Episode 39: Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR

04/01/25 • 39 min

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 39, “Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR?”

Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Be sure to get settled in, cue up the latest episode, open your TBR tracker, and get ready to add 6+ more books to your stack.

In This Episode:

The ladies check in, sharing how their reading and life is going.
Both women share what types of books they’re bringing to the show for this episode.
Time for the meat of the episode, where Erin and Jillian share three books each. Books you should definitely add to your TBR.
What is the hot take for this week? Tune in to hear what Jillian and Erin are giving their 2 cents on.
After you listen to the hot take, share with us on Instagram - @mediumladyreads
What’s on our holds lists? Listen in to find out, and add even more books to your TBR.

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
The Heartstopper Series by Alice Oseman
The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
We Were Dreamers Simu Liu
Taste by Stanley Tucci
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow 2) by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
Women Who Work Too Much by Tamu Thomas
Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Penitence by Kristin Koval

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 39, “Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR?”

Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Be sure to get settled in, cue up the latest episode, open your TBR tracker, and get ready to add 6+ more books to your stack.

In This Episode:

The ladies check in, sharing how their reading and life is going.
Both women share what types of books they’re bringing to the show for this episode.
Time for the meat of the episode, where Erin and Jillian share three books each. Books you should definitely add to your TBR.
What is the hot take for this week? Tune in to hear what Jillian and Erin are giving their 2 cents on.
After you listen to the hot take, share with us on Instagram - @mediumladyreads
What’s on our holds lists? Listen in to find out, and add even more books to your TBR.

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
The Heartstopper Series by Alice Oseman
The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
We Were Dreamers Simu Liu
Taste by Stanley Tucci
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow 2) by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
Women Who Work Too Much by Tamu Thomas
Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Penitence by Kristin Koval

Previous Episode

Episode 38: Sneaky Censorship in the Bookish Community

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 38, “Sneaky Censorship in the Bookish Community.”

Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Thanks to daylight savings time we’re all enjoying a bit more evening sunshine, and today’s recommendations are sure to brighten your day! Today Erin and Jillian are bringing you another stack of books for your future TBR

In This Episode:

Erin and Jillian check in on how they’re reading and life is going.
Both women share what types of books they’re bringing to the show for this episode.
Jillian and Erin each bring and share 3 books to the show. Tune in to hear what they’re sharing!
Next up, the ladies discuss hot takes. Listen in to hear what the ladies are debating this week.
Mentioned in this episode: @britandherbooks
Time for the holds list! What are Erin and Jillian waiting for from the library? Better listen in! (Erin even got into a little trouble with the library.) 😉😉😉

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
(S)kin by Ibi Zoboi
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
The Woman In Me by Britney Spears
For She is Wrath by Emily Varga
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Christopher Pike Books by Christopher Pike
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Kate and Frida by Kim Fay
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune

Next Episode

Episode 40: Wonderful Publishers Behind Wonderful Authors

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 40, “Wonderful Publishers Behind Wonderful Authors.”

Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Erin and Jillian are excited to land in a new “decade” of episodes. The ladies are both in their 40s and they’ve hit their stride with the podcast as they arrive at episode forty. This episode will continue to bring you all the content you love! Book recs, cozy vibes and hot takes, Jillian and Erin are so glad you’re here!

In This Episode:

The ladies thank their listeners for helping them hit 40 episodes.
Erin and Jillian check in with each other about how they’re reading and how life is going.
Both ladies bring 2 new books to the show and then share a review of the latest TJ Klune release.
It’s time for the hot take of the episode! Jillian and Erin share their thoughts on this week’s hot take - tune in to learn what they’re chatting all about.
What’s on their Holds List? Erin and Jillian weigh in on what they’re reading next.
Mentioned in this episode: Episode 27 and The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.

Books Mentioned In this Episode:

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen
Penitence by Kristin Koval
First Time Caller by B.K. Borison
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
What Happened to the McCrays by Tracey Lange
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
The Mars House by Natasha Pulley
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor
James by Percival Everett
Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter
Kate & Frida by Kim Fay

Medium Lady Reads - Episode 39: Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR

Transcript

MLR Ep 39 Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR
[Music] Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reaves. This is episode 39. We'll bring our six new book recommendations. You bring the coffee or tea. Together we've got one fantastic episode. Hi everyone, I'm Jillian and Instagram content strategist for Bookish People, a mom of two based in Buffalo, New York. I'm Erin, a mom of three, a hospital administrator in Ontario, Canada, and the host and founder of the Medium Lady Community and being