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This week, I talk with Sagit Schwartz about how she integrated her own experiences with her mother, eating disorders AND the opioid crisis into her emotional, action-packed thriller Since She's Been Gone! Synopsis Can we ever truly know the people we love? Losing her mother to a hit-and-run at age 15 threw Beatrice “Beans” Bennett’s life into turmoil. Bereft, she developed a life-threatening eatin...

This week, we share books that A24 Films should adapt into movies! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Ace of Spades Nice Girls Bath Haus Seeing Strangers Prophet Real Easy The Lady Upstairs Look What You Made Me Do Almost Surely Dead How We Named the Stars Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on...

This week, I talk with Caitlin Devlin about her debut novel The Real Deal ! Synopsis Belle Simon was just 12 years old when she was one of six girls plucked from obscurity to star in reality TV sensation The Real Deal. Under the wing of dazzling star Donna Mayfair, she and the other five girls were meant to become world-famous actresses, singers and dancers. But at 26, Belle is trying to live anon...

This week, I talk with Amina Akhtar about her new thriller Almost Surely Dead ! Synopsis Dunia Ahmed lives an ordinary life—or she definitely used to. Now she’s the subject of a true crime podcast. She’s been missing for over a year, and no one knows if she’s dead or alive. But her story has listeners obsessed, and people everywhere are sporting merch that demands “Find Dunia!” In the days before...

This week, we share books we loved reading that stretched us outside our comfort zones! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: The Real Deal The Paper Palace Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen Just By Looking at Him The Prediction White Ivy Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out...

This week, we share our favorite wintry thrillers for this freezing weather! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: The Deep, Deep Snow No Exit Rock, Paper, Scissors The Silent Girls   The Hunting Party The Overnight Guest White Out The Snowman Shiver The Mountain King Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Com...

This week, I talk with Susan Walter about her LA-based, fast paced thriller Lie By the Pool! Follow Susan on Instagram here Check out her website here Lie By the Pool Synopsis Bree’s new home is luxurious and private, with a fancy Beverly Hills address. What a shame it’s not hers. Widowed, penniless, living in her car, and out of options, she’s climbed the fence and crashed in the pool house. All...

This week, we talk about the books we are starting off 2024 with! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Walking Through Needles No One Can Know Good As Dead What Happened to Nina? They Are the Hunters The New Couple in 5B The Fury Listen for the Lie Ladykiller The Boyfriend Subscription Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check o...

This week, we got to talk with Heather Levy about her character driven, dual-timeline, steamy thriller Hurt for Me! Get Hurt for Me now as an Amazon First Reads pick! Synopsis A single mother’s brutal past threatens to destroy the new life she’s built in this suspenseful dark romance set in the underground world of kink. Rae Dixon is lucky to be alive. Fifteen years ago, she survived being traffic...

This week, I talk with Kate Brody about her emotionally and character driven debut thriller Rabbit Hole! Rabbit Hole Synopsis Ten years ago, Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom’s older sister, Angie, went missing. Her case remains unsolved. Now Teddy’s father, Mark, has killed himself. Unbeknownst to Mark’s family, he had been active in a Reddit community fixated on Angie, and Teddy can’t help but fall down...

This week, we talk about our favorite books we read in 2023! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Let's Do This Daisy Jones and The Six The Gay Best Friend Ninth House How I'll Kill You Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Dysfunctional Midnight Is The Darkest Hour The Trap The Push Hidden Scars   The Ne...

This week, I talk with Jennifer McMahon about her newest release, My Darling Girl ! Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison’s estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remai...

This week, Saltburn is available on streaming, and Kate shares book recommendations that match its "wealthy families behaving poorly" vibes! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books Kate Talked About: Over Her Dead Body The Heiress Stone Cold Fox Good Rich People Pretty Things We Were Liars Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild...

This week, we talk with Ashley Winstead about her multi-faceted Southern gotchi Midnight is The Darkest Hour!   Ashley actually introduced us 2 years ago, so this is a very special full circle moment for the podcast.  It probably wouldn't exist without her 💜 Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Ashley @ashleywinsteadbooks Midnight is the Darkest Hour Sy...

This week, we talk with Tessa Wegert about her fast paced, cinematic, New York based Shana Merchant series! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Tessa @tessawegert Check out the Shana Merchant series here!  We aren't including the synopsis to her newest book in the series Devils at the Door to protect spoilers for the other books. Check Out Author Social...

This week, we share books we are excited about in 2024 from debut authors! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Society of Lies Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead Since She's Been Gone When She Was Me Argylle Swiped Original Twin Dead Girls Walking While We Were Burning Nightwatching Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check ou...

This week I talk with Katherine Faulkner about her new thriller The Other Mothers ! Follow Katherine here on Instagram The Other Mothers Synopsis When a young nanny dies under mysterious circumstances near new mom Tash’s home, she is certain that this could be the story to relaunch her journalism career. Meanwhile, she also needs to find a local playgroup for her son. Nearby is the gorgeous neighb...

This week, Kate shares her favorite thrillers with dysfunctional families! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Apples Never Fall All Good People Here Like a Sister The Lies We Told The Mother-In-Law He Started It The Family Upstairs Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check Out My Stor...

This week I talk with Vanessa Lillie about her third book Blood Sisters ! Follow Vanessa here on Instagram And check out the books she recommended: Never Whistle at Night And Then She Fell The Berry Pickers Manmade Monsters   Blood Sisters Synopsis A visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the d...

This week, we do the Bookstagram/BookTok challenge #TenBeforeTheEnd and share ten books we want to finish before the end of 2023!   Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch   Books We Talked About Ace of Spades One Little Word Almost Surely Dead Wounded Since She's Been Gone Perfect Little Lives Twenty-Seven Minutes Devilry Rabbit Hole Infamous Park Avenue P...

This week, I talk with the Queen of Pop Culture References Mandy McHugh about her new domestic thriller It Takes Monsters .   We dive into the social pressures women face at work and at home, the temptation for women to try to look like each other, and how King Lear inspired her second book! It Takes Monsters Synopsis Victoria Tate has had enough of her controlling, incompetent husband Warren. But...

This week, we share books we can't wait to read that wil be released in winter of 2023! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Last Night at The Hollywood Canteen Don't Look Down If You See Me After Dark The Vacation House The Engagement Party There Should've Been Eight A Curse of Scales and Flame The Other Mothers Risk the Fall Check...

This week, we share books that we ALWAYS recommend! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About The Paradox Hotel In My Dreams I Hold a Knife The Girls Are All So Nice Here Till Death Do Us Part Jar of Hearts Kismet Please See Us Sometimes I Lie The Woman Inside Some Choose Darkness Bright Young Women Check Out Author Social Media Packages...

This week, Kate shares books that pair with the vibes of four songs on 1989 (Taylor's Version)! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books Kate Talked About   Out of the Woods Their Vicious Games Alias Emma Series   Bad Blood It Takes Monsters One of Us Is Dead   Blank Space First Lie Wins You Can Trust Me   Clean Lay Your Body Down Midnight is the Darke...

This week, we share some of our favorite scary books perfect for Halloween season! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About The Chestnut Man Chasing the Boogeyman Stalker The Sundown Motel Her Every Fear Midnight on Beacon Street The Alone Time Murder Road The Clinic Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Communit...