In this episode we take a trip to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where we explore the world of hidden societies, really really dark magic, and a really strong, independent, badass woman in the form of Galaxy 'Alex' Stern. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo is a dark academia novel that takes us to a world many of us will never have the opportunity to discover for ourselves, and boy are we changed for it!

Please note there will be spoilers for Ninth House in this episode, and if you haven't read it yet we suggest you read it before you listen to this. 

Episode Timepoints:

00:00 - Introduction

00:36 - Life updates

01:45 - Intro to the book

03:16 - A bit about Leigh Bardugo

05:31 - Ninth House blurb

06:50 - A discussion of Ninth House

43:20 - TW: non-consensual sex

49:44 - Back to the discussion

01:03:33 - A little about our tattoos

01:12:00 - Back to the discussion

01:15:32 - The book we will be discussing next time

Books mentioned in this episode:

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Robert Langdon books by Dan Brown

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

The Matthew Corbett books by Robert McCammon

Links:

Leigh Bardugo on Goodreads

Leigh Bardugo on Instagram

Leigh Bardugo's website

Reading Materials on Goodreads

Lucia on Goodreads

Corrie on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!)

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