Doing It By The Book

It's sad news Jane shares with us today, DIBTB will be on permanent hiatus until further notice. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Where's the podcast been?! Jane is back from a two week hiatus to read the first sex scene in Nora Roberts' Born in Fire. Also, some movie came out recently that's apparently important or whatever. For more information and show notes go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane is joined by Virgina Sheppard and they discuss weird happenings in the book world, reading, and romance novels. Specifically, the next two chapters in Nora Roberts' Born in Fire. Books Mentioned: Texts from Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg, Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin, The Story of Awkward by R.K. Ryals. For more information and show notes go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane reads more of Nora Roberts’ Born in Fire and talks about the weird happenings in the book world. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane is reading the next chapters of Born in Fire by Nora Roberts, but not before she talks about book news and thoughts on reading. Books mentioned: Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson, Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson and Dollhouse with Amy Acker. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com.

Jane talks with Kimberly Karalius on her Swoon Reads manuscript and soon to be debut novel Love Fortunes and Other Disasters. Also, Jane will be starting off the new year by reading her first Nora Roberts: Born in Fire. Books Mentioned:Love Fortunes and Other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius. Born in Fire by Nora Roberts. The End of Power by Moises Naim. Dark Metropolis by Jaclyn Dolamore. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ramson Riggs. Princess of Thorns by Stacy Jay. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane finishes up Soulless, the first book in the Parasol Protectorate, looks back on her reading over the past year and makes some goals for 2015. Books Mentioned: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

This week's show title is brought to you by Virginia Sheppard. Jane is joined by friends for the Holiday season. They discuss books, reading, and the next chapters of Soulless. Media mentioned: Mistletones, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane celebrates her namesake’s birthday by talking about books and reading more of Soulless by Gail Carriger. Books Mentioned: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, Writing Romance Fiction for Love and Money by Helene Schellenberg Barnhart. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane talks her reading week and some more thoughts on the next three Chapters of Soulless by Gail Carriger. Books mentioned: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Written in My Own Hearts Blood by Diana Gabaldon, Landline by Rainbow Rowell, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Yes Please by Amy Poehler, Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham, The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johanssen. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane reads one of her favorite romance novels OF ALL TIME! Soulless by Gail Carriger is an amazing foray into Victorian England mixed with werewolves and steampunk! For more information go to dibbtpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane reads some poetry to keep you warm this season or just to distract you from family drama! Poets mentioned:Frank O'Hara, Christopher Marlowe, T.S. Eliot, Erica Bernheim, Nick Twemlow, Jericho Brown, Jeffrey McDaniels, Ariana-Sophia M. Kartsonis, and Suzanne Buffam. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane FINALLY finishes reading her first Danielle Steel novel and discusses the points of the book with Virginia Sheppard and what’s next in the world of romance novels. Books Mentioned: Seven Deadlies by Gigi Levange, Paint It Black by Janet Fitch, Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane presents The Wedding by Danielle Steel and talks about books, controversy, and why people read what they read. Books mentioned: The Wedding by Danielle Steel, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen, Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham, and Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Lacey is back as a guest host. Both she and Jane discuss what is Classy and What is Trashy. For more information go to: dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

The second part of Classy by Derek Blasberg, Jane gives listeners the rest of the advice from the book and her ideas on what this book is actually saying. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Jane does a little presentation on the book Classy: Be A Lady Not a Tramp by Derek Blasberg. This episodes provides an introduction of the book as well as the first few sections in which a midwestern white boy tells girls how to act in society. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Super short episode time! Jane tells you what is going to be new for Doing It By The Book. Stay tuned. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com

Super discussion episode! Virginia, Clara, and Sharod join Jane in a grand discussion of Fifty Shades of Grey. Books/Media Mentioned: Endless Love by Scott Spencer, Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick, Enough with J.Lo, Taking Lives with Angelina Jolie, Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus, Maleficent with Angelina Jolie, Twisted by Team StarKid, Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon, Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Arabian Nights translation by Richard Burton, Gotham Academy by Brenden Fletcher, Dataclysm by Christopher Rudder. For more information go to www.dibtbpodacst.blogspot.com

That's right. Instead of a regular discussion episode this week. Jane read the last two chapters of Fifty Shades of Grey. A big discussion episode is imminent! Stay Tuned. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com