Bookwild

By: Kate Hergott Bookwild Collective
  • Summary

  • On Tuesdays, Kate Hergott talks with authors about their books and writing processes. On Fridays, Kate talks with multiple co-host bookstagrammers and booktubers about a variety of bookish topics.
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Episodes
  • Hyped Books Recommendations with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
    Dec 24 2024

    This week, Gare, Steph and each chose a hyped book and share three books like it that deserve more hype!

    Kate's Books Like The Guest List (And White Lotus)

    The Astrology House

    You Can Trust Me

    It Could Be Anyone

    Steph's Books Like The Push

    The First Day of Spring

    Blood Sugar

    Monday’s Not Coming

    Gare's Books Like The Luckiest Girl Alive

    Everything You Want Me to Be

    Nice Girls

    White Ivy

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    55 mins
  • Some of Our Favorite Subgenres with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
    Dec 20 2024

    This week, Gare, Steph and I chose our own genres to pick books from, and tried to guess what each other picked based on our choices! Listen and you can play along with us!

    Kate’s Picks

    The Prediction

    Fatal Intrusion

    Dead Money

    Steph's Picks

    A Step Past Darkness

    Jane Doe

    The Mindfuck Series

    Gare's Picks

    The Girls Are All So Nice Here

    Tell Me Everything

    Only If You’re Lucky

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    50 mins
  • Sagit Schwartz's Broken Threads: Ageism in Publishing and Social Media, And the Writer's Battle Against AI
    Dec 17 2024

    This week, I talk with Sagit Schwartz about her new short story thriller Broken Threads! We dive into the inspiration for the story, the fun of writing short stories, and the Easter egg for her next novel.

    Broken Threads Synopsis

    When Clare loses her job as a technical writer at a pharmaceutical company due to AI, she has one month’s rent saved and a historical fiction novel she’s been unable to get published. Desperate, she turns to Amber, a young influencer in her apartment building, for help promoting the book.

    Amber offers Clare a shocking deal: fifty percent of the profits—if Clare allows her to claim the novel as her own. Running out of money and options, Claire hesitantly agrees.

    Then, the unimaginable happens. The book is an instant runaway hit—a viral phenomenon, skyrocketing to the top of multiple bestseller lists. Literary agents reach out to Amber, eager to sign her, and Clare begins to suspect Amber is cheating her out of money. Until Amber is found dead…

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    36 mins

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