Book Club with Julia and Victoria
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsWelcome to Book Club With Julia and Victoria, the podcast for book friends!
If you just finished a book and HAVE to talk about it with someone, if you’re a casual reader looking for book recs, or if you’re the type of deep thinker who has formative memories of their high school English teacher, you’re in the right place.
We believe a good book can come from anywhere, so we read classics and recent releases, bestsellers and little-known gems. But ultimately, this podcast is for the books we just can’t shut up about.
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095 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
April 25, 2022 15:30 - 1 hour - 52 MBJulia and Victoria discuss book three in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and explore the complications of living life according to your principles. This is the last episode of Season 9! We’ll be back in late May with more books and more obsessions. In the meantime, you can watch our book-to-TV reviews of Pachinko on Buy Me a Coffee. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us ...
094 How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy
April 18, 2022 16:32 - 59 minutes - 47.5 MBHow I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy really spoke to Julia and Victoria’s exhaustion with productivity, their love for their houseplants, and their ever-growing need to run away to the woods. Plus: a few tips and suggestions for reading books outside of your cultural context. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in ...
093 In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
April 09, 2022 00:46 - 43 minutes - 35.3 MBIn the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu is made up of intricate world-building, clever language development, and stories-within-stories-within-stories. There’s a lot packed into this little novella! Julia and Victoria do their best to parse through it and how it made them feel. Become a Member to catch our review of the Pachinko adaptation starting in two weeks! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commissio...
092 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
April 02, 2022 18:41 - 44.6 MBJulia and Victoria discuss when they figured out the twist in The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (at very different points in the book) and all the ways Jemisin expertly builds the world of the Stillness (through language, mythology, science, and culture). Also, Julia listened to this while she had a migraine, and now she’s obsessed with the audiobook reader. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that giv...
091 Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die by Daniel Sloss
March 25, 2022 20:54 - 41.3 MBJulia and Victoria read the first book by one of their favorite comedians: Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die by Daniel Sloss. They ask themselves, why do celebrity memoirs get published? And why this one in particular? Then they give a poor imitation of their favorite jokes from the book for their own personal enjoyment. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to mak...
090 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
March 19, 2022 14:19 - 47.4 MBJulia and Victoria (whose mic simply refused to cooperate this episode) dip their toes into the world of science fiction with “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, and its film adaptation Arrival. This inspires them to think some big, timey-wimey thoughts about language and brains and the way our experience of time affects our views on life. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make...
Minisode: Academic Writing and Anthropology with Katie
March 11, 2022 16:22 - 41 minutes - 48.3 MBJulia is joined by fellow anthropology graduate student Katie to talk about the alien language of “Academic English” and how it has affected their own academic careers. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: Book Club episode 076 Watching the English by Kate Fox Book Club episode 029 This Is Your ...
089 Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
March 05, 2022 19:14 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBJulia and Victoria provide a little feedback sandwich on Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, a book designed to help women cope with the unique burnout that results from dealing with the patriarchy. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily N...
088 A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
February 25, 2022 20:33 - 55 minutes - 53.2 MBJulia and Victoria get into their feels with A Thousand Mornings, a book of poetry written by Mary Oliver, and chosen by their special guest Samira Sakbay. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver “Daisies” by Mary Oliver What Mary Oli...
087 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
February 19, 2022 06:30 - 52 minutes - 43.7 MBWhile discussing the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Julia and Victoria ask the question on everyone’s mind: Are there too many World War II novels? Julia gets stuck on the fact that this story is sort of about a magical gemstone. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentione...
086 The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
February 11, 2022 18:00 - 54 minutes - 46.3 MBJulia and Victoria make a glorious return to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series with The Sea of Monsters, in which the heroes complete Odysseus’ ten-year journey in just four days. J & V revisit the “girl power” scenes with Circe as adults, and they have Feelings. Note: While we're discussing a YA novel, our episode is not intended for young listeners. We use some mild profanity and mention some adult topics. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post ma...
086 The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan: foils, feminism, and disability representation
February 11, 2022 18:00 - 54 minutes - 46.3 MBJulia and Victoria make a glorious return to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series with The Sea of Monsters, in which the heroes complete Odysseus’ ten-year journey in just four days. J & V revisit the “girl power” scenes with Circe as adults, and they have Feelings. Note: While we're discussing a YA novel, our episode is not intended for young listeners. We use some mild profanity and mention some adult topics. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post ma...
Minisode: Setting Reading Goals (or Not) in 2022
January 21, 2022 19:45 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBVictoria is one to set goals, make plans, collect data, and track progress. So why do reading goals feel so…difficult!? In this solo minisode, Victoria recounts her troubled past of setting reading goals, sings the praises of The StoryGraph (again), and shares questions to consider if you’re looking to set bookish goals (or anti-goals) for 2022. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or The StoryGraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you deci...
Minisode: Stories of 2021
December 31, 2021 22:41 - 31 minutes - 23 MBHappy Holidays! Happy New Year! Nothing matters! Julia and Victoria reflect on the changes of 2021. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: Book Club episode: The Wisdom of Your Body James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds podcast Book Club episode: Red, White & Royal Blue
085 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
December 17, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBJulia and Victoria get very excited about their spur of the moment decision to talk about Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, the queer royal romance the world was waiting for. Julia had some technical difficulties and recorded on a less-than-ideal microphone, but it couldn’t be postponed because they were too pumped. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at...
084 The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
December 10, 2021 18:00 - 55 minutes - 52 MBWell over a year later, Julia and Victoria face their fears of long page counts and return to Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series with The Story of a New Name. They discuss the complexity and ingenuity of Ferrante’s depiction of womanhood, and how much they hate Nino Sarratorre. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentione...
Bonus: Live Event Q&A
December 03, 2021 18:41 - 28 minutes - 22.5 MBJulia and Victoria (and project manager Rebecca) recorded the Q&A session from their first ever LIVE online Book Club members event. Some audio quality may be compromised, but the enthusiasm for reaching the two year mark of making Book Club is not! Follow us on Instagram and StoryGraph! Learn more about Book Club membership.
083 The Wisdom of Your Body by Dr. Hillary McBride
November 27, 2021 05:38 - 59 minutes - 57.2 MBJulia and Victoria plumb new psychological (and physiological) depths on the subject of embodiment with The Wisdom of Your Body by Dr. Hillary McBride. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image Dr. Hillary McBride The Liturgists podcast Other People’s Problems pod...
082 Take a Hint, Dani Brown! by Talia Hibbert
November 19, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBJulia and Victoria, and special guest Chelsea Kuchik, return to the spicy world of contemporary romance fiction with Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. They find their favorite tropes and consider what Bridgerton did for the acceptance of romance novels. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Follow @chelsea.is.readin...
081 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
November 13, 2021 04:12 - 54 minutes - 54.7 MBJulia and Victoria get super excited about sentence structure and contemplate the chaotic nature of grief with The Year of Magical Thinking by the queen of nonfiction, Joan Didion. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the episode: “The Second Coming” poem by Yeats Book Club episode: Gold Plated Girls Good O...
Bonus: Gold-Plated Girls
November 05, 2021 22:48 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBJulia and Victoria are joined by Hayley and yet another Victoria (No, this is not confusing at all.) from Gold Plated Girls to chat about creativity and pop culture, choosing your team and fighting imposter syndrome, and--unbelievably--baseball. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Follow Gold-Plated Girls! Subscribe to t...
080 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
October 30, 2021 01:50 - 52 minutes - 43.3 MBJulia and Victoria make another foray into the gothic genre with Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and spend a fair amount of time talking about mushrooms. Quick note: In this episode we misspoke when discussing War of the Worlds. It was in fact written by H.G. Wells and not H.P. Lovecraft! Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram or Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Le...
079 And Then We Grew Up by Rachel Friedman
October 22, 2021 23:20 - 55 minutes - 48 MBJulia and Victoria have an impromptu therapy session discussing And Then We Grew Up by Rachel Friedman about the complicated relationship creative adults have with the art forms they pursued in their youth. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: Good Girls Guide to Getting Lo...
078 Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade
October 15, 2021 22:45 - 55 minutes - 47.9 MBNo philosopher ever needs to ponder the nature of humor or ask the question, “What makes something funny?” ever again because Julia and Victoria have definitely solved it with this episode’s discussion of Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the episode: ...
077 Leave It to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse
October 08, 2021 20:12 - 57 minutes - 51.4 MBJulia and Victoria, along with Julia’s mom, chat about their comfort books and the novel Leave It To Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram and Storygraph! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Mentioned in the Episode: A Bounty of Blandings by P. G. Wodehouse All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert ...
Re-Release: Becoming by Michelle Obama
September 28, 2021 01:47 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBBefore Julia and Victoria return for Season 8, Book Club’s Project Manager Rebecca selected her favorite episode from the pod’s back catalogue to reminisce on the early pandemic days and listen to the delightful conversation with special guest Simone about Becoming by Michelle Obama. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge!
076 Watching the English by Kate Fox
September 13, 2021 17:08 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBJulia and Victoria read their favorite (and only) social anthropology book, Watching the English by Kate Fox, which helped Julia tap into her innate anthropological powers. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Topping and Company Booksellers, Ely Anthropologist Robin Fox Star Trek Recommendations: Quiet by Susan Cain Ugly Delicious on Netflix Home Game on Netflix X by Daniel Sloss The Culture Map by Erin Meyer NativL...
075 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
August 24, 2021 16:19 - 53 minutes - 45.3 MBJulia and Victoria try to solve the Who, the How, and the Why of Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and may or may not reach a verdict. Victoria invents a new grammatical tense. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in this Episode: - Birdman (film) - Master of None on Netflix - Bob’s Burgers on Fox - Westworld on HBO - Legion on Hulu - Sorry For Your Loss on Facebook Watch - Charles Yu on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Law and Order:...
074 Beloved by Toni Morrison
August 17, 2021 10:31 - 52 minutes - 43.2 MBJulia and Victoria enter a dream state to talk about Beloved by Toni Morrison and its place within both the horror genre and American history. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: - American Horror Story, TV Series - National Women’s History Museum - St Anthony - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - Sula by Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison - True story of Margaret Garner - Charlotte Brontë - Get Out film,...
Minisode: What Your Autistic Body Feels is Real
August 10, 2021 01:36 - 13 minutes - 12 MBJulia reads her essay “What Your Autistic Body Feels Is Real: How I Found Out I Was Gaslighting Myself For Years and What I’m Doing Now.” Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: The Cozy Robot Show Neurotribes, by Steve Silberman (and Book Club episode) The Reason I Jump, by Naoki Higashida (and Book Club episode) Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, by Naoki igashida (and Book Club episode) The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion (and ...
073 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
August 03, 2021 04:27 - 53 minutes - 42.9 MBJulia and Victoria, who had somehow never read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery, are joined by ANGR Podcast host Sofia Syntaxx, who has collected upwards of ten editions of the book from all over the world, including the most recent translation into their indigenous language Anishinaabemowin. They talk about translation across languages and cultures, childhood dreams, and being haunted by the Duolingo owl. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challeng...
072 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
July 26, 2021 22:59 - 58 minutes - 47.8 MBJulia and Victoria contemplate mortality (and whether they could be buried under paper trees to become books in their next lives) with the help of the darkly comic memoir Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Katelyn Doughty about a young woman trying to become a mortician and revolutionize the way Americans handle death. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: The Office Parks and Recreation The Order of the Good Death, website “Ask a ...
071 The Case For Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
July 20, 2021 03:49 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBJulia and Victoria revisit the hugely influential essay “The Case For Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and examine the ways reparations have played out in the US and beyond. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Austin Channing Brown’s newsletter We Were Eight Years In Power, essay collection by Ta-Nahesi Coates Listen to our eposide! National Sorry Day in Australia Evanston, Ill. sets a plan for reparations Information f...
070 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
July 12, 2021 23:54 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBJulia and Victoria try to figure out why their 2011 Harper Teen copy of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte looks suspiciously like Twilight and why that’s interesting for the genre of Gothic literature. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer Jane Eyre (2011), directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga Fallen, novel by Lauren Kate Beautiful Creatures, first novel in Caster Chronicles series by Kami Garcia and ...
069 Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
July 06, 2021 04:54 - 1 hour - 56 MBWhen Julia and Victoria found out there was a book out there in the world which combined feminism, writing, and data (aka their three favorite things) called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez, they absolutely had to read it for Book Club. Victoria talks very fast about women’s unpaid labor, and Julia realizes she can ask the world to design things that actually fit her tiny hands. Fair Warning: This is not the book to read before bed because it will fill you with a burning feminist ra...
068 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
June 16, 2021 00:16 - 57 minutes - 43.1 MBJulia and Victoria are joined by their friend Andy Park to discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and his family’s experiences as Korean American immigrants. Julia makes several K-Pop references. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee Interview with Min Jin Lee on Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast Escaping North Korea by Mike Kim Fred Armisen learns he’s a quarter Korean John Oliv...
Minisode: Stories of the Pandemic
June 08, 2021 03:10 - 34 minutes - 22.3 MBJulia and Victoria contemplate how they will remember the pandemic. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer “Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918” from NYT Book Club Episode 066 We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates “McDonald’s Workers Will Strike for $15 an Hour in Fifteen Cities” from Vice
067 The Giver by Lois Lowry
June 01, 2021 19:32 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBJulia and Victoria take a look at the children’s classic The Giver by Lois Lowry with fresh eyes as an extended critique of whiteness and dominant culture. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Other books by Lois Lowry: Gathering Blue Messenger Son Number the Stars The Willoughbys Return Nancy Drew series The Boxcar Children series The Magic Treehouse series Descartes/Cartesian logic You’re a Miracle (and a Pain in ...
066 We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
May 24, 2021 23:45 - 1 hour - 45 MBJulia and Victoria outline the parallel narratives of We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates: 1. The journey of Coates as a writer and thinker on the rise during Obama’s presidency, and 2. His essays unraveling the true tragedy of America’s history buried underneath the country’s larger-than-life myths. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ website Article about Coates writing ...
065 The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
May 16, 2021 06:45 - 1 hour - 50 MBWhere does our food come from? (And why is there so much corn in everything?) Julia and Victoria, with special guest and Book Club’s project manager Rebecca Gesme, discuss Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma in which he endeavors to answer these very important and complicated questions. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Michael Pollan’s website Netflix series, “Cooked” Judith Belzer, painter Pollan’s interview on Fr...
Minisode: #Bookstagram
May 08, 2021 21:24 - 28 minutes - 21.8 MBJulia and Victoria take a little interlude from reading to discuss the Instagram book community known as #bookstagram: the positive side of democratizing book reviews, the struggles of bowing to the almighty algorithm, and the weird trends that don’t make any sense. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in this episode: @bookclubwithjv #bookstagram Here’s an Annoying New Instagram Trend: Throwing Yourself on a Pile of Open Books by Hillary...
064 Untamed by Glennon Doyle
May 01, 2021 20:00 - 56 minutes - 42 MBJulia and Victoria endeavor to answer some fundamental questions about Untamed by Glennan Doyle, such as “What is this book exactly?” and “What’s it about?” and “Who is actually it for?” Unclear whether they succeed. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Brené Brown Episode 054: “Braving the Wilderness” Glennon Doyle’s Blog, Momastary Abby Wambach The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan Book Club Minisode: “The History of ...
063 Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 by Naoki Higashida
April 24, 2021 19:08 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBNaoki Higashida brought the tea with his most recent book in translation Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 about his experience as a non-verbal autistic young adult, and an extremely successful writer and speaker. Julia and Victoria share some of their favorite insights from his work on everything from ableism in education to the importance of allowing disabled people to express their full humanity in a world that prefers to pretend they do not exist. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Jo...
062 Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson
April 17, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThis week on the podcast, Julia and Victoria try to define just what exactly Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson is about, and after an hour of conversation, they land on “nothing and absolutely everything,” which does not do this incredible and soul-stirring book justice. But it’s the best they’ve got. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Mentioned in the Episode: Rudine Sims Bishop, Ph.D, mirrors and windows concept Baldwin for the Arts fellowshi...
061 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
April 12, 2021 19:23 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBJulia and Victoria are back to discuss The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion about an undiagnosed autistic man trying to navigate all the weird social rules of dating and relationships with a bunch of people who won’t explain anything. So for Julia, it was a comical reminder of her own journey not knowing how to make friends in college, and for Victoria, the book was a super fun love story and a good reminder on the importance of open and clear communication. Become a Member! Follow Us on Ins...
Minisode: What's Going On?
April 02, 2021 19:59 - 28 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat’s going on with Book Club With Julia & Victoria? Why did they take such a long break? And what are their plans for the future? Find out in this week’s minisode as J&V reveal their hopes and dreams and big ideas. Sign up to become a member of the Book Club! Join The Book Club tier to help us choose books for future episodes, get advance and discounted access to events, and connect with fellow book nerds! Join The ‘Tism Tier to get free access to Julia’s articles on autism!
Bonus: All About BTS with ARMY Kristine Ilagan
March 22, 2021 13:46Julia hasn’t stopped talking about BTS for an entire year, so she decided to channel that energy into a podcast episode. She’s joined by her fellow BTS fan (also called ARMY) Kristine Ilagan to go over their favorite BTS songs and all the reasons why they love these talented artists and their message of love and acceptance. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Every Single Thing We Mentioned in the Episode: “Paradise” Love Yourself: Tear Wonder Girl...
Re-Release: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
March 08, 2021 19:59 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBJulia and Victoria have relied on the insights of Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly countless times throughout the past year of lockdown. So during the Book Club hiatus, they wanted to share it again to spread some positive messages on the importance of vulnerability and love and acceptance. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Click here to fill our our survey! Click here to see the show notes from the original episode!
Re-Release: Educated by Tara Westover
February 26, 2021 18:10 - 56 minutes - 22.6 MBThis week Julia and Victoria travel all the way back to their sixth episode! Victoria was severely jetlagged, and they were recording into a computer mic on Julia’s bed. Ah, simpler times. Please enjoy this little time machine back to an exploration of the incredible book Educated by Tara Westover. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Take the Survey Here! See the show notes from the original episode here!
Re-Release: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
February 21, 2021 19:21 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBJulia and Victoria are taking a bit of a vacation to figure out what the hell they’re doing with their lives. But in the meantime, here’s one of their favorite episodes they’ve made so far (and the last one they recorded before the world shut down): My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, with special guest Jessia Campion Park. Become a Member! Follow Us on Instagram! or Join the Storygraph Challenge! Take the Survey: Click here to fill out the survey and win free sh*t! Show Notes: See the...