HPLD Podcasts

Join me each month where I discuss the true crime book of the month. Diving into the crime, the victims and the impact of each book.

February 2026 Audio Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

January 2026 Audio Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

In this thrilling episode, Meagan Brings: Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2396512 The Haar by David Sodergren: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=16830176:hoopla Brewbies by Kerrigan Byrne: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=18017750:hoopla A Most Worthy Husband by Faye Delacour: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2393327 Peter Brings: Football by Chuck Klosterman: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2391170 Letters to the Purple Satin Killer by Joshua Chaplinsky The Librarianist by Patrick Dewitt: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2330984 Howard the Duck by Zdarsky and Quinones

Peter Brings some ABSOLUTES, including ABSOLUTE UNIT (of fiction writing) Daryl Gregory! When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2376742 Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2380379 Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2380383 Absolute Superman by Jason Aaron and Carmine Di Giandomenico: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2380679 Meagan does some holiday catchup, plus finished a series, PLUS getting in on the newest book from a fave author: Season’s Schemings by Katie Bailey: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/seasons-schemings-katie-bailey/19062238 Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion by Milcha (whole series): https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2351407 Royal Gambit by Daniell O’Malley: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2384418 The Chronicles of Ori by Harmonia Rosales: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2389496

Rickets the Elf's mailbag, Dark Academia Christmas, and the RETURN OF CAGEMAS!

Librarian gift-giving advice, Playaways are back, and Daughters of the American Revolution sit down and tell us about their new exhibit!

Once again 2 intrepid librarians discuss a bunch of books they've read over the last month. Wow, what a rich entertainment landscape we all live in! Meagan brings: The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2347378 Your Knife, My Heart by Kim Moronova: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2392367 The World by Simon Seabag Montefiore: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332795 Dog Only Knows by Alison Friend: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2390513 Peter Brings: How to ADHD by Jessica Mccabe: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2345432 A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2283324 Joke Farming by Elliott Kalan: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2392729 Fortune and Glory: The Musical by Brian Michael Bendis: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2367673

We cover 8 books, plus a 9th partial update on Feast by Graham Masterton! Because that's what EVERYONE was clambering for, right!? Peter Brings: DC Horror Presents vol. 1: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/dc-horror-presents-patton-oswalt/18640196 John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/john-kenn-mortensens-nightmare-factory-john-kenn-mortensen/17524332 Evil Bigfoot Monster 2 by FF Monsoon: https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Bigfoot-Monster-F-F-Monsoon-ebook/dp/B0DWLRDMJ2 Unwrap My Heart by Alex Falcone: https://alexfalcone.ninja/unwrap-my-heart/ Meagan Brings: The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store, story and art by Tsuchika Nishimura, translation by Jan Cash: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2367669 The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2390026 Dealing With a Desperate Demon by Charlotte Stein: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2389505 Head Witch in Charge by Avery Flynn: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2385230

This month we have a great Halloween book for kids, a bunch of Bizarro fiction, and the inaugural Cult Movie Vault Challenge! You can find the full challenge here: https://www.mylibrary.us/news/2025/10/03/2025-cult-move-vault-challenge/

This time, Meagan brings us: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2285839 Mastering the Art of French Eating by Ann Mah: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1329617 Ghost Business by Jen DeLuca: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2383331 The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2381698 Peter brought something a little different, 4 October reads from his personal library, and Meagan had to pick which one he'd read next! None are available through HPLD directly, but they are requestable through Prospector and Interlibrary loan: Beware the Shopping Mall! by Betsy Haynes: https://mylibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127393746 Feast by Graham Masterton: https://mylibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/17744491 Penpal by Dathan Auerbach: https://encore.coalliance.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb35561147 Elvira: Transylvania 90210 by Elvira and John Paragon: https://mylibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/35748072

YES!fest, cataloging your streaming services, and Back to the Future fanedits!

On This Thrilling Episode: We talk books! 8 of 'em! Peter Brings: Marvel Unleashed by Kyle Starks: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2350495 Strange Pictures by Uketsu: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2376762 Robot Dreams by Sarah Varon: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1157702 Harley Quinn: Destructive Comics vol. 1 by Elliott Kalan: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2376544 Meagan Brings: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of Your Dead by Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2227309 Winging it With You by Chip Pons: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2380593 The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2384481 Life on Svalbard by Cecilia Blomdahl: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2362835

To celebrate our 50th episode, we did exactly NOTHING special because bringing you 8 fresh books every month is already special. What do you want from us!? Are you never satisfied!? Meagan brings: 1. At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman: https://bit.ly/4fh44HC 2. Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen: https://bit.ly/4fb24Ag 3. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson: https://bit.ly/45w9gD1 4. Nordlys by Malin Falch: https://bit.ly/4l3N5K1 Peter Brings: 5. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties by Mike Drucker 6. DanDaDan by Yukinobu Tatsu: https://bit.ly/4mjzFdW 7. Paranoid Gardens by Gerard Way: https://bit.ly/4m9JACC 8. Marvel Two-In-One Annual 7 (1982)

July 2025 newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

Toooooooooonight! (that's for all my Love Island peeps) Peter and Meagan bring 8 scintillating books for your reading and listening pleasure. Or, 7 for that, 1 for not that. Pete Brings: Good Game, No Rematch by Mike Drucker: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2376604 Where Monsters Lie vol. 2 by Kyle Starks https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/where-monsters-lie-vol-2-cull-de-sac-kyle-starks/18118533 Tower Dungeon by Tsutomu Nihei https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2379667 And Grinch 2 by "Uncle Bob" Meagan Brings: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332171 Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2375354 The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2358066 All I Think About Is Food by Mamrie Hart: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2375437

June 2025 Newsletter by HPLD Podcasts

THIS TIME! ON A PODCAST! FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO! WITH LISTENING! Meagan Brings: Everything is Tuberculosis (hardest word to spell) by John Green (very easy author name to spell): https://bit.ly/3HlMWUa My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein: https://bit.ly/4kPMdsD Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, yes THAT Suzanne Collins: https://bit.ly/43w69Lx Insectopolis by Peter Kuper (who, yes, did a graphic novel called Sticks and Stones in the early 2000s): https://bit.ly/442tCnE Peter brought: How To Make The Best Coffee at Home by James Hoffmann (Peter just drank some coffee made with this advice. Well, portions of it. He's had a blade grinder for 18 years, and while he'd love to get a burr grinder, he can't bare to add more electronics garbage to the world, so he suffers in silence): https://bit.ly/4440fkQ Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman: https://bit.ly/hpldcarl Death of Superman by a bunch of different people: https://bit.ly/3ZkEo5X Sold a Story Podcast (yes, a podcast, but trust me, it's relevant, you'll be captivated, electrified. But not so captivated you give up THIS podcast): https://bit.ly/4dVadIO

In this bookstravaganza, this bookfest, this bookapalooza, this outdoor music festival of books that is totally a better deal than Fyre or Fyre 2, Peter brought: Choose Your Own Adventure Books https://bit.ly/hpldcyoa Gantz by Hiroya Oku https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/gantz-omnibus-vol-1-hiroya-oku/17606828 The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2229785 and Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1095938 Meagan brought: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2265344 Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2369660 Just Our Luck by Denise Williams https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2375334 and Traveling on the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2353211

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