Episodes

  • 14: Will You Be Our Valentine?

    14: Will You Be Our Valentine?
    Feb 11 2025
    Today we’re talking about our favorite or not favorite Romance books and listener discretion is advised. Romcoms, somewhat unhinged Romance series, and Fanfiction, we’ve got it all. Hit us up if you know the plural for synopsis because we…do not.


    It Happened One Summer/Hook, Line, and Sinker - Tessa Bailey
    The Boyfriend Project - Farrah Rochon
    The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren
    One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
    The Ravenhood Series - Kate Stewart
    Remain Nameless - HeyJude19. (AO3)
    Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love - isthisselfcare becoming The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy - Brigitte Knightley
    Manacled - SenYinLu becoming Alchemised


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    Music by Augusto Diniz
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    55 mins
  • 13: We Live at 123 Murder Road

    13: We Live at 123 Murder Road
    Jan 28 2025
    Today we’re discussing The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard. There will be spoilers, so if you haven’t read it yet, come back later! Let’s chat True Crime, Crime Fiction, and if we think we could catch a serial killer.


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    Music by Augusto Diniz
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    47 mins
  • 12: We Will Solve Crimes for Cake

    12: We Will Solve Crimes for Cake
    Jan 7 2025
    Do you know The Nothing Man? Who lives on Drury Lane? Join us this week as we discuss our favorite Serial Killer Thrillers in preparation for this month’s reread, The Nothing Man. Other topics include: why we’re okay with Denmark buying the U.S. and New Year’s resolutions.


    *The Chestnut Man - Søren Sveistrup
    *The Jigsaw Man - Nadine Matheson
    *The Whisper Man - Alex North
    *Please See Us - Caitlin Mullin
    *I’ll be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara
    *The Shining Girls - Lauren Beukes
    * You Shouldn’t Have Come Here Jeneva Rose
    * Children’s House Series Yrsa Sigurdardóttir
    * Notes on an Execution Danya Kukafka
    * The Butcher Jennifer hillier
    * Unsub Series Meg Gardiner
    * The Island Ragnar Jónasson
    * Creep and Freak Jennifer Hillier

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    Music by Augusto Diniz
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    59 mins
  • 11: The One Where We Beg For Advance Reader Copies

    11: The One Where We Beg For Advance Reader Copies
    Dec 24 2024
    Looking forward to 2025? So are we. Today we’re talking our most anticipated reads of 2025. Join us as we mind meld to go through the most exciting books coming next year. There may be a few rants and digressions along the way.


    Davyn’s Most Anticipated:
    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix
    The Manor of Dreams - Christina Li
    This Book Will Bury Me - Ashley
    The Library at Hellbore - Cassandra Khaw
    The Ash Fire King - Chelsea Abdullah
    The Favorites - Layne Fargo
    Overgrowth - Mira Grant
    The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica
    Oathbound - Tracy Deonn
    When the Wolf Comes Home - Nat Cassidy
    Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones


    Lora’s Most Anticipated:
    Something in the Walls - Daisy Pearce
    The Inheritance - Trisha Sakhlecha
    When They Burned the Butterfly - Wen-yi Lee
    What Hunger - Catherine Dang
    Blood Moon - Britney S. Lewis
    Cold Eternity - S.A. Barnes
    The Possession of Alba Díaz - Isabel Cañas
    Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collin’s
    Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 10: Our Top 10 Reads of 2024 Will SO Surpise You

    10: Our Top 10 Reads of 2024 Will SO Surpise You
    Dec 10 2024
    Pretend we haven’t spent the last six months shoving these books in your face and join us on reminiscing about some of the best books we read in 2024.

    Davyn’s Top 5 of 2024:
    ⁃ Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
    ⁃ The Angel of Indian Lake By Stephen Graham Jones
    ⁃ Fever House by Keith Rosson
    ⁃ Flesh and False Gods Series by Chloe Gong
    ⁃ What The River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

    Lora’s Top 5 of 2024:
    - I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
    - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
    - Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
    - Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
    - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

    Aparna Verma’s Instagram @spirited_gal
    *Disclaimer the sequel of The Phoenix King is not out until August 2025.

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    42 mins
  • 9: So…we don’t hate Gale?

    9: So…we don’t hate Gale?
    Nov 26 2024
    It’s time to discuss our reread of Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Have you been screaming internally about how much we misremembered last episode? We’re putting it right today. Sort of. We’re also deciding once and for all: Team Peeta, Team Gale, or Team Katniss Dies Alone.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 8: Go. Please, Break Your Heart Too.

    8: Go. Please, Break Your Heart Too.
    Nov 12 2024
    What makes a good sequel or series? Today we’re talking sequels and what keeps us coming back for more emotional damage. We’re also discussing what we remember from Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins before we reread them. Welcome back to a fantasy episode.


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    Music by Augusto Diniz
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    48 mins
  • 7: The Haunted Microphone

    7: The Haunted Microphone
    Oct 29 2024
    Happy Halloween! Just when you thought things couldn’t get any spookier, Lora and Davyn are back with horror reads fit for any level of reader. And, as the cherry on top, one of them continues to be haunted by a malevolent spirit hellbent on being invited to the party.

    Sit down, buckle up, and forgive us for this audio.
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    1 hr and 7 mins