Going to the Clerb: Book Clubs and Why They Make Us Grumpy

25/10/2025 37 min Temporada 2 Episodio 1

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Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss book clubs: the good, the bad, the ugly, the lame, the enriching, and why kids shouldn’t be invited!  Join us as we share stories of book clubs that were really wine clubs, our need for folks to do the assignment and read, and why we won’t ever read again a book that someone else makes us read. Plus, we recommend the heartbreaking book by Clare LeslieHall, Broken Country.ColleenThe Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential ofGetting in the Way by Sara Ahmed "I Remain in Darkness" by Annie Ernaux Buckeye by Patrick RyanCacophony of Bone: The Circle of a Year by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh RebeccaThe Bewitching by Siliva Moreno-GarciaThe Healers by Kimo ArmitageRemembering our Intimacies - Jamaica HeolimeleikalaniOsorioPele and Hi'iaka by Nathanial B. Emerson AthenaTilt by Emma PatteeThe Satisfaction Cafe by Kathy WangA Truce that is not Peace by Miriam ToewsThank you for joining us. Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host apodcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.SocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram | @author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth