Little Sleep//Much Reading

IT IS ALMOST THE END OF OUR SEASON!! But not quite!

For our second to last episode, the Little Sleep Ladies picked books from our (extremely long) To Be Read piles! Sweet Liza picked one of the best titled books we've ever encountered, The Great Glorious Goddamn Of It All by Josh Ritter. Riss picked a book that was flying off shelves this summer, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

Felt good to get those TBRs shrinking a little bit...but alas the books keep coming.

Hello! It is that time of year again where we show our appreciation for Native Authors! Liza and Riss always find Native Authors who write BANGING books! We encourage our Sleepy Readers to do the same, not just this month but EVERY MONTH!!!

Riss opens the episode with an Older Children's book (not exactly YA), called The Legend of the Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac. Liza read a much newer book that you might have seen in a TikTok video or two, it is called Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty.

Here are two lists we encourage you to browse for some new reads!

Also we suggest going to your local bookstore or library and asking about not only their selection of fiction books by Native authors, but also their selection of nonfiction books, specifically ones that relate to your own area! It could be fun to learn some history you never knew about the place you call home.

https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/native-american-authors

https://westwoodlibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1240091

The Little Sleep Much Reading Podcast is embracing Fall this episode!!We're bringing you that warm snug content. We have a bit of an ongoing discussion this week about why these books are similar and the feel of "fall" books. The Lull of Fall books.

Riss starts the book discussion with Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red. Liza rounds us out with The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel.

Happy Halloween Sleepy Readers!!! We post this video so all of our ghouls, freaks, weridos and of course, Creatures, can have something fun to listen to while they are putting on their costumes! It is in fact a little treat!

This Episode is all about Creature Features. What makes a creature feature to us? What goes into that? Riss Reads Clive Barker's iconic book, The Hellbound Heart, inspiration for the Movie Hellraiser. Liza pulls out a super fun book called Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge.

Hello Party People!!! This week to continue our Halloween Extravaganza we talk Slashers! We open our chat with our own opinions on the slasher genre, and things we feel make Slashers what they are. They Liza moves into her book, There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins. After Riss discusses her more complicated book In The Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami.

But wait theres more! The Ladies are giving you a bonus episode, a creature feature that will release on Halloween! So enjoy your Halloweekend, the Little Sleep Ladies will see you Monday!

It Came From the Closet is back for another week! This week Marissa discusses the second half of this Queer Horror Theory book!

Meanwhile Liza talks about her Queer Horror Fiction pick, The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht!

The Little Sleep Ladies are talking Queer Horror with a new release from Feminist Press called It Came From The Closet ! Marissa is going to tie in a modern Queer Horror Book with Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt.

We LOVE discussing Horror theory and so we had so much fun filming this episode, and reading these books, and we hope you also give them a chance! Also as a warning, this video was only lightly edited, so please forgive us for our ums and stutters and heavy breathing and whatever else may bother your ears.

Next week Marissa will be continuing our discussion of It Came From The Closet and Liza will be bringing us another Queer Horror Fiction Book to talk about!

HEY WEIRDOS! The Little Sleep Ladies are having ANOTHER Morbid Podcast themed episode. When we heard Alaina's book was finally being published we FREAKED OUT!! How exciting is it to read the words of someone you admire so much? (And how exciting when those words turn out to be so amazing?) We proudly read and discuss The Butcher And The Wren by Alaina Urquhart.

The Little Sleep Ladies are bringing you two spooky books by two wonderful LatinX Authors!

Marissa read Goddess of Filth by V. Castro. Aliza read Maria Maria: & Other Stories by Marytza. K. Rubio. The Ladies also have one mini conversation about Don't Worry Darling, and a longer discussion about Possession in Horror.

The Little Sleep Ladies are joined by one of their most favorite people, Annie Planker!

Annie is a beloved friend who is our Musical Girlie! Today she joins the pod to discuss books turned musicals. This episode is full of musical knowledge and talk about shows, as well as really good books.

Riss read Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Aliza read Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. Annie read The Color Purple by the Amazing Alice Walker.

We were so honored not only to have Annie on the Pod with us, but to have Annie talking about something she loves so much! It is so special to us.