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In Ep. 195, Susie (@NovelVisits) and Sarah are back to share their favorite books that missed last year's Summer Reading Guide and our #1 picks for each category featured in my 2025 Summer Reading Guide. Plus, they begin by sharing how their summer reading habits have evolved over the years. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Once again, we are happy to offer a Printable Cheatsheet for this year's Guide: Get the Cheatsheet from Patreon Get the Cheatsheet from Substack Summer Reading [7:42] The Evolution of Our Summer Reading Journeys [8:41] Books Mentioned by Susie London by Edward Rutherfurd (1997) [15:09] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2005) [16:09] The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008) [16:12] Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2005) [16:15] Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2009) [16:31] The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (2013) [16:32] 11/22/63 by Stephen King (2011) [16:34] Books Mentioned by Sarah Jaws by Peter Benchley (1974) [17:57] The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (1943) [21:02] Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (1957) [21:03] Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (2010) [21:06] Books That Missed Last Year's Summer Reading Guide [24:23] Sarah JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography by RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [24:27]  Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [29:08] Hunted by Abir Mukherjee (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [35:51] Susie The Most by Jessica Anthony (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [27:10]  The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (2015) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:52] Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:01] Other Books Mentioned The Measure by Nikki Erlick (2022) [30:13] Our #1 Summer Picks by Category  [40:37] Something Light / Fun Sarah: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [41:23]  Susie: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [45:36]  Other Books Mentioned Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett (2022) [41:35] Something Fast-Paced / Intense Sarah: Dead Money by Jakob Kerr (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [50:27]  Slow-Burn Suspense Susie: The Death of Us by Abigail Dean (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [52:40]  Something With a Bit More Substance Sarah: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [55:54]  Susie: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [58:46]  Other Books Mentioned Dream State by Eric Puchner (2025) [1:00:00] Something Different Sarah: Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [1:01:33]  Susie: Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley (2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [1:03:47]  Other Books Mentioned Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (2005) [1:02:59] Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2019) [1:06:24]

Drew and Lauren go off the rails with the insane conclusion to The Library at Mount Char. The Final Draft features beers from Lawson's Finest Liquids, Freetail Brewing, and Bow & Arrow Brewing. Visit our website at www.iolpodcast.com and join the conversation on Twitter @IOLPodcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/inkingoutloud Send us a tip on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/inkingoutloud Inking Out Loud is Drew McCaffrey and Rob Santos. Sound engineering by Drew McCaffrey. Artwork by Danielle "FelCandy" Prosperie. Intro/outro music: "Moonlight" by Jivemind.

IOL is finally back! Drew and Lauren find themselves at a loss for words over the first half of The Library at Mount Char, a frankly insane standalone fantasy. The Final Draft features beers from Hop Butcher for the World and Martin House. Visit our website at www.iolpodcast.com and join the conversation on Twitter @IOLPodcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/inkingoutloud Send us a tip on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/inkingoutloud Inking Out Loud is Drew McCaffrey and Rob Santos. Sound engineering by Drew McCaffrey. Artwork by Danielle "FelCandy" Prosperie. Intro/outro music: "Moonlight" by Jivemind.

Jes and Sarah are talking about loving your library during this month's episode of Beyond the Shelves! After talking about unique library services and the best ways you can support your library, they talk about some of their favorite books that feature libraries. Then they dig into a busy Book Bulletin segment (starts at 42:51), full of interesting news. Next month, Jes and Sarah are hosting their first ever Beyond the Shelves Book Club episode! They're reading Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray. That episode is scheduled to be up on Tuesday, March 11. We encourage you to read the book so you can follow along with their discussion next month!   Show Notes Show Up for Your Library - ALA Advocacy One of the best ways to support the library is using your library!   What We're Reading The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything, by Colette Shade House of Earth and Blood, by Sarah J. Maas Onyx Storm, by Rebecca Yarros A Bad Day for Sunshine, by Darynda Jones The Age of Magical Overthinking, by Amanda Montell Keep Me, by Sara Cate To Be Read Sula, by Toni Morrison Voice Like a Hyacinth, by Mallory Pearson Water Moon, by Samantha Sotto Yambao Ana Maria and the Fox, by Liana De la Rosa Deep End, by Ali Hazelwood Books About Libraries The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins The Book that Wouldn't Burn, by Mark Lawrence The Parliament, by Aimee Pokwatka The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd Upright Women Wanted, by Sarah Gailey Library Services Book Club Sets TONS of eMagazines on Libby Comics Plus Community Fridges Book Bulletin Children of Blood and Bone Cast Reveal Bookshop.org now sells eBooks Department of Education is ending book ban investigations Simon & Schuster is no longer requiring book blurbs Philadelphia Eagles player AJ Brown helps a book become a bestseller after being spotted reading it on the sidelines during a playoff game Onyx Storm reaction (the headlines - they're bad and misunderstand the book!) Lady Whistlethreads book drama newsletter

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: audiobook listening and keeping track of book recs Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we boss some TBRs The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  :10 - Ad For Ourselves 1:16 - Currently Reading Patreon 5:11 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 12:48 - Our Current Reads 13:25 - True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik (Meredith) 14:38 - 100 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann 18:48 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (Kaytee) 19:05 - CR Season 6: Episode 40 22:08 - Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni (Meredith) 22:50 - The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni 26:54 - The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song (Kaytee) 26:58 - Bright Side Bookshop 29:18 - The Dragon Wakes with Thunder by K.X. Song (pre-order, releases Aug 29, 2025) 29:44 - The Hike by Drew Magary (Meredith) 32:21 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 32:57 - Fairy Tale by Stephen King 34:42 - The White Girl by Tony Birch (Kaytee) 34:53 - Garcia Street Books 36:29 - The Dry by Jane Harper 37:47 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBF From Mari M. 38:38 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (pick #1) 38:41 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel (pick #2) 38:44 - Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab (pick #3) 38:48 - The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld (pick #4) 38:51 - The Wildest Sun by Asha Lemmie (pick #5) 38:57 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith 39:00 - Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty From Judith 44:44 - Still Life by Sarah Winman 44:46 - Eve Green by Susan Fletcher 45:14 - The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah (pick #1) 45:17 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawking (pick #2) 45:21 - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (pick #3) 45:26 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (pick #4) 45:29 - Forever Home by Graham Norton (pick #5) 46:03 - Orbital by Samantha Harvey 48:07 - A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos 48:40 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 48:55 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt 49:08 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:21 - I wish to let everyone know that A Journey To Three Pines will be coming in February and Wicked will be discussed on February 22nd. 49:49 - The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny 50:08 - Wicked by Gregory MaGuire 50:12 - Currently Reading Patreon 54:22 - I wish that somehow Louise Penny would see Inspector Goosemache. (Kaytee) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. February's IPL comes to you from Fables and Fairy Tales in Marinsville, Indiana! Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are taking a look back at their favorite reads of 2020. This year we read the most we had ever read up. to that point, and we had a hard time narrowing down our favorites! Most of these books should be available for you to grab if any interest you after hearing us rave about them four years ago! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  10:10 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell (Meredith) 11:20 - Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (Kaytee) 11:27 - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi 12:23 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith) 15:07 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee) 16:11 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Meredith) 17:27 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee) 17:54 - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 19:12 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Meredith) 21:04 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart (Kaytee) 22:50 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith) 23:05 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 24:21 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller (Kaytee) 26:15 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi (Meredith) 27:55 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (Kaytee) 28:29 - Kaytee's minisode interview with Abi Dare 28:57 - All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (Meredith) 30:55 - Lobizona by Romina Russell Garber (Kaytee) 32:42 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Meredith) 34:39 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Kaytee) 36:27 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Meredith) 39:45 - Here for It by R. Eric Thomas (Kaytee) 40:52 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (Meredith) 43:33 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Kaytee) 43:36 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. December's IPL is a recap of the 2024 year!  Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

On THIS episode of everyone's favorite book podcast, we cover: 1. Alexandra Petri's US history : important American documents (I made up) by Alexandra Petri: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2321339 2. Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout / Cal Newport: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2350607 3. The ministry of time : a novel by Kaliane Bradley: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2356405 4. Her knight at the museum by Bryn Donovan: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2367152 5. Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2361259 6. On Fire by Larry Brown 7. Cryptozooic Man by Bryan Johnson and Walter Flanagan: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/cryptozoic-man-vol-1-decapitation-strike-bryan-johnson/12208182 8. [another book that we're just going to leave off the description because...I fear for my own safety to a small extent]

Summary: From Lord of the Rings to ACOTAR, Fantasy is a genre that is as unique and multifaceted as the human imagination. Today, Holly and Devin give a sense of the range and flexibility of the genre by bringing books from their wheelhouses - how can a single genre be the coziest and creepiest? What we do know, at least, is that any fantasy story will be a great escape from reality and any great fantasy author can build us vivid worlds we've never seen before. Topics Discussed: The Heart (4:01): Devin discussed Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, a cozy fantasy following Viv, a recently retired mercenary orc looking to start anew in the city of Thune. In her travels she discovered an unusual drink called coffee, and has a dream of opening a shop that sells it. Soon she is working alongside a succubus, a ratfolk, other orcs, wizards and all kinds of people seeking peace, pastries, and a latte. After a lifetime of danger, swords, and threats, can Viv relax enough to accept her new, slower-paced life and new friends who like her for her and not her muscles? Devin's key takeaways were: If you want an orc-themed blanket to wrap yourself in this holiday season, Legends and Lattes is it! As a fantasy lover there were moments where Devin's heart rate picked up, but any reader will immediately be soothed by Baldree's diligent plotting and ability to take his foot of the gas without making the book boring.  There is so much humanity and heart in these non-human creatures from Orcs to Succubuses to Ratfolk and everything in between; the fantastical flare to a coffee shop that serves cappuccino and pastries levels up the magical feeling of a cozy, easy read.  The soft, evolving dynamic between Viv and Tanzy (succubus barista) as Viv lets go of a life of hypervigilance and mistrust and learns to build a community and healthy, non-combat relationships is a delight for any romance fan. There is tension and flirting but no pressure and the dynamic founded in friendship and respect is all anyone can hope for in life.  The Dagger (16:27): Holly discussed The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, an apocalyptic fantasy novel following Carolyn, one of twelve adopted children of a powerful, god-like being called Father. Each child was raised in isolation and taught by Father in his mystical library to master a specific catalog of knowledge. After decades of abuse, living in fear, and consistent punishments - Father has disappeared and the library is locked. Carolyn enacts a plan she's been building for years, one that could give her the power of Father, or destroy her. Holly's key takeaways were: The novel examines the corrupting nature of power and how it can alter one's humanity. Carolyn's pursuit of ultimate power in the Library raises questions about whether anyone can wield such control without becoming monstrous. Carolyn and her siblings have been scarred by Father's abusive upbringing, creating deep-seated trauma that influences their actions. The novel explores the long-lasting impact of trauma, especially within a family, and how abuse can shape one's path, even when seeking liberation. The Library, with its endless knowledge, symbolizes the human pursuit of understanding and control over the universe. However, this knowledge is also dangerous and overwhelming, reflecting the idea that some things may be beyond human comprehension. Hot On the Shelf (31:12): Holly: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett Devin: The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper What's Making Our Hearts Race (34:26): Holly: YouTuber Rachel Maksy Devin: volunteering at a horse sanctuary - The Middle Way   Instagram: @heartsanddaggerspod Website: www.heartsanddaggerspod.com   If you like what you hear, please tell your friends and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so that we can find our perfect audience.

Send us a textRelease your inner child!  …I mean through reading, not by letting it burst out of your stomach like some horrible sugar-coated xenomorph. Lora Senf can help. Her Blight Harbor Trilogy is a piece of magic, an umbilicus of imagination between the tired old grump that you're halfway to becoming, and the wide-eyed wonder you once were.  Lora and I talk about the challenge and reward of writing horror for kids, we talk about the influence of M.C Escher and his mad architecture, we talk about Bradbury and King and other inspirations (including the tiny role that I played in this story). And we also talk about the profound heartsick sorrow of loneliness. Enjoy. Other books mentioned: The Hike (2016), by Drew MagaryThe Library at Mount Char (2015), by Scott Hawkins“Kaleidoscope,” (1949), by Ray Bradbury All Summer in a Day (1954), by Ray Bradbury“There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950), by Ray Bradbury The Foghorn (1950), by Ray Bradbury Pet Semetary (1983), by Stephen KingMisery (1987) by Stephen KingSomething Wicked This Way Comes (1962), by Ray BradburyCoraline (2002), by Neil GaimanThe House With a Clock in its Walls (1973), by John BellairsSupport Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Frack-U-Later, Franken-puss What are you watching? Jesse Valheim (Game) The Boys (Show) Palm Springs (Movie) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Book) Brandon Ring of Power (Show) Yung Gravy Concert (Singer) Starfield (Game) White Claw - Yung Gravy (Song) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out the new BOBS Pod Spotify playlist - Songs that Don't Deserve to Bomb⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TheBOBSpod.com - Check out all of our various shenanigans --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theboxofficebombsquad/support

It's episode 200, which means it's (finally) time for us to discuss Library Fiction! We talk about the stereotypes and tropes of library fiction, unacknowledged work of library workers,and more. Plus: we talk way more about our actual jobs than we usually do. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray

This episode we're discussing the fiction genre of Dark Fantasy! We talk about horror, grimdark, violence, amoral protagonists, epic fantasy vs small scale fantasy, the importance of tone, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Wikipedia) The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett) Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Shadowland by Peter Straub Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn Twice Cursed edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane Other Media We Mentioned Dark Souls (Wikipedia) Elden Ring (WIkipedia) Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino The Library at Mount Char by  Scott Hawkins The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Episode 147 - Contemporary Fantasy) Monstress by  Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Wikipedia) Ravenloft (Wikipedia) Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher Leech by Hiron Ennes (Episode 184 - Horror) The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy) Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton W. Snyder Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (Wikipedia) The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists (Wikipedia) Children of Men (Wikipedia) The Children of Men by P.D. James Fables by Bill Willingham and various artists (Wikipedia) Deerskin by Robin McKinley Links, Articles, and Things Dark fantasy (Wikipedia) Category:Dark fantasy anime and manga Category:Dark fantasy video games Grimdark Magazine 20 Dark Fantasy by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Eleventh Cycle by Kian N. Ardalan To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson  The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang The Changeling by Victor LaValle  Jade City by Fonda Lee She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi The First Binding by R.R. Virdi Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 2nd we'll be talking about the format of Non fiction Graphic Novels and Comics! Then on Tuesday, April 16th we'll be giving an update on Media we've recently enjoyed!

Happy Halloween! On this episode we discuss one of the strangest books we've ever read, "the Library at Mount Char," by Scott Hawkins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best books of the year? Already? How Veronica got her k-wires out. And our non-spoilery thoughts on Library at Mount Char.

Veronica's state of K-wires, the most highly-rated books in the world, we kick off our read of The Library of Mount Char, and wrap up China Mountain Zhang.

Emma and Joe are thrilled to chat with incredible horror authors, Clay McLeod Chapman and Rachel Harrison, for a special conversation about their new books, What Kind of Mother (out September 12th), and Black Sheep (out September 19th). Listen in to hear about finding inspiration in the strangest of places (Nicholas Sparks and insurance commercials), nature vs. nurture, not turning into our parents, struggling with parenthood, being fans of each others' work, the horror author community, and their friendship! We also get a tiny glimpse into what they're working on next. Books mentioned in this episode: Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (Listen to our chat with Rachel about Such Sharp Teeth here!) Cackle by Rachel Harrison The Return by Rachel Harrison Nestlings by Nat Cassidy Edenville by Sam Rebelein The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Find Clay at his book tour events this fall and find Rachel at her book tour events here!  Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle and Amanda are talking Aladdin! Plus, a little about The Library at Mount Char, Heels, and flying.E-Mail: greatmousepodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @greatmousecastInstagram: @greatmousecastTikTok: @greatmousepodcast

Looking to cozy down with a book this winter? In this episode, we discuss the definition of a "winter read" (and if there is one), and share our picks for books to read this season. Books Mentioned The Secret History by Donna Tartt Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Babel by R.F. Kuang St. Sebastian's Abyss by Mark Haber The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins The Method by Isaac Butler The Women in the Library by Sullari Gentill The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Books of Anthony Horowitz (The Word is Murder and The Magpie Murders) The Revolution of Marina M by Janet Fitch

This week I'm beginning my supposed ‘break' from reading.There is still an episode, however, and it's a doozy. You may be glad to hear I've put down the books for a short while, ‘cos my guest is a huge name from the cinematic aisle of the horror world – Craig Engler, GM of Shudder is in the house!!He joined me for a conversation back in October, when we were both in the throes of the Halloween build up. Now, listening to this weeks later, you can hardly hear the strain in our voices at all. We talk about Craig's creative life and work – from his role in the show, Z-nation, to the helm of Shudder. We debate dream book-to-movie adaptations and, of course, I ask him which films he thinks are the scariest on Shudder. Most of them I'm too afraid to watch.Oh, and I may use this interview to apply for a non-existent job.Enjoy – this will have your Christmas TV binge covered.Other books mentioned in this episode include:The Library at Mount Char (2015), by Scott Hawkins (episode 94)House of Leaves (2000), by Mark Z. DanielewskiNight Film (2013), by Marisha PesslThe String Diaries (2013), by Stephen Lloyd GeorgeSupport Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Not many authors jump from writing technical manuals to writing intense hard-to-categorize fiction about killing and becoming God, but apparently more people should try it!  Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Advertise on OverdueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcoming back wife-of-the-podcast, Nicole Praska, the monster crew chats about Zach Cregger's new film, Barbarian, and all the inherent wtf-ness that comes along with it. *Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here! *Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork! Featured Guest: Nicole Praska is a regular Frankenstein's Podcast guest and she's also a scientist - you can also listen to her discus fingerprint science in a segment on the Brains On! Podcast (Body Bonanza: Yawns, hiccups, goosebumps and more!), an episode of the Double Loop Podcast (2019 IAI Conference – Episode 204), and on the true-crime podcast, Crime Therapy (Episode 27: Koala Fingerprints aka Our First Special Guest). Nicole and Joe also co-host the new Star Trek podcast, Deep Space Love! References: Why ‘Barbarian' Actor Matthew Patrick Davis Went ‘Ass Out' to Transform Into Horror Film's Creature - Variety How A Self-Help Book Inspired The Horror Film “Barbarian” - As the Bunny Hops Barbarian Director Reveals Biggest Influences For Surprise Horror Hit - ScreenRant 'Barbarian' Actor Matthew Patrick Davis Tells NFS How to Become a Movie Monster - No Film School Weird: the Al Yankovic Story on Roku The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

Have you ever wanted to be one of those writer's that's made it? Scott's one of them. We cover his best seller, his day job, and prove that it's cool kids who listen to audiobooks at the gym.Much Love, Fam!YouTube: Dead by TomorrowInstagram: @DeadxTomorrow Facebook: DeadxTomorrow LinkedIn: Dead by TomorrowTwitter: @DeadxTomorrowWebsite: ...

It's the first of two episodes in our annual Halloween boooook club. Geordie picked the Library at Mount Char completely by accident and what a triumph! The boys adored this book and they discuss: its humour, its intense metaphysical weirdness, its stubborn refusal to be compared with anything else, and the unbelievable fact that its the author's debut.

On today's episode, Joe and Jill discuss why they love books that have magic schools and offer book recommendations for folks who want books featuring magic schools that aren't that magic school. Books mentioned in this episode: Witchlings by Claribel Ortega  A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik  Carry On by Rainbow Rowell  SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki  The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss  Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston  Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey  Akarnae by Lynette Noni  The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness  The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin  The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes  The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani  Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko  The Magicians series by Lev Grossman  The Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima, specifically The Wizard Heir  Charmed Life – The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Book 1 by Diana Wynne Jones  The Circle of Magic Series by Tamora Pierce – book One is Sandry's book The Divine Dungeon Series by Dakota Krout  And Mother of Learning by nobody103  The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sooooo due to Geordie trying to be a responsible book buyer, his copy of The Library at Mount Char hasn't arrived yet. Oh calamity, oh Bailey! But Geordie has a plan. He challenges Duncan to a first sentence challenge, where the fellas test the other to see if they can guess the fantasy novel from just the opening line.Duncan plays dirty, Geordie plays too nice, and it's a pretty embarrassing showing all round. Nobody tell Duncan that Geordie heard about this challenge from TikTok.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Men (2022, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Beak & Skiff 1911 Bourbon.Damien is reading The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins; drinking a Monte Carlo (rye whiskey, Benedictine, bitters).Ryan is watching Impetigore (2019, dir. Joko Anwar); drinking a Cthulu Takes Manhattan. It's got blue cream soda in it. Don't ask.If you liked this week's story, check out The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay.Up next: The Sandman by E.T.A. HoffmanSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Tune in to hear sci-fi and fantasy recommendations from two librarians, specifically presenting books for readers who haven't tried either of these genres yet and are curious..., or perhaps you have and just haven't found the right book yet?  Titles discussed include: Damon Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward series) Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (Reckoners series) Scythe by Neal Shusterman Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod, illustrated by Jess Taylor Saga by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune (also shouted out The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door) Jeff We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker Neuromancer by William Gibson Leviathan Wakes by James A. Corey Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Descender by Jeff Lemire House of Rumour by Jason Arnott Michelle Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds All Systems Red by Martha Wells How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins      

We’ve got some well earned awards to give out, find out who is the worst person and who had the worst time in this book (Tip: the answers are obvious). Beware Father fans, we’re ranting about your boi a whole lot this episode. Also seek help. Get ready for the Summer of Swords and start reading Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks for next week! Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.The post The Library at Mount Char: Part Three first appeared on Don't call it a book club..

We've got some well earned awards to give out, find out who is the worst person and who had the worst time in this book (Tip: the answers are obvious). Beware Father fans, we're ranting about your boi a whole lot this episode. Also seek help.Get ready for the Summer of Swords and start reading Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks for next week!Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

ALERT! GROCERY. STORE. WARM. UP. (7:22 skip). What is going on with the President of Mount Char? Father needs to trim the fat a bit and Dan is excited for Carolyn to hit ’em with a SLICE. Pop quiz: The Sun goes out. How much do you tip your waitress at dinner that evening? Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.The post The Library at Mount Char: Part Two first appeared on Don't call it a book club..

ALERT! GROCERY. STORE. WARM. UP. (7:22 skip). What is going on with the President of Mount Char? Father needs to trim the fat a bit and Dan is excited for Carolyn to hit 'em with a SLICE. Pop quiz: The Sun goes out. How much do you tip your waitress at dinner that evening?Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

Dan wants us to get warmed up with a surprise Pokemon and Disney reference (6:35 to skip). Big disagreements on this one about who has the best catalogue, whats your vote? My guy Nobununga might be kindof a dummy, but a big tiger can turn the tide in any fight. And of course we’ve got to break down the ethics of lion attacks. Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.The post The Library at Mount Char: Part One first appeared on Don't call it a book club..

Dan wants us to get warmed up with a surprise Pokemon and Disney reference (6:35 to skip). Big disagreements on this one about who has the best catalogue, whats your vote? My guy Nobununga might be kindof a dummy, but a big tiger can turn the tide in any fight. And of course we've got to break down the ethics of lion attacks.Special thanks to VOLO for the intro and outro music.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: beautiful bookshelves and a booktuber to love Current Reads: we're all over the map this week with poetry and Cozy+ and a book I should have loved but didn't and so much more! Deep Dive: reading outside of our comfort zones Book Presses: books that we didn't expect to love As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:39 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:24 - Nakia's Hideaway on Youtube 6:30 - Nakia's Hideaway on Instagram 8:39 - Current Reads 8:55 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (Kaytee) 11:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 12:26 - Seasonal Work by Laura Lippman (Meredith) 14:08 - Story Bound Story via Fabled 15:57 - By the Book by Jasmine Guillory (Kaytee) 16:03 - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy  19:19 - His and Hers by Alice Feeney (Meredith) 22:15 - Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney  22:38 - Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman (Kaytee) 23:04 - The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman 26:36 - Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray (Meredith) 30:35 - The Maid by Nita Prose 30:44 - An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good by Helene Turston 32:15 - Deep Dive: Reading Out of Our Comfort Zones 34:18 - Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese 34:21 - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 36:38 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 37:25 - Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray 39:42 - Shelf Subscription Bookshelf Thomasville 39:50 - Book of the Month 39:57 - Access the Indie Press List by becoming a Patron 42:16 - Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 43:40 - An Unlikely Story 45:18  - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 45:36 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (Kaytee) 48:39 - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (Meredith) 51:10 - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

 click to listenWherein the Two Mikes look upon creation and find that it is good enough.It's Cocktail Time!Black SunriseMake coffee ice cubesWhen ready, place in shaker.Add:    1 shot espresso    1 shot Kahlua    1 shot blackstrap rumShake and pour entire into tumbler.Go to work.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: the change of the seasons and a young fan Current Reads: a few books that will stay with us forever, and some that… won't Deep Dive: the books that live rent-free in our heads Book Presses: a fairy tale retelling and a beloved brick As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:20 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:01 - Current Reads 6:21 - Fabled Bookshop 6:42 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh (Meredith) 13:53 - The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (Kaytee)  16:55 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow (Meredith) 18:40 - book darts for your own books! 20:09 - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 22:45 - When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten (Kaytee) 24:45 - Bookshelf Thomasville subscriptions 25:19 - Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane (Meredith) 29:15 - How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon (Kaytee) 30:15 - Heavy by Kiese Laymon 30:19 - Season 3: Ep. 34 32:27 - Garcia Street Books 32:59 - Deep Dive: Books that Live Rent Free In Our Heads 34:15 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 35:49 - So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson 36:49 - Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer 37:55 - A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 37:59 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 38:37 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 39:30 - Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia 39:49 - Violeta by Isabel Allende 40:30 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 40:37 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 40:38 - The One by John Marrs 40:44 - Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton 40:46 - Parasite by Mira Grant 40:57 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kenda Adachi 41:50 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 42:13 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 44:41  - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 45:02 - All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller (Meredith) 46:58 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire 47:52 - Roots by Alex Haley (Kaytee) 49:16 - The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers  49:21 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 49:38 - Shogun by James Clavell 49:39 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

This episode we're talking about 2022: The Year of Book Two! (And sequels!) We discuss why we read (or don't read) sequels, favourite book twos, reading series out of order, and more! Plus: Shocking reveals that don't leave an impact because we've forgotten who the character is... You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards 2022: Year of Book Two Book 2 challenge on Storygraph Goodreads shelf (use “2022 Year Of Book 2”) Twitter hashtag: #2022BookTwo Instagram hashtag: #2022YearOfBook2 Media We Mentioned The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (The Invisible Library #1) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) Goosebumps by R.L. Stine (Wikipedia) Animorphs by Katherine Applegate (Wikipedia) Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal (Wikipedia) Hogfather by Terry Prachett (Discworld #20) Doki Doki Literature Club! Cover Her Face by P.D. James Featuring Adam Dalgliesh Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane (Young Wizards #2) Info about New Millennium updates of the books Lirael by Garth Nix (Old Kingdom #2) The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland #2) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games #2) Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Divergent #2) A Million Suns by Beth Revis (Across the Universe #2) Prodigy by Marie Lu (Legend #2) Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie Bat #2) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins The City We Became by N.K. Jemison (Great Cities #1) Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente (This used to say it was book one of the “Leningrad Diptych,” but that finally got removed as the second book doesn't exist.) A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #2) Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #2) Startide Rising by David Brin (The Uplift Saga #2) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #2) The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood (The Serpent Gates #2) Supernova by C.A. Higgins (Lightless #2) Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach #2) How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland How We Live by Sherwin B. Nuland Short Circuit (1986 film) (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things Sequel Rights: A Review of Locus Reviews “The absolute gall of any reviewer to start with the second book in a series and then complain that they don't understand what's going on, as though this is somehow the fault of the text!” Desert Island Discworld - Diane Duane and Jingo Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making 12 Weird Fiction books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers' advisory. All of the lists can be found here. Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany Darker Than Night by Owl Goingback Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno The Famished Road by Ben Okri Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar Also check out our booklist of 12 New Weird books by BIPOC authors! Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, February 1st when we'll be talking about Amish Romance! Then on Tuesday, February 15th we'll be discussing “What is a book?”

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts George Needham and Nicole Fowles. We discuss some of our favorites of 2021. These include the multitude of books we read in addition to what shows we binged.  Book recommendations include The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons, The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall, Still Life by Louise Penny, and The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. Show recommendations include Only Murders in the Building, Lupin, Squid Games, Schmigadoon!, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (in chronological order), Nine Perfect Strangers, and Ted Lasso.  Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on December 31, 2021

This episode we're talking about Adaptations! We discuss (the fictional) Junji Ito's Anne of Green Gables, The Muppets presents Dune the Musical, bad wigs in adaptations, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Appleberry Media We Mentioned Peter and the Wolf (Wikipedia) Marvel Cinematic Universe (Wikipedia) Spider-Man in film (Wikipedia) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Wikipedia) Spider-Ham Spider-Verse (Wikipedia) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981 TV series) (Wikipedia) Spider-Man (Japanese TV series) (Wikipedia) Spiders-Man (Wikipedia) The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien  The Lord of the Rings (film series) (Wikipedia) Lord of the Rings - trailer (YouTube) Harry Potter (film series) (Wikipedia) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - trailer (YouTube) Batman in film (Wikipedia) Spider-Men (Wikipedia) Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) (Wikipedia) Highlander (franchise) (Wikipedia) Frankenstein by Junji Ito Dune by Frank Herbert Dune (1984) - trailer (YouTube) Dune (2021) - trailer (YouTube) Muppet Treasure Island - trailer (YouTube) Muppet Christmas Carol - trailer (YouTube) The Music Man (Wikipedia) The Music Man - trailer (YouTube) The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Princess Bride - trailer (YouTube) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Wikipedia) Cassandra Cain (Wikipedia) Little Shop of Horrors - (Wikipedia) Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena Parasite Eve - video game (Wikipedia) The Witcher (Wikipedia) The Witcher (TV series) (Wikipedia) The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski The Lego Movie (Wikipedia) The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman  Golden Compass - trailer (YouTube) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis  Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - trailer (YouTube) BLAME! Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei The Dark Tower (2017 film) (Wikipedia) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - trailer (YouTube) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - trailer (YouTube) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll  Alice in Wonderland - trailer (YouTube) You (TV series) (Wikipedia) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Twilight - trailer (YouTube) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Murderbot Diaries Series by Martha Wells The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV series) (Wikipedia) Lovely War by Julie Berry The Illusionist  - trailer (YouTube) The Prestige - trailer (YouTube) Seven (1995 film) (Wikipedia) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Wikipedia) West Side Story (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things Desert Bus Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows) The Game of Life: Pirates of the Caribbean – At World's End (BoardGameGeek) There are three different Pirates of the Caribbean version of the Game of Life Resource Description and Access (Wikipedia) Storm - X-Men character (Wikipedia) Mystique - X-Men character (Wikipedia) Five laws of library science (Wikipedia) “Every book its reader.” 18 Metafiction books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers' advisory. All of the lists can be found here. Insurrecto by Gina Apostol Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with Fukushima by Hideo Furukawa Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour Hell of a Book by Jason Mott Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri The Friend by Sigrid Nunez The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, December 7th we'll be discussing the genre of Thrillers! Then on Tuesday, December 21st it's our Best Books we Read in 2021 episode!

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk in any spare minute that we have.  This week we will be discussing our love for October reads!  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller (Traci) The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth (Ellie) Literally Listening:  Rush by Lisa Patton (Traci) Fault Lines by Emily Itami (Ellie) October Reads:  The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James (Traci) A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Ellie) Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (Traci) Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Ellie) Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven (Traci) The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab (Ellie) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern  Carrie by Stephen King  What's Next: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Traci) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Traci) Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (Ellie) The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Ellie) Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (Traci) The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (Ellie) The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe (Ellie)

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: outside reading perfection and a new generation of readers Current Reads: books that take your breath away and that help you breathe better Deep Dive: Q and A about Book Flights Book Presses: two hilarious picks - both way backlist As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 2:08 - Currently Reading Patreon Current Reads: 8:35 - The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams (Kaytee) 11:07 - The Herd by Andrew Bartz (Meredith) 16:26 - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Kaytee) 17:46 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 17:54 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live interview with Jesse Q. Sutanto 19:16 - Breath by James Nestor (Meredith) 25:11 - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Kaytee) 26:33 - Circe by Madeline Miller 28:41 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith) 32:07 - I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 32:36 - Fabled Bookshop 34:05 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard 34:33 - Kindle Unlimited 34:35 - Hoopla Digital 34:37 - Scribd 36:05 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard Deep Dive - The Book Flight: 43:24 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard 45:09 - Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 51:55 - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore (Kaytee) 54:24 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (Meredith) 57:01 - The Giver by Lois Lowry 57:25 - The Willoughbys Return by Lois Lowry Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a readerly realization and a new library card Current Reads: weird books and wheelhouse books and a highlight of the Indie Press List Deep Dive: our literary hall passes - the characters and authors that make our hearts beat faster Book Presses: one of my favorite moments in our recording history. Welcome to press whiplash, we are glad you are here. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Current Reads: 7:18 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 7:24 - Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (Meredith) 13:49 - Goosebumps by R.L. Stine 14:14 - Currently Reading Patreon 14:33 - The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts (Kaytee) 14:38 - Fabled Bookshop 17:55 - When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McClain (Meredith) 19:51 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live interview w/Paula McClain 24:39 - Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (Kaytee) 26:12 - The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon 26:49 - Novel Neighbor bookshop 27:39 - Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare (Meredith) 31:26 - The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry (Kaytee) 33:26 - All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenburg Deep Dive - Literary Hall Passes 35:53 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 36:57 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 37:35 - A Court of  Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 38:47 - Still Life by Louise Penny (Three Pines #1) 40:18 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 40:43 - Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson 43:52 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles  Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 47:27 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (Meredith) 50:48 - The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy (Kaytee) 51:38 - Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman 53:26 - Collected Works bookstore Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts George Needham and Nicole Fowles. Our special guest this week is Robbie Apt from Community and Family Outreach Services. We talk to her about the bookmobile, school requests, and other services that Community and Family Outreach Services provides. You can find out more about student learning here.  Recommendations include The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, The Sanatorium by Sara Pearse, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, and Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House by Steve Stoliar. Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on August 20, 2021

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a book that confused us both, and a great podcast episode Current Reads: a second in a series, a great premise, a great title, and a book filled with a-holes Deep Dive: the authors whose books we pre-order as soon as we know about them Book Presses: two presses from some of our favorite auto-buy authors As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Bookish Moments of the Week: 2:10 - Diving In Podcast 2:39 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 4:05 - Currently Reading Patreon 4:27 - The Novel Neighbor bookstore 4:45 - Novel Neighbor's Instagram @novelneighbor 6:39 - Super Host by Kate Russo 8:04 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 8:06 - The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Current Reads: 9:01 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Meredith) 9:11 - Fabled Bookshop 9:29 - Book of the Month 13:57 - No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez 14:36 - The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (Kaytee) 14:53 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin 15:33 - The Whisper Network by Chandler Baker 15:38 - The Boys Club by Erica Katz 16:08 - And Then There were None by Agatha Christie 16:11 - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 17:38 - All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenburg (Meredith) 19:50 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 21:44 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty  23:16 - The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 23:46 - Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox (Kaytee) 24:06 - Love Lives Here by Maria Goff 26:31 - Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend (Meredith) 27:48 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 27:51 - The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 31:27 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee) 33:51 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 33:56 - The Book Review Podcast 34:14 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke 34:23 - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby Deep Dive - Auto-Buy Authors and Books 37:40 - Still Life by Louise Penny 38:02 - The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Pre-order link) 38:12 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 38:19 - A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 38:27 - The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams 38:33 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 38:49 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 39:12 - Cazadora by Romina Garber (Preorder link) 39:14 - Lobizona by Romina Garber 39:34 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 39:36 - On The Come Up by Angie Thomas 39:39 - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas 40:19 - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty 40:30 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 40:48 - The One by John Marrs 40:49 - The Passengers by John Marrs 40:51 - The Minders by John Marrs 41:10 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 41:15 - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Preorder link) 41:47 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 42:19 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 42:21 - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James 42:23 - The Haunting of Maddie Clare by Simone St. James 42:35 - Descent by Tim Johnston 42:36 - The Current by Tim Johnston 43:26 - A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris (preorder link) 43:57 - Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain 45:48 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley 46:17 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper 46:33 - The Dry by Jane Harper 46:50 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper 47:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 47:15 - The Editor by Steven Rowley 47:16 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 47:57 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 48:05 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 48:17 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 48:19 - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig 48:41 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 49:35 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth (Meredith) 51:36 - Gone Girl by Gillian Finn 52:24 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield  53:25 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone (Kaytee) 53:26 - Dear Justyce by Nic Stone 54:38 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's Very Special episode of Currently Reading, all four of us are wrapping up Season 3 with our Ask Us Anything episode! We received over 12 PAGES of questions for this episode and this is the first time that we've had all four of us on mic before, so all of this is new! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 3:08 - Still LIfe by Louise Penny 4:09 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 6:05 - Sophie's Choice by William Styron 23:26 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 34:19 - Bookend Homeschoolers Podcast 34:31 - Minisode feat. January LaVoy 34:32 - White allyship minisode w/Anna Hithersay 34:54 - Sorta Awesome podcast 39:59 - Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker 41:41 - Currently Reading Patreon  42:35 - Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland  43:33 - What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine 44:18 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 47:09 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen 48:12 - People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry 48:24 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 48:27 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

This week we're doing something different. No author and no single book. Instead it's a roundtable discussion, with Sadie Hartmann (AKA Mother Horror) and Emily Hughes, the genius loci behind Tor Nightfire. Together we look back over the last six months – the highs, the not-so-many-lows and all the endless twitter controversies – to address the state of the horror nation at the midpoint of 2021.All three of us talk about the books we have loved the most so far this year, what else we are looking forward to in the months ahead, and what our hopes are for horror writing in general. We also address the concerns around trauma, trigger warnings, twitter subtweeting and the endless, vice-like grip of Goodreads. If you want to get a true sense of the breadth and depth of the horror being created right now, then this is designed for you. Also, if you just want to listen to three horror nerds talk about scary stuff whilst you do the ironing, then it's also for you.Basically, it's for everyone. Cos I'm a giver. Enjoy!Emily Hughes' list of horror books to be excited about in 2021 is HERE. The (huger-than-normal) list of books mentioned in this episode includes:The PicksHearts Strange and Dreadful (2021), by Tim McGregorGoddess of Filth (2021), by V. CastroLast One at the Party (2021), by Bethany CliftChildren of Chicago (2021), by Cynthia PelayoStar Eater (2021), by Kerstin HallThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (2021), by Eric LaRoccaUnfortunate Elements of My Anatomy (2021), by Hailey PiperIn That Endlessness, Our End (2021), by Gemma FilesComing SoonImmortelle, by Catherine McCarthy - July The Book Of Accidents, by Chuck Wendig – JulyCome With Me, by Ronald Malfi - JulyRevelator, by Daryl Gregory – AugustThe Glassy Burning Floor of Hell, by Brian Evenson – AugustChasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar - AugustMy Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones – AugustCackle, by Rachel Harrison – OctoberReprieve, by James Han Mattson – OctoberNothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw - OctoberSomething More Than Night, by Kim Newman - November Assorted OthersThe Library at Mount Char (2015), by Scott HawkinsThe Last House on Needless Street (2021), by Catriona WardRawblood (2015), by Catriona WardA Head Full of Ghosts (2015), by Paul TremblayThe Twisted Ones (2019), by T. KingfisherStarving Ghosts in Every Thread (2020), by Eric LaRoccaThe Family Plot (2016), by Cherie PriestBoy's Life (1991), by Robert McCammonSupport the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPodCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com.Thanks to Adrian Flounders for graphic design.

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about witch trials, X-Files read-alikes, rainforest stories, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Feedback The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris (TW for racism and death of a child) (rec'd by Ashley) The Cat, the Quilt, and the Corpse by Leanne Sweeney; Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs; Lowcountry Boil by Liz Talbot; The House on Tradd Street by Karen White (rec'd by Laura) The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon; Certain Dark Things by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (rec'd by Cari) Questions 1. Hi! Thanks for your podcast. I love it! My request is about the country of Turkey. I have never been and don't know when I might get to travel there but I would love to learn about the culture of Turkey. I generally prefer fiction but I'm open to any genre. I have also been enjoying memoirs/biographies lately.  Many thanks! -Sue 2. I just finished the Once and Future Witches and loved it.  I'd be interested in reading more on the Salem witch trials from the feminist perspective...but I would want the non-fiction to feel a lot more like fiction.  -Melissa 3. I'm not sure if what I'm looking for even exists, but I figured it was worth the ask! I unironically adored the X-Files short story collections edited by Jonathan Mayberry. There were three of them (Trust No One, The Truth is Out There, and Secret Agendas.) And I've listened to them over and over again. I'm looking for something, really anything, but preferably short story collections, that scratch that itch of weird, paranormal, urban folklore, and cryptids. (Bonus points if there's a mothman appearance.)   I'm not stuck on traditional America folklore and cryptids, though I do love them, I also love the stories of Indigenous people and other countries and people. I'm not super interested in the government storylines. My favorite stories were: Snowman, Perithicia , Desperately Seeking Mothman, Non Gratum Anus Rodentum, and Loving The Alien.   Please nothing with sexual assault.  Thank you, -Annie 4. Hi Amanda and Jen! So I just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune and omg it was exactly what I needed right now. Normally I am into fantasy/scifi/horror but with everything going on in the world I guess I just needed a literary hug which was The House in the Cerulean Sea did for me. Do you have any read alike recommendations of just some feel good happy books?  Preferably not mainly romance but I would give it a shot if you felt strongly about it. Bonus points for diversity and found family themes.  -Jennifer 5. I have read all of Louise Penny's mysteries, Agatha Christie mysteries and Sherlock Holmes stories..  I like mysteries that feature a competent detective who doesn't have a lot of angst.  Hercule Poirot is a detective that I think fulfills that requirement.  Recent authors that I have liked are Hans Olav Lahlum whose detective is working with a wheelchair bound woman who is brilliant and serves as his advisor, mysteries by John Farrow and Louise Luna.  I have also read all of Tana French, Peter Lovesey, Deborah Crombie and Peter Robinson.  -Ann 6. Hi Amanda and Jenn -  First off, love love love your show! It really has expanded my reading shelves the past year and half, and I am forever thankful to you for introducing me to so many wonderful authors and stories.  That being said, I'm in need of a recommendation. I read The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins last year, and it quickly became a favorite of mine. I finished the book with this feeling of "what did I just read!?", and to this day I still don't know how to articulate it to friends when I tell them they should read it. It's weird and wonderful and complex and I cannot get it out of my brain even after a year of reading it.  When I really think about it, the use of God's/mythology intertwined in everyday life and the impacts on the unsuspecting citizens is what really piqued my interest. But I also loved how random the plot line seemed until all the little strings came together.  I've read American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and it semi-scratched the itch. It was good and I enjoyed it, but I was able to figure out the plot line before the book was finished. My go to genres are obviously fantasy/sci-fi and I love mythology of any kind mixed in. I have Gods of Jade and Shadow queued up in my Kindle to read next (thanks to your recommendations), but I'm really at a loss for what to read to fill the hole in my heart that this oddity of a book left. Any ideas?   Thanks so much! Stay safe during all of this craziness!  -Christina 7. Do you have any recommendations for own voices novels that take place in rainforests (preferably in South America)? I've been enjoying reading books set in the Amazon lately, but everything I find is written by white people from western countries and it feels kind of gross. Nonfiction and fiction are both great, I just really enjoy the setting. Thanks!       P.S. - I know you skip reading praise on the air so I put this at the end but I want to tell you that I love your podcast. It's really expanded the types of books I read and I've found many I enjoy. -Laura Books Discussed My Name is Red by Orham Pamuk, transl. Erdag M Goknar Kedi, dir. Ceyda Torun Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak (cw: attempted sexual assault, prison abuse and torture) The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud The Unidentified by Colin Dickey Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala Lady Sherlock by Sherry Thomas  Circe by Madeline Miller (tw sexual assault, child abuse) The Machineries of Empire trilogy by Yoon Ha Lee (cw: coercion, rape, violence) Affections by Rodrigo Hasbun, transl by Sophie Hughes (tw: nazis) City of Beasts by Isabelle Allende, transl. Margaret Sayers Peden See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode we are doing Horror Lite! Paige's friend Sammie and Horror enthusiast chose a book for us that has just enough horror elements to not scare the uninitiated but also has an original concept that all of us appreciated. Tune in to hear about the Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins.Support the show (https://patreon.com/BigBookEnergy)

This episode we’re talking about Psychological Horror! We discuss gore, people being weenies, books with running in them, kiwi fruit, checking the under the bed for monsters, Law & Order: SVU, and our guest host says they want to poison everyone! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Alan Woo Things We Read (or tried to…) A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay  Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Grip of It by Jac Jemc Read by Meghan but not discussed We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy  None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney Other Media We Mentioned Hostel (2005 film) (Wikipedia) Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena, translated by Tyran Grillo  Parasite Eve (video game) (Wikipedia) Dead Space (video game) (Wikipedia) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) (Wikipedia) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Wikipedia) Your Turn to Die The manga’s not legally available in English, but you can find it online... Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory Ring by Kōji Suzuki, translated by Robert B. Rohmer and Glynne Walley The Exorcist (film) (Wikipedia) The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Green Ribbon (Wikipedia) The first version of this story is The Adventure of the German Student by Washington Irving (Wikipedia) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Wikipedia) TV Tropes In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado NOS4A2 by Joe Hill Dark Fang, Vol. 1: Earth Calling by Miles Gunter Kelsey Shannon Links, Articles, and Things Junji Ito (Wikipedia) John Saul (Wikipedia) Dean Koontz (Wikipedia) Friday the 13th set to Benny Hill music Episode 004 - Psychological Thrillers Episode 078 - Supernatural Thrillers Shirley Jackson Award (Wikipedia) The four times Book Riot has linked to us: 25 More Outstanding Podcasts For Readers by Kate Scott Masochistic Reading by Tiffani Willis 13 Must-hear Librarian Podcasts by Anna Gooding-Call 33 Of The Best Book Podcasts For All Genres by Julia Rittenberg Japanese horror (Wikipedia) Korean horror (Wikipedia) SCP Foundation The wolves are under the bed, they’re in the walls Over the Rainbow Booklist Not haunted house for sale To Arrakis by DarkSunn 16 Psychological Horror Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Fledgling by Octavia Butler Let's Play White by Chesya Burke The Between by Tananarive Due After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike, translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado That Time of Year by Marie NDiaye, translated by  Jordan Stump Now You're One of Us by Asa Nonami, translated by Michael & Mitsuko Volek Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder Helter Skelter by Kyōko Okazaki White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Dark Water by Kōji Suzuki, translated by Glynne Walley Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Just again on Tuesday, April 20th when we’ll be giving an update on non-podcast media we’ve been reading, watching, and otherwise experiencing. Then on Tuesday, May 4th we’ll be discussing the genre of Literary Theory and Literary Criticism!

Join Caroline and Travis as they begin their 2021 PopSugar Reading Challenge journey. Part 1 of this 3 part mini-series will discuss the 2021 PopSugar Reading Challenge, how you can join the challenge and some of their book choices to get you started. Part 2 will air midway through the year as Caroline and Travis tackle the challenge and Part 3 will air at the end of the year to see how they did with the challenge. Some of the books discussed: “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo; “Lonesome Dove” by Larry McMurtry; “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware; “Holes” by Louis Sachar; “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine; “We Need to Talk About Kevin” by Lional Shriver; “Slay” by Brittney Morris; “Over the Garden Wall: Benevolent Sisters of Charity” by Sam Johns; “The Library at Mount Char” by Scott Hawkins; “Ninth House” by Leigh Bardugo; “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman; and many more.

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are joined by Laura Tremaine, and we are discussing: Bookish Moments: a bookish moment of a lifetime, a new device, and a family read-aloud. Current Reads: six books that range from poetry to memoir to thriller to to something a bit more difficult to an interesting conversation about sex in middle marriage. Deep Dive: we are talking all things about Laura’s forthcoming book and the conversation is just pure golden goodness. Book Presses: an unforgettable collection of essays, a dystopian novel, and advocating for therapy As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:42- Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First. by Laura Tremaine 1:44 - Pre-order bonuses for SYS.IGF. 6:01 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili 6:43 - Kindle Paperwhite - the best device in the world 9:01 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 9:29 - Page 1 Books Current Reads: 12:30 - What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer (Laura) 12:55 - Kate Baer on Instagram 15:07 - Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Meredith) 17:27 - What Should I Read Next 18:03 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 19:53 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant 21:10 - A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Kaytee) 23:48 - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante (Laura) 24:02 - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante 30:04 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili 31:06 - The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James (Meredith) 33:51 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 34:36 - Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory (Kaytee) 37:34 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory Deep Dive - Share Your Stuff: 41:47 - Share Your Stuff. You Go First. by Laura Tremaine 42:14 - Pre-Order it and then grab bonuses here 51:50 - Laura’s TTTY Episode 99 about finding a new best friend Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 56:12 - Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti (Laura) 59:26 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Meredith) 1:02:23 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib (Kaytee) 1:02:28 - Laura’s Instagram Post about MYSTTS Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Laura is @laura.tremaine on Instagram and her podcast is at @10thingstotellyou Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing our top 10 books of the year that wouldn’t end. We don’t include our regular segments in these Best of Episodes in the interest of time. We hope that you love this list! It might help you identify if one of us is your book twin. Or if you want to add something to your 2021 TBR. We do create a few “rules” about our top 10 lists: Finished in 2020, but not required to be published in 2020. We don’t record until after the last day of the year, in case something squeaks in right at the end! These are books that really stuck with us after reading. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . Patreon: 1:20 - There’s a LOT of content coming up for our Bookish Friends (Patrons). We are SO excited about all of it! You can join Patreon for $5 a month and get access to this month’s bonus extravaganza: All Things Murderful with Meredith on January 7th with her top 10 Mystery and Thrillers for 2020 Our Bookish Superlatives with Spicy Opinions on January 14th Kaytee Reads Too Much on January 21st (a giant episode covering November’s reads and a reflection on 2020 reading in general and the books that didn’t QUITE make the top 10) The audio of COVIDeo Episode 21 on January 28th The Buddy Read discussion of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe on January 31st Plus: the reading journal, the reading tracker, access to the Bookish Friends groups, and Behind the Scenes content and ways to influence the show. Wow! Our Top 10 of 2020: 10:10 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell (Meredith) 11:20 - Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (Kaytee) 11:27 - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi 12:23 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith) 15:07 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee) 16:11 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Meredith) 17:27 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee) 17:54 - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 19:12 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Meredith) 21:04 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart (Kaytee) 22:50 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith) 23:05 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 24:21 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller (Kaytee) 26:15 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi (Meredith) 27:55 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (Kaytee) 28:29 - Kaytee’s minisode interview with Abi Dare 28:57 - All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (Meredith) 30:55 - Lobizona by Romina Russell Garber (Kaytee) 32:42 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Meredith) 34:39 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Kaytee) 36:27 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Meredith) 39:45 - Here for It by R. Eric Thomas (Kaytee) 40:52 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (Meredith) 43:33 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Kaytee) 43:36 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

This episode we’re talking about New Weird Fiction! Strap in, because we spend a lot of time discussing what this genre even is (or if it exists at all!). We talk about whether a genre needs more than two authors to be a genre, how to describe books in which the plot is not the point, “capital W” Weird vs “lowercase w” weird, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read The Etched City by KJ Bishop The Vorrh by Brian Catling Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval The Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo The Broken Hours by Jacqueline Baker Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti Other Media We Mentioned The Yawhg - Friday Night Spooktacular Visual Novel Stream (Watch Matthew, Meghan, RJ, and Amanda play!) The Yawhg A Century of Weird Fiction, 1832–1937: Disgust, Metaphysics, and the Aesthetics of Cosmic Horror by Jonathan Newell Perdido Street Station by China Miéville Neuromancer by William Gibson Reply All podcast Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer  Uzumaki by Junji Ito Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Wikipedia) Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley She Walks in Shadows edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles  Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy by Transgender Authors edited by Casey Plett and Cat Fitzpatrick Download a PDF free (and legal!) British Library’s Tales of the Weird King City by Brandon Graham Prophet, Volume 1: Remission by a bunch of people Borne by Jeff VanderMeer The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Horror at Red Hook (Wikipedia) The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Links, Articles, and Things H. P. Lovecraft (Wikipedia) LockedOutOfElfland’s definition of New Weird fiction Introduction: Old and New Weird Finnish Weird The Midnight Society (Twitter account) Tweet about Lovecraft Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals by BitterKarella Episode 019 - Weird Fiction (Book Club for Masochists) Episode 069 - Bizarro Fiction (Book Club for Masochists) China Miéville: Marxism and Halloween Men Writing Women (Reddit) 12 New Weird Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline Temper by Nicky Drayden Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson Tentacle by Rita Indiana The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin The Night Cyclist by Stephan Graham Jones A Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw The Changeling by Victor LaValle Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Age of Blight by Kristine Ong Muslim Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!   Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, December 15th for our Best of 2020 episode!   Then on Tuesday, January 5th we’ll be discussing the non-fiction genre of Sociology!  

Wherein your host Bethany is joined by BookTuber Mara from Books Like Whoa to discuss taste in sci-fi subgenres and tropes. For exclusive bonus content and early access to episodes, consider joining the Chapter 3 Podcast Patreon !   Looking for a book mentioned in the episode? Check here! *Note that all links are affiliate links from which we earn a commission to support the podcast   Books from On My Radar segment: Notorious by Minerva Spencer: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781496732835 Stolen to Wear His Crown by Marcella Bell: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781335149107 The Frozen Prince by Maxym M Martine: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781728229355 How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780062933966 Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781524761332 Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781596069916 A Universe of Wishes Ed. by Dhonielle Clayton: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781984896209 A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780448494531 A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781682815090   Other Books Mentioned Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250213594 The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780062444134 To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780062936011 The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780618640157 Dune by Frank Herbert: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780593099322 Ring Shout by P. Deli Clark: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250767028 The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250784278 Wayward Children Boxed Set by Seanan McGuire: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250784285 The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781481447973 Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780778308980 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780593135051 Recursion by Blake Crouch: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781524759797 A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250186447 Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780316434607 Seafire by Natalie C. Parker: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780451478825 Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780425212868 Exhalation by Ted Chiang: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781101947883 The Test by Sylvain Neuvel: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250312839 Wanderers by Chuck Wendig: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780399182129 Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780553573398 Binti by Nnedi Okorafor: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780756416935 Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780142420911 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250313188 Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250313225 The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780553418620 Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliot: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781250197245 Cold Magic by Kate Elliot: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780316080859 Ice Planet Barbarians Ruby Dixon: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781511871396 Clean Sweep by Illona Andrews: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9781494388584 The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780316527194 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780316509848 Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780425218426 Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780425226735 Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh: https://bookshop.org/a/15994/9780425244890 Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @Chapter3Podcast and you can also find Bethany talking about books on YouTube @BeautifullyBookishBethany. Interested in early access to episodes, private Discord channels and other perks? Consider joining the Chapter 3 Patreon! Or join our public Discord. A new episode will be available to download in two weeks!  This episode was recorded using a Blue Yeti USB condenser microphone kit: https://amzn.to/342dnqx

Reflecting on the most “unprecedented” start of school ever. The co-hosts discuss what their roles are at the time of recording, the first weeks of learning and being back at school. A look at how we have been adapting to our roles- whether online or face-to-face or a mix of both. Beth talks about staying in her role as a teacher-librarian and the work of supporting educators and curating resources to have at the ready for the learning community without overwhelming them at the same time. The loss of school libraries across the province at this time as boards struggle to fill class needs with educators reflects the legacy of devaluing school library professionals and the loss this represents for educators and learners is recognized and discussed. While reflecting on the new normal of school the Lisa and Alanna share their experiences in face-to-face and online/remote learning and the changes they are seeing in both educators and students- from the ever present worries and need to pivot at a moment's notice, the continued importance of a PLN (professional learning network) to support your pedagogical learning, the dichotomy of the increased independence of students and inability to focus for a long duration of time. The episode finishes off talking about what the co-hosts have read and loved recently, what they hope to read soon and the on-going debate of separating art from the artist. Books mentioned in this episode:Lovely War by Julie BerryThe Library at Mount Char by Scott HawkinsThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueI'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing BrownThe Library of Legends by Jamie ChangCreating Inclusive Writing Environments by Angela StockmanI Let You Go by Clare MackintoshSummerwood/Winterwood by E.L. ChenWorlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School by Laura FlemingPodcasts mentioned in this episode:Unlocking Us with Brene Brown (June 10th episode with Austin Channing Brown)

We know you're bored at home. Here's some cool stuff we're currently loving, to keep you entertained and amused. Got something you want to suggest to us? Email CakesPod@gmail.com!JESSE'S RECS: Control (PS4 game), The Library at Mount Char (novel by Scott Hawkins), Love Death & Robots (Netflix animated SF anthology) ROB'S RECS: Ninjala (Switch game), Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play (nonfiction book by Meagan Marie), Space Force (Netflix series)Follow us on Twitter @GlitchyPancakes

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are here with a special episode for you! We are sharing 15 of the listener “presses” we received in our call to action! You’ll hear from each of those 15 listeners and then our commentary on each press, but none of our other regular segments. This was one of our most popular episodes of Season 1, so we hope you love it this year as well! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . BOTM Ad (these are Goodreads links so you can check out these books and decide if you want to grab them from BOTM or not!): 2:30 - The Shadows by Alex North 2:39 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 2:52 - Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia 3:55 - The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper 4:09 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib 4:13 - Being Mortal by Atul Gwande 4:50 - Use our link and code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for $9.99 Listener Presses: 6:00 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Sarah) 6:03 - The Mothers by Brit Bennett 8:31 - A Burning by Megha Majumdar 8:37 - Passing by Nella Larsen 8:48 - Novel Pairings Podcast episode about Passing by Nella Larsen 9:06 - The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin (Nicole) 12:11 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (Lindsay) 14:03 - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett 15:01 - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Jennifer) 17:06 - Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (Joy) 19:07 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman 19:40 - The Mother-in-Law Cure by Katherine Wilson (Alanna) 21:51 - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (Theresa) 27:01 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Nicole) 30:03 - Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (Whitney) 30:57 - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris 31:49 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 31:50 - Naked by David Sedaris 31:58 - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 32:01 - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 32:28 - Theft by Finding by David Sedaris 32:59 - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwoood (Frances) 33:57 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 34:11 - The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood 34:12 - MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood 34:24 - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 35:43 - The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Mary Rose Wood (Emily) 36:35 - Episode 42 of Season 1 with Heather Chollar 37:04 - Mary Poppins by PL Travers 37:54 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore (Amy) 39:57 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Morgan) 41:45 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 42:37 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee) 46:16 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Holly) 47:35 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 47:36 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about why June is the best month.  Join us at instagram @literally_reading.  What we are Literally Reading: 3:05 - Tweet Cute (Traci) 4:45 - Sea Wife (Ellie) What we are Literally Listening To: 6:45 - The Office (Traci) 8:27 - The Hate U Give (Ellie) Our Lives in Books: 11:09 - The Lola Quartet 12:33 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires  12:42 - Everything I Never Told You   24:48 - Charlotte’s Web (Traci) 25:41 - Harriet The Spy (Ellie) 27:14 - Nancy Drew Files (Traci) 29:00 - Vienna Prelude (Ellie 30:42 - Harry Potter Series (Traci) 32:15 - Me Before You (Ellie) 34:20 - Code Name Helene (Traci) 34:24 - Transcription (Traci) 34:28 - A Gentleman in Moscow (Traci) 36:18 - Such a Fun Age (Ellie) 36:21 - This is How it Always Is (Ellie) 36:22 - The One in a Million Boy (Ellie) 37:43 - The Library at Mount Char 37:51 - Jo & Laurie Also Mentioned  The River Using the Amazon affiliate links costs the same for you but we receive a small portion back.  Thank you for supporting our show! Happy Reading! 

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a giant buddy read discussion and an author chiming into the chat about his book Current Reads: wheelhouse books and being surprised by some titles Deep Dive: “murderful” - books that aren’t for the faint of heart Book Presses: some of our favorite murderful titles As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Book of the Month Ad: (These are Goodreads links, since we hope you’ll use our Book Of The Month link to sign up if you’re interested!) 2:22 - A Burning by Megha Mjumdar 2:59 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 3:14 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 3:45 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet 3:54 - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London 4:35 - Use our Link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99! Bookish Moments: 5:40 - Episode 41 of Season 2 - discussion of FantasticLand starts at 29:40 5:44 - FantasticLand by Mike Backoven 6:02 - Patreon Bookish Friends 6:04 - Scribd - free 60 day trial! Current Reads: 9:50 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Kaytee) 12:36 - The Tenant by Katrine Ingburgh (Meredith) 14:30 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (Kaytee) 15:19 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman 15:20 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 17:38 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty (Meredith) 23:08 - Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo- Anstine (Kaytee) 26:12 - Hunted by Meagan Spooner (Meredith) 27:09 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 27:20 - Beauty by Robin McKinley Deep Dive - Murderful - Books that Aren’t for the Faint of Heart: 29:32 - Nancy Drew books by 30:42 - RL Stine Goosebumps Books 31:00 - Intensity by Dean Koontz 31:26 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson 35:05 - FantasticLand by Mike Backoven 35:08 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 34:40 - Pines by Blake Crouch 35:00 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 35:19 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay 35:39 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu 36:10 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 36:40 - The Need by Helen Phillips 37:17 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo 37:20 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 37:21 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sviestrup 38:09 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (not Phillips, doh) 38:12 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 38:18 - All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison 39:04 - Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough 40:00 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 40:01 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule 40:03 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 40:52 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 41:03 - The Chain by Adrian McKinty 41:13 - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 41:42 - In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 42:28 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 44:00 - Post Mortem (Kay Scarpetta #1) by Patricia Cornwell Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: the fifth COVID(eo) episode and a new look Current Reads: books that other people made us read, and another (shocking) second in a series Deep Dive: our processes for reading non-fiction by genre and format Book Presses: some non-fiction to round out your reading life As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . “Patreon Ad” - We Sponsor Ourselves: 2:19 - Currently Reading on Patreon - join us! 3:05 - Patrons get: bonus episodes, book club live discussions, giveaways, spreadsheets, the reading journal, AND access to the Bookish Friends Facebook group, which is the best place on the internet. Bookish Moments: 6:16 - COVID(eo) episode #5 - Off the Rails 7:44 - Absolute Jem Current Reads: 8:58 - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Kaytee) 9:06 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 9:34 - @booknerdnative on Instagram 12:37 - On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (Meredith) 15:55 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 17:12 - Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese (Kaytee) 17:20 - @lovelibooks on Instagram 19:59 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 22:04 - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (Three Pines #2) (Meredith) 22:20 - Still Life by Louise Penny (and accompanying book club discussion for patrons) 26:23 - Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (Kaytee) 26:40 - @melizreads18 on Instagram 29:29 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live, episode with @jordys.book.club 29:40 - FantasticLand by Mike Backovan (Meredith) 32:21 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 32:23 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 35:31 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 35:45 - The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall 35:56 - Sadie by Courtney Summers Deep Dive - The Ways We Read Non-Fiction: 38:31 - Educated by Tara Westover 39:24 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg 39:32 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner 42:21 - Bad Blood by Jon Kerryrou 42:23 - She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey 42:26 - Disney Wars by James Stewart Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 44;48 - How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee) 48:08 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: seasonal reading vibes and buddy reads during quarantine Current Reads: bookish serendipity books and books from repeat authors (that we’ve read before) Deep Dive: how to respond to the “I don’t have time to read” comments Book Presses: one of few authors that gets a second book on the press list and a contemporary WWII classic. Ha! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Bookish Moments: 4:41 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck Current Reads: 7:05 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 7:42 - The Hotel Neversink by Adam O’Fallon Price (Meredith) 8:11 - The Shining by Stephen King 8:15 - The Body by Richard Backman 10:38 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 11:32 - What Lies Between Us by John Marrs (Kaytee) 11:57 - Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel 14:01 - The One by John Marrs 14:02 - The Passengers by John Marrs 17:32 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (Meredith) 21:02 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 21:05 - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 21:28 - Book of the Month 21:34 - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (Kaytee) 23:58 - One Day in December by Josie Silver 24:38 - The Whispered Word (Secret Book and Scone Society #2) by Ellery Adams (Meredith) 25:35 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams 26:42 - The Book of Candlelight (Secret Book and Scone #3) by Ellery Adams 27:07 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Kaytee) 28:24 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Deep Dive -I Don’t Have Time to Read: 39:42 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 40:04 - 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam 43:08 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 43:23 - David Sedaris Books: Calypso and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 43:29 - Liane Moriarty Books: What Alice Forgot and Big Little Lies 43:42 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith) 44:08 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 44:17 - The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 47:53 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Kaytee) 50:13 - The movie (that I haven’t watched yet) on Netflix Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: our bookish friends buddy read of Still Life by Louise Penny with the Patrons of Currently Reading Current Reads: we each have three books to share, but we’re messing with the format a bit this week as the discussion needs some nuance. Deep Dive: reading books in a series and what we do when “the next one” releases Book Presses: a few of our favorite series choices to round out the deep dive As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:23 - The Bookish Friends Buddy Read discussion on Patreon 1:31 - Still Life by Louise Penny 3:05 - Our previous COVID(eo)s are all available to watch for free on Patreon as well! Current Reads: 5:10 - The House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (Meredith) 9:24 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister (Kaytee) 11:59 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 14:46 - Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson (Meredith) 17:33 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Kaytee) 21:40 - Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester (Kaytee) 26:24 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith) 28:37 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 28:39 - The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak 29:03 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes Deep Dive - Reading Books in Series: 33:20 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 34:02 - Three Pines series by Louise Penny 37:02 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 37:25 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 38:25 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 39:05 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 42:54 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 44:03 - The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (Meredith) 46:04 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Kaytee) 49:00 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Welcome to Checking Out, where Rachel & Hannah check in about what they’re checking out. Get to know their reading styles and them being on their soapbox, or “bookbox” about reading. Instagram: @checkingoutpod Facebook: fb.me/checkingoutpod Classics Book Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/548140582641762/ Books mentioned this episode: “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison “Beloved” by Toni Morrison “Recitaf” by Toni Morrison “Paradise” by Toni Morrison “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt “Royals” by Rachel Hawkins “Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye” by Wendelin Van Draanen “Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief” by Wendelin Van Draanen “Sammy Keyes Series” by Wendelin Van Draanen “Vanishing Girls” by Lauren Oliver “Working in the Shadows” by Gabriel Thompson “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich “The Library at Mount Char” by Scott Hawkins “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann “The Outside” by Ada Hoffman “The Illuminae Files Series” by Amie Kaufmann and Jay Kristoff “NeuroTribes” by Steve Silberman “Grace Not Perfection” by Emily Ley “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle “Finding Dorothy” by Elizabeth Letts “Running on Empty” by Jonice Webb “Come Away My Beloved” by Frances J. Roberts “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins “The Light We Lost” by Jill Santopolo “Anna and the French Kiss” by Stephanie Perkins “Twilight Series” by Stephanie Meyer “Fifty Shades of Grey Series” by EL James “After” by Anna Todd “Ulysses” by James Joyce “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace “Norwegian Wood” by Haruki Murakami “A Court of Thorn and Roses Series” by Sarah J. Maas “Christine” by Stephen King “Aarti Paarti” by Aarti Sequeira “Sleeping Giants” by Sylvain Neuvel --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/checkingout/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/checkingout/support

On this special episode of All the Books! Liberty answers listener questions. This episode was sponsored Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu, with Fierce Reads. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books mentioned on the show: The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Little Friend by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Lost City of Z by David Grann Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith  

(20:21) Binging WIth Babish (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw) (26:10) "Cuz I Love You" by Lizzo (https://www.allmusic.com/album/cuz-i-love-you-mw0003252453) Lizzo at Coachella, Dominating (https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-lizzo-perform-through-sound-problems-at-coachella-2019/) (32:55) The Club (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40225612-the-club) (37:58) Uzumaki by Junji Ito (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzumaki) Drinks! Mike- a gin and tonic with Beefeater (https://www.beefeatergin.com/en-US) and Kroger-branded Tonic (https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-tonic-water/0001111049340) Adam - Oh Fudge! (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30356/399086/) from Prairie Artisan Ales (https://prairieales.com/) Followup and Footnotes Music Break: The Action - "Brain" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO5KICxGUEc) Steve Gunn (https://www.instagram.com/stevegunnstevegunn/?hl=en) Eye of the World audiobook (https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Eye-of-the-World-Audiobook/B0036NHZ10) Barry (HBO) Season 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_(TV_series)) It's Alive! with special guest Samin Nosrat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQOhAeNAjKc) Library at Mount Char on Audible (https://www.audible.com/pd/Library-at-Mount-Char-Audiobook/B00XV1B3CY) Triple Frontier (Netflix) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo3yRLLrXQA) The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against The Devils In Suits (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-terrible-elisabeth-dumn-against-the-devils-in-suits-one-shot)

This month our genre is Supernatural Thrillers! We discuss grand dogs, fairies stealing children, Abbott and Costello Meet the Eldritch Abominations, spooky houses, the best celery, whether hackers are supernatural, snuggling lake monsters, reading Wikipedia articles instead of consuming media, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Books We Read This Month (or tried to read…) The Devil's Labyrinth by John Saul Meghan’s review Ring by Kōji Suzuki The Ring (franchise) Ring (novel series) The Ring, Volume 1 by Misao Inagaki and Hiroshi Takahashi The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir NOS4A2 by Joe Hill Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero Abbott by Saladin Ahmed,  Sami Kivelä, and Jason Wordie Can RJ Recommend a Book by a Trans Author in this Genre? Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierny The Dreaming Drawing Blood by Billy Martin (published as Poppy Z. Brite) Other Media We Mention Loose Time by RJ Edwards Winner of a National Magazine Award for Fiction! Stephen King The Bishop Files Series by Kay Hooper Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (fantasy novel about a lawyer. It’s good!) Dean Koontz The Curse Workers Series by Holly Black White Cat The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Scooby-Doo The Changeling by Victor LaValle The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito The Enigma of Amigara Fault is collected in Gyo The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo Black Creek Crossing by John Saul The Cabin in the Woods The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Fireman by Joe Hill Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes The Shape of Water Abbott and Costello Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) Links, Articles, and Things Pontianak: “Pontianaks are usually depicted as pale-skinned women with long black hair, red eyes, and white dress smeared in blood, but they are said to be able to take on a beautiful humanly appearance since they prey on men and helpless people.” Penanggalan: “a detached female head capable of flying about on its own. As it flies, the stomach and entrails dangle below it, and these organs twinkle like fireflies as the Penanggalan moves through the night.” 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith Changeling: “A changeling was believed to be a fairy child that had been left in place of a human child stolen by the fairies.” Ideas for Books The Corpse/Ghost With Good Taste (A good book about) a trans woman fighting monsters with a pickaxe in one hand and a pirate’s cutlass in the other Questions Is “supernatural thriller” more of a movie genre? Suggest new genres or titles! Fill out the form to suggest genres or titles! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on on Tuesday, June 18th we’ll each be pitching a book we think all of us should read and discuss on the podcast! You get to vote! Then on Tuesday, July 2nd we’ll be discussing the non-fiction genre of True Crime!

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Jeannette and Meredith sat down with Victoria Schwab to discuss everything from her writing process, to morally gray characters, monsters, comics, and... The Princess Bride! Whether you’re already a fan of her books or new to her work, you’ll get something out of this interview. (Plus, it’s spoiler-free, so listen away!) Victoria Schwab’s Website (http://www.veschwab.com/) Victoria’s Instagram (https://instagram.com/veschwab) Victoria’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/veschwab) Follow the Eclectic Readers on Twitter (https://twitter.com/eclecticreadpod) Vicious on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40874032-vicious?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQY7WBI/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CQY7WBI&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2) Vengeful on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26856502-vengeful?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078X26SH3/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B078X26SH3&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2) The Steel Prince on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38524301-shades-of-magic-vol-1?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1785865870/ref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1785865870&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2) City of Ghosts on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35403058-city-of-ghosts?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/City-Ghosts-Victoria-Schwab/dp/1338111000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540514300&sr=8-1&keywords=city+of+ghosts) A Darker Shade of Magic on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055262-a-darker-shade-of-magic?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765376458/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0765376458&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2) This Savage Song on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40642172-this-savage-song?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013PKDS5A/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B013PKDS5A&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2) Six of Crows on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23437156-six-of-crows?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1627792120/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1627792120&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2) The Library at Mount Char on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26892110-the-library-at-mount-char?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553418629/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553418629&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2)

Amanda and Jenn discuss vacation reads for dads, toxic friendships, disabled characters, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by TBR, A Nice Day for a Cowboy Wedding by Nicole Helm, and Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   Feedback Attack of the Giant Baby and Other Stories by Kit Reed The Best of Robert Bloch Richard Matheson   Questions   1. I've been trying of late to read more feminist literature and novels from female perspectives. It's been pretty easy to find literary fiction to read, but I'm interested in reading some science fiction and fantasy novels with a feminist slant. I haven't had much luck finding them unless they are YA novels (I've read a few but to be completely honest YA just doesn't do it for me). Any recommendations? Thanks! --Genevive   2. Hello Ladies! I am hoping you can help me find a good book for my father to read on his well-deserved vacation at the beginning of December. He said he really wants to relax and so wants something light-hearted. I’ve realized that when I want a nice light-hearted read I normally reach for YA, which I have a hard time picturing him reading. I was already thinking of suggesting Becky Chambers and Lincoln in the Bardo (I realize the latter isn’t necessarily light-hearted but it just seems so up his alley I couldn’t resist). Some books I know he’s enjoyed in the past include Cutting for Stone, various books by Ken Follet, and A Walk In the Woods. Something humorous would probably be good. Thank you for your help and your wonderful show! I look forward to it every week! --April   3. Jenn and Amanda - I've been realizing over the past year that my closest friendship is with a toxic person and I need to cut ties. We've been friends since college, were in each other's weddings, and have become moms together so it's hard for me to walk away, even though I know it's what's best for my own growth and health. It's left me feeling very lonely so I'm looking for books to fill the lonely void and help me heal (as only books can do). I enjoy most character-driven fiction, as long as there is one likable character to root for, and memoirs that read like fiction (i.e. The Glass Castle). Thanks so much! --Kate   4. Hi! I love your podcast, you guys are great! Like with many people, my family can be hard to shop for. Think you can help with my brother? Some of his favorite authors are Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Matthew Woodring Stover, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. He is also a stickler for facts--he likes fantasy/horror elements, but if there are incorrect facts about real things (especially about history and politics) he'll decide a book is rubbish even if it's otherwise a good book. This means shopping for him can be anxiety producing. Help! --Anxious Sister   5. Hey Jenn, Please help--the love of my literary life is Sarah Addison Allen and I've read everything she's written (including the free shorts on Amazon) multiple times and I find myself needing more books that feel like getting a warm hug. There is something about the pacing and the combination of unique characters and circumstances (a grumpy apple tree? Awesome! Giants? Great! Wallpaper with moodswings? Love it!). I also love that while there are some problems and conflicts, they are not so dark as to overshadow the entire novel and while urgent in the moment, don't detract from that warm-hug feeling. The light touches of magic in otherwise realistic fiction are the thing that keeps me wanting more. Note: please not Beatriz Williams or Alice Hoffman. They keep getting recommended via goodreads, amazon and NoveList and for the life of me, I just can't seem to connect to their characters. Also, I know that you're backlogged, so if you'd rather answer in an email than on the show, that is absolutely fine--I will be grateful for your recommendations whenever and wherever you can provide them. Thanks!! --Abbey   6. Hi! I've been dealing with an undiagnosed chronic illness that has left me housebound for some time now. Reading about other disabled people's experiences has been eye-opening and comforting in that I'm not alone, but many of the books I've read (So Lucky, Invisible, Sick) have been difficult to read because they've touched on a lot of raw wounds. I'd really like to read something more lighthearted, but still featuring disability/chronic illness as a major plot point. I'm open to any genre, but own voices only please! Thank you! --Rachel   7. Just an FYI my name is pronounced Crystal. I am an avid reader of many genres. I find it hard to find mystery novels that I enjoy. I have read all of the Maisie Dobbs series and am a true lover of Sherlock Holmes. I would like recommendations of mysteries with interesting characters that don't seem pulpish. I hope that makes sense. Time, place, location are not a consideration.   Books Discussed The Tangled Tree by David Quammen The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison Daughters of the Storm (Blood & Gold #1) by Kim Wilkins Swords & Spaceships newsletter and Goodreads shelf Shark Drunk by Morten A Stroksnes So Anyway by John Cleese The Fever by Megan Abbott Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (TW: extreme violence of basically every imaginable kind) Rosewater by Tade Thompson The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby (rec'd by Susie D) Friend With Benefits Zone by Laura Brown Romances with disabled heroines: https://frolic.media/heroines-with-disabilities-six-romance-recs/ Death Below Stairs by Jennifer AshleyJenn Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye (TW: graphic harm to children)

Writer Sarah Akines interviews published author Scott Hawkins and talks about his first book, Library at Mount Char, how he got into writing and publication, and how Steven King poops books out like muffins.

Amanda and Jenn discuss romantic comedies, books about strong women, non-murdery true crime, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Sadie by Courtney Summers, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Chica Chocolate.   Feedback For Bess who wants full cast audiobooks: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo both have great full cast recordings and I think they would work well for someone who liked His Dark Materials. --Insider Sibyl For the same person, anything by Tamora Pierce. At least one of her books was specifically written for audio and at least some were done by the company Full Cast Audio, who frankly has a lot of good middle grade fantasy stuff. --Insider Alanna   Questions   1. Hello! I’m a huge fan of your podcast! I was hoping you could help me find some books to get me through a sort of stressful time. For the next two months I’m going to be working three jobs in two states - with 7 hours of travel each way when I switch states every week! I’m hoping to find some lighthearted yet well-written romantic comedies to help me de-stress during the long bus rides. I am open to almost any genre, as long as it’s smartly written. I love Jane Austen (though not Austen retellings unless they involve zombies), Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Eleanor Oliphant, and This is Where I Leave You. Stardust is my favorite Neil Gaiman novel. I was less keen on Attachments and Eligible because they felt a bit heavy handed/cheesy. It’s been tough to find the right balance of lighthearted without being too sugary, so I would love any suggestions! Thanks! --Andrea   2. Hello, ladies! I'm looking for a book about strong women that has a specific flavor to it. I can't describe it exactly, but books that have that feeling that I've read are The Help and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe. I love books that focus on women's relationships with each other, bonus points if it's historical fiction. Thanks in advance! --Therese   3. Hi, My mother retired a couple of years ago, and has been using some of her newfound free time to read a lot more. I am one of her main sources of reading recommendations, and am wondering if there is some stuff out there that I am missing that she might love. My recommendations tend to mostly be SFF, historical fiction, and non-fiction, with some YA that usually overlaps with SFF or historical. She also reads mysteries, but I am not looking for recommendations in that genre at this time. One of my main goals in my recommendations has been writer and character diversity: there are enough recommendation lists out there of books by straight white guys. We are also both white women, so I feel that it is important for us to educate ourselves on the stories and perspectives of people different from ourselves. Now, I am going to give a lot of examples of books she has read, because I worry about getting a recommendation back of something she has read. Of the books I have recommended, she has loved The Night Circus, A Tale for the Time Being, The Queen of the Night, Bad Feminist/ Difficult Women, The Signature of All Things, Tears We Cannot Stop, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, and Homegoing. She has also really liked books by Nnedi Okorafor, Connie Willis, Donna Tartt, Ruta Sepetys, Elizabeth Wein, Kate Atkinson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Junot Diaz, Stacey Lee, Carlos Ruiz Zafron, and Ursula Le Guin, as well as You Can’t Touch My Hair, The Library at Mount Char, Never Let Me Go, Swing Time, Greenglass House, We Need New Names, Americanah, Lab Girl, Another Brooklyn, Garden of Evening Mists, and Kindred. Books she just liked: Station Eleven, An Unnecessary Woman, Rise of the Rocket Girls, Everything Leads to You, Ninefox Gambit, Bone Witch, and Boy, Snow, Bird. Books already on my suggestion list: Shrill, Radium Girls, I contain Multitudes, Behold The Dreamers, Pushout: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, The New Jim Crow, Men Explain things to me, Pachinko, Inferior: How Science got Women Wrong, The Cooking Gene, the Winged Histories, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, The Hate U Give, Infomocracy, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Uprooted, Speak by Louisa Hall, The Fifth Season, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, George by Alex Gino, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Too Like the Lightning, Electric Arches, Labyrinth Lost, N.K. Jemisin, Zen Cho, and Jesmyn Ward. I would prefer backlist recommendations I may have missed, as I am pretty good at keeping up with new releases and determining if they seem interesting to either one or both of us. Thanks! --Mary   4. Hi! I'm wanting to read more fantasy and sci fi books as they're two of my favorite genres even though I haven't read a ton of books from either. I grew up reading Harry Potter. I've recently read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, and mostly enjoyed them but I was very disappointed in the lack of female characters. I would love to read a fantasy or scifi book where several of the main characters are women, and that isn't graphically violent and doesn't include explicit sex scenes. I've read and enjoyed the first two books in the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer (reading 3 now) and Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series. Thanks!! --Valerie   5. Hi, I'm looking for an audiobook for the Dr. I work for. He and his family with children aging from 18 to 6 years of age travel by car often. I'm looking for an adventure even a true life adventure, that would capture the attention of the children as well as the adults without a lot of swearing as they are a religious family. I know it's last minute. Your help is much appreciated --Tiffany   6. I need a recommendation to fulfill the Read Harder Challenge #2, a book of true crime. So far a lot of what I'm finding is things about serial killers or school shootings and for various reasons, books about murders, shootings, extreme violence etc are too triggering for me to get into a this point in life. But surely there must be true crime books about other topics? If it were a movie, I'd think something like Oceans 11 or Catch Me if You Can. Books about abductions or kidnapping are okay as long as they aren't too grisly or graphic. Thanks in advance for your help! --Jessica   7. Greetings, Jenn and Amanda! This is perhaps oddly specific, but I have recently realized that a premise I always love, whether in movie, TV, or books, is “unlikely group stranded together somewhere due to inclement weather.” I have always loved huge snowstorms and the resulting inability to go anywhere or do anything but hang out at home and read. I love seeing or reading about characters in a similar situation. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a snowstorm that’s keeping the characters stranded, but that’s my favorite. I am open to any genre, but prefer romantic or other interesting interpersonal plot points to scary ones (i.e. group of people stranded by snowstorm deals with deranged killer on the loose). I love your show and I thank you! --Darcy   Books Discussed   For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig (out Sept 25) Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn The Color Purple by Alice Walker Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela Bone & Bread by Saleema Nawaz (TW: eating disorder) The Five Daughters of the Moon by Leena Likitalo Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis (rec’d by Jess) The Big Bang Symphony by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

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Amanda and Jenn discuss novels about the Balkans, contemporary YA, really weird books, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Legendary by Stephanie Garber, and Megabat by Anna Humphrey, illustrated by Kass Reich.   Questions   1. Hello Ladies! My friend and I are going on a trip to the Balkans (Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia, Belgravia, Macedonia and Albania). We love historical fiction or narrative non-fiction and would love to read more about these countries before visiting. Thanks! -Britany   2. Looking for an interesting essay collection for the Read Harder Challenge! -Rachael   3. Hello from Canada! I love your show :) I'm looking for book recommendations for my sister. She's in her late 20s, and has described herself as "enjoys reading, not books shopping, but only likes weird stuff". She seems to like John Wyndham books...Books that are weird, creepy, not very sci fi, and not very magical- something more in between. I suggested the Library at Mount Char (one of the weirdest I own), but she was turned off due to the title and perhaps my poor pitch. She will pick up Dark Matter, and the Southern Reach Trilogy due to my persistence. but I'm not sure they are right for her. Please help! -Dominique   4. Hi ladies! I just finished Retta’s So Close To Being The Sh*t Y’all Don’t Even Know and loved it. I was hoping you could recommend something similar. I loved the behind the scenes stories and comedic tone. I’ve also read and enjoyed books by Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling and Anna Kendrick. -Whitney   5. Hello ladies!! Love your podcast and look forward to listening to it every week at work!! I love your passion for books and helping people find new books!! Anyways, I am in the process of pursuing my dream and writing my first novel, however I would love your thoughts on books for creativity and writing. I've read Big Magic, and Stephen King's novel on writing, so anything that could help with encouragement and motivation would be lovely! Open to nonfiction and fiction! Thank you so much!! -Kaitlin   6. Hello, I love to listening to YA novels and could use some new recommendations. I have recently listened to and enjoyed When Dimple Met Rishi, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, And What I Saw and How I Lied. I also really enjoy Rainbow Rowell. Eleanor & Park is the only one I have left to read and it is currently on my to be listened to list, as well as Dumplin'. Thanks! -Megan   7. Thanks to Read Harder, I've read 2 books this year - Pachinko and Do Not Say We Have Nothing - which really made me realize that I know very little about 20th century East Asian history. I'm looking for nonfiction to give me some more grounding in the topic. It doesn't have to specifically be about the Japanese colonization of Korea or the Cultural Revolution, I'd be happy with anything compelling and readable about 19th or 20th century China, Japan, Korea, or even southeast Asia. Thanks! -Laura   Books Discussed Girl At War by Sara Novic The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (tw: child abuse) The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley The Book of M by Peng Shepherd This is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union (tw: rape) Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley (rec’d by Attica Locke on Recommended) Valley Girls by Sarah Nicole Lemon Anger is a Gift, narrated and written by Mark Oshiro Wild Swans by Jung Chang The Court Dancer by Kyung-Sook Shin