Medium Lady Reads
Episodes
Episode 55: Mostly Vibes Not Much Plot
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and “Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! This is Episode 55, “Mostly Vibes Not Much Plot” We’re so glad you are here! Spring is in t...
Episode 54: I should have DNFd it and other tales from our winter hiatus
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and “Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! This is Episode 54, “I should have DNFd it and other tales from our winter hiatus.” As always...
Episode 53: Trust your Gut and Read What You Want PLUS our Best Books of the Year
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and “Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! This is Episode 53, “Trust your Gut and Read What You Want PLUS our Best Books of the Year.” ...
Episode 52: Romantasy VS Your English Lit degree
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and “Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! This is Episode 52, “Romantasy VS Your English Lit Degree.” As always, Erin and Jillian have ...
Episode 51: Cozy Christmas Reads 2025
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 51 - A VERY special episode, our FIFTH annual Cozy Christmas Reads! This is the perfect t...
Episode 50: Celebrating Fifty Episodes plus the Book Review We've All Been Waiting For
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 50 - “Celebrating Fifty Episodes plus the Book Review We’ve All Been Waiting For.” ...
Episode 49: The First Ten Percent of a Book is the Worst
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 49 - “The First Ten Percent of a Book is the Worst!” As always, Erin and Jillian ha...
Episode 48: Five Stars, Please.
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 48 - “Five Stars, Please.” As always, Jillian and Erin have a fresh batch of book rec...
Episode 47: Is Romantasy Just a Marketing Ploy
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 47 - “Is Romantasy Just a Marketing Ploy?”Time to set up a fresh TBR for fall, and Ji...
Episode 46: End of Summer Reading Slump
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 46 - “End of Summer Reading Slump.”Erin and Jillian are so glad you’re here with the...
Episode 45: Welcome to Season 3 of Medium Lady Reads
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 45 - can you believe it? Season 3 is here! And, Erin and Jillian are excited to be back on...
Episode 44: The Reading Goals We Forgot About
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 44 - can you believe it? Erin and Jillian are so happy you’re here. Jillian and Erin ha...
Episode 43: Our Best Recommendations for Your Summer Reading Pile
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 43, “Our Best Recommendations for Your Summer Reading Pile.”Summer is just around the...
Episode 42: Thaw your Reading List and Get Ready For Summer
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 42, “Thaw your Reading List and Get Ready For Summer.”Whether you're building yo...
Episode 41: A Real Dud of a Thriller... plus What is a Novella And Do we Like Them
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 41, “A Real Dud of a Thriller... plus What is a Novella And Do we Like Them?” Erin a...
Episode 40: Wonderful Publishers Behind Wonderful Authors
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 40, “Wonderful Publishers Behind Wonderful Authors.”Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads...
Episode 39: Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 39, “Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR?”Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Be s...
Episode 38: Sneaky Censorship in the Bookish Community
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 38, “Sneaky Censorship in the Bookish Community.”Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! T...
Episode 37: Ebooks or Physical Copies - Which do you prefer?
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 37, “MLR Ep 37 Ebooks or Physical Copies - Which do you prefer?”Welcome back to Mediu...
Episode 36: Beware the Spoiler Police
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 36, “Beware the Spoiler Police.”Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Make sure you have...
Episode 35: We're Back With Our 2025 Reading Goals!
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 35, “We’re Back with Our 2025 Reading Goals.”Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Eri...
Episode 34: The End of Another Year of Reading
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 34, “The end of another year of reading.”It’s the end of another year of reading an...
Episode 33: Cozy Christmas Reads 2024
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 33, “Cozy Christmas Reads 2024.”It’s the most wonderful time of the year… time fo...
Episode 32: Romanticize Your Reading Life
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 32, “Romanticize Your Reading Life.”This week, Erin and Jillian are here to remind yo...
Episode 31: Your Reading Slump is Totally Normal
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 31, “Your Reading Slump is Totally Normal.”This week, Erin and Jillian are here to re...
Episode 30: Would You Try a DNF Challenge?
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 30, “Would You Try a DNF Challenge?” We’re deep into the Autumn season and the te...
Episode 29: Somewhere Beyond the Sea-quel
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 29, “Somewhere Beyond the Sea-quel.”October is here, as is the beautiful Autumn weathe...
Episode 28: Your TBR is a Version of Your Ideal Self
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 28, “Your TBR is a Version of Your Ideal Self.”September is over, but that doesn’t m...
Episode 27: Escape and Put Your Face in a Book
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 27, “Escape and Put Your Face in a Book.”In this episode, Erin and Jillian are sharing...
Episode 26: They Can't All Be 5 Stars
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 26, “They Can’t All Be 5 Stars.”In this episode, Erin and Jillian share their latest...
Episode 25: The End of Summer and Genre Jumping
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 25, “The End of Summer and Genre Jumping.”In this episode, Erin and Jillian share thei...
Episode 24: Welcome Back to Season 2
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 24, “Welcome Back to Season 2.”In this episode, Erin and Jillian introduce the new sea...
Episode 23: The Best Books of 2024 - So Far
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 23, “The Best Books of 2024 - SO FAR.”In this episode, Erin and Jillian discuss their ...
Episode 22: The BIPOC Reading Challenge
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 22, “The BIPOC Alphabet Reading Challenge with guest Alesia Galati.”In this episode, J...
Episode 21: The Beach Read is -That Way
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 21, “The Beach Read is -That Way.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin start looking towa...
Episode 20: Our Last Three Reads - Spring 2024
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 20, “Our Last Three Reads - Spring 2024.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin will review...
Episode 19: Checking In On Our 2024 Reading Goals
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 19, “Checking in On our 2024 Reading Goals.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin are chec...
Episode 18: Read This, Not That
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 18, “Read This, Not That.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin are having a "Read Th...
Episode 17: Library Etiquette and Why Dear Abby Got it So Wrong
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, Hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 17, “Library Etiquette and Why Dear Abby Got it So Wrong.”In this episode, Jillian and...
Episode 16: Romanticize your reading with a seasonal TBR
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 16, “Romanticize your reading with a seasonal TBR.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin a...
Episode 15: Our Last Three Reads - Winter 2024
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 15, “Our Last Three Reads - Winter 2024.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin are sharing...
Episode 14: Our Reading Goals - 2024
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 14, “Our Reading Goals 2024.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin are excited to share th...
Episode 13: Our Best Books of 2023
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 13, “Our Best Books of 2023.”In this episode the ladies are so excited to talk ALL abo...
Episode 12: Cozy Christmas Reads 2023
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 12, Cozy Christmas Reads 2023; Featuring Ali Oppenlaender and Stephanie Cunningham.This we...
Episode 11: The Joy of the Buddy Read Featuring All Four Members of Our Buddy Read Group
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 11, The Joy of the Buddy Read; Featuring Ali Oppenlaender and Stephanie Cunningham.This we...
Episode 10: Crush Your Reading Goals with a Killer Holds List
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 10, “Crush Your Reading Goals with a Killer Holds List”In this episode the ladies are ...
Episode 9: Welcome to Spooky Season
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 9, “Welcome to Spooky Reading Season!”With Jillian as the resident Autumn and Hallowee...
Episode 8: Books we wish we could read for the First Time
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 8, the books we wish we could go back to read for the first time.If you remember, back in ...
Episode 7: Our Last Three Reads - September 2023
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! Welcome to Episode 7 of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast! In today’s episode Erin and Jillian are going to be discussing their latest three ...
Episode 6: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - Worth the hype?
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! Welcome to episode 6 of the Medium Lady Reads podcast. This week Erin and Jillian are going to be discussing Fourth Wing, their thoughts on...
Episode 5: Is Romance For Everyone?
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! Welcome everyone to episode 5 of the Medium Lady Reads podcast! In this episode, Erin and Jillian are going to be discussing why they beli...
Episode 4: Why We Love Libraries
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! Welcome to Episode 4 of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast! In today’s episode Erin and Jillian are going to be talking all about why they lov...
Episode 3: Our Last Three Books - Reviews and Recommendations
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! Welcome to Episode 3 of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast! In today’s episode, Erin and Jillian are going to be discussing their latest three...
Episode 2: Authors We Love - TJ Klune
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! Welcome to Episode 2 of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast! In today’s episode, Erin and Jillian are going to be sharing a love letter to one ...
Episode 1: The Books That Made Us Readers
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Hi! And welcome to Medium Lady Reads! This is a podcast about books and reading as self-care, and today Medium Lady, Erin Vandeven, and her co-...