Explorer's Log: the reader’s road trip of a lifetime; Deanna rocks and has great book covers and a good social media presence—she’s just doing great; the cursed tomb and a stalking Anubis; Veronica and Stoker confront Stoker’s past; the missing diadem and photographer; the fabulous spy network built from relationships; hot air distractions; finding the Cletus; all the cliché quotes; the relationship shift

Next Adventure embarks March 17: Dating-Ish, by Penny Reid

• Episode 0 of Readers of the Lost Art Season 2 will drop march 24!
• Episode 1 will be out March 31st, and we will be discussing A Kingdom of Dreams, by Judith McNaught!

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Books mentioned:

• The Widow of Rose House, by Diana Biller
• Beard Science, by Penny Reid
• By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picoult
• Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You, by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynold
• A Perilous Undertaking, by Deanna Raybourn
• Alchemised, by by SenLinYu
• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry, by Paula Yoo
• Practice Makes Perfect, by Sarah Adams
• A Dangerous Collaboration, by Deanna Raybourn

Be the light.

Explorer's Log: We're back with the boys in Green Valley. This time it's Jethro's turn to find his happily ever after while we keep getting distracted by Billy and Cletus.

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Next adventure embarks February 24: A Treacherous Curse, by Deanna Raybourn

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Books mentioned:

• Beard Science by Penny Reid
• Happy Wife, by Meredith Lavendar & Kendall Shores
• Truth Witch, by Susan Denard
• Blackbirds in the Sky, by Brandy Colbert
• Death in the Jungle, by Candace Fleming
• The Knight and the Moth, by Rachel Gillig
• One Dark Window, by Rachel Gillig

Explorer's Log: what does it mean to feel pain; Louis’s sensibilities; the rules of detective fiction; the age of consumption; the missing heart; a poet’s crime; witchcraft and Artemis; Poe falls in love; Landor wastes time; the dinner party from hell; ice and zombies; what is a mystery; book rating make ups

Next Adventure embarks February 10: Grin and Beard It, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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Books mentioned:

• Hotel of Secrets, by Diana Biller
• Happy Wife, by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores
• A Curious Beginning, by Deanna Raybourn
• Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies, by R. RAETA
• The Unmaking of June Farrow: A Novel, by Adrienne Young
• The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley

Be the light.

Explorer's Log: Rachel's on a another quest, but this time there's food; mindless reading vs. mindful reading (both can be good!); the importance of stakes; using Penny to become better humans; telling vs. showing; Bobby comes back from a break sicker than ever and apparently can't stop banging on her desk/microphone (apologies all round)

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Next adventure embarks January 27: The Pale Blue Eye, by Louis Bayard

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Books mentioned:

• The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, by Ally Carter
• Good Spirits, by B. K. Borison
• Taking Flight, by Michaela DePrince
• Shark Heart, by Emily Habek
• Claws and Crochet, by Lauren Connolly

Explorer's Log: an example of a crack legal team; the state of the police; degrees of murder; the sad state of records on women writers; the Clerihew disaster; the death penalty window; defanging true crime; the annoying Texas Rory Gilmore; there is a garage somewhere but we don’t know where; the terrible state of media; history repeats itself; mark the first cousin; the death penalty thought experiment; Louise is born again; Addy’s three words; upsetting dead animal things; admitting what you’ve done; bearing witness to death;

Next Adventure embarks January 13: The Player and the Pixie, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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Books mentioned:

• The Ten: A memoir of Family and the Open Road, by E. A. Hanks
• The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, by Ally Carter
• Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• Shark Heart: A Love Story, by Emily Habeck

Be the light.

Explorer's Log: Rachel introduces her Dickens quest; Bobby wonders if perhaps we could let neurodivergent folks speak for themselves; we spend a great deal of this episode being mean to Greg (who deserves it); Dan forever coming in clutch; our game continues to be a bad idea

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Next adventure embarks December 30: The Red Scream, by Mary Willis Walker

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Books mentioned:

• Earl Crush, by Alexandra Vashti
• Emily Dickinson Is Dead, by Jane Langton
• The Amalfi Curse, by Sarah Penner
• Dark Lover, by J. R. Ward
• Lover Eternal, by J. R. Ward
• Lover Awakened, by J. R. Ward
• Lover Revealed, by J. R. Ward

Explorer's Log: Perhaps there was a flaw in our master plan; hard to know how this is a mystery when there's no mystery; do we ship Owen and Ellen? I don't think we do; who among us hasn't fantasized about eating four dozen doughnuts; Bobby never misses an opportunity to dunk on Lake Lanier; also she explains her deep-seated fear of water; there are Emily Dickinsons everywhere for those with eyes to see; Langton was absolutely saying something about beauty--we just aren't certain what that thing is

Next Adventure embarks December 23: The Player and the Pixie, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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Books mentioned:

• The Amalfi Curse, by Sarah Penner
• The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, by Carla Valentine
• Good Spirits, by B. K. Borison
• The Seven Year Slip, by Ashley Poston
• Geekerella, by Ashley Poston
• People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry

Be the light.

Explorer's Log: It cannot be denied that Duane is a dumbass (whom we love); Bobby feels personally victimized by Penny; we are picking up on confusing hints about Jethro's future story; in all things we must ask ourselves "What Would Cletus Do?"

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Next adventure embarks December 9: Emily Dickinson is Dead, by Jane Langton

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Books mentioned:

• Earl Crush, by Alexandra Vashti
• Manic Pixie Dream Earl, by Jenny Holiday
• Earl's Trip, by Jenny Holiday
• The Faithful Spy, by John Hendrix
• Dawn of Onyx, by Kate Golden
• Metal Slinger, by Rachel Schneider

Explorer's Log: We begin with news from the Louvre and some newsletter bts; Rachel's obsession with National Treasure; we yearn for a Penny mystery; Bobby reveals her hermit tendencies; we decide that Duane starts off on several wrong feet; Bobby continues to unpack her evangelical trauma

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Next adventure embarks November 25: Truth or Beard, by Penny Reid (pt. 2)

(Emily Dickinson is Dead, by Jane Langton will be coming out in early December.)

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Books mentioned:

• Heist Society series, by Ally Carter
• Gallagher Girls series, by Ally Carter

Explorer's Log: Due to a headphones issue, Bobby often speaks with the voice of god in this episode and she is very sorry for that; we still don't know what's going on with our newsletter; nothing Cordelia does makes any sense; a key to getting away with murder is to NOT hire a detective to solve your crime; because this book is so dull, we go on tortuous tangents about Taylor Swift and Borderlands 4

Next Adventure embarks November 11: Truth or Beard, by Penny Reid

Resources:

• Blank BINGO Board (pdf)

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Books mentioned:

• The Likeness, by Tana French
• Practice Makes Perfect, by Sarah Adams
• When in Rome, by Sarah Adams
• Famous Last Words, by Gillian McAllister
• For She is Wrath, by Emily Varga
• The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
• Bunny, by Mona Awad
• Swordheart, by T. Kingfisher
• Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden

Be the light.