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Come one, come all. It’s time to learn, perhaps not for the first time, how you could’ve died during the witch trials and finally find out once and for all if a puritan life is for you… This week we’re discussing Slewfoot and all its bloody magic. Enjoy, witches. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

It’s finally spooky season!  Today, we’re talking all things horror.  Halloween decorations, our October tbrs, a big scare, and some giggling like teenagers.  Come with us to get trapped in a swamp mansion or sacrifice our neighbor to the worm god.  Happy Halloween! Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Basking sharks, bothies, and wildlings, today we’re breaking down The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke.  Join us on a wind swept Scottish isle as we discuss the goings on at The Longing.  Would we paint a super casual mural of various symbols in a lighthouse where we found bones, or would we run for the highlands? Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsand...

It is finally (unofficially) fall.  The BER months have arrived, and we’re ready.  To make sure you’re ready too, we’re talking Supernatural Thrillers.  Get ready to play some guessing games, it’s the game show episode. House on the Lake - Riley Sager Sundown Motel - Simone St. James Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinnborough The Burning Girls - CJ Tudor I Remember You- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Mayra -Nicky G...

What better way to celebrate a year of podcasting than talking about our favorite moody king, Haymitch 🎉? Today’s a spoiler chat about Sunrise on the Reaping. We’re diving deep into what really happened during the 50th Hunger Games, who we’d want the next book to be about if there is one, and our secret gumdrop spot.  It’s sad. It’s chaotic. It’s our one year birthday!! Follow for more bookish co...

Welcome to our lore episode.  We’ve been podcasting for a year!  To celebrate we’re talking about the books that made us readers, no matter how embarrassing they might be.   Sweep - Cate Tiernan Blue Bloods Series - Melissa de la Cruz House of Night Series - PC Cast Kristin Cast Celestra Series - Addison Moore Tithe - Holly Black Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare Daughter of Smoke and Bone - La...

Today we’re talking all things The Bright Lands by John Fram.  And by talking, we mean shambling through a spoiler chat.  Things don’t need to be in chronological order right?  Buckle up, get your southern accents ready, and pay attention because we apparently weren’t. This episode contains graphic and explicit content, listener discretion is advised.   Follow for more bookish content: @plottwisti...

Today we’re talking about Summer Horror.  What makes something a Summer Horror read?  Listen in because we have no idea.  It’s a feeling, okay?  Slashers, faeries, clowns in the town’s drainage systems?  All those things, plus, the origins of Summerween. The Reformatory - Tananarive Due When the Reckoning Comes - Latanya McQueen Small Favors - Erin A. Craig Curse of the Reaper - Brian McAuley Burn...

Today we’re having a spoiler chat on Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi.  Does YA sometimes make you feel 1,000 years old?  Us too, but we’re reading it anyway.  Do you ever feel emo enough to cry into the eyes of the boy you love?  Join us today to discuss why that is. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

It’s finally summer!  The sun is out, so we’re…heading inside to the movies where the air conditioning is.  This week we’re talking books that would make the perfect summer blockbusters.  Serial killers, mapmakers, and a hot witch priest, we’ve got recommendations for everyone. The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi Oona Out Of Order - Margarita Montimore The Daevabad Trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty Bury...

This week we’re having a spoiler chat about Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.  Were we led astray by a Goodreads list?  Perhaps.  Join us on this misclassified journey and answer questions like: If you’re significant other came home from sea bleeding from their pores, would you take them to the emergency room?   Would you give your name to a sea demon? (spoiler alert we would) Join our se...

Happy Spring!  Probably.  Is the pollen evil?  Are mushrooms trying to kill you?  It’s all possible with Ecohorror.  Do you ever consider whether launching yourself into space is better than going deep underwater? Today we’re talking about our favorite Ecohorror picks. Saturnalia - Stephanie Feldman Fever Dream - Samanta Schweblin Wilder Gurls Rory Power Never Whistle at Night - Shane Hawk Threads...

Today we’re having a spoiler chat on the one and only, Zombie Bake-Off by Stephen Graham Jones.  One of us knows what happened.  The other had a choose your own adventure style audiobook nightmare.  Fun was had by all. Read this one before you listen.  Which version did you get? Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

In honor of the dead rising, today we’re talking zombie and apocalypse fiction.  Join us for some recommendations on flesh eaters, dystopians, and at least one book that doesn’t fit the theme at all.  We’re sure that book has some strategy to learn that will save you in the zombie apocalypse. This Delicious Death - Kayla Cottingham Head Like a Hole - Andrew Van Wey Schrader’s Cord - Scott Leads Th...

Our April Fools’ Day joke is posting a week late.  Join us today as we have a spoiler chat about The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.  Is it overhyped, under hyped, or appropriately hyped?  We have opinions. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Today we’re talking about bookish hot takes for over hyped and under hyped books.  Do we hate one of your favorites?  We’re sorry.  We have our reasons.  Let us explain. Over Hyped Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak Behind Closed Doors - B. A. Paris Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo The Only One Left - Riley Sagar The Other Mrs. - Mary Kubica Kill Creek - Scott Thomas The Invisible Life of Addie Larue...

This episode contains graphic and explicit content.  Listener discretion is advised.  We wish we would have used podcaster discretion, because we will never be the same.  Today, we’re describing some unhinged romance reads to each other.  Have you ever given a sexually explicit book report?  It gets very weird. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrim...

Today we’re talking about our favorite or not favorite Romance books and listener discretion is advised.  Romcoms,  somewhat unhinged Romance series, and Fanfiction, we’ve got it all.  Hit us up if you know the plural for synopsis because we…do not. It Happened One Summer/Hook, Line, and Sinker - Tessa Bailey The Boyfriend Project - Farrah Rochon  The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren One Last Sto...

Today we’re discussing The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard.  There will be spoilers, so if you haven’t read it yet, come back later! Let’s chat True Crime, Crime Fiction, and if we think we could catch a serial killer. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Do you know The Nothing Man?  Who lives on Drury Lane?  Join us this week as we discuss our favorite Serial Killer Thrillers in preparation for this month’s reread, The Nothing Man.  Other topics include: why we’re okay with Denmark buying the U.S. and New Year’s resolutions. *The Chestnut Man - Søren Sveistrup  *The Jigsaw Man - Nadine Matheson *The Whisper Man - Alex North *Please See Us - Caitl...

Looking forward to 2025?  So are we.  Today we’re talking our most anticipated reads of 2025.  Join us as we mind meld to go through the most exciting books coming next year.  There may be a few rants and digressions along the way. Davyn’s Most Anticipated: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix  The Manor of Dreams - Christina Li This Book Will Bury Me - Ashley  The Library at Hellbore - Ca...

Pretend we haven’t spent the last six months shoving these books in your face and join us on reminiscing about some of the best books we read in 2024. Davyn’s Top 5 of 2024:  ⁃ Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland  ⁃ The Angel of Indian Lake By Stephen Graham Jones  ⁃ Fever House by Keith Rosson  ⁃ Flesh and False Gods Series by Chloe Gong  ⁃ What The River Knows by Isabel Ibañez  Lora’s Top 5 of 202...

It’s time to discuss our reread of Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.  Have you been screaming internally about how much we misremembered last episode?  We’re putting it right today.  Sort of.  We’re also deciding once and for all: Team Peeta, Team Gale, or Team Katniss Dies Alone. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augu...

What makes a good sequel or series?  Today we’re talking sequels and what keeps us coming back for more emotional damage.  We’re also discussing what we remember from Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins before we reread them.  Welcome back to a fantasy episode. Follow for more bookish content: @plottwistiforgot Davyn @davynsden Lora @questsandcrimes Music by Augusto Diniz

Happy Halloween!  Just when you thought things couldn’t get any spookier, Lora and Davyn are back with horror reads fit for any level of reader. And, as the cherry on top, one of them continues to be haunted by a malevolent spirit hellbent on being invited to the party. Sit down, buckle up, and forgive us for this audio.