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I chat with Nick Johnson about the genesis, present, and future of Libro.fm. Find Libro.fm here: https://libro.fm/ * Books recommended by Nick: Blacktop Wasteland by S. A Cosby Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard Where The Deer And The Antelope Play by Nick Offerman * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Jabari Asim about his writing career, his experience as a teacher, and his most recent novel, Yonder. Find Jabari here: jabariasim.org * Books recommended by Jabari: The Souls Of Black Folk by W. E. B. Dubois Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

Reviews and considerations about the books I've read in May. * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Diana Pinguicha about her sapphic novel, A Curse Of Roses, about Portuguese legends and mythology, and about the reading market. Find Diana here: pinguicha.wordpress.com * Book recommended by Diana: A Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath The Last Confession Of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

Reviews and considerations about the books I've read in April. * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Carolyn Korsmeyer about her novel, Charlotte's Story - a Pride And Prejudice retelling - and about her experience writing both fiction and nonfiction. Find Carolyn here: carolynkorsmeyer.com * Book recommended by Carolyn: Middlemarch by George Elliot Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Cromwell Trilogy by Hilary Mantel H Is For Hawk by Helen McDonald The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

Reviews and considerations about the books I've read in March. * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Carly Heath about her historical YA novel The Reckless Kind, about disability and queer representation in books, and about her experience being a mentor for Pitch Wars. Find Carly here: carlyheathauthor.com * Books recommended by Carly: Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller Circe by Madeline Miller The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Steph Auteri about her book A Dirty Word, about the creation of Guerilla Sex Ed, and about her work as a sex health writer and educator. Find Steph and Guerilla Sex Ed here: stephauteri.com * Books recommended by Steph: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende It by Stephen King We Keep The Dead Close by Becky Cooper Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

Reviews and considerations about the books I've read in February. * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Ari Honarvar about her debut novel A Girl Called Rumi, about Ari's work dancing with refugees to heal trauma, and her experience migrating from Iran to the USA as a child refugee. Find Ari here: rumiwithaview.com/about/ * Books recommended by Ari: The Sirens Of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

Reviews and considerations about the books I've read in January. * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Lianne about The Base Bookpace, a Rotterdam-based Black-owned bookstore, about representation in children's books, and why it is necessary to give translators of colour the chance to translate the works of authors of colour. Find The Base Bookspace here: thebasebookspace.com * Books recommended by Lianne: A Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu Black Space: On The Poetics Of An Afrofuture by Anais Duplan * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

On this episode I talk about my five favourite books of 2021, with a few honorable mentions, and how I'm tackling my reading in 2022. Find written reviews of my favourites of last year here: https://www.boredtodeathbookclub.com/2021/12/24/the-best-books-weve-read-this-year-4/ * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

I chat with Reyna Marder Gentin about changing career paths at 50, how she used her work knowledge to write her three published books, and about writing what you know. Find Reyna Marder Gentin here: reynamardergentin.com * Books recommended by Reyna: Writers & Lovers by Lily King The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

A very short episode to introduce you all to what I have planned for season 3 of A Story Of Sorts. Talk to you all in the New Year! * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

On this episode I talk with Robin Whitten, founder of AudioFile Magazine, about audiobooks.  Find Robin here: audiofilemagazine.com/about/ * Book recommended by Robin: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The Madness Of Crowds by Louise Penny The Cellist by Daniel Silva * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

On this episode I chat with Morgan Vega about her debut YA novel, Sleeping Around.  Find Morgan here: morganvega.com * Books recommended by Morgan: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman Some Kind Of Happiness by Claire Legrand * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

On this episode I chat with Jadie Jang about her debut urban fantasy novel, Monkey Around.   Find Jadie here: clairelight.org  *  Books recommended by Jadie: One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee  *  Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message

On this episode I talk about the books I have read in July.  * Books mentioned on this episode: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Coulour Theory: Constelis VOss #1 by Kira Leigh The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Color Purple by Alice Walker Zeebrieven by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Sea Of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel * Follow all podcast updates on my Instagram account @astoryofsorts. All social media accounts on linktr.ee/carinapereira Specific podcast links on linktr.ee/astoryofsorts. Music by @Jorri_Photo on Instagram. * Support A Story Of Sorts: patreon.com/astoryofsorts ko-fi.com/astoryofsorts buymeacoffee.com/astoryofsorts Libro.fm: Use code astoryofsorts at checkout to get 2 books for the price of 1, or use my referral code and get your first month for free: (http://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm121898) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astoryofsorts/message