Episodes
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Welcome to the first episode of 2024!
O'Dell shares his high-level thoughts on all of the books that he read in January including a few ARCS of February releases. He then shares a few books that release in February that he is looking forward to and gives a look at which books are on his February TBR.
Books reviewed include:
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston In Memoriam by Alice Winn House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody The Fury by Alex Michaelides Where You End by Abbot Kahler Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander Hard Girls by J. Robert Lennon The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan LoveAll music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound: Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Forever Wild by Nahra (My Month in Reading) Higherberries by Oomiee (What's coming in February) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out) -
We survived 2023! And I read a ton of books (168 to be exact.)
Today I'll take a look back at some of my reading accomplishments from this past year, share my top 10 4-star books and then share my top 10 (all 5-star reads) of the year and reveal my top book of the year.
I close out with my thoughts on some of the January ARCs that I've read and some of the reading challenges I'm taking part in for 2024.
Chapters:
00:54 - Welcome, What's Up and Changes Ahead 03:10 - Reading accomplishments 05:59 - Top 10 4-star reads 12:28 - Top 10 reads of 2023 and a few honorable mentions 21:31 - Thoughts on a few January releases 26:16 - 2024 Releases I'm looking forward to 27:16 - My 2024 reading challengesAll music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro)
Burned Books by Craft Case
Premature by Martin Moses
Writings on the Wall by Alex Shayne
Bedroom by Loving Caliber
Caught in a Motion by Maiwan (Play out)
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Episodes manquant?
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
This week he shares his thoughts on Tananarive Due's The Reformatory, Sophie Cousens' The Good Part, Ella Berman's Before We Were Innocent, Erika Johansen's The Kingdom of Sweets, and Brian McAuley's Candy Cain Kills.
Chapters:
02:09 - New Releases 04:18 - Review: The Reformatory 10:18 - Review: The Good Part 15:30 - Review: Before We Were Innocent 20:00 - Review: Kingdom of Sweets 24:47 - Review: Candy Cain KillsAll music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro)
Solitude in Motion by Golden Age Radio (New releases)
Piecing Together the Past by Jon Bjork (The Reformatory)
She Brought the Light by Heath Cantu (The Good Part)
Life Chronicles by Francis Wells (Before We Were Innocent)
A Winter's Night by Etienne Roussel (The Kingdom of Sweets)
Goth Christmas by par (Candy Cain Kills)
Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
This week he shares his thoughts on Emily Stone's Always in December, Kerry Winfrey's Faking Christmas, Alison Cochran's Kiss Her Once for Me, and Emily Stone's Love, Holly.
Chapters:
02:24 - Review: Always, in December
06:41 - Review: Faking Christmas
11:32 - Review: Kiss Her Once For Me
16:19 - Review: Love, Holly
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Ennio Mano (New releases)
Silent Night by Megan Wofford (Always, in December)
Going Home for Christmas by Home for the Holidays (Faking Christmas)
Jingle Bells by Megan Wofford (Kiss Her Once for Me)
A Christmas Miracle by One Man Quartet (Love, Holly)
Let it Snow by Wildson feat. LaKesha Nugent (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
This week he shares his thoughts on Cesca Major's Maybe Next Time, Hannah Morrisey's When I'm Dead, Becca Freeman's The Christmas Orphan's Club, and B.K. Borison's Lovelight Farms.
Chapters:
01:17 - New Releases
03:15 - Review: Maybe Next Time
09:53 - Review: When I'm Dead
13:47 - Review: The Christmas Orphans Club
18:21 - Review: Lovelight Farms
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro)
Drama on Christmas by Auxjack (New releases)
Forgotten Tears by Magnus Ringblom (Maybe Next Time)
Final Examination by Jay Varton (When I'm Dead)
The First Fall of Snow by Johannes Bornloff (Christmas Orphans Club)
Christmas Snow by Mike Franklyn (Lovelight Farms)
Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
This week he shares his thoughts on Maureen Kilmer's Suburban Hell, Abigail Johnson's Every Time You Go Away, Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient, and Bryan Washington's Family Meal.
Chapters:01:29 - New Releases
04:34: Review: Suburban Hell
08:46 - Review: Every Time You Go Away
13:09 - Review: The Silent Patient
17:52 - Review: Family Meal
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro)
Distant Skyline by Chill Cole (New releases)
The Friendly Ghost by Arthur Benson (Suburban Hell)
Once in a Life by Howard Harper-Barnes (Every Time You Go Away)
Low on Drama by Craft Case (The Silent Patient)
Be So Easy by Jay Varton (Family Meal)
Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
This week he shares his thoughts on Terri Parlato's What Waits in the Woods, Rachel Harrison's Black Sheep, Megan Goldin's The Night Swim and Kia Abdullah's Perfectly Nice Neighbors.
Chapters:
01:29 - New Releases 04:28 - Review: What Waits in the Woods 09:50 - Review: Black Sheep 14:45 - Review: The Night Swim 19:50 - Review: Perfectly Nice Neighbors
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Remote Presence by Baron Grand (New releases) Quietly Tense by Marten Moses (What Waits in the Woods) Evil Aliens by Mike Franklyn (Black Sheep) Grim Reality by Marten Moses (The Night Swim) Ridges by Harbours & Oceans (Perfectly Nice Neighbors) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:48 - New Releases 03:39 - Review: Wellness 09:46 - Review: Starling House 15:06 - Review: The Curse of Penryth Hall 20:04 - Review: Rouge
This week he shares his thoughts on Nathan Hill's Wellness, Alix E. Harrow's Starling House, Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall and Mona Awad's Rouge.
Chapters:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Electric Pulses by Nalad (New releases) Well Then Goodbye (Wellness) Black Shadow by Jay Varton (Starling House) Travels in Time by Experia (The Curse of Penryth Hall) Poison Tea by Farrell Wooten (Rouge) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:17 - New Releases 04:37 - Review: Midnight is the Darkest Hour 09:01 - Review: Mother-Daughter Murder Night 13:14 - Review: Maeve Fly 18:18 - Review: Pritty
This week he shares his thoughts on Ashley Winstead's Midnight is the Darkest Hour, Nina Simon's Mother-Daughter Murder Night, CJ Leede's Maeve Fly and Keith F. Miller Jr's Pritty.
Chapters:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Zero Pressure by Chill Cole (New releases) Worst of Me by Superintendent McCupcakes (Midnight is the Darkest Hour) Midst of Life by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen (Mother-Daughter Murder Night) Lose My Mind by Snake City (Maeve Fly) Silverware by Katnip (Pritty) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:34 - New Releases 05:08 - Review: Finding My Elf 10:32 - Review: Happiness Falls 16:14 - Review: One Night in Hartswood 21:37 - Review: Amazing Grace Adams
This week he shares his thoughts on David Valdes' Finding My Elf, Angie Kim's Happiness Falls, Emma Denny's One Night in Hartswood and Fran Littlewood's Amazing Grace Adams.
Chapters:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) The Infinite Dream by Chill Cole (New releases) Christmas Wonders by Howard Harper-Barnes (Finding My Elf) Burned Letters by Johannes Bornlof (Happiness Falls) My Last Transmission by Gavin Luke (One Night in Hartswood) So I by Anna Landstrom (Amazing Grace Adams) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out)
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O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:30 - New Releases 04:36 - Review: Lock Every Door 09:43 - Review: My Heart is a Chainsaw 15:56 - Review: Camp Damascus 20:57 - Review: Delicate Condition 26:44 - Review: The Exorcist
This week he shares his thoughts on Riley Sager's Lock Every Door, Stephen Graham Jones's My Heart is a Chainsaw, Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus, Danielle Valentine's Delicate Condition and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.
Chapters:
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Geimfar by Valante (New releases) Mental Stillness by Jay Varton (Lock Every Door) Infinite Dread by Sage Oursler (My Heart is a Chainsaw) Deep Tunnels by Experia (Camp Damascus) Rock-a-bye Baby by John B. Lund (Delicate Condition) Entering Madness by JH Coleman (The Exorcist) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:32 - New Releases 05:15 - Review: Things We Do in the Dark 09:44 - Review: Please Tell Me 15:13 - Review: Dead Eleven 21:20 - Review: How to Sell a Haunted House 25:35 - Review: Bright Young Women
This week he shares his thoughts on Jennifer Hillier's Things We Do in the Dark, Mike Omer's Please Tell Me, Jimmy Juliano's Dead Eleven, Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House and Jessica Knoll's Bright Young Women.
Chapters:
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Silver Flicker by Colors of Illusion (New releases) Natural Cause by Ethan Sloan (Things We Do in the Dark) Waving Goodbye by Spectacles Wallet and Watch (Please Tell Me) Permanent Surface by Guy Copeland (Dead Eleven) Hidden Minds by Marten Moses (How to Sell a Haunted House) From the Dust by Jon Bjork (Bright Young Women) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:20 - New Releases 04:01 - Review: There's No Way I'd Die First 08:50 - Review: September House 14:21 - Review: Stranger in the House 18:50 - Review: My Murder 23:26 - Review: Schrader's Chord
This week he shares his thoughts on Lisa Springer's There's No Way I'd Die First, Carissa Orlando's September House, Lisa M. Matlin's The Stranger Upstairs, Katie Williams' My Murder, and Scott Leeds' Schrader’s Chord.
Chapters:
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Lost Landscape by Out Linear (New releases) First Second by Jay Varton (There's No Way I'd Die First) A Little Nightmare by Spectacles Wallet & Watch (September House) The Glove Doesn't Fit by Christian Anderson (The Stranger Upstairs) Mosaic by Ethan Sloan (My Murder) Trailed by Horror by Trailer Worx (Schrader's Chord) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:26 - New Releases 05:47 - Review: Hidden Pictures 10:48 - Review: How to Survive Your Murder 16:35 - Review: How Can I Help You 20:55 - Review: Dead of Winter 26:02 - Review: The Quiet Tenant
This week he shares his thoughts on Jason Rekulak's Hidden Pictures, Danielle Valentine's How to Survive Your Murder, Laura Sims' How Can I Help You, Darcy Coates' Dead of Winter and Clemence Michallon's The Quiet Tenant.
Chapters:
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) We Drive by Night by Chill Cole (New releases) Final Examination by Jay Varton (Hidden Pictures) Halloween Clown Circus by DJ DENZ (How to Survive Your Murder) Hours by Max Anson (How Can I Help You?) Silent Castle by Jay Varton (Dead of Winter) Between Two Worlds by Farrell Wooten (The Quiet Tenant) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:43 - New Releases 07:08 - Review: The Last to Die at the End 12:07 - Review: Let Him In 17:40 - Review: Mister Magic 23:45 - Review: The Vampires of El Norte 30:11 - Review: A Haunting on the Hill
This week he shares his thoughts on Jennifer Dugan's The Last Girls Standing, William Friend's Let Him In, Kiersten White's Mister Magic, Isabel Canas' Vampires of El Norte and Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill.
Chapters:
All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Where Nothing Exists by Out Linear (New releases) Lakes by Harbours & Oceans (The Last Girls Standing) Arbitrary Treatment by Prozody (Let Him In) After the Freak Show by Luella Gren (Mister Magic) Dark Tavern by Walt Adams (Vampires of El Norte) My Kind of Illusion by Jay Varton (A Haunting on the Hill) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:38 - New Releases 06:10 - Review: Business or Pleasure 11:14 - Review: Dragged to the Wedding 16:01 - Review: Brother & Sister Enter the Forest 22:31 - Review: Just Another Missing Person
This week he shares his thoughts on Rachel Lynn Solomon's Business or Pleasure, Andrew Grey's Dragged to the Wedding, Richard Mirabella's Brother & Sister Enter the Forest and Gillian McAllister's Just Another Missing Person.
Chapters:All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Sipping on Martinis by Sum Wave (New releases) Flawless by Daxten(Business or Pleasure) Choir Empire by Hell Nasty (Dragged to the Wedding) Romance by Rachel Meyer (Brother and Sister Enter the Forest) And Suddenly by True Messenger (Just Another Missing Person) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:31 - New Releases 06:03 - Review: Shark Heart 11:24 - Review: The Invisible Hour 16:15 - Review: Summer Sisters 20:58- Review: Dark Corners
This week he shares his thoughts on Emily Habek's Shark Heart, Alice Hoffman's The Invisible Hour, Judy Blume's Summer Sisters and Megan Goldin's Dark Corners.
Chapters:All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Coffee Break by Gregory David (New releases) Attic Romance by Jonatan Mollberg (Shark Heart) Magic Surrounding by Drift Far Away (Invisible Hour) Summer Rains by Colton Walls (Summer Sisters) Hanging by a Thread by Job Bjork (Dark Corners) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:26 - New Releases 05:05 - Review: Red, White & Royal Blue 09:53 - Review: Lies and Other Love Languages 15:00 - Review: And Then She Fell 19:55 - Review: Tom Lake
This week he shares his thoughts on Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue, Sonali Dev's Lies & Other Love Languages, Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell and Ann Patchett's Tom Lake.
Chapters:All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Odd Whirlwind by Roof (New releases) Sidewalk Romance by Hell Nasty (Red, White & Royal Blue) Valley of Flowers by Palace on Wheels (Lies and Other Love Languages) Fifth Sin by Edward Karl Hansen (And Then She Fell) Serenity of Midsummer by Clarke Russo (Tom Lake) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:35 - New Releases 05:18 - Review: The Measure 09:20 - Review: Speech Team 14:26 - Review: One by One 19:26 - Review: House of Earth & Blood
This week he shares his thoughts on The Measure by Nikki Erlick, Speech Team by Tim Murphy, One by One by Freida McFadden and House of Earth & Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas.
Chapters:All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Electric Pulses by Nalad (New releases) Mysterious Moments by Eneida (The Measure) Play (Late Yungin Remix) by Particle House (Speech Team) Psycho by Push N Glide (One by One) Through Sleep by Cobby Costa (House of Earth & Blood) Ultra Chill by Imprismed (Play out) -
O'Dell kicks things off with an overview of this week's new releases before jumping into the reviews.
01:32 - New Releases 06:11 - Review: Stars in Your Eyes 10:12 - Review: The Connellys of County Down 16:03 - Review: Secrets Never Die 19:37 - Review: The Drowning Woman
This week he shares his thoughts on Kacen Callender's Stars in Your Eyes, Tracey Lange's The Connellys of County Down, Vincent Ralph's Secrets Never Die and Robyn Harding's The Drowning Woman.
Chapters:All music used in this episode was licensed through Epidemic Sound:
Decisions to Make by Colors of Illusion (Intro) Zephyr Sounds by Chill Cole (New releases) Subliminal Space by Lama House (Stars in Your Eyes) Moving Clouds by Heath Cantu (The Connellys of County Down) Isolation by Farrell Wooten (Secrets Never Die) Back Up Plan by Marten Moses (The Drowning Woman) Turn Me Around by American Legion (Play out) - Montre plus
