60 acast.com The Everygirl Book Club https://shows.acast.com/the-everygirl-book-club en The Everygirl Media Group book club,reading,books The Everygirl Book Club Come for the plots, stay for the thoughts Welcome to the Everygirl Book Club Podcast—an extension of our virtual book club and your inside look at the book world. Each episode brings you exclusive conversations with bestselling authors, creators, and industry insiders, alongside deep dives into the stories everyone’s talking about. From the viral books taking over your feed to the latest BookTok and BookThreads drama, upcoming releases we can’t wait to read, and behind-the-scenes publishing buzz, we’re covering all things books, culture, and conversation. Whether you’re a casual reader or fully booked and busy, this is your place to stay in the know and obsessed with what’s next on your TBR.



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]]> Welcome to the Everygirl Book Club Podcast—an extension of our virtual book club and your inside look at the book world. Each episode brings you exclusive conversations with bestselling authors, creators, and industry insiders, alongside deep dives into the stories everyone’s talking about. From the viral books taking over your feed to the latest BookTok and BookThreads drama, upcoming releases we can’t wait to read, and behind-the-scenes publishing buzz, we’re covering all things books, culture, and conversation. Whether you’re a casual reader or fully booked and busy, this is your place to stay in the know and obsessed with what’s next on your TBR.



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]]> true The Everygirl Media Group info+6a2c4836252d86e84648db56@mg-eu.acast.com 6a2c4836252d86e84648db56 the-everygirl-book-club episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a2c4836252d86e84648db56/1782420540586-fec46ede-dacc-4194-8b99-5bb9b29d8f29.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/the-everygirl-book-club The Everygirl Book Club 6f58dd80-7495-11f1-abb1-19e952bc4cd3 #3 Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires #3 Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:14:18 GMT 1:14:05 6a459435f63987c537b55b32 true https://shows.acast.com/the-everygirl-book-club/episodes/jessica-m-goldstein-nostalgia-the-absurd-and-the-power-of-fe 6a459435f63987c537b55b32 6a2c4836252d86e84648db56 jessica-m-goldstein-nostalgia-the-absurd-and-the-power-of-fe full Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires


The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with debut novelist and journalist Jessica M. Goldstein about her novel Retro—a speculative time-travel novel that kept us hooked from the moment we first read the synopsis—discussing “the sickening pain of nostalgia,” escapism, and why female friendships and platonic love are undervalued. Goldstein shares formative childhood reads and describes her affinity for vintage media and film craftsmanship. She explains building Retro’s grounded speculative world—an office-run time-travel agency using a Metro-like system—while setting clear limits, blending satire with serious themes of debt, corporate power, moral responsibility, modern dating, and the need to stay present. Goldstein also reflects on moving from journalism and McSweeney’s satire to speculative fiction, and on crafting an emotionally open ending meant to spark debate.



Chapters

  • 00:26 Why Retro hooked us
  • 01:15 The books that shaped Jessica as a writer
  • 04:12 Developing her love of vintage media
  • 10:37 Nostalgia and escapism
  • 15:42 Building Retro's world
  • 21:46 Offices are actually so weird
  • 32:19 Moving from Journalism to Fiction
  • 36:35 Laughing at reality
  • 44:59 The nostalgia trap
  • 46:58 Choosing hope amid uncertainty
  • 53:57 Friendship as a lifeline
  • 01:02:36 Balancing humor and heart
  • 01:08:12 On the importance of staying present


Books Mentioned

  • Retro
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The Phantom Tollbooth
  • Peter Pan
  • Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
  • Yesteryear


Movies Mentioned

  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • The Red Shoes
  • Before Sunset
  • Clueless
  • Independence Day
  • Argo
  • Forrest Gump
  • Coco
  • You've Got Mail
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • Sinners
  • One Battle After Another
  • La Chimera
  • The Wolf of Wall Street


TV Shows Mentioned

  • Euphoria
  • Severance
  • Party Down

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]]> Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires


The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with debut novelist and journalist Jessica M. Goldstein about her novel Retro—a speculative time-travel novel that kept us hooked from the moment we first read the synopsis—discussing “the sickening pain of nostalgia,” escapism, and why female friendships and platonic love are undervalued. Goldstein shares formative childhood reads and describes her affinity for vintage media and film craftsmanship. She explains building Retro’s grounded speculative world—an office-run time-travel agency using a Metro-like system—while setting clear limits, blending satire with serious themes of debt, corporate power, moral responsibility, modern dating, and the need to stay present. Goldstein also reflects on moving from journalism and McSweeney’s satire to speculative fiction, and on crafting an emotionally open ending meant to spark debate.



Chapters

  • 00:26 Why Retro hooked us
  • 01:15 The books that shaped Jessica as a writer
  • 04:12 Developing her love of vintage media
  • 10:37 Nostalgia and escapism
  • 15:42 Building Retro's world
  • 21:46 Offices are actually so weird
  • 32:19 Moving from Journalism to Fiction
  • 36:35 Laughing at reality
  • 44:59 The nostalgia trap
  • 46:58 Choosing hope amid uncertainty
  • 53:57 Friendship as a lifeline
  • 01:02:36 Balancing humor and heart
  • 01:08:12 On the importance of staying present


Books Mentioned

  • Retro
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The Phantom Tollbooth
  • Peter Pan
  • Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
  • Yesteryear


Movies Mentioned

  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • The Red Shoes
  • Before Sunset
  • Clueless
  • Independence Day
  • Argo
  • Forrest Gump
  • Coco
  • You've Got Mail
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • Sinners
  • One Battle After Another
  • La Chimera
  • The Wolf of Wall Street


TV Shows Mentioned

  • Euphoria
  • Severance
  • Party Down

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]]> #2 Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters with Erica Hendry #2 Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters with Erica Hendry Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:27 GMT 1:06:45 6a3df321a3fa9782373db053 true https://shows.acast.com/the-everygirl-book-club/episodes/bravoverse-obscure-pop-culture-references-and-messy-main 6a3df321a3fa9782373db053 6a2c4836252d86e84648db56 bravoverse-obscure-pop-culture-references-and-messy-main Our June book club author on how her pop culture-laced mystery came to be full 2 #002: Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters with Erica Hendry


In partnership with BookSparks, The Everygirl Book Club welcomes Erica Hendry, author of June Book Club pick, Let's Not Go Overboard Here.


If you've ever defended your love of reality TV, assigned yourself a favorite boy band member, or found comfort in messy female characters, this episode is for you.


Erica joins Garri and Lauren to chat about how her debut novel came to be, why pop culture is so much more than a guilty pleasure, and how she built a mystery that's equal parts funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable. Along the way, they swap book recommendations, reminisce about the pop culture references that live in their heads rent-free, and make the case for letting people unapologetically love the things they love.


Chapters

  • 00:00 Welcome & introducing Erica Hendry
  • 02:49 Reading Receipts: What Erica is reading now, recent 5-star reads, and her most anticipated upcoming releases
  • 08:18 Erica's journey to publishing her debut novel
  • 13:26 Writing authentic characters through pop culture
  • 20:54 Balancing humor, grief & emotional depth
  • 23:24 Why reality TV fans are misunderstood
  • 31:25 Do pop culture references date a novel?
  • 35:08 Why we should let people love what they love
  • 43:07 Building the world of Let's Not Go Overboard Here
  • 47:25 The parallels between reality TV and real life
  • 53:17 Rapid-fire questions with Erica
  • 1:03:43 Final thoughts & what's next for Erica


Books Mentioned

  1. A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
  2. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick
  3. Night Objects by Eli Raphael
  4. Big Nobody by Alex Kadis
  5. Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane
  6. Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
  7. You'll Love It Here by Natalie Sue
  8. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
  9. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  10. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  11. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  12. Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein
  13. The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder


Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.

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]]> #002: Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters with Erica Hendry


In partnership with BookSparks, The Everygirl Book Club welcomes Erica Hendry, author of June Book Club pick, Let's Not Go Overboard Here.


If you've ever defended your love of reality TV, assigned yourself a favorite boy band member, or found comfort in messy female characters, this episode is for you.


Erica joins Garri and Lauren to chat about how her debut novel came to be, why pop culture is so much more than a guilty pleasure, and how she built a mystery that's equal parts funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable. Along the way, they swap book recommendations, reminisce about the pop culture references that live in their heads rent-free, and make the case for letting people unapologetically love the things they love.


Chapters

  • 00:00 Welcome & introducing Erica Hendry
  • 02:49 Reading Receipts: What Erica is reading now, recent 5-star reads, and her most anticipated upcoming releases
  • 08:18 Erica's journey to publishing her debut novel
  • 13:26 Writing authentic characters through pop culture
  • 20:54 Balancing humor, grief & emotional depth
  • 23:24 Why reality TV fans are misunderstood
  • 31:25 Do pop culture references date a novel?
  • 35:08 Why we should let people love what they love
  • 43:07 Building the world of Let's Not Go Overboard Here
  • 47:25 The parallels between reality TV and real life
  • 53:17 Rapid-fire questions with Erica
  • 1:03:43 Final thoughts & what's next for Erica


Books Mentioned

  1. A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
  2. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick
  3. Night Objects by Eli Raphael
  4. Big Nobody by Alex Kadis
  5. Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane
  6. Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
  7. You'll Love It Here by Natalie Sue
  8. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
  9. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  10. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  11. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  12. Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein
  13. The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder


Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.

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]]> #1: Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate #1: Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:35:06 GMT 59:28 6a3d9ce926d5a6687a576467 true https://shows.acast.com/the-everygirl-book-club/episodes/hot-takes-top-reads-of-2026-and-the-mmcs-we-actually-hate 6a3d9ce926d5a6687a576467 6a2c4836252d86e84648db56 hot-takes-top-reads-of-2026-and-the-mmcs-we-actually-hate full 1 Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate


#001: In this episode of The Everygirl Book Club podcast, Lauren and Garri share the books that made them lifelong readers, their evolving reading phases, and how BookTok shaped (and later sharpened) their tastes. They discuss mood reading, cringe in romance, DNFing, and their auto-buy authors. They share their all-time favorite reads as well as their 2026 highs and lows (so far). They swap current reads and audiobook habits, deliver hot takes (including loving Silver Elite despite the hate, disliking Crescent City, and Garri’s case against Fourth Wing’s Xaden), and answer member-submitted recommendation requests. Finally, they reveal and contextualize The Everygirl Book Club's summer picks—Let’s Not Go Overboard Here, Love By the Book, and Both Can Be True—plus a bonus read, A Good Person, and close with the LITigation segment, defending unlikable main characters and pushing back on the idea that “all romantasy is the same.”


Chapters

  • 00:46 Read Receipts
  • 06:24 Book Taste Explained
  • 10:58 Auto Buy Authors
  • 15:31 All Time Favorites
  • 21:28 2026 Highs and Lows
  • 25:41 Current Reads
  • 27:29 Hear Me Out
  • 36:41 Listener Prescriptions
  • 42:41 Summer Book Club Picks
  • 53:21 LITigation




Books Mentioned

  1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
  2. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  5. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
  6. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  7. Normal People by Sally Rooney
  8. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  9. Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
  10. The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
  11. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
  12. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
  13. Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
  14. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
  15. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
  16. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
  17. Heart of the Lover by Lily King
  18. Into the Blue by Emma Brodie
  19. Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein
  20. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower
  21. Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw
  22. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
  23. Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter
  24. Songbird of the Sorrows by Braidee Otto
  25. Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
  26. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  27. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
  28. Silver Elite by Dani Francis
  29. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
  30. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
  31. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
  32. With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Stirling
  33. Happily Ever Afterlife by Emma R. Alban
  34. Wayward by Blake Crouch
  35. Happy Place by Emily Henry
  36. June Baby by Shannon Garvey
  37. Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry
  38. Love by the Book by Jessica George
  39. Both Can Be True by Jessica Guerriri
  40. A Good Person by Kirsten King


Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.

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]]> Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate


#001: In this episode of The Everygirl Book Club podcast, Lauren and Garri share the books that made them lifelong readers, their evolving reading phases, and how BookTok shaped (and later sharpened) their tastes. They discuss mood reading, cringe in romance, DNFing, and their auto-buy authors. They share their all-time favorite reads as well as their 2026 highs and lows (so far). They swap current reads and audiobook habits, deliver hot takes (including loving Silver Elite despite the hate, disliking Crescent City, and Garri’s case against Fourth Wing’s Xaden), and answer member-submitted recommendation requests. Finally, they reveal and contextualize The Everygirl Book Club's summer picks—Let’s Not Go Overboard Here, Love By the Book, and Both Can Be True—plus a bonus read, A Good Person, and close with the LITigation segment, defending unlikable main characters and pushing back on the idea that “all romantasy is the same.”


Chapters

  • 00:46 Read Receipts
  • 06:24 Book Taste Explained
  • 10:58 Auto Buy Authors
  • 15:31 All Time Favorites
  • 21:28 2026 Highs and Lows
  • 25:41 Current Reads
  • 27:29 Hear Me Out
  • 36:41 Listener Prescriptions
  • 42:41 Summer Book Club Picks
  • 53:21 LITigation




Books Mentioned

  1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
  2. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  5. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
  6. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  7. Normal People by Sally Rooney
  8. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  9. Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
  10. The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
  11. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
  12. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
  13. Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
  14. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
  15. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
  16. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
  17. Heart of the Lover by Lily King
  18. Into the Blue by Emma Brodie
  19. Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein
  20. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower
  21. Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw
  22. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
  23. Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter
  24. Songbird of the Sorrows by Braidee Otto
  25. Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
  26. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  27. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
  28. Silver Elite by Dani Francis
  29. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
  30. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
  31. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
  32. With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Stirling
  33. Happily Ever Afterlife by Emma R. Alban
  34. Wayward by Blake Crouch
  35. Happy Place by Emily Henry
  36. June Baby by Shannon Garvey
  37. Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry
  38. Love by the Book by Jessica George
  39. Both Can Be True by Jessica Guerriri
  40. A Good Person by Kirsten King


Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more.

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