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Book Bistro

By Shannon Dyer

We’re a group of passionate readers who love nothing more than sharing our bookish enthusiasm with the world. Join us as we discuss the books, authors, and genres we love.
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Book BistroMar 06, 2020

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Family Secrets
Mar 22, 202401:02:57
New Releases For the Week of March 19, 2024
Mar 19, 202419:15
New to Us Women Authors
Mar 15, 202401:12:30
New Releases For the Week of March 12, 2024
Mar 12, 202415:38
Revisiting Historical Fiction
Mar 08, 202456:49
New Releases For the Week of March 05, 2024
Mar 05, 202419:18
Reading With Intention

Reading With Intention

Are you looking to form new reading habits, find diverse authors, or read with more intention? If so, this discussion between Shannon and Robin is especially for you. They’re discussing ways they’ve been reading diversely. Hopefully, by the end of the episode, you’ll see that creating new reading habits doesn’t have to be intimidating at all.
Mar 01, 202454:53
Most Anticipated Releases of March

Most Anticipated Releases of March

This week, Stacy, Shannon, Georgina, Sara, Brooke, and Melissa are sharing some of their most anticipated March releases. Titles mentioned include: Simone St. James, Murder Road Faridah Abike-Iyimide, Where Sleeping Girls Lie Jenny Colgan, Studies at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea #4) Alina Khawaja, Maya’s Laws of Love Loreth Anne White, The Unquiet Bones Karen Rose, Cheater (San Diego Case Files #2) Kate Clayborn, The Other Side of Disappearing Tamron Hall, Watch Where They Hide (Jordan Manning #2) Jessica Rosenberg, Magic Hidden, Magic Found (Wyrd Words & Witchcraft #1) Carla De Guzman, Manila Takes Manhattan Helena Hunting, If You Hate Me Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper #2) Jennifer Ryan, The Underground Library Ream Shukairy, Six Truths and a Lie Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties #3) Kennedy Ryan, This Could be Us (Skyland #2) Mindy McGinnis, Under This Red Rock Karen White, The Color of Light You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Feb 23, 202457:01
New Releases For the Week of February 20, 2024
Feb 20, 202418:45
Books By Black Authors

Books By Black Authors

This week, Kristeen, Melissa, Shannon, and Robin are recommending books by black authors. Titles mentioned include: S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears Tracy Brown, Hold You Down Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland #1) Marra B. Gad, The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl ReShonda Tate, The Queen of Sugar Hill Iyanla Vanzant, Yesterday, I Cried Ally Henny, I Won’t Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries To Silence You James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Jumata Emill, Wander In the Dark Keith F. Miller Jr., Pritty You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Feb 16, 202401:05:00
New Releases For the Week of February 13, 2024
Feb 13, 202419:11
Romances To Get You In the Mood For Valentine's Day

Romances To Get You In the Mood For Valentine's Day

In honor of Valentine’s Day, which has somehow managed to creep up on us once again, Natalia, Stacy, Melissa, and Shannon are here to share some of the best romances to cross their paths. Titles mentioned include: Lucy Score & Claire Kingsley, Whiskey Chaser (Bootleg Springs #1) Naina Kumar, Say You’ll Be Mine Georgia Beers, Flavor of the Month Jay Hogan, The Art of Husbandry (Mackenzie Country #1) Alexa Martin, Next-Door Nemesis Hannah Bonam-young, Out on a Limb Danielle Steel, Fine Things Tracey Livesay, American Royalty (American Royalty #1) Samantha Young, Through the Glen (The Highlands #3) Kate Canterbary, In a Jam Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters #1) Anita Kelly, Something Wild & Wonderful You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Feb 09, 202456:20
New Releases For the Week of February 06, 2024
Feb 06, 202417:39
More New Takes on Classic Tales
Feb 02, 202401:16:11
New Releases For the Week of January 30, 2024
Jan 30, 202414:21
Most Anticipated Releases of February

Most Anticipated Releases of February

Tons of great books are coming out in February, so the women of Book Bistro are here to tell you what they’re looking forward to. Join Amber, Sara, Shannon, Georgina, Stacy, Melissa, Brooke, and Natalia to find out what they can’t wait to read. Titles mentioned include: The Authors Guild, Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel Ruby Barrett, The Friendship Study Rae Giana Rashad, The Blueprint Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots #1) Kristin Hannah, The Women Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Edward Underhill, This Day Changes Everything Marissa Meyer & Chuck Gonzales, With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach #2) Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife Charlotte Stein, When Grumpy Met Sunshine Anita Kelly, How You Get the Girl Nikki Payne, Sex, Lies and Sensibility Kristina Forest, The Partner Plot Freida McFadden, The Teacher Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter (Crimson Moth #1) Samantha Young, Through the Glenn (The Highlands #3) Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts Olivia Dade, At First Spite (Harlot’s Bay #1) Nia Davenport, Out of Body Jonathan Kellerman, The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware #39) Cara Bastone, Ready Or Not Tracy Brown, Brooklyn Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Simply the Best (Chicago Stars #10) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Jan 26, 202401:08:07
New Releases For the Week of January 23, 2024
Jan 23, 202415:49
Books Set In Winter
Jan 19, 202401:03:15
New Releases For the Week of January 16, 2024
Jan 16, 202417:56
Under-rated Urban Fantasy
Jan 12, 202456:43
New Releases For the Week of January 09, 2024
Jan 09, 202417:09
Author Interview with Lana Ferguson
Jan 05, 202433:10
Guide to New Releases For the Week of January 2, 2024
Jan 02, 202413:60
Most Anticipated Releases Of January 2024

Most Anticipated Releases Of January 2024

This week, the women of Book Bistro share some of their most anticipated releases of January, 2024. Join Natalia, Brooke, Shannon, Stacy, Georgina, and Robin to see what they can’t wait to read. Titles mentioned include: Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress Jumata Emill, Wander in the Dark Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life Allison Brennan, The Missing Witness (Quinn & Costa #5) Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix Araminta Hall, One of the Good Guys Stacy Willingham, Only If You’re Lucky Kiley Reid, Come and Get It Mimi Matthews, The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London #3) Robyn Carr, The Friendship Club Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years Goldy Moldavsky, Just Say Yes Ruby Roe, A Game of Hearts and Heists (Girl Games #1) Saara El-Arifi, Faebound (Faebound #1) Jennifer Moorman, The Magic All Around Jo Watson, Love at First Flight Stephen McCauley, You Only Call When You’re in Trouble You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Dec 29, 202301:01:47
2023 In Review Part 3
Dec 22, 202351:05
2023 In Review Part 2
Dec 15, 202342:04
A Holiday Extravaganza

A Holiday Extravaganza

The holiday season is well and truly upon us, and the women of Book Bistro are excited to recommend some seasonal reads for you. Join Sara, Brooke, Natalia, Stacy, Melissa, and Georgina as they get you into the holiday spirit. Titles mentioned include: Lillie Vale, Wrapped with a Beau Kelly Farmer, It’s a Fabulous Life Brittainy C. Cherry, The Holly Dates M.A. Wardell, Mistletoe and Mishigas (Teachers In Love #2) April A. Brady, Kwanzaa Karamu: Cooking and Crafts for a Kwanzaa Feast Trixie Silvertale, Peppermint Cookie Murder Amy Jo Cousins, Glass Tidings Lauren Layne & Anthony LeDonne, Emergency Contact Jean Meltzer, The Matzah Ball Kenya Wright, Ghosts of Christmas Jennifer Chiaverini, The New Year’s Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts #11) Hope Holloway & Cecelia Scott, The Asheville Christmas Cabin (Carolina Christmas #1) Chloe Liese, The Mistletoe Motive Rebecca F. Kenny, A Court of Sugar and Spice (Wicked Darlings #1) Poppy Alexander, 25 Days ’Til Christmas Kayley Loring, A Very Bossy Christmas (Very Holiday #1) James Patterson & Richard DiLallo, The Christmas Wedding Maggie Miller, Christmas at the Beach House (Diamond Beach #7) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Dec 08, 202301:28:55
2023 In Review Part 1
Dec 01, 202301:04:20
Most Anticipated Releases of December

Most Anticipated Releases of December

This week, Brooke, Melissa, Stacy, Georgina, Shannon, and Meka are discussing some of their most anticipated December releases. Titles mentioned include: Katherine Faulkner, The Other Mothers Tara Laskowski, The Weekend Retreat Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #2) Kate Robb, This Spells Love Denise Williams, Technically Yours Seressia Glass, Game On Helen Cooper, The Couple In the Photo Darby Kane, The Engagement Party Rebecca Zanetti, Frostbitten (Deep Ops #6) Tessa Bailey, Same Time Next Year Gabrielle Korn, Yours for the Taking Lana Ferguson, The Fake Mate Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River John Marrs, The Vacation Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman’s Gambit (League of Extraordinary Women #4) Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year Christine Platt & Catherine Wigginton Greene, Rebecca, Not Becky Virginia Kantra, The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Nov 24, 202359:30
Intersectionality In Today's Fiction
Nov 17, 202301:07:05
Author Interview With Carley Walker
Nov 14, 202337:57
The Art Of Reading When Times Are Tough
Nov 10, 202301:04:06
Author Interview With Katee Robert
Nov 07, 202338:45
Vampiric Reads
Nov 03, 202354:59
Author Interview With Vanessa Lillie
Oct 31, 202333:59
Most Anticipated Releases of November

Most Anticipated Releases of November

This week, Robin, Brooke, Kristin, Georgina, Stacy, and Shannon are sharing some of their most anticipated November releases. Titles mentioned include: Dale Walls, The Queer Girl Is Going To Be Okay Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) Sarah Hawley, A Demon’s Guide To Wooing A Witch (Glimmer Falls #2) Nora Roberts, The Inheritance (Lost Bride #1) Nalini Singh, There Should Have Been Eight Keith F. Miller, Jr., Pritty Lauren Nossett, The Professor Brandon Sanderson, Defiant (Skyward #4) Patricia Cornwell, Unnatural Death (Kay Scarpetta #27) Mia Sheridan, All The Little Raindrops Dannika Dark, The Chosen (Black Arrowhead #3) Sarah James, Last Night At The Hollywood Canteen Candace Robinson & Amber R. Duell, Spindle of Sin (Once Upon A Wicked Villain #1) Emily March, Balancing Act (Lake In The Clouds #2) Viola Shipman, The Wishing Bridge Ali Rosen, Recipe For Second Chances Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding #3) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Oct 27, 202301:06:15
Tis The Season For Creepy Books
Oct 20, 202301:12:06
Young Adult Fantasy
Oct 13, 202355:49
Author Interview With Raquel Vasquez Gilliland and New Releases For the Week of October 10,
Oct 10, 202343:35
Witchy Fiction
Oct 06, 202301:07:21
Author Interview With Mia P. Manansala and New Releases For the Week of October 3, 2023
Oct 03, 202301:01:20
Most Anticipated Books of October

Most Anticipated Books of October

This week, Brooke, Georgina, Shannon, Stacy, Kristin, Robin, and Natalia share some of their most anticipated October releases. Titles mentioned include: Ashley Winstead, Midnight Is the Darkest Hour Karma Brown, What Wild Women Do Kosoko Jackson, The Forest Demands Its Due Natalie Cana, A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories #2) Elsie Silver, Hopeless (Chestnut Springs #5) Lev A.C. Rosen, The Bell In the Fog (Andy Mills #2) Michele Campbell, The Intern Kacen Callender, Stars In Your Eyes Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout Ashley Herring Blake, Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date (Bright Falls #3) Chloe Liese, Better Hate Than Never (The Wilmot Sisters #2) Catherine Cowles, Shadows of You (Lost & Found #4) John Sandford, Judgement Prey (Lucas Davenport #33) Christina McDonald, These Still Black Waters (Jess Lambert #1) Alix E. Harrow, Starling House Josie Silver, A Winter In New York Noreen Mughees, The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily Claire Kingsley, Obsession Falls (Haven Brothers #1) Andrew Grey, Dragged To the Wedding Elle Kennedy, The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries #1) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Sep 29, 202301:15:09
Author Interview With Kerri Maher and New Releases For the Week of September 26, 2023
Sep 26, 202347:37
Banned Or Challenged Books

Banned Or Challenged Books

This week, Natalia, Robin, and Shannon recommend books that have been challenged or outright banned. Titles include: Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday’s Not Coming Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not OK (Darius the Great #1) Megan McCafferty, Bumped (Bumped #1) George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue Samira Ahmed, Internment Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan, Mad Honey Nikole Hannah Jones, The 1619 Project Faridah Abike-Iyimide, Ace of Spades You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Sep 22, 202358:52
Author Interview With Julia Argy and New Releases For the Week of September 19, 2023
Sep 19, 202341:41
Back to School We Go
Sep 15, 202301:07:48
Author Interview With Samantha Downing and New Releases For the Week of September 12, 2023
Sep 12, 202347:36
Revisiting the Road Trip

Revisiting the Road Trip

This week, Brooke, Stacy, Kristeen, and Shannon are bringing back one of our favorite yearly episodes: road trips. Titles mentioned include: Ally Carter, The Blonde Identity Sarah Adler, Mrs. Nash’s Ashes Dana L. Davis, The Voice In My Head Kristen Mei Chase, A Thousand Miles To Graceland Mazey Eddings, Tilly In Technicolor Elsie Silver, Powerless (Chestnut Springs #3) Natalie D. Richards, Five Total Strangers Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise Nic Stone, Clean Getaway Jessica Joyce, You, with a View K. J. Reilly, Four for the Road Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. The World You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro
Sep 08, 202301:16:36
Author Interview With Genevieve Gornichec and New Releases For the Week of September 5, 2023
Sep 05, 202345:30
Most Anticipated Releases of September
Sep 01, 202356:54