Mostly Fictional

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...

Hallie continues Nonfiction November and Pam faces an audiobook dilemma.  Books mentioned, in order: Flesh by David Szalay There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurr...

Our take on "10 Before the End." Books mentioned, in order:  Hungerstone by Kat Dunn Dracula by Bram Stoker Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu Briefly a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens A Certain Hunger Chelsea G. Summers Piglet by Lottie Hazell The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Twilight by Stepheni...

Pam goes for a hat trick with book hauls. Books and links mentioned in this episode:  A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Search by Michelle Huneven  Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette The World According to Garp by John Irving 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Hungerstone by Kat Dunn D...

Surprise, Pam has another book haul!  Books and links mentioned in this episode: The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice What Draws Us Near edited by Keith Cadieux & Adam Petrash Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum Whimsy by Shannon McLeod Dracula by Bram Stoker Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving A Christmas C...

Pam hauls 25 books!! Just kidding -- only 6 from her haul make an appearance.  Books mentioned, in order:  Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin Hot Wax by M.L. Rio The Pallbearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu Dracula by Bram Stoker Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the...

In this episode, Hallie loves a book that survived a TBR culling, and Pam reads a book with 80s music built right in. Books mentioned, in order:  Killer on the Road by Stephen Graham Jones The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones American War by Omar El Akkad  One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Possession by...

Hallie asks Pam why the Canadian government is like that, and Pam is racing against a library deadline.  Books mentioned, in order:  The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones Killer on the Road by Stephen Graham Jones Culpability by Bruce Holsinger Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution by Amy Coney Barrett Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Middlegame...

Hallie has finished a dark academia series and Pam tries her luck at reading new releases. Books mentioned, in order: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, tr by...

Hallie, a silly goose, is reading two physical books, and Pam finally conquered a classic. Books mentioned, in order: Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Looking for a Alaska by John Green The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Assassin of Reality by Marina Dy...

Hallie learns her series is new this year, and Pam attempts to conquer a classic.  Books mentioned, in order: Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey The Magicians by Lev Grossman Harry Potter series by JK Rowling The Poppy War by RF Kuang Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs Deja Dead by Kathy R...

Pam gets to correct Hallie's French pronunciation and Hallie finished a physical book! Books mentioned, in order: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones The Ravel Cycle Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater Hotel Du L...

Pam is getting her license and Hallie has the Titanic recorder meme in her head. Books mentioned in order: Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Search by Michelle Huneven Jamesland by Michelle Huneven Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Hindman Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Nonfiction Book Party Subst...

Pam continues HRCYED and Hallie gets furniture to read on! Books mentioned, in order: The Raven Boys (Graphic Novel) by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams, illustrated by Sas Milledge The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Harry Potter series by JK Rowling Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab The Invisible Li...

Hallie's bookshelves are finally done! Books mentioned, in order: Here’s To Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli What If It’s Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Piglet by Lottie Hazell Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Ballad for Songbirds and Sna...

Hallie found a book at a farmer's market, and Pam continues her year of series. Books mentioned, in order: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou Emily Wilde’s Map...

Pam is continuing to work on HRCYED and Hallie is working on her 800+ page read. Books mentioned, in order: I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid La version qui n’intéresse personne by Emmanuelle Pierrot The Invisible Life of Adie LaRue by V.E. Schwab Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Sunrise on the Reaping by Suza...

We're halfway through the year, so it's time for a check on all those reading goals we set in January! Books mentioned, in order: Don’t Close Your Eyes by Lisa McMann Wake by Lisa McMann Fade by Lisa McMann Gone by Lisa McMann Fallen by Lauren Kate Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn Challenger: A T...