Café Bookclub

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Courtney & Leanne in discussing The Consequence of Choice by Natalie Sammons. For March's theme of "Lesser Know Authors", we discuss this dystopian legal thriller that is set in our modern world, how readers can draw connections to our own societal issues, the interesting war-path that Detective Sam Wakley is on and her possible motive, and the feeling that every governing body is just one law away from this dystopian society.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Courtney & Leanne in discussing Never Lie by Freida McFadden. Yet again, McFadden has us in a chokehold with her books! We discuss twist after twist this book throws at you, the interesting internal dilemma Dr. Hale faces, and how every detail is directly in front of your face the whole ride, but still surprises you at the end.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

Sequel to our Worst Book to Movie Adaptation episode, we present... the BEST! In this bonus episode, we're talking about the best book to movie adaptations (in our opinion). Listen along as Courtney, yet again, discusses her favorite book and movie, Leanne "fan girls" over her favorite author and multiple series adapted from his books, and learn more about Amanda and her James McAvoy obsession *ahem* celebrity crush.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Leanne & Courtney in discussing Bloodline by Jess Lourey ! We discuss the quirky attributes that is small-town Minnesota culture, how gender roles and societal norms during this time helped to further the plot, and the creepy, horrific truth that is the foundation of Lilydale!

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Courtney in discussing Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron! I discuss the interesting take of a post-Cinderella fairytale kingdom Bayron explored, the important cultural significance this book has in our society, and, of course, the force to be reckon with, the main character Sophia.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Courtney & Amanda in discussing The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Amanda's choice for her BIRTHDAY MONTH! We discuss the extreme childhood Walls and her siblings endured, the enigma that is Rex & Rose Mary Walls, the complex relationship Walls had with her parents into adulthood, and of course, the metaphor of The Glass Castle.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Courtney in interviewing our very own Leanne Kale Sparks! We discuss her most recent release, Every Missing Girl, which is book 2 of her Kendall Beck Thrillers! Listen along as talk about the similarities & differences between book 1 & 2, how she research for her books, what inspired this series, and much more!

TW: This book is a crime thriller, so in this episode we do discuss topics of child trafficking, kidnapping, murder, etc.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, join Courtney (all by herself for the first time... so be nice!) in discussing The Seven Lives of May Levesque by Shanna C Robillard. She rambles on about the many intricacies this book has including fantasy, romance, paranormal, history, reincarnation, dogs... you name it! This book has it. She also talks about the many trials and tribulations May has to face, and how she's able to pull experiences from her previous lives to overcome them. She also somehow compares this book to both The Fairly Godparents and Age of Adaline... but in a good way, I promise!

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

WE'RE BACK! It's 2023, and we are bringing back the pod, but we are doing things a little bit different now. This episode, join Courtney & Leanne in discussing The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. We discuss how McFadden has us in a chokehold with her books, the emotional rollercoaster the characters put us through, the on slot of twist after turns this book threw at us, and how the structure is really what made the story successful.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

In our very first BONUS episode, we talk about the best of the worst. That's right, we're talking worst book to movie adaptations (in our opinion). We discuss the world's favorite worst adaptation, reminisce on younger Courtney's book trauma, and just try to convince any producer listening to make series on all these missed book adaptation opportunities.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we read Courtney's choice, The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu. We discuss the intricate storyline and how it differs from normal paranormal books, grapple with the horror-esque scenes that relate back to real life, and laugh as Amanda tries to come to terms with post-apocalyptic Edinburgh. 

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we read Leanne's choice, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. We compare the similarities of this YA to real-life high school, discuss the complexities of each character, and show how this book is different than other YA mystery books and shows.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we read Amanda's choice, Circe by Madeline Miller. We converse about complexities of Greek mythology, praise Madeline Miller for her interpretation of these stories (so that even us, wee little mortals, could understand), and laugh at Courtney trying to pronounce Telemachus.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we randomly picked a genre that we all normally wouldn't read-- Historical Nonfiction. From this, we chose to read and discuss The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. We converse about the monstrosities of the radium corporation, get into the mind of being a woman during that time, and explore how corporate greed is still very apparent to this day.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we discuss Leanne's book of choice, In The Deep by Loreth Anne White. We converse about the crazy twists and turns of this book, the intricacies of an unlikely character, and debate who is the master manipulator of this story-- one of the characters or Loreth Anne White herself?

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we discuss Amanda's book of choice, Where The Past Begins by Amy Tan. We converse about the unique structure of this book, the relationship between Amy Tan and her mother, how memories can effect the reliability of narration, and how easy it is to bring your past to the table while reading about someone else's past.

Welcome to Café Bookclub! Join Courtney, Amanda, and Leanne in reading and discussing books. Connected by blood, separated by miles, we meet up every 2 weeks at Café Bookclub to talk about the books we have been reading. So, grab your coffee, tea, or snacks and listen along!

This episode, we discuss Courtney's book of choice, All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. In this conversation, we talk about underlying themes of the Sea of Flames jewel, relationships between different characters, how WW2 played a role in this book, and also struggle with simple French pronunciations.