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In this episode, we have five books to talk about! And don't make this a drinking game for how many titles we mention by Seanan McGuire and/or Cassandra Clare. Books mentioned in order:  In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden My Husband by Maud Ventura translated by Emma Ramadan  Into the Windwracked wilds by A Deborah Baker Middlega...

Pam has more birthday books and Hallie already broke the library book ban for June.  Books mentioned in order:  Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire The Seven Skins of Esther Willing by Holly Ringlad The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Cure for Drowning by Loghan...

Hallie has a DNF and Pam discovers an all-time favorite author.  Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Babel by RF Kuang The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater A Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Pride and Prejudice by...

Climate fiction and serial killers -- our reads this month are obviously Very Happy Subjects! Books mentioned in order:  Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer  Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Silent Spring by Rachel Carson The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Station Ele...

We return after a forced internet-outage hiatus! Books mentioned, in order: Foxes in Love by Toivo Kaartinen The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut Off the Record by Camryn Garrett The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley Bridge of C...

In this episode, Hallie shares her Independent Bookstore Day haul, and Pam has Hallie choose her first read of May.  Books mentioned, in order:  Search by Michelle Huneven Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth...

In this episode, Hallie has returned from Boston with five finished titles. Plus, Pam has a book acquisition! Books mentioned, in order: The Boston Massacre: A Family History by Serena Zabin Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa translated by Stephen Snyder Annie...

In this episode, Pam and Hallie celebrate National Poetry Month! Books mentioned, in order: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Other Minds: the Octopus, the Sea and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger The Odyssey by Homer Station Eleven by Emi...

In this episode, we give a check in three months into the year on how our 2024 Reading Resolutions are going.  Books mentioned, in order: The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li Bunny by Mona Awad My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Educated by Tara Westover The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia A...

Hallie reflects on her Luck of the Libby month and Pam shares how she skiied down a mountain on her wedding day! Books mentioned, in order: Untamed by Glennon Doyle Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Bookshops and Bone Dust by Travis Baldree The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto There’s No Such Thing As...

We read a total of nine books in this episode, and Pam has two books to haul! Books mentioned, in order: Icarus by K. Ancrum Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum Greenwood by Michael Christie Never by Jessa Hastings Magnolia Parks series by Jessa Hastings Peter Pan by JM Barrie Darling by K. Ancrum What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Po...

Hallie had no finished books this week :( But never fear, Pam had two! Books mentioned, in order:  Pew by Catherine Lacey Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski  Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick Gre...

Hallie gives an update on her chaotic Luck-of-the-Libby reading and Pam has a small library haul.  Books mentioned, in order: Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin Piglet by Lottie Hazell Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon  The Private Lives of Trees: A Novel by Alejandro Zambra Pew by Catherine Lacey Biography of X by Catherine Lacey This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladst...

Hallie's Luck of the Libby is off to a hectic start and Pam is enjoying an audiobook with a You've Got Mail-esq plot. Books mentioned, in order: Biography of X by Catherine Lacey Sister Golden Calf by Colleen Burner The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Matilda by Roald Dahl The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne A Wr...

Hallie has a small book haul from Oregon and Pam teases the next book she may read. Books mentioned, in order: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Whimsy by Shannon McLeod Sister Golden Calf by Colleen Burner Our Wives Under t...

In this episode, Hallie gives an update on the Wolves of Mercy Falls and Pam shares two DNF'd books. Books mentioned, in order: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Linger by Maggie Stiefvater Forever by Maggie Stiefvater Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater Breakin...

If you're listening to this on release day, Happy Valentine's Day! Books mentioned, in order: What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama and translated by Alison Watts Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy Other Minds: the Octopus, the Sea and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds by...

In this episode, Pam recounts her honeymoon reading and Hallie decides to devote herself to Physical Book February. Books mentioned, in order: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Strange Case Dr. Jekyll an...

Hallie looks forward to a book coming out and Pam is getting married soon -- so equal things to be excited about, obviously. :) Books mentioned, in order: The City We Became by N.K. Jemesin The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemesin Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Normal Rules Don’t Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Life After Life...

In this episode, Pam talks about her bachelorette — a bookstore crawl book haul!!— and Hallie has her first DNF of the year. Books mentioned: What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi You Make a Fool of Death With Their Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Ent...

In this episode we talk about the five books we finished between the two of us, plus Pam gives a teaser for some of the stories in a recent collection she read. Books mentioned, in order: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Confessions by Kanae Minato Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality: Stories by Lindsay Wong The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe...

In this episode, we share books publishing in 2024 that we are very excited about! * Listeners beware, there is one f-bomb in this episode. Books mentioned, in order: Madame by Sara Cate Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Entangled Life: How Fungi, Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Northanger A...

Welcome to 2024! We share some reading goals for the year and talk about "Flaming Hot Cheeto" books Books mentioned, in order War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Praise by Sara Cate Dark...

In this episode, Pam and Hallie go through their reading stats from the year, including total number of pages read, how many books they DNF'd, what their "oldest" book was, and their most read genre. Books mentioned, in order: Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher Orbital by Samantha Harvey The Wanderers by Meg Howrey To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Wo...

In this episode, we take a look back at our reading goals for the year and see how we did! Books mentioned, in order: The Secret History by Donna Tartt If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio Happiness Falls by Angie Kim The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Radio Girl by Carol Brendler War of the Worlds by Orson Welles The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Go...