Mostly Fictional

Books mentioned, in order: 

Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook
A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush
Medium Rare by A Natasha Joukovsky 
Portrait of a Mirror by A Natasha Joukovsky 
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
The Gatepost by Tim Weed
The Afterlife Project by Time Weed
Break Room by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee
The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
The Fisherman by John Langan
Zorrie by Laird Hunt

Books mentioned, in order:

Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel
The Pallbearers Club by Paul G. Tremblay
Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme by India Desjardins
Out of the Loop...

Books mentioned, in order:
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time edited by Hope Nicholson
Out There by Kate Folk
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
Muscle Man by Jordan Castro
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Memoir of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Radiant Dark by A...

Books mentioned, in order:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
The Hitch by Sara Levine
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Muscle Man by Jordan Castro
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta
Piransei by Susanna Clarke
Still Life by AS Byatt
Possession by AS Byatt
Villette by Charlotte Bronte



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Books mentioned, in order:

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White
Mind Games by Kiersten White
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Hitch by Sara Levine
Automatic Noodle by Anna Lee Newitz
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Books mentioned, in order:

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett
The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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Books mentioned, in order:

Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 by Yan Schenkel
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Landline by Rainbow Rowell


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Books mentioned, in order:

Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
My Murder by Katie Williams
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White
Watermoon by Samantha Sotto
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcet
Alchemised...

Books mentioned, in order:

A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Stories of Your life by Ted Chiang
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
My Murder by Katie Williams
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Endling by Maria Reva
Happiness by Aminatta Forna 
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
A B...

Books mentioned, in order:
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis 
Aesop’s Fables
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, tr. by Deena Mohamed
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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Something is "apaw" in Hallie's current read. Plus, Pam is reading lots of footnotes!

Books mentioned, in order:
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
Frappabord by Mireille Gagné
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis 

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Books mentioned, in order:
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Endling by Maria Reva
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
On the Calculation of Volume series by Solvej Balle
Happiness by Aminatta Forna

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Plus, we introduce a new segment to the podcast!

Books mentioned, in order: 
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Murderbot series by Martha Wells
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
The Art and Science of Arrival by Tanya Lapointe
Story...

Pam gets SMART with her goals, Hallie makes puns, and we reveal the books we namedropped the most on the pod this year. 

Books mentioned in order:
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Leech by Hiron Ennes
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed
Crash by Lisa McMann
A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
The Luminaries by Eleanor C...

Pam baked four types of cookies, and Hallie, inexplicably, is reading a doorstopper.

Books mentioned in order:
Choose Your Own Adventure series
Goosebump series 
Culpability by Peter Holsinger
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
Leech by Hiron Ennes
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Babel by RF Kuang
Bookshops a...

Pam is on a reread streak and Hallie finally finished Nonfiction November.

Books mentioned in order:
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore 
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
If You’re Seeing This It’s Meant for You by Leigh Stein
Bunny by Mona Awad
Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn by Cal Black
No Land For Heroes by Cal Black
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
...

Books mentioned in order:
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
The Land of Stone Flowers: A Fairy Guide to the Mythical Human Being by Sveta Dorosheva
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

Pam has success with a book club read and Hallie continues Nonfiction November.

Books mentioned, in order:
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration by David Roberts
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

NPR Book Co...

Pam finishes her fifth vampire book, and we share a short bookish gift guide ahead of the holidays

Books mentioned, in order:
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-reum, translated by Shanna 
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Playground by...

Hallie continues Nonfiction November and Pam faces an audiobook dilemma. 

Books mentioned, in order:
Flesh by David Szalay
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Mem...

Our take on "10 Before the End."

Books mentioned, in order: 
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Briefly a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
A Certain Hunger Chelsea G. Summers
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Vampire...

Pam goes for a hat trick with book hauls.

Books and links mentioned in this episode: 
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Search by Michelle Huneven 
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
The World According to Garp by John Irving
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Twilight by S...

Surprise, Pam has another book haul! 

Books and links mentioned in this episode:
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
What Draws Us Near edited by Keith Cadieux & Adam Petrash
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
Whimsy by Shannon McLeod
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
The Alaskan Bull Worm: https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Alaskan_Bull_W...

Pam hauls 25 books!! Just kidding -- only 6 from her haul make an appearance. 

Books mentioned, in order: 
Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Hot Wax by M.L. Rio
The Pallbearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Hunger...

In this episode, Hallie loves a book that survived a TBR culling, and Pam reads a book with 80s music built right in.

Books mentioned, in order: 
Killer on the Road by Stephen Graham Jones
The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
American War by Omar El Akkad 
One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
Possession by AS Byatt
Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton
Hot Wax by M.L. Rio
If We Were Villains by...

Hallie asks Pam why the Canadian government is like that, and Pam is racing against a library deadline. 

Books mentioned, in order: 
The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
Killer on the Road by Stephen Graham Jones
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution by Amy Coney Barrett
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline 
Hot Wax by ML Rio
American War by Omar El Akkad

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Hallie has finished a dark academia series and Pam tries her luck at reading new releases.

Books mentioned, in order:
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, tr by Julia Meitov Hersey
Assassin of Reality by the Dyachenkos
School of Shards by the Dyachenkos
The Marriage...

Hallie, a silly goose, is reading two physical books, and Pam finally conquered a classic.

Books mentioned, in order:
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Looking for a Alaska by John Green
The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Assassin of Reality by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
School of Shards by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
A Closed and...

Hallie learns her series is new this year, and Pam attempts to conquer a classic. 

Books mentioned, in order:
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
I’d Kill For That by Kathy Reichs
No Rest for the Dead by Kathy Reichs
Tem...

Pam gets to correct Hallie's French pronunciation and Hallie finished a physical book!

Books mentioned, in order:
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones
The Ravel Cycle Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Vita Nostra...

Pam is getting her license and Hallie has the Titanic recorder meme in her head.

Books mentioned in order:
Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Search by Michelle Huneven
Jamesland by Michelle Huneven
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Hindman
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

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Pam continues HRCYED and Hallie gets furniture to read on!

Books mentioned, in order:
The Raven Boys (Graphic Novel) by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams, illustrated by Sas Milledge
The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Good Morning...

Hallie's bookshelves are finally done!

Books mentioned, in order:

Here’s To Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
What If It’s Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Ballad for Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab
The Raven Boys Graphic Novel by M...

Hallie found a book at a farmer's market, and Pam continues her year of series.

Books mentioned, in order:
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Good Morning Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Pam is continuing to work on HRCYED and Hallie is working on her 800+ page read.

Books mentioned, in order:
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
La version qui n’intéresse personne by Emmanuelle Pierrot
The Invisible Life of Adie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Su...

We're halfway through the year, so it's time for a check on all those reading goals we set in January!

Books mentioned, in order: Don’t Close Your Eyes by Lisa McMann
Wake by Lisa McMann
Fade by Lisa McMann
Gone by Lisa McMann
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
A Psalm fo...

Pam has a book haul and is starting what is quite possibly the hardest reading challenge ever.

Books mentioned, in order:
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Up to the Light by Julia Ar...

Pam got to go to a book release event!

Books mentioned, in order: 
Lilith by Eric Rickstad
Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight S...

Hallie is back from maternity leave in this not pre-recorded episode! We had a lot of titles to discuss today so we only focused on what we finished in the last two months.

Books mentioned, in order:
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Wild Life by Amanda Leduc
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy<...

In this pre-recorded episode, Pam and Hallie rank bookish things and aesthetics! Do you agree with our choices?

Books mentioned, in order:
The Collected Novels of Jane Austen
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Cloud Atlas by by David Mitchell
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
...