# book group (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book group. Page: Feed: --- ## [Chris Bohjalian: The Amateur](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/chris-bohjalian-the-amateur) _2026-08-13 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Chris Bohjalian joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about his new novel, THE AMATEUR, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. He wrote in an "alchemic frenzy" over 90 days in the summer of 2024 without telling anyone — not his wife, daughter, editor or agents — until it was finished. It's his most autobiographical book in nature as he mined the days he spent as a "spectacular golf caddie" when he… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/chris_pod_final.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Nadia Hashimi: City of Widows](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/nadia-hashimi-city-of-widows) _2026-08-06 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Nadia Hashimi joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her new novel, CITY OF WIDOWS, a Bookreporter Bets On selection set in Afghanistan, a place that she previously wrote about. While the book looks back in time, the arc of it moves towards the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, focusing on Afghan female soldiers, journalists, and the chaos of evacuation. Nadia talks about the shock of the total… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/nadia_pod_final.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Sophie Chen Keller: Little Wonder](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/sophie-chen-keller-little-wonder) _2026-07-31 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Sophie Chen Keller joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest novel, LITTLE WONDER, which was published by Jenna Bush Hager's imprint, Thousand Voices. It is an Oprah's Book Club pick and a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Song, a migrant worker, and her 11-year-old piano prodigy son, River, are separated in a massive crowd at a Beijing train station on the busiest travel day of the year. The… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/sophie_pod.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [On letting go of how we thought things (and our children) would be](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/on-letting-go-of-how-we-thought-things) _2026-07-29 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ Or, how loss is part of parenting (and illness). ## [Ben Reeves: Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/ben-reeves-everything-was-beautiful-and-nothing-hurt) _2026-07-28 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Ben Reeves joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about his debut novel, EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTFUL AND NOTHING HURT, which is an instant New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next pick, and a Bookreporter Bets On selection. The book reimagines the Grim Reaper as a compassionate, ordinary man named Travis who spends time with people before they die, exploring themes of life, death, grief and regret. It… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/ben_pod_final.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Rachel Beanland: The Half Life](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/rachel-beanland-the-half-life) _2026-07-21 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Rachel Beanland joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her new novel , THE HALF LIFE, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. This is the third time that Carol has interviewed Rachel. Her previous books, FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER and THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, were Bets On picks as well. THE HALF LIFE follows Eileen O'Malley, a 23-year-old woman from Charleston who marries a naval officer named Paul… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/rachel_b_pod.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Lisa Scottoline: This Changes Everything](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/lisa-scottoline-this-changes-everything) _2026-07-21 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Lisa Scottoline joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her new novel, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, a domestic thriller centered on female friendship, murder and identity. A Bookreporter Bets On selection, it features two best friends — Julia and Courtney — who investigate the murder of Courtney's grandmother in rural Pennsylvania. Lisa describes the book as the "twistiest" she has ever written, with… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/lisa_final_pod_26.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [John Searles: Single Girls](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/john-searles-single-girls) _2026-07-14 · Bookreporter Talks To_ John Searles joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about his new novel, SINGLE GIRLS, a work of dramatic fiction set in the 1960s. It focuses on Helen Gurley Brown and the team of women she assembled who transformed Cosmopolitan into one of the best-selling magazines of all time. A Bookreporter Bets On selection, the book has been compared to "Mad Men" and "Sex and the City." John worked at Cosmopolitan… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/john_pod_pod.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Jenny Jackson: The Shampoo Effect](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/jennyjackson-the-shampoo-effect) _2026-07-07 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Jenny Jackson joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her new novel, THE SHAMPOO EFFECT, which was announced as July's "Read with Jenna" Book Club pick on the day of this interview. Set in a seaside Massachusetts town inspired by Ipswich, where Jenny grew up, the book explores themes of friendship, romantic entanglement, generational differences, imposter syndrome, and coming of age in one's 30s. Jenny… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/jenny_pod_26_final.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Beatriz Williams: When You Loved Me](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/beatriz-williams-when-you-loved-me) _2026-07-07 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Beatriz Williams joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest novel, WHEN YOU LOVED ME, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. Set on fictional Winthrop Island, this multilayered story combines historical fiction, mystery, romance and family drama. The Winthrop Island series has allowed Beatriz to build a rich, interconnected world where characters evolve across multiple books. WHEN YOU LOVED… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/beatriz_pod_26.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W3jHs9m3Tey5) _2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## ["Bookaccino Live" Book Group: Bruce Holsinger](https://bookreporter-talks-to.libsyn.com/bookaccino-live-book-group-bruce-holsinger) _2026-06-26 · Bookreporter Talks To_ Bruce Holsinger joined us for June's "Bookaccino Live" Book Group event to discuss his national bestseller, CULPABILITY, which was a Bookreporter Bets On selection when it released last July. This suspenseful family drama is about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence. Bruce offered many interesting tidbits about the origin of the book's plot, title and cover art, and he… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bookreporter-talks-to/final_pod_bruce.mp3?dest-id=1501124) ## [The limits of our politics: Children Are People](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/children-are-people-and-other-radical) _2026-05-27 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ A non-exhaustive list of how otherwise progressive adults justify their hatred of children. ## [Once an unschooler, always an unschooler](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/once-an-unschooler-always-an-unschooler) _2026-03-14 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ Is unschooling bigger than what we do with our children? ## [Spring Reading!](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/spring-reading) _2026-02-24 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ All About Care ## [Unschooling is how the imagining is brought to life](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/unschooling-is-how-the-imagining) _2026-02-22 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ It's not perfect, but we can't build a better world without first dreaming of it ## [Children are not one essential thing except perhaps sacred](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/children-are-not-one-essential-thing) _2026-01-25 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ Or, how we build systems and then expect children to fit inside of them. And also, how the way we treat children is a measure of who we are. ## [I turned 44, and some News](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/i-turned-44-and-some-news) _2026-01-04 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ Everything will be free, and also I would love your support if you can. ## [The stories we tell ourselves about why we do what we do](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-about) _2026-01-01 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ In other words: why am I unschooling? ## [New Year, New Reading!](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/new-year-new-reading) _2025-12-30 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ What I'm Reading in Jan & Feb ## ['Tis the season for people-pleasing](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/tis-the-season-for-people-pleasing) _2025-12-21 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ And we're not gonna be doing that. ## [Stocks ranked by what execs say (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CN4ML3L1W9ao) _2025-12-21 · **Sponsored**_ Evidence-backed watchlists from earnings calls and filings, cited to real transcripts—not guesses. ## [The right time is never](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/the-right-time-is-never) _2025-12-12 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ And a little bit on my self-directed reading plans (for me!) ## [It's Political](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/its-political) _2025-11-19 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ CHAPTER 17: The Final Chapter. ## [Greta Thunberg and the adult gaze](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/greta-thunberg-and-the-adult-gaze) _2025-11-06 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ The ways we turn children into who we want them to be ## [Our children are not ours.](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/our-children-are-not-ours) _2025-10-26 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ It's actually a good thing. ## [OCTOBER BOOK GROUP: We Grow the World Together](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/october-book-group-we-grow-the-world) _2025-10-16 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ Open to Everyone :) ## ['But how will they get a job' and other things we worry about](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/but-how-will-they-get-a-job-and-other) _2025-10-01 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ And also, who will WE be when our children grow up? ## [Is unschooling inherently liberatory?](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/is-unschooling-inherently-liberatory) _2025-09-14 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ Let's chat about Raising Free People. ## ["I can't wait for them to go back to school"](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/i-cant-wait-for-them-to-go-back-to) _2025-08-28 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ How do we call out adultism without shaming parents? ## [AUGUST BOOK GROUP: Raising Free People by Akilah S. Richards](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/august-book-group-raising-free-people) _2025-08-11 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ What does it mean to raise free young people? ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J9fufbfgOAGl) _2025-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [The art of low-demand parenting](https://alifeunschooled.substack.com/p/the-art-of-low-demand-parenting) _2025-07-25 · Fran Liberatore · a life unschooled_ My chat with Eliza Fricker