Books, Cats & Snacks
Books, Cats & Snacks is a weekly podcast by Oaky and Cattie where we discuss our chosen book of the month as well as other book-related obsessions. We include cat stories and snacks, too! The podcast is a two parter, where one episode discusses the book and the other is the midway check-in episode before the next book. We have include book shoutouts in our minisodes.
Episodes
Book Shoutout #68!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
- Quit Being an Idiot: Life Lessons From the Golden Girls by Robb Pearlman
From Oaky:
- Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Aman...
March 2025 Book Discussion!
Cattie has picked a much beloved and a behemoth of a book! We read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for March and we'd put on our bonnets and discussed this amazing children's classic literature.
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
April Buddy Read Book of the Month (Oaky's Pick):
Kill For M...
Welcome to our show! We each brought a book discussion to the table and hopefully we make you want to read them!
Our discussion for this March 2025 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Oaky's pick - White Line Fever by KC Jones
Current BOM read: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Next Week: March book discussio...
Author Spotlight! Oaky had the amazing author Melissa Algood on the podcast Tell Me About Your Book last year, and we've decided to do an author spotlight instead of a Midway Check-In for this week. Just shaking things up a bit!
Here's from the podcast:
Melissa Algood (a local to me author!) and I discussed writing characters and writing her Enhanced Being series that is sure to excite your reading journey! I ...
Book Shoutout #67!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Selena: Como la flor by Joe Nick Patoski
- The Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer & Other Stories by Samantha Reeder
From Oaky:
- Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang
- Time ...
Feb 2025 Book Discussion!
We read what we thought was a cozy mystery, but it was way more than that. Hopefully you enjoy this episode as much as reading it! And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
March Buddy Read Book of the Month (Classic month!):
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Cattie's pick!)
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Welcome to our show! We each brought a book discussion to the table and hopefully we make you want to read them!
Our discussion for this February 2025 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Oaky's pick - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Current BOM read: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie ...
ENCORE episode!
This was one of our early Midway Check-In episodes! Just wanted to share this with y'all one more time because we had such fun with it.
Cattie's pick - Murder in Moreton by V L McBeath
Oaky's pick - How Lucky by Will Leitch
Next week will be a new check-in episode!
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Book Shoutout #66!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Looking For Salvation At the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
- Don't Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino
From Oaky:
- You'd Look Better As a Ghost by Joann...
Jan 2025 Book Discussion!
It's finally here! Starting off 2025 with our first book discussion with Oaky's pick of Death Has None by Mahdis Marzooghian. And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
February Buddy Read Book of the Month (Cattie's pick):
A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer b...
Book Shoutout #65!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Kill Joy by Holly Jackson
- The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
From Oaky:
- The Last Room On the Left by Leah Konen
- The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
Book Shoutout #64!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by David Domine
- The Devil at His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein
From Oaky:
- The Perfect Home by Daniel Kenitz
- I Hope This Finds Y...
Nov/Dec 2024 Book Discussion!
It's finally here! We're rounding out 2024 with Cattie's pick of Grave Expectations by Alice bell. And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
January Buddy Read Book of the Month (Oaky's pick) will be announced on New Year's Day!
Contact us:
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Welcome to our show! While we're taking some much needed break, we wanted to do an encore of one of our past episodes that just need a little love. We're back in the saddle this upcoming week for the last book discussion of this year!
Our discussion for this Check-In:
Cattie's pick - Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie and Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu
Back on December 20, 2021, we debuted our very first Mini Book Shoutouts! And wow - what a journey it has been to quickly spotlight a few books. We have now done 64 of these Shoutouts episodes, meaning we've highlighted 256 books!
So here's just a little encore of our first Shoutouts episode because w're getting nostalgic here during the holidays!
Cattie's pick:
- The Secret L...
Welcome to our show! We each brought a book discussion to the table and hopefully we make you want to read them!
Our discussion for this November 2024 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
Oaky's pick - You're Dead to Me by Amy Christine Parker
Current BOM read: Grave Expectations by Alice Bell...
October 2024 Book Discussion!
It's finally here! The suspense/horror book that's been blown up and we finally get to discuss it! Let's just say that we are total opposites in what we thought of this book. And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Midway Check-In where we each discuss a book that we've read recently.
November 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month (Cattie&...
Book Shoutout #63!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Examiner by Janice Hallett
- The Bequest by Joanna Margaret
From Oaky:
- A Misfortune of Lake Monsters by Nicole M. Wolverton
- The Curse of Moose Lake by Beth...
Book Shoutout #62!
Welcome to our show! We have the honor to host a recording with the amazing author Kevin Dickson and it has been such a blast. He's definitely an author to add to your list!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Kevin:
- Seasons of Blood, Book Two in the Vampire State Series by Kevin Dickson
- The...
Book Shoutout #61!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
- Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
From Oaky:
- Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley
- Killer House Party by Lily A...
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