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In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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Will Hallie ever finish a book again? Plus, Pam is on the verge of multiple BINGOs. Books mentioned in order: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Some People by Parini Shroff Vicious by V.E. Schwab Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
Books mentioned, in order: Shady Hollow by Juneau Black Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson The princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace Yolk
Books mentioned, in order: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman The Art of Vanishing
Hallie reads a hot title, and Pam continues a hot series. Look at us, so hip with the book world. Books mentioned, in order: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke The Hitch by Sara Levine Emily Wilde’s E
Books mentioned, in order: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire Across Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire Typhoon by Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Pira
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 th
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
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 M
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
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 Wh
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
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 Mid
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
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 Tel
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 Fili
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 Mirei
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 Tryin
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 Gid
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
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
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