Bonus Episode!

Ryan sat down remotely with debut author, Alexis Henderson, to chat about her diverse, feminist fantasy novel, THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING!

The Year of the Witching (Libro.fm)

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Audio excerpted courtesy Penguin Random House Audio from The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson, read by Brianna Colette.

Apparently summer is a great time to read horror novels because our hosts have been devouring a lot of spooky books this month!

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Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark

You Should See Me In A Crown - Leah Johnson (Libro.fm) 

Wonderland - Zoje Stage (Libro.fm) 

Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage (Libro.fm)

Home Before Dark - Riley Sager (Libro.fm)  

B*WITCH by Paige McKenzie & Nancy Ohlin (Libro.fm) 

Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso

The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (Libro.fm) 

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes - Elissa R. Sloan (September 1, 2020) (Libro.fm) 

Utopia Avenue - David Mitchell (Libro.fm) 

Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Libro.fm) 

Axiom’s End - Lindsay Ellis (Libro.fm) 

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green (Libro.fm) 

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor - Hank Green (Libro.fm)

Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary

The Biggest Bluff - Maria Konnikova (Libro.fm) 

Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Libro.fm) 

The Confidence Game (Libro.fm) 

Sisters in Hate - Seyward Darby (Libro.fm)

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Libro.fm) 

The Cold Millions - Jess Walter (October 6, 2020) (Libro.fm) 

Too Much and Never Enough - Mary Trump (Libro.fm) 

The Year of the Witching (Libro.fm) 

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Libro.fm) 

The Once and Future Witches (October 13, 2020)

Survivor Song (Libro.fm) 

The Cabin at the End of the World (Libro.fm) 

A Head Full of Ghosts (Libro.fm) 

Growing Things (Libro.fm) 

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock (Libro.fm) 

The Return (Libro.fm) (Paperback Edition - October 6, 2020) 

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Bonus Episode! Ryan and Elisabeth sat down with Hank Green to chat about his books, AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING (Ryan's favorite book of 2018), and the newly released sequel, A BEAUTIFULLY FOOLISH ENDEAVOR!

Keep listening after the interview to hear Ryan and Elisabeth fangirl just a little bit as they debrief about the interview and Hank's books!

Enjoy! 

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (Libro.fm)

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (Libro.fm)

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As we wrap up the month of June, Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso chat about what they've been reading recently, and celebrate some of their recent favorite LGBTQIA+ books!

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Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green (Libro.fm)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab (10/06/2020) (Libro.fm)

A Song Below Water - Bethany C. Morrow (Libro.fm)

Black Flamingo - Dean Atta (Libro.fm)

Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo (Libro.fm)

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender (Libro.fm)

Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith (Libro.fm)

The Extraordinaries - TJ Klune (Libro.fm)

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (Libro.fm) 

Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett (Libro.fm)

Afterland - Lauren Beukes (07/28/2020) (Libro.fm)

These Women - Ivy Pochoda (Libro.fm)

Mem - Bethany C. Morrow (Libro.fm)

Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs - Jennifer Finney Boylan (Libro.fm)

Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso

Bunny - Mona Awad (Libro.fm)

Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie (Libro.fm)

Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth (10/20/2020) (Libro.fm)

Under the Rainbow - Celia Laskey (Libro.fm)

The Fell of Dark - Caleb Roehrig (07/14/2020) 

The Bright Lands - John Fram (07/07/2020) (Libro.fm)

Boys of Alabama - Genevieve Hudson (Libro.fm)

The Story So Far - Jane Eklund 

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It's the Clinterview!

Ryan sat down remotely with Clint McElroy to chat about The Adventure Zone Graphic Novels!

https://www.themcelroy.family/theadventurezone

Carey Pietsch

Stories from your Gaffer

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In this episode, Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso share a few recommendations for books by and about Black folx.

In the show notes, please find links to resources for supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement, supporting Black Trans Lives, Black-Owned Bookstores, Black-Led Podcasts, and more.

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Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (Libro.fm)

The Only Black Girls in Town - Brandy Colbert (Libro.fm)

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin (Libro.fm)

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid (Libro.fm)

Saturday - Oge Mora (Libro.fm)

Ada Twist, Scientist - Andrea Beaty (Libro.fm)

Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - Frederick Douglass (Libro.fm)

12 Years a Slave - Solomon Northrup (Libro.fm)

Beloved - Toni Morrison (Libro.fm)

Kindred - Octavia Butler (Libro.fm)

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin (Libro.fm)

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nahisi Coates (Libro.fm)

Citizen - Claudia Rankine (Libro.fm)

White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo (Libro.fm)

How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi (Libro.fm)

Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X Kendi (Libro.fm)

Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad (Libro.fm)

Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso

Real Life - Brandon Taylor (Libro.fm)

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin - Roseanne A. Brown (Libro.fm)

Here For It - R. Eric Thomas (Libro.fm)

Wow, No Thank You - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)

Meaty - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)

PODCASTS

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Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso have each been dealing with some level of Quarantine Brain Fog, and they've got some helpful tips for getting back your reading spark!

Plus, updates from the Bookstore!

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Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (Libro.fm)

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Libro.fm)

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Libro.fm)

• The Staten Island Twitter Thread

Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (Libro.fm)

Chanel’s Riviera by Anne De Courcy (Libro.fm)

 by Francesca Wade (Libro.fm)

 by Lewis Dartnell (Libro.fm)

The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen (Libro.fm)

Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (9.15.2020)

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Libro.fm)

The Fifth Season (Libro.fm)

The Obelisk Gate (Libro.fm)

The Stone Sky (Libro.fm)

Hillary's Conversation with Jessica Anthony! 

Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony (Libro.fm)

Ryan, Kelso, Elisabeth, Jo, Rachael, Abby, and Paula connect remotely over Zoom to party like introverts: stay at home and talk about books!

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Rachael, Wellesley Books (twitter.com/rachael_conrad )

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Libro.fm)

Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernandez (Libro.fm)

Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm)

Ryan, Gibson's Bookstore (instagram.com/momerathsreads)

The Return by Rachel Harrison (Libro.fm)

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy (Libro.fm)

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Libro.fm)

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (Libro.fm)

Abby, The Briar Patch (twitter.com/abbythecleric; instagram.com/booksellersandbrews)

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Libro.fm)

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (Libro.fm)

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Libro.fm)

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (Libro.fm)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Libro.fm)

Jo, Gibson's Bookstore (twitter.com/joswense; instagram.com/joswensereads)

The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith (Libro.fm)

Kelso, Gibson's Bookstore (instagram.com/biblio_reckah) 

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan (Libro.fm)

Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey (Libro.fm)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Libro.fm)

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (Libro.fm)

Elisabeth, Gibson's Bookstore (instagram.com/does.it.have.a.dragon)

The Friend Zone by Abby Jiminez (Libro.fm)

The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jiminez (Libro.fm)

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (Libro.fm)

Paula, Minot Sleeper Library (facebook.com/minotsleeperlibrary; instagram.com/minotsleeperlibrary)

Circe by Madeline Miller (Libro.fm)

Stand Still and Stay Silent by Minna Sunberg (Published Independently)

Other Links

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It's a social distancing episode!

Ryan, Kelso, and special guest Elisabeth, remotely recorded this episode about how they discover new books to share with all of you!

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Elisabeth

A WITCH IN TIME by Constance Sayers (Libro.fm)

JOY AT WORK by Marie Kondo (April 7, 2020) (Libro.fm)

INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab (October 6, 2020) (Libro.fm)

THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET by Becky Chambers (Libro.fm)

ZED by Joanna Kavenna (Libro.fm)

THE DISASTERS by M.K. England (Libro.fm)

IMAGINARY FRIEND by Stephen Chbosky (Libro.fm)

SWORD IN THE STARS by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy (April 7, 2020) (Libro.fm)

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Libro.fm)

THE NEED by Helen Phillips (Libro.fm)

ASK AGAIN YES by Mary Beth Keane (Libro.fm)

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Ryan

Disney’s Land - Richard Snow (Libro.fm) 

Pride - Ibi Zoboi (Libro.fm) 

The Unwilling - Kelly Braffet (Libro.fm) 

An Unkindness of Magicians - Kat Howard (Libro.fm) 

Little Weirds - Jenny Slate (Libro.fm) 

The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster (Libro.fm) 

Kelso

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan (Libro.fm) 

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers - Jenn Shapland  

Fresh Water for Flowers - Valérie Perrin 

 

Hillary

Enter the Aardvark - Jessica Anthony (Libro.fm) (03/24/2020)

Survivor Song - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm) (07/07/2020)

A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm)

The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm)

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm)

Bird Box - Josh Malerman (Libro.fm)

You Let Me In - Camilla Bruce (Libro.fm) (04/21/2020) 

Who Is Vera Kelly? - Rosalie Knecht (Libro.fm)

 

Splintered - A.G. Howard (Libro.fm)

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik (Libro.fm)

Winterspell - Claire Legrand 

Egg & Spoon - Gregory Maguire (Libro.fm)

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries 

• *(George Wickham, Ryan. You’re thinking of George Wickham)*

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen (Libro.fm)  

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald  

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (Libro.fm)

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (Libro.fm) 

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Libro.fm)

• (Ryan owns a lot of copies of Alice)

William Shakespeare (Libro.fm)

Gibson's Book Club Discusses "Semicolon"

Open Discussion Project: Talking to Strangers

Chris Bohjalian Presents "The Red Lotus"

Erik Larson Presents "The Splendid and the Vile" (Ticketed)