MILESTONE CELEBRATION! We're so excited to share our tenth episode with you. We share what listeners are reading across THE WORLD, we talk about our buddy reads and announce our next buddy reads, and get deep into all the books we've been reading lately. Alex confesses to being a hypocrite when it comes to DNF'ing a book, and Karla enlightens us on croisssant lamps (pun intended).

Books discussed: Cinnamon Bun Book Shop, by Laurie Gilmore

Same As It Ever Was, by Claire Lombardo

Incidents Around the House, by Josh Malerman

The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett

We Used to Live Here, by Marcus Kliewer

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel, by Elyssa Friedland

Ask for Andrea, by Noelle West Ihli What others are reading:

• Apprentice to the Villain
• Iron Gold (Red Rising series), by Pierce Brown
• Real-time read of Discovery of Witches
• The Sicilian Inheritance
• Mad Honey
• Until you Found Me
• Liar's Beach
• The Sundown Motel
• Oracle
• You are Here
• It Ends with Us
• Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
• The Hobbit
• Page Boy

Editing credit: Kelly Shook Music credit: Sunset Dream by Cheel

In this episode we try to charm you, the listener, to listen to us more. We talk about DNFs and a book that was bad but we got a term we love out of it. Alex discusses The Will of the Many, a 5 star book and Karla does a PSA. We get into a sensitive subject while chatting about Gone with the Wind after talking about miscommunications and sticking with books that aren't enjoyable. Alex is thwarted in her attempt to read the follow up of House in the Cerulean Sea and we have a callback to a podcast favorite: The Assistant to the Villain.

Books discussed or mentioned:

The Will of the Many by James Islington

The Wedding Engagement by Zoe Allison

Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Nuclear War by Annie Jacobson

Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Editing Credit: Kelly Shook

Music Credit: Good Times by Patrick Patrikios

Welcome to Episode 8! We covered lots of ground in this episode: we shared what followers/listeners are reading, talked about our buddy read books and announced new buddy reads. In sharing what we've been reading, we discuss eucalyptus obsessions, serial killers, states vs. U.S. territories, revolutions, not trusting handsome men, and ponder the purpose of life and whether we all have a higher purpose. This episode is a wild and glorious ride! Books discussed or mentioned:

• Olga Dies Dreaming, by Xochitl Gonzalez
• The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
• The Lost Bookshop, by Evie Woods
• The Perfect Son, by Frieda McFadden
• Defending Jacob, by William Landay
• The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner
• Ask for Andrea, by Noelle West Ihli
• The Boy In the Iron Box short stories, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
• Magic Hour, by Kristen Hannah

Editing Credit: Kelly Shook

Music Credit: Apollo by Patrick Patrikios

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