Introducing our Monthly Book Report, Atmosphere by TJR

Real Talk, Whole Life

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We're kicking off our first-ever book report episode—and yes, we’re calling it that on purpose. Because books have always been part of our whole life. I’m joined by my favorite reading partner: my husband, Matt. Together, we dive into stories that make us laugh, think, and ugly-cry in public. We talk about what we’re reading (Margot's Got Money Troubles and Atmosphere, spoiler-free, promise). We also chat about how books shape our worldview, challenge our biases, and sometimes leave us sobbing on a treadmill—or doing laundry while quietly falling apart. Whether you read with your partner or solo, whether you love audiobooks or prefer paperbacks, this episode is an invitation to think differently about fiction—and how the right story at the right time can shift everything. 0:00 | Why We’re Talking About Books 1:15 | Fiction That Surprises and Stretches Us 4:30 | Letting Go of Judgment (Even the Quiet Kind) 6:45 | Systems, Safety, and How We Care for Others 8:30 | How and Why We Read (Audiobooks, Shared Credits & Book Clubs) 11:30 | An Author We Love (and Why She’s More Than “Chick Lit”) 13:00 | Space, Sexism, and Historical Power 17:00 | What Draws Us Into a Story (Even When It’s Not Our Thing) 19:15 | Identity, Safety, and Belonging 21:45 | Choosing Between Love and Purpose 23:30 | Emotional Payoff (Without Spoilers) 25:00 | When a Book Wrecks You—in the Best Way 27:00 | Crafting Characters That Actually Matter 30:00 | Layers of Family, Friendship, and Social Pressure 33:00 | Villains, Compassion, and Personal Growth 35:00 | What We’re Reading Now 41:00 | Our Love Story, Told in Audiobooks 43:00 | What’s Next on Our Reading List Find Stacy: ⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠missionmakersart.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are no spoilers to any of the books that we're talking about insofar as if you still want to read these books, we are not giving away some of the major plot points or
0:23.8	climax or conclusion. You want to get to the end of this book because it has one of the most
0:30.8	incredible climaxes of any book. I've read this year. Welcome to our very first book report episode of Real Talk Whole Life, because honestly, I don't
0:45.3	know that there's much more that our whole life where we have Real Talk conversation
0:50.3	than around books. For listeners, if you don't know, I was an English degree. I read a lot when I was a kid, a teenager, my early 20s, and then somewhere along the way of writing a blog and writing three books, I got overwhelmed. I also wrote and read legal documents for a living. And I was just like,
1:13.9	I cannot read any more. And then a couple of years ago, a good friend, beloved friend who I owe so
1:23.0	much to, put a book in the mail and said, you and I are going to read this together. And ever since I've
1:29.5	been reading somewhere between 50 and 100 books a year. Yeah, for real. And who do I talk about it with?
1:37.2	Me, because I'm here. My husband, who I met in college and whose brain I adore.
1:45.5	And I thought it would be really fun to share some of these conversations with listeners because we read books that might surprise people that two married people enjoy reading together.
1:57.7	And sometimes you challenge me to read 40-hour long audio book fantasy series.
2:07.6	And I send you Romantici and we both enjoy them. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You also send me,
2:17.4	you also send me chicklet. I do. And I frankly enjoy them. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You also send me chicklet.
2:18.4	I do.
2:19.0	And I frankly enjoy all of it.
2:21.3	Love chicklet.
2:22.2	Yeah, I do.
2:22.6	It cracks me up how much you love chiglet.
2:25.0	So one of the recent books that I forced you to read was Margot's Got Money Trouble.
2:31.6	Yes.
2:32.4	And that's not the book that we're going to talk about today.
2:35.3	But I would love for you just to tell people how good that book is and why they need to read it.
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