Books, Cats & Snacks
Books, Cats & Snacks is a weekly podcast by Oaky and Cattie where we discuss our chosen book of the month as well as other book-related obsessions. We include cat stories and snacks, too! The podcast is a two parter, where one episode discusses the book and the other is the midway check-in episode before the next book. We have include book shoutouts in our minisodes.
Ep 156 - Minisode #68 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #68!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
- Quit Being an Idiot: Life Lessons From the Golden Girls by Robb Pearlman
From Oaky:
- Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen
- You'll Never...
Ep 155 - Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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March 2025 Book Discussion!
Cattie has picked a much beloved and a behemoth of a book! We read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for March and we'd put on our bonnets and discussed this amazing children's classic literature.
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
April Buddy Read Book of the Month (Oaky's Pick):
Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh
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Ep 154 - Midway Check-In: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, White Line Fever by KC Jones
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Welcome to our show! We each brought a book discussion to the table and hopefully we make you want to read them!
Our discussion for this March 2025 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Oaky's pick - White Line Fever by KC Jones
Current BOM read: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Next Week: March book discussion of Little Women
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Ep 153 - Author Spotlight: Melissa Algood / Enhanced Being Series (from Tell Me About Your Book Podcast)
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Author Spotlight! Oaky had the amazing author Melissa Algood on the podcast Tell Me About Your Book last year, and we've decided to do an author spotlight instead of a Midway Check-In for this week. Just shaking things up a bit!
Here's from the podcast:
Melissa Algood (a local to me author!) and I discussed writing characters and writing her Enhanced Being series that is sure to excite your reading journey! I had a great time just listening to her talk about her process and upcoming projects.
Ep 152 - Minisode #67 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #67!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Selena: Como la flor by Joe Nick Patoski
- The Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer & Other Stories by Samantha Reeder
From Oaky:
- Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang
- Time Loops & Meet Cutes<...
Ep 151 - Book: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
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Feb 2025 Book Discussion!
We read what we thought was a cozy mystery, but it was way more than that. Hopefully you enjoy this episode as much as reading it! And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
March Buddy Read Book of the Month (Classic month!):
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Cattie's pick!)
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Ep 150 - Midway Check-In: Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
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Welcome to our show! We each brought a book discussion to the table and hopefully we make you want to read them!
Our discussion for this February 2025 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Oaky's pick - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Current BOM read: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
Next Week: February book discussion
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Ep 149 - ENCORE - Midway Check-In: Murder in Moreton by V.L. McBeath, How Lucky by Will Leitch
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ENCORE episode!
This was one of our early Midway Check-In episodes! Just wanted to share this with y'all one more time because we had such fun with it.
Cattie's pick - Murder in Moreton by V L McBeath
Oaky's pick - How Lucky by Will Leitch
Next week will be a new check-in episode!
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Ep 148 - Minisode #66 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #66!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Looking For Salvation At the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
- Don't Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino
From Oaky:
- You'd Look Better As a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
- This...
Ep 147 - Book: Death Has None by Mahdis Marzooghian
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Jan 2025 Book Discussion!
It's finally here! Starting off 2025 with our first book discussion with Oaky's pick of Death Has None by Mahdis Marzooghian. And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
February Buddy Read Book of the Month (Cattie's pick):
A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
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Ep 146 - Minisode #65 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #65!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Kill Joy by Holly Jackson
- The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
From Oaky:
- The Last Room On the Left by Leah Konen
- The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
Next week is...
Ep 145 - Minisode #64 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #64!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City by David Domine
- The Devil at His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein
From Oaky:
- The Perfect Home by Daniel Kenitz
- I Hope This Finds You Well<...
Ep 144 - Book: Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
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Nov/Dec 2024 Book Discussion!
It's finally here! We're rounding out 2024 with Cattie's pick of Grave Expectations by Alice bell. And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Book Shoutouts, where we each pick 2 books that have been on our radar lately!
January Buddy Read Book of the Month (Oaky's pick) will be announced on New Year's Day!
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Ep 143 - ENCORE - Midway Check-In: Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie, Where You End by Abbott Kahler
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Welcome to our show! While we're taking some much needed break, we wanted to do an encore of one of our past episodes that just need a little love. We're back in the saddle this upcoming week for the last book discussion of this year!
Our discussion for this Check-In:
Cattie's pick - Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best: a Parody by Jennie Egerdie and Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu
Oaky's pick - Where You End by Abbott Kahler
We hope you...
Ep 142 - ENCORE - Our very first Mini Book Shoutouts! (from December 2021)
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Back on December 20, 2021, we debuted our very first Mini Book Shoutouts! And wow - what a journey it has been to quickly spotlight a few books. We have now done 64 of these Shoutouts episodes, meaning we've highlighted 256 books!
So here's just a little encore of our first Shoutouts episode because w're getting nostalgic here during the holidays!
Cattie's pick:
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Oaky's pick:
- This One Summer by Mariko...
Ep 141 - Midway Check-In: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez, You're Dead to Me by Amy Christine Parker
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Welcome to our show! We each brought a book discussion to the table and hopefully we make you want to read them!
Our discussion for this November 2024 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
Oaky's pick - You're Dead to Me by Amy Christine Parker
Current BOM read: Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
Next Week: Book Shoutouts!
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Ep 140 - Book: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
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October 2024 Book Discussion!
It's finally here! The suspense/horror book that's been blown up and we finally get to discuss it! Let's just say that we are total opposites in what we thought of this book. And as usual, SPOILER ALERT!
Next week:
Midway Check-In where we each discuss a book that we've read recently.
November 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month (Cattie's pick):
Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
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Ep 139 - Minisode #63 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #63!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Examiner by Janice Hallett
- The Bequest by Joanna Margaret
From Oaky:
- A Misfortune of Lake Monsters by Nicole M. Wolverton
- The Curse of Moose Lake by Bethany Helwig
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Ep 138 - BONUS - Minisode #62 of Book Shoutouts with author Kevin Dickson
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Book Shoutout #62!
Welcome to our show! We have the honor to host a recording with the amazing author Kevin Dickson and it has been such a blast. He's definitely an author to add to your list!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Kevin:
- Seasons of Blood, Book Two in the Vampire State Series by Kevin Dickson
- The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk
From...
Ep 137 - Minisode #61 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #61!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR.
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
- Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
From Oaky:
- Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley
- Killer House Party by Lily Anderson
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Ep 136 - Midway Check-In: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
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Welcome to our show! We both brought in two books that we typically don't bring, but we're so excited!
Our discussion for this October 2024 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Oaky's pick - Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
Current BOM read: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
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Ep 135 - Minisode #60 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #60!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Too Pretty to Live: The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee by Dennis Brooks
- There is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari
From Oaky:
- The Butterflies of Meadow Hill Manor...
Ep 134 - Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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September 2024 Classic Book Discussion!
Every fifth book, we choose a classic to buddy read and here it is for September! Oaky has picked The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a book that really piqued our curiosity. It's so well known and recognizable, but neither one of us has read it and we finally get to! Join us for this book discussion.
Next week:
Minisode of Book Shoutouts!
October 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month (Oaky's pick):
We Used to...
Ep 133 - Minisode #59 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #59!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
- Tell Me How This Ends by Jo Leevers
From Oaky:
- The Haunting of Chateau de Mornay by Blake Edward Andrew
- Camp Lanier by Sylvester Barzay<...
Ep 132 - Midway Check-In: The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jonasson
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Welcome to our show! We both have a quiz/trivia after our book review in this episode! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed discussing it.
Our discussion for this September 2024 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Oaky's pick - Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jonasson
Current BOM read: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Ep 131 - Minisode #58 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #58!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- One For the Blackbird, One For the Crow by Olivia Hawker
- In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
From Oaky:
- Dreams in Incarceration by Cillian Dunne
- Girl of Hearts...
Ep 130 - Book: The Bump by Sidney Karger
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August 2024 Book Discussion!
Oh, boy, we enjoyed this emotional and fun book! Cattie picked a great one, y'all.
TRIGGER AND SPOILER WARNINGS!
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September 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month (Classic pick! Oaky's pick):
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Ep 129 - Minisode #57 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #57!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Nowhere Girl by Cheryl Diamond
- The King of Diamonds by Alice Bell
From Oaky:
- Stop, Breathe, Read by David Kelleher
- Come Be Cozy by Jennae Cecilia
Next week is ou...
Ep 128 - Midway Check-In: Ay, Mija! by Christine Suggs, Tough Girl by John Zaiss
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Welcome to our show! Oaky is a bit scratchy because she has a cut on her tongue, but the show must go on lol so please excuse her odd sound. Cattie has a little quiz with her book and we hope you enjoy the episode!
Our discussion for this August 2024 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Ay, Mija! by Christine Suggs
Oaky's pick - Tough Girl by John Zaiss
Current BOM read:<...
Ep 127 - Minisode #56 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #56!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St James
- Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
From Oaky:
- The Compound by Gwenna McAllis
- Silence in the Basement by Alex Aura
Next...
Ep 126 - Book: The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
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July 2024 Book Discussion!
**APOLOGIES** Our audio is wacky during the first 11 minutes, but we promise, it gets better! So sorry about this!
We have plenty, and we mean plenty, to say about this incredible book! Author Paulette Kennedy has cemented herself into one of our favorite reads this year for sure. We were glad to discuss this book in great details.
TRIGGER AND SPOILER WARNINGS!
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August 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month (Cattie's Pick):
The Bump...
Ep 125 - Minisode #55 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #55!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Ponzi's Scheme by Mitchell Zuckoff
- The Wizard of Lies by Diana B. Henriques
From Oaky:
- Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson
- The Wrong Neighbour by Caleb Crowe
Next week is...
Ep 124 - Midway Check-In: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell
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Welcome to our show! We did a little quiz/trivia for both of our books!
Our discussion for this July 2024 Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Oaky's pick - I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell
Current BOM read: The Devil & Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
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Ep 123 - Minisode #54 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #54!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger
- Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sander
From Oaky:
- Getaway by Evan Bond
- Family Meal by Bryan Washington
Next week is our Mid...
Ep 122 - Book: Board to Death by C.J. Connor
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June 2024 Book Discussion!
Cattie picked a cozy mystery this time! Sorry for the slight delay for this episode, but your girls are not sick anymore and ready to talk! While we went a little hard on our opinions on this one, we would like to say that we love and respect any debut authors doing and loving their craft. We're two tiny fish in the big pond of book lovers, so thank you for listening to us!
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July 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month...
Ep 121 - Minisode #53 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #53!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- The Year We Ruined Our Lives by Paul Carlino
- The Bump by Sidney Karger
From Oaky:
- The Less Year by C.K. Oldfield
- The Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray
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Ep 120 - Midway Check-In: Is Your Cat A Psychopath? by Stephen Wildish, Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse
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Welcome to our show! We may have added a small mention of this week's current event but we're still having a lot of fun with this episode.
Our discussion for this June Check-In:
FAIR WARNING!! Minor spoiler alert on both books!
Cattie's pick - Is Your Cat a Psychopath? by Stephen Wildish
Oaky's pick - Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse
Current BOM read: Board. to Death by C.J. Connor
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Ep 119 - Minisode #52 of Book Shoutouts!
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Book Shoutout #52!
Welcome to our show! We hope you add these books to your ever growing TBR!
**Book Shoutout minisodes are when we each pick two books that have been on our radar lately**
From Cattie:
- Rush by Kim Wozencraft
- The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekn
From Oaky:
- The Rising by Chris Harrison
- Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart
Next week is our M...
Ep 118 - Book: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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May 2024 Book Discussion!
We went classic for this month, and well... we definitely have unpopular opinions on this one. Cattie had picked Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and this might be the shortest episode for a book discussion so far in the history of our podcast! But we hope you enjoy this episode.
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June 2024 Buddy Read Book of the Month (Cattie's Pick):
Board to Death by C.J. Connor
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Ep 117 - BONUS - Author Interview with Oaky - Fashion Trends, Deadly Ends by Brianna Malotke / Horror Poetry
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BONUS EPISIODE!
We're shifting a little bit this week with one of the many episodes Oaky has done talking to indie authors on the podcast Tell Me About Your Book. The show uploads two talks a week, and this was one from October 2023, where the show had Horror + Thriller Month, featuring plenty of amazing authors.
Author Brianna Malotke is a woman of all trades for sure in her writing. Combining horror, poetry, illustrations and historical facts in her book Fashion Trends, Deadly Ends, this is the perfect...
