Hello!!!! This is such a gorgeous episode, with an amazing bookstagrammer, Margaux at @margauxreads. Also, the timing was BRILLIANT and completely unplanned. Margaux is a Queer, Black and vocab-lovin' reader. She is obsessed with anything related to coming of age stories, literary fiction, queerness, Blackness and just damn' good writing. Follow Margaux if you want super incredible book recs, thoughtful reviews, and very entertaining stories with words of the day and -what-if/this-or-that polls.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Margaux's love of words
• Why she started a bookstagram
• What kind of reader they she wants to advocate
• The importance of queer literature
• The types of stories she'd like to see more of in queer stories (books, movies, etc.)
• Margaux's favorite authors
• Margaux's favorite style of writing
• If Margaux could have an author write about her life, who would it be
• Why does Margaux read?

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HELLO MY BOOKISH LOVERS AND FRIENDS! IT IS SO AMAZING TO BE BACK IN ACTION! Oh, how I've missed you all so dearly!

This guest is Emily Alcher, the Co-founder and CEO of Italic Type; an online platform for cultivating authentic, real-deal book communities, setting goals, and enhancing the reader experience.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• What is Italic Type and why does it matter?
• What's different about Italic Type?
• Why we need to care about readers
• Why reading matters
• How Emily fell into her love of books
• Sharing the ups and downs of creating an online book club/company
• The importance of underground/backlist reads
• Uplifting minority subjects and voices
• Emily's favorite books of all time
• What books Emily would give to someone to show them she loves them

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This conversation is a combination of books and focusing on the topic of friendship with our dear guest, Lindsey Simcik. If you haven’t listened to one of my most recent episodes, her co-host and sidekick Krista Williams was just on the podcasts. If you don’t know Lindsey, she is the co-host of the Almost30 Podcast with Krista. She is also the co-creator of the Almost30 Membership, which is a monthly/yearly membership that brings together like-minded souls for conversation, intimate healing seminars, they invite key note speakers, release bonus episodes, and so much more. Lindsey is also the founder of her latest program, The Sacredness of Being Single, an intimate container for those who are seeking more fulfillment and grace during your time as a solo partner.

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