26 JUN 2024 · In this episode, Pam has a book haul for her May book, and Hallie isn't sure what she's reading. Books mentioned, in order: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Tin Man by Sarah Winman Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Private Rites by Julia Armfield Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray  Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Seanan McGuire links: https://thecityvoice.org/2022/05/12/qa-with-seanan-mcguire-hugo-award-winning-author-of-middlegame-and-seasonal-fears/  https://x.com/seananmcguire/status/1428028180917407744?lang=en  Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

19 JUN 2024 · Pam has two nature horror books to haul and Hallie disliked her book club's choice. Books mentioned, in order: The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei Sisters at Sea by Yume Kitasei The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware The Fury by Alex Michaelides Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire Private Rites by Julia Armfield Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Salt Slow by Julia Armfield King Lear by William Shakespeare Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Othello by William Shakespeare Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock Cars video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrRX70c6FZo&ab_channel=Mike%27sMic Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

12 JUN 2024 · In this episode, we have five books to talk about! And don't make this a drinking game for how many titles we mention by Seanan McGuire and/or Cassandra Clare. Books mentioned in order:  In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden My Husband by Maud Ventura translated by Emma Ramadan  Into the Windwracked wilds by A Deborah Baker Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Over the Woodward Wall by A Deborah Baker Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire Along the Saltwise Sea by A Deborah Baker Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare Game of Thrones by George RR Martin City of Bones by Cassandra Clare City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare City of Glass by Cassandra Clare City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket The Fury by Alex Michaelides The Pall Bearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay https://bookriot.com/difference-between-mystery-suspense-and-thriller-novels/ https://www.onasunbeam.com/ Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

5 JUN 2024 · Pam has more birthday books and Hallie already broke the library book ban for June.  Books mentioned in order:  Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire The Seven Skins of Esther Willing by Holly Ringlad The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina Devotions by Mary Oliver True Grit by Charles Portis The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Fury by Alex Michaelides The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides The Guest List by Lucy Foley Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

29 MAY 2024 · Hallie has a DNF and Pam discovers an all-time favorite author.  Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Babel by RF Kuang The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater A Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Carpentaria by Alexis Wright The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith True Grit by Charles Portis The Secret History by Donna Tartt Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

22 MAY 2024 · Climate fiction and serial killers -- our reads this month are obviously Very Happy Subjects! Books mentioned in order:  Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer  Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Silent Spring by Rachel Carson The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Middlegame by Seanan McGuire L’Ombre du vent by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Shadow of the Wind) Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver Biography of X by Catherine Lacey The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Good Omens by Terry Pratchett Ex Libris Series by Jim C. Hines Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire Private Rites by Julia Armfield The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

15 MAY 2024 · We return after a forced internet-outage hiatus! Books mentioned, in order: Foxes in Love by Toivo Kaartinen The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut Off the Record by Camryn Garrett The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth): A Memoir by Markus Zusak Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

1 MAY 2024 · In this episode, Hallie shares her Independent Bookstore Day haul, and Pam has Hallie choose her first read of May.  Books mentioned, in order:  Search by Michelle Huneven Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy Sun House by David James Duncan  Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson Off the Record by Camryn Garrett Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

24 APR 2024 · In this episode, Hallie has returned from Boston with five finished titles. Plus, Pam has a book acquisition! Books mentioned, in order: The Boston Massacre: A Family History by Serena Zabin Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa translated by Stephen Snyder Annie Bot by Sierra Greer Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Clear by Carys Davies Killer Instinct by S.E. Green The Colony by Audrey Magee  Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Emma by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

17 APR 2024 · In this episode, Pam and Hallie celebrate National Poetry Month! Books mentioned, in order: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Other Minds: the Octopus, the Sea and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger The Odyssey by Homer Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Boston Massacre: A Family History by Serena Zabin Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwan Bo-Reum Legends and Lattes by by Travis Baldree What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa translated by Stephen Snyder Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Piglet by Lottie Hazell Sociopath by Patric Gagne I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Mrs. Death Misses Death by Salena Godden In Ascension by Martin MacInnes Sister Golden Calf by Colleen Burner Pam’s Poem: https://allpoetry.com/Do-Not-Go-Gentle-Into-That-Good-Night Hallie’s Poem: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8505739-Lament-by-Rainer-Maria-Rilke Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart