Reading Room Ruffians

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we welcome back Danny from Spirit Walk Paranormal as we discuss spooky times, books, and encounters on this the spookiest of days Friday the 13th.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out ou...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on this out of this world adventure where we discuss Communion by Whitley Strieber, Ariel's Nonfiction Pick. A true story about alien abduction that surprisingly did not scare Ariel.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruf...

Send us Fan Mail We have on Suzy, our beloved Library Board of Trustees president, for a book chat full of hits, misses, and even Kiko - if you have your sound up loud enough in the first couple of books Zac tells us about. 👀😹 We're also trying to work out our new sound equipment in a different way, so we have a few rough patches of sound quality - promise it'll be better next time!  M...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we dive deep into the spooky (or not so spooky in Ariel's opinion) book The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones and discuss some other spooky things along the way.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian...

Send us Fan Mail Here we are taming Sheepsquatch one pumpkin spice latte at a time as we dive into all the fun, weird, and somewhat terrifying cryptids located here in West Virginia. So, get your flashlights and binoculars ready Ruffians because this episode gets a bit wild! Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we delve into the life of the great Terry Pratchett. Only the most amazing author on the planet, as we discuss Zac's nonfiction Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins. I'm warning you its a tear jerker and I may have cried. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and ra...

Send us Fan Mail Author Chaise "W. C." Robertson joins the Ruffians for discussions of his published books, The Positive Side of Negative Thoughts , and Casualties of Life and Love , and we try to carefully tread No Spoilers Waters so we can discuss his unpublished book, The Passing Tales of Death . We had so much fun with Chaise, and think you'll think so, too! You can find Chaise...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when Zac forgets to find a curiosity or conspiracy? Mallory has a total brain meltown, because her perfectly planned openers and closers now make no sense! Hop in for some all-time faves, some life-changers and some time wasters as we jump to a Book Chat! Why is the ending a surprise? Tune in to find out!  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we have an unhinged Part 2 discussion concerning our deep dive book The Secret Life of Puppets. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/group...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss The Secret Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune.   Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/readingroomruffianspodcast/?ref=share...

Send us Fan Mail Shakespearean insults, rare books, about 4.5 tangents that are closely related to them, and Kiko (Zac's cat) sharing with us the words of her people. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out our Fa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss Carla's "non-fiction" book pick, 100 Bigfoot Nights by Christine Dela Parker.  For some accompanying sound bites pictures and videos, make sure to check out https://www.100bigfootnights.com/. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a dr...

Send us Fan Mail Do you love smut? Mallory might have some recs for you. We dive deep into some book news, discuss AI narration, and absolutely lose our minds over Mallory's unfortunate ADHD hyperfixation into "mudpuppy smut". If that's a confusing synopsis, you're going to LOVE this episode. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you'...

Send us Fan Mail We have special guests (Grayson, and his mother Laura,) to discuss Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. We discuss a whole spectrum of feelings about this book, the characters, and how we related to it. This episode has a few tangents, but we'll get there together in the end - promise! We all highly recommend this book.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode we have our first episode of Conspiracies and Curiosities, and the first topic is the Illuminati and secret societies in general.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out our Face...

Send us Fan Mail If this title makes you feel like you've missed something - you won't be lost for long! It's another book chat, so we hope you have a handy-dandy notebook to write down some new books to add to your TBR! In Book News, we cover the Locus Awards, and highlight some of the winners we've read or have been eyeing from our TBR's. Did we mention any you've w...

Send us Fan Mail We are pumped to have this week's guest on - Spirit Walk Paranormal, from Morgantown, WV. Danny is no phantom, but he does have a lot to share with us about them and the rest of the supernatural/paranormal world around us. You can find their adventures on YouTube by searching Spirit Walk Paranormal, and if you're into ghosty goodness, their channel is amazing!  Make sure...

Send us Fan Mail Zac says this episode's Non Fiction pick should be in "real big quotes", but I don't follow rules, so here we are. We discuss Chasing Ghosts: a Tour of Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural by Mark Hartzman. Grab your flashlight and a ghost buddy to tune in to the discussion, followed by gripping stories from the crew, and our special guest, Ange Kaluk,...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in discussing "The Patient" by Jasper Dewitt. This book was a fun and creepy read for all of us, and we find out just how big of a nerd Zac is when we discuss what our irrational fears are. We hope you have as much fun listening to this podcast as we did making it. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and ra...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by our newest co-worker, Kim, for today's book chat. We have a totally unbiased chat about book banning, tons of laughs, lit-speration, and seriously great title suggestions.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room R...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we interview a local author, T.A. Spencer (Travis Adcock), about his book Steelfated. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/readingr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the book A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. She talks about the life of Virginia Hall who is a woman spy who helped gather information during World War II. She was such an impressive woman that so many people do not know about so it is fantastic that we got to take a look into her life.  Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we take a deep dive into Mallory's suggestion "The Kiss of Deception" by Mary E. Pearson. We also have a side bar about how French accents make everything sound fancier. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk about upcoming summer reading programs, some book news, and books we've been reading. Make sure to check out our social medias, and if you share with us that you've listened and rated our podcast, we will put your name in for a drawing for one of our Reading Room Ruffian shirts! Wooo, merch! Check out our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/gr...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Zac brings us the longest book title ever, probably, which also doubles as torture for Ariel -- I f the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life by Stephen Webb. A pretty wild read, which brings about some truly interesting discussion. Oh, and there's math! Don...