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Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.

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Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.

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Hi, Should-Heads! It's the Halloween season, and you know what that means: Kelly is talking nonstop about all things horror (even more than usual). Join us on a Stockholm syndrome ride from here to November 1.

 Follow What You Should Read:
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Goodreads:             https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115539912-what-you-should-read-podcast
YouTube:             https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfNtid_b0R14otSPRZTkmQ
www.whatyoushouldread.com

Get two books for the price of one with a new membership to Libro.fm! Use the promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD and get two books for $14.99. Best of all, your indie bookstore will also benefit; just select your favorite bookstore when you sign up. 

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Hi, Should-Heads! It's our last full episode before Halloween, but don't worry we have more of 13 days of Kellowe'en ahead!  Today we're joined by our friend Kim to chat about our favorite vampire books. Why are we so into these books? And why is blood-drinking so...hot? (At least sometimes.)

Currently reading: 

Julia: Book slump 
Kelly: The Man and His Nightmares (a biography of Wes Craven by John Wooley)
Rachael: Perfect Life (Jessica Shattuck)
Book News: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sue-grafton-alphabet-novels-television-adaptation-1235028200/ 

Recent acquisitions: 

Julia: none  
Kelly: State of Terror (Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny), Frankie & Bug (Gayle Forman), Tonight We Rule the World (Zack Smedley) and Payback's a Witch (Lana Harper) 
Rachael: The Matzah Ball (Jean Meltzer), The Tea Dragon Society (Kay O'Neill) and The Storm of Echoes (Christelle Dabos)

Vampire books:

Kim: A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) and A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)

Julia: The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova) and Fledgling (Octavia Butler)

Kelly: The Lost Girls (Sonia Hartl) and All These Bodies (Kendare Blake)

Rachael: The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova), Serena (Ron Rash), Sadie (Courtney Summers), The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)

Other books/movies discussed: Salem's Lot, Twilight, Interview with the Vampire, The Lost Boys, Fright Night

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Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to more 13 Days of Kelloween! Today is a contentious episode as Kelly discusses why Hocus Pocus is not a good movie. Or a fun movie. Other movies mentioned: Beetlejuice, Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Now & Then, Casper, The Sandlot).

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Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to more 13 Days of Kelloween! Kelly's got her favorite horror reads of 2021. Books mentioned: Ski Weekend (Rektok Ross), Small Town Monsters (Diana Rodriguez Wallach) and Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar).

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Hi, Should-Heads! Welcome to more 13 Days of Kelloween! We're joined by Kelly's friend and Press Play and Scream podcast cohost Joshua Bermont to discuss horror as metaphor. Movies mentioned: Candyman, Get Out, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, People Under the Stairs and Music of the Heart.

Press Play and Scream Twitter: https://twitter.com/PressPlayScream 

Joshua Bermont Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaBermont 

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Oh, Should-Heads! Today is Kelly's favorite episode. We discuss movies that Julia and Rachael will likely never see: James Wan's newest feature Malignant and Hell House, LLC. Other films discussed include The Exorcist and its sequels and prequels. We are thrilled as always to be joined by The Other Mrs. Miller author Allison Dickson (aka our Steve Martin of the podcast). 

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Hi, Should-Heads! We're back in Castle Rock to discuss Kelly's favorite author, Stephen King.

Books Mentioned: Pet Sematary, Bag of Bones, IT, Firestarter, Carrie, Under the Dome, Salem's Lot, The Stand and The Dark Tower series.

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Welcome to another 13 Days of Kelloween! Today, we're discussing witches and the books that make us love them...with author Erin Sterling! We loved Ex Hex and so we're very excited to get more witchy recs.

Books mentioned: The Witching Hour (Anne Rice), The Witch's Daughter (Paula Brackston), Garden Spells (Sarah Addison Allen) and Sanctuary (V.V. James)

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