Ep 387 - December Most Anticipated Books!
Brea and Mallory reveal their last anticipated books episode for 2024! Plus, they test out the Boox eReader and settle a debate about Audible Originals. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Horny Fairy Book Club - 12/6, 6pm PT
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Books Mentioned -
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Literary fiction, grief, family, love, slow burn apocalypse
Rental House by Weike Wang
Literary fiction, short, marriage, family seen through the lens of two vacations
Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
Literary fiction, making art as a woman
Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
Queer literary fiction, two ancient sisters who are both human and snake
The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall
Romantasy, monsters, hot blacksmith, journey through hellscape
The Rivals by Jane Pek
Mystery, sequel to The Verifiers
My Darling Boy by Helen Cooper
Thriller, murder, small town, disappearance, two angry moms
Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
Paranormal romance, Scotland, Loch Ness monster
The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen
Historical fantasy, magic garden, Victorian London
We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis
YA historical horror inspired by the Beast of Gevaudan
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould
YA horror, Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted, queer
Dust by Alison Stine
YA sci fi, dystopia, climate change, partially deaf protagonist
How Could You by Ren Strapp
New adult queer graphic novel, friendship, love
The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich
YA romance, gay, spin on The Princess Diaries
Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen
Queer supernatural romance, ghostwriting for an actual ghost
I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman
Literary, gay, comedy, mystery, guy waking up to find his date is dead
The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn
Queer dystopian literary sci fi, road trip, survival
No Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer
Literary, dystopia, plague that causes amnesia, migrant crisis, border crisis
Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornsberg, translated by Jack Rockwell and Julia Kornsberg
Literary epic, spans 30 years all over globe, follows 3 siblings at the end of the world
Statistically Speaking by Debbie Johnson
Literary, romance, anxious protagonist, finding yourself, funny
The World With Its Mouth Open by Zahid Rafiq
Debut short story collection, literary
Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown
Historical fiction, 1960s Alabama, self discovery
Dating & Dragons by Kristy Boyce
YA romance about D&D
Stuck in the Country With You by Zuri Day
City-meets-country romance
Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall
Regency romance, marriage of convenience
How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. Howe
Rom-com, fat protagonist, besties to lovers
P.S. I Hate You by Lauren Connely
Rom-com, enemies to lovers, cross country journey
Mechanize My Hands to War by Erin K. Wagner
Sci fi, near future, AI, rural Appalachia, state violence
How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis
Romanti-scifi, sequel
Trouble Island by Sharon Short
Historical thriller, Lake Erie, 1930s, locked room mystery, prohibition gangster wives
Alter Ego by Alex Segura
Sci fi, mystery, comic books, superheroes, storytelling
Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat
Historical fiction, 1960s Oakland and Chicago, Black Panther Party, misogyny in social movements
