Unofficial Book Club Podcast

If It Wasn’t Right For You, You Wouldn’t Be Given The Opportunity with Kayla Shea

In this episode Booktoker and Podcaster Kayla Shea joins me to discuss BookTok, life lessons and so much more. 
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Reading During the Daytime Feels Really Indulgent with Ellie Marney

In this episode author Ellie Marney joins me again to discuss some of her favorite horror novels and thrillers! 
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney
Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
Agatha Christie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Ursula K. Le Guin
David Eddings
Susan Cooper
Carrie by Stephen King
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
 The Stand by Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Killing Floor by Lee Child
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
White Night by Ellie Marney
In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene, Hillel Levin
No Exit by Taylor Adams
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
The Shining by Stephen King
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Horror Movie: A Novelby Paul G. Tremblay
Grady Hendrix 
Under the Surface by Diana Urban
The Familiar Leigh Bardugo
Maynard's House by Herman Raucher
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Welcome to Fear City Sarah Dvojack
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
The Body is a novella by Stephen King
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat
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If My Characters Aren’t Having the Worst Possible Day on the Page, then I’m Not Really Doing My Job with Ellie Marney

In this episode author Ellie Marney joins me to discuss two of my favorite reads of 2023, her books None Shall Sleep and Some Shall Break!
 
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My Preferred Way of Reading is Whatever I Can Get My Hands On with Cari

In this episode Cari joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading post college and her excitement getting back into the hobby. 
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
Don't be Such a Scientist by Randy Olson
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler (under the pen name Lemony Snicket)
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Way of Kings  by Brandon Sanderson
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Girl on the Train  by Paula Hawkins
No Exit: A Novel by Taylor Adams
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Forget Me Not by Sophie Pavelle
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas,
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
 
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I Got to Say No this Week with Cari

In this episode my friend Cari joins me to discuss her work in wildlife conservation. 
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Disdain for a Prologue with Hannah Parker

In this episode Hannah Parker joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading as an author and her disdain for a prologue. 
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Soulswift by Megan Bannen
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
The Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Truth of Crowns by Carl D. Albert
Crescent City Series by Sarah J. Maas
 
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It’s Not Worth Your Mental Health with Hannah Parker

In this episode author Hannah Parker joins me to discuss her trilogy Autumn's Tithe and her publishing company Counterpoise Press. 
 
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I Write the Books I Want to Read with Mindy McGinnis

In this episode author Mindy McGinnis joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
 
Books Discussed in this Episode: 
The Stand by Stephen King
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Eileen  by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Ohio by Stephen Markley
The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Book by Donald Robertson
No Exit by Taylor Adams
The Devil in the White City  by Erik Larson
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
The One That Got Away with Murder by Trish Lundy
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari
Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
Hawthorne & Horowitz Series by Anthony Horowitz
The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All  by Josh Ritter
 
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Her new book Under This Red Rock comes out March 2024!
 
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As Women & Girls There’s So Much We Are Not Allowed to Be with Mindy McGinnis

In this episode author Mindy McGinnis joins me to discuss her dark thrillers The Female of the Species, The Initial Insult and The Last Laugh along with all her other amazing books. Mindy talks all things writing and the stories she creates!
 
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A Scientist Who Loves Fantasy with Claudio

In this episode Claudio joins me again to discuss his relationship to reading, and his love for fantasy! 
 
Books Listed in this episode: 
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri 
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
SYLO by D. J. MacHale
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Stormlight Archive Brandon Sanderson 
George R. R. Martin
The First Law by Joe Abercrombie
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
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