Mostly Fictional

Pam got to go to a book release event!

Books mentioned, in order: 
Lilith by Eric Rickstad
Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
The Near Witch by VE Schwab
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Vicious by VE Schwab
Vengeful by VE Schwab
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
La version qui n’intéresse personne by Emmanuelle Pierrot
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
Midnight at Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

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Hallie is back from maternity leave in this not pre-recorded episode! We had a lot of titles to discuss today so we only focused on what we finished in the last two months.

Books mentioned, in order:
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Wild Life by Amanda Leduc
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Babel by RF Kuang
Yellowface by RF Kuang
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
A Girl’s Story by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison Strayer
Via Negativa by Daniel Hornsby
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Motar
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Body Friend by Katherine Brabon 
All Fours by Miranda July
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James

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In this pre-recorded episode, Pam and Hallie rank bookish things and aesthetics! Do you agree with our choices?

Books mentioned, in order:
The Collected Novels of Jane Austen
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Cloud Atlas by by David Mitchell
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Sadie by Courtney Summers
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

If you want to know the blog post Pam went down a rabbit hole on: https://rhollick.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/french-fold-french-flap/

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In this episode, we pair flowers with books! Check out our garden of titles. 

Books mentioned, in order:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
My Husband by Maud Ventura
Crash by Lisa McMann
Visions Trilogy by Lisa McMann
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn
The Martian by Andy Weir

Resources used:
https://www.almanac.com/flower-meanings-language-flowers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_with_symbolism 
https://archive.org/details/miniaturelangua00burk/page/56/mode/2up


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In this episode, Pam is joined by her husband Marc for the first time on the pod! Listen as they unbox the surprise books he picked out for her birthday.

Books mentioned, in order:
Animal Friends of Pica Pau 2 by Yan Schenkel
Animal Friends of Pica Pau by Yan Schenkel
Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 by Yan Schenkel
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children's Series)
Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
L'Île au trésor (Treasure Island) by Robert Louis Stevenson
De cape et de crocs written by Alain Ayroles and art by Jean-Luc Masbou

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If you're reading this, Hallie's baby has arrived! This is a prerecorded episode about our favorite children's literature. (Though be warned, listeners, there is a PG-13 word for "butt" in this episode, so it may not be entirely family friendly.) Enjoy!

Books mentioned, in order:
Slinky Malinky, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, written and illustrated by Eric Carle
Red is Best by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis
Stellaluna, written and illustrated by Janell Cannon
Look Out for Pirates! written by Iris Vinton, illustrated by H. B. Vestal
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Il était une fois… 12 histoires à raconter (Once Upon a Time, 12 stories to share)


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Hallie has a DNF and Pam has a book haul!

Books mentioned, in order: 
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
The Lies of Locke Lamorra by Scott Lynch
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
All the Water in the World by Eiran Caffall
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
The Terror by Dan Simmons 
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

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Pam has back-to-back John Greens to report, and Hallie starts one of her most anticipated reads of the year.

Books mentioned, in order: 
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
The Door by Magda Szabó, translated by Len Rix
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Book of Goose of Yiyun Li
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Disease by John Green
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Wild Life by Amanda Leduc
The Centaur’s Wife by Amanda Leduc
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Once there Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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Hallie still hasn't finished a book, but she's trying! And Pam has a book haul. 

Books mentioned, in order:
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen
Emilienne by Pamela Binnings Ewen
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Door by Magda Szabó
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
La version qui n'intéresse personne (The Version That Interests No One) by Emmanuelle Pierrot
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall 
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab
An Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

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Hallie is still struggling to find time to finish a book, but Pam has two titles to report!

Books mentioned, in order:

The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Misery by Stephen King
The Door by Magda Szabó
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
La version qui n'intéresse personne (The Version That Interests No One) by Emmanuelle Pierrot

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