Books with Betsy

Books with Betsy is a podcast that celebrates the reading life of all readers. Each week, Betsy interviews a different person about their reading life. Listen for book recommendations, reading tips, and to join in the joy that reading brings. And remember, anyone who reads is a reader.

Books with Betsy is a arts podcast hosted by bookswithbetsy, with 119 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

bookswithbetsy hosts Books with Betsy, a arts show with 119 episodes published.

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  Episode #119

  Episode 119 - A Secret Life with Rachel Turney

  Aug 17, 202647 min

  On this episode, Rachel Turney, host of Poetry (in Brief), talks about how she has developed a reading life full of just what she wants to read, how important women’s voices are to her, and she gives some really great small press recommendations. Rachel’s Website Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Post-Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay Books Highlighted by Rachel: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Birds of America by Chera Hammons Eve by B.K. O’Connor Another Place All Together by Candice M. Kelsey Watership Down by Richard Adams The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnaffons All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis The Crucible by Arthur Miller Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

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  Episode #118

  Episode 118 - Time Capsules of Feeling and Memory with Jabril Yousef Faraj, author of Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks

  Aug 10, 20261h 3m

  On this episode, Jabril Yousef Faraj, author of the Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks, a young adult fantasy series, talks about their inspiration from their favorite books, why it’s so important to have stories that children can see themselves in, and what reading can do for humanity. Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks Jabril’s Author Site Jabril on YouTube Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: John of John by Douglas Stuart Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata Books Highlighted by Jabril: The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis 1984 by George Orwell Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov Rosehead by Ksenia Anske The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Odyssey by Homer The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Teddy Roosevelt by Edd Winfield Parks & Gray Morrow Twilight by Stephanie Meyer A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Giver by Lois Lowry A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Xenocide by Orson Scott Card The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Animal Farm by George Orwell

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  Episode #117

  Episode 117 - Go Read Wright Thompson with Dan Santaromita

  Aug 3, 202652 min

  On this episode, Dan Santaromita, sports journalist with the Athletic, talks about his love for autobiographies, how reading for work affects recreational reading, and his birthday tradition centered on his ideal reading scenario. We also talk about his favorite writer, Wright Thompson. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: The Great Mann by Kyra Davis Lurie The Names by Florence Knapp John of John by Douglas Stuart Books Highlighted by Dan: Open by Andre Agassi I Think Therefore I Play by Andrea Pirlo The 100-Yard Journey by Gary Pinkel The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss Wright Thompson’s Caitlyn Clark Profile The Cost of These Dreams by Wright Thompson The Barn by Wright Thompson Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis Acid for the Children by Flea Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Pappyland by Wright Thompson The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss The Messi Effect by Paul Tenorio One Jump at a Time by Nathan Chen The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey & Pete Carroll Alex Ferguson by Sir Alex Ferguson Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier Good Game, No Rematch by Mike Drucker Among the Thugs by Bill Buford Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Moneyball by Michael Lewis London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

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  Episode #116

  Episode 116 - The Canadian Train with Sam Ali

  Jul 27, 202643 min

  On this episode, Sam Ali, @readwithsama on instagram, talks about how she is developing a love of reading in her daughter, recommends some amazing Canadian books, and we gush about our shared love of awards. We talk about how it can be hard to be readers with wide interests when you have so many great books available to you! Sam on Instagram Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward Books Highlighted by Sam: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Pachinko by Min Jin Lee We Measure the Earth with our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Astra by Cedar Bowers A History of Burning by Janika Oza The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Almond by Won-pyung Sohn All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan The Arsonists’ City by Hala Alyan Whistler by Ann Patchett Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

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  Episode #115

  Episode 115 - HopLit with David Nilsen and Emily Swank

  Jul 20, 20261h 16m

  On this episode, David Nilsen & Emily Swank, hosts of the HopLit podcast, talk about their work combining their love for beer and books. We also talk a lot about awards, get a little spicy making a literary and beer comparison, and they share some great reading habits you might connect with! HopLit Podcast David Nilsen Beer Bean to Barstool Final Gravity, a Beer Zine David on Instagram Emily on Instagram Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Land by Maggie O’Farrell All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Books Highlighted by Emily: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Books Highlighted by David: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Watership Down by Richard Adams Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden The Summer is Ended and We are Not Yet Saved by Joey Comeau They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: The Copywriter by Daniel Poppick Dracula by Bram Stoker Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski The Odyssey by Homer Angel Down by Daniel Kraus A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Less by Andrew Sean Greer Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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