Plot Twist: I Forgot

Welcome to our lore episode.  We’ve been podcasting for a year!  To celebrate we’re talking about the books that made us readers, no matter how embarrassing they might be.  

Sweep - Cate Tiernan
Blue Bloods Series - Melissa de la Cruz
House of Night Series - PC Cast Kristin Cast
Celestra Series - Addison Moore
Tithe - Holly Black
Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare
Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor

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Today we’re talking all things The Bright Lands by John Fram.  And by talking, we mean shambling through a spoiler chat.  Things don’t need to be in chronological order right?  Buckle up, get your southern accents ready, and pay attention because we apparently weren’t.

This episode contains graphic and explicit content, listener discretion is advised.  

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Today we’re talking about Summer Horror.  What makes something a Summer Horror read?  Listen in because we have no idea.  It’s a feeling, okay?  Slashers, faeries, clowns in the town’s drainage systems?  All those things, plus, the origins of Summerween.


The Reformatory - Tananarive Due
When the Reckoning Comes - Latanya McQueen
Small Favors - Erin A. Craig
Curse of the Reaper - Brian McAuley
Burn the Negative - Josh Winning
Silver Nitrate - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Remaking - Clay McLeod Chapman 
The Starving Saints - Caitlin Starling
Into the Sublime - Kate A. Boorman
Smile for the Cameras - Miranda Smith
And once again, It - Stephen King

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Today we’re having a spoiler chat on Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi.  Does YA sometimes make you feel 1,000 years old?  Us too, but we’re reading it anyway.  Do you ever feel emo enough to cry into the eyes of the boy you love?  Join us today to discuss why that is.

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It’s finally summer!  The sun is out, so we’re…heading inside to the movies where the air conditioning is.  This week we’re talking books that would make the perfect summer blockbusters.  Serial killers, mapmakers, and a hot witch priest, we’ve got recommendations for everyone.


The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi
Oona Out Of Order - Margarita Montimore
The Daevabad Trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty
Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle
The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas
Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Crosby
The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
The Haunting in Room 904 - Erika T. Wurth 
The Last Word - Taylor Adams
Finley Donovan is Killing It - Elle Cosimano
Raybearer - Jordan Ifueko


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This week we’re having a spoiler chat about Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.  Were we led astray by a Goodreads list?  Perhaps.  Join us on this misclassified journey and answer questions like:

If you’re significant other came home from sea bleeding from their pores, would you take them to the emergency room?  

Would you give your name to a sea demon? (spoiler alert we would)

Join our sea cult!

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Happy Spring!  Probably.  Is the pollen evil?  Are mushrooms trying to kill you?  It’s all possible with Ecohorror.  Do you ever consider whether launching yourself into space is better than going deep underwater? Today we’re talking about our favorite Ecohorror picks.

Saturnalia - Stephanie Feldman
Fever Dream - Samanta Schweblin
Wilder Gurls Rory Power
Never Whistle at Night - Shane Hawk
Threads That Bind - Kika Hatzopoulou
The Only  Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones

The Ruins - Scott Smith
The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica
The Bane Witch - Ava Morgan
The Annual Migration of Clouds - Premee Mohamed
Orleans - Sherri L. Smith
Heartwood - Amity Gaige
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Today we’re having a spoiler chat on the one and only, Zombie Bake-Off by Stephen Graham Jones.  One of us knows what happened.  The other had a choose your own adventure style audiobook nightmare.  Fun was had by all.

Read this one before you listen.  Which version did you get?

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In honor of the dead rising, today we’re talking zombie and apocalypse fiction.  Join us for some recommendations on flesh eaters, dystopians, and at least one book that doesn’t fit the theme at all.  We’re sure that book has some strategy to learn that will save you in the zombie apocalypse.


This Delicious Death - Kayla Cottingham
Head Like a Hole - Andrew Van Wey
Schrader’s Cord - Scott Leads
The Vegetarian - Han Kang 
Tender is the Flesh - Augustina Bazterrica
They Bloom at Night - Trang Thanh
The Living Dead - George A. Romero and Daniel Krause
The Girl With All the Gifts - M. R. Carey
Wool - Hugh Howey
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemison 
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
The Passage - Justin Cronin


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Our April Fools’ Day joke is posting a week late.  Join us today as we have a spoiler chat about The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.  Is it overhyped, under hyped, or appropriately hyped?  We have opinions.

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