Carving Out More Time For Novels with Samantha Brentmoor

In this episode voice actor and narrator Samantha Brentmoor joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Hamnet  by Maggie O'Farrell Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Seveneves by Neal Stephenson What a way to go by Bella Mackie  Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson Annie Bot by Sierra Greer How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump is a 2026 essay collection from The Dial and The New Press  Trad Wife Saratoga Schaefer   Rites of the Starling is an epic romantic fantasy novel by Devney Perry Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver Clara & the Devil, Volume 1 by Olivie Blake Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Big Fan: An 831 Stories Romance by Alexandra Romanoff Once in a Timeline by Iman Hariri-Kia Rumors & Whiskey: Whiskey Women by VICTORIA. WILDER   Instagram: @ms_brentmoor Tiktok: @ms_brentmoor https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/ https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode voice actor and narrator Samantha Brentmoor joins me to discuss her career reading audiobooks and performance. She is the audiobook voice for Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, Shield of Sparrows by Deveney Perry, Bourbon and Lies by Victoria Wilder, and Wild Side by Elsie Silver.  Instagram: @ms_brentmoor Tiktok: @ms_brentmoor https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/ https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode my friend Amelia Beckerman joins me to discuss her career in publishing and her writing. Check out her short story Boyfriend Island in the new edition of Epiphany Magazine.  Instagram: @ameliaisntfunny Check out her short story here!   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Name joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Talia Hibbert Cara Bastone Isabel Cañas   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard The Bridgerton book series iby Julia Quinn Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Hot Summer by Elle Everheart  Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer  Promise Me Sunshine: A Warm and Emotional Romance that Will Tug on Your Heartstrings by Cara Bastone Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Vampires Del Norte by Isabel Cañas The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas The Murder Bot Diaries by Martha Wells The Witch King by H. E. Edgmon Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer Scythe and Pen by A.C. Hobbs Daggermouth by H. M. Wolfe Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard  Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard  Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven  The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Eat Slay Love by Julie Mae Cohen  Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi   Instagram: @podcasts.by.sarah, @sarah.t.author Tiktok: @podcasts.by.sarah Website: https://www.sarahtullochwrites.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Sarah Tulloch joins me to discuss her podcast producing company and journey as a writer!  Instagram: @podcasts.by.sarah Tiktok: @podcasts.by.sarah Website: https://www.sarahtullochwrites.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Temi and Kennedy, creators of Lit Out Loud NYC join me again to discuss their relationship to reading and all of their favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Junie B Jones by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan  The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Maame by Jessica George The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya Big Fan: An 831 Stories Romance by Alexandra Romanoff   Instagram: @litoutloudnyc, @temi.jpg, @kennedyavery Tiktok: @litoutloudnyc Linktree: Lit Out Loud NYC   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode, creators of Lit Out Loud NYC, Temi and Kennedy, join me to discuss their event series. Lit Out Loud is an experience in NYC where readers come together to listen to their favorite books read aloud in a public setting!    In March, I was lucky enough to attend an event for Iman Hariri-Kia’s book Female Fantasy, read aloud by the voice actor herself, Samantha Brentmoor.    Instagram: @litoutloudnyc, @temi.jpg, @kennedyavery Tiktok: @litoutloudnyc Linktree: Lit Out Loud NYC   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author S.T. Ashman, joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Franz Kafka Noelle Ihli Freida McFadden   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Dark Matter By Blake Crouch Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm The Last to Drown by Noelle Ihli The Groomer by Jon Athan Missing Molly by  Natalie Barelli  A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson No Exit By Taylor Adams  The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean The Island by McKinty, Adrian How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie  Vox by Christina Dalcher All the Little Raindrops by Mia Sheridan Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Animal Farm by George Orwell The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Instagram: @stashmanauthor Linktree: https://www.ashmanbooks.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author S.T. Ashman, who is the author of many thriller novels including her series I Kill Killers, We Kill Killers, Final Kill and her stand alone’s Secrets Like Ours and You Cant Stay. Discusses her newest thriller Her Silence came out on july 21.    Instagram: @stashmanauthor Linktree: https://www.ashmanbooks.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA