Your Bookstore Besties

Rachele and Becky catch up in this episode and discuss the new movie Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, their Podcast Wrapped stats, and play a game of fantasy madlibs.

All the books we mentioned:

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarrows

Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarrows

The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins

Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa

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Becky and Daniel discuss Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games universe in a spoilery way.

On this episode, Rachele and Becky play two rounds of Literary Balderdash with their two guests: Sara Crawford and Athena Varvarezis.

You can learn more about author Sara Crawford at https://saracrawford.net/. You can follow Athena Varvarezis on instagram @proudvictimoffiction.

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Becky annoys Rachele with her last five reads.

All the books we mentioned:

The Woman in Me | Britney Spears

One of us is Dead | Geneva Rose

Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Cruel Prince | Holly Black

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid

One True Loves | Taylor Jenkins Reid

Killers of the Flower moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI | David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder | David Grann

Iron Flame | Rebecca Yards

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Becca Frankel guest hosts for our discussion on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.

All the books we mentioned:

Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson

The Lottery | Shirley Jackson

Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier

Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling

Home Before Dark | Riley Sager

The Last September | Elizabeth Bowen

My Cousin Rachel | Daphne du Maurier

Carmilla | Sheridan Le Fanu

Uncle Silas | Sheridan Le Fanu

Her Body and Other Parties | Carmen Maria Machado

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Rachele and Becky chat with author Natalie Lloyd about reading, writing, and the magic of stories.

All the books we mentioned:

The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson

Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak

Once Upon a Time in the Meadow | Rose Selarose

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis

Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd

Matilda | Roald Dahl

The Witches | Roald Dah

The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin

The Babysitter’s Club | Ann M. Martin

Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Avi

The Passage | Justin Cronin

Game of Thrones | George R. R. Martin

Shark Heart | Emily Habeck

The Secret Book of Flora Lea | Patti Callahan Henry

It | Stephen King

Colton Gentry's Third Act: A Novel | Jeff Zentner

Dead Silence | SA Barnes

Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert

The 100 | Kass Morgan

Silverswift | Natalie Lloyd

Ghosts of Racho Espanto | Adrianna Cuevas

The Witching Wind | Natalie Lloyd

Natalie’s Socials

instagram: @NatalieLloydBooks

X: @NatalieLloydAuthor

website: NatalieLloyd.com

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We discuss our witchy book recommendations.

All the books we mentioned:

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

Grey | E L James

Twilight | Stephenie Meyer

Midnight Sun | Stephenie Meyer

Akata Witch | Nnedi Okorafor

Akata Warrior | Nnedi Okorafor

Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi

Circe | Madeline Miller

Beyond the Wand | Tom Felton

The Witches | Roald Dahl

Go Hex Yourself | Jessica Clare

The Ex Hex Rachel Hawkins

Not the Witch You Wed | April Asher

The Mercies | Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic | Emily Croy Barker

Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Maniscalco

Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco

The Witch Collector | Charissa Wears

A Discovery of Witches | Deborah Harkness

The Moon Cycle Cookbook: A Holistic Nutrition Guide for a Well-Balanced Menstrual Cycle | Jenna Radomski and Devon Loftus

The very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping | Sangu Mandanna

Serpent & Dove | Shelby Mahurin

What the Hex | Jessica Clare

Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson

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The bookstore besties catch up after Rachele’s bachelorette party and then try to figure out what’s going on with the unnamed Fourth Wing book.

All the books we mentioned this episode:

All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr

Starling House | Alix E. Harrow

Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros

A Snicker of Magic | Natalie Lloyd

The Key to Extraordinary | Natalie Lloyd

Over the Moon | Natalie Lloyd

The Problim Children

Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd

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Rachele and Best chat about upcoming books they want to read.

All the books we mentioned:

The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris

All The light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Halloween Party | Agatha Christie

Exorcist | William Peter Beatty

Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann

Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Grams

Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe

Good Omens | Neil Gaiman

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl

The Color purple | Alice Walker

Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

Starling House | Alix E. Harrow

Home Before Dark | Ruth Ware

Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware

Death of Mrs. Westaway | Ruth Ware

Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier

Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling

Moon of the Crusted Snow | Waubgeshig Rice

Moon of the Turning Leaves | Waubgeshig Rice

Of Gods and Gangsters | Jonathan Thompson

Throne of the Fallen | kerri Maniscalco

The Woman in Me | Britney Spears

Sword Catcher | Cassandra Clare

The Fury | Alex Michaelides

Pomegranate Gate | Ariel Kaplan

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On this episode, the Besties invite a new Bestie Bert on to discuss books!

All the books we mentioned:

Zero Days | Ruth Ware

Foxglove King | Hannah Whitten

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon | Kimberly Lemming

Gearbreakers | Zoe Hana Mikuta

Red Rising | Pierce Brown

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson

The Only Good Indians | Stephen Graham Jones

The Hacienda | Isabel Canas

Home Before Dark | Riley Sager

Death of Mrs. Westaway | Ruth Ware

One by One | Ruth Ware

Hatchet | Gary Paulsen

The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover |  Jon Stone

The Rough-Face Girl | Rage Martin

A Bad Case of Stripes | David Shannon

No, David | David Shannon

Brian’s Winter | Gary Paulsen

Brian’s Hunt | Gary Paulsen

Strawberry Girl | Lois Lens

Twilight | Stephanie Meyer

All Good People Here | Ashley Flowers

Wrong Place, Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister

Jitterbug Perfume | Tom Robbins

Skinny Legs and All | Tom Robbins

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