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Hallie, a silly goose, is reading two physical books, and Pam finally conquered a classic.

Books mentioned, in order:
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Looking for a Alaska by John Green
The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Assassin of Reality by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
School of Shards by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence
Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

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Hallie learns her series is new this year, and Pam attempts to conquer a classic. 

Books mentioned, in order:
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
I’d Kill For That by Kathy Reichs
No Rest for the Dead by Kathy Reichs
Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs
Assassin of Reality by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
School of Shards by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey

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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
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Pam gets to correct Hallie's French pronunciation and Hallie finished a physical book!

Books mentioned, in order:
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones
The Ravel Cycle Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey
The Magicians by Lev Grossman


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] 



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]

Pam is getting her license and Hallie has the Titanic recorder meme in her head.

Books mentioned in order:
Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Search by Michelle Huneven
Jamesland by Michelle Huneven
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Hindman
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

Nonfiction Book Party Substack: nonfictionbookparty.substack.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
Or, send us both a message at [email protected] 


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]

Pam continues HRCYED and Hallie gets furniture to read on!

Books mentioned, in order:
The Raven Boys (Graphic Novel) by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams, illustrated by Sas Milledge
The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Good Morning Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall 
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do: https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/

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] 


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]

Hallie's bookshelves are finally done!

Books mentioned, in order:

Here’s To Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
What If It’s Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Ballad for Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab
The Raven Boys Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Lily Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater 
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Collected works of Shakespeare
Collected works of Walt Whitman
Collected works of Emily Dickinson
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater
The Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Borrowers series by Mary Norton
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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] 


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]

Hallie found a book at a farmer's market, and Pam continues her year of series.

Books mentioned, in order:
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Good Morning Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
American Rapture by CJ Leede
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
An Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab
A War of Stone and Scales by Samuel A Zamor
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

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] 

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]

Pam is continuing to work on HRCYED and Hallie is working on her 800+ page read.

Books mentioned, in order:
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
La version qui n’intéresse personne by Emmanuelle Pierrot
The Invisible Life of Adie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

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] 


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]

We're halfway through the year, so it's time for a check on all those reading goals we set in January!

Books mentioned, in order: Don’t Close Your Eyes by Lisa McMann
Wake by Lisa McMann
Fade by Lisa McMann
Gone by Lisa McMann
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

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] 

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]

Pam has a book haul and is starting what is quite possibly the hardest reading challenge ever.

Books mentioned, in order:
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Up to the Light by Julia Armfield
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out by Leena Norms
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
Babel by RF Kuang
Confessions of a Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space:  by Adam Higginbotham
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
HRCYED 2.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60

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] 


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]