Episodes
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S2 E14: We all read Latinx writers!
*Trigger warning: The beginning of this episode starts off with a politically charged conversation about the Supreme Court and the recent overturning of Roe v Wade. But we eventually...
S2 E13: YA titles recommended by actual young adults
Alisa’s daughter Ella, and Lauren’s daughter Ana gave us a list of YA titles we hadn’t read yet. Aileen read We Were Liars by E. Lockheart, a thriller with...
S2 E12: The Thinking Woman’s Page Turners
This week we read books that hovered somewhere in the beach read category, yet much more challenging and satisfying than the run-of-the-mill sand and surf fluff. Aileen read The...
S2 E11: Guest host NYT bestselling author Beth Revis
This week on Fiction Between Friends we have a special guest, New York Times bestselling author, Beth Revis! We talk about her new book The Princess and the Scoundrel,...
S2 E10: We read historical fiction and love it
This week the gang reads historical fiction. Alisa and Aileen are old pros at this sub-genre while Josie and Lauren are more like dabblers. Ironically, almost all of the...
S2 E9: Guest host writer/director Barbara Stepansky
Ever wonder how your favorite book becomes a movie or a TV show? Well, wonder no longer because we have brought in a bona-fide filmmaker to explain it. Lauren...
S2 E8: Books on our nightstands
This week on Fiction Between Friends, anything goes! It was the “What’s on Your Nightstand?” show. Aileen read Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. A modern re-telling of Pride and Prejudice...
S2 E7: Books that got us through the pandemic
We talked about it, and we’ve decided that the pandemic is over. For now, at least. And we wanted to celebrate that by talking about what helped get us...
S2 E6: Books set in New England (our hometown)
This week we all read books that were set in our neck of the woods. New England! Aileen starts us off with On Beauty by Zadie Smith. Set at...
S2 E5: Books that made us laugh
We felt like we needed to lighten up a bit, so this week we read books that made us laugh. Lauren read an old favorite, One for the Money...
S2 E4: Books turned into movies
Aileen had always wanted an excuse to read Nora Ephron, so she read Heartburn by Nora Ephron. Lauren got her sweet tooth fix with an old copy of Like...
S2 Ep3: Steamy love stories
We’re a bit early for Valentine’s Day, but each of us picked a love story to discuss this week. Lauren went first and talked about The Ex Talk by...
S2 Ep2: We all read Stephen King
Aileen is a huge Stephen King fan and has been for as long as we can remember. This week she picked a book of his for each of us...
S2 Ep1: We read banned or reconsidered books
Right now in our country there are towns, cities, and states making lists of books that certain people want banned from schools and libraries, and we are absolutely horrified...
Ep.8: Big Summer, Me Before You, Virgin River, Bridget Jones’ Diary
Our final episode of the season! We’ll be off for three weeks and then be back January 10 for Season 2. The gang’s all here for escapist novels! It’s...
Ep.7: Eleanor Oliphant and The Song of Achilles
We tried something a little different for this episode and chose to partner up and cover two books instead of four. Aileen and Lauren read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely...
Ep. 6: Erotic Stories + Witches = A Deadly Education
The Lauren Drought continues, but in her absence we discuss books that she picked out for us, and it’s unanimous. Every book was a perfect fit. We conclude that...
Ep.5: Books we loved about captivity and survival.
Unfortunately, Lauren couldn’t make it, but the remaining gang soldiers on without her and discusses captivity and survival stories. Aileen re-read Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews...
Ep.4: 3 violent books we loved and a palate cleanser.
We chose to go dark on this one, all except for Lauren who went with some lighter fare because sometimes you read what the book gods send your way...
Ep.3: Books we re-read the most.
What is it about certain books that brings up back, again and again? Why re-read at all, considering there are so many great books waiting on our TBR lists?...
Ep.2: Our favorite books about friendship
Since this is a podcast celebrating books and friends we thought it was important for our second episode to cover books centered around friendships. We discuss Divine Secrets of...
Ep.2: Our favorite books about friendship.
Since this is a podcast celebrating books and friends we thought it was important for our second episode to cover books centered around friendships. We discuss Divine Secrets of...
Ep.1: Books that made us fall in love with reading.
Since this is our very first episode we thought it would be appropriate to make the theme for this one, “Books that made us fall in love with reading”....