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.

Mostly Fictional episodes:

September 25, 2024 Ep. 81: Pam's Bright Young Women Year
In this episode, Hallie breaks a podcast rule and Pam DNF's something straight into the giveaway pile.

Books mentioned in order:
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Friends of the Museum by Heather McGowan
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente
Gone with the Wind by Maraget Mitchell
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Lampedusa by Steven Price
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Birthday Party by Lauren Mauvignier
Where You Come From by Sasa Stanisic
West by Carys Davies
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Popisho by Leone Ross
Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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
52min
September 18, 2024 Ep. 80: Pam Can’t Figure Out the Fourth Narrator!
Hallie reads two art books and we revel in Stiefvater appreciation.

Books mentioned, in order:
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Icarus by K Ancrum
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
One Woman Show by Christine Coulson
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

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
48min
September 11, 2024 Ep. 79: Pam Has Her Eye on a “Heist” Book
Hallie is still behind on her reading goal, but is many hundreds of pages into her current read!

Books mentioned, in order:
Great House by Nicole Krauss
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
White Oleander by Janet Finch
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

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
September 04, 2024 Ep. 78: The Reading Pressure of a Long Weekend
In this episode, Pam continues her reread of the Raven Cycle and finishes Hallie's favorite book!

Books mentioned, in order:
The Snap by Elizabeth Staple
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer
Great House by Nicole Krauss
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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
39min
August 28, 2024 Ep. 77: Hallie Bought So Many Books She Can’t Even Tell Us About Them All
What is proper book club etiquette? Also, Pam begins a reread.

Books mentioned, in order:
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Playground by Richard Powers
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Plays Well with Others by Sophie Brickman
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer

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
August 21, 2024 Ep. 76: We Have a Chat in a Jane Austen Corner
Our reading weeks are on the upswing! Plus, Pam picks her next book live on the pod.

Books mentioned, in order:
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
What You’re Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Station of Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
1984 by George Orwell
Yellowface by RF Kuang
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

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
42min
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

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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
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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

FAQs about Mostly Fictional:

How many episodes does Mostly Fictional have?

The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.