In this episode, Pam has lots of thoughts about a book she's come back around to, and Hallie decides to only read one book at once.

Books mentioned, in order:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas by Mark Olshaker
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Girl In Snow by Danya Kukafka
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
If We Were Villains by ML Rio
Bunny by Mona Awad
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
My Murder by Katie Williams
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura (Translated by Philip Gabriel)
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
How We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Maggie Stiefvater blog post https://ajoblotofjunk.tumblr.com/post/188416262802/the-years-without-words

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In this episode, we go on a tangent about an author's name, and reveal the next two quadrimester winners.

Books mentioned, in order:
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translated by Gabriela Soares
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Divergent by Veronica Roth
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

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Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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Pam is making her way through The Raven Cycle and Hallie shares her not-a-book bookish birthday gift.

Books mentioned, in order:
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway
Washington by Ron Chernow
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
The Martian by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Artemis by Andy Weir
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart


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In this episode, Hallie shares the gift she gave her husband for their first wedding anniversary, and Pam reads a book Hallie recommended.

The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
Comfort Me in Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Steifvater
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling

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Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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In this episode, Pam and Hallie create a whole pantry of book and food metaphors.

Books mentioned, in order:
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Nimona by ND Stevenson
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater
Lament; The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
Dreamer series by Maggie Stiefvater
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway
The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu



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Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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Hallie has nine books to haul and Pam lets Hallie choose one of her final reads of the year.

Books mentioned, in order
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Possession by AS Byatt
Great House by Nicole Krauss
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Winter Solstice by Rosamund Pilcher
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
Over the Woodward Wall by A Deborah Baker
Along the Saltwise Sea by A Deborah Baker
Wayward Children Series by A Deborah Baker
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
Waters of the World by Sarah Dry
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
Path to the Pacific: The Story of Sacagawea by Neta Lohnes Frazier
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Radio Girl by Carol Brendler


Find Pam and Hallie online!
Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
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Pam conquered a big read with only minutes to spare, and Hallie read another spicy Fritos book.

Books mentioned, in order:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
Her Soul to Take by Harley LaRoux
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Normal Rules Don’t Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, translated by Philip Gabriel
Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix


Find Pam and Hallie online!
Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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In this episode, Pam shares book news rather than finished books, and Hallie talks about the "cotton candy" books she's been reading.

Books mentioned, in order:
Community Board by Tara Conklin
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Guest by Emma Cline
Search by Michelle Huneven
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Anyone by Charles Soule
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma

Julia Armfield news: https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/fourth-estate-snaps-up-armfields-stunning-second-novel-in-exclusive-submission

Casey McQuiston news:
https://caseymcquiston.substack.com/p/introducing-book-4
https://www.amazon.com/Pairing-Casey-McQuiston/dp/1250862744/


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Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart


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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
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In this episode, Hallie blushes discussing a recently finished read and Pam shares a French book. Plus, a book club of The Guest by Emma Cline.

Books mentioned in order:
The Guest by Emma Cline
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Praise by Sara Cate
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
Community Board by Tara Conklin
Ame brisée (Fractured Soul) by Akira Mizubayashi
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers


Find Pam and Hallie online!
Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
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In this episode, we talk about the Spotify audiobook news, and a new release by Cassandra Clare.

Books mentioned, in order:
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
My Murder by Katie Williams
The Guest by Emma Cline
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Sandman Comics by Neil Gaiman
Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Swordcatcher by Cassandra Clare
Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Lady Midnight series by Cassandra Clare
A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman


Find Pam and Hallie online!
Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
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]