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Hank Phillippi Ryan: The House Guest

Bookreporter Talks To - February 17, 2023 16:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Hank Phillippi Ryan talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her latest thriller, THE HOUSE GUEST, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. She offers insight into her characters, Alyssa and Bree, and explains how she created the cat-and-mouse game in which they find themselves. As she wrote she uppe...

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Jane Harper: Exiles

Bookreporter Talks To - February 10, 2023 16:17 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Jane Harper joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about EXILES, the final book in her Aaron Falk series. She explains why she felt it was time to say goodbye to Falk. The book takes place in a lush area of South Australia, and Jane mentions a trip there that in her mind solidified the book’s setting. ...

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"Bookaccino Live" Book Group: Nita Prose

Bookreporter Talks To - January 28, 2023 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Nita Prose joined Carol Fitzgerald for a "Bookaccino Live" Book Group discussion about her debut novel, THE MAID. Three readers shared questions on screen, and then there were numerous audience questions. Nita talked about her inspiration for the book, as well as her characters and how she wants...

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Deborah Goodrich Royce: Reef Road

Bookreporter Talks To - January 20, 2023 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Deborah Goodrich Royce joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest book, REEF ROAD, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection. This is Deborah’s third novel and was inspired by the murder of her mother’s best friend. REEF ROAD opens on a surf beach where young surfers find seagulls hovering ove...

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Allegra Goodman: Sam

Bookreporter Talks To - January 19, 2023 16:46 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Allegra Goodman joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her latest novel, SAM, which is a “Read with Jenna” Today Show Book Club selection. They talk about the character development of Sam, and Allegra’s challenge of writing her with the right voice as she ages. They explore Sam’s worldview during h...

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Dani Shapiro: Signal Fires

Bookreporter Talks To - January 05, 2023 16:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Dani Shapiro joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about SIGNAL FIRES, which was named a best book of 2022 by Time Magazine, the Washington Post and Amazon, and was a 2022 Bookreporter Bets On selection. Dani shares that she started this book 15 years ago — but shelved it to turn to other projects — an...

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Bookaccino Live! Best of 2022

Bookreporter Talks To - December 15, 2022 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Welcome to our End-of-the-Year video where Carol Fitzgerald talks about all 40 of the books that she selected as Bookreporter "Bets On" selections in 2022! You can read more about these titles and enter to WIN ALL 40 of them by Friday, January 6th in our End-of-the-Year Contest: https://www.book...

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“Bookaccino Live”: Our Reviewers' Top Books of 2022

Bookreporter Talks To - December 10, 2022 01:05 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Carol Fitzgerald and Tom Donadio talk to 11 Bookreporter reviewers about their top three books of 2022. Narrowing their selections down to just three was a challenge for many of them!   You can see the books that they discussed here  https://www.bookreporter.com/sites/default/files/Bookaccin...

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"Bookaccino Live" Book Group: Charmaine Wilkerson-Black Cake

Bookreporter Talks To - December 09, 2022 21:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Charmaine Wilkerson joined Carol Fitzgerald for a "Bookaccino Live" Book Group discussion about her debut novel, BLACK CAKE. Three readers shared questions on screen, and then there were numerous audience questions. Charmaine explained how she writes in bursts, and that her writing can sometimes...

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Clare Mackintosh: The Last Party

Bookreporter Talks To - November 18, 2022 03:10 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Clare Mackintosh joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest novel, THE LAST PARTY, which is a blend of police procedural and psychological thriller. It’s set on the border of England and Wales, where each country has a lot of national pride at stake when a crime happens across the border. A...

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Jamie Fiore Higgins: Bully Market

Bookreporter Talks To - November 11, 2022 18:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Jamie Fiore Higgins talks to Carol Fitzgerald about BULLY MARKET: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs. Jamie explains what drove her to join Goldman Sachs in the late ’90s and the obstacles she faced as she started her career. She shares details about the demands of the job and the c...

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Bookaccino Book Group: Joyce Maynard

Bookreporter Talks To - November 02, 2022 00:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Joyce Maynard joins Carol Fitzgerald for a "Bookaccino Live" Book Group discussion about her latest novel, COUNT THE WAYS. They were joined by two readers who shared questions on screen, and then they went to audience questions. Joyce is now writing the sequel to COUNT THE WAYS, so she was very ...

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Thrity Umrigar: Honor

Bookreporter Talks To - October 27, 2022 15:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Thrity Umrigar joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest book (her 10th), HONOR, which has just been published in paperback. Carol first read Thrity’s novel, THE SPACE BETWEEN US, back in 2006, which made a big impression on her. The same can be said of HONOR. Thrity talks about the repo...

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Alli Frank and Asha Youmans: Tiny Imperfections and Never Meant To Meet You

Bookreporter Talks To - October 20, 2022 05:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Alli Frank and Asha Youmans talk to Carol Fitzgerald about their first two novels, TINY IMPERFECTIONS and NEVER MEANT TO MEET YOU, both of which are Bookreporter Bets On selections. Both books are sharply smart and full of comedic timing (Carol laughed out loud reading both) as readers see both ...

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Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Bookaccino Live Book Group: The Personal Librarian

Bookreporter Talks To - October 03, 2022 15:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray join Carol Fitzgerald for a "Bookaccino Live" Book Group discussion about their New York Times bestseller, THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN. They were joined by five readers who shared questions on screen, before they went to audience questions. Marie and Vic...

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Lynda Cohen Loigman: The Matchmaker's Gift

Bookreporter Talks To - September 30, 2022 17:42 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Lynda Cohen Loigman joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her new historical novel, THE MATCHMAKER’S GIFT. Lynda was writing something else when Lynda’s daughter brought her roommate home when their college classes shut down during the pandemic. The three of them ended up watching “Indian Matchma...

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Sally Koslow: The Real Mr. Tobias

Bookreporter Talks To - September 30, 2022 16:45 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Sally Koslow joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest novel, THE REAL MRS. TOBIAS, which explores three generations of a family living in New York City. They are three very different women, and their interactions with each other make for strong storytelling. Aside from their own stories, ...

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Casey Sherman: Helltown

Bookreporter Talks To - August 04, 2022 14:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Casey Sherman talks to Carol Fitzgerald about HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod. Casey gives readers a real 360-view of the heinous crimes committed by Tony Costa in the summer of 1969 when young women were not just murdered, they also were dismembered and violated after ...

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Bonnie Garmus: Lessons in Chemistry

Bookreporter Talks To - August 01, 2022 14:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Bonnie Garmus talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her debut novel, LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, which has been getting a ton of buzz since it came out in April. It was a “Good Morning America” Book Club selection for April and an instant New York Times bestseller. Bonnie shares that one day she walked away...

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Jennifer Hillier: The Things We Do in the Dark

Bookreporter Talks To - July 19, 2022 13:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Jennifer Hillier talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her latest thriller, THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK, set in the 1990s. They talk about how the technology of the time period affected the way the characters communicated with each other. They delve into the characters relationships with one another, and...

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Katie Runde: The Shore

Bookreporter Talks To - July 08, 2022 14:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Katie Runde talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her debut novel, THE SHORE, which is set at the Jersey Shore. They talk about how her life influenced the writing of this book, as well as how the storytelling evolved over the years. They also share stories about the different towns that encompass the...

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Meg Mitchell Moore: Vacationland

Bookreporter Talks To - June 28, 2022 14:04 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Meg Mitchell Moore talks to Carol Fitzgerald about VACATIONLAND, her latest novel, which is set in Maine. The home in the book is loosely based on a home that her friends own in Maine. She loves visiting there and setting a book there was a joy. The book opens with a woman on a bus coming to tow...

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Tom Perrotta: Tracy Flick Can't Win

Bookreporter Talks To - June 24, 2022 15:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Tom Perrotta talks to Carol Fitzgerald about his new book TRACY FLICK CAN’T WIN, which is a follow up to his 1998 bestseller, ELECTION. Tom talks about what drew him to write about Tracy again, as well as how she has become an icon. He sheds light on his work as a comic writer, as well as what i...

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Julie Clark: The Lies I Tell

Bookreporter Talks To - June 21, 2022 14:51 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Julie Clark talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her latest novel, The Lies I Tell. They chat about this twisted domestic thriller that features a con woman as the protagonist. But there is a reporter on the con woman’s trail with an agenda of her own. They also talk about Julie’s last book, The La...

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Janet Skeslien Charles Bookaccino Live: The Paris Library

Bookreporter Talks To - May 31, 2022 19:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Janet Skeslien Charles joins Carol Fitzgerald for a “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event where they talked about The Paris Library, which is a New York Times bestseller and a Bets On selection available in paperback. Four audience members shared their questions with Janet before we opened up the Q...

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Chris Pavone: Two Nights in Lisbon

Bookreporter Talks To - May 25, 2022 18:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Chris Pavone, the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats, joins the podcast to discuss Two Nights in Lisbon, his latest thriller. The novel follows Ariel Price, who wakes up on her vacation in Lisbon to find her husband missing. The more the police search, the more questions surface, s...

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Kim Michele Richardson: The Book Woman's Daughter

Bookreporter Talks To - May 20, 2022 20:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Kim Michele Richardson joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her new breakout success, The Book Woman's Daughter. Following from the first book, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, this successor tells the story of Honey, the librarian's daughter. Honey picks up the same packhorse library trail a...

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Sarah McCoy: Mustique Island

Bookreporter Talks To - May 10, 2022 21:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Sarah McCoy, author of Mustique Island joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest book, which is set on one of the tiniest islands in the Caribbean. The story is set in the early 1970s, when Mustique was owned by British playboy. As the book opens, a beauty queen sails to Mustique looking...

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Authorfest: Nelson DeMille & Janet Evanovich

Bookreporter Talks To - May 04, 2022 16:24 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
A conversation with #1 internationally bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Janet Evanovich. Moderated by Carol Fitzgerald from The Book Report Network. Both DeMille and Evanovich have created some of the most iconic recurring characters in fiction, keeping them interesting, surprising, and f...

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Macmillan's Book & Author Event

Bookreporter Talks To - April 28, 2022 20:48 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
I'd like to thank Macmillan for providing this incredible opportunity to reconnect with Chris Whitaker about his paperback of We Begin at the End! For our Bookreporter Talks To interviews, you can follow the links below. Book Discussed in This Episode: We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker http...

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