The Reader's Couch
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Ep. 63 TBT with The House of Brides by Jane Cockram
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe House of Brides is a modern retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca with a twist. It's Throwback Thursday, and in...
Ep. 62 The 3 Things You Must Know To Start A Reading Habit
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageIf you’ve wanted to start a reading habit, read more consistently, or maintain a habit long-term, these three things will ge...
Ep. 61 TBT with The Furies by Katie Lowe
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Furies is a story of a girl trying to fit in but ends up getting entangled in witchcraft and murder at a private British all...
Ep. 60 How To Set and Achieve Your Reading Goals
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageLearn how to set and achieve your reading goals and get some practical tips so you can take action today! Plus, these principl...
Ep. 59 TBT with The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Last True Poets of the Sea is a young adult contemporary romance retelling of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelft...
Introducing Throwback Thursdays
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageDuring this segment, I’ll be sharing interviews and conversations recorded long before this podcast was even thought about. ...
Ep. 58 Top Ten Books of 2022
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageVictoria shares her personal top ten books of 2022. So get ready to add more books to your neverending TBR! Looking for more...
Ep. 57 Let's Slow Down and Take a Step Back
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageWe live in an incredibly fast-paced world. So in today's episode, I'll talk about slowing down and why taking a step...
Ep. 56 The 2023 Winter Reading Guide
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe 2023 Winter Reading Guide has eighteen new releases organized across six categories. There is also one extra category dedi...
Ep. 55 2023 Goals and Vision Board Workshop
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageAre you ready to make 2023 YOUR year? Are you planning to achieve both your reading and personal goals? Then, join our live ...
Ep. 54 Classic Christmas Stories to Read
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageI'm sharing 5 Classic Christmas Stories to Read this holiday season, plus links to where you can find some nonfiction books...
Ep. 53 The Old Place by Bobbie Finger
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Old Place is a coming-of-age-later-in-life story set in a Texas town that centers on a retired schoolteacher. Today on the...
Ep. 52 The 2022 Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers!
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageSharing a few recommendations from each category in The 2022 Holiday Gift Guide! So if you’re looking for a gift for someone...
Ep. 51 An Indiscreet Princess by Georgie Blalock
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageBefore Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel. Today on the couch, I’m pleased to ...
Ep. 50 How To Make Time in Your Busy Schedule for Reading
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageOne of the most popular questions I get asked via DM and email is, how do I find time to read? So today’s episode is about f...
Welcome to The Reader's Couch Podcast with Victoria Wood
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageHello, I'm Victoria from BiblioLifestyle, and I'm obsessed with all things books, reading, and the literary lifestyle....
Ep. 49 The 2022 Fall Reading Guide
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe BiblioLifestyle 2022 Fall Reading Guide has twenty-seven new releases organized across nine categories. We even have an ex...
Ep. 48 Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messagePlease Join Us is a psychological thriller that follows a New York City corporate lawyer who joins an elite women's club to...
Ep. 47 Epigraph Literary Festival Announcement
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageWe will host the Epigraph Literary Festival from September 22nd to 24th, 2022! Join us for 3-days of fun literary lifestyle se...
Ep. 46 Sister Friends Forever by Kimberla Lawson Roby
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageSister Friends Forever follows four lifelong friends as each faces a crisis in family, love, and forgiveness. Today on the podca...
Ep. 45 The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Librarian Spy is inspired by the true history of America's library spies of World War II.Today on the podcast, Victoria...
Ep. 44 The Truth about Ben and June by Alex Kiester
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Truth about Ben and June is a debut novel that explores the complexity of a modern-day marriage when a new mother vanishes o...
Ep. 43 Birthday Girl by Niko Wolf
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageBirthday Girl is a literary thriller set in 1990s New York where an improvised writer takes his wife out for her birthday, she g...
Ep. 42 Good Morning, Love by Ashley M. Coleman
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageGood Morning, Love is a fun rom-com set in New York City's music scene that follows an aspiring songwriter working as an ac...
Ep. 41 Double Shot Death by Emmeline Duncan
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageDouble Shot Death is a cozy mystery novel and the second book in "A Ground Rules Mystery" series that features a 20-so...
Ep. 40 The Beach Trap by Ali Brady
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Beach Trap is a novel about two best friends who met at camp, were torn apart by a life-altering secret, and the summer they...
Ep. 39 Renovated to Death by Frank Anthony Polito
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageRenovated to Death is the first book in a new cozy mystery series featuring a gay couple who solve crimes while renovating house...
Ep. 38 Summer Reading Guide 2022 Minimalist Book List
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageVictoria shares eight standout books to read this summer! The 2022 Summer Minimalist Reads List has eight titles, one from each...
Ep. 37 Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageQueerly Beloved is a queer rom-com where we meet a people-pleasing baker who tries to find her place as a bridesmaid-for-hire. ...
Ep. 36 The Mayfair Bookshop by Eliza Knight
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Mayfair Bookshop is a dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford and a modern American woman desperate for change — both wom...
Ep. 35 Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageLost and Found in Paris follows a woman hoping to recover lost art and her sense of adventure. But what she finds is even bett...
Ep. 34 The No-Show by Beth O'Leary
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe No-Show is a rom-com where three women are in love with the same man, and when he doesn’t show up to his Valentine’s dat...
Ep. 33 The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Caretakers is a novel set in a wealthy Parisian suburb, centered around a group of au pairs, one of whom is arrested after t...
Ep. 32 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Diamond Eye is a historical fiction novel based on a true story about a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest ...
Ep. 31 The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Cartographers is a novel about a disgraced cartographer who unravels a 30-year-old family secret hidden within the folds of ...
Ep. 30 How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageHow to Love Your Neighbor is an enemies-to-lovers meets HGTV romantic comedy.Today on the podcast, Victoria speaks with Sophie S...
Ep. 29 Champagne for One by Rebekah Iliff
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageChampagne for One is a miscellany of essays, stories, and poems; with some wisdom and satire, it paints aloneness as something t...
Ep. 28 The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Violin Conspiracy is a novel about a Black classical musician as he tries to find his stolen violin on the eve of the most p...
Ep. 27 Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageCleopatra and Frankenstein is a novel about one couple's impulsive marriage and how it affects their friends and family. ...
Ep. 26 Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageCount Your Lucky Stars is a steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might end up being each other's second chanc...
Ep. 25 Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageIn Black Cake, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death, a puzzling inheritan...
Ep. 24 Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageGood Rich People is a psychological thriller that follows a destitute woman who lands in the middle of a wealthy couple's t...
Ep. 23 Wahala by Nikki May
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageWahala is a story that follows three Anglo-Nigerian best friends that's a modern take on female friendship, family, and cul...
Ep. 22 The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Spanish Daughter is a historical novel that blends family drama, dangerous mystery, romance, and the real-life history of th...
Ep. 21 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 6
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageVictoria shares her personal top ten books of 2021. In part six of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series, Vi...
Ep. 20 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 5
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageTwo readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021. In part five of our six-part "top ten book...
Ep. 19 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 4
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageTwo readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021. In part four of our six-part "top ten books of...
Ep. 18 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 3
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageTwo readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.In part three of our six-part "top ten books of...
Ep. 17 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 2
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageTwo readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.In part two of our six-part "top ten books of 2...
Ep. 16 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 1
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageTwo readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.Kicking off part one of our six-part "top ten b...
Ep. 15 Books to Gift Series: Part 4
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageTwo readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend you gift this holiday season. Victoria shares her recom...
Ep. 14 Books to Gift Series: Part 3
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThree readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend that you gift this holiday season.In part three of ou...
Ep. 13 Books to Gift Series: Part 2
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThree readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend that you gift this holiday season.In part two of our ...
Ep. 12 Books to Gift Series: Part 1
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThree readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend that you gift this holiday season.Kicking off part on...
Ep. 11 The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Fastest Way to Fall is a rom-com that follows plus-sized heroine Britta as she writes about her experience with a fitness ap...
Ep. 10 I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageI Hope This Find You Well is the latest collection of poems from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman,...
Ep. 9 Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageMurder at Mallowan Hall is the first book in a new historical mystery series set in the home of famed mystery novelist Agatha Ch...
Ep. 8 Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageIn Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan, two booksellers facing tough times decide to spread some Christmas cheer through th...
Ep. 7 Assembly by Natasha Brown
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageIn Assembly by Natasha Brown, while preparing to attend a lavish party, a young Black British woman carefully considers the asse...
Ep. 6 Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageLove, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words by Annika Sharma is the first book in the Chai Masala Club series. In the novel, we me...
Ep. 5 Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageBlack Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen is the first novel in a three-book series, and we meet a young Black woman who mus...
Ep. 4 Bestiary by K-Ming Chang
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageBestiary by K-Ming Chang is a debut novel about three generations of Taiwanese American women. It’s a story of family, migra...
Ep. 3 Fault Lines by Emily Itami
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageFault Lines by Emily Itami is a debut novel about a Japanese housewife living two lives, and in the end, she has to choose one. ...
Ep. 2 The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale is a witty and heartfelt rom-com debut about an Indian American woman who signs herself and her...
Ep. 1 The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abe
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abe is inspired by the scandalous real-life love story between America's richest man and tee...
Introducing: The Reader's Couch!
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send me a text messageWelcome to The Reader’s Couch! A podcast that brings you lively conversations with some of your favorite authors and bookish...