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Episode 22: Indigenous Books We're Dying To Read!

November is Indigenous People's Month! Join Lindsey and Renee as they discuss native voices from all different genres, and expect your library holds list just about triple. 1. The Sentence by Louise Erdich 2. The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson3. A History of Utah's American Indians by Forrest Cuch4. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange5. Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon6. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo7. Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline8. Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline9. Stolen by Ann-Helen Laestadius10. The Star that Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson11. Indian No More by Traci Sorell and Charlene Willing McManis12. Being and Becoming Ute by Sondra G. Jones November Buddy Read: Poukahangatus by Tayi TibbleJoin us while we read and discuss a collection of poems that explores Tayi Tibble’s identity as a twenty-first century indigenous woman. She challenges Greek, Māori, feminist, and kiwi mythologies, and reshapes them into modern terms.You can expect discussions of the Kardashians, sugar daddies, and Twilight, alongside renderings of the natural world. She’s also a master narrator of teenage womanhood, its exhilarating highs and devastating lows.Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee DigirolamoProducer: John DaileyFollow us on InstagramContact us or recommend a read [email protected]

Episode 21: Buddy Read - Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Join Lindsey and Renee while they talk about quail eggs, winter hikes in the snow, and the witchy book of the century, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. 

Summary: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven is a secret department of witches dedicated to protecting the world from supernatural threats. Five best friends are at the center of the impending war, no matter how much they try to avoid it. They’ve known each other since childhood, and their lives are intertwined in ways mortals can’t imagine. Niamh, the sweet cottage core garden witch that holds the group together, Helena, the power hungry High Priestess of the HMRC, Elle, the instagram mom whose husband and kids still don’t know she’s a witch, and Leonie, the only person of color in their circle. Leonie has her own coven in London dedicated to giving a voice to marginalized witches.There are whispered rumors throughout the coven of a prophecy that brings the end of times, and the oracles confirm everyone’s greatest fear: Leviathan will rise again. 

This is a story about witches, sure. But it’s also a story about modern dating, ancient profphies, sacred sisterhood and demonic frenemies. 

It’s like, if Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, and Charmed had a baby. 

Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee DigirolamoProducer: John Dailey 

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Episode 20

The temperature drops one degree and you know what that means: it's spooky szn girlies! Lindsey and Renee discuss the perfect books to read in October and any other time you want to be just a little creeped out. 

Books we discussed in today's episode: Payback’s A Witch by Lana HarperThe Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - Practical Magic #0.2

Their Vicious Games by Joelle WellingtonStone Blind by Natalie Haynes Grimoire Girl Creating an Inheritance of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig DavidsonWhat Lies In the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall 

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

October Buddy Read: Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson 

Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee Digirolamo

Producer: John Dailey 

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Episode 19: None Of This Is True

Lindsey and Renee discuss the latest news about the Jonas Brothers, Anne Hathaway's jawline, and the September Buddy Read, None of This Is True, a thriller by Lisa Jewell. Other books we discussed in today's episode: People Like Her by Ellery LloydThe Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell content warnings: abduction, murder, sexual assaultHosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee DigirolamoProducer: John DaileyFollow us on InstagramContact us or recommend a read: [email protected]

Episode 18: Cozy Reads

It's cozy weather somewhere! Bust out your cable knit sweaters, your fluffy blankets and your pumpkin spice lattes, because the girlies are getting cozy. 

Books we discussed in today's episode: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes 

The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton Morgan Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne YoungA Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay 

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Virgin River by Robyn Carr

Sweet Magnolias by Sherryl Woods 

Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker 

A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

Read along with us! September's buddy read is None of This is True by Lisa Jewell. Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee Digirolamo

Producer: John Dailey 

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Episode 17: New Releases You Simply Must Read

Lindsey and Renee discuss all the new books they don't have room for on their bookshelves but that they'll definitely buy anyway. What do Travis Barker, a great white shark, and CCTV have in common? Find out in this week's episode of Crybaby Books. Books we discussed in today's episode: The Five Star Weekend by Elin HilderbrandTom Lake by Ann PatchettThe Invisible Hour by Alice HoffmanShark Heart by Emily Habeck

In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarrows

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange 

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister 

September Buddy Read: None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

Episode 16: Buddy Read- A Love Letter to Claire Forrest

Oh my god, they’re back again. 

Lindsey and Renee discuss the August Buddy Read, Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest. It’s giving back to school, coming of age, disability advocacy! It’s giving romance! It’s giving reach for the stars! It’s giving we love this book and we’ll talk about it for hours if you let us.

Other books we discussed in this episode: 

Being Heumann, An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judy Heumann with Kristen Joiner. 

Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee Digirolamo

Producer: John Dailey 

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Episode 14: The Guest

What do a porch fire, a spa in the mountains, and a grifter on the beach have in common? No seriously, why did we talk about all of those things in one episode? Lindsey & Renee discuss the first podcast Buddy Read, The Guest by Emma Cline. Were the Goodreads reviews right? Did the girlies hate it? Find out today on Crybaby Books. Hosts: Lindsey Delacerda & Renee DigirolamoProducer: John DaileyFollow us on InstagramContact us or recommend a read [email protected]

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth 

Smutty Authors Mentioned - Tessa Bailey, Roxy Noir, Scarlette Flynn, Anna Todd, Colleen Hoover (sorta) 

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley 

Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 

Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune 

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins