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 145 episodes available.

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August 14, 2024 Ep. 75: We Survived Our Worst Reading Week
We read some stinkers this week! But that's OK -- better books are always on the horizon!

Books mentioned, in order:
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin
Out There by Kate Folk
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Bridgerton series by Jane Austen
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before by Dr. Julie Smith
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
C’est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays!”: Carnet de rencontres, d’Ani à Kiuna by Emmanuelle Dufour
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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
47min
August 07, 2024 Ep. 74: Hallie's Completed Another Bingo on Her Bookshelf Bingo
We only read two books this week, but still somehow had a lot to talk about!

Books mentioned, in order:
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Gone with the Wind by Maraget Mitchell

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
43min
July 31, 2024 Ep. 73: We Both Read Books About Violins?
In this episode, we have 10 finished books to discuss! Plus, Pam did multiple reading challenges.

Books mentioned, in order:
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
A Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

Libro.FM Challenge: https://blog.libro.fm/champions/
Blackoween FAQ: https://blackoweenfaq.carrd.co/

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
July 24, 2024 Ep. 72: We Made Up a “Weather Report” Tag
We made up our own book tag, inspired by weather!

Books mentioned, in order:
Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Cain’s Jawbone by Torquemada
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories Compiled by Neil Christopher
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Anyone by Charles Soule
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/analog-field-testing/chapea/first-mars-crew-completes-yearlong-simulated-red-planet-nasa-mission/

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
44min
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

FAQs about Mostly Fictional:

How many episodes does Mostly Fictional have?

The podcast currently has 145 episodes available.