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Books That Make You Podcast

Books That Make You is a channel about all things bookish. Home to the The Books That Make You show with host Desiree Duffy of Black Chateau Enterprises. Where she discuses books with authors and experts, unraveling the inner pages of all the books that help make us who we are. BTMY also live streams bookish events as well as posting author readings and bookish contest on www.BooksThatMakeYou.com

Oct 2, 2024

Books That Make You Select Your Own Ending for Your Life

Since no one gets out of life alive, we can at least decide how our own stories should end.

Saving KC is the new Historical Fiction novel by Grinelle “Buzz” Desjarlais, who deeply and compassionately explores addiction, and the connections we might find...


Sep 26, 2024

Books That Make You Enter the World of Hollywood—and Murder

This fall, gear up for an emotion-packed thriller, as you shake literary hands with an aging Hollywood horror actor whose wife’s death years ago may, in fact, have been murder.

Such is the set-up of the new novel, The Salvation of Henry Maxwell, by...


Sep 18, 2024

Books That Make You Fall Under the Spell of a Prohibition-era Moonshiner

Travel back to the 1920s alongside a troubled boy named Rufus. Watch him leave his family—and a secret—behind, only to find what he hopes is a new home with a new family, the O’Haras. Unfortunately, things don’t go too well for Rufus in...


Sep 4, 2024

Books That Make You Understand Your Potential—Through Genre Fiction

Very often, so-called “commercial” or genre fiction can speak to us in ways as powerful as “literary” or classic works. Going beyond simply the realm of entertainment, such books can teach us, help us explore possibilities about ourselves...


Aug 28, 2024

Books That Make You Think Mellowing Your Money

Are you overwhelmed when people discuss investment strategies? Does the roller coaster of the stock market make your head spin? Do you feel pressure, anxiety, and the need to act fast or else—or else?

What if, in fact, you could mellow your money,...