Episodes

  • Shelf Life Epilogue
    Feb 14 2024

    Hello fellow bibliophiles! You made it to the end of the podcast! Shelf Life will be continued soon in a new media format. Follow @shelflifepod on Instagram for all the latest updates. If you want to keep up with my reading in real-time while Shelf Life is on break, follow @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. Happy reading!

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    1 min
  • 2023 Reading Recap | Shelf Life Episode 14
    Jan 24 2024

     Hello fellow bibliophiles! This is the final episode of Shelf Life! If you enjoyed this episode and want more book recommendations you can find them all in the previous episodes on Spotify. Follow us on Instagram @shelflifepod for the continuation of Shelf Life. If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph.

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    29 mins
  • Romance, Holidays, and... the Plague? | Shelf Life Episode 13
    Jan 10 2024

    Hello fellow bookarazzi! Welcome to the last monthly reading recap. In this episode, I dust off the shelf This Winter by Alice Oseman, The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera, Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks, Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, and Micah Myers, A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams, and Hamnet by Maggie O’Ferrall. If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. If you like what you hear, recommend Shelf Life to your favorite wine aunt, your long distance best friend, or anyone really. Make sure to check us out on instagram @shelflifepod for EVEN MORE behind the scenes content. 

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    48 mins
  • Covers vs. Content | Shelf Life Episode 12
    Dec 13 2023

    Hello fellow bilbiopegists! I completed my reading 2023 goal! In the November recap, I dust off the shelf Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Wildfire by Hannah Grace, and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. If you like what you hear, recommend Shelf Life to your best friend, your former roommate, or your mom’s book club. Make sure to check us out on instagram @shelflifepod for EVEN MORE behind the scenes content.

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    42 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE | In Conversation: Author Abby Kane
    Nov 29 2023

    Hello fellow bibliophiles! Welcome to our first official interview with new author Abby Kane! Bonus episodes are either on topics related to the books I have read in the past or new conversations on literary topics with guests. In this episode, we’ll do both as I talk with Abby Kane about the release of her new book Song of the Stars. Buy Song of the Stars now on Amazon, and follow @abbycandy_kane for more updates. If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. If you like what you hear, check us out on instagram @shelflifepod for EVEN MORE behind the scenes content.

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    35 mins
  • It’s Irish Literature Fall | Shelf Life Episode 11
    Nov 15 2023

    Hello fellow bilbiotaphs! October brought us into lit fic fall and I couldn’t be happier. In this October recap, I dust off the shelf It Isn’t Summer Without You by Jenny Han, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, To School Through the Fields by Alice Taylor, and Song of the Stars by Abby Kane. If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. If you like what you hear, recommend Shelf Life to the stranger in the elevator, your favorite aunt, or your book club. Make sure to check us out on instagram @shelflifepod for EVEN MORE behind the scenes content.

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    33 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE | Books I've Added to My TBR
    Oct 25 2023

    Hello fellow bibliophiles! Welcome to another bonus episode. Bonus episodes are either on topics related to the books I have read in the past or new conversations on literary topics with guests. In this episode, we’ll be dusting off five books that I have recently added to my tbr! If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. If you like what you hear, check us out on instagram @shelflifepod for EVEN MORE behind the scenes content.


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    13 mins
  • “These books are like if Icebreaker and Heartstopper had a baby.” | Shelf Life Episode 10
    Oct 11 2023

    Hello fellow lectiophiles! We made it to September! Lots of big life changes happened in September for me, but still I kept reading. The books dusted off in this episode are Taming Rafe by Suzanne Enoch, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, and the Check Please series by Ngozi Ukazu. If you want to see what I am reading in real time, go check out @shelflife_katie on StoryGraph. If you like what you hear, recommend Shelf Life to your librarians, your friends, or someone from a random dating app (let me know if your success rate is better than mine). Make sure to check us out on instagram @shelflifepod for EVEN MORE behind the scenes content. 


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    34 mins