We Know How to Read
Megan and Natalie are two book-loving, opinionated ladies that know, theorize, and share ideas about books. In We Know How to Read we will cover everything from trending books, reading challenges, tropes, worst and best characters, fan theories, and much more. As well as book smarts Megan and Natalie are aspiring authors who will occasionally give writing advice.
Episodes

Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Hello, 2024! We are so excited to be reading our way into the New Year with you! As we all are writing down our book goals, TBRS, and more. We want to share with you our top reads of 2023. This three-part series will feature our top reads for each month of the year. Think of this as our 2023 book bracket meets our ultimate book recommendations to you - with a lot of chaotic, embarrassing, laughable, moments along the way! So happy for you to join us this year for more bookish chaos!

Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Hello, 2024! We are so excited to be reading our way into the New Year with you! As we all are writing down our book goals, TBRS, and more. We want to share with you our top reads of 2023. This three-part series will feature our top reads for each month of the year. Think of this as our 2023 book bracket meets our ultimate book recommendations to you - with a lot of chaotic, embarrassing, laughable, moments along the way! So happy for you to join us this year for more bookish chaos!

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write and our season finale episode! Rounding off this amazing see, this week we were so honored to have Ligia Cushman! Ligia N. Guzman-Cushman is a Dominican-American fantasy author best known for the "Rise of a Dark Throne: The Mōsa Chronicles." Ligia Cushman is proud to be an Afro-Latina author, writing diverse and inclusive fantasy novels filled with romance and magick. With an epic tale of two unlikely characters embarking on a magick-filled enemies-to-lovers adult fantasy romance novel, you are hooked!

Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Isabelle Olmo on our holiday special They Know How to Write. Isabelle is not only a talented author of The Queen's Red Guard, a feminist epic fantasy series with a diverse cast of characters, but she is equally hilarious and so much fun to have on the show! We got into all the details with Isabelle while she was on the show including how she got into writing fantasy, the inspiration behind her diverse characters, and general chaos! One thing is always certain; her stories are about women and their inherent power.

Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Angela Breen! Angela Breen is the author of Pretty. Gritty. Love Stories. Angela loves strong heroes and heroines who can save themselves. She writes about the dark and gritty parts of life as well as the fun stuff! This week we got into the Pretty, the Gritty, and all of the love with the very talented Angela. What a fun time we had getting to know the inside outs of Angela's writing, characters, and more.

Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Kate Gateley! It was amazing to get the chance to sit down and talk with the award-winning fantasy novelist of the Lost Wells Trilogy and immerse readers into a world of magic, Celtic History & self-discovery. When Kate published her first book, Tides of the Sovereign (FriesenPress 2022), Book One of the Lost Wells Trilogy, she knew that it was only the beginning of a story she has always wanted to write—one with heart and meaning that was actually worth sharing. We couldn't have had more fun learning about Kate's journey as an author, the behind the scenes of writing her novels, and meeting a kinder spirit. Check out her series now!

Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Andrea Tang. To add to the excitement of this episode TODAY is the launch day of Kingdom of Without a cyberpunk heist thriller, what more could you want?! Find it online or at a store near you. Also, she loves martial arts in general and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in particular, and in her spare time, enjoys learning new sports and checking out live theater. Andrea is the author of Rebelwing and its companion novel, Renegade Flight, as well as the upcoming The Kingdom of Without(out now). This interview is classic We Know How to Read - full of side quests, loads of laughs, and hearing about the epic tales Andrea has written.

Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Kim Alexander, a former author interviewer on Sirius XM Book Radio turned fantasy author herself. We talk about her fantasy series; The Demon Door and much much more. But let us tease you with this: Blood is power. Love is pain. And destiny awaits beyond The Door.

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Jessica Cage, an International Award Winning, and USA Today's Best Selling Author. We had so much fun - mostly laughing but getting to ask Jessica about her journey as an author, and how she came up with such rich words and dragons. Who doesn't love dragons? Jessica writes Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy highlighting POC main characters. She's done it all guys - sirens, magic, jin, epic fantasy adventure, and more!

Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
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We surprise you with a brand new episode with just predictions and theories not only for Iron Flame but the entire saga! As we all sit down with Iron Flame over the next few days or weeks let's review all the possibilities Rebecca has left us to think about. Is Adarnan royalty? Will Xaden and Violet find their HEA?! Do the rebellion kids get two signets?! What role does Lillith play in all of this? Let's dive into our Iron Flame theories as we pick up the books hot off the press!