Lisa's Book Club

Lisa's Book Club

Hi! I’m Lisa Donovan and I’m the co-host of Billy & Lisa in the Morning on KISS 108 FM. I started Lisa’s Book Club because I wasn’t reading as much as I wanted and as an excuse to bring our listeners together in a fun way... over books! I feature authors that have a connection to New England. Literary powerhouses including Elin Hilderbrand, Ben Mezrich, Mel Robbins, Lisa Genova and Caroline Kepnes have shared their stories with me as they open up about their writing process, guilty pleasures and so much more. I’ve created this podcast as an extension of the book club. Lisa’s Book Club is free to join at www.kiss.com/lisa’s book club.

Episodes

Robert Cocuzzo At Lisa's Book Club

June 19, 2025 • 28 mins
Robert Cocuzzo is a longtime friend of Lisa’s Book Club and the Billy & Lisa show. He is the husband of Billy’s TV show partner, Jenny Johnson. Robert Cocuzzo is an editor, journalist, and author of the critically acclaimed Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs.   
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

June 14, 2025 • 9 mins
Jaws is celebrating its 50th anniversary next week, and we need to celebrate it! Lisa and Ryley sat down to discuss books written by Massachusetts authors that got turned into movies! They shared some iconic quotes and told Jaws' story! 
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Ben & Tonya Mezrich At Lisa's Book Club

June 12, 2025 • 36 mins
Ben and Tonya Mezrich have been long time supporters of Lisa’s Book Club, and The Billy and Lisa show even from the early days! We pulled this one out of the archive because of a discussion we had on the Billy & Lisa Show. Ben and Tonya co-wrote a children's book together, and it was the first children's book to be featured on LBC.  
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

June 7, 2025 • 11 mins
Lisa was in Nashville last weekend and they needed to chat about it! Lisa talked all about the amazing book event she attended, meeting Jenna Bush Hager and possibly going again next year! 
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Daisy Alpert Florin At Lisa's Book Club

June 5, 2025 • 49 mins
Daisy Alpert Florin joined Lisa to talk about her new book My Last Innocent Year. Daisy Alpert Florin attended Dartmouth College and received graduate degrees from Columbia University. The two chatted all about the new novel, and how Elin Hildebrand is a big fan! 
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Hank Phillippi Ryan At Lisa's Book Club

May 29, 2025 • 53 mins
Hank Phillippi Ryan joined Lisa’s Book Club to discuss her new novel One Wrong Word. Hank Phillippi Ryan is an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News as well as a novelist. The two sat down for a lengthy discussion where Ryan gave amazing insight into her book.  
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

May 24, 2025 • 9 mins
Huge book club with week with Gregory Maguire so Lisa and Ryley break down what they enjoyed most about it. Then they quickly touch on AI and how it is affecting writers and even the radio industry.  
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Gregory Maguire At Lisa's Book Club

May 22, 2025 • 48 mins
Get ready for a Wicked good interview with Gregory Maguire! The author of Wicked joined Lisa to talk about his brand-new book Elphie, the prequel about Elphaba's life. Gregory gave insight to the making of the Broadway phenomenon Wicked, how he felt about the movie casting, and he gave us two pieces of breaking news! 
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

May 17, 2025 • 9 mins
This week on the bonus chapter an upcoming book to movie series sparked the question “is there a casting decision that you hate”. Lisa and Ryley then run through some cast choices that they love and some they hate! 
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Billy Costa And Jenny Johnson At Lisa's Book Club

May 15, 2025 • 29 mins
Billy and Jenny released a cookbook last year featuring tons of food from local chefs called A Taste of Boston. They sat down with Lisa at Joss and Main to chat all about how the book got put together, the chefs they picked and their favorite recipes!
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

May 10, 2025 • 14 mins
Lisa has so many stories about the book club and Ryley is determined to hear them all! Lisa has had a HUGE week, and big things are coming up! 
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Caroline Kepnes On The Billy & Lisa Show

May 8, 2025 • 8 mins
Caroline Kepnes called into the Billy & Lisa Show before the book club event her and Lisa had in Hartford, Connecticut! They talked about the new season of the show You, based on Caroline's best-selling book. She also shared some secret news about a new book she has been working on! 
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

May 3, 2025 • 14 mins
Lisa has so many stories about the book club and Ryley is determined to hear them all! We put out an Instagram story to have people ask us questions about whatever they wanted answers too- some were about the book club, fashion and skincare! Lisa and Producer Ryley answered them here!  
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Wendy Francis Joins Lisa's Book Club

May 1, 2025 • 20 mins
Wendy Francis is a local author who is known for her fun summer reads, and her new novel is releasing today! Lisa and Wendy sat down at the Kiss108 studio to have a quick chat about Wendy's new novel, Betting On Good! Lisa also asked her all about creating original characters, the Kentucky Derby and reaching out to authors!
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

April 26, 2025 • 10 mins
Lisa has so many stories about the book club and Ryley is determined to hear them all! In this episode Lisa read an article that made us discuss future book clubs! 
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Juliana From The Bachelor On The Billy & Lisa Show

April 24, 2025 • 19 mins
Juliana from the bachelor joined Billy and Lisa for an interview where she answered all the questions we have been dying to ask! They were even joined by Lisa's son Riley who asked about Grants breath and poked fun at Jesse Palmer!
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

April 19, 2025 • 8 mins
Lisa and Ryley had a conversation over text that sparked a discussion for this Saturday! Upcoming book to movie adaptations and there are A LOT coming up, including two the pair is very excited for!
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Jay Shetty At Lisa's Book Club

April 17, 2025 • 13 mins
Jay Shetty is an author, life coach and podcaster who is known to have big name celebrities on his podcast, On Purpose. He called into the Billy and Lisa show to share some advice, discuss his monkhood and chat Selena and Benny!
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A Bonus Chapter With: Lisa And Ryley

April 12, 2025 • 10 mins
Lisa has so many stories about the book club and Ryley is determined to hear them all! In this episode they talk about their all time favorite book or movies characters, either because they relate to them or just because they love their story! Then they discussed books they think everyone should read at least once in their life. 
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Susan Clare Zalkind At Lisa's Book Club

April 10, 2025 • 56 mins
Susan Clare Zalkind is an investigative journalist who wrote the book The Waltham Murders. She also wote and produced the Hulu docuseries The Murders Before The Marathon. Lisa and Susan sat down to discuss her book and were joined by our expert at large, Katherine Loftus, to discuss the way the Karen Read case is similar. With the Karen Read retrial starting next week this is the perfect time to listen to this episode!
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