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Join the fun as Holly and Liz, two bookworms separated by the Atlantic, as they talk bookish.

Book Recommendations, New releases, author interviews, and just lots of fun and opinions.

06/10/2025

Catch our latest episode which is now available!!

Author Jan D Payne (.author ) joins to show to talk about her book Rabbit Moon and the series it has become. Inspired by her background and connection to the Navajo Nation, Jan takes that inspiration and has created a wonderful story full of unique characters.

We also talk about our favorite time of year- the Ber months!! Spooky, witchy fall season is upon us!

Besides discussing some books including Incidents Around the House and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, we make our formal Booker Prize winner predictions.

Also Reading Rainbow is back, and it’s Banned Books Week. Ever wonder what Stephen King and Sarah J Mass have in common?

Listen now wherever you listen to all your favorite podcasts!!

Don’t forget, we are still in the running for THREE Indieverse Awards! Thank you for all your support.

QOTD: What are you read for the season? We need more books to add to our TBR!

24/08/2025

Don’t miss out on our latest episode dropping on Aug. 25!

We are joined by Laura Hern author of a fun and cozy who-dun-it mystery series. There is also lots to talk about when it comes to books, so come take a listen and join in on the mayhem!

Listen wherever you listen to all your favorite podcasts!

13/07/2025

🎙️ Episode Announcement 🎙️

We are SO excited to announce that we will be welcoming to our show for our August 4 episode.

She is contemporary romance author who “cherishes happily ever after”. Her series, In the Name of Love, follows four couples and their journeys.

Check her out and get ready to listen to the show wherever you listen to all your favorite podcasts!!

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12/07/2025

It’s time for our Bookish Dinner Party! 🍝

New episode drops on Monday, July 14. Just like any real life dinner party, you just never know what to expect. As a result, you will definitely not want to miss this episode!!

Not even our amazing co-host Liz knows what it coming! Holly’s keeping it all a surprise. So this could really go either way. 🤣

It’s like a murder mystery dinner theater. Without the murder or the theater, but otherwise just like it!!!

What’s for dinner?
Who’s on the guest list?
Will everyone play nice?

You’ll have to take a listen on Monday wherever you listen to podcasts!

What would be your favorite type of dinner to attend?

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13/06/2025

Are you ready for the next episode?? ☀️✈️

Take a trip with us to Sydney as we discuss JA Forde’s On a Flight to Syndey. New episode drops on Monday, June 16. and .cats.tacos will be joining to share their thoughts as well!

You won’t want to miss the opportunity to learn about this amazing Indie author and her equally amazing romance book. Let’s just say, it should be on your summer TBR without question!

We will also talk about some of the latest bookish news.

As always, it’s sure to be one laugh after another while we share our thoughts on the bookish world! Join us wherever you listen to all your favorite podcasts!!

Don’t forget .sah.authormom is also up for a 2025 Indieverse Award.!!!

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21/05/2025

Looking for your next spicy Vampire Romance??? 🩸

One of our amazing repeat authors, Jessika Grewe Glover, joins us once again to discuss her brand new release, BloodLily.

It is definitely “unhinged” as she describes it, so take a listen to the latest episode available wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts and then get your hands on a copy of BloodLily!

QOTD: What is your favorite vampire book, movie, show, etc?

18/04/2025

🎧New Episode coming Monday! 🎧

We’re back for another amazing episode!

This episode will introduce everyone to Becca, the owner of an amazing bookish small business! We will be talking about her shop and small bookish businesses in general.

Talking Tropes will also be a key focus of the show, and who doesn’t have their favorite tropes??

It’s going to be a blast! Don’t miss a single episode. All episodes are available wherever you listen to all your podcasts!!

(Don’t forget we are up for THREE , take a listen. We appreciate all the love and support!).

Do you have any favorite bookish merch?

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24/03/2025

We love having retuning guests!!! It feels like a family reunion!

It was an honor to have join us for our latest episode to talk about her second book Considering Us, which was just released last month!

We appreciated her taking the time on a weekend where she had numerous book signings to chat with us.

Don’t miss this episode available today wherever you listen to all your favorite podcasts.

Besides speaking with Jenn, we discuss Liz’s opinions on the American classic, The Outsiders by SE Hinton and the share our thought on the hype around Sunrise on the Reaping.

Take a listen, you won’t be disappointed.
Next episode is just a couple weeks away!

QOTD: What is your favorite childhood book?

10/03/2025

🎉🎉 Nominated 🎉🎉

We are so excited and honored to be amongst some amazing authors, editors, media and so many others to represent the Indie universe!

We are just too friends having fun, sharing our love for the book world and supporting as many bookish peeps that we can!

Thank you everyone for the love and support. We hope that you continue to check out our show!

We are proud of our work to support our bookish community and continually look for ways to do more!

Our next few episodes will see Indie Author Jenn Bouchard discussing her new book Considering Us and in April we will have Becca Lopez, a small business owner join the show.

Don’t forget to listen to all our shows wherever you listen to podcast!

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22/02/2025

Qotd: are you part of a bookclub?

I(Liz) always struggled to find bookclubs in my area, but I am so happy that the awesome and I created the Speaking LITerally Podcast Book Club with our wonderful ladies .cats.tacos and

In just over a week we will be back for another episode and this time we are reading The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni, which I am excited to read as it's been on my shelf for years!! If you want to read along we would love to hear what you thought of the book.

Next episode drops 3rd March so make sure you check it out and in the meantime if you have any feedback or suggestions or you want to recommend a book to us please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

I better go get started on this book, ready for our show.

Have a wonderful weekend, whatever you are up to.

Much love ❤️

21/01/2025

🎙️ Mark your calendars! 🎙️

Our next episode is right around the corner, and it’s sure to be a a fun one!

We will be welcoming romance author onto the show, and if you’ve never had the chance to meet her, you are in for a treat.

Episode 51 will drop on Monday, February 3 wherever you listen to all your other favorite podcasts!!

As always, we appreciate your love and support, and we are so excited about all the new friends that we made at Readers of the Valley this weekend!!

QOTD: What is a romance book that you would always recommend?

16/01/2025

I promised a post on the book event I attended on our last podcast episode (which, by the way, is live, so go listen), so here it is.

Last weekend, I had the absolute pleasure of travelling to Andover to finally meet the wonderful in person at her book launch for her new novel, This One Life.

You may remember we interviewed her for the podcast way back on episode 10 back in Feb 2022, and we had such a fantastic chat (she also happened to be our first UK author on the show) and I've always kept an eye out on her events and finally she had one near me. This was hosted by the adorable indie bookshop which i highly recommend to visit when you are in Andover.

So on to the event... upon arrival we picked up our homemade cookie (so delicious), tea or coffee (or for the non-tea/coffee drinkers like me, water) and then we took our places at the wonderfully laid table which gave a true English tea party vibe. We also got a delicious scone with clotted cream and jam.

The beginning of the event felt like a live episode of Amanda and Penny's () podcast, with plenty of banter, and then a Q and A from the audience.

We were also given a sneak peak of the new book with a reading from Amanda, and before we knew it, it was time for the book signing. We were absolutely spoilt as we were gifted, not just her current book but also another from her backlist and a child's book she has written (all pictured)

She was just as bubbly and friendly in real life as she was on our podcast, and I can't wait to see what she does next.

And..if you want more Bookish event posts, my amazing cohost is off to the Readers of the Valley book event this weekend where she will be mingling as well as moderating her first panel on sports romance, so if you are at the event make sure you pop by and say hi.

Are you going to any book events this year? Let us know if you recommend any that we should look into in the US or UK

Much love ❤️

~Liz

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