# readalong (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover readalong. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 266 - Author Spotlight with Jennifer Putzi](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode266) _2026-08-11 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 266, featuring an Author Spotlight with Jennifer (Jenny) Putzi, a leading scholar of nineteenth-century American women's writing. She talks with us about her captivating new book, THE RECONSTRUCTION DIARY OF FRANCES ANNE ROLLIN: A Critical Edition, which is out now from UNC Press. Jenny is also co-director of the Black Women's Diaries Project, an exciting digital humanities… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a79e0f42f338d2636f8b973/1786372353762/Book+Cougars+Episode+266.mp3) ## [Episode 265 - In the grip of JAWS](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode265) _2026-07-28 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 265! Content warning: We talk a lot about JAWS in this episode, both the novel and the movie. We jest about the content warning (maybe), but there’ll be more JAWS talk in the next episode, too, because after we recorded this one, we jumped in our biblio-adventure-mobile and headed to Mystic Seaport for a related author event: Christopher Shaw Myers talking about his new… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a68abfa08cf6b14b26a877f/1785244676741/Book+Cougars+Episode+265.mp3) ## [Episode 264 - Author Spotlight with Claire Fuller](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode264) _2026-07-14 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 264! We were thrilled to have a chance to speak with CLAIRE FULLER about her new novel, HUNGER AND THIRST. If you’re looking for an atmospheric, creepy, twisty, coming-of-age novel that’ll keep you wondering what’s really going on, look no further! Claire’s Author Spotlight follows our regular segments. In our “Just Read” segment, we talk about: 📖 JAWS by Peter Benchley 📖… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a55528eb1cf394728d41cc8/1783976647619/Book+Cougars+Episode+264.mp3) ## [Episode 263 - Author Spotlight with Denise Kiernan](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode263) _2026-06-30 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 263! We were excited to talk with Denise Kiernan about her timely new book on the eve of America’s 250th birthday, OBSTINATE DAUGHTERS: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution. In our “Just Read” segment, we talk about: TABLE 4 AT THE RIVER CAFE: Conversations about Food and Life by Ruthie Rogers 11/22/63 by Stephen King LAND by Maggie… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a42c2915f688a1c75d3fe8a/1782760087836/Book+Cougars+Episode+263.mp3) ## [Episode 262 - Q2 Readalong: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode262) _2026-06-16 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ lcome to Episode 262! We had a fantastic discussion with an enthusiastic group of listeners about our second quarter readalong, Fannie Flagg’s novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. We talk about both the book and the movie. If you’re curious about our Q3 readalong choice, you’ll have to wait a little longer; we will announce it on the next episode). In our “Just Read” segment, we… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a30a67242455d4644418cc4/1781573245275/Book+Cougars+Episode+262.mp3) ## [Episode 261 - Still in the Grip of Frankenstein, and Now Gyllenhaal's The Bride!](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode261) _2026-06-02 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 261! It looks like our first quarter readalong title, FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, has not lost its grip on us. We both finally watched and in this episode discuss The Bride!, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Wow. It is a wild ride of a movie and, much like the original novel, not for the faint of heart. Emily watched Remarkably Bright Creatures, based on the novel of… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a1de8b1e3b62f7173dcd41a/1780345047738/Book+Cougars+Episode+261.mp3) ## [Episode 260 - Buddy Reading with Our Mystery Man John Valeri](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode260) _2026-05-19 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 260! It’s another 10th episode, which means we have a GIVEAWAY for newsletter subscribers. One lucky subscriber of our free monthly newsletter will win hardcover copies of: Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For by Leonie Swann, translated by Amy Bojang Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano Missing Sister by Joshilyn Jackson Subscribe by May 21 to be entered to… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a0c3c5619f7a938a2c11069/1779186830744/Book+Cougars+Episode+260.mp3) ## [Episode 259 - Busted by Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode259) _2026-05-05 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 259! We got a lot of reading done since the last episode: 📖 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan 📖 The Body Farm: Scarpetta #5 by Patricia Cornwell 📖 The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout 📖 All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun 📖 Blunt Instrument by Amy Bloom 📖 Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke In Biblio Adventures, Chris… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/69f93bac47a92049840386ce/1777941454786/Book+Cougars+Episode+259.mp3) ## [Episode 258 - Author Spotlight with Heather Harper Ellett](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode258) _2026-04-21 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 258! In a first for Book Cougars Author Spotlights, we welcome back an author not to discuss their next book, but to learn about why and how their first novel is being published for a second time – with a new publisher and a new ending! We enjoyed Heather Harper Ellett’s debut novel, AIN’T NOBODY NOBODY, and were thrilled to invite her back to talk about the new life being… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/69e63ed5e4802b555a8204d6/1776697190992/Book+Cougars+Episode+258.mp3) ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ihScX0vKxsv0) _2026-04-21 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Episode 257 - Author Spotlight with Emily Franklin](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode257) _2026-04-07 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ We have a fascinating Author Spotlight with EMILY FRANKLIN whose new novel comes out today! LOVE AND OTHER MONSTERS is historical fiction at its finest – engaging and well researched – that tells the story of Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley’s stepsister, who was very much a part of the group that spent time in that Swiss villa writing (or not writing) ghost stories to pass the time during the Year… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/69d3d31444efa47e5bd4156a/1775489850576/Book+Cougars+Episode+257.mp3)