Okie Bookcast

Welcome to the July edition of Your Next Great Read! J and Hannah are joined by YA author, Candace Kade, to talk books. We cover a ton of ground - everything from murder mysteries to teen angst to Japanese dragons. Something for every reader! Get ready to fill your TBR list with more great books. Connect with Candace: website | Instagram Get Candace's Books: Enhanced | Hybrid Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Candace Calculated - Nova McBee Suspended in the Stars - E.A. Hendryx Saints and Monsters - Ellen McGinty The Water Child - Ellen McGinty Uglies - Scott Westerfeld Hannah Liar’s Beach - Katie Cotugno Sundown - Hudson Haskins Brother - Ania Ahlborn Seed - Ania Ahlborn A Flicker in the Dark - Stacy Willingham The Fault in Our Stars - John Green J Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson I Must Say: My Humble Life as a Comedy Legend - Martin Short Machine Learning - Hugh Howey Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Volume 9 of Behind the Rain - our second anniversary edition! We've been celebrating Oklahoma poetry for two years now and have, in total, presented 105 poems from 46 fantastic poets. For this volume we have 14 poems from 12 poets. Here's the lineup: Spring High Noons - Abigail Pappas @actually_belleOn the Banks of the Canadian - Lydia Renfro @lyd.frohttps://lydiarenfro.com/Mother Raccoon - David Jennings @DJennPhotosdavidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comDouble Rainbow, Just East of Wanette - Ken Hada @ken.hada.3kenhada.orgBugs - Cassie Grimm @cassandrie_The Almanac Knows Nothing - Brand Rackley @brandrackleyRattlin' Bones - Alicia Daggs @solatidontThe Reason We Gather for the Solar Eclipse - Linda Neal Reising @nealreisinglindanealreising.weebly.comIf You Missed the House Concert - Rob Sturma @ratpack_slimwww.freezeraypoetry.comLike a Leaf and Sleep Comforts - Ruth Key @ruthkeypoetryRadical Acceptance - Durell Carter @durell.carterLast Look at Indiahoma before Old 62 Takes You Somewhere Else - Seth Copeland @sethtcopehttps://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/The End of Summers - Abigail Pappas @actually_belle Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

It's Chapter 61 of the Bookcast! This month, I sat down with three amazing Bookstagrammers - Grace Filer, Clay Mattox, and Jessica Berg - to talk about the Bookstagram community and each of their unique approaches to being a part of the ecosystem. We talk about a ton of books, but also about talking about books and building community around a shared passion for reading. Grace Filer is the Cofounder of If Books Could Thrill, a thriller book club in the metro OKC area and she’s been on Bookstagram for 2.5 years. Grace's Bookstagram: @gracevelynreads Clay Mattox is a reader who rediscovered a love of books in adulthood. He’s one of the four Book Bros OK on Bookstagram who host book clubs at Bluebird Books in Edmond and Second Story Books in OKC. Clay's Bookstagram: @madoc_grams_literature and @book_bros_ok Jessica Berg is a Librarian who works in cancer research & runs multiple monthly book clubs. Jessica's Bookstagram: @biblioberg Books and Resources Mentioned on the Show: Monstrulio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova House on the Cerulian Sea - TJ Klune The Women - Kristin Hannah The Ex Talk - Rachel Lynn Solomon Emily Henry It - Stephen King We Are All the Same in the Dark - Julia Heaberlin Dreamland Burning - Jennifer Latham The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros Wanderers - Chuck Wendig The Stand - Stephen King Cell - Stephen King Under the Dome - Stephen King Books in the Freezer Podcast Instagram: Michael Laborne To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers Monk and Robot Series - Becky Chambers Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson Now is not the Time to Panic - Kevin Wilson Tunneling to the Center of the Earth - Kevin Wilson The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King Wayward - Chuck Wendig Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome back to Your Next Great Read! Hannah and J are back with tons of recommendations and reviews for curious readers like you. Remember - you can purchase any of the titles we discuss via the links below or on our Bookshop.org online store. Every book you buy helps out the Bookcast AND a local bookstore of your choosing. Win. Win. Win. Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Hannah Horror Movie - Paul Tremblay Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus Landline - Rainbow Rowell The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward? Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson The Mist - Stephen King J You Like It Darker - Stephen King Swan Song - Robert McCammon Bird By Bird - Anne Lamott Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinnimann The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime - Vernor Vinge Why Call Them Back From Heaven? - Clifford Simak Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 60! And welcome back! I'm so excited to be back from hiatus and bringing you bookish conversations with great authors like Jeff Schmidt. Jeff is the author of the brand new book Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds. Jeff is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma where he has taught since 2005. Jeff specializes in innovation and he also serves as Associate Division Director of Marketing and Supply Chain Management. Jeff has been exploring ghost towns for more than 25 years and spent 4 years and traveled 8,000 miles working on the Here Today book. In our conversation we get to hear a ton of stories about these towns across Oklahoma as well as the thought and care and passion Jeff brought to this project. It is a fascinating look at our wild state that I know you’re going to love. Connect with Jeff: Website | Twitter |Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn Check out the brand new FREE course: Marketing through Podcast Appearances Mentioned on the Show: Ghost Towns of Kansas - Daniel C. Fitzgerald Ghost Towns of Oklahoma - John Morris From Strength to Strength - Arthur Brooks Build the Life You Want - Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey The Time Keeper - Mitch Albom The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom Hardy Boys - Franklin W. Dixon All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

It's Volume 8 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 10 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology: April and Winter - Aubrey Green @BlueCloverEditingwww.bluecloverediting.comLocal News From Where We Met - Seth Copeland https://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/Unhatched and Broken - David Jennings @DJennPhotosdavidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comAnd I See It Clearly - Abagail Pappas @actually_belleGut Shot - Brand Rackley @brandrackleyApproaching Seventy - Ron Wallace www.ronwallacepoetry.comMurrah - Paul Juhasz Paul Juhasz AuthorNext Time - Holly Jahangiri @author.hollyjahangirihttps://jahangiri.us/2020Trying - Clay Mattox @madoc_grams_literatureUntitled #5 - Jes McCutchen @jesmwritesjesmccutchenwrites.comIf you'd like to submit a poem for consideration for Volume Nine of Behind the Rain (releasing July 15, 2024), visit okiebookcast.com/behindtherain for details. Submission deadline is June 15! Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Hannah and I are joined by Andie Schulz to talk about what we've been reading and why you might love it. We cover everything from mind-bending horror to sweeping space operas to warm fuzzy rom-coms. There may also be some conversation about elements that would go into a YNGR Drinking Game. Enjoy the conversation and let us know your thoughts on the books we discuss. Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Discussed on the Show: Andie Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarity The Girl in Cabin 13 - A.J. Rivers The Long Game - Elena Armas All the Missing Girls - Megan Miranda Hannah A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Ask For Andrea - Noelle Ihli Episode Thirteen - Craig Dilouie Monster - Walter Dean Myers J This New Dark - Chase Dearinger After World - Debbie Urbanski Eyes of the Void - Adrian Tchaikovsky House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 59! My guest is author and poet, Paul Juhasz. A graduate of the Red Earth M.F.A., Paul’s work has appeared in several literary journals, most recently Concho River Review, Poetry Quarterly, Oklahoma Review and Main Street Rag. He has served as curator and coordinator of the Woody Guthrie Poets since 2020. He has four books, including his most recent - As If Place Matters - a collection of short fiction. In our conversation we talk about all of Paul’s work across genres and forms and his approach to connecting his lived experiences to his writing. We also get into how he unravels problems in his writing. This is a great conversation for readers and writers alike with some important things to say about how our history informs what we create. Quick content note: We talk about coping with childhood trauma and self-harm so please be aware of that content going into the conversation. Connect with Paul: Instagram | Facebook Paul's Books: Fulfillment: Diary of a Warehouse Picker Ronin The Inner Life of Comics As If Place Matters Mentioned on the show: Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs Joseph Conrad Lou Berney Jeannetta Calhoun Mish Letters to Wendy’s - Joe Wenderoth Fine Dog Press TC Boyle Cormac McCarthy Dave Eggers Hamlet - William Shakespeare No Country for Old Men - Corman McCarthy Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

I'm joined by the host of Fave Five From Fans, Jamie Ray, to talk about the film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Running Man. We talk about the book and the film and all of the many (so many) ways in which the two are different. It's a celebration of spandex and catchphrases - all of the 80s Arnold magic you can stand. If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through. Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong). Connect with Jamie: website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Purchase The Running Man Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 58! We've got a Round Table talking about all things romance writing. It's a fun and thoughtful conversation with something for everyone - even those of you (like me) who don't typically read romance. Magen Runyan - Podcaster (3 Book Girls) and Bookstagrammer Connect with Magen: Instagram | 3 Book Girls Clay Mattox - Bookstagrammer Connect with Clay: Instagram | Book Bros OK Collette Carmon - Author and VP of ORWG Connect with Collette: website | Facebook | Instagram Sabrina A. Fish - Author and President of ORWG Connect with Sabrina: website | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok Mentioned on the Show: Icebreaker - Hannah Grace Book Lovers - Emily Henry Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Canas A Game of Gods - Scarlett St. Clair Under the Dome - Stephen King The Greatest Love Story Ever Told - Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally Cold Blood - Marnie Vinge Vampire Queen's Search - Sabrina A. Fish How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson Nalini Singh Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson Butcher and Blackbird - Brynne Weaver Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier The King of Spring - Collette Carmon Oklahoma Ro Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Looking for great books? We've got you covered! Our guest is Bookstagrammer Grace Filer who runs the "If Books Could Thrill" book club in OKC. Connect with Grace: Instagram | If Books Could Thrill IG Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Recommendations in this episode: Grace I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death - Maggie O’Farrell The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova The Midnight Club - Christopher Pike Hannah A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas Nestlings - Nat Cassidy The September House - Carissa Orlando Holes - Louis Sachar J Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham Starter Villain - John Scalzi Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Ringworld - Larry Niven Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 57! My guest today is Missy Hancock. Missy describes herself as a wife of one, mom of six, and grammy of one. She’s lived in Oklahoma since she was ten and is happily settled in Guthrie, America. She says her motto in life is to live by love, not by fear. In the fall of 2023 Missy released three books in her Ele Charmichael series, under her pen name - M. Sparks Clark. We have a fun conversation about her work, self-publishing, staying true to your characters, and, of course, Bigfoot. Connect with Missy: website | Instagram | TikTok Mentioned on the Show Ele Carmichael series - Missy Hancock Holly Samson Hall The Floating Bookshop The Scent Keeper - Erica Bauermeister Liane Moriarty Kelly Harms Amy E. Riechert Kathrine Center Louise Miller Beth O’Leary Other Birds | The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen Heather Webber A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman Phaedra Patrick Madeleine L’ Engle Time Quartet Codex Alera series - Jim Butcher Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

It's Volume 7 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 9 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology: Pretty Wordy - Rachel Waters @rachelwaters.cohttps://rachelwaters.co/poet/Let It Burn - Brand Rackley @brandrackleyTornado Alley - Holly Jahangiri @author.hollyjahangirihttps://jahangiri.us/2020Yoked - MAC Woods @mac_since1985To Nowhere and Blue Balloon - Ruth Key Cherry Creek - Andrew Gilman @andrewmorrisgilmanReturn to the Sea - Abagail Pappas @actually_belleMy Power - Sydney Aerin @sydneysometimesWhat He'd Done - David Jennings @DJennPhotosdavidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comNew Year's Musings - Rachel Waters @rachelwaters.cohttps://rachelwaters.co/poet/If you'd like to submit a poem for consideration for Volume Eight of Behind the Rain (releasing April 15, 2024), visit okiebookcast.com/behindtherain for details. Submission deadline is March 15! Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

I'm joined by author and podcaster, Betsey Kulakowski, to talk about the 1974 film adaptation of an Oklahoma classic - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. We talk about the book and the film and ways in which the movie got it "right" and a place or two where it might have missed the mark. Spoiler alert, I've got some strong thoughts on that front. If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through. Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong). Connect with Betsey: website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Unfreakingbelieveable Podcast: Instagram Purchase Where the Red Fern Grows Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 56! Today I get to introduce you to the owner of one of the great comic shops in Oklahoma - Buck Berlin from New World Comics in OKC. New World has been a fixture in Oklahoma City for decades and Buck has been its owner and chaos coordinator for the last couple of those. In our conversation we cover: Connect with Buck at New World Comics: Facebook New World Comic Con: website Titles and Creators Mentioned on the Show: Watchmen - Alan Moore Maus - Art Spiegelman Charles Martin / Literati Press Glamorella’s Daughter - Charles Martin and Jerry Bennett Heathen - Natasha Alterici The Black-Jack Demon - Nick Hermes We Promised Utopia Scud the Disposable Assassin - Harmon, Carter, Schrab, Grey Arsenic Lullaby Daniel Warren Johnson Kyle Starks Stan Lee Characters Mentioned on the Show: Superman Batman The Crow Blade XMen Spiderman Captain America Mr. Fantastic / Fantastic Four Guardians of the Galaxy Red Tornado Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

It's the December 2023 edition of Your Next Great Read! This is a special one as Hannah and I are actually recording in the same room for the first time. We don't have a guest for this episode, but we do talk about our favorite three books of 2023 in addition to our usual conversation. Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Recommendations: Hannah A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros One Day in December - Josie Silver Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren Hannah's 2023 Top 3: Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros J Worth Dying For - Lee Child Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix The Lost Cause - Cory Doctorow Dogs of War - Adrian Tchaikovsky J's 2023 Top 3: Piranesi - Susanna Clarke Shutter - Ramona Emerson The Long and Faraway Gone - Lou Berney Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

My guest for Chapter 55 is Casie Dodd. Casie is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma but now lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas with her husband and two children. Her work has appeared in This Land, Oxford American, Image, Arkansas Review, and other journals. Casie is the founder and publisher of Belle Point Press, a fantastic independent press that has published several books from Oklahoma authors and poets, including Ben Myers, Damon McKinney, and Rob Roensch. In our conversation, we talk about the origins of Belle Point Press and its mission and heartbeat. We also talk about the advantages and challenges of small presses and about Casie’s work, as well as that of many others. It’s a great look behind the curtain of publishing from the perspective of a small press. Connect with Casie: writing website | Belle Point Press website | Substack | Instagram Mentioned on the show: Mid-South Anthology: Ben MyersBeer Breath Kisses - Damon McKinney In the Morning, The City Is the Prairie - Rob Roensch Deep Vellum Books Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking: Poems - C.T. Salazar Night Angler - Geffrey Davis Hub City Press Cleave - tiana nobile Texas Review Press Bull City Press The End of the Affair - Graham Greene Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

I'm joined by author Luke Swanson to talk about our favorite adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol. Not to give it away, but Kermit may be involved. We talk about the book and the film and look at faithfulness and changes - including all of the music. If you're a fan of the story or the film, you're going to love the conversation. If you've never seen the movie, you'll be looking for it as soon as you finish listening. Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong). Connect with Luke: website | Instagram | TikTok Grab Luke's new book - Curtains on a Christmas Carol Purchase A Christmas Carol Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Chapter 54! My guest is debut novelist, Emily Habeck, author of Shark Heart: A Love Story. Emily has a BFA in Theater from Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts as well as master’s degrees from Vanderbilt Divinity School and Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. Since it's release in August, Shark Heart has been named a USA Today Bestseller, a Book of the Month selection, a New York Times book review editor’s choice, and was the #1 Indie Next pick for August 2023. She is from Ardmore, Oklahoma and currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Connect with Emily: website | Instagram | Twitter Purchase Shark Heart: A Love Story from Bookshop.org Books mentioned on the show: You Could Make This Place Beautiful - Maggie Smith Smile - Sarah Ruhl Bluets - Maggie Nelson Fellowship Point - Alice Elliot Dark Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Welcome to Your Next Great Read! We're taking an international spin this month with our special guest, Lydia Filiou, who oversees the Translated Fiction Book Club in Oklahoma City. Translated Fiction meets once a month at a local bookshop in town to discuss a work translated into English. You can find out more about the club, including upcoming books for discussion on their Instagram: @translatedokc. Lydia Filiou Battle Royale - Koushun Takami Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Notes of a Crocodile - Qiu Miaojin Hannah The Only One Left - Riley Sager Everyone Here is Lying - Shari Lapena Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir - Matthew Perry The Vegetarian - Han Kang J The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder - David Grann The Balloon Hunter - Hugh Howey and Elinor Taylor Red Sneaker Writers series - William Bernhardt The Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy - Liu Cixin Other books mentioned Elena Knows - Claudia Piniero Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk Silo series - Hugh Howey Sand series - Hugh Howey A Stranger in the House - Shari Lapena The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena Hurricane Season - Fernanda Melchor Seasons of Migration to the North - Tayeb Salih Connect with J: website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH