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In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
20 NOV 2024 · 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 BallÂ
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellÂ
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
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Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
13 NOV 2024 · 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
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordsmithreads.substack.com&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1731472208136227&usg=AOvVaw2AeYNTdfwQ4iZ9xa7UVoFq
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
6 NOV 2024 · Also, Hallie BBQ'd her flowers.Â
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
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordsmithreads.substack.com&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1730872280253440&usg=AOvVaw1SgxbQrGsg57mqpou6etoO
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
30 OCT 2024 · 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!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordsmithreads.substack.com&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1730214314233032&usg=AOvVaw2gbgnKCjfClT0IZ-sp_9pO
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
23 OCT 2024 · 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
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
16 OCT 2024 · In this episode, Hallie has five finished titles and Pam has a giant book haul!Â
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 BartlettÂ
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
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordsmithreads.substack.com&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1729041768653829&usg=AOvVaw0l1vzXtnHRQKzcZJ9iX-Hn
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
9 OCT 2024 · As the year winds down, we are beginning to brainstorm what our goals will be next year!
Books mentioned, in order:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordsmithreads.substack.com&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1728352202774465&usg=AOvVaw1QAAI_pmDzecrCn-NzcZeI
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
2 OCT 2024 · Pam shares some crochet projects, and Hallie reads a book about a drug that lets you jump realities.
Books mentioned, in order:
Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh
Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M Valente
McGlue by Otessa Moshfegh
West by Carys Davies
Clear by Carys Davies
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
«C'est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays!» : Carnet de rencontres, d'Ani Kuni à Kiuna
Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools by Pamela Rose Toulouse
Bridge by Lauren Beukes
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits by Ben Berman Ghan
All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac
My Friends by Hisham Matar
The Return by Hisham Matar
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
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Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
25 SEP 2024 · In this episode, Hallie breaks a podcast rule and Pam DNF's something straight into the giveaway pile.
Books mentioned in order:Â
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Friends of the Museum by Heather McGowan
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente
Gone with the Wind by Maraget Mitchell
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Lampedusa by Steven Price
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Birthday Party by Lauren Mauvignier
Where You Come From by Sasa Stanisic
West by Carys Davies
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Popisho by Leone Ross
Bridge by Lauren Beukes
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
18 SEP 2024 · Hallie reads two art books and we revel in Stiefvater appreciation.
Books mentioned, in order:Â
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Icarus by K Ancrum
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
One Woman Show by Christine Coulson
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordsmithreads.substack.com&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1726544202632918&usg=AOvVaw3lYjWowB92hEKLI4jYcQef
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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