Episodes

This is The Page 1 Challenge ! the podcast that’s like a blind audition for books. Before revealing the title or author we read the first page. Is it a famous book or one you’ve never heard of? Is it a best-selling author ...

Welcome hungry readers! Your Page 1 Challenge table is ready for you. Remember, the only items on the menu here are appetizers. Before we identify the delicious book or the chef, you get to taste the first page. Plus, we’l...

You should NEVER judge by its cover. But you should sometimes judge a book by its first page, because THIS is The Page 1 Challenge , and that’s what we do here. Is that a FAIR way to judge a book? Well, no, but it is pretty ...

Ya know, The Page 1 Challenge is a lot like the show The Voice. The Voice does blind vocal auditions so only the singer’s skill matters. Will the judges turn their chairs to see who the singer is? On The Page 1 Challenge , ...

Surely you aren’t saying that a book can be judged by its first page! Actually, I am saying that. And don’t call me Shirley. Because this is The Page 1 Challenge , where we read the first page before revealing the title or a...

Do you like a good mystery? I’m not saying that the book in today’s episode IS a mystery… you know we don’t give clues like that. No, here on The Page 1 Challenge the mystery is simply “Will I like this book based on hearing...

Judging a book by its cover is considered to be superficial and unsophisticated. Judging a book by its first page is considered to be... the whole point of this podcast called The Page 1 Challenge . Before telling you the ti...

Welcome to "The Page 1 Challenge," where we take on the exhilarating task of unraveling the essence of a book from... you guessed it, JUST the first page! I’ll give you no clues. Not the title, Not the author, not even the g...

This is The Page 1 Challenge where EVERY book is a mystery to start with since I don’t reveal the title or author until AFTER (and ONLY) reading the first page. If Page 1 tickles your fancy, you might want to read the whole ...

Buckle up, bookworms! It's time for The Page 1 Challenge . We don’t judge a book by its cover – that’s shallow. We judge a book by hearing its first page. Because that, well, that’s shallow too, but it’s kinda fun. After re...

Let me ask you…Are first impressions important? They sure are here on The Page 1 Challenge , where books try to capture your interest with just their first page, and that’s even BEFORE we reveal the title or author. Is that ...

This is The Page 1 Challenge , the podcast for curious book lovers where, technically speaking, EVERY book is a "mystery" to start with, because I don’t tell you anything about it until AFTER I read the first page. Then the ...

What is The Page 1 Challenge ? Well, it’s like a blindfolded wine tasting. You get to taste the wine and not be influenced by the winery, the price tag, or the label. You judge it purely by how it tastes. It’s the same wi...

This is The Page 1 Challenge , where we play a simple little game. I’ll read the first page of a book BEFORE revealing the title or author. You decide if this taste, this appetizer, makes you hungry for the rest of the book....

Dear subscribers of The Page 1 Challenge : This week, instead of hearing the first page of a book, you're going to hear this year's annual Silly Christmas song that I make for my grandchildren. It seems that posting it here i...

Author interview and book recommendation podcasts are a dime a dozen. They introduce the author and say the book title… geez - talk about spoilers! On this show BEFORE we tell you the title of the book OR who the author is, ...

This is The Page 1 Challenge . Imagine you’re in an ice cream store blindfolded. You can’t see what the ice cream looks like or the names of the flavors. All you can do is ask for a taste to find one you like. That’s sort ...

This is The Page 1 Challenge , and you know the deal here. We don’t reveal the title or author of a book until AFTER reading the first page. If page 1 is really good, maybe it’ll make you want to read the whole book! That’s...

Hey, what’s the title of that book? Not telling you. Well, who is the author? Not telling you that either. I’m not revealing anything until AFTER I read the first page to you. Because THIS is The Page 1 Challenge ! Can hear...

[ SPOILERS - DON'T READ UNTIL YOU LISTEN TO THE EPISODE!! ] . . . . This episode features the book Public Display of Aggression , by Hugh Fritz, published on Amazon Kindle in 2021. This is installment 2 of the Mystic Rampage ...

Looking for a new book to read? Well, you could check the NY Times Bestsellers list, or ask your friends for recommendations. OR, you can be a rebel and let ME read the first page of a book to you BEFORE telling you what boo...

Judging a book by its cover is bad. Here on The Page 1 Challenge , we judge a book by its first page! Is that fair? Not really. Is it weird? Let’s change the subject. After reading page 1 we’ll reveal the title and author...

When looking for a new book do you automatically ask “Do I know that author?” or “Have I heard of that book?” Well, what if you ignored all that and just listened to the first page to decide if it sounds interesting enough to...

If you told me that people would decide whether to read a book based only on its first page, I’d say “Hey – they must listen to The Page 1 Challenge , where we read Page 1 before telling you the author, title or any descripti...