Mostly Fictional

By Mostly Fictional Podcast

In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.... more

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The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.

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July 17, 2024 Ep. 71: Pam's Spontaneous Summerween Reading!
Pam takes part in a Summerween readathon and Hallie couldn't find anywhere quiet to read on a cruise (but still managed to read).

Books mentioned, in order:
Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Earthflown by Frances Wren
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Stand and Defend by Sloane St. James
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears by Bjorn Dihle
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
1h 4min
July 10, 2024 Ep. 70: We’re Midway Through the Reading Year and Freaking Out
In this episode: Our take on the mid-year freakout tag!

Books mentioned, in order:
The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Playground by Richard Powers
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Sister Golden Calf by Colleen Burner
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Created by @IsThatChami‬ (sha-mi) & ‪@EarlGreyBooks‬ (Ellie) with extra questions from @booksandlala (Kayla)

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
33min
July 03, 2024 Ep. 69: Reading Books All the Way Through Their Author’s Notes and Acknowledgements
In this episode, Hallie picks Pam's next book to read, and Hallie shares a DNF. Also, we discuss Author's Notes!

Books mentioned, in order:
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
Icarus by K. Ancrum
The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray
Pearce Oysters by Joselyn Takacs
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Earthflown by Frances Wren
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
40min
June 26, 2024 Ep. 68: Pam Doesn’t Like Reading Her Name in a Book
In this episode, Pam has a book haul for her May book, and Hallie isn't sure what she's reading.

Books mentioned, in order:
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Seanan McGuire links: https://thecityvoice.org/2022/05/12/qa-with-seanan-mcguire-hugo-award-winning-author-of-middlegame-and-seasonal-fears/
https://x.com/seananmcguire/status/1428028180917407744?lang=en

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
51min
June 19, 2024 Ep. 67: Hallie May Have Found a Must-Read Author
Pam has two nature horror books to haul and Hallie disliked her book club's choice.

Books mentioned, in order:
The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Sisters at Sea by Yume Kitasei
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Othello by William Shakespeare
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

Cars video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrRX70c6FZo&ab_channel=Mike%27sMic

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
46min
June 12, 2024 Ep. 66: Pam’s Notes For Her Book Only Say “Boring”
In this episode, we have five books to talk about! And don't make this a drinking game for how many titles we mention by Seanan McGuire and/or Cassandra Clare.

Books mentioned in order:
In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
My Husband by Maud Ventura translated by Emma Ramadan
Into the Windwracked wilds by A Deborah Baker
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Over the Woodward Wall by A Deborah Baker
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
Along the Saltwise Sea by A Deborah Baker
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony
The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
The Pall Bearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay

https://bookriot.com/difference-between-mystery-suspense-and-thriller-novels/
https://www.onasunbeam.com/

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
49min
June 05, 2024 Ep. 65: "Don’t You Love a Good Long Sad Book?"
Pam has more birthday books and Hallie already broke the library book ban for June.

Books mentioned in order:
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
The Seven Skins of Esther Willing by Holly Ringlad
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Devotions by Mary Oliver
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith
Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray
Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
57min
May 29, 2024 Ep. 64: Pam Gets Roasted For Her Chaotic Reading Week
Hallie has a DNF and Pam discovers an all-time favorite author.

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Babel by RF Kuang
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater
A Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
49min
May 22, 2024 Ep. 63: Hallie’s Last Read May Have Made Her a Conspiracy Theorist
Climate fiction and serial killers -- our reads this month are obviously Very Happy Subjects!

Books mentioned in order:
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
L’Ombre du vent by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Shadow of the Wind)
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Ex Libris Series by Jim C. Hines
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
59min
May 15, 2024 Ep. 62: Somehow Hallie Already Read One of Pam's Birthday Books
We return after a forced internet-outage hiatus!

Books mentioned, in order:
Foxes in Love by Toivo Kaartinen
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth): A Memoir by Markus Zusak
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at [email protected]
...more
1h 7min

FAQs about Mostly Fictional:

How many episodes does Mostly Fictional have?

The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.