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  • Pam's book club rant continues! Plus, Hallie previews the buddy reads she's doing for March.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Grievers by Adrienne Maree Brown
    How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
    Maroons by Adrienne Maree Brown
    Ancestors by Adrienne Maree Brown
    Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
    The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
    The Odyssey by Homer
    The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
    The Pretenders by Jo Harkin
    Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
    Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
    The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
    The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
    Off Course by Michelle Huneven
    Search by Michelle Huneven
    Jamesland by Michelle Huneven
    O Pioneers by Willa Cather
    Gone with the Wind by Maragaret Mitchell
    The Door by Magda Szabó
    The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
    The Terror by Dan Simmons
    Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen

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  • This week, we had 5, 1, AND 3-star books to review!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary, MD
    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Rednecks by Taylor Brown
    Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
    To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
    The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
    The Unexpected Gift by Berna King
    The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
    The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
    Grievers by Adrienne Maree Brown
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Severance by Ling Ma
    Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

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  • This week, we're catching up after our 100th episode bonanza last week!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
    Loveless by Alice Oseman
    The Guest by Emma Cline
    Lifeform by Jenny Slate
    Peaces by Helen Oyemi
    What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyemi
    Mr. Fox by Helen Oyemi
    American Rapture by CJ Leede
    The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente, illustrations by Tom Fowler
    The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
    Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
    The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
    Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy
    Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary, MD

    Find Pam and Hallie online!
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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
    Or, send us both a message at [email protected]

  • It's our 100th episode, can you believe it! We share some reflections on how we've changed since Episode 1, as well as share Book "Superlatives" and do what we're calling the Time Traveler Tag.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
    Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
    Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
    When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
    The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
    Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
    Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
    Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
    A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
    My Murder by Katie Williams
    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
    Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
    To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
    The Pallbearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
    Or, send us both a message at [email protected]

  • Pam read lots of books about the water, and Hallie has a library haul.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy, translated by Judith Sollosy
    Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    How Far The Light Reaches: A Life in 10 Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
    The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
    How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
    Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
    Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka, narrated by Kaleo Griffith
    The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson, translated by Agnes Broomé
    The Last One by Will Dean
    Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
    Grievers by Adrienne Maree Brown
    American Rapture by CJ Leede
    Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
    Rednecks by Taylor Brown
    Off Course by Michelle Huneven
    Search by Michelle Huneven
    Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka
    Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
    The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
    Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst
    Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers
    The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
    Lifeform by Jenny Slate
    Loveless by Alice Oseman

    Rachel Carson + eels: https://rachelcarsoncouncil.org/ephemeral-waters/
    Freud + eels: https://www.freud.org.uk/education/resources/freud-the-physician/the-young-anatomist/
    Normal Gossip with Sabrina Imbler: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loud-cats-and-thin-walls-with-sabrina-imbler/id1597761181?i=1000580139895

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  • We share 10 titles we are looking forward to in 2025!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    What If It's Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
    Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
    Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
    Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
    Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
    Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In 10 Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
    The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
    Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
    The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
    Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
    To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
    Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp
    Awakened by A.E. Osworth
    Other Worlds: Stories by André Alexis
    Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel
    Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
    Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
    Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
    Popisho by Leone Ross
    Piglet by Lottie Hazell
    The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed
    This is Not a Ghost Story by Amerie
    Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton
    Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
    A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig
    Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
    Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
    Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

    A few 2025 books lists:
    https://lithub.com/lit-hubs-most-anticipated-books-of-2025
    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250109-books-to-read-in-2025
    https://themillions.com/2025/01/most-anticipated-the-great-winter-2025-preview.html

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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

  • Pam read three books and Hallie read NONE!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles
    Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
    Albatross by Terry Fallis
    The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World by Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya, Reiko Sakurada
    Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy
    War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
    Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
    Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
    Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    What If It's Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
    They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
    The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
    The River by Peter Heller
    Slade House by David Mitchell
    Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee, Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee
    Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
    Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
    Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
    Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor
    Yellowface by RF Kuang
    Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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  • Hallie has her first DNF! And pushes Pam to pick three words to describe her reading.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Clean Air by Sarah Blake
    Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
    Fox 8 by George Saunders
    Open Throat by Henry Hoke
    Tenth of December by George Saunders
    Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles
    Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
    St. Lucy’s Home by Karen Russell
    The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay
    Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy
    Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close
    A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay
    Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
    The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir
    Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas

    Links mentioned:
    Haley Larsen, PhD https://haleyalarsen.substack.com/
    Deedi Reads https://deedireads.substack.com/

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  • It's a huge catch up episode! We've got a lot of books to tell you about today. Here we go!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment by Susannah Breslin
    Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
    Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield (series)
    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
    The City We Became by NK Jemesin
    The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
    True Grit by Charles Portis
    Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
    Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
    The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
    Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Electo the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
    Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James
    My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
    The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
    La Dernière des Afield by Marc Levy
    Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy
    Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
    Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
    Clean Air by Sarah Blake
    A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay
    Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

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  • Happy New Year, it's our end of year episode!! We hope you enjoy all our stats and reflections!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
    The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
    Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
    The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
    84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
    Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett
    The Secret History by Donna Tartt
    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
    Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
    Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
    What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama
    The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
    Sheine lende by Darcie Little Badger
    Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
    Private Rites by Julia Armfield
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Emma by Austen
    Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
    Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
    Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
    Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
    Sister Golden Calf by Colleen Burner

    Find Pam and Hallie online!
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  • Meanwhile, Hallie has no idea where her current read came from!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    She’s a Lamb by Meredith Hambrock
    Yellowface by RF Kuang
    Pet by Catherine Chidgey
    The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
    Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
    Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human by Dr. Guy Leschziner
    Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment by Susannah Breslin
    Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield
    Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

    Relevant links:
    12 Days of Crochet: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcWC8jFgJ-nAR1q_dbmJBp6xDCRQ-LRC9
    Cari Can Read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqSXu1YKIcQ
    Audiobook preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HA4ZGGKXE4

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  • Hallie finished her 3000 year book, and Pam has some last minute library reads!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
    Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
    Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
    The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
    She’s a Lamb by Meredith Hambrock
    Yellowface by RF Kuang
    Friends of the Museum by Heather McGowan
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Gone with the Wind by Maraget Mitchell


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  • In this episode, we go on a Storygraph tangent!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
    James by Percival Everett
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    The Trees by Percival Everett
    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
    Two Can Play Ali Hazelwood
    Six Stories by Max Wesolowski
    Sadie by Courtney Summers
    Blood Test: A Comedy by Charles Baxter
    The One by James Mars
    The Measure by Nikki Erlick
    The Most by Jessica Anthony
    My Husband by Maud Ventura
    Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
    The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
    The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
    Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    Earthseed Series by Octavia Butler

    Find Pam and Hallie online!
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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

  • In this episode, Hallie explains her reading bonaza, and Pam gives an unhaul update.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
    The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
    Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    Held by Anne Michaels
    The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
    Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
    Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
    James by Percival Everett
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
    Lady Macbeth: A Novel by Ava Reid
    True Grit by Charles Portis
    The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
    The Turn of the Screw by Jenry James
    A Magical Girl Retires: A Novel by Park Seolyeon
    Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
    Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
    Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski


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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart


  • We finish some "just okay" books, and Pam picks Hallie's next read.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
    David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
    Trust by Hernan Diaz
    It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson
    Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
    Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
    My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss
    A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
    What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
    What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
    Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
    Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
    Audition by Pip Adam
    The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball
    In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
    Bleak House by Charles Dickens
    Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
    Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
    The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
    Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
    Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin

    N+1 Foundation: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-foundation-inc/bookmatch-2024


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  • In this episode, Pam has a gift card-driven book haul and Hallie is watching a documentary about one of her favorite nonfiction reads!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin
    Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
    The Pallbearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay
    Misery by Stephen King
    Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? By Dr. Julie Smith
    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
    Two-Step Devil by Jamie Quatro
    Endurance by Alfred Lansing
    Le Petit Prince: édition collector by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery
    What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery
    The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
    How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
    Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
    Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
    It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson
    Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
    Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
    Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
    David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
    My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss
    Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
    Summerwater by Sarah Moss

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  • Also, Hallie BBQ'd her flowers.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica translated by Sarah Moses
    Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica translated by Sarah Moses
    Popisho by Leone Ross
    Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
    Night Film by Marisha Pessl
    The Pall-Bearers Club by Paul Tremblay
    Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin
    It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson


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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

  • Hallie visited three bookstores in San Diego for a work trip, and Pam found her October book purchase!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Where You Come From by Sasa Stanisic, translated by Damion Searls
    Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
    Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
    Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine
    We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, translated by Charlotte Barslund and Emma Ryder
    The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
    The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
    A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur
    Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
    Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
    The Pall-Bearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay
    It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson
    Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
    Popisho by Leone Ross
    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
    The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses
    Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses
    Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

    Find Pam and Hallie online!
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    Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart


  • In this episode, Hallie reads three translated books, and Pam reads two books where the main character is telling another character's story.

    Books mentioned, in order:
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
    The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
    The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
    The Unsubscriber by Bill Knott
    The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier translated by Daniel Levin Becker
    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
    Where You Come From by Sasa Stanisic translated by Damion Searls
    Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

    Pam’s Booktube video: https://youtu.be/KbkhtfjWHsI

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  • In this episode, Hallie has five finished titles and Pam has a giant book haul!

    Books mentioned, in order:
    Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
    Night Film by Marisha Pessl
    Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
    The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
    Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
    The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
    The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
    The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
    Fifth Season / Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
    The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
    My Friends by Hisham Matar
    Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
    The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
    Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
    Bride by Ali Hazelwood
    Misery by Stephen King
    Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
    The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
    Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
    The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
    The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
    The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk
    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
    Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia

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