Luminariesby Eleanor Catton
Daughter of the Moon Goddessby Sue Lynn Tan
Book Loversby Emily Henry
In this episode, Mary and Lewis discuss reading pet peeves and play a new reading game, Pet or Peeves.
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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
One Last Stopby Casey McQuiston
Deep Workby Cal Newport
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about witchy books, horror reads, and Hallmark movies. The classic trilogy.
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The Ex Hexby Erin Sterling
Practical Magicby Alice Hoffman
Frankensteinby Mary Shelley
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about the three types of books they like to read in the fall and play a new, spooky reading game.
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Stop Doing That Sht*by Gary John Bishop
Stillness is the Keyby Ryan Holiday
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about Lewis finally reading Six of Crows, violence in books, and the bad habits of readers. They also bring back the original podcast game: author Wikipedia.
Show Notes
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18 Things Every Book Lover Can Relate To
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Wayward Sonby Rainbow Rowell
Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
A Deadly Educationby Naomi Novik
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about Mary’s new job, duologies, and how to get discount books. They also play Lewis’ stupidest game yet: Librarian or Libertarian.
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Wayward Sonby Rainbow Rowell
Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo
A Deadly Educationby Naomi Novik
Once There Were Wolvesby Charlotte McConaghy
Imbibe!by David Wondrich
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The Martianby Andy Weir
An Absolutely Remarkable Thingby Hank Green
Bird by Birdby Anne Lamott
Wildby Cheryl Strayed
The People We Meet on Vacationby Emily Henry
The Silent Patientby Alex Michaelides
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People We Meet on Vacationby Emily Henry
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Legend by Marie Lu
Circe by Madeline Miller
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about their current reads, appreciating local librarians, and the best book review formats. They also talk a lot of crap about Jerry… freaking Jerry.
The Stories of My Life: a podcast for readers, writers, and anyone who has ever fallen in love with a fictional character.
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about graduating college, reading slumps, and book covers. Then, our intrepid hosts spend a significant amount of time complaining about City of Bones (a book they actually like) before playing Author Wikipedia and talking about writing tips.
The Stories of My Life: a podcast for readers, writers, and anyone who has ever fallen in love with a fictional character.
In this episode, Mary and Lewis talk about the new Shadow and Bone series on Netflix, including breaking down some of the issues facing the Grishaverse’s tourism board. Then our hosts discuss why they love independent and secondhand bookstores. Finally, Mary goes up against another round of Author Wikipedia.
In this episode, Mary and Lewis spend an unnecessary amount of time discussing torts law and My Favorite Murderer. When they are actually on topic, our intrepid hosts get into their current reads, books clubs, and Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway.
On this episode, Mary and Lewis discuss their current reads: What I Carry by Jennifer Longo and Fable by Adrienne Young. Then our hosts discuss the good and bad of movie and TV adaptations of books, before playing a round of Author Wikipedia. Finally, on Writer’s Corner, Mary and Lewis discuss tips for writing dialogue.
Lewis and Mary discuss their current reads: The Project by Courtney Summers and Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young. Our hosts then dig into why they will never stop reading YA books and play a new game called Wikipedia Author. Finally, on Writer’s Corner, our hosts discuss how to increase your word count by removing external distractions.
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Lewis and Mary discuss the books they are excited to read in 2021. Then, on Writer’s Corner, our hosts discuss our proposed cycle of writing.
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Review of The UnHoneymooners
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Cemetery Boys: Amazon / BAM!
The Unhoneymooners: Amazon