My Podcast Knows What You Read in the Dark

We are very aware the name of this episode is confusing, but we promise it'll all make sense in time. You may just not like it once we get there, because we create the anti-book boyfriend to dry you up quick. While you're here, we also discuss Laety's newest thriller read, Kristen stepping outside her comfort zone, and in-depth look at a segment we are calling "How Soon Is Too Soon? A Guide to Sleeping With Your Best Friend's Girl!" Books Discussed: Ruined by Sarah Vaughn, illustrated by Sarah Winifred Searle and Niki Smith House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig Books Mentioned: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We are back to our roots... hating on popular BookTok books! We bet you missed it. We also discuss our favorite sounds and our sensitivity to them, the trope "Villain Gets the Girl" and how no one can do it right, and how if you want to fuck Batman, you should just write fanfiction and leave us alone. We end the episode by answering the question... am I the asshole? Books Discussed: Sounds Wild and Broken by David George Haskell Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Books Mentioned: Lightlark by Alex Aster The Plated Prisoner by Raven Kennedy Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! You can listen to the music of Yellowstone, played by Alyssa Schwartz, by clicking here. Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What can we say? We love our gay blorbos. If you do too, stick around as we discuss bargains with spirits, Irish lore, beloved character's lockscreens, and one star reviews on books we've read in our book club! Books Discussed: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk Realm of Lore and Lies by Claire Wright Books Mentioned: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Stormsong by C. L. Polk Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 29 broke our spirits, so we're using this episode to complain about it. Join us as we discuss our recording hiccups, an oldie but a goodie by a perpetual podcast fave (Holly Black), a dark romance series that even our resident die hard couldn't stomach, and so much more! Books Discussed: The Curseworker Series by Holly Black The Clearwater University series by Eva Ashwood Books Mentioned: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black ... we are sure there are more. But we were tired and fed up. Cut us some slack, for the love of God. Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We hope you appreciate this one, because it was a nightmare to record, edit, and get up for you guys. Just shows how much we love you! (One day we'll learn from the McElroys and delete Audacity forever... but today is not that day). Make our suffering worthwhile by sticking around for the entire episode as we discuss our insane stress about a new release, a super sexy vampire polycule, the horrors of early YouTube, and Kaitlyn rambling about her favorite book. Books Discussed: A Flame in the Night by Morgan Dante The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Books Mentioned: Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson Providence Girls by Morgan Dante The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2 Light 2 Lark: The Starstick Strikes Back… or something like that. That’s right baby, we’re back to cyberbullying Alex Aster except this time, we’ve dedicated an entire episode to it. Join us as we dissect Nightbane, the sequel to Lightlark. Be aware: silences may be longer than they appear. Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's time for the best, worst, and the so-so books of the year! Did you read any of them with us? Here are just a few of the books we discussed: Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Wild Spaces by S. L. Coney The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We know it's already been our birthday, but we continue this week with another birthday adjacent episode! Doesn't that sound fun? We talk about Clare Sager and how wickedly cool her writing is, female rage, how much head trauma we see in books, and the only guy on the planet who deserves to receive head. Books Discussed: A Kiss of Iron by Clare Sager The Alien Assassin's Convenient Wife by Ruby Dixon Books Mentioned: Beneath Black Sails by Clare Sager The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon Bunny by Mona Awad All's Well by Mona Awad A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy 1st birthday to My Podcast Knows What You Read in the Dark! We are ready to smash cake into our little faces with grubby, sticky hands. Just kidding. Instead, we are going to discuss the simple pleasures of good smut, toxic beauty culture, and play a fun birthday game where we try to guess the name of some... interesting series. While we like to have fun and be silly here, be warned that this episode includes discussions of diet culture, beauty standards, & aging. Use your best judgement before listening! Books Discussed: Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert Rouge by Mona Awad Books Mentioned: Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert Babel by R. F. Kuang Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo The Cruel Prince by Holly Black The Fine Print by Lauren Asher Twisted Game by Eva Ashwood My Ex's Dad by K. C. Crowne Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, it's all about Greek tragedy and whimsical adventures about dreamers and the adventures they go on inside those dreams. Pretty rad, right? Stick around while we discuss book characters we want to throw hands with, graphic novels, and for fans of The Cruel Prince, Stalking Jack the Ripper and Gideon the Ninth... we bring you "Vibe Check"! You'll have to listen until the very end to figure out what all that means. Books Discussed: The Trojan Women by Euripedes. Translated by Anne Carson & Illustrated by Rosanna Bruno Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Books Mentioned: Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Cruel Prince by Holly Black The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater If Not, Winter by Anne Carson Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Maus by Art Spiegelman Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler The Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong Belladonna by Adalyn Grace What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis Carry On by Rainbow Rowell The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's officially spooky month and what's scarier than dealing with the healthcare system in the good ole' US of A? NOTHING! Except maybe the books Kristen and Laety are bringing this week. Keeping with the theme, we also discuss the finer points of the Thriller genre, the most unhinged book protagonist of all time, and play a game where we try to guess the fake Kindle Unlimited title. The scares are endless. Books Discussed: Final Girls by Riley Sager Maeve Fly by C. J. Leede Books Mentioned: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The It Girl by Ruth Ware The Folk of the Air by Holly Black American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Lightlark by Alex Aster These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We don't promote bullying here. Except when one of us hasn't listened to Hozier's new album. Then, it gets personal. (Stream Unreal Unearth on Spotify you heathens!) We promise, though, there is book talk happening as well. We discuss very good (and very bad) mental health representation in books, another sad and pathetic man to add to our collection, and our wildly impractical novel protagonist jobs! Books Discussed: The Heart Principle by Hellen Hoang The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer Books Mentioned: Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese Take a Hint Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

There is definitely some questionable fanfiction out there, but now the ladies of "My Podcast Knows What You Read in the Dark" are bringing you the worst of the worst: fanfiction for Disney Adults!!!! It really is almost spooky month. Please stick around, though. We also chat about dog antics, a super chill Beauty and the Beast retelling, and we even teach you how to enjoy reading! But if you listen to us every two weeks, we reckon you already know how to do that. Books Discussed: The Fine Print by Lauren Asher By the Book by Jasmine Guillory Books Mentioned: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Not every book you read has to change your life or be the worst book you've ever read. Sometimes books are just "alright" and there's nothing wrong with that! In this episode, we chat about these "just fine" books. If you stick around, you'll hear us talk about the most interesting woman in the world, our lack of self control in thrift stores, and our crystal meth reads. Don't have BGE and skip this episode because you're too busy pouting that your crush doesn't like you back... have BPE (Big Peeta Energy) and show up for us no matter what!! Books Discussed: The Hour of the Rose by Christina Skye A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova Books Mentioned: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat Ghost of the Forbidden by Leanna Renee Hieber Uprooted by Naomi Novik The Cruel Prince by Holly Black The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 50 Shades of Gray by E. L. James Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas All for the Game by Nora Sakavic Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Sign up for our newsletter to get teasers for the next episode, get the inside scoop, and much more! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We've talked about some pretty whacky smutty books, but what if we told you that in this episode, we go into the details of pirate sex magic? It's about as cool as you're imagining. Stick around, we also do a deep dive into Latin studies and more! Oh and also... we have a secret regarding Kaitlyn's identity. You don't want to miss it. Books Discussed: Slayer of the Pirate Lord by Rebecca F. Kenney The Latinist by Mark Prins Books Mentioned: Beneath Black Sails by Clare Sager The Odyssey by Homer The Metamorphoses by Ovid Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Darkest Part of The Forest by Holly Black The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves Lightlark by Alex Aster Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's right there in the title, folks. Kristen is careening off the deep end, because she's discussing her favorite book of all time! If you manage to make it through to the other side, we also discuss what defines "dark academia", kids who need therapy (don't we all?), and our favorite classics! Books Discussed: The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio Books Mentioned: Looking for Alaska by John Green Vicious by V. E. Schwab The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake The Aeneid by Virgil The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Folk of the Air by Holly Black The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein Candide by Voltaire The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo Much Ado About Nothing (and other works) by William Shakespeare The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Sign up for our newsletter to get teasers for the next episode, get the inside scoop, and much more! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Come one, come all! Today we bring you the best of the best, from all across the land, to compete in the ultimate competition. Who will be crowned as the biggest, most pathetic, simp of all time? Listen to find out. Our Challengers: Thomas Cresswell from Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco Vektal from Ice Planet Barbarian by Ruby Dixon Damianos of Akielos from The Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat Rhysand from the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas Lorcan Salvaterre from the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas Edward Cullen from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Oliver Marks from If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio Benjamin Evans from The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black Cardan Greenbriar from The Folk of the Air by Holly Black Kaz Brekker from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Oak Greenbriar from The Stolen Heir by Holly Black Prince Corrick from the Defy the Night series by Brigid Kemmerer Matthias Helvar from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Hal Cavendish from Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft Nathaniel Thorn from A Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Jamie Westenberg from Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Sign up for our newsletter to get teasers for the next episode, get the inside scoop, and much more! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, the two books we discuss are on the far ends of the spectrum - and by that, we mean "really good" and "really, really bad". We also chat about time limits before calling it quits, books that fail to meet expectations, and play a game of "Guess the Fake Name" with Ice Planet Barbarians! Books Discussed: The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwin Wild Spaces by SL Coney Books Mentioned: The Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum Candide by Voltaire Wintersong by SJ Jones If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever The Secret History by Donna Tartt Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Morena Garcia This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone The Ocean At The End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Ice Planet Barbarian series by Ruby Dixon Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Sign up for our newsletter to get teasers for the next episode, get the inside scoop, and much more! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week's episode really exposes us as we discuss, in depth, healthy relationship dynamics... particularly when it revolves around kink. We also chat about bad magic systems, creepy old houses, and more! And if you really wanna know about us, we even talk about books that causes some... awakenings in us. Books Discussed: Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone Books Mentioned: The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater Twilight by Stephenie Meyer My Immortal by (allegedly) Tara Gillispie Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene Priest by Sierra Simone Feed by Aveda Vice The Cruel Prince by Holly Black The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll Silent Move by Patric Senécal Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer by Joyce Reardon The Aeneid by Virgil Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Sign up for our newsletter to get teasers for the next episode, get the inside scoop, and much more! Paradox by | e s c p | ⁠https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/⁠ Music promoted by ⁠https://www.free-stock-music.com/⁠ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠

This episode is all about gushing, as B and Kristen bring books to the table they are begging you to read. Except for Kristen, who is demanding it. We hope you have Kindle Unlimited! We also chat about older protagonists, pirates, men who can only be described as "babygirl", and much more. Books Discussed: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty The West Wind by Alexandria Warwick Books Mentioned: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater The Captive Prince series by C.S. Pacat The Thornchapel series by Sierra Simone The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick Join our book club, WORNPAGELIBRARY! Sign up for our newsletter to get teasers for the next episode, get the inside scoop, and much more! Paradox by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/