⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀 Lindsay & Barbara dig into Dan Kois's funny and heartwarming tale of six paperboys navigating a haunted neighborhood. Featuring: Our family's hand-knitted Christmas stockings, a lint-clogged pee disaster, and shoving a magical troll (named "Shithead") into a waterproof backpack.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Rivers Solomon's harrowing tale of three Black siblings who return to their seemingly perfect suburban childhood home only to uncover a terrifying plot linked to their deepest childhood trauma. Featuring: Inoculation from sister meanness, crimes against exotic fish, and systemic US racism.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara recap Virginia Faito's delightfully despicable tale of a psychopathic Victorian governess and her murderous Christmastime rampage. Featuring: Lindsay's seasonal depression, swapping out a murdered baby for a new one, and ideal vs. actual nighttime routines.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Christopher Buehlman's gruesome medieval road trip through medival plauge-ridden France. Featuring: Barbara's new approach to sciatica, a smashed-up toe from the desk Olympics, and whether or not this book is the Bible.

⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Sarah Waters' gothic novel about a country doctor and his obsession with a big old house and its weird little ghost. Featuring: Barb's naked chicken knitted tank top, sex-energy-fuelled poltergeists, and toxic masculinity.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 READ THIS BOOK — if you dare! In this chilling episode, Lindsay & Barb dive into Josh Malerman's haunting tale of the terrors of parenthood, in which the world of eight-year-old Bella gets turned upside down by her demonic Other Mommy. Featuring: Technical difficulties, back-to-school shopping, and techniques to survive an eternity of torture.

⭐ / 💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Jennifer McMahon's underwhelming tale of intergenerational witch trauma and architectural salvage. Featuring: a soggy bog, whiny teen, and questionable building choices.

⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 WE'RE BACK! Lindsay & Barbara, your favorite scaredy-cat sisters, recap Adam Nevill's terrifying tale of taxidery theater puppets. Featuring: Sawdust bellies, childhood traumas, and a mummified lady in a glass coffin.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ / ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥Lindsay and Barbara recap the sequel to Emily Rath's Beautiful Things, in which we discover what becomes of Rosalie and the THREE men who love her and each other. Featuring: Words Our Mom Says, telling your boyfriend's best friends that you also want them to be your boyfriends, George's redemption, and WHO GOT SHOT!?

⭐⭐⭐⭐ / ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Emily Rath's Regency romance about a debt-hounded free spirit and the wealthy and handsome men who fall in love with her. Featuring: Lindsay's "Elderflonic," the reason our pockets are so small, and semi-confusing marriage machinations.