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Nov. 6, 2026
15 Countries. 5 Continents. A Life Forever Changed | Book Recommendation | Episode 168
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You want to be a book reading master but don't always have the time. Here's how to conquer your 2027 reading goals and read 52 books next year.
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📚BUY THE BOOK👉 Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents―A Memoir
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Perfect for fans of Eat, Pray, Love, this soulful travel memoir blend...
You want to be a book reading master but don't always have the time. Here's how to conquer your 2027 reading goals and read 52 books next year.
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📚BUY THE BOOK👉 Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents―A Memoir
https://link.amazon/B0iIZ7N8E
Perfect for fans of Eat, Pray, Love, this soulful travel memoir blend...
Oct. 30, 2026
What's Common About Common Sense? You Could Be Wrong! Refine Your Thinking. | Episode 167
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📚BUY THE BOOK👉 UNCOMMON SENSE: HOW TO THINK CLEARLY WHEN THE WORLD HAS LOST ITS MIND
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Uncommon Sense is a book about changing your perspective. While most of us are intelligent, we’re simply used to thinking in familiar, knee-jerk ways that feel natural — eve...
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📚BUY THE BOOK👉 UNCOMMON SENSE: HOW TO THINK CLEARLY WHEN THE WORLD HAS LOST ITS MIND
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Uncommon Sense is a book about changing your perspective. While most of us are intelligent, we’re simply used to thinking in familiar, knee-jerk ways that feel natural — eve...
Oct. 23, 2026
She Transitioned at 71: Richelle Lee Slota’s Story of Identity, Courage & Poetry | Episode 166
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📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 LETTERS TO MY DEAD NAME by Richelle Lee Slota
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Richard struggled for much of his life with a mystery. Why was he uneasy and uncomfortable? Why did he feel like an imposter? In his sixties, he made a discovery that would change his life and his creative work. He realized that his life as a man did not fit with who he knew himself to be. He began the journey of transition that led him to ...
📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 LETTERS TO MY DEAD NAME by Richelle Lee Slota
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Richard struggled for much of his life with a mystery. Why was he uneasy and uncomfortable? Why did he feel like an imposter? In his sixties, he made a discovery that would change his life and his creative work. He realized that his life as a man did not fit with who he knew himself to be. He began the journey of transition that led him to ...
Oct. 16, 2026
A White Woman Wrote A Book About Slavery | Book Recommendation | Episode 165
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📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 FOX CREEK by M. E. Torrey
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The year is 1843 when six-year-old Monette, the pampered and beloved daughter of a French Creole sugar planter, is taken to New Orleans and sold into slavery. Sold along with her is Cyrus, a boy big for his age, torn from his mother without a chance to say goodbye.
Together they go to Fox Creek Plantation in “English” Louisiana, home to the Jensey family. While Cyr...
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The year is 1843 when six-year-old Monette, the pampered and beloved daughter of a French Creole sugar planter, is taken to New Orleans and sold into slavery. Sold along with her is Cyrus, a boy big for his age, torn from his mother without a chance to say goodbye.
Together they go to Fox Creek Plantation in “English” Louisiana, home to the Jensey family. While Cyr...
Oct. 9, 2026
He Wanted A Wife. She Wanted A Life. | Book Recommendation | Episode 164
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📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 JACK IN LOVE by Roberta Grimes
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Jack Richardson is the brilliant, mildly autistic heir to a billion-dollar fortune—and the son of a notorious international criminal who became an American hero during World War II.
After his father’s death, Jack inherits a vast global empire and hires Beryl Christian, a beautiful and ambitious Smith College graduate who arrives in New York in 1968 dreaming of...
📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 JACK IN LOVE by Roberta Grimes
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Jack Richardson is the brilliant, mildly autistic heir to a billion-dollar fortune—and the son of a notorious international criminal who became an American hero during World War II.
After his father’s death, Jack inherits a vast global empire and hires Beryl Christian, a beautiful and ambitious Smith College graduate who arrives in New York in 1968 dreaming of...
Oct. 2, 2026
He Has a Death Sentence… Then Someone Starts Following Him - Book Recommendation | Episode 163
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📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 FELLS POINT by William Loving
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What begins as a personal journey of late-life reckoning becomes a noir-tinged meditation on memory, mortality, and the search for purpose. By turns darkly funny and melancholic, Fells Point captures a soul—and a city—at a crossroads.
Daniel Doyle Jr., a jaded, middle-aged corporate communications flack in Baltimore, is drifting through life under a literal dea...
📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 FELLS POINT by William Loving
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What begins as a personal journey of late-life reckoning becomes a noir-tinged meditation on memory, mortality, and the search for purpose. By turns darkly funny and melancholic, Fells Point captures a soul—and a city—at a crossroads.
Daniel Doyle Jr., a jaded, middle-aged corporate communications flack in Baltimore, is drifting through life under a literal dea...
Sept. 25, 2026
They Raised $30 Million Overnight—Then Everything Fell Apart - Book Recommendation | Episode 162
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📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE
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What do you hold on to when everything you built starts to fall?
Three friends. One impossible idea. Thirty million dollars raised overnight. And a question none of them thought to ask until it was almost too late.
In the summer of 2017, Charlie, Jack, and Nik leave MIT believing they can change how the world moves money. Within months, they are exactly the kind of co...
📚 BUY THE BOOK👉 HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE
https://amzn.to/4yyoWlQ
What do you hold on to when everything you built starts to fall?
Three friends. One impossible idea. Thirty million dollars raised overnight. And a question none of them thought to ask until it was almost too late.
In the summer of 2017, Charlie, Jack, and Nik leave MIT believing they can change how the world moves money. Within months, they are exactly the kind of co...
Sept. 18, 2026
He Was a 29-Year-Old Virgin—Then He Became the “King of Sensuality” | Episode 161
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Sept. 11, 2026
What Happens When Your Worst Enemy Has The Life You Want | Episode 160
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Sept. 4, 2026
Her Husband Left Her For A Man! | Episode 159
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Sept. 4, 2026
Her Husband Left Her for a Man. Then Her Life Really Began. | Episode 159
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Aug. 14, 2026
From Breaking News to Finding Herself: Carol Lin’s Untold Story | Episode 158
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Tertulia has created a platform designed specifically for authors—not businesses, photographers, or restaurants—but writers.
Instead of forcing authors to adapt a generic website builder, Tertulia automatically creates a professional author website using your book's ISBN or ASIN.
Within minutes, your books, cover images, metadata, and author information are imported, giving you a polished starting point without the technical headaches.
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Aug. 7, 2026
Reboot Your Story | Episode 157
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July 31, 2026
Calling All Dog Moms! | Episode 156
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July 26, 2026
From Cab Driver To Carnegie Hall | Episode 155
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July 17, 2026
How to Build Real Self-Confidence | Michal Bardavid Self-Love & Becoming a Peacock | Episode 154
What if confidence isn't something you have to earn?
In this inspiring episode of The Bookaholic Podcast, author and dance movement therapist Michal Bardavid discusses her book Becoming a Peacock: Strut Your Way into Self-Love.
Learn why self-love is the foundation of confidence, how to stop seeking validation from others, build healthy boundaries, embrace authenticity, and discover your true worth.
If you've ever struggled with confidence, rejection, people-pleasing, or believing you're enou...
In this inspiring episode of The Bookaholic Podcast, author and dance movement therapist Michal Bardavid discusses her book Becoming a Peacock: Strut Your Way into Self-Love.
Learn why self-love is the foundation of confidence, how to stop seeking validation from others, build healthy boundaries, embrace authenticity, and discover your true worth.
If you've ever struggled with confidence, rejection, people-pleasing, or believing you're enou...
July 10, 2026
Brain Fog on Steroids, Demystifying Perimenopause | Episode 153
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Christy makes humor out of a totally non-humorous life event, perimenopause. She and Deirdre talk honestly about perimenopau...
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📚 BUY THE BOOK 👉Why Did I Walk Into This Room? https://amzn.to/3QNJ57v
Christy makes humor out of a totally non-humorous life event, perimenopause. She and Deirdre talk honestly about perimenopau...
July 3, 2026
A Hidden Town. Retired Spies. One Impossible Choice. | Episode 152
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What does the US government do with spies and special operators when they pass their expiration date? They ...
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What does the US government do with spies and special operators when they pass their expiration date? They ...
June 26, 2026
The BEST Non-Fiction Book I Read This Year...So Far...
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Check out my review of Belle Burden's, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage. This episode is also a behind the scenes look at me recording a podcast (unfiltered).
It's summer! Here are my beach read recommendations! Summer Reads ...
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Check out my review of Belle Burden's, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage. This episode is also a behind the scenes look at me recording a podcast (unfiltered).
It's summer! Here are my beach read recommendations! Summer Reads ...
June 12, 2026
Her Family Talks To The Dead | Irish Ghost Story | Episode 150
In this episode of the Bookaholic Podcast, host Deirdre sits down with author Gail Grant Park to discuss her cozy paranormal mystery trilogy — We Are Shadows: An Irish Ghost Story and its sequels.
Gail shares how real-life family experiences with the afterlife inspired her stories, including a breathtaking account of a spirit saving a cousin from a car accident, and a humorous but heartwarming visit from her late father. She also dives into how her 24 years following her husband's military care...
Gail shares how real-life family experiences with the afterlife inspired her stories, including a breathtaking account of a spirit saving a cousin from a car accident, and a humorous but heartwarming visit from her late father. She also dives into how her 24 years following her husband's military care...
April 28, 2026
Sasha Preston on Cozy Heist Mysteries, Female Friendship, and Diverse Leads | Episode 149
In this episode of the Bookaholic Podcast, I’m joined by Sasha Preston author of The Sweetest Escape. We talk about her cozy, female, caper, what inspired this story, and why readers who love cozy mysteries will absolutely want to add this book to their list.
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March 20, 2026
When Doctors Say “Never”: What Every Parent Needs to Hear | Episode 148
She received a grim prognosis at birth.
Doctors said Suzy Fischer would never walk, never talk, never live independently, and never have meaningful relationships.
Born with severe brain abnormalities and the rare condition Joubert Syndrome, her life was expected to be defined by limitations.
But her mother refused to accept “never.”
In this powerful and emotional story, discover how Suzy defied every expectation placed on her—and how her journey is inspiring families, caregivers, and medical...
Doctors said Suzy Fischer would never walk, never talk, never live independently, and never have meaningful relationships.
Born with severe brain abnormalities and the rare condition Joubert Syndrome, her life was expected to be defined by limitations.
But her mother refused to accept “never.”
In this powerful and emotional story, discover how Suzy defied every expectation placed on her—and how her journey is inspiring families, caregivers, and medical...
Jan. 15, 2026
Dating A Genius Nearly Killed Me | Episode 147
Brenda recounts her tumultuous childhood, where she assumed a parental role after her mother's nervous breakdown. She shares her 17-year relationship with Philip Ray, a genius behind the first personal computer who led a life filled with adventure, danger, and eventual addiction. Brenda describes their ventures, from car racing to living on the edge with Philip's secret cocaine lab.
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Dec. 20, 2025
EX-CIA Agent Unveils Thrilling Secrets | Episode 146
In this episode of the Bookaholic Podcast, we welcome bestselling author Tracy Abramson, who has penned over 45 novels. Tracy delves into her thrilling new book, 'Victim Number Eight,' a suspenseful tale influenced by her experiences as a former CIA officer and set against the backdrop of Istanbul. Tracy discusses her writing process, real-life inspirations, and how she maintains authenticity and emotional depth in her stories. She also shares anecdotes about meeting renowned thriller writer Bra...