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Talking Gothic Horror with Erin A. Craig Oct 26, 2020

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Ep. #491 -- On today's episode, Jill sat down with author Erin A. Craig to talk about their shared love of Daphne Du Maurier's classic Rebecca and other Gothic horror novels.

Other books discussed in this episode:

Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

The Nesting by CJ Cook

The House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

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Nonfiction comics and illustrated memoirs Oct 22, 2020

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Ep. #490- Contrary to the recent opinion of S.E. Hinton, graphic novels rule and they are an incredible way to enjoy a story. Whether it's a re-imagining of an existing book or something created entirely out of artwork, all graphic novels and comics offer something unique and stunning. In this chat, Adam is joined by Kristin and Marie from the OverDrive Team of Librarians. They get into a bunch of nonfiction comics and graphic novels, touch on web comics they love, and get on a soapbox about how all reading formats are equally awesome.

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Books mentioned in today's episode

Something New by Lucy Knisley

Harrow County by Cullen Bunn

Kent State by Derf Backderf

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

Thornhill By Pam Smy

Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu

The Daughters of Ys By M. T. Anderson

The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado

The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming

White Bird by RJ Palacio

Crowded By Christopher Sebela

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Oak Flat By Lauren Redniss

The Best We Could Do By Thi Bui

Step Aside Pops by Kate Beaton

The Wanderer By Peter Van den Ende

Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen

What the Night Sings By Vesper Stamper

Big Mushy Happy Lump

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Eat, and Love Yourself By Sweeney Boo

Taproot By Keezy Young

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

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Interview with Ann Cleeves, author of The Darkest Evening Oct 19, 2020

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Ep. #489 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Ann Cleeves about her newest novel The Darkest Evening. They chat about Vera Stanhope's origins, the Agatha Christie style story she decided to write, and what inspires her to keep writing a novel a year for the last three decades.

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Maggie Stiefvater & Kami Garcia discuss their new DC Comics origin stories Oct 15, 2020

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Ep. #488- On today's episode, Adam interviews Maggie Stiefvater & Kami Garcia about their respective new origin story graphic novels for DC Comics. Both Maggie's Swamp Thing story Twin Branches and Kami's Teen Titans story Beast Boy are now available. They discuss why they choose the characters they did, body horror, botany, and a whole bunch more. This conversation was a delight and comic fans of all ages will adore these stories.

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V.E. Schwab returns to discuss The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Oct 12, 2020

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Ep. #487 - On today's episode, Adam chats with V.E. Schwab about her groundbreaking new novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. They discuss the ten years she worked on this story, what Addie means to her, spirituality, and much more. As is their now tradition, they end the episode exchanging book recommendations for themselves and their family members.

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Answering your book requests and recs based off classic horror stories! Oct 08, 2020

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Ep. #486 - On today's episode, Adam offers book recommendations from Twitter reader requests and then gets into some "Like this, read that!" style picks for all sorts of classic horror novels. There is something for everyone.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Based off Twitter requests:

Holly Zander - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid and When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey -

Parent Spiced Latte Pope Francis's new Encyclical letter "Fratelli Tutti"

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Mark Walker - A Song for A New Day, The Guest List, and Six of Crows were all good finds for me this year-

Alicia Rhiannan - said she loved Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas and Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

Roxanne - Asked for recommendations like the Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones -

Like this, read that! spooky recs:

Frankenstein -

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein By Kiersten White
MARY by Brea Grant

Dracula by Brom Stoker -

For fans of House of Leaves -

For Fans of Shirley Jackson

Witchy Reads

So you want a Lovecraft story without all the disgusting feelings that come with him…

The Ballad of Black Tom By Victor LaValle
The Croning By Laird Barron
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny

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Interview with Ken Follett, author of The Evening and the Morning Oct 05, 2020

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Ep. #485 - On today's episode, Adam is joined by Ken Follett, #1 New York Times best selling author of The Evening and the Morning. Ken's books have sold 170+ million copies around the world and created generations of fans of his Kingsbridge series. They discuss his incredibly in depth research process, his fascination with the dark ages, and much more.

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Tis' time for our October books preview! Oct 01, 2020

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Ep. #484 - Welcome all ye goblins, ghouls, witches, and whatnots! The spooky season has officially arrived and you know what that means... It's our monthly book preview for OCTOBER!

Books mentioned in this episode

A Wild Winter Swan By Gregory Maguire

Shit, Actually By Lindy West

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V. E. Schwab

The Searcher By Tana French

Leave the World Behind By Rumaan Alam

Black Sun By Rebecca Roanhorse

Magic Lessons By Alice Hoffman

Spoiler Alert By Olivia Dade

The Once and Future Witches By Alix E. Harrow

Plain Bad Heroines By emily m. danforth

Eventide By Sarah Goodman

The Hollow Places By T. Kingfisher

Ring Shout By P. Djèlí Clark

Wild Fell By Michael Rowe

She Come by It By Sarah Smarsh

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Interview with Sara Faring, author of White Fox Sep 28, 2020

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Ep. #483 - On today's episode, Adam catches up with his good buddy Sara Faring! Sara's first book The Tenth Girl was a masterpiece and her new book White Fox is more of the same perfection. They discuss voyeurism vs. exhibitionism, how we show ourselves to the world, the hardest parts of writing this book and the message of hope she wants readers to get after reading it.

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Be my escape Sep 24, 2020

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Ep. #482 - On today's episode, Adam shares a bunch of book recommendations to escape the everyday stresses of life and (gestures broadly) all of this.

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Return to series you know and love in a brand new way:

The Lord of the Rings (FULL CAST DRAMATIZATION)

His Dark Materials (FULL CAST DRAMATIZATION),

The Chronicles of Narnia ( NARRATED BY KENNETH BRANAGH)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (NARRATED BY TIM CURRY)

For Fans of Ready Player One - Otherworld series by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

For fans of alternate universes - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

For those who miss big cities - Lillian Boxfish takes a walk by Kathleen Rooney

Fairy tale fans

Uprooted by Naomi Novik