Mostly Fictional

Books mentioned: Scott Pilgrim Vol 1 and 2 by Bryan Lee O’Malley Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Final Space: The Final Chapter by Olan Rogers The Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector tr. Benjamin Moser The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje tr. David McKay Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne OELKE This is...

Will Hallie ever finish a book again? Plus, Pam is on the verge of multiple BINGOs. Books mentioned in order: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Some People by Parini Shroff Vicious by V.E. Schwab Vengeful by V.E. Schwab The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty The Adventures of Amina al...

Books mentioned, in order: Shady Hollow by Juneau Black Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson The princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff  The Thursday Murder C...

Books mentioned, in order: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia This Kingdom Will not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Game of Throne...

Hallie reads a hot title, and Pam continues a hot series. Look at us, so hip with the book world.  Books mentioned, in order: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke The Hitch by Sara Levine Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Portrai...

Books mentioned, in order: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire Across Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire Typhoon by Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian We the Drowned by Carsten Jensen Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett Heather Fawcett's Subs...

Books mentioned, in order:  Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush Medium Rare by A Natasha Joukovsky  Portrait of a Mirror by A Natasha Joukovsky  The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey The Gatepost by Tim Weed The Afterlife Project by Time Weed Break Room by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee The Dallergut Dream D...

Books mentioned, in order: Villette by Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Mate by Ali Hazelwood Bride by Ali Hazelwood Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel The Pall...

Books mentioned, in order: Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time edited by Hope Nicholson Out There by Kate Folk Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead Muscle Man by Jordan Castro Dracula by Bram Stoker Villette by Charlotte Brontë God of the Woods by Liz Moore Memoir of Sherlock Holmes...

Books mentioned, in order: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Incandescent by Emily Tesh The Hitch by Sara Levine Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Muscle Man by Jordan Castro Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta Piransei by Susanna Clarke Still Life by AS Byatt Possession by AS Byatt Villette by Charlotte Bronte Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at word...

Books mentioned, in order: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White Mind Games by Kiersten White Dracula by Bram Stoker Lucy Undying by Kiersten White Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel...

Books mentioned, in order: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Favorites by Layne Fargo Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Landline by Rainbow Rowell Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Station Eleven by Emil...

Books mentioned, in order: Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 by Yan Schenkel Moby Dick by Herman Melville Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Favorites by Layne Fargo Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Landline by Rainbow Rowell HRCYED 2.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60 Find...

Books mentioned, in order: Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams My Murder by Katie Williams Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette Dracula by Bram Stoker The Fox and...

Books mentioned, in order: A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Stories of Your life by Ted Chiang Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams My Murder by Katie Williams Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Endling by Mar...

Books mentioned, in order: The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis  Aesop’s Fables Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, tr. by Deena Mohamed On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Favorites by Layne Fargo Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie...

Something is "apaw" in Hallie's current read. Plus, Pam is reading lots of footnotes! Books mentioned, in order: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler Happiness by Aminatta Forna Frappabord by Mireille Gagné The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Hea...

Books mentioned, in order: Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Endling by Maria Reva How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler On the Calculation of Volume series by Solvej Balle Happiness by Aminatta Forna Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.c...

Plus, we introduce a new segment to the podcast! Books mentioned, in order:  Five Little Indians by Michelle Good The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Dracula by Bram Stoker Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Murderbot series by Martha Wells The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Emily W...

Pam gets SMART with her goals, Hallie makes puns, and we reveal the books we namedropped the most on the pod this year.  Books mentioned in order: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree Leech by Hiron Ennes Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed Crash by Lisa McMann A Gathering of...

Pam baked four types of cookies, and Hallie, inexplicably, is reading a doorstopper. Books mentioned in order: Choose Your Own Adventure series Goosebump series  Culpability by Peter Holsinger Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei Rose in Chains by Julie Soto Forget Me Not by Julie Soto Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto Leech by Hiron Ennes The...

Pam is on a reread streak and Hallie finally finished Nonfiction November. Books mentioned in order: These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore  Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree If You’re Seeing This It’s Meant for You by Leigh Stein Bunny by Mona Awad Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn by...

Books mentioned in order: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret W...

Pam has success with a book club read and Hallie continues Nonfiction November. Books mentioned, in order: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration by David Roberts Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey The Pallbearers Club b...

Pam finishes her fifth vampire book, and we share a short bookish gift guide ahead of the holidays Books mentioned, in order: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe  Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books b...