Everyone Loved It But Me
In Everyone Loved It But Me, we discuss one popular book each week. Lisa chats with guests whose opinions go against the grain. We don't book bash, but we discuss beloved books with a critical eye. At the end of each podcast, we flip the narrative and discuss books that "Everyone Hated But Me." These are books that are likely less popular and haven't gotten as much attention.
Episodes
Enjoy this revisited episode as Lisa and her guest Storm Kopitsch, youth services director for the Fowlerville, Michigan Library, discuss The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, originally written as Star Wars fan-fiction about Kylo Ren and Rey.
A number of publications lauded the book but Kirkus Reviews offers a constructive opinion.
Storm and her library post frequently on TikTok and have more than 140,000 followers and more tha...
Lisa and her daughter Liz Hedger discuss how you could rate a library. There are many sites available to rate restaurants, schools, and movies. However, not as much analysis exists on how to review or rate a library. Lisa and Liz discuss criteria such as location, parking, accessibility, programs, and book collection.
Here is an article that discusses essential aspects of libraries.
*The book titles mentioned include aff...
Lisa discusses her best and worst books of the year so far. She read these books in 2024, not necessarily those published in 2024.
Books Discussed:
Britney Spears: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Lisa discusses Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score with avid reader Faith Eck. This book was published in 2022 and is being developed into a movie.
Books Discussed:
Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Lost Husband by Katherine Center
My Life with the Water Boys by Ali Novak
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
By the Book-A Meant to Be Novel by Jasmine Guillory
On this special Mother’s Day Episode, Lisa talks with her Mom, Carleen Shidler, and her daughter, Liz Hedger. They share their reading journeys and how the types of books they read have changed over time.
Books Discussed:
Chesapeake by James A. Michener
Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
Bride By Mistake by Serenity Woods
Christian Romance Books by Chloe Carley
The Sheikh’s New Baby by Holly Rayner
Lisa discusses some unique programs available at libraries across the country. She examines libraries such as the New York Public Library and its career programs.
The Indianapolis Public Library has a long list of health and safety programs The Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has a wealth of programs, including music programs.
San Diego Public Library has dozens of programs available, including many " how...
Lisa discusses The Women by Kristin Hannah, published in February 2024 and about a woman named Frances “Frankie” McGrath, who becomes a nurse in Vietnam. This episode has massive spoilers in the book. If you want to learn more about the book without spoilers, go to part 1 here. The book is unique in that it highlights the nurses in Vietnam.
The Washington Post offers a list of Vietnam War books to consider reading. The Boston Glob...
Lisa discusses The Women by Kristin Hannah, published in February 2024 and about a woman named Frances “Frankie” McGrath, who becomes a nurse in Vietnam. The book is unique in that it highlights the nurses in Vietnam.
The Washington Post offers a list of Vietnam War books to consider reading.
Books discussed:
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh
Lisa discusses an overlooked book, Foster by Claire Keegan and also Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
The New York Times addresses this book and also talks about how novellas don’t get the same attention as other books.
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Lisa discusses A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and the new TV show, which was just released on Paramount Plus. There will be spoilers for the first TV episode.
Lisa discussed the book in 2022 with author Joshua Berkov and if you would like to listen to that episode, it is here.
The New York Times discusses how Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead first filmed together back in 2017. They are now married, and Ewan plays the C...
Lisa discusses Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Published in 1948, the book details South Africa before the apartheid political system came into effect. The book sold more than 15 million copies before Paton’s death. It is studied internationally by many schools.
Lisa talks about the experience of reading the book while also listening to it on YouTube, being read by Best Tutor Friendwho is also a teacher. She posts about re...
Lisa and her special guest daughter, Liz Hedger, discuss the super-popular Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.
Lisa and Liz discussed the first book in the series, Fourth Wing in the fall of 2023 in the Fourth Wing Episode and if you haven’t listented to that episode first, you may want to do so.
Today’s episode does include spoilers of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. Iron Flame has more than 832,000 reviews on Goodread...
Lisa discusses several books to consider putting on your To Be Read (TBR) list for reading and learning more about powerful women in our history. There’s a wide variety of books discussed in today’s episode.
Here’s a list of books to consider from Boston University’s story.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley Paperback by Charlotte Gordon
The Isl...
Lisa and Diana Rodriguez Wallach talk about young adult horror books. Diana is a multi-published author of young adult novels. Her recent young adult Latinx Horror novel is Lizzie Borden meets Supernatural, named Hatchet Girls. It was released in October 2023.
She did an extensive research and slept in the house where Borden’s parents were killed and she hiked in the nearby forest. She also discusses the book she’s writing now.
Lisa and Diana Rodriguez Wallach discuss Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews, a gothic horror novel about four children trapped in an attic by their mother and grandmother. This book was the first in a series. The book sold more than 40 million copies, but Book Riot addresses how Andrews was perceived differently than Stephen King in this article.
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels. Her recen...
Lisa discusses a number of unpopular bookish opinions including celebrity stickers affixed to book covers. There’s also a discussion about where to put award stickers on books in Publisher's Weekly.
Another pet peeve discussed is the cartoonish covers that are taking place on most of the romance book covers in this article.
Books Discussed:
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Lisa discusses Britney Spears: The Woman in Me, a memoir that was released in the fall of 2023. Britney Spears discusses the trauma she experienced in her childhood and even as a young adult. She had very few advocates in her life sticking up for her and she felt very alone as she fought for her children.
Books Discussed:
Paris: The Memoir
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Lisa discusses Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler.
Lisa talks about Winkler’s memoir and how he delves into his dyslexia and his highly complex relationship with his parents. He also shares his longtime relationship with Ron Howard.
Books Discussed:
Bettyville: A Memoir
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Lisa discusses the celebrity memoir Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar, which came out in the fall of 2023. She was raised in a conservative household and is famous because her family was on TLC’s popular show, 19 Kids and Counting. Jill marries Derick and grapples with her life being raised in a semi-cult. She was taught that men are superior and women’s roles are to raise children and marry, and are discouraged from higher educatio...
Lisa discusses Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. This is a young adult book based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan centered on the Ojibwe tribe and a young adult who tries to solve a murder mystery. The artwork on the cover is beautiful and this article discusses how the artwork was set up.
Other books discussed:
Backwater by Joan Bauer
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