Episode 41: All the Bookish and Preggo Things for our Final Season 2 Episode!
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We’ve made it to the end of season 2, folks, and it’s bittersweet! Thank you sticking around if you’ve been listening this season. We’re taking a hiatus as we both have our babies in November, but we wanted to leave you with a fun Q&A of all things bookish, life, and motherhood!
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Ep 40: Looking Forward to Fall Reading
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Hi friends! Today we’re talking about what books we’re looking forward to reading in the fall - specific titles as well as genres. We also contemplate what our reading lives will really look like with new babies in the picture. But before we get into all of that we discuss our cats, because who doesn’t love to hear some stories about Remus, Scout, Peaches, and Katie’s long-ago cat Bird (who was sweet but dumb).
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Interview with Best-Selling Author of Lock Every Door: Riley Sager
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Hi readers! You're in for a treat today. We are so excited to have Riley Sager on the podcast, national and international best-selling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied, and his new release that came out in July 2019, Lock Every Door.
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Episode 38: Instagram Made Us Do It
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In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie lament the onslaught of heartburn because their stomachs now reside in their throats. They discuss what they’re reading, the fact that their books have overlapped some this month, they wonder where all the time to read summer books has gone, and they guess each other’s favorite books that instagram made them read (or in Mollie’s case, what KATIE made her read…).
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Episode 37: Genre-Bending Books and Goodreads Nesting
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Hi friends! Today we're talking about our favorite genre-bending books (and some movies!). Let us know what some of your favorite "blends" are—and if you recommend an unlikely pairing!
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Episode 36: Crazy Similar Book Titles, Fun-Brow Books, and Transitions
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In today’s episode, Mollie and Katie catch up about travelling, what they’re reading (or NOT reading), similar book trends (how do you end up with three books with oddly similar titles), and the transitions that shape a life (and of course how we often find those real life transitions in the books we read).
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Episode 35: All About Buddy Reads
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We’re talking all about buddy reads today! What makes a good buddy read, some of our favorite buddy reads, the difference between a book club and a buddy read, the benefits and the pitfalls of buddy reads, advice on how to find someone to buddy read with, and generally what makes them so great (and also challenging).
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Episode 34: Current Reads, Next Reads, and Overwhelmed with the TBR
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In today's episode, we discuss what we're currently reading, what we hope to pick up soon (hint: When your TBR list is long, it's overwhelming to know what to pick up next), Anne Bogel's summer reading list, why it's so hard to commit to series, and much more!
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Episode 33: Daisy Jones and Nostalgia
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It’s appropriate that this episode comes out the Wednesday after Mother’s Day because Mollie and Katie - both - have a relevant announcement! You’ll have to listen to find out what it is. They also both read Daisy Jones and the Six and talk about the nostalgia surrounding the book and go off on some semi-relevant tangents?
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Episode 32: Our Favorite Spring Reads!
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We're sharing all of our favorite books to read in the spring—and because we're mood readers, it's quite an eclectic mix of genres/categories! Let us know what kind of books you like to read in the spring, or if you already have a set TBR.
info_outlineHAPPY HALLOWEEN FRIENDS! We hope you’re having a very spooky day! Today, we are so excited to talk with our friend Stephanie from Books in the Freezer - a podcast dedicated to horror books. We talk about the fact that Mollie and Katie are big scaredy cats and don’t read much horror (well, Mollie never, and Katie rarely) and how to dip your toes into the genre if you never have before. Stephanie is SO much fun and SO articulate. We hope you enjoy listening to her talk about this particular branch of fiction and why she finds it so compelling!
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Books/Media Mentioned:
The Ruins by Scott Smith
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
The Ice Twins S. K. Tremayne
The Diviners by Libba Bray
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Secret Place by Tana French (but start with the first in the series: In the Woods)
ND Wilson article in the Atlantic: Why I Write Scary Stories for Children
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Scream All Night by Derek Millman
The Bone Mother by David Dumchuck
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Horrorstor: A Novel by Grady Hendrix
Slade House by David Mitchell
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Wyldling Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Ellen Datlow
- Best Horror of the Year Anthologies
Nos4a2 by Joe Hill
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay