To celebrate our 50th episode, we did exactly NOTHING special because bringing you 8 fresh books every month is already special. What do you want from us!? Are you never satisfied!?

Meagan brings:

1. At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman: https://bit.ly/4fh44HC

2. Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen: https://bit.ly/4fb24Ag

3. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson: https://bit.ly/45w9gD1

4. Nordlys by Malin Falch: https://bit.ly/4l3N5K1

Peter Brings:

5. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties by Mike Drucker

6. DanDaDan by Yukinobu Tatsu: https://bit.ly/4mjzFdW

7. Paranoid Gardens by Gerard Way: https://bit.ly/4m9JACC

8. Marvel Two-In-One Annual 7 (1982)

July 2025 newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

Toooooooooonight! (that's for all my Love Island peeps)

Peter and Meagan bring 8 scintillating books for your reading and listening pleasure. Or, 7 for that, 1 for not that.

Pete Brings:

Good Game, No Rematch by Mike Drucker: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2376604

Where Monsters Lie vol. 2 by Kyle Starks https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/where-monsters-lie-vol-2-cull-de-sac-kyle-starks/18118533

Tower Dungeon by Tsutomu Nihei https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2379667

And Grinch 2 by "Uncle Bob"

Meagan Brings:

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332171

Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2375354

The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2358066

All I Think About Is Food by Mamrie Hart: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2375437

June 2025 Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

THIS TIME! ON A PODCAST! FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO! WITH LISTENING!

Meagan Brings:

Everything is Tuberculosis (hardest word to spell) by John Green (very easy author name to spell): https://bit.ly/3HlMWUa

My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein: https://bit.ly/4kPMdsD

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, yes THAT Suzanne Collins: https://bit.ly/43w69Lx

Insectopolis by Peter Kuper (who, yes, did a graphic novel called Sticks and Stones in the early 2000s): https://bit.ly/442tCnE

Peter brought:

How To Make The Best Coffee at Home by James Hoffmann (Peter just drank some coffee made with this advice. Well, portions of it. He's had a blade grinder for 18 years, and while he'd love to get a burr grinder, he can't bare to add more electronics garbage to the world, so he suffers in silence): https://bit.ly/4440fkQ

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman: https://bit.ly/hpldcarl

Death of Superman by a bunch of different people: https://bit.ly/3ZkEo5X

Sold a Story Podcast (yes, a podcast, but trust me, it's relevant, you'll be captivated, electrified. But not so captivated you give up THIS podcast): https://bit.ly/4dVadIO

In this bookstravaganza, this bookfest, this bookapalooza, this outdoor music festival of books that is totally a better deal than Fyre or Fyre 2, Peter brought:

Choose Your Own Adventure Books https://bit.ly/hpldcyoa

Gantz by Hiroya Oku https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/gantz-omnibus-vol-1-hiroya-oku/17606828

The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2229785

and Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1095938

Meagan brought:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2265344

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2369660

Just Our Luck by Denise Williams https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2375334

and Traveling on the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2353211

Sign up for this year's Summer Reading Adventure at www.mylibrary.us/sra

Jokes, scams to watch for, and...CATS!

Readcon, Readcon, Readcon! Other stuff, too, but let's focus on Readcon!

8 Books, Amazing Podcasting Skills!

Meagan Brings:

1. Brunhild the Dragonslayer / original story: Yuiko Agarizaki ; art: Takeru Kirishima ; character design: Aoaso ; translation: Jennifer Ward ; lettering: Jamil Stewart. https://bit.ly/4iWLF3v

2. All blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy / Phil Keith with Tom Clavin. https://bit.ly/4ckUdyK

3. Over sea, under stone / Susan Cooper https://bit.ly/4lrK086

4. Rules for Ruin / Mimi Matthews https://bit.ly/42jgisX

And Peter brought:

5. Uncanny by Junji Ito

6. Heartbreak is the national anthem : how Taylor Swift reinvented pop music / Rob Sheffield. https://bit.ly/4js97FX

7. The Night Never Ends by Steve Theuson https://bit.ly/44mN3YK

8. Fight Club: Japanese Language Edition