In this special Halloween Spooktacular(ish) episode where we cover a few scary books and a few less scary, but still awesome, books, we've got:

Diamond Doris : the true story of the world's most notorious jewel thief by Doris Payne with Zelda Lockhart: https://bit.ly/3XZEorD

The Anthropocene Reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet by John Green: https://bit.ly/4gDNemh

2120 by George Wylesol

Our October Newsletter, available here: www.mylibrary.us/newsletter

And we VERY briefly touched on:

The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates: https://bit.ly/3N3wRBT

Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews: https://bit.ly/3XMghvk

Dark Spaces: Dungeons by Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman: https://bit.ly/3Bfy7PJ

And Jeff Strand's Freaky Briefs, which are stories available in his newsletter, which you can subscribe to at https://jeffstrand.wordpress.com/

In an episode that REALLY lives up to the overall show's title, we have a book about murderous squirrels. Plus others!

Peter Brought:

Song of Spider-Man by Glen Berger:

The Scampering by Alana K. Drex:

Baking Sheet Bloodbath by Pia Peyroux:

Trust Your Instincts by Kimberly Sue Iverson: https://bit.ly/47oV5QA

Meagan brought:

A Pillbug Story by Allison Conway: https://bit.ly/3MJTtY3

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett: https://bit.ly/3B0m093

Bite by bite : nourishments & jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil: https://bit.ly/3z7rr5P

I Did Something Bat by Pyae Moe Thet War: https://bit.ly/3zeyKZp

The highs are staggeringly high and the lows are catacomb-ically low in this episode where Meagan and Peter bring a total of 8 books to the table, discuss 4 in-depth, and briefly cover the other 4 because, eh, why not? What, you've got somewhere to be, you can't listen for another 10 minutes?

Meagan's Books:

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1399082

On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2359835

Big by Vashti Harrison: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2327706

Alpha's Origins by Ilona Andrews: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1408097

Peter's Books (as a note, Peter managed to read NOTHING available from HPLD, but many of the books discussed ARE available on Prospector):

Gooflumps: Stay out of the bathroom by R.U. Slime

Overlord book one by Kugane Maruyama

Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head by Bartholomew, J. Theophrastus and Sam Gorski

Rabbitskin by Catturd

We’re back with a secret code word for hardcore listeners! Interactivity! FEED THE ALGORITHM AND BE FAMOUS ON THE INTERWEB!

This time, Peter brought:

Transformers by Daniel Warren Johnson

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2357884

Madman Library Edition Book 1 by Mike Allred

https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/madman-library-edition-vol-1-michael-allred/14441635

The Hike by Drew Magary

Doom Guy by John Romero

https://www.hoopladigital.com/audiobook/doom-guy-john-romero/15919864

Meagan Brought:

Knowing What We Know by Simon Winchester

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2321212

Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American horror stories by Various

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2348923

A Cat from Our World and a Forgotten Witch by Hiro Kashiwaba

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351983

Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2359984

We talk 8, count 'em, EIGHT books! In an hour! 8 Books Per Hour is the speed that allows time travel, y'all. It's THAT fast. If it was like a superhero in terms of speed, it'd be like Max Mercury (I bet you thought I was going to say The Flash. Let's not get out of hand, Max Mercury is pretty fast).

Meagan brings:

Angerbang by Avery Flynn

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2355148

Wild and Precious: A celebration of Mary Oliver

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2359510

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2353881

Small Magics by Ilona Andrews

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1573537

Peter brings:

Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth by John Wagner, Pat Mills, and Brian Bolland

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351997

The He-Man Effect by Box Brown

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332787

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2094640

It Watches in the Dark by Jeff Strand

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2353502

This time, Peter brought:

The Skull by Jon Klassen

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2334769

Nudes by Elle Nash (HPLD doesn’t have Nudes, but we have a couple other ALSO GREAT books by Elle Nash)

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/search/C__Selle%20nash__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=cobalt

As the Gods Will Second Series Volume 1 by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, illustrated by Muneyuki Kaneshiro

https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/as-the-gods-will-the-second-series-vol-1-muneyuki-kaneshiro/16189285

Goosebumps Presents #8: Be Careful What You Wish For

And Meagan treats us to:

The Kamogawa food detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2347074

Medalist by Tsurumaikada. https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351406

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2300571

W0rldtr33 by: James Tynion IV ; art by: Fernando Blanco

https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351443

Meagan had a great reading month, including:

1. Great and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2347073

2. See You In My 19th Life by Lee Hey: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351439

3. Bride by Ali Hazelwood: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2341173

4. Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion by Whale and Milcha: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351407

Peter's month of reading was...well, it explains the name of this podcast, because he was like, WHY!? WHHHYYYYYY!?

1. Space and Beyond by R.A. Montgomery: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1124627

2. Monster Blood by R.L. Stine: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1184542

3. Which Way? Book 2: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel by Andrew Helfer

4. The Empire Strikes Back (Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventures) by Christopher Golden

OH NO!

We had a mess-up, so the first 10 minutes of this episode is a recap of the lost audio! Lost, HAUNTED audio!? Sure, why not?

But we get on track pretty quickly, and we discuss:

The Mad World of William M. Gaines by Frank Jacobs (Available through Prospector) https://encore.coalliance.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb38083134

On The Edge by Ilona Andrews https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1212961

Stay out of the basement by RL Stine https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/stay-out-of-the-basement-r-l-stine/14925502

Episode Thirteen by Craig DeLouie https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2322381

Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2264819

Greener Pastures by Chuck Palahniuk (unavailable)

Under Her Eye Ed. Lindy Ryan and Lee Murray https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2344630

KENTARO MIURA!

In my excitement to talk about Berserk, I forgot to mention the name of its creator, Kentaro Miura! My apologies!

In this episode, we talked about:

Earthdivers by Stephen Graham Jones https://bit.ly/3TH6rus

Berserk by Kentaro Miura https://bit.ly/41HJHMO

Never Met a Duke Like You Amalie Howard https://bit.ly/3vjooVK

Strange Matter: Bad Circuits

And we mentioned, without getting too in-depth:

The Lord of the Rings by JR.R. Tolkein (as read by Andy Serkis)

The Duke of the Abruzzi by Mirella Tenderini, Michael Shandrick

Goosebumps: Welcome to the Dead House by R.L. Stine https://bit.ly/3GZ1zcs

Soichi by Junji Ito

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor https://bit.ly/3NKirr1

We are BACK, and for the first time we're broadcasting from LINC Library Innovation Center's podcast studio, and it's AWESOME! Couldn't be simpler, just sit down, push a couple buttons, and you're off!

This time we covered:

Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332616

Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2329387

The Viking Heart by Arthur Herman: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2276699

Every Wish Way by Shannon Bright: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2340625

The Making of the Movie Leprechaun - "I Need Me Gold!" by B. Harrison Smith

Evil Bigfoot Monster by FF Monsoon

There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2290661

Playground by Aron Beauregard