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Hey everyone! 

We just want to pop on and say thank you so much for listening to and watching our videos! This week's episode was originally, of course, going to be a video recording, but Becky became ill! (She's fine now, don't worry!) She kindly offered not venture down to my neck of the woods for fear she would get us sick as well. Also, it was way too cold to do anything!! So she took the day to rest, and I (Brooke) uploaded a brief bookish update for you guys. We want to stay consistent with recording, so we felt good about this plan. The books listed in this small episode are listed below! Until next week, stay Happily Booked!! :)

2:44 - The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper, Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup

4:48 - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

5:20 - The Stand by Stephen King

8:20 - The Infection by Craig DiLouie (#1)

10:00 - Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

10:30 - The 100 by Kass Morgan

11:17 - Rift by Thomas Asher 

13:50 - The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

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HELLO KINDRED SPIRITS!!! This is the last audio episode we recorded in the year of our Lord, 2025!!! We talked about some Christmas-ish books, and Brooke goes on about her plan to reach 100 books by the end of the year! We hope you have enjoyed listening all this time, and we hope you continue to learn and grow with us as we aim to solely have video recordings on YouTube! Thank you so much for listening! We love you dearly! All the books we mentioned in this episode are listed below! 

Until next week, stay Happily Booked! 

12:08 - Six Days In Bombay by Alka Joshi

16:40 - The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson

23:40 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick / Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden

32:00 - 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi (#1)

38:20 - Making Space by R. F. Kuang (#2)

41:40 - For A Limited Time Only by Peng Shepherd (#3)

44:40 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

46:41 - A Visit To The Husband Archive by Kaliane Bradley (#4)

51:00 - How The Ghost Stole Christmas by Erin McCarthy

51:20 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup 

56:40 - All Manner Of Things Shall Be by Olivie Blake (#5)

58:00 - Cronus by P. Djeli Clark (#6)

1:01:01 - Ringshout by P. Djeli Clark 

1:01:45 - Ward D by Frieda McFadden

1:07:30 - The Infection by Craig DiLouie (#1)

1:14:00 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

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Hey friends!

Welcome back to our show notes! We are so delighted you're here, listening to us ramble on about our lives and the books we read.

Were you able to read any Christmas-themed books this year? Or did you randomly cram a Halloween book in during the Christmas holidays?

Until next week, Stay Happily Booked!

3:14 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick

7:21 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower / Emma by Jane Austen / Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup / Six Days In Bombay by Alka Joshy

21:10 - All Hallows by Christopher Golden / Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden

39:30 - Ward D by Frieda McFadden

44:42 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup

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10:13 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

11:30 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

13:30 - Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup

16:45 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

20:40 - Murder At Holly House by Denzil Meyrick

22:15 - The Most Wonderful Crime Of The Year by Ally Carter

22:50 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden

24:50 - Animal Farm by George Orwell/ The Book Of The Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr

27:30 - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

30:40 - The Lord Of The Silent by Elizabeth Peters / Emma by Jane Austen / The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 8 by Beth Brower

33:10 - The House Of The Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

42:20 - The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

43:00 - Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

47:50 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen / Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

44:50 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

45:50 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden

57:31 -  Fantasticland by Mike Bokoven

59:38 - The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James

1:03:22 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera

1:04:42 - The Infection by Craig DeLouie (#1)

1:05:32 - Blood Red by James A. Moore

1:08:07 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

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Hello friends and kindred spirits alike! Welcome back to our show notes section of the podcast! We hope you enjoyed listening to us. In this episode, we talked about several different genres of books. We also, for the life of us, could not remember what we had read or what we were currently reading. Who's supposed to be keeping track of that stuff anyway? Oops. We got through it together, and the books we discussed or just briefly mentioned are down below. Have you read any of these same titles? If you have, what are your thoughts on them? Shoot us an email at [email protected] to let us know! 

Until next week, Stay Happily Booked! :)

2:12 - Letters From Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien

6:18 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 

6:22 - We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

7:52 - A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

9:45 - What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher (#1), What Feasts At Night by T. Kingfisher (#2), What Stalks The Deep by T. Kingfisher (#3)

10:43 - The Fall of the House Of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

11:12 - 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi (The Time Travelers Passport)

12:26 - Animal Farm by George Orwell 

16:53 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol. 6 by Beth Brower

19:25 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (#5)

21:46 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

31:43 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden

33:33 - Trapline by Timothy Zahn

38:00 - Lord Of The Silent by Elizabeth Peters (#13)

38:38 - Emma by Jane Austen

39:30 - Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen

41:40 - Persuasion by Jane Austen

43:00 - The Legends Of The First Empire by Michael J. Sullivan

43:40 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

44:15 - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

48:00 - Fantasticland by Mike Bokoven / The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James

59:20 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

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Hey everybody!

We are so glad you're here! And we are even more glad if you read along with us! Did you love this spooky, disturbing, insane story like we did? Grady Hendrix is a fantastic author. There are A LOT of crazy things (and gore-filled things) that happen during this story. We actually decided it was more gruesome than The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid, which both of us read back in the first season of our podcast. We tried to talk about nearly every aspect of this story that we could. IF there was a portion we did not cover that you were hoping to hear, please feel free to email us and let us know!

Books mentioned in this episode:

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

The Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix

The Blanks by Grady Hendrix

The Wolf And The Woodsman by Ava Reid 

The Stand by Stephen King

Movies mentioned in this episode:

Signs (2002)

Thank you for your continued support. The next episode will be a normal recording. Until then, Stay Happily Booked!

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Hello to all of our dear Kindred Spirits! We are so happy you are here. 

Although Becky and the girls did not drive to Brooke's house for this recording, they were able to record over a phone call and had a very successful time! No technical difficulties, they were both in such good moods! I don't know why i'm talking in the 3rd person! Let us know if you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed recording! Also, please let us know what you're reading and how you feel about what you're reading. The show notes for this episode are down below!

If you are participating in our book club, today is the cutoff for any audio recordings or typed-up thoughts we receive regarding the book club's book. If you joined us, we are so glad that you did. This book has been a wild ride. :)

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3:57 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (#5)

4:45 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

6:22 - Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix / My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

13:43 - The Rise Of The Governor by Robert Kirkman (#1) 

15:47 - Middle Of The Night by Riley Sager

18:30 - Comet In Moominland by Tove Jansson (#1)

20:02 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol 6 by Beth Brower

12:02 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

23:58 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

30:42 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

31:14 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (#5)

34:29 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera 

36:30 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven 

40:45 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol 7 by Beth Brower

53:22 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

54:10 - Road Of Bones by Christopher Golden

56:05 - Blood Red by James A. Moore

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Hello everyone! 

Thanks again for joining us. This was a very enjoyable episode that we recorded. Even if you can't see the time difference, when Becky and I go a while without catching up on what we're reading, we just don't know what to do with ourselves! Then, when we get the chance to catch up, it always feels wonderfully refreshing! We just enjoy talking about books together and are so blessed to have you here with us. If you are sending in any recordings/ paragraphs to be read about the book club book, please send them to our email (found below) by November 3rd so we can get your clip edited in! Thank you so much. The show notes for this episode are down below.

Until next week, stay Happily Booked!

2:31 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

6:31 - Archibald Chesterfield And The Whispers Of The Aztec Scroll by Roger Moak (#1)

11:00 - Robert Frost Poems, Plato's Work Thaetetus / Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Jules Vern

12:02 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain / Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

12:27 - Percy Jackson And The Olympians by Rick Riordan

13:22 - Emma's Christmas Wish by Better Homes And Gardens

13:50 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

14:59 - The Mysterious Island by Jules Vern / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Vern 

16:00 - Death On The Nile by Agatha Christie

16:40 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

17:09 - My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

19:50 - Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver

23:29 - Peggy On The Road by Virginia Hughes (#4)

25:33 - Nancy Drew & Trixie Beldin

26:10 - The Barkeep by William Lashner

27:57 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

29:21 - Bright Young Dead by Jessica Fellowes (#2)

30:47 - The Game Is Murder by Hazell Ward

33:54 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol. 5 by Beth Brower

37:01 - Whiteout by R. S. Burnett

45:16 - Whiteout by Ken Follett

45:45 - Safe And Sound by Laura McHugh

50:15 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol 6 by Beth Brower

51:50 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

57:02 - Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera

1:00:54 - How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix / The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix

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Hi everyone! Just Brooker here today for this short little episode! Well...Stetson may or may not step in and out of the show as well. You know, he's too busy to just stick around. I do hope you enjoyed listening to his sweet little voice, and I hope it brightened your day!

I recorded this episode minus Becky Boo because we attempted a last-minute, very sudden episode, and come the end of the episode, BROOKE NEVER HIT RECORD!!!!! So, feeling all the guilt that we wasted an hour of our lives and weren't able to have a viable episode to post, I decided to record my own short summary episode. Naturally, that happened after Stetson woke up from his nap :)

If there was anything I missed or said incorrectly, that is entirely on me.

I think it was sort of hilarious listening to me attempt to make a summary of everything we finished and were currently reading, with Stetson being the constant distraction that he is. Maybe this should be its own segment? Haha!

If you are participating in our book club, please send in your recordings/ paragraphs to be read aloud to our email by November 3rd. We are reading The Southern Book Club's Guide TO Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix! 

The show notes for this episode are listed below! 

Until next week, Stay Happily Booked!

3:00 - Slice Of Murder by Rosie A. Point (#1)

5:17 - The House Of THe Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

6:46 - The Infection by Craig DiLouie (#1)

7:29 - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

7:45 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

9:20 - Murder Boxed Up (#2) / Hold The Murder (#3) / Dough Not Murder (#4) 

11:00 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion Vol. 4 by Beth Brower

12:58 - The Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shephard

13:24 - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

15:19 - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

17:10 - The Unselected Journals Of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 5 by Beth Brower 

17:27 - Whiteout by R. S. Burnett

18:32 - The Stranded by Sara Daniels (#1)

20:24 - Safe And Sound by Laura McHugh

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Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us yet AGAIN! We are delighted to have you as our listeners. It is truly amazing that someone out there genuinely enjoys listening to two friends ramble on about the books they are reading. As always, the show notes are listed below! 

The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix is our book club pick! Pleaseeeee send us any audio recordings/ paragraphs to be read by November 3rd! @ [email protected]

At minute marker 5:22, there is a moment when the audio in this episode seems to mess up and glitch for a few seconds! Sorry about that. We don't know why that happened, but it didn't pop up in our headsets so we didn't know it was even there! Thankfully, it didn't last very long. 

9:55 - Feed (#1) by Mira Grant

11:20 - By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

12:32 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

15:40 - The Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman

17:53 - Three Women Disappear by James Patterson

18:54 - Open Season by C. J. Box

20:07 - Holmes, Marple, And Poe by James Patterson 

21:25 - Titanic: First Accounts by various authors, edited by Tim Malton, afterword by Nicholas Wade

24:33 - Murder Boxed Up by Rosie A. Point (#2) / Slice Of Murder by Rosie A. Point (#1)

35:00 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower (1-3)

36:12 - Feed by Mira Grant (#1)

39:20 - The Blanks by Grady Hendrix (#3)

42:35 - Night And Day In Misery by Catriona Ward (#4) 

44:17 - Letterslot by Owen King (#5)

47:00 - Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba (Author), Takeshi Obata (Illustrator)

47:30 - I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones 

49:25 - The Southern Book Club's Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 

51:00 - Whiteout by R. S. Burnett

55:14 - The Last by Hanna Jameson

56:09 - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

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