A Galaxy Not So Far Away

We're back with a recommendation filled episode! Gary and Becca are joined by Constance, Victoria, and Jenni to talk about the books that bring them the most joy! Romance, cat books, Star Wars, and more!

Our Picks:

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Green Rider by Kristen Britain

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

Jonsey: Nine Lives on the Nostromo by Rory Lucey

Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Frida Catlo by Lindsay Dale-Scott, Courtney Acampora, and Maggie Fischer

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

Daevabad Trilogy by SA Chakraborty

Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell

The Rise of Kylo Ren by Charles Soule

Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown

The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by Jackson Ford

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Other Authors We Love:

Kristen Ashley

Abbi Glines

Sarah J Maas

Jaci Burton

Janet Evanovich

Tamora Pierce

What We're Reading:

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

Ink In The Blood by Kim Smejkal

All These Monsters by Amy Tintera

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden

TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky

Motherlover by Lindsay Ishihiro

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Savage Legion by Matt Wallace

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Happy New Book Tuesday! It's the start of a new month, which means there's a bunch of new titles, along with some delightful events!

Events This Week:

Tuesday, August 4th: Christopher Reich

Wednesday, August 5th: Alex Segura

Thursday, August 6th: Daniel Kraus

Monday, August 10th: Robin LaFevers

New This Week:

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen

The Falcon Always Wings Twice by Donna Andrews

Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura

Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton

You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

The Living Dead by George A. Romera & Daniel Kraus

Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

Queen of the Nile by Mike Maihack

Igniting Darkness by Robin LaFevers

They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

The Palace by Christopher Reich

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It's a new week! Comic-Con has concluded and Becca and Gary are back to regular shenanigans. Tune in to hear about this week's new events, and some of the new books that just came out!

Events This Week:

Tuesday, July 28th: Victoria Ying, with Lily Williams

Wednesday, July 29th: Kit Rocha, with Jacqueline Carey

Thurday, July 31st: Young Adult Book Club

Monday, August 3rd: Paul Doiron, with Archer Mayor

New This Week:

City of Secrets by Victoria Ying

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch with illustrations by Victoria Ying

Deal With the Devil by Kit Rocha

The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi (Translated by Cathy Hirano)

Relentless by R. A. Salvatore

The Worst of All Possible Worlds by Alex White

A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens

Unspeakable Acts by Sarah Weinman

The Time of Green Magic by Hilary McKay

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Translated by Stephen Snyder)

The Two Mrs. Carlyles by Suzanne Rindell

Smoke and Mirrors by K. D. Halbrook

What We're Reading:

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Starter by Kathryn Brewster

Shadow Fall by Alexander Freed

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We've got a very special guest this week, author Sarah Kuhn joins Becca and Matt to talk about representation in media! Whether it's books, television, comics or film, representation is important, and we talk about ALL of it!

A Small Smattering of Sarah's Books:

One Con Glory

Heroine Complex

I Love You So Mochi

Shadow of the Batgirl

Haunted Heroine

What We're Reading:

Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura

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It's Comic-Con week! Gary and Becca are here to talk about new books, this week's virtual events, and some of the sweet sweet SDCC exclusives.

Events This Week:

Wednesday, July 22nd: Neal Griffin

Friday, July 24th: Sam Maggs, in conversation with Eric Smith

Monday, July 27th: Chris Baron & Rajani LaRocca

All Weekend: Comic-Con@Home

New This Week:

Half Moon Bay by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman

Malorie by Josh Malerman

Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis

The Shadow of Kyoshi by F C Yee

Girl from Nowhere by Tiffany Rosenhan

The Mysterious Messenger by Gilbert Ford

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It's another Tuesday, and you know what that means! Becca and Gary are back for more events, new titles, and general banter to get you started on your week!\

Events This Week:

Tuesday, July 14th: Raymond E. Feist

Wednesday, July 15th: Sam Maggs in conversation with Maureen Goo

Thursday, July 16th: Michael Bradley & James Lindholm

Friday, July 17th: Disclosure Community Watch Party

Sunday, July 19th: Virtual Dungeons & Dragons

Monday, July 20th: T.J. Klune in conversation with Bill Konigsberg

New This Week:

Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist

The Unstoppable Wasp: Built on Hope by Sam Maggs

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

The Order by Daniel Silva

Never Ask Me by Jeff Abbott

The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig

Windswept by Gwen Cole

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Content Warning! This is another *Galaxy After Dark* episode, which means we've got lots of fun content to discuss, but it's also rather adult! Strong language and thirst.

We're here to discuss fanfiction! Becca and Gary are joined by Kylie, Victoria, and Jenni to talk about their favorite fics, how they got into the community, and what they look for in the medium.

What We're Reading:

Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik

Crave by Tracy Wolff

Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

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Happy Tuesday! Becca is back to join Gary this week as they discuss all of the new events and new books featured at Mysterious Galaxy! Woo!

Events This Week:

Tuesday, July 7th: Kate Elliott and N.K. Jemisin

Thursday, July 9th: Jewell Parker Rhodes & Kelly McWilliams

Sunday, July 12th: Virtual Dungeons & Dragons

New This Week:

Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliot

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The Last Wife by Karen Hamilton

The Patient by Jasper Dewitt

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn

Muzzled by David Rosenfelt

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking

A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer

What We're Reading:

A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Group by Christie Tate

Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty

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We have a Super Special Guest this week! Gary and Becca are joined by Kylie and the illustrious Jenn Lyons about epic fantasy!

Books discussed:

The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill

Hilda and the Hidden People by Luke Pearson and Stephen Davies

Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Chronicles of Ghadid by K.A. Doore

What We're Reading:

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore

First, Become Ashes by K.M. Szpara

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura

Queen's Peril by E.K. Johnston

Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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It's a short one this week! With Becca feeling under the weather, it's up to Gary to deliver this week's list of new events and new releases!

Events this week:

Tuesday, June 30th: Daryl Wood Gerber

Wednesday, July 1st: Instagram Takeover

Thursday, July 2nd: J. Dianne Dotson, with Jonathan Maberry

Monday, July 6th: Charles E. Gannon

New this week:

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Dilemma by B.A. Paris

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

Daring and the Duke by Sarah MacLean

Truel1f3 by Jay Kristoff

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Special thanks to Austin Farmer for letting us use the track "Kill the Farm Boy", from his album Bookshelf Symphony Orchestra!

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