Have you ever wanted a book that's a mix of early 2000's Barbie movies and Pride and Prejudice? Look no further than the Witches of Olderea series by Ireen Chau! On this episode I discuss book 1, The Herbwitch's Apprentice and learn about what goes into writing and publishing a novel! The OTS guide to Indie Bookstores (as recommended by the author's we've interviewed) (Shop Small Corner) Follow Ireen Follow Us Ireen's Etsy Amazon Last Episode with April Henry

Today I got to talk with NYT bestselling author (of 28 books!!) April Henry. Her newest book Girl Forgotten features teenager Piper Gray who after her mother dies moves in with her father and begins to investigate the town's cold case murder of a girl named Layla Trello through a podcast. If you enjoyed A Good Girl's Guide to Murder you'll enjoy Girl Forgotten! The OTS guide to Indie Bookstores (as recommended by the author's we've interviewed) (Shop Small Corner) Follow April Follow Us Last weeks interview wit Tracy Badua Buy The Book April's Indie Annie Blooms Our Local Indie

This week On The Shelf I had the honor of talking with Tracy Badua about her novel THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL STATEMENT. If you enjoy academic fraud and overachievers with spreadsheets of plans you may enjoy this episode and this book! Follow Tracy Follow Us Listen to yesterday’s interview with Tess Sharpe Buy the book Tracy’s Indie Mysterious Galaxy CA Quail Ridge NC Odyssey Books MA Barnes and Noble Amazon

Follow Tess Follow Us Listen to last week's interview with Kate Marchant Buy the book Quail Ridge (NC) Odyssey Books (MA) Green Apple Books (CA) Barnes and Noble Amazon

Today I had the honor of talking with Kate Marchant about her new book Whistleblower (out as of 3/14).  Whistleblower follows, junior in college, Laurel as she discovers a scoop that could change her college forever and is also YA Romance.   We had a great time and we hope you enjoy. Follow Kate Follow On The Shelf Buy the book here! Quail Ridge Odyssey Books Barnes and Noble Books Inc.  Amazon

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Today we had the honor of talking with M.K. Lobb about her debut on the one month anniversary of it's release! Follow Us Follow M.K. Listen to Sunday's Interview with Elissa R. Sloan Buy Seven Faceless Saints Quail Ridge Books Odyssey Books Amazon Barnes and Noble Bakka-Phoenix River Bend Bookshop

Today we had Elissa R. Sloan author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes AND Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here on OTS for the second time! I love her writing and hope you enjoy this episode! Our interview about Cassidy Holmes Follow Elissa Follow Us Buy Hayley Aldridge! Book People Book Woman Quail Ridge Odyssey Books Amazon Barnes and Noble

Today I finally sat down and talked with Erin Reilly author of Tossed By The Waves. I had an amazing time talking all about her book and also getting off topic about books and music.  Follow Us Follow Erin Listen to last week's episode: Black History Month Book List (Books by Black authors to read allll months of the year) Buy Tossed By The Waves Keaton and Lloyd (NY) Barnes & Noble Quail Ridge (NC) Amazon  Odyssey Books (MA)

All of these authors should be read and supported every month of the year but here we compiled some of our favorites to highlight this Black History Month. The books and authors in this episode are features on our website for you to find any books that interest you further.  The Blog Post

Today we talked with Chloe Spencer author of MONSTERSONA (out today 2/14/23!!) We had a great time diving into her novel and if you're interested in getting your own copy check out one of these fine retailers below! Follow Us! Follow Chloe! Quail Ridge Books Charis Books and More Odyssey Books Little Shop of Stories

This week we discuss 'You Had Me At Hola' 'Heart and Seoul' and 'The Accidental Pin-Up' for our second annual Romance Book Swap/Book Buddies! A time to read and get out of your comfort zone when it comes to reading!

Today we got to talk to Anita Saxena, author of Double Axel or Nothing and The Price of Ice!  Both novels center around the world of skating, something Saxena is well acquainted with. This interview was a lot of fun and if you (like me) don't know a ton about skating and want to know more I recommend checking out her novels! Follow Anita on Instagram Follow Us for updates and future episodes Buy The Price of Ice from any of these fine retailers! Quail Ridge Books (our local indie) Odyssey Books (MA) Amazon AS’s Links: Signed Copies (Outside Edge) Little Professor Books (AL)

Today On The Shelf, We talk with debut author Kyla Zhao about her novel The Fraud Squad (now out from Berkley!)  Follow Kyla Follow Us Kyla's Local Indie Our Local Indie (NC) Another Local Indie (MA)

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Happy 2023 OTS Listeners!  I am so happy I was able to talk with Elissa today and I really hope you support her and her book.  Follow Elissa! Follow Us! Her local indie to buy and pre order Cassidy Holmes Hayley Aldridge Our local indie to buy and pre order Cassidy Holmes Hayley Aldridge

Thank you all so so much for your support this year we had a lot of fun and made 1236 minutes of episodes! Isn't that w i l d? We're all looking forward for what is in store for us next year and hope to take y'all along for the ride! Thanks again, Honora Quinn and the OTS team.

Happy Holidays from On The Shelf and Happy Monday! We has a blast doing secret Santa again and we hope you enjoy this episode! Follow Us on Instagram

Happy Wednesday listeners! Today I had the honor of talking to author Daniel Aleman about his new book Brighter Than The Sun (out in March 2023) if you enjoyed Aleman's debut, Indivisible I highly recommend checking out this episode as well as his book when it comes out! Follow us on Instagram Follow Daniel! Link to Glad Day Bookshop ~Support Daniel!~ Preorder Brighter Than The Sun! Quail Ridge (our local indie) Porter Square Books (Massachusetts)  Barnes and Noble Amazon Buy Indivisible Through:  Books of Wonder Quail Ridge Porter Square Books Barnes and Noble Amazon

Today I had the honor to talk to David Avallone about a whole host of topics and I hope you enjoy! Follow us on instagram Follow David Here are links to all of the stores David Mentioned Golden Apple House of Secrets Megabrain comics Forbidden Planet Counterpoint books

Preorder The Next New Syrian Girl! Quail Ridge Books Porter Square Books Brookline Booksmith Amazon Barnes and Noble

Justin's Indie Bookstore! The book on Justin's shelf was... 'Keep This To Yourself' by Tom Ryan Buy Wicked Little Things through... Our local Indie Barnes and Nobel Amazon  Follow Justin on Instagram  Follow Us on Instagram

We hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more! Follow us on instagram  Check out last week's author interview with Lindsey Jai! 

We hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more! Follow us on instagram  Buy Heavy Is The Crown though one of these retailers!! Independent Bookstores A Novel Escape Firestorm Books Highland Books Malaprop’s Bookstore Online Retailers Amazon

Welcome to Book Buddies Presented by OTS, in which I and a friend (this weekJada) go through a classic/iconic/popular YA book (this week Gilded by Marissa Meyer) and have a no holds barred (this means SPOILERS y'all) conversation about our thoughts on the book! We hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more! Listen to the last episode! Follow us on instagram 

Happy Halloween from OTS! Listen to the first episode of Book Buddies Listen to last week's episode on Autobuy Authors! Follow Us on Instagram

Welcome to Book Buddies Presented by OTS, in which I and a friend (this week Emma) go through a classic/iconic/popular YA book (this week The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes) and have a no holds barred (this means SPOILERS y'all) conversation about our thoughts on the book! We hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more! Follow us on instagram 

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We hope you enjoyed this deep dive into our favorite spooky, gothic, and thrilling books! A complete list of books we recommend is here  A link to last week's episode interviewing Ellie Marney Follow us on Instagram!

Today we talked with the amazing Ellie Marney about her book The Killing Code! Ellie's Local Bookstore (Australia)  Buy The Killing Code from our local indie  Follow Us On Instagram Last Week's Episode about Carrie Soto Is Back Last month's Author Interview with Taleen Voskuni

We hope you enjoyed this episode! Caroline and I had so much fun talking allll about Carrie Soto and what makes a TJR protagonist. As mentioned here is the link to the list of books I used Caroline's list of authors she mentioned   {Zoraida Cordova (and her short story collection) Romina Russell Isabel Allende} Follow us on Instagram  Buy Carrie Soto Is Back through our local indie Check Out The Rest of Our TJR Series! Malibu Rising  Daisy Jones and The Six Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Read my full review of Carrie Soto Is Back on Goodreads

Preorder Sorry, Bro through Taleen's favorite indie Preorder Sorry, Bro through Taleen's (other favorite) indie Preorder Sorry, Bro through our local indie Quail Ridge Books Links so YOU can help Armenia https://kooyrigs.org/donate https://allforarmenia.org/ https://www.cftjustice.org/ Check out last week's episode with A.K. Dailyy here Follow Taleen on Instagram! Follow Us on Instagram!

Today we had the honor of being A.K. Dailyy's first ever interview about her book Through Everything! We hope you enjoyed! our instagram A.K. Dailyy's instagram and tiktok Her Local book store as mentioned in the episode Buy Through Everything on Amazon A.K.'s Website our interview with other self pub author Abigail Hair

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WE'RE BACK! We hope you enjoy our first episode of the 2022-23 season!  If you're interested in listening to our other deep dives on TJR books you can find them below! Daisy Jones and The Six The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Listen to our last episode here!

Today we spoke with Lillie Lainoff Author of ONE FOR ALL! We hope you enjoy the episode and if you did please did consider buying the book for all the gals with swords goodness! Also feel free to check out out last few interviews with Camille Aubray, Abigail Hair, and Sarah Priscus! Read Lillie's Open Letter about Fencing Here Add ONE FOR ALL on Goodreads Buy ONE FOR ALL for yourself! Quail Ridge Books (our local NC Indie) East City Books (Lainoff's Local Indie WITH a signed copy) Amazon (32% off right now!) Barnes and Noble  Titan Books (Paperback with a NEW Cover! Ships Internationally too!) SARAH PRISCUS GROUPIES INTERVIEW ABIGAIL HAIR FROM THE MOUTHS OF SIRENS INTERVIEW CAMILLE AUBRAY GODMOTHERS INTERVIEW

Today on OTS we were honored to speak with debut author Sarah Priscus about her book GROUPIES which came out on July 12th! We hope you enjoy this episode and if you did consider buying Sarah's book for all the 70's Rock and Roll goodness! Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid's DAISY JONES AND THE SIX will find much to love/hate about the women in the circle of Holiday Sun and a complex woman who speedruns groupidom while trying to make a name for herself. If you liked this interview check out our last couple interviews with Abigail Hair and Camille Aubray! Sarah Priscus Links Add GROUPIES on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57883989-groupies?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JecK1R5BSa&rank=3 Buy GROUPIES for yourself! Quail Ridge (OTS local indie) https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9780063218017 Perfect Books! (SP Local Indie in CAN) https://bookmanager.com/1188534/?qs=groupies&q=h.tviewer&using_sb=status&qsb=keyword&searchtype=keyword Books on Beechwood (SP Local indie in CAN) https://store.booksonbeechwood.ca/item/Vus7kAU5V3XqtyUKHsOC5g Book Soup (LA hosted the launch of GROUPIES!) https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780063218017 Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/groupies-sarah-priscus/1140276928?ean=9780063218017 Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/Groupies-Novel-Sarah-Priscus/dp/0063218011/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26RZYVBULH9FK&keywords=groupies+sarah+priscus&qid=1659290553&sprefix=groupies%2Caps%2C251&sr=8-1 Abigail Hair Interview! https://anchor.fm/ontheshelfpod/episodes/OTS-Talks-with-Abigail-Hair-e1l22hr Camille Aubray Interview! https://anchor.fm/ontheshelfpod/episodes/OTS-Talks-With-Author-Camille-Aubray-e1jrvh1

Today we had the absolute honor of interviewing Abigail Hair, we discuss her self-published debut novel 'From The Mouths of Sirens'. We also has the honor of being her first ever author interview! We hope you enjoy the episode and check out Abigail on social media, and her book! Our links https://www.instagram.com/on_the_shelf_podcast/ linktr.ee/on_the_shelf_podcast ontheshelfpod.wordpress.com Abigail's Links! Add FTMOS on Goodreads! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60530514-from-the-mouths-of-sirens?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VNv0bb4Z6C&rank=1 Buy FTMOS! Available in Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover https://www.amazon.com/Mouths-Sirens-Abigail-Hair/dp/0578377187/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2R08GL9078FUP&keywords=from+the+mouths+of+sirens&qid=1657477732&sprefix=from+the+mouths+of%2Caps%2C1415&sr=8-1

Today we were so lucky and thankful to meet to with author Camille Aubray, author of Cooking for Picasso and The Godmothers, over zoom!  You can find her and her work at her website: http://www.camilleaubray.com/  

We discuss how this book will adapt for a movie, favourite characters, what we thought about the unique writing style, and more! Hope you enjoy this episode as much as we all loved the book!

Tune in for Taylor's last episode as host as we talk about coming of age books, college, and more!

In our traditional booklist style we talk about the books that we have read and want to read by AAPI writers! And, stay tuned for a quick explanation at the end by us of things that our schools have done in general to commemorate and draw attention to this important time. **Trigger warning; we briefly mention both a book that contains suicide, and another that contains sexual abuse: this is during Taylor's list of things she wants to read, and her list of nonfiction books** https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2266-111-new-books-to-read-for-asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-mon?ref=aapi2022_eb  Check out this list for some good books suggested in the episode!

We discuss what we read in our English classes this year; what we loved, what we hated, what we just didn't get...Tune in for hot takes on John Green, pretty normal and understandable takes on Wuthering Heights, and lots of opinions about AP Lang....

We discuss books about sibling relationships, the tropes that come with it, and what are siblings like (or in this case hate) to read!

We discuss THREE books: Charming as a Verb, Everything Everything, and the Opposite of Always. Its our first time with a new format: book "buddies." Some of us read each book. We really enjoyed it, and hopefully you do too!

We discuss why we reread certain books over and over: from the Umbrella academy to the Hunger Games.  *as a reminder: for those who are new to the pod and do not know: we mention Harry Potter, but we are completely opposed to JK Rowling and are not in any way recommending supporting JK Rowling https://wordpress.com/home/ontheshelfpod.wordpress.com 

We discuss We Were Liars and others, exploring what the different kinds of unreliable narrators are, where the term came from, and our opinions on complicated villains! *trigger warning: we briefly discuss the idea of the "madman" trope: how this term is offensive, and out of line with current understandings of mental health.  https://www.instagram.com/on_the_shelf_podcast/

We discuss our favorite books about real events, why true stories aren't marketed to teens as much as adults, and what style of storytelling we think makes a great memoir! https://ontheshelfpod.wordpress.com/2022/03/06/book-recommendation-becoming-michelle-obama/