Mostly Fictional

We finish some "just okay" books, and Pam picks Hallie's next read.Books mentioned, in order:Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensTrust by Hernan DiazIt Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. DawsonGods Behaving Badly by Marie PhillipsGood Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanMy Good Bright Wolf by Sarah MossA Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. KingfisherWhat Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherWhat Feasts at Night by T. KingfisherHarry Potter series by JK RowlingDiscworld series by Terry PratchettAudition by Pip AdamThe Repeat Room by Jesse Ball In Ascension by Martin MacInnesBleak House by Charles DickensCloud Atlas by David Mitchell How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia NagamatsuSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelPersuasion by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane AustenThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesAlone with You in the Ether by Olivie BlakeSeven Empty Houses by Samanta SchweblinN+1 Foundation: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-foundation-inc/bookmatch-2024Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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 ElkinHorror Movie by Paul TremblayThe Pallbearer’s Club by Paul TremblayMisery by Stephen KingWhy Has Nobody Told Me This Before? By Dr. Julie SmithThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidTwo-Step Devil by Jamie QuatroEndurance by Alfred LansingLe Petit Prince: édition collector by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy MontgomeryWhat the Chicken Knows by Sy MontgomeryThe Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinHow Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina ImblerWhy Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu MillerPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeIt Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. DawsonGods Behaving Badly by Marie PhillipsGood Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensMy Good Bright Wolf by Sarah MossGhost Wall by Sarah MossSummerwater by Sarah MossFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Also, Hallie BBQ'd her flowers. Books mentioned, in order:The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica translated by Sarah MosesTender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica translated by Sarah MosesPopisho by Leone RossHorror Movie by Paul TremblayNight Film by Marisha PesslThe Pall-Bearers Club by Paul TremblayScaffolding by Lauren ElkinIt Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. DawsonFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam 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 SearlsConfessions of the Fox by Jordy RosenbergHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiEmily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettAlone with You in the Ether by Olivie BlakeWhirlaway by Poe BallantineWe, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, translated by Charlotte Barslund and Emma RyderThe Great Transition by Nick Fuller GooginsThe Orphan Master’s Son by Adam JohnsonA Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton HurLonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki TsujimuraHorror Movie by Paul TremblayThe Pall-Bearer’s Club by Paul TremblayIt Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. DawsonBloom by Delilah S. DawsonPopisho by Leone RossThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah MosesTender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah MosesFever Dream by Samanta SchweblinFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam 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 ReidThe Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannThe Unsubscriber by Bill KnottThe Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier translated by Daniel Levin BeckerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldWhere You Come From by Sasa Stanisic translated by Damion SearlsEmily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettPam’s Booktube video: https://youtu.be/KbkhtfjWHsIFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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 PesslNight Film by Marisha PesslBirnam Wood by Eleanor CattonThe Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy MontgomeryProust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne WolfThe 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 MorgensternThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternFifth Season / Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. JemisinThe City We Became by N. K. JemisinMy Friends by Hisham MatarLove Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodBride by Ali HazelwoodMisery by Stephen KingSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterMansfield Park by Jane AustenTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Repeat Room by Jesse BallThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Honeybee Emeralds by Amy TectorThe Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga TokarczukThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldBallad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan CaviaFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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 TarttGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosA Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J MaasMansfield Park by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBright Young Women by Jessica KnollPrivate Rites by Julia ArmfieldOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK RowlingThe City in Glass by Nghi VoThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneGood Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettMiddlegame by Seanan McGuireThe Repeat Room by Jesse BallFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

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 WardChrysalis by Anna MetcalfeMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa MoshfeghComfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M ValenteMcGlue by Otessa MoshfeghWest by Carys DaviesClear by Carys DaviesThe Vaster Wilds by Lauren GroffThe 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 KiunaTruth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools by Pamela Rose ToulouseBridge by Lauren BeukesDark Matter by Blake CrouchBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessOutlander series by Diana GabaldonTwilight series by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter series by JK RowlingNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Years Shall Run Like Rabbits by Ben Berman GhanAll the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas IsaacMy Friends by Hisham MatarThe Return by Hisham MatarSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoShadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugohttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oka-crisisFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

In this episode, Hallie breaks a podcast rule and Pam DNF's something straight into the giveaway pile.Books mentioned in order: Bright Young Women by Jessica KnollWellness by Nathan HillDisorientation by Elaine Hsieh ChouFriends of the Museum by Heather McGowanChrysalis by Anna MetcalfeMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghComfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M ValenteGone with the Wind by Maraget MitchellMansfield Park by Jane AustenLampedusa by Steven PriceThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Birthday Party by Lauren MauvignierWhere You Come From by Sasa StanisicWest by Carys DaviesMy Friends by Hisham MatarConfessions of the Fox by Jordy RosenbergPopisho by Leone RossBridge by Lauren BeukesFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Hallie reads two art books and we revel in Stiefvater appreciation.Books mentioned, in order: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Secret History by Donna TarttIcarus by K AncrumThe Little Friend by Donna TarttThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie StiefvaterThe Listeners by Maggie StiefvaterThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterOne Woman Show by Christine CoulsonBright Young Women by Jessica KnollWellness by Nathan HillDisorientation by Elaine Hsieh ChouFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart