What Have You Been Reading?

We recorded this about a month ago - so sorry for the delay, but you know: life!

We talk matresses (all those stores are fronts, right?), soups, becoming desensitized in one's reading journey, and Alex is totally fine with her book club not reading her book.

And books!

Books discussed: 

Such Sharp Teeth, by Rachel Harrison

Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi

The Return, by Rachel Harrison

James, by Percival Everett

Just like Home, by Sarah Gailey

Whistler, by Ann Patchett

In this episode we rejoice at the coming cozy book and soup season. Our discussions run from cute stuff to deep stuff to gross cannibalism stuff.

Book List:

The Haar

Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Suffer the Children

Glow Job

Nothing Tastes as Good

Finding my Way

Hello guys! In this episode we talk tresses and stresses with a solution via beans. Alex gets a little personal about her peri breakdown at work, and we talk about some great reads!

Books discussed: 

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones

Take Me with You, by Steven Rowley

 Bless your Heart, by Lindy Ryan

Life and Death and Giants, by Ron Rindo

We Live Here Now, by Sarah Pinborough

Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins

Hey y'all! In this episode we dived into planned technological failure, bathroom stall choice etiquette, and fashion v utility. OH! And books. We also talked about books. Come with us as we gab about written journeys about: 
*girls that survived

*magical fevers and powers trading cards and also, there's a hot guy

*a creepy beauty cult with weird jellyfish

*oracles that drown and also, there's a hot guy

(haunted swedish meatballs and box furniture

*conquest and brutality

Book List: 

Final Girls by Riley Sager

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Rouge by Mona Awad

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

Music Credit: Good Times by Patrick Patrikios

Welcome, reader friends! We talk about all the amazing books our listeners are reading, which, let me say, it's SO FUN to look up and share out. So keep 'em coming! Alex shares her experience at a rainy day bookish event, and bestows a gift to Karla (which is yet to be delivered). We stayed pretty on topic this time (I think), so without further ado, here are the books we discussed:

• The Night We Became Strangers, by Lorena Hughes
• More Than Enough, by Anna Quindlen
• The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop, by Takuya Asakura
• The Strength of the Few, by James Islington
• Too Old for This, by Samantha Downing
• The Blanks, by Grady Hendrix
• Coffin Moon, by Keith Rosson
• The Haunting of Maddy Clare, by Simone St. James
• The Unseen, by Ania Ahlborn
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Music Credit: Patrick Patrikios

We have a guest editor for this episode, so huge shout out to Mike Armstrong (a fellow podcaster over at RoomRock) for helping us out with the audio edits on this episode!

Thank you also to our listeners who share what they're reading over on our IG account, so we can discuss and share those out - always great seeing and discussing what everyone is reading.

I hope ya'll are ready for another Karla & Alex rollercoaster! From immigration to kids and screen time, to embracing those DNF's, this episde has a little bit of everything. We touch on why women write male characters the way they do, and how we feel about this. We do some fact-checking on the history of the Panama Canal, so...you know...the more you know!

Books discussed:

• The Book Witch, by Meg Shaffer
• The Village Library Demon Hunting Society, by CM Waggoner
• The Gingerbread Bakery, by Laurie Gilmore
• The Unseen, by Ania Ahlborn
• Bumblee Season, by Eileen Garvin
• The Great Divide, by Cristina Henriquez
• The Lost Story, by Meg Shaffer
• Karla's DNF list: Manhunt, Just Another Missing Person, The God of the Woods, On Our Best Behavior, Gothikana

We open with donuts, and then take some pretty deep dives into topics we're not qualified to discuss, and make a small left turn to talk about hummingbirds. Karla falls off the edge, sword in hard, defending language; even though she constantly butchers it and can’t form a sentence- ha! She loves it from afar. We discuss social media and children, and verbal consent. If you're an expert in any of these areas, we'd love to hear from you! Alex also rejoices in some recent ARC acquisitions: celebrate good times, come on! Oh, and we talk about books!

Last House of Needless Street, by Catriona Ward

The Last Letter, by Rebecca Yarros

The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, by Laurie Gilmore

So Old, So Young, by Grant Ginder

When the Wolf Comes Home, by Nat Cassidy

The Violin Makers Secret, by Evie Woods

The Deep, by Nick Cutter

Edited by the amazing Kelly Shook

Music credit: Good Times - Patrick Patrikios

Folks, we're going international! At least with this episode's guest speaker location: Thank you to @flippin_pages10 for joining us all the way from Canada! Page joins us to talk about his monthly book project, so make sure you check out his Instagram page and join his monthly discussions.

Books discussed:

• An Evil Premise, by T. Marie Vandelly
• The Ruins, by Scott Smith
• Chasing Stardust, by Erica Lucke Dean
• Brimstone, by Callie Hart

And many, many more book references throughout our discussion.

Edit credit: Kelly Shook

Music credit: Apollo by Patrick Patrikios

Happy New Year Y'all! In this episode Karla basically becomes a QVC host slinging a previous beloved book: Slewfoot. And that's not even the book she's technically discussing- ha! Alex rejoices in good news for her and her fam (yay!). We finish up by recapping the previous year's faves.

Editing Credit: Kelly Shook

Music Credit: Bratt by Everet Almond

Hello guys! We're back after an unscheduled hiatus. We hope you missed us because we missed you! In this episode, we dive right in and tell you about a bunch of creeptastic and cutetastic books! Karla embodies Stefon from SNL in her description of her first book. Alex is not moved to agree to read it. Alex goes into a memory despair spiral and Karla internally wonders if she's a normal human during the Unworthy description. Guess what- we don't talk about food in this book as it pertains to our personal tastebuds- that might be a first. 

Books Discussed:

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, by Kylie Lee Baker

The Enchanted Greenhouse, by Sarah Beth Durst

Slewfoot by Brom

Big Nick Energy by Kristen Bailey (spoiler-ish alert)

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (spoiler alert)

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

Editing credit: Kelly Shook

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