Books mentioned, in order:The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison KingCarl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt DinnimanDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanThe Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt DinnimanThe Art of Vanishing by Morgan PagerJapanese Gothic by Kylie Lee BakerMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThis Kingdom Will not Kill Me by Ilona AndrewsOutlander by Diana GabaldonGame of Thrones by George RR MartinFourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django WexlerThe Hobbit by JRR TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by JRR TolkienThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyEarth 7 by Deb Olin UnferthBarn 8 by Deb Olin UnferthThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneAgnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather FawcettEmily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Radiant Dark by Alexandra OlivaStories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Tapestry of Fate by Shannon ChakrabortyThe Incandescent by Emily TeshTikTok mentioned: https://www.tiktok.com/@girl_on_couch/video/7363742421588512043?lang=enPirate Wonders Readathon Announcement and Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD47gfpqVSghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUxGnQKMLT1AtkHs75vKrT7cC317yXPYC4MVm6QDwPU/edit?usp=sharingFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Hallie reads a hot title, and Pam continues a hot series. Look at us, so hip with the book world. Books mentioned, in order:Martyr! by Kaveh AkbarYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeThe Hitch by Sara LevineEmily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettEmily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettHeated Rivalry by Rachel ReidMargo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpePortrait of a Thief by Grace D LiThe Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector, translated from Portuguese by Benjamin Moser Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt DinnimanDungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt DinnimanThe Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison KingReadathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYdI2DpVcSEFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuireAcross Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuireTyphoon by Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkePiranesi by Susanna ClarkeMaster and Commander by Patrick O’BrianWe the Drowned by Carsten JensenEmily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettHeather Fawcett's Substack: https://heatherfawcett.substack.com/p/the-books-i-read-to-write-emily-wildeFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order: Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately by Alicia CookA Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay RushMedium Rare by A Natasha Joukovsky Portrait of a Mirror by A Natasha Joukovsky The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyTo the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn IveyThe Gatepost by Tim WeedThe Afterlife Project by Time WeedBreak Room by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun LeeThe Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye LeeThe Fisherman by John LanganZorrie by Laird HuntBunny by Mona AwadIn the House In the Dark of the Woods by Laird HuntHow to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie SylvaWe the Drowned by Carsten JensenJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:Villette by Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMate by Ali HazelwoodBride by Ali HazelwoodHot for Slayer by Ali HazelwoodThe Rehearsal by Eleanor CattonThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonBirnam Wood by Eleanor CattonMad Sisters of Esi by Tashan MehtaPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonMetallic Realms by Lincoln MichelThe Pallbearers Club by Paul G. TremblayLe journal d’Aurélie Laflamme by India DesjardinsOut of the Loop by Katie SiegelOn the Calculation of Volume by Solvej BalleThe Gatepost by Tim WeedThe Afterlife Project by Tim WeedMedium Rare by A. Natasha Joukovsky Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua WhiteheadLove Beyond Body, Space, and Time edited by Hope NicholsonOut There by Kate FolkMaking Love with the Land by Joshua WhiteheadMuscle Man by Jordan CastroDracula by Bram StokerVillette by Charlotte BrontëGod of the Woods by Liz MooreMemoir of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleCure for Drowning by Loghan PaylorA Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray BelcourtThe Radiant Dark by Alexandra OlivaArrival by Ted ChiangWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyMad Sisters of Esi by Tashan MehtaThe Rehearsal by Eleanor CattonBirnam Wood by Eleanor CattonThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLinks referenced:https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/book-month-club-inchttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Month https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2026-contenders-9.7040200 Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Incandescent by Emily TeshThe Hitch by Sara LevineJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeMuscle Man by Jordan CastroMad Sisters of Esi by Tashan MehtaPiransei by Susanna ClarkeStill Life by AS ByattPossession by AS ByattVillette by Charlotte BronteFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuireEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireBel Canto by Ann PatchettTom Lake by Ann PatchettThe Fox and the Devil by Kiersten WhiteMind Games by Kiersten WhiteDracula by Bram StokerLucy Undying by Kiersten WhiteKilling Eve: Codename Villanelle by Luke JenningsStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Hitch by Sara LevineAutomatic Noodle by Anna Lee NewitzGoblin poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-marketFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:Middlegame by Seanan McGuireThe Favorites by Layne FargoWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLandline by Rainbow RowellSlow Dance by Rainbow RowellGeorge Falls Through Time by Ryan CollettThe Wanderers by Meg HowreyApparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer StothersBel Canto by Ann PatchettJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]

Books mentioned, in order:Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 by Yan SchenkelMoby Dick by Herman MelvilleAgatha of Little Neon by Claire LuchetteJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkePiranesi by Susanna ClarkeMiddlegame by Seanan McGuireThe Favorites by Layne FargoWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLandline by Rainbow RowellHRCYED 2.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]