And we’re back! Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast season two! We’re catching you up on what we’ve been up to, talking about current events, and setting our goals for the new year! We have a ton in store for our second season, so stay tuned!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:00:30 - What’s new with everyone?

00:00:36 - Tessa’s Album Journey

00:07:40 - Books vs CDs

00:13:45 - Tabrizia went to London! (again)

00:17:28 - Whitney’s Bday!

00:20:55 - Twenty Sided Tavern

00:22:35 - Current Events - Luigi Mangione

00:36:48 - Evelyn has switched to Storygraph

00:42:10 - Tik Tok Ban

1:00:38 - Goals and Positivity in the New Year

It is our season finale, and we are closing out with the battle of the reading trackers! We are closing our inaugural season by comparing the two popular reading trackers: Goodreads and The Story Graph. We dive into these websites…but get sidetracked by other topics, of course. Which reading tracker will reign supreme? Listen to find out!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:01:49 - Reflection on Elections

00:13:05 - What’s everyone currently reading

00:13:20 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Chris

00:21:18 - Tabrizia reads a romance book! (Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards)

00:29:44 Steve Kornacki Pounded Enthusiastically By His Handsome Election Map by Chuck Tingle - Evelyn

00:32:03 - Kamisama Kiss aka Love will always be real - Tessa

00:39:18 - Motor Crush (reread) - Whitney

00:40:36 - Quick ComicCon seque

00:46:10 - The Friends of Stevie Derstler (starting) - Whitney

00:50:00 - Kodansha House Redux

00:55:00 - Chris’ Spider-man Rant

00:57:46 - Goodreads vs Story Graph

01:26:15 - Glasses Tangent

01:29:00 - We’re all getting old

01:34:45 - Closing Statements

01:48:53 - Holiday Plans

Episode 7 or That Halloween Episode! We sit down and talk about the various movies and books that spook us and give us chills…and in typical fashion go off the rails to discuss everything in between.

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Song used:

This Is Halloween by UNIVERSFIELD

From freemusicarchive.org

Image Credit: Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intros

00:00:50 - Spooky Levels

00:02:35 - Slasher Discourse

00:11:37 - Creepy Kids Discourse

00:26:28 - Gothic Horror and Psychological Thrillers (Tabrizia)

00:33:00 - All Horror Welcome (Evelyn)

00:34:24 - Movie/Shows Recommendations

00:35:46 - Tim Curry’s Criminal Minds episode, Possibly Disturbing (Whitney)

01:11:32 - Rosemary’s Baby and The Shining book vs film (Evelyn)

01:14:00 - Tabrizia and Tessa Prefer Reading / Book Recommendations

01:43:46 - NYC Halloween Parade

01:48:00 - NYC ComicCon!

01:52:25 - Outro