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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 51: Steph Hockersmith (@PieLadyBooks) + Book Recommendations

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

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4.9 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 51, Steph Hockersmith (@pieladybooks), fresh off her appearance on Good Morning America, shares all the behind-the-scenes details of her book-themed pies, including her favorite dessert (it’s not pie!) and her goals for expanding Pie Lady Books.

This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!).

Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by Book of the Month. Use the code SARAHSBOOKSHELVES at checkout to get your first book for just $9.99!

My March Book of the Month pick was Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quick…an espionage thriller (out of my usual wheelhouse, but I’m intrigued!). [1:29]

Highlights

  • The answer to the most asked listener question.
  • Why Steph chose to feature pies on her Instagram (vs. cookies or cakes).
  • Answers to all your logistical questions about how she creates those beautiful pies!
  • Pie failures that she wasn’t able to post on Instagram.
  • The types of book covers she struggles to make pies for.
  • What will likely make both of us want to throw a thriller across the room.
  • Steph’s future goals / ideas for expanding Pie Lady Books.
  • If GMA paid Steph to feature her In Five Years pie on air (it aired on March 10).
  • The blog Steph will be starting soon.

Steph’s Book Recommendations [24:42]

Two OLD Books She Loves 

Two NEW Books She Loves

One Book She DIDN’T Love

One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About

Rate It Game [43:58]

Other Books Mentioned

Other Links

About Steph

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Steph lives is a stay-at-home Mom of two boys (ages 5 & 3) in Colorado Spring, CO. She has been gluten free for about 13 years and has been baking gluten free pies for about 12 years. She is a voracious reader and loves creating pie designs to go with the books she’s reading. And, she and her pies recently appeared on Good Morning America!

Next Episode

Mini Episode featuring Sarah Verity Collica (@seize_the_page)…airing March 25.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week I'm

0:15.5

talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love, and one new

0:22.7

release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky about all things

0:28.3

books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your reader friends,

0:33.8

subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, or get bonus podcast episodes

0:40.9

by supporting the podcast on Patreon. There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my

0:47.5

Patreon page. Let's get rolling. Hey everyone, welcome to a full-length episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live.

0:54.6

Book of the Month is back again as a sponsor.

0:57.4

Book of the Month is a book subscription service that vets hundreds of books each month

1:01.6

and selects the five best to feature as their monthly picks.

1:05.5

Members get to pick one or more of their five choices that get shipped to them directly

1:10.5

each month. And today's guest

1:12.9

will actually be sharing two books that were Book of the Month picks. So that works out really well.

1:18.6

And she has made a gorgeous pie that is Book of the Month themed and it's on her Instagram

1:25.4

and I will link to that in the show

1:27.5

notes so you can take a look at it. This month, Book of the Month picked a book that was a little

1:32.1

unusual for them. It was an espionage thriller called Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Cork.

1:38.6

And I used to read a ton of these types of books, but I haven't read something like this in a really

1:44.0

long time. And I got to say,

1:45.8

this pick really surprised me for a book of the month. It's totally out of the box for them,

1:50.0

but that made me really intrigued. If they're going to go this direction and pick a book that is

1:55.7

so off brand for them, I feel like it must be really, really good.

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