Women are Reading: a book club podcast

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. In this episode, Margaret and Katie discuss their very first Simone St. James book, The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Published in the early 2010s, the book has just about everything the sisters love: ghost hunting, romance, small town intrigue, and more.

Listener discretion is advised: this episode contains major spoilers. Join sisters Margaret and Katie for a super-sized episode where they analyze 20 short stories in the Indigenous dark fiction anthology, Never Whistle at Night. Plus, Margaret gives a shout out to her first love, Star Wars, and the incredible second season of Andor.

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. Join Margaret and Katie for Episode 13 of Women are Reading, where they discuss the first six short stories in Never Whistle at Night, An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology. Featuring nearly 20 Indigenous authors from all over the U.S., Never Whistle at Night explores themes of trauma, identity, the effects of colonization and mo...

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. Looks like you guys got the cake with the cream, as our songbird Lucy Gray would say, because Margaret and Katie are back with another Hunger Games-themed episode! They promise this is the last one...for now, anyway. In this episode, the sisters discuss the last half of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and if the 2023 film liv...

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. Join Margaret and Katie and special guest, Tyler, for a discussion about the differences between The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins and its movie adaptation, released in 2023. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what were some of the best parts? Tune in to find out!

Listener Discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. In this episode, Margaret and Katie discuss the last half of Sunrise on the Reaping, including the look and feel of the arena, the gut-punch ending, and THAT headstone. Grab your tissues, this one's a doozy! Plus, they mull over some recent Sunrise on the Reaping cast rumors.

Listener Discretion is Advised: This episode contains major spoilers. Join Margaret and Katie as they discuss the first half of their most highly anticipated release of the year so far, Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. In this episode, the sisters gush about their love for The Hunger Games book series, as well as the film adaptations, and explore everything new they've learned about...

Listener discretion is advised: this episode contains major spoilers. Join Margaret and Katie as they discuss the last half of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix and their complicated feelings regarding the novel's ending. Plus, they gush about their upcoming April book club pick, Sunrise on the Reaping.

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. In this episode, Margaret and Katie travel back to Florida circa 1970 to discuss Grady Hendrix's new horror novel, Witchcraft of Wayward Girls, about a group of young women isolated in a home for unwed mothers, who discover the power of witchcraft after a mysterious librarian gives them a strange book. The sisters discuss ev...

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains major spoilers. Hello, fellow book people! In this latest episode of Women Are Reading, join Margaret and Katie as they dive into the last half of Deep End by Ali Hazelwood. They discuss their thoughts on happily ever afters, audiobook pet peeves, and much more!

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains frank discussions of sex and major spoilers. Join Margaret and Katie as they discuss the first half of romance powerhouse Ali Hazelwood's latest novel, Deep End. In this episode, they discuss the many positive qualities of the romance genre, as well as its drawbacks. Plus, Margaret rails against her absolute least favorite trope: fated mate...

Listener discretion is advised: This episode contains frank discussions of sexual assault, child abuse, drug use, animal deaths, and murder. Plus, major spoilers for Twin Peaks, The Return, and Fire Walk with Me. In honor of the passing of David Lynch, as well as the anniversary of Laura Palmer’s death, join Margaret and Katie as they discuss The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, written by the creato...

WARNING: this episode contains major spoilers. Join Margaret and Katie as they discuss their thoughts on the final chapters of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. Listen along as they explore what it truly means to be human, the ethics of AI, and how the novel serves as a reminder that women don't have to be robots to feel like they don't have control over their own lives. Plus, Margaret talks abou...

In this episode, Margaret and Katie discuss chapters 1-3 of Sierra Greer's sci-fi novel Annie Bot as well as ritual magic and gothic romance in The Death of Jane Lawrence by Cailtin Starling. Plus, Margaret talks about her latest literary obsession, The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. Join the book club over on Fable! fable.co/club/women-are-reading-with-ktroar-494353655426?club_type=free

Join Margaret and Katie as they discuss their January reading wrap-up, which includes So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison and Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. Plus, they introduce their February book club pick: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. Join the book club over on Fable! fable.co/club/women-are-reading-with-ktroar-494353655426?club_type=free