Sisters Are Reading

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀 Lindsay & Barbara dig into Dan Kois's funny and heartwarming tale of six paperboys navigating a haunted neighborhood. Featuring: Our family's hand-knitted Christmas stockings, a lint-clogged pee disaster, and shoving a magical troll (named "Shithead") into a waterproof backpack.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Rivers Solomon's harrowing tale of three Black siblings who return to their seemingly perfect suburban childhood home only to uncover a terrifying plot linked to their deepest childhood trauma. Featuring: Inoculation from sister meanness, crimes against exotic fish, and systemic US racism.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara recap Virginia Faito's delightfully despicable tale of a psychopathic Victorian governess and her murderous Christmastime rampage. Featuring: Lindsay's seasonal depression, swapping out a murdered baby for a new one, and ideal vs. actual nighttime routines.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Christopher Buehlman's gruesome medieval road trip through medival plauge-ridden France. Featuring: Barbara's new approach to sciatica, a smashed-up toe from the desk Olympics, and whether or not this book is the Bible.

⭐⭐⭐ /  💀💀 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Sarah Waters' gothic novel about a country doctor and his obsession with a big old house and its weird little ghost. Featuring: Barb's naked chicken knitted tank top, sex-energy-fuelled poltergeists, and toxic masculinity.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀  READ THIS BOOK — if you dare! In this chilling episode, Lindsay & Barb dive into Josh Malerman's haunting tale of the terrors of parenthood, in which the world of eight-year-old Bella gets turned upside down by her demonic Other Mommy . Featuring: Technical difficulties, back-to-school shopping, and techniques to survive an eternity of torture.

⭐ / 💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Jennifer McMahon's underwhelming tale of intergenerational witch trauma and architectural salvage. Featuring: a soggy bog, whiny teen, and questionable building choices.

⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 WE'RE BACK! Lindsay & Barbara, your favorite scaredy-cat sisters, recap Adam Nevill's terrifying tale of taxidery theater puppets. Featuring: Sawdust bellies, childhood traumas, and a mummified lady in a glass coffin.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /   ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥Lindsay and Barbara recap the sequel to Emily Rath's Beautiful Things, in which we discover what becomes of Rosalie and the THREE men who love her and each other. Featuring: Words Our Mom Says, telling your boyfriend's best friends that you also want them to be your boyfriends, George's redemption, and WHO GOT SHOT!?

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Emily Rath's Regency romance about a debt-hounded free spirit and the wealthy and handsome men who fall in love with her. Featuring: Lindsay's "Elderflonic," the reason our pockets are so small, and semi-confusing marriage machinations.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara discuss the fourth of Lorraine Heath's Scoundrels of Saint James series. Featuring: Swindler getting swindled, IDENTICAL TRIPLETS, a satanic Victorian sex cult, and redemption.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Lindsay and Barbara are joined by illustrious cousins Matt and Tyler to talk through Emily Rath's super spicy hot hot tale of a sports medicine doctor and the hockey players who love her. Featuring: Pearl-clutching, hot dancing, penis twitching, and a lovely four-person romantic relationship.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara recap the third of Lorraine Heath's Scoundrels of Saint James series. Featuring: Barb's Quaker curiosity, sexy accounting, Frannie's orphan collection, and why American Treasure reminds us of our Dad.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara discuss the second of Lorraine Heath's Scoundrels of Saint James series. Featuring: A scandalous will, sexy train times, and accidentally marrying your father's hot hot widow.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara talk through the first of Lorraine Heath's Scoundrels of Saint James series. Featuring: Lindsay's treadmill, getting stabbed in the hand, and finding out you actually ARE the duke you've been pretending to be.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara recap Lorraine Heath's third Hellions of Havisham novel. Featuring: The truth about Your Mother's bangs, spouses-to-lovers, the terrible (h)Earl Monty Beaumont, and ghost parents in love.

⭐⭐ / 💀💀 Lindsay and Barbara cover Peter Benchley's iconic novel about a great white shark terrorizing a Long Island beach town. Featuring: Your mother's adorable bangs, the world's hottest ichthyologist, Lindsay's rebrand of the egg salad sandwich, and the ending that surprised us both.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara recap Lorraine Heath's second Hellions of Havisham novel. Featuring: Pap smear terriers, emotion support trout, sex broth, and the Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Lorraine Heath's first Hellions of Havisham novel. Featuring: Lexapro pill mascot suits, a Victorian sex club, early photography, a Duke with a learning disability, and whether you should marry someone who tries to blackmail you.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara discuss the third and final chapter of the Lost Lords of Pembrook series. Featuring: Rafe's secret dirty room, why he doesn't deserve fitted sheets, and a lot of tragicomic misunderstandings.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 READ THIS BOOK! Lindsay and Barbara recap Stephen King's icon novel about a telekinetic high school student and her anguished rampage through prom and town. Featuring: Menstruation stories, high school bullies, terror prom, and John Dewey.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /  🩷🩷🩷 Lindsay and Barbara talk through the first two of Lorraine Heath's "Lost Lords of Pembrook" novels about traumatized aristocratic brothers and the women who heal their hearts. Featuring: 1800s Medium Britain, great plots, horny virgins, and Barbara's struggle with the Bridgerton alphabet. Plus, lots of sister chat!

⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 Lindsay and Barbara discuss Gabino Iglesias' terrifying tale of a hired killer and the haunting underbelly of the Texas/Mexico border. Featuring: Lots of sister chitchat, magical body parts, ectoplasmic vomit, and a depressing end.  

⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 Lindsay tells Barbara all about Nick Cutter's scary western about a trio of mercenaries and the evil goo monsters that are trying to kill a cult's children in Lincoln County, NM. Featuring: Our new metal band – Heinous Anus, Medium Britain, making a deal with the Baby Blob, and more.

Lindsay and Barbara reminisce about all 100 books they've read so far and decide on an official top 10: 1. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 2. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 3. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill 4. Sundial by Catriona Ward 5. Lone Women by Victor LaValle 6. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill 7. The Troop by Nick Cutter 8. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 9. Misery by Stephen Ki...