Welcome to Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club — the podcast where great stories, bold women, and irresistible conversations collide! Hosted by award-winning journalist Danielle Robay, each week new episodes balance thoughtful literary insight with the fervor of buzzy book trends, pop culture and more.

Welcome to Bookmarked by Reese&rsquo;s Book Club&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;the podcast where great stories, bold women, and irresistible conversations collide!&nbsp;Hosted by award-winning journalist Danielle Robay, each week&nbsp;new episodes&nbsp;balance thoughtful literary insight with the fervor of buzzy book trends, pop culture and more.

Welcome to Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club — the podcast where great stories, bold women, and irresistible conversations collide! Hosted by award-winning journalist Danielle Robay, each week new episodes balance thoughtful literary insight with the fervor of buzzy book trends, pop culture and more. Bookmarked brings together celebrities, tastemakers, influencers and authors from Reese's Book Club and beyond to share stories that transcend the page. Pull up a chair. You’re not just listening — you’re part of the conversation. 

Follow Reese’s Book Club on Apple Books and never miss a chapter: https://apple.co/rbcapplebooks 

 

Welcome to Bookmarked by Reese&rsquo;s Book Club &mdash; the podcast where great stories, bold women, and irresistible conversations collide! Hosted by award-winning journalist Danielle Robay, each week new episodes balance thoughtful literary insight with the fervor of buzzy book trends, pop culture and more. Bookmarked brings together celebrities, tastemakers, influencers and authors from Reese's Book Club and beyond to share stories that transcend the page. Pull up a chair. You&rsquo;re not just listening &mdash; you&rsquo;re part of the conversation.&nbsp;
Follow Reese&rsquo;s Book Club on Apple Books and never miss a chapter: <a href="https://apple.co/rbcapplebooks">https://apple.co/rbcapplebooks</a>&nbsp;
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Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club

Introducing: Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club

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This week, we’re time traveling with Philippa Gregory, prolific author and feminist historian (and maybe Danielle’s new bestie???). Philippa is the woman behind over 50 historical fiction novels that trace narratives across Medieval and Tudor England, including The Other Boleyn Girl, which was adapted into a film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. Her latest novel, The Boleyn Traitor, follows the infamous Anne Boleyn’s sister-in-law, Jane Boleyn, through her life as a spy in the English court. And this story, as so many of Philippa Gregory's do, brings a complicated, sometimes unlikeable, largely forgotten woman to the forefront. Because Philippa doesn’t really trust pure, pious women. She’s drawn instead to the truth – that women in from history are just as layered and diverse as we are today. 

BOOKS MENTIONED: 

The Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory 

Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory 

Wild Acre by Philippa Gregory

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory 

Richard III by William Shakespeare

This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England by Nandini Das

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Little Grey Rabbit by Alison Uttley

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer

Ulysses by James Joyce

Mine Own Executioner by Nigel Balchin

This week, we&rsquo;re time traveling with Philippa Gregory, prolific author and feminist historian (and maybe Danielle&rsquo;s new bestie???). Philippa is the woman behind over 50 historical fiction novels that trace narratives across Medieval and Tudor England, including The Other Boleyn Girl, which was adapted into a film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. Her latest novel, The Boleyn Traitor, follows the infamous Anne Boleyn&rsquo;s sister-in-law, Jane Boleyn, through her life as a spy in the English court. And this story, as so many of Philippa Gregory's do, brings a complicated, sometimes unlikeable, largely forgotten woman to the forefront. Because Philippa doesn&rsquo;t really trust pure, pious women. She&rsquo;s drawn instead to the truth &ndash; that women in from history are just as layered and diverse as we are today.&nbsp;
BOOKS MENTIONED:&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/boleyn-traitor/id6736664474?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Boleyn Traitor</a> by Philippa Gregory&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/normal-women/id6445063666?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Normal Women</a>: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/wideacre/id381670854?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Wild Acre</a> by Philippa Gregory
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-other-boleyn-girl/id381663093?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Other Boleyn Girl</a> by Philippa Gregory&nbsp;
<a href="Richard%20III">Richard III</a> by William Shakespeare
This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England by Nandini Das
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-jungle-book/id395539415?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Jungle Book</a> by Rudyard Kipling
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/little-grey-rabbit-little-grey-rabbit-goes-to-the-sea/id1270700936?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Little Grey Rabbit</a> by Alison Uttley
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-female-eunuch/id6476762646?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Female Eunuch</a> by Germaine Greer
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/ulysses/id1480242358?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Ulysses</a> by James Joyce
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/mine-own-executioner/id6469270050?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Mine Own Executioner</a> by Nigel Balchin

Feminist Historian Philippa Gregory on Reclaiming the Women History Forgot

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This week is a big one. For the first time ever, three romance royals sit down together: Beverly Jenkins, Tia Williams, and Kennedy Ryan. They talk about pioneering Black love stories when the industry didn’t make space for them, reshaping modern romance with depth and desire, and why a happily ever after is anything but predictable — it’s powerful. From writing Black female desire without apology to protecting your creative vision, this conversation is funny, honest, and deeply moving. 

BOOKS MENTIONED: 

Night Song by Beverly Jenkins

Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 

Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches – This collection features “Bury Me in a Free Land”.  by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

The Perfect Find by Tia Williams 

Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Through the Storm by Beverly Jenkins 

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Hazard and Somerset by Gregory Ashe 

Ghalen by Walter Mosely

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

This week is a big one. For the first time ever, three romance royals sit down together: Beverly Jenkins, Tia Williams, and Kennedy Ryan. They talk about pioneering Black love stories when the industry didn&rsquo;t make space for them, reshaping modern romance with depth and desire, and why a happily ever after is anything but predictable &mdash; it&rsquo;s powerful. From writing Black female desire without apology to protecting your creative vision, this conversation is funny, honest, and deeply moving.&nbsp;
BOOKS MENTIONED:&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/night-song/id677417098?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Night Song</a> by Beverly Jenkins
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/iola-leroy/id1580882890?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Iola Leroy</a> by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/frances-harper/id1569177256?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches</a> &ndash; This collection features &ldquo;Bury Me in a Free Land&rdquo;. &nbsp;by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/lolita/id420526815?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Lolita</a> by Vladimir Nabokov&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/anna-karenina/id395534656?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Anna Karenina</a> by Leo Tolstoy
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-devil-wears-prada/id419959270?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Devil Wears Prada</a> by Lauren Weisberger
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-perfect-find/id1559494271?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Perfect Find</a> by Tia Williams&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/cant-get-enough/id6670383968?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Can't Get Enough</a> by Kennedy Ryan
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/before-i-let-go/id1613116910?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Before I Let Go</a> by Kennedy Ryan
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/seven-days-in-june/id1534530592?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Seven Days in June</a> by Tia Williams
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/through-the-storm/id360610147?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Through the Storm</a> by Beverly Jenkins&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/heated-rivalry/id6446993012?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Heated Rivalry</a> by Rachel Reid
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/hazard-and-somerset-off-duty/id1611615185?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Hazard and Somerset</a> by Gregory Ashe&nbsp;
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/ghalen/id6749892164?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Ghalen</a> by Walter Mosely
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/fourth-wing/id6443545299?at=1000l36qK&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Fourth Wing</a> by Rebecca Yarros

This week is a big one. For the first time ever, three romance royals sit down together: Beverly Jenkins, Tia Williams, and Kennedy Ryan. They talk about pioneering Black love stories when the industry didn’t make space for them, reshaping modern romance with depth and desire, and why a happily ever after is anything but predictable — it’s powerful. From writing Black female desire without apology to protecting your creative vision, this conversation is funny, honest, and deeply moving. And at the end the three create the most unhinged romance ever!       BOOKS MENTIONED:   Night Song by Beverly Jenkins  Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper   Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches – This collection features “Bury Me in a Free Land”.  by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov   Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy  The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger  The Perfect Find by Tia Williams   Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan  Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan  Seven Days in June by Tia Williams  Through the Storm by Beverly Jenkins   Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid  Hazard and Somerset by Gregory Ashe   Ghalen by Walter Mosely  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Women Who Changed Romance: Kennedy Ryan, Tia Williams and Beverly Jenkins

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This week, we’re talking to director and screenplay writer Maggie Gyllenhaal about her upcoming film, The Bride! Maggie reveals how she gave a character from the 1930s with only a few minutes of screentime a big dose of main character energy. Danielle and Maggie also discuss the unthinkable thoughts of Mary Shelley, IMAX screenings, and what it was like to narrate a 48-hour audio book. Plus, get a sneak peek of the March Reese’s Book Club Pick, Lady Tremaine.

BOOKS MENTIONED: 

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante 

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Mating by Norman Rush

This week, we&rsquo;re talking to director and screenplay writer Maggie Gyllenhaal about her upcoming film, The Bride! Maggie reveals how she gave a character from the 1930s with only a few minutes of screentime a big dose of main character energy. Danielle and Maggie also discuss the unthinkable thoughts of Mary Shelley, IMAX screenings, and what it was like to narrate a 48-hour audio book. Plus, get a sneak peek of the March Reese&rsquo;s Book Club Pick, Lady Tremaine.
BOOKS MENTIONED:&nbsp;
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/frankenstein/id395546675&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Frankenstein by Mary Shelley</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/romeo-and-juliet/id916363784&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/anna-karenina/id395534656&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-lost-daughter/id1499845837&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/my-brilliant-friend/id1499841247&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/lincoln-in-the-bardo/id1114529539&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/jane-eyre/id502761899&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront&euml;</a>
<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/mating/id422536915&amp;itscg=80048&amp;itsct=AB_PT_RBC_POD&amp;campaign_id=AB_PT_RBC_POD">Mating by Norman Rush</a>

She's Alive! How Maggie Gyllenhaal Gave the Bride of Frankenstein a New Life

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