In Our Bookish Era

Spook season is coming to an end and here is our final mini spook of the season. We saved a great one for last! It's the first (and possibly only) book we'll ever tell you to watch the movie before reading. Or live on the edge and read it first, we aren't your mom.  All the classics are there: witches, talking animals, glorious mornings, black flame candles, and virgins, oh my! But tha...

Make sure you've got your nightlight on, the covers pulled up to your chin, and be sure not to look under the bed because this week we've got some scary AF stories to tell you about. We're talking scary enough they need to get sent to the freezer to keep us safe. There's hidden staircases, evil townspeople, books nailed to trees, and creepy childhood drawings where they shouldn&#39...

Spooky season minis are still here and this week we've got a fictional retelling of a true crime story. Because, you know, murder. It's set in 1888 but don't let that fool you into thinking it's some boring old story. We talk with the dead, a random dog shows up, we go to the asylum, not necessarily in that order. Grab your favorite pumpkin treat, get cozy, and listen to Kristia st...

To get us ready for spooky season we're starting off October with some psychological thrillers. While not your typical scary genre a good psychological thriller can really start to mess with your mind. We've got gaslighting, affairs, stolen identities (literally), a decent drinking problem, and some forgotten pasts. Listen to see if you can follow along and figure out the twists! Books Dis...

It's our favorite time of year and mini episodes are back! One that note we're reading some good spooky, creepy, murdery, or just Halloweeny books this month. Rachael is up first with a quick Audible Original about a 15 year old murder. It's just terribly unfortunate when a body washes up from the Florida Keys and buries itself in a grave.  www.isntitpastyourbedtime.com Book Discussed:...

Banned Book Week starts on the 27th this year, to celebrate we're talking about two recent books that have been challenged and banned multiple times. Rachael's book was published in 2007, and was the most challenged book of 2017. The book is centered around suicide, so we understand why people may think it glorified suicide, but we believe it's too important of a story to banned. Suici...

Hold on to your kidneys! We hope you're ready for some light-hearted dark comedy and a whole lotta fun. We've got a stories with wizards, ice baths, time travel, Mexican hotels, magic, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Treasury Department! This episode is a wild ride sure to give you an ab workout. So grab a drink you don't mind spitting up from laughter and join us!  Books Discussed: Off to...

Welcome to our dirty thirty episode! This week we're tackling some great books, that were turned into lame movies, mainly because of the main actress. Be forewarned we mention a decent amount of spoilers in this episode, but these books came out years ago. If you haven't read them yet, do that, them give us a listen.  Come along with us on our journey of vampires, dystopian futures, and a...

Bachelor franchise fans, this one's for you! On our second Summer Lovin' episode Kristia discusses a book that's got ALL THE DRAMA! Main Squeeze is basically the Bachelor so we get all the juicy behind the scenes action that has us coming back every week for our favorite trashy reality tv.  This book has it all, a badass female lead, a couple trash humans who call themselves men, twist...

This week we just went for it and each picked a random book that sounded good or looked good in Rachael's case. Kristia's got a book club that isn't a book club trying to convince their husbands that there is a dangerous man in their neighborhood who may or may not be a vampire. And as you might expect, the menfolk don't believe them. Rachael's got a story about teenage romance...

We're back with our minisodes! And this month Rachael's love of Grease got us reading some summer lovin' books. You all know how much we love a spooky, thriller, murder novel, so this took us outside our usual picks. Rach is up first with a cute story about two people who share a flat, but never meet. We know what you're thinking, if they never meet how will they ever find love?! L...

You know what time it is! It's time to crank the AC, put on your fuzzy socks, and grab a cup of holiday cheer, because it's Christmas in July! This episode we've got some email mishaps due to some very similar names that leads to romance during the holiday season, and maybe even a real white horse. We've also got a classic Christmas who-dun-it. Santa passes out next to a bottle of...

Buckle in folks, its the end of the world! Or it at least feels that way. We've got a virus that may have been brought on by magicks and has killed 50% of the population (according to the government at least). It also brought out witches, faires, and many other magick folk. We've also got a cheater book all about a zombie apocalypse, thankfully they're are some really smart people invo...

This week there was an unexpected additional theme. We had planned for non-fiction but we both ended up picking one that was heavy in science and medicine. While non-fiction isn't our usual go to we decided to branch out and challenge ourselves.  Rachael reads a book by a retired surgeon about his career, that is full of information we, as patients, should know. While Kristia tackles a story a...

We're back with more quarantine crime fiction for y'all!  This episode is so relatable it's almost scary. A group of 3 people try and plan a project and complete a project over Zoom. As you can expect, there are technical difficulties, interrupting family members, and some really interesting locations for these meetings. Oh, and some back stabbing theft!  Tune in to figure out what all...

🎵As we go on - we remember - all the- had times we - had together🎵 🎵As our lives change - come whatever - we will still be - friends forever🎵 This episode with so many students graduating in these weird times we decided to tackle some Coming of Age Stories. Grab a drink and buckle in, because Kristia controlled the majority of this episode with some mind bending time travel that will have you...

It's a thing now!  This month's minis are brought to you by Audible Originals (yes, those again) because Ben H. Winters came out with three amazing mini stories about the crimes that could be happening while we're all stuck at home. This episode we're covering what could happen when a newly single woman tries every hobby she never had time to do and stumbles upon a possible murder!...

We aren't sponsored by Audible but by now we bet you all know how much we love a good listen from them. So for this episode we picked an Audible Original, a story written specifically for audio content and let us tell you, these did not disappoint. We've got true identity theft and telekinetic powers this week.  Join us for a whole bunch of belly laughs, these stories got a solid 5 nip sli...

This week we searched for books our favorite TV characters are reading and turns out they read a lot of classics, or pretend to read that is. We've got quite the variety this episode, from a childhood favorite where the main character searches for answers to a dark classic set in the 50's that covers women's mental health and the struggles of being different. TW: Rachael's entire b...

We're still at home and at this point we'd really love the opportunity to be just about anywhere else. So this week we picked our books on title only, finishing the sentence I'd Rather Be ________. As you may have guessed, where our main characters end up might not be ideal. While we're all doing our part and staying home you should grab a drink, get comfy, and let us take you with...

The odds were NOT in our favor on this episode of worst book to movie adaptations. While Jennifer Lawrence did a great job as Katniss, Hollywood really let us down in a lot of other ways. The biggest one: the book is WAY more brutal than the movie, it is the Hunger Games after all, make it dark, we can handle it, we read the book! *Spoiler Alert: We're talking about the entire first book in th...

This week we're coming at you with quick reads. We've got two books you can knock out in a weekend, or even one sitting if you're up for a challenge. There's old high school friends, poor judgement, stalking, murder, and revived serial killers! Both books ends with a twist, but unfortunately for you, you'll have to read the books to figure them out. Listen and be sure to let us...

We're back with another book that Hollywood just had to go and ruin! There are some peculiar things going on this episode, mainly why they had to go and change a love interest (and make it icky), or even worse, why they had to change the abilities someone had. Okay, end rant. Grab a drink, you're going to need one.  Book Discussed: Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs...

Stuck in your home unable to get out to your happy place, aka the bookstore? We feel ya! That's why this episode we're doing quarantine reads and reading something off our shelf that we already own! *gasp* We've got a mom and daughter with a possible stalker looking for a new apartment and children who can catch on fire. Exciting thing are happening this episode. So grab your favorite...

Our minisodes are back, Kristia actually kept it short this time, and we're coming at ya with the worst book to movie ever! The book as great, five outta five, science fiction, dystopian future, Wil Wheaton as a narrator. Then Hollywood had to get involved and turn pure magic gold into sadness. Give it a listen and be sure to reach out and let us know if you are equally upset or if you think t...