Thoughts from a Page Podcast
Thoughts from a Page is hosted by me, Cindy Burnett, a voracious reader and book columnist who provides you with casual author conversations and insider information on all of the newest releases that I have read and personally recommend. With so many books coming out weekly, it can be hard to decide what to read so I find the best ones and share them with you. Listen to find your next great book.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 543
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Elizabeth Barnhill - Our Favorite Books of Fall 2021
Elizabeth and I chat about our Favorite Books of Fall 2021.
We discuss:
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson and illustrated by Jay Cooper
The Holiday …
00:45:30 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
Cindy Weinstein and Dr. Bruce Miller - FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS
We discuss their new book Finding the Right Words, deciding on what format to use, writing together, differentiating the various diseases that cause memory loss, the importance of reading to retainin…
00:39:20 |
Sun 03 Oct 2021
Nathaniel Philbrick - TRAVELS WITH GEORGE
Nathaniel and I discuss Travels with George, why and how Nathaniel, his wife, and his dog recreated George Washington’s travels during the first two years of his presidency, how people tend to ideali…
00:26:59 |
Sun 03 Oct 2021
Jane Igharo - THE SWEETEST REMEDY
Jane and I discuss The Sweetest Remedy, writing in the third person, being selected for Book of the Month (twice), setting a book in Nigeria, crafting her second novel, and much more.
Jane’s recommen…
00:19:29 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Jo Hamya - THREE ROOMS
Jo and I discuss Three Rooms, how she decided to write this story, whether working as an editor helped her when crafting this book, her writing process, why she doesn’t use speech marks, and much mor…
00:36:14 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Eden Appiah-Kubi - THE BENNET WOMEN
Eden and I discuss The Bennet Women, retelling Pride & Prejudice on a contemporary college campus, how she formed her writing group and decided to tell this story, her publishing journey, writing fro…
00:27:42 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Elizabeth Passarella - GOOD APPLE
Elizabeth and I discuss Good Apple, how her love affair with New York City began, raising kids in Manhattan, how the term evangelical has become political, the loss of any middle ground in the United…
00:45:44 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Julie Metz - EVA AND EVE
Julie and I discuss Eva and Eve, how she discovered her mother’s secret history, her fascination with chance encounters and the sometimes long-lasting impacts, things that did not make it into the bo…
00:31:25 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Kim Bruton - Intermission Bookshop
Kim and I chat about her bookstore, Intermission Bookshop, in Brownwood, Texas. During World War II, the shop was a theater known as the Queen Theater. Open all night, soldiers would find rest here w…
00:23:10 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Stephanie Marie Thornton - A MOST CLEVER GIRL
Stephanie and I discuss A Most Clever Girl, how she decided to write about Elizabeth Bentley, her fascination with the time period and spy craft, the format for the story, bringing forgotten women to…
00:25:31 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Gill Paul - THE COLLECTOR'S DAUGHTER
Gill and I discuss The Collector’s Daughter, the photograph that inspired this book, finding the right way to begin telling the story, the appeal of King Tutankhamen, the curse of King Tut’s tomb and…
00:38:49 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Cynthia Muchnick & Jenn Curtis - THE PARENT COMPASS
We discuss The Parent Compass, creating a toolbox for parenting teens, guiding teens through the tough years, the process they used to write together and which chapter was difficult to create, the Va…
00:38:46 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Pam Lamp
Pam and I chat about her blog Who I Met Today, how and why she started it, what she has learned from the blog, our shared love of reading and books, the cookbooks she uses regularly and recommends, a…
00:27:20 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Heather Caliendo
Heather and I discuss celebrity and high-profile book clubs, the rise in prominence of these types of clubs, which ones we like the best, our favorite and not-so-favorite reads from these clubs, the …
00:53:12 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Samantha Specks - DOVETAILS IN TALL GRASS
Samantha and I discuss Dovetails in Tall Grass, the U.S./Dakota War of 1862, how she decided on her format, bringing a forgotten event to life, translating history into a compelling story that will a…
00:24:53 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Elizabeth Barnhill - No Way It's Nonfiction!
Elizabeth and I discuss our favorite narrative nonfiction books, our auto-buy nonfiction authors, categorizing the genre, the categories we gravitate toward, and more.
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01:09:25 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Nicola Harrison - THE SHOW GIRL
Nicola and I discuss The Show Girl, how she decided to write about the Ziegfeld Follies, the difference in drafting her first and second novels, which character was her favorite to create, the impact…
00:22:21 |
Sun 22 Aug 2021
Megan Collins - THE FAMILY PLOT
Megan and I discuss The Family Plot, exploring what it is about true crime that fascinates people, what that fascination does to a person and whether it can help or hurt them, plotting a thriller wit…
00:30:01 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Julia Claiborne Johnson - BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
Julia and I discuss Better Luck Next Time, writing a novel in the second person, rewriting this story several times, how Reno became the divorce capital of the Unites States, her fascination with obi…
00:28:18 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Sarah Zachrich Jeng - THE OTHER ME
Sarah and I discuss The Other Me, constructing a new identity when an individual undergoes huge life changes, how so much of what happens in life is outside of people’s control, her favorite characte…
00:21:40 |
Tue 10 Aug 2021
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