The Laydown Podcast

10: Spooky Reads feat. Chris McDougall!

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The SPOOKY SEASON IS NIGH, Y’ALL! So, of course, we’re going to talk about our scariest, spookiest, most terrifying books. Plus, Ryan interviews Chris McDougall on his newest book, “Running with Sherman”, and joins in on the spooky recommendations. Also, (as always) current reads and upcoming events!  (BOO! Did I scare you?)

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Current Reads:
Kelso-
  • Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
  • We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (out March 2020)

    Hillary-
    • Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie
    • Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

      Ryan- 
      Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

      Chris McDougall’s Work and Books Mentioned During the Interview:
      • Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
      • Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
      • Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
      • The Ellery Queen Mystery Series (Link is to “The Chinese Orange Mystery”)

        Spooky Reads!
        • The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
        • Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
        • Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson
        • Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe
        • Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
        • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
        • Dracula by Bram Stoker
        • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
        • Carrie by Stephen King
        • The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, Edited by Leslie S. Kilinger, Introduction by Victor LaValle
        • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
        • Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

          • Even More Spooky Reads!
          • Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum
          • House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski
          • The Need - Helen Phillips (Which is on the National Book Awards Longlist!)
          • Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell
          • The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black
          • You - Caroline Kepnes
          • Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage
          • Asylum - Madeleine Roux
          • Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
          • Scythe - Neal Shusterman
          • Final Girls - Riley Sager
          • Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough
          • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid
          • Conversion - Katherine Howe
          • A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay
          • Bird Box - Josh Malerman
          • Girl With All the Gifts - M. R. Carey
          • Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson
          • Fiend - Peter Stenson
          • World War Z - Max Brooks
          • Room - Emma Donoghue
          • Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, Bite Me - Christopher Moore


            • Upcoming Events
            • A Garden Miscellany, with Suzanne Staubach
            • Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town with Cynthia Anderson
            • For to See the Elephant, with poet novelist Tammi Truax
            • Gibson’s Book Club Reads Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horowitz
            • NaNoWriMo Write-in with Erin Bowman

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