Katie Zhao joins Adam to discuss her brand new book, How We Fall Apart! She did this on short noticed DURING her publication week. They have a blast talking about why we all love high school mysteries, the nerds they both were during that time of their life, and the different types of perspectives that mystery books use. This was so much fun!

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In today's episode, Jill shares some of the body positive and fat positive books that have helped her heal her relationship with food and her body.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker

Landwhale by Jes Baker

Hunger by Roxane Gay

The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings

Fat & Queer by Miguel M. Morales, Bruce Owens Grimm, and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner

Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison

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Adam has wanted to interview Madeleine Roux for years and the conversation absolutely lives up to the hype. They discuss everything from her new book Reclaimed, to how space is scary as hell, and the fact that horror video games are truly terrifying. They also get into writing for existing IP like World of Warcraft, crafting stories around trauma, and so much more.

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The Nerds are back! Enjoy this dive into some of the aspects of their respective reading wheelhouses including a nice set of the boarding school murder mystery genre Jill as introduced so many of you to!

Books mentioned in this episode

Small stories with big emotions

The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin

This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

Autumn Stories

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo

Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody

Magical Realism

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Small Town Horror

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Jill books

The Ivies by Alexa Donne

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Dare me by Megan Abbott

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

The blogs where Jill mentions even more

First blog

Follow up

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Ash Davidson, debut author of the phenomenal Damnation Spring, chats with Adam about how to best describe the sheer size of redwood trees, understanding the relationship between loggers and nature, trying to defeat imposter syndrome while in graduate school, and exchanging war stories about college English courses. Her debut novel is a triumph and a must-read.

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Adam chats with debut author Emily Austin about their new book Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. They dive into how they both use writing and reading to cope with anxiety, how writing about death is therapeutic for them, and how religion has affected both of their lives.

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IT'S A MONTHLY BOOK PICKS EPISODE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN!

Books mentioned in this episode

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

Edie in Between by Laura Sibson

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore

The Quiet Zone by Stephen Kurczy

The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate

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Jill is joined by podcaster and essayist Ashley C. Ford who discusses her new memoir Somebody's Daughter

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It's time to tackle another task from the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge! This one shouldn't be too difficult. We're talking about reading a book from a past guest on the show. Over the years, we've had 300+ authors on the show which is crazy... The Nerds pick a few authors they truly adore and offer some book recommendations from them:

Books mentioned in this episode

The Broken Earth series by N. K. Jemisin

Sadie by Courtney Summers

House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer

Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley

Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

The Likeness by Tana French

Anything by Zoraida Cordova

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

The Hike by Drew Magary

Pledged by Alexandra Robbins

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Jill is joined by crime writer Karin Slaughter to discuss her new book FALSE WITNESS. Karin discusses writing a book during the pandemic and her choice to include the pandemic in her book.

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