Lit These Days

One of our listeners asked for swoon worthy supernatural reading recommendations! Oh yeah, Jessica was made for this one. 

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Books discussed in this episode:

This Jade World by Ira Sukrungruang

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Scythe by Neal Schusterman

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman

A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

It Came from the Video Aisle: Inside Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment Studio by David Jay, Torsten Dewi, and William Wilson

Circe by Madeline Miller

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

A Court of Honey and Ash by Kelly St. Clare and Shannon Mayer

You Feel it Just Below the Ribs by Janina Matthewson and Jeffrey Cranor

Yeats is Dead! a Mystery by Fifteen Irish Writers

We have our very first guest on the podcast! Olivia Dolphin, founder and editor-in-chief of Wizards in Space, talks about her upcoming release and the magic behind the literary magazine. 

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Thanks for listening to us ramble about the books we’re reading! This week, Tucker asked for a super personal book recommendation that was challenging to answer! (But we love a good challenge.)

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Books Discussed:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

A Boy Named Christmas by Matt Haig

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Skeleton Creek #1 by Patrick Carmen

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

The Giver by Lois Lawry

Among the Hidden Margaret Haddeaux-Peterson

This Jade World by Ira

Miles on Miles

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar

Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Marulo

Glue by Irvin Welsh

Thanks for listening! Adam and Jessica talk about the books they finished, what they're currently reading, and they give recommendations to their listeners. This week, our listener is looking for a gothic novel that's set in modern day.

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Books Discussed:

You Feel It Just Below the Ribs

A Clockwork Orange

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Looking for Alaska

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

The Millionaire Real Estate Agent

Miles on Miles: Interviews with Miles Davis

This Jade World

His Name is Cwiz

Mexican Gothic

Daughters of the Lake

The Shining

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

One By One

Horrorstor

Ninth House

Adam and Jessica talk about the books they're reading and give book recommendations to someone who wants a read-alike for The Midnight Library! If you want a personalized reading recommendation, visit litthesedayspodcast.com and fill out the quick form.

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Books Discussed:

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino

Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo

You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Janina Matthewson and Jeffrey Cranor

The Trouble with Authority: A Psychological Memoir and Field Guide on How to Survive the Maddening Erratic Behavior of Mankind by Joseph D. Reich

Three Philosophies and One Reality & NHK Radio Talks by Gudo Wafu

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Karmen by Guillem March

The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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Books in this episode:

The Midnight Library

Neon Genesis Evangelion

A Little Life

Her Royal Spyness

Outside Lies Magic

Adam's Navel

An Ember in the Ashes

The Heart Principle

The Kiss Quotient

The Bride Test

The Dating Plan

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

The City We Became

Lincoln and the Bardo

The Dark Tower Series

Weave World

Foundryside

Thanks for listening to us ramble about books!

Recommendation question: "I'm really craving a good family saga story. Maybe along the lines of Ask Again, Yes or Saints for All Occasions or the Dearly Beloved."

Books Discussed:

Black Sun

The Deep

The Midnight Library

Letters to a Dead Friend about Zen

Everything is Figure-outable

Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess

Sit Down and Shut Up

We Are the Brennans

Middlesex

The Virgin Suicides

The Marriage Plot

Of Women and Salt

The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay

Thanks for listening to us ramble about the books we're currently reading! Here's the recommendation question we answered in this episode:

"I'm really craving a good family saga story. Maybe along the lines of Ask Again, Yes or Saints for All Occasions or the Dearly Beloved."

If you would like a personalized reading recommendation, visit litthesedayspodcast.com to request one!

Books Discussed:

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

X-O Manowar created by Jim Shooter, Steve Englehart, Bob Layton, and Barry Windsor-Smith

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV

Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

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Stay tuned for the blooper reel at the very end of the podcast! As always, Jessica and Adam discuss the books they're currently reading, the books they've finished, and they give recommendations to their listeners. This week's question comes from Anonymous who asks:

"I’m looking for Latin American historical fiction (English or English translation is preferred, but I can read in Spanish too)! I liked The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia, I Didn’t Talk by Beatriz Bracher, and Blood on the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez."

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Books discussed:

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Movies and Other Things by Shea Serrano

Basketball and Other Things by Shea Serrano

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents by Julia Alvarez

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Life of Pi by Yann Martel