Hello, our book loving besties! We're taking a break this week to enjoy some time with our friends and family, but to keep your ears entertained we’re re-releasing an episode you loved! Don’t worry -- we’ll be back next week with a new episode. Happy summer!

If you are a fan of audiobooks, you probably know Julia Whelan’s voice, but today on Bookmarked, she is speaking directly to us! The award-winning audiobook narrator, actor, and author joins us to talk about the Netflix adaptation of her novel My Oxford Year. Julia opens up about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into giving voice to other people's stories and why she’s become a powerful advocate for audiobook narrators in an industry that often leaves them underpaid and overworked.

She also shares the mission behind her new audio-first publishing company, Audiobrary, which aims to create fairer, more sustainable opportunities for narrators and authors alike.

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - find it HERE

My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan - find it HERE

The Women by Kristin Hannah - find it HERE

Beach Read by Emily Henry - find it HERE

Franny and Zooey by J.D Salinger - find it HERE

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - find it HERE

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter - find it HERE

The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - find it HERE

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June’s Reese’s Book Club Pick, A Pair of Aces, takes two women from different worlds, and brings them together to reveal the truth. The novel’s two authors, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, are doing the same thing in real life. This week, Danielle, Marie and Victoria get into the nuances of writing historical fiction, finding stories that no one else was willing to tell, and why women have always banded together - and been stronger for it.

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Jessica Knoll has built a career writing women who refuse to stay silent. In this episode, she and Danielle explore female rage in fiction, why women's anger still makes people uncomfortable, and what makes revenge stories so satisfying. Jessica also discusses her new thriller Helpless, which releases on July 7th, the enduring influence of Gillian Flynn, and the writing lessons that shaped her career.

BOOKS MENTIONED:

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Helpless by Jessica Knoll

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Whidbey by T Kira Madden

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This by Chelsea Devantez

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Carrie by Stephen King

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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Ann Patchett is an author, bookstore owner, two-time Reese’s Book Club pick author, and overall icon on everybody’s bookshelf. Her newest novel, “Whistler,” is out today. In it, a woman reunites with her long-lost stepfather on a fateful day in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What follows is a story of family, loss, and the brief connections that change our lives forever. Ann joins the podcast to talk about her unique writing process, working through grief and love in her latest novel, and her favorite books hitting the shelves at Parnassus Books in Nashville.

BOOKS MENTIONED:

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Run by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Whistler by Ann Patchett

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich

John of John by Douglas Stuart

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

The Color of Water by James McBride

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

This is Happiness by Niall Williams

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A great book is like a great pair of shoes — it can take you somewhere you never expected. But it’s also like that new car feeling — full of possibility, a little thrilling, and totally transformative. In the first episode of this special miniseries sponsored by cars.com, Danielle sits down with booktuber and author Cindy Pham to talk about the tools that have helped her navigate change in her life.

From start to finish, cars.com has everything you need to choose the right car confidently.

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This week on Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club, Danielle Robay sits down with bestselling author Alexandra Andrews to discuss May’s Reese’s Book Club pick, The Fine Art of Lying. Alexandra unpacks why stories about wealthy people behaving badly are so irresistible and how female desire gets tangled up with wonder and meaning. She also shares her unconventional writing process, the pressure of following up a hit debut, and the surprising advice that finally helped her finish a novel.

BOOKS MENTIONED:

The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews

Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

Transcription: A Novel by Ben Lerner

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

Who Is Maude Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Why I’m Not an Atheist by Christopher Beha

All Fours by Miranda July

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

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This week, we’re “obsessed” with creator and debut author of Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It, Brooke Averick. First known as her online moniker, “@ladyefron,” Brooke Averick’s socials exploded after she posted a TikTok reading a letter to her older self. Brooke Averick has gone on to accrue thousands of followers, host the podcast Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast, and is now a published author. Brooke Averick shares her first obsessions, her current crushes, and how writing Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It may have helped her more than therapy.

BOOKS MENTIONED:

The Clique by Lisi Harrison

The Series of Unfortunate Events by Limony Snicket

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

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