Mini Ep. 39: Southern Books & Character-Driven Dramas with Lindsay Creech (@LittleLindsReads)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.7 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In Mini Episode 39, Lindsay Creech (@littlelindsreads) and I talk about Southern books and character-driven dramas.
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Highlights
- Lindsay's mom's parent gift-giving nightmare (which involves books).
- Sarah's least favorite Pat Conroy book.
- A DNF tangent.
Lindsay's Book Recommendations
Two OLD Books She Loves
- The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe | Buy from Amazon
[4:24]
- The Winter Street Series by Elin Hilderbrand | Buy from Amazon [6:42]
Two NEW Books She Loves
- The Most Fun We Ever Had
by Claire Lombardo (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [8:27]
- City of Girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[12:39]
One Book She DIDN'T Love
- Otherwise Engaged by Lindsay J. Palmer (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [16:29]
One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About
- Feels Like Falling
Other Books Mentioned
- The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [3:32]
- South of Broad by Pat Conroy | Buy from Amazon [3:32]
- American Royals by Katharine McGee (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [6:09]
- Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand | Buy from Amazon [7:54]
- Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand | Buy from Amazon [7:54]
- Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert | Buy from Amazon [12:52]
- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney | Buy from Amazon [13:58]
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern | Buy from Amazon [20:41]
- Peachtree Bluff Series
Other Links
- Podcast Ep. 12 with Hannah from @booknerdnative
- @spiveysbookclub
- Podcast Ep. 14 with Lindsay J. Palmer
- Podcast Ep. 7 with Ashley Spivey
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the vlog Sarah's bookshelves. Each week I'm |
| 0:11.0 | talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they |
| 0:16.5 | don't love, and one new release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky |
| 0:22.6 | about all things books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your |
| 0:28.3 | reader friends, subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, or get bonus |
| 0:35.2 | podcast episodes by supporting the podcast on Patreon. |
| 0:39.0 | There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my Patreon page. |
| 0:44.1 | Let's get rolling. |
| 0:45.7 | Hey everyone, welcome to a mini episode of Sarah's Bookshelves Live. |
| 0:50.0 | These episodes feature book bloggers or Instagramers or regular readers that apply to be on the show |
| 0:55.6 | and they focus solely on book recommendations in 20 minutes or less. |
| 1:00.2 | Today we have Lindsay Creech with us. |
| 1:02.3 | She is a high school Spanish teacher and a pastor's wife living in North Carolina with her husband and puppy. |
| 1:07.6 | She started a book club in Raleigh with six women who started out as |
| 1:11.3 | strangers and have become close friends. And this book club includes Hannah from the Instagram account |
| 1:17.4 | book nerd native. And she actually was a guest on episode 12 of the podcast. So you might remember her. |
| 1:23.6 | Lindsay also started a book club with her students at her high school, where she teaches, and she is a patron of the show. I'm thrilled to have our first patron on, and she got bumped to the top of the waiting list to come on the show as part of the bonus goodies that you get when you become a patron of the show. And if you would like to become a patron, there is a link in the show notes and also |
| 1:44.8 | in my Instagram bio. Welcome, Lindsay. Hey, Sarah. Thank you for having me. Thanks for being here. |
| 1:50.4 | I love it when things come full circle. So I love that we had Hannah on a while back and now you're on. |
| 1:56.4 | So tell us a little bit about your reading taste. In general, I have always really loved to read. |
| 2:02.4 | I had my own little library when I was a girl because I was an only child, so that's how I |
| 2:07.4 | stayed busy and entertained myself was through reading. |
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