The Jolly Reader Podcast

08/01/2026

Reading Five Survive or listening along with the podcast?
I made a visual guide to help you survive the chaos featuring the RV layout, character visuals, and everything you might want to reference. Swipe through or save for later.

Edit to say: I apparently don’t know how to spell Carolina! 🤦‍♀️

You can find all three parts covering this book wherever you listen to podcasts!

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31/12/2025

🎧 NEW EPISODE IS LIVE 🎧

Part 3 of Five Survive by Holly Jackson is officially out now!
https://redcircle.com/shows/58be5a13-528f-4c18-8e54-d7e3ed9f86ed

We’re covering Chapters 31–40 (pages 264–386).

Ending the year by finishing this book feels like win, and I’m already so excited for what 2026 has in store for the podcast! Come hang out, scream with me, and let’s close this chapter together 🖤📖✨

30/12/2025

We are finishing Five Survive and honestly… what a way to end the year 😮‍💨
The final episode of 2025 drops tomorrow covering the end of this book. And yes only five survive…

26/12/2025

Happy Holidays Crew!!

21/12/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨
Things are getting way too real in the RV.

Part 2 of Five Survive is live now!
https://redcircle.com/shows/58be5a13-528f-4c18-8e54-d7e3ed9f86ed/episodes/4ea10297-6d70-44b6-a986-795798a64f34

We’re talking chapters 17–30, aka the part where secrets spill, trust shatters, and someone might want to check on the group’s collective grip on reality.

Still six people. Still no signal.
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

11/12/2025

What do you get when Little Women get modernized and turns into a full YA murder mystery? BETH IS DEAD by Katie Bernet and crew, it’s SO GOOD!

I sat down with Katie to talk about this twisty reimagining of the March sisters, her writing style and process, and her advice for new authors.

📚 The book releases January 6, 2026 pre-order it wherever books are sold!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beth-Is-Dead/Katie-Bernet/9781665988698

🎧 The full podcast episode is live now!
redcircle.com/shows/58be5a13-528f-4c18-8e54-d7e3ed9f86ed/episodes/a6b2c895-7686-4293-ab2d-e368f4e719ff

📺 YouTube video version drops next week!

Shoutout to Katie for being such a joy to talk with and for writing a book that had me gasping and crying.

27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving Crew! I am thankful for books, the time to read them, my family, and all of you!!

04/11/2025

🚨 New Episode 🚨

We are diving into the highly requested Five Survive by Holly Jackson.

Spring break turns deadly when six friends end up stranded in a RV and someone out there wants them dead!

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts (link in bio).

07/08/2025

Part Two of Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards is finally here!

This one took a tiny bit longer because I’ve been battling the world’s most annoying cold 🤧 (10/10 do not recommend). But the chaos, clues, and questionable decisions are all here for your listening pleasure now!

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29/07/2025

Apache is very excited to find out what happens next! Part 2 will be available next week but until then what are we thinking crew? Who saw everything? Who is the one sending Cleo on this unhinged scavenge hunt???

If you have already read the book no spoilers pretty please 🙏

15/07/2025

✨ New podcast episode is live! ✨

We’re diving into Seven Dirty Secrets by Natalie D. Richards Part 1
Secrets, suspense, and a deadly scavenger hunt… what could possibly go wrong?

🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music!

https://redcircle.com/shows/58be5a13-528f-4c18-8e54-d7e3ed9f86ed/episodes/b9768f1c-b13f-4da0-9e3d-055dd2dee898

02/07/2025

🕵️‍♀️✨ NEW EPISODE ALERT! ✨🕵️‍♀️

Part 3 of This Is Why We Lie by Gabriella Lepore is now live!
We’re wrapping up the book and diving into all the final twists, reveals, and questions. Who made it out of the second “incident” at the harbor? And what’s really behind that mysterious blonde girl in every photo?

Come listen and find out how this YA murder mystery ends! 🔍📚

https://redcircle.com/shows/58be5a13-528f-4c18-8e54-d7e3ed9f86ed/episodes/26d13801-f716-4ad4-8b4e-9caa66e8afba

Listen to The Jolly Reader on RedCircle