This is Your Book Club Podcast

New year, new reads. What is on your shelf this year? Here is what we have been reading.  Grab a pen and write it down if you think you should be reading it as well. Jayme's Shelf: We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers   Sarah's Shelf: The Secret by the Lake by Louise Douglas Call of the Camino by Louise Douglas The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower  

We are starting off the year by reflecting on all the book club picks from last year.  Which book was your favorite? On this episode we refresh your memory of the books we read in 2025. Then you go to our instagram page and vote for which are your favorite 2.  We can't wait to hear from you.   

We are starting the new year a little different. But, don't worry. We will be back to normal soon. This episode is just what is on my shelf. Me being, Jayme. Sarah fans, don't worry, she will be back.  Until then, I have some book recommendations for your new year! Jayme's Shelf: The Removed by Brandon Hobson I'm thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett  

It's book club time and Sarah and I are here for it.  We talk all things, beginning to end of Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. If you read it, make sure to let us know what you thought.    

Sarah is crushing it in the holiday book area! If you are looking for a good read to take you into Christmas, give this episode a listen. I'm confidant that you will find a good read.   Sarah's Shelf: 'Tis the Damn Season by Fiona Gibson Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson Cotswolds Holiday by Kasey Stockton   Jayme's Shelf: Sandwich by Catherine Newman Run For The Hills by Kevin Wilson Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison 

It's our favorite time of year! Goodreads Choice Awards are out and we LOVE being able to vote and anticipate the announcement every year.  On this episode we talk about the winners in each category and if we agree or not.  

We have such a good list of books for you this week. There is nothing more motivating than the month of December and not having all your bookmarks on Goodreads! Hence, a great selection of books. Jayme's Shelf: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter The Things We didn't Know by Elba Iris Perez I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh   Sarah's Shelf: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

November book club is here and we are ready to talk.  On this episode we discuss our thought about Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad. If you have read it and what to hear our thoughts, hit play. If not, finish reading it and come back and listen.  We'll wait.

It's turning into cozy reading season and we are in for it.  On this episode, we share what books we have been reading lately and which ones you can put right back on the shelf. Sarah's Shelf: Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews   Jayme's Shelf: Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova Replaceable You by Mary Roach

Wrapping up October with just a few books from each of our shelves.  Have you read them?  Are you going to add them to your shelf?  Let us know what you think of these books. Jayme's Shelf: The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein   Sarah's Shelf: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig James by Percival Everett  

We are ready to talk all things "Impossible Fortune" by Richard Osman. Are you? What did you think?  The Thursday Murder Club returns to solve yet another murder. This unlikely group of investigators once again gets pulled into a car bomb, a disappearance and a murder.  Who did it? 

We pulled some good reads off of our shelves for you this week.  It's a little of everything, so get your pens ready to jot down a few good reads.  Sarah's Shelf: The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani The Correspondent by Virginia Evans A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna   Jayme's Shelf: The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick

We have a super unique quiz for you today.  Is it good or a bust?  You will have to listen to find out.  Please share your thoughts with us.    

Get your tbr ready, because we have some books for you.  On this episode we both review three books from off our shelfs.  Have you already read any of them? Sarah's Shelf: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand   Jayme's Shelf: The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger The Names by Florence Knapp

September book club is here! Let's talk all things the River is Waiting by Wally Lamb. Tell us what you thought. 

A couple books from each of our shelves this week.  Have you read them? Let us know if/when you do and what you thought. Would you recommend them? Jayme's Shelf: Inside the O'briens by Lisa Genova A Family Matter by Claire Lynch   Sarah's Shelf: Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilja Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver  

Get ready to take another quiz with us, cause our teenage selves need a quiz to tell us what book to read for fall.   torforgeblog.com Fall Reading Quiz

As the school season starts, there is a buzzing of newness all around.  My constant is reading.  It brings me comfort during a time of change and newness.  This episodes gives you a variety of genres so you can find some comfort as well. Sarah's Shelf: Miss Newbury's List by Megan Walker Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross   Jayme's Shelf: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden Marsha by Tourmaline

We have so much to say about The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony. There are so many story in history that deserve a bigger spot light and this is one of them.  What did you think?  What surprised you most?  Let us know.    The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this sweeping, timely novel inspired by a remarkable and little-known true story. Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married Dr. Christy Davenport and they look forward to growing their family. But as her husband’s vicious temper emerges, Maura worries that her home might never be safe for a child. Meanwhile, her close friend Bernie, a mother of three, learns the devastating news that if she conceives again, her health complications could prove fatal. Dublin, 2023: A close call makes Saoirse realize that she may never want to be a mother. Little does she know that only a few decades ago, a group of women made this option possible for her. And she’s about to meet one of them… The Women on Platform Two is a haunting, powerful story of feminine resistance and resilience that reminds us all of where we started—and how far we still have to go.

Wow! Is this a good list of books to add to your tbr. We are calling it the golden episode.  So. Many. Good. Books! What do you think? Jayme's Shelf: Never Lie by Freida McFadden Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan   Sarah's Shelf: A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny The Memory Library by Kate Storey The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Cary