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A bookish podcast for bookish babes. Hosted by Melissa, a former academic and long-time lover of fantasy, romance, and literature. Join me every Monday for new episodes! Where to find the pod >> Instagram: https://instagram.com/inbedwithbookspod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InBedWithBooksPod Email: inbedwithbookspodcast@gmail.com
Melissa hosts In Bed With Books, a arts show with 108 episodes published.
This week I’m joined by my friend Dr Michael Pons. He recently received his PhD in English Literature, and I was lucky enough to sit in on his dissertation defense. The question Dr Pons set to answering was “What is inte
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by author Lauren Kate to discuss her latest release, White Lights. Falling back into a world of angels, romance, and millennia-old feuds, Kate brings us back into the world of Fallen, a
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by author Kait Ballenger, once again, as she rounds out the Original Sinner trilogy with Beautiful Redeemer. Charlotte and Lucifer have come a long way since their fake engagement in bo
In this episode, I’m joined by author Meghan Le Fay to talk about her debut, Wings of Life, first in the Dragonbound Chronicles. Wings of Life follows Serae as she’s thrust into the land of her country’s greatest enemy,
In this bonus episode, I’m celebrating 100 episodes of In Bed with Books! There have been 68 books featured on the podcast, 55 if we don’t include books written by authors I've interviewed. There are so many books I love
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by author Eloisa James to talk about her new release, The Last Lady B. Set in an isolated abbey, far north in Scotland, Evie finds herself thrust into the makings of a Gothic novel. Wha
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by poet Maria Giesbrecht to talk about her debut collection, A Little Feral. The collection was written after leaving a conservative Mennonite upbringing, and her poems explore themes o
In this week’s episode, I’m talking about my latest read: Heiress of Nowhere by Stacey Lee. This book was offered as an ARC by the publisher. Heiress of Nowhere is the latest release from author Stacey Lee. This book fol
In this episode of In Bed with Books, I’m joined by Sally Kilpatrick, author of Little Miss Petty! It was fantastic getting to speak with her about the inspiration for the book, the generations of characters, and the rom
This week, I was joined by author Jayne Ann Krentz to talk about her recent release, The Shop on Hidden Lane. You might know her as Jayne Castle, if you’re familiar with her futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense or Ama
This week, I sat down with author Gabrielle Wanek to talk about her latest release, Songs of Ash and Dawn. Wanek explores themes of isolation and grief as her main character, Aidan, navigates the grief of losing her gran
In this episode of In Bed With Books, I’m joined by my friend Michelle Craft for a chat about our recent buddy read, Babel by R.F. Kuang. We start the conversation with a close reading of the full title, Babel, or The Ne
This week on In Bed With Books, I’m joined by author Kait Ballenger to talk about her dark and sexy paranormal romance, Original Sinner. The book follows Charlotte, a budding PR agent for a luxury company in NYC, who fin
For this week’s episode, I got to sit down with author Margaux Eliot to talk about her nostalgic but dark debut novel, Honeymoon Stage. Set against the early years of celebreality TV in the aughts, Honeymoon Stage is par
This week’s episode is part two of my chat with Kristin, and we’re continuing our chat on Harry Potter but from a slightly different angle. In the second half of our conversation, we’re (at times unseriously) looking at
In this week’s episode, I’m reviewing a recent read, Four Ruined Realms by Mai Corland, the second book in the Broken Blades Trilogy. After the fallout of Aeri’s betrayal in book one, Four Ruined Realms takes things to a
In this episode, we take on one of the biggest discussions in the book world right now: the controversy around Alchemised, the book igniting conversations about people’s (lack of) support for Harry Potter and its related
We’re back for Season 9, and we’re kicking things off with something a little different: a full-on chat about Banned Books Week 2025. The theme this year is “Censorship Is So 1984.” Which, honestly… yeah, that tracks. I’
Join me and author Noel Stark for episode 86 of the podcast, where we talk about her debut novel, Love, Camera, Action, a workplace romance set on a modern television set between Cali, the director, and Jory, the directo
In episode 85, I’m giving a review of Analeigh Sbrana’s, “Lore of the Wilds,” a romantasy novel set in a world where generations ago, Lore Alemeyu’s ancestors fell into a magical world ruled by fae. Now, Lore’s village i
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