It's Disability Pride Month! Our second read is Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk trauma, transformations, and teeth.

Content warnings: Parent death, matricide/patricide, the appocalypsem, ecoterrorism, discussion of religion, religious trauma/abuse and indoctrination, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, genocide, pandemic, virus and infection, gore, body horror, institutional corruption and conspiracy, capitalism, existentialism, murder, infanticide, chronic illness and pain, body and corpse mutilation.

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It's Disability Pride Month! Our first read is Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, chosen by Sorren and guest India. Let's talk mother-daughter dynamics, middle-child syndrome, and murderous women.

Content warnings: References to PTSD, war, human sacrifice, disordered eating, manipulation, suicide, and parental death.

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India's blog, IndiaReadsALot, can be found here. You can also find her on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.

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It's moist month at The Hidden Bookcase. Our second read is Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk magic as metaphor, main characters we can't choose between, and making gender forecasts.

Content warnings: Discussions of misgendering, bullying (with transphobic, racist, and ableist connotations), and internalised ableism.

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It's moist month at The Hidden Bookcase (sorry). Our first read is Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield chosen by Morgan. Let's talk convincing characters, current horror trends, and crushing pressure.

Content warnings: Discussions of death, grief, loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, infanticide, drowning, murder, body horror, eye horror, health anxiety, claustrophobia, flaying, the pandemic (including lockdowns).

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading cosy fantasy. Our third and final read is Wyngraf's 2023 Cozy Fantasy Romance Special by Catherine Yeates and Julie Bozza, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk sieges, stylistic preferences, and subgenre specifics.

Content warnings: References to murder, corpses, sieges, and genocide.

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading cosy fantasy. Our second read is The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, chosen by Morgan, and guest Jenn Collignon. Let's talk witchlings, whimsy, and what cosy fantasy really means.

Content warnings: References to murder, child abuse, grief, and domestic violence.

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You can find Jenn's cosy fantasy novel, A Second Story, here. The Shared Shelf is available on her YouTube channel. For her other socials, including her TikTok, Instagram, and GoodReads, click here.

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading cosy fantasy. Our first read is Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, a new read from Morgan and Sorren's shared TBR pile. Let's talk pacing, pacifism, and protective pet cats.

Content warnings: Refrences to stalking, organised crime, extortion, arson, and corrupt police forces.

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It's Evelyn month at The Hidden Bookcase. Our second read is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, recommended by guest Issy Kenny-Herbert. Let's talk stereotype, sentimentality and bisexuality.

Content warnings: References to cancer, terminal illness, fatal car accidents, internalised racism, homophobia, the AIDs crisis, biphobia, domestic abuse, and racism.

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It's Evelyn month at The Hidden Bookcase. Our first read is The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk lit vs genre fiction, time loops, and losing your individuality.

Content warnings: References to fatphobia, classism, violence, murder, suicide, firearms, drug use, police brutality, rape and sexual assault.

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This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading sequels. For our second read, guest Zoey Davis returns to discuss Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, book two of The Locked Tomb trilogy and sequel to Gideon the Ninth. Let's talk colour usage, characterful conversations, and cannibalistic chowder.

Content warnings: References to cannibalism, gore, self-surgery, gaslighting, hallucinations, child death, and religious trauma. Joking references to necrophilia.

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You can find Zoey Davis' work over on The [Listless] Network, including trans anthology show Tranthologies. More information about upcoming horror anthology podcast is available @WhitmanSonsPod on Twitter. You can follow Zoey on Twitter @zoey_wav or on Instagram at @zoey.wav.

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