Explorer's Log: an underappreciated goth queen; complicated women; Helen needs help; chasing immortality and leads; jumping povs; racism corner; complicated relationships and catching feelings; dissociative identity disorder; mystery vs twist; a different sort of book; character studies; social issues of the time; we attempt to provide context; an unpleasant read;

content warning: mentions of suicide

Next Adventure embarks July 15: Neanderthal Marries Human, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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• our website auntiny.com
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Books mentioned:

• People We Meet On Vacation, Emily Henry
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson
• The Bletchley Riddle, Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
• The Big Easy, Ruta Sepetys
• Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys
• Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys
• The Beauty and the Mustache, Penny Reid
• The Hooker and the Hermit, Penny Reid

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Explorer's Log: Who even knows how many brothers there are, not us; we remember a lot of feelings, but not a lot of facts; our first impressions of the brothers were bad; Duck Dynasty jump scare; there's a secret sixth brother!; Bobby finally picks a boy (and it's the wrong boy); Rachel suffers a loss

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Next adventure embarks August 26: Beast in View by Margaret Millar

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Books mentioned:

• The Beast in View, by Margaret Millar
• The People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry
• Code Talker, by Joseph Bruchac
• The Edelweiss Pirates, by Dirk Reinhardt, Michael Rosen, & Rachel Ward
• The Hating Game, by Sally Thorne

Explorer's Log: Agatha Christie is a cool lady; we attempt to remember how to podcast; the dirty letter business; the Megan problem; middle aged women are bitter and crazy; Jerry at the scene of the crime; a fully interconnected town; kidnappings and stakeouts; Ms. Marple does something but we don’t see it; everyone gets a happy ending; BINGO updates; a pretty clear crime and investigation; questionable detectives; sticking within your wheelhouse; we all have the same clues; our meat philosophies; shout out to Honey Pig

content warning: mentions of suicide

Next Adventure embarks July 29: The Beauty and the Mustache, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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• Blusky @readerspod
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• our website auntiny.com
• email us at [email protected]

Books mentioned:

• The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler
• The Queens of Crime, by Marie Benedict
• Beast In View, by Margaret Millar
• The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, by Lilian Jackson Braun
• Earl’s Trip, by Jenny Holiday
• When in Rome, by Sarah Adams
• Fluent in Three Months, by Benny Lewis
• The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
• Kill the Boyband, by Goldy Moldavsky
• Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach
• The Black Dagger Brotherhood, by J.R. Ward

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Explorer's Log: We met Penny and it went as well as you might expect; politics corner simply cannot be avoided; Penny is a girl's girl; accidental drug-fueled hijinks; somewhere out there a woman is married to a ghost; Steven has a love affair with a jet; Rachel wants you to know she was forced into the harem

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Next adventure embarks July 29: The Moving Finger, by Agatha Christie

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Books mentioned:

• Karen by Kelsey Grammer
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga
• Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
• Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky
• Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Explorer's Log: Raymond Chandler’s defective personality; the Canadian confusion; the general hates his daughters; the dirty magazine business; a man dies somehow; what is wrong with all these women; Chandler hates women and gay people; where’s Mona Mars; figuring out what happened to Rusty; maga vibes; some mysteries simply have no answer; can’t learn anything; all the things Ray Chan hates

Next Adventure embarks July 15: Neanderthal Marries Human, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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• Patreon @readersofthelostart
• Blusky @readerspod
• Instagram @readersofthelostartpod
• our website auntiny.com
• email us at [email protected]

Books mentioned:

• The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler
• The Moving Finger, by Agatha Christie
• The Queens of Crime, by Marie Benedict
• Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Phillip Hoose
• Just for the Summer, by Abby Jimenez

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Geoff the Podcast Anti cursed Rachel's mic, so we apologize for the sound issues.

Explorer's Log: the Patreon is still free and cool; Bobby promises not to say anything embarrassing in front of Penny when she meets her (this is foreshadowing); the truly astounding number of men who need help buying couches; the #1 minor league baseball mascot is Teddy Roosevelt, obviously; do not allow Rachel to lure you into the woods; Bobby kindly requests a Quinn-Nico-Alex buddy cop comedy; Rachel adds to her harem

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Next adventure embarks June 24: The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler

Resources:

• Preview of Golden Hour Pt. 3 by ATEEZ

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• Bluesky @readerspod
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• our website auntiny.com
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Books mentioned:

• The Wedding People by Alison Espach
• The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
• The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
• For She is Wrath by Emily Varga
• Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson
• The Nora Jacobs series by Jackie May
• The Seraph Black series by Jane Washington
• The Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• The King of Diamonds by Rena Pederson
• Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson

Explorer's Log: A. A. Milne, the humorist essayist; the Canadian confusion; the Detection Club; the Shawn Spencerification of the detective novel; Mark’s house parties; a strained relationship between brothers; Sherlock and Watson LARPing; ameatur hour; the one and only suspect; a secret tunnel; not solving for X; maybe Mark is also suspicious; committed to the bit; forensic dentistry; law corner; it is the journey, not the destination; eidetic memory; Twilight corner; double check your checklists;

Next Adventure embarks June 10: Love Hacked, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)
• Free copy of The Red House Mystery
• Lindsay Ellis Twilight video

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• Patreon @readersofthelostart
• Blusky @readerspod
• Instagram @readersofthelostartpod
• our website auntiny.com
• email us at [email protected]

Books mentioned:

• The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne
• The Queens of Crime, by Heather Terrell
• Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
• The Third Gilmore, by Kelly Bishop
• Love Hacked, by Penny Reid
• Happily Ever After Playlist, by Abby Jimenez
• Just for the Summer, by Abby Jimenez
• The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton
• Tex, S. E. Hinton
• Finale, by Stephanie Garber
• The Wedding People, by Alison Espach
• For She Is Wrath, by Emily Varga

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Explorer's Log: the Patreon is free and cool; the universe didn't want me to read this book; the Nico in the room; crochet is also an option; second chance romance; trauma from our teen years; 'real' music and emotions; the trickle down misogyny; modern modesty standards; the knitting circle expands; the hospital cast is pretty bad; casting our stories; a break for Reddit lore; Rachel casts her romantic lead

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Next adventure embarks May 29: The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne

Resources:

• Free copy of The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne
• Enough, by ATEEZ

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• Blusky @readerspod
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• our website auntiny.com
• email us at [email protected]

Books mentioned:

• Friends Without Benefits, by Penny Reid
• High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, by Amanda Ripley
• Funny Story, by Emily Henry
• Love and Other Words, by Christina Lauren
• Bab, a Sub Deb, by Mary Roberts Rinehart
• The Wishing Game, by Meg Shaffer
• Inheritance, by Nora Roberts
• A Study in Drowning, by Ava Reid
• The Third Gilmore, by Kelly Bishop
• Love Hacked, by Penny Reid
• The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne

Explorer's Log: E.C. Bentley and Chesterton; the Clerihew poem; Shawn Spencer vibes; bad Americans and the crazy stock market; the night Manderson died; Trent’s investigation and feelings for Mabel; the grand realization; Trent gets it wrong; racism corner; Couples big secret; all the crimes; when you go too far; art for art’s sake; our matrix is a disaster; politics corner

Next Adventure embarks May 13: Friends Without Benefits, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)
• Free copy of Trent’s Last Case
• The ‘Campden’ case
• Mortal Kombat’s best cuddler

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• Patreon @readersofthelostart
• Blusky @readerspod
• Instagram @readersofthelostartpod
• our website auntiny.com
• email us at [email protected]

Books mentioned:

• Dracula, by Bram Stocker
• High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, by Amanda Ripley
• Inheritance, by Nora Roberts
• The Gutenberg Parenthesis: the Age of Print and its Lessons for the Age of the Internet, by Jeff Jarvis
• Forget Me Not, by Julie Soto
• One of Us Is Dead, by Jeneva Rose
• Love and Other Words, by Christina Lauren
• Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales, by Heather Fawcett

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Explorer's Log: our newsletter is here; the safest and coziest vibes; modern day digital detox; the age of interconnecting romances; overcoming character flaws; money and secrets; classic nice guys; workplace shenanigans; our favorite characters; Bobby casts her perfect sibling and Rachel casts her wise mentor

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Next adventure embarks April 29: Trent’s Last Case, by E. C. Bently

Resources:

• Free copy of Trent’s Last Case
• Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra (podcast)

Find us:

• Patreon @readersofthelostart
• Blusky @readerpod
• Instagram @readersofthelostartpod
• our website auntiny.com
• email us at [email protected]

Books mentioned:

• Neanderthal Seeks Human, by Penny Reid
• Friends Without Benefits, by Penny Reid
• Funny Story, by Emily Henry
• High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, by Amanda Ripley
• The Crime Brûlée Bake Off, by Rebecca Connolly
• The Hannah Swensen series, by Joanne Fluke
• Legendary, by Stephanie Garber
• The Library of Shadows, by Rachel Moore
• Trent's Last Case, by E. C. Bently
• How Fascism Works, by Jason Stanley
• Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales, by Heather Fawcett