Bookshop Bombshells

This episode, Elizabeth finds certain books require a good palate cleanser after she reads The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Thankfully, Andrea gives her a good recommendation for one in her review of Starter Villain by John Scalzi.

In this episode, Andrea delves into the world of UFO conventions and alien abductions in her review ofThe Road to Roswell by Connie Willis. Elizabeth discovers that Dracula should fear the modern housewife while covering The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. 

In this episode, Elizabeth takes you to 6th-century Scotland with a tale about a forgotten queen and the origins of Merlin in her introduction to The Lost Queen series by Signe Pike. Andrea relives her punk summer camp days in her review of the mystery/thriller novel, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.

In this episode, Andrea imagines what might happen if Death took a vacation in her review of the satirical novel, Death with Interruptions by José Saramago. Elizabeth keeps forgetting her book is fiction as she obsesses over The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

This episode, Elizabeth discovers her new favorite genre—feminist revenge with a hint of murder mystery—in her review of The Change by Kirsten Miller. Andrea proves she’s a weirdo who loves body horror with her raving recommendation of Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica.

In this episode, Andrea covers the cyberpunk classic, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Elizabeth takes you into a world of illusion and whimsey in her review of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. 

In this episode, Elizabeth covers an apocalyptic gaming dungeon that includes a show cat named Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk in her review of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Andrea dives into a world of love, immortality, and beets with her recap of Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume.  

In this episode, Andrea uncovers the harrowing story of The Radium Girls by Kate Moore—a group of courageous women whose battle against corporate greed and poisonous working conditions helped spark major shifts in worker protection laws. Elizabeth takes listeners on a holy quest in her chronicling of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman — a haunting dark fantasy that follows desperate souls across a plague-ravaged, demon-filled medieval France.

This week, Elizabeth tells Andrea about the horrific events surrounding the Dust Bowl of the 1930s in her recounting of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Andrea dives into the world of slashers and final girls while covering The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix.