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The Laydown
A podcast where 3 booksellers from Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, New Hampshire chat about all things literary.
February who?! Don't worry about it. Happy Spring! We're talking about bugs and mud and all kinds of springy nature books, in addition to what we've read since January.
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It's 2026 and January has been a real year of a month. Take a break with us while we talk about what we've read so far, our favorite faves of last year, and this year's reading challenge!
Books Mentioned During This EpisodeRyan's Favorites of 2025
Cait's Favorites of 2025
Ashley's Favorites of 2025
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It's the last episode of the year, and Ryan and Ashley are going through the 2025 Reading Challenge!
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Kristi DeMeester is on the podcast to chat about Dark Sisters and GUESS WHAT? She's also COMING TO GIBSON'S IN JANUARY! That's right folks, mark your calendars, preorder your books, and we'll see you in the new year!
EVENT INFO! Books Mentioned During This EpisodeKristi's Candles
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Happy Halloween! Sam joins us to talk about spooky books!
The full list will be here later, but in the meantime, check out gibsonsbookstore.com/horror where you'll find a whole bunch of the books mentioned.
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Horror author Brian Asman joined Ryan live on Zoom for a special virtual event celebrating his new collection, Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters), and now YOU get to listen to it!
Man, Fck This House (And Other Disasters)Other Books Mentioned During This Episode
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It must be spooky season, because Rachel Harrison is back on the podcast! Enjoy this episode about her new book, Play Nice!Play NiceOTHER LINKSReading ChallengeGibson's Bookstore Website* Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our Website by Category! * Donate to the Bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
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It's been a minute since our last episode, so we're just catching up on our recent reads this time!
Also Cait had to book it about halfway through to cover a break, she didn't just stop talking and reacting.
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Sometimes we read a book and we're not sure we liked it, but we can't stop thinking about it. Sometimes we deeply hated it and we want to talk about it. Sometimes we LOVED it, despite it being the most devastating read of our lives. Will we ever handsell them to you? Only if you ask really, really nicely.
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HAPPY PRIDE! Ryan, Ashley, and Cait are talking about queer books! Some new, some old, all good!
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It's our May episode, and we couldn't settle on just one topic, so there MAY or MAY not be a theme this month. You'll just have to listen to find out.
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Ryan, Ashley, and Cait are talking about Diverse Books!
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Last month we hosted Romance Author Lucy Score at the Capitol Center for the Arts in conversation with Meghan Quinn, for a sold-out audience! That conversation was recorded, and now we're uploading it here for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
It's Women's History Month, so Ryan, Cait, and Ashley are celebrating Women's Rights AND Women's Wrongs with literary ladies we're feral for! It's a grand ol' time.
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It's the end of the world as we know it...but thank Books for Books!
Happy 2025? Ryan, Cait, and Ashley are talking about Hope Punk and what they're reading in the end times!
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Our beloved Jo has accepted a new job at a library (we knew this was coming and we are SO HAPPY FOR THEM), which means this is our last episode with Jo as cohost! To commemorate this, we're talking about vampires. Specifically gay ones. Enjoy!
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Happy Halloween! Sam's joining us once again for our spookiest episode of the year, and this time we're giving you book recommendations based on your favorite horror movies!
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In September we had an event with Horror Authors Rachel Harrison and Clay McLeod Chapman to celebrate the release of Rachel's latest novel, So Thirsty!We set up a microphone between them and recorded that audio for you. Enjoy!
Our friends from Gibson's Café, Arden and Sam, joined us on the podcast this month to share recent reads and pair books with their menu items!
Books Mentioned During This Episode2024 Reading ChallengeGhost 19 is not currently available in print! Get the audiobook here: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593632826Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop! OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website* Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our Website by Category! * Donate to the Bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar! * Buy Gibson's Merch
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Jo and Ryan catch up on what they've been reading and discuss Summer Reading!
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Taryn and Fal join Ryan and Jo for this extra long Pride episode! Your hosts talk about Bad Gays and Queer Joy and Jo takes us on a twenty minute history lesson about Roy Cohn and we all get really punchy. It's a great time, enjoy! Happy Pride!
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Between Ryan's trip to London and Jo's trip to NYC, our hosts basically didn't see each other during May, so this Bonus Episode is their chance to talk all about the books they read last month!
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Bonus Episode! Saint Gibson is on the podcast to discuss her new Urban Fantasy novel, Evocation! It's got magic, romance, curses, and more! Saint will be at Gibson's in person for an event this summer, so mark your calendars! She'll be here Wednesday, July 24th at 6:30pm. If you're local, we hope you join us. If you can't make it to the event, you can order your book from us and let us know in the order comments that you'd like it signed/personalized, and we'll take care of it and mail it to you after the event! Links for all of that below!
S.T. Gibson
Evocation (want it signed this summer but can't make the event? Let us know in the order comments and we'll mail your signed copy after our event!)
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It turns out the one thing our podcast has been missing this whole time is a game segment. Luckily for us, Cait is here to save the day with a delightful game she calls Magical Realism or Real Magicalism? It's a delightful time. Play along at home and let us know how you did!
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It's a Climate Change episode!
Bill Weir, award-winning journalist and Chief Climate Correspondent for CNN, has written a book about Climate Change called Life As We Know It (Can Be)! He and Ryan chat about some things that bring him hope, his reimagining of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and things that we can do in our own lives to combat the worst effects of Climate Change. Enjoy!
Life As We Know It (Can Be)
Bill Weir
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Scott Carson (AKA Michael Koryta) joined Ryan on the podcast to chat about his new book, Lost Man's Lane, which is available now!
Michael Koryta
Lost Man's Lane
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Ryan and Jo are digging into their TBR piles/stacks/bookcases and discussing how they decide what to read next, among other things!
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It's Black History Month, and Ryan and Jo are bringing you a ton of recommendations of books by Black Authors! Click the shoppable list below for a list that includes everything discussed in this episode, plus a ton more.
Obligatory "sorry about the audio quality" - we're still figuring out a new microphone setup! In theory the audio will get better each episode. Bear with us!
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Ryan, Jo, and Reagan chat about what they've been reading so far this year, how they feel about reading goals, and then they give a rundown of the 2024 Laydown Podcast Reading Challenge! It's an extra-long episode, so buckle in and enjoy!
Books Mentioned During This EpisodeThe 2024 Reading ChallengeThe Music Episode
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It's Ryan's annual chat with Horror Author, Rachel Harrison! They discuss Rachel's latest novel, Black Sheep, they talk about cults, Halloween, Holiday traditions, give each other book recommendations, and more! It's the final episode of the year, so sit back, enjoy, and we'll see you in your podcast feeds in 2024. Have a safe and happy holiday season!
Black Sheep
Rachel Harrison
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Happy Holidays! John joins Ryan and Jo to talk about the best books to give as gifts this Holiday Season!
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Happy Halloween! Sam joins Ryan and Jo to talk about the best Horror novels of 2023! Plus, your hosts have their annual spooky book club, in which this year they discuss Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig. It's a great time!
Books Mentioned During This EpisodeRyan's Curated HorrorList
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Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box, Goblin, Pearl, and the brand new Spin a Black Yarn (among so, so many others), joined Ryan for a casual conversation about all things spooky! Happy Halloween!
Spin A Black Yarn
Josh Malerman
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Ryan got to chat with Delilah S. Dawson about her brand new Horror Novella, Bloom, which is one of Ryan's staff picks! It's gorgeous and dark and a perfect spooky season book, and you should all buy it - but first, listen to this episode!
Bloom
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Our dear friends from the Jack of All Graves Podcast, Corrigan and Marko, join Ryan and Jo to talk about all manner of spooky books, from Horror Novels to books bound in Human Skin!
Jack of All Graves
Books Mentioned During This EpisodeWatch the Jack of All Graves video about Books Bound in Human Skin!
Sources: Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin* * The macabre world of books bound in human skin - BBC News * The People Who Became Book Bindings | UCL Researchers in Museums * 'Dark Archives' Explores The Use Of Human Skin In Bookbinding : NPR * Burke and Hare: Here is the story behind Edinburgh's most horrific and prolific serial killers * Serial killer William Burke's skeleton goes on display - BBC News * Let's Talk About Binding Books with Human Skin * Burke and Hare, grave robbers and murderers * Pocketbook made from Burke's skin - Surgeons' Hall Museums, Edinburgh * Seeking the Truth Behind Books Bound in Human Skin - Atlas Obscura
Wikipedia overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
The Beinecke’s (Yale’s special collections library) page about the Voynich: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/voynich-manuscript
A video lecture from one of my grad school professors who is an expert on the manuscript: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/voynich-manuscript-lisa-fagin-davis
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Ryan got to chat with Carissa Orlando about her debut Horror novel, The September House, which Ryan is calling "a masterpiece in Horror". This book totally flips the Haunted House trope on its head and deals with SO much more than ghosts. It's phenomenal, and you should all buy it - but first, listen to this episode!
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If you've listened to us for any length of time, you know how much we adore Libro.fm, which makes this episode incredibly special to us! Karen and Craig, who work at Libro.fm and also host the Libro.fm Podcast, joined us as Guest Hosts this month to chat about all things audiobooks, podcasting, interviews, and why Libro.fm is the actual best!
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Ryan got to chat with Shari Lapena about her new thriller, Everyone Here is Lying, parenthood, planning vs pantsing, and writing as escapism. Plus there might be an epiphany somewhere in there. Enjoy!
Everyone Here is Lying
Shari Lapena
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Ryan chats with Genevieve Gornichec all about The Weaver and the Witch Queen, Gunnhild and Eirik, magic, sagas, and more.
The Weaver and the Witch Queen is not a mythology retelling, it's a historical fantasy reimagining of the origins of the infamous Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, a tenth century queen of Norway...it's historical fanfic, and we're here for it!
The Weaver and the Witch Queen
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We're over halfway through the year, so it's time to check in to see how we're doing with The Laydown Reading Challenge!
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Ashley Poston, author of The Dead Romantics and The Seven Year Slip, joins Ryan on the podcast to give her favorite Summer Reading Recommendations! This is a delightful episode full of giggles and amazing book recommendations, so enjoy!
The Dead Romantics
The Seven Year Slip
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It's Pride Month! Fal joined Ryan and Jo to chat about queer books! We specifically highlight Trans books and other less-represented queer identities!
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan
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Ryan chats with Riley Sager about his new thriller mystery novel, The Only One Left!
The Only One Left
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Ryan got to chat with Ashley Audrain about her latest novel, The Whispers!
The Whispers
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Ryan got to chat with Ali Hazelwood about her latest STEM Romance novel, Love, Theoretically!
Love, Theoretically
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Ryan got to chat with Ali Hazelwood about her latest STEM Romance novel, Love, Theoretically!
Love, Theoretically
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Jo and Ryan got to sit down with author Rita Chang-Eppig to talk about her novel, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea (also known as DATS RATS)!
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
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If there's one thing that Jo loves more than books, it's music. We're joined this month by Booksellers Sam and Reagan, who also have a healthy obsession with music, to talk about the relationship between Books and Music and the many forms that can take. There are several incredible tangents and fun facts. This episode is over 3 hours long, and that's after editing.
Have fun!
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Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Sam, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/sam
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Emily Henry is back on the podcast! Ryan and Sam chatted with her about her brand new novel, Happy Place, which they both LOVED. Come for the book discussion, stay for the delightful tangent about 40s Era Rom Coms, the check-ins with her other characters, and so much more!
Happy Place
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Ryan got to chat with Alex Bracken about her new YA Fantasy novel, Silver in the Bone! Come for the Arthurian tale, stay for the in-depth discussion of the publishing industry!
Silver in the Bone
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Heather's back on the pod with us this month to chat about Horror for the YOUTHS! Middle Grade and Young Adult have some truly spooktacular offerings, and we're gonna talk all about them.
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Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Heather, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/heather
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Ryan got to chat with J. Ryan Stradal about his new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, parenting, food, and more!
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
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Cooking and Chemistry and Flipping the Status Quo? Sign us all the way up. Bonnie Garmus is on the podcast this episode to chat with Ryan all about her incredible novel, LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY!
Lessons in Chemistry
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It's our 100th episode, and Jo is back! Ryan and Jo chat about the many, many books they read while Jo was home recovering from back surgery.
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Becky Chalsen is on the podcast to talk about her debut novel, Kismet! This book is so sweet and full of heart and should absolutely be on your Beach Read List for this summer!
Kismet
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You might know Alma Katsu for her incredible historical Horror novels like The Hunger and The Fervor, but did you know she's got a crime thriller series too? Ryan got to chat with her about her new novel, Red London, as well as some of her horror, and also her 30 year career in Intelligence!
Red London
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Rebecca Makkai joins Ryan on the podcast this week to chat about her latest novel, I Have Some Questions For You!
I Have Some Questions For You
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Events Manager, and Romance Expert, Elisabeth joins Ryan and Jo this month for our Valentine's Day Romance Extravaganza!
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Ryan and Jo are back after the holiday break with some minor changes to the pod, and a brand new Reading Challenge for you! Enjoy this extra long episode!
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It's the first interview of 2023! Grady Hendrix is back on the podcast, this time to talk about his brand new Horror novel, How To Sell A Haunted House! Ryan and Grady chat about puppets, connecting with fictional characters, grief, and more! It's a blast and a half.
How To Sell A Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
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Ryan and Jo (and a few cameos from other Gibson's Booksellers) are giving you gift ideas for everyone on your list this year, pulling recommendations from the NEIBA Holiday Catalog as well as their own personal reading lists!
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Sam joins Ryan and Jo this month to chat about spooky books for Halloween! There's a weird amount (or just the right amount?) of cannibalism discussion. Enjoy!
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Sam continues to not have a presence on our website, so use your imagination.
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Watch Ryan's event with Josh Malerman!
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Did you miss our in-store event with Josh Malerman and Bookseller Ryan? Don't worry, we recorded it! Listen to the live audio of the event here, or watch the video over on our YouTube channel!
Pick up a signed copy of Daphne!
Rachel Harrison is back on the podcast, this time to talk about her brand new Werewolf Novel, Such Sharp Teeth! This book is spooky and fun and it has romance and body horror and tackles themes of vulnerability and forgiveness and feminine rage and SO MUCH MORE. Let's get into it!
Such Sharp Teeth
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Heather joins Ryan and Jo to discuss Banned Books. It's kind of a heavy episode, and it's slightly more explicit than our usual fare, but it's an important topic that we wanted to discuss. As always, you can see all of the books we mention on our shoppable list below!
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Books Mentioned During This Episode Also Mentionedwww.ala.org/advocacy/fight-censorship
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Bonus Episode! Ryan chats with Stacey McEwan about her new fantasy novel, Ledge! They talk tropes, TikTok, world-building, and more! Enjoy!
Ledge
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John is on the podcast this month to talk about being a buyer for the bookstore and to give us a sneak peek at some of the hot titles coming out in the next few months! Brace yourselves, your TBR is about to get A LOT longer!
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Books Mentioned During This Episode Also MentionedThe Babysitter Lives (audio exclusive)
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Audiobook)
Bob Dylan's Podcast
Virtual Event with Megan Bannen (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy) and Ashley Poston (The Dead Romantics) on September 6th at 7pm ET!
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Bonus Episode! Ryan chats with Alicia Thompson about her new romance novel, Love in the Time of Serial Killers! If you love True Crime and also Romance, this is a must-read!
Love in the Time of Serial Killers
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Sam is back on the podcast, this time to chat about True Crime! We've got lots of feelings about True Crime, and lots of recommendations to go with those feelings! Plus there's a hippo story you do NOT want to miss, and a whole lot of information about Mormons and also Serial Killers, and how we treat victims...this is a PACKED episode and it's TWO HOURS LONG, so buckle up!
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Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Sam...refuses to be on our website, so use your imagination, I guess.
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Ryan sat down remotely to chat with Ashley Poston about The Dead Romantics, a spooky romance novel that quickly became Ryan's new comfort read.
The Dead Romantics
Ashley Poston
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeDiana Wynne Jones
The Winters Promise by Christelle Dabos
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
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Happy Pride Month! In one of our most happy-squeal-filled episodes to date, Fal joins Ryan and Jo to chat about queer books of all types!
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Fal, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/fal
Books Mentioned During This EpisodeLGBTQ+ Books
Jack of All Graves Book Club
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Bonus Episode! Riley Sager is back on the pod, and Ryan got to chat with him about his latest thriller, The House Across the Lake! Enjoy!
The House Across the Lake
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with Karen Heuler to chat about her latest SciFi novel, The Splendid City!
The Splendid City
Karen Heuler
Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeThe Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Brian Evenson
Jeffrey Ford
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It's been a minute since we've recorded a regular episode, but Reagan is with us this month to chat about reading books in translations!
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
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Books Mentioned During This EpisodeDracula Daily
Jack of All Graves Book Club
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Bonus Episode! Ryan and Jo got to chat with Juno Dawson about her upcoming adult novel, Her Majesty's Royal Coven!
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Juno Dawson
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeFrom Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Cujo by Stephen King
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan got to chat with writer and producer Stephen Lloyd about his brand new novel, Friend of the Devil!
Friend of the Devil
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan and Elisabeth got to chat with New York Times Bestselling Author Emily Henry about her latest romance novel, Book Lovers!
Book Lovers
Emily Henry
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeThe Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
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Bonus Episode!
Local SciFi author R.W.W. Greene (Rob) is on the podcast to chat with Ryan about Mercury Rising, his new Alternative History SciFi novel!
Join us on May 10th, 2022 at 6:30pm for an in-store event with R.W.W. Greene!
R.W.W. Greene
Mercury Rising
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeTermination Shock by Neal Stephenson
The Runaway by Nick Petrie
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan got to chat with bestselling author Adriana Trigiani about her latest novel, The Good Left Undone!
Adriana Trigiani
The Good Left Undone
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We've wanted to do a Shakespeare episode with our resident expert, Jo, for months and the time has finally come! Strap in for this extra long episode, coming to you on the Bard's Birth/Death Day!
Listen to Ryan lose her entire mind over certain shows that Jo has seen live, hear about your hosts' very different journeys to Shakespeare, find out where to start if you're new to the Bard, listen to Jo tell incredible stories from their time volunteering at The Globe, and so much more! This episode is jam packed with fun. Whether you're an avid Shakespeare fan or you've never read any of his plays, you will enjoy this episode. Let's go!
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Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Books Mentioned During this EpisodeGlobe player: https://player.shakespearesglobe.com/
Digital Theatre: https://www.digitaltheatre.com/
Broadway HD: https://www.broadwayhd.com/
National Theatre at Home: https://www.ntathome.com/
Shmoop: https://www.shmoop.com/shakespeare/
To Be or Not to Be Video: https://youtu.be/sw_zDsAeqrI
OTHER LINKSJack of All Graves Book Club
The Storygraph
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Matt joins Ryan and Jo this month to talk about some of the gatekeeping that can happen in the literary world. Plus, your hosts chat about award winners, judging books by their covers, the difference between literary and genre fiction, and letting people just read whatever they want.
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Matt, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/matt
Books Mentioned During This Episode
OTHER LINKSJack of All Graves Book Club
The Storygraph
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan got to chat with bestselling author Lisa Scottoline about her latest novel, What Happened to the Bennetts!
Lisa Scottoline
What Happened to the Bennetts
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeThe Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini (audiobook)
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Madeline joins Ryan and Jo this month to talk about the ways that books let you travel without having to go anywhere! From travel memoirs to road trips in fiction to magical fantasy worlds to creating real life trips visiting literary locations (2025 Gibson's World Tour, anyone?), your hosts have a ton of recommendations for using books as a means to escape.
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Rosebud by Paul Cornell
- Spear by Nicola Griffith
- These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe
- A Mirror Mended by Alix E Harrow
- A Spindle Splintered
- Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
- Neon Gods
- Electric Idol
- From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
- Payback’s a Witch
- Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
- Malice by Heather Walter
- Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
- Such A Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester
- Ghoul n’ the Cape by Josh Malerman (Limited)
- Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow
- Listen to Ryan's Interview with Bethany C. Morrow!
- Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- Devil House by John Darnielle
- Wolf in White Van
- All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
- Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
- Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
- Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley
- Medea by Euripides
- Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand
- The Anthony Burgess Translation (Backordered, hard to get)
Madeline, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/madeline
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- On Writing by Stephen King
- The Age of Anxiety by Pete Townshend
- Medea by Euripides
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Rabbits by Terry Miles
TRAVEL WITH BOOKS * Walking to Listen by Andrew Forsthoefel * Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon * Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky * Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire by Marianne O’Connor * Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert * Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer * Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer * The Nepal Chronicles by Dan Szczesny * Exit West by Mohsin Hamid * Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead * Flights by Olga Tokarczuk * The Books of Jacob * Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead * Less by Andrew Sean Greer * Less is Lost * Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie * Murder on the Orient Express * Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie * After Dark by Haruki Murakami * 1Q84 * Kafka on the Shore * The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle * The Strange Library * The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith * Milkman by Anna Burns * The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien * Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll * The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum * Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink * Alice Isn’t Dead * Goblin by Josh Malerman * It by Stephen King * Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman * American Gods * The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow * The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern * The Night Circus * The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams * The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED DURING THIS EPISODE * And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin * Paper Towns by John Green
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan sat down remotely with Bethany C. Morrow to talk about her deliciously chilling new Social Horror novel, Cherish Farrah!
Bethany C. Morrow
Cherish Farrah
Other Books by Bethany C. Morrow
- Mem
- A Song Below Water
- A Chorus Rises
- So Many Beginnings
- Take the Mic
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Other Books Mentioned During This Episode * Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith * This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith * You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston
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Happy New Year! Ryan and Jo are joined by Michael, the owner of Gibson's, to chat about their favorite books of 2021. Come for the book recommendations, stay for the tangents!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow (audiobook)
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
- Moon Witch, Spider King
- Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert
- Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3)
- Neon Gods (Dark Olympus #1)
- My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
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- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
- One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
- Something to Hide by Elizabeth George
- Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin
- Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
- The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin
- The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
- Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel
- Wolf Hall
- Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
- Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
- Shuggie Bain
Michael, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/michael-herrmann
- City on Fire by Don Winslow
- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
- Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
- No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
- Priestdaddy
- Animal by Lisa Taddeo
- Three Women
- Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Our Favorite Books of 2021!https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff-favorites-2021
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr
- Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
- Matrix by Lauren Groff
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
- The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
- Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
- The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
- You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
- Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
- Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Say Nothing
- Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
- Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
- Goblin by Josh Malerman
- Pearl
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan got to chat with bestselling author Lisa Gardner about her latest mystery thriller, One Step Too Far!
Lisa Gardner
One Step Too Far
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeRazorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan got to chat with NYT Bestselling Author Elizabeth George about her latest mystery in the Lynley series, Something to Hide!
Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George Foundation
Something to Hide (audiobook)
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeHarlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan got to chat with the fantastic Kerri Maher about her new historical fiction novel, The Paris Bookseller!
Kerri Maher
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The Paris Bookseller (audiobook)
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Other Books Mentioned During This Episode
Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation by Noel Riley Fitch
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (audiobook)
Ulysses by James Joyce (audiobook)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (audiobook)
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn (audiobook)
The Guncle by Steven Rowley (audiobook)
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray (audiobook)
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner (audiobook)
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Hillary is retiring, so join us as we reminisce and chat for her final episode! She passes the Book Club mantle to Jo, and we also talk about what we've been reading recently and go on several tangents, and it's a great time. Enjoy!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- The Broken Tower by Kelly Braffet (audiobook)
- The Unwilling (audiobook)
- The Push by Ashley Audrain (audiobook)
- Darling Girl by Liz Michalski (audiobook)
- The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (audiobook)
- Sundial (audiobook)
- The Every by Dave Eggers (audiobook)
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (audiobook)
- The White Album by Joan Didion
- Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (audiobook)
- Husband Material
- Something Fabulous
- Devolution by Max Brooks (audiobook)
- World War Z (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
- The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley
- Twelve Caesars by Mary Beard (audiobook)
Book Clubs
- The Hollow Land by Jane Gardam (audiobook)
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (audiobook)
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (audiobook)
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (audiobook)
- Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom (audiobook)
Gibson's Book Club
- January 3rd, 2022:Culture Warlords by Tal Lavin
- February 7th, 2022: Interior Chinatownby Charles Yu
- March 7th, 2022: Blacktop Wastelandby S.A. Cosby
- April 4th, 2022: These Fevered Days by Martha Ackman
- May 2nd, 2022: Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
- June 6th, 2022: Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
- July 11th, 2022: The Mysteries by Marisa Silver
- August 1st, 2022: Pickapalooza! Come help us choose next year's book club picks!
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Bonus Episode! Ryan got to chat with the delightful Genevieve Gornichec about her debut novel, The Witch's Heart!
Genevieve Gornichec
The Witch's Heart
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Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeNorse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Prose Edda
The Poetic Edda
Circe by Madeline Miller
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
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Bonus Episode! You may know him as Schmidt from New Girl, but in this interview, Max Greenfield is chatting with Ryan all about his new picture book, I Don't Want to Read This Book, which is available now!
I Don't Want to Read This Book
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Other Books Mentioned During this EpisodeThe City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (audiobook)
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Ryan, Hillary, and Jo have a lot of feelings about some books coming out in the next several months, and they want you to place preorders for them, because preorders are GREAT.
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World by Todd Doughty (audiobook) (interview)
- I Don’t Want to Read This Book by Max Greenfield (audiobook)
- The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak (audiobook)
- The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (audiobook)
- Circe by Madeline Miller (audiobook)
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)
- A House at the Bottom a Lake by Josh Malerman (audiobook)
- Bird Box (audiobook)
- Pearl (audiobook)
- Goblin (audiobook)
- The Every by Dave Eggers (audiobook)
- The Circle (audiobook)
- Sundial by Catriona Ward (March 2022) (audiobook)
- The Last House on Needless Street (audiobook)
- A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of the Most Magical Place on Earth by Kevin Kern, Tim O’Day, Steven Vagnini, Fabiola Garza
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl (audiobook)
- House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
- Still Life by Sarah Winman (audiobook)
- Tin Man (audiobook)
- Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew (audiobook)
- White Hot Hate by Dick Lehr (audiobook)
- The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails by David Wondrich, Noah Rothbaum
Preorders * Darling Girl by Liz Michalski (May 2022) (audiobook) * An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard (audiobook) * To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara (January 2022) (audiobook) + A Little Life * All of You Every Single One by Beatrice Hitchman (January 2022) (audiobook) * Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (May 2022) (audiobook) + The Chosen and the Beautiful (audiobook) * Spear by Nicola Griffith (April 2022) (audiobook) * I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (May 2022) (audiobook) + One Last Stop (audiobook) * Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (January 2022) (audiobook) * Book of Night by Holly Black (May 2022) (audiobook) * How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (July 2022) (audiobook) + Horrorstor (audiobook) + My Best Friend’s Exorcism (audiobook) + The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (audiobook) + Paperbacks from Hell (audiobook) + The Final Girl Support Group (audiobook) * Maddie and Mabel by Kari Allen (March 2022) * Sharpe’s Assassin by Bernard Cornwell (December 2021) (audiobook) * Violeta by Isabelle Allende (January 2022) (audiobook) * Something to Hide by Elizabeth George (January 2022) (audiobook) * Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 2022) (audiobook) + Riot Baby (audiobook) * From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper (May 2022) (audiobook) + Payback’s a Witch (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Todd Doughty joined Ryan on the podcast to chat about his book, Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World. Be prepared for an episode full of dopamine and two friends catching up!
Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World
Todd Doughty
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Other Books Mentioned During this Episode:
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (audiobook)
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (audiobook)
- Gmorning Gnight by Lin-Manuel Miranda (audiobook)
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (audiobook)
- An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard (audiobook)
- Darling Girl by Liz Michalski (audiobook)
- The Firm by John Grisham (audiobook)
- A Time to Kill by John Grisham (audiobook)
- The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (audiobook)
- Shady Hollow by Juneau Black (audiobook)
- Mordew by Alex Pheby (audiobook)
- The Every by Dave Eggers (Indie Exclusive Hardcover!) (audiobooks)
- Louise Penny Gamache Series (audiobooks)
- Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon (audiobook)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (audiobook)
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (audiobook)
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Local Photographer, Josh Hrehovcik, joined Ryan in the bookstore to chat about his book of photography, Retro Roadtrip: New Hampshire, Portsmouth and Dover (and a couple of sidetrips)!
Retro Roadtrip: New Hampshire, Portsmouth and Dover (and a couple of sidetrips)
Joshua Hrehovcik
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan and Madeline sat down remotely with local author, educator, and environmental advocate, Susan Inches, to chat about her new book, Advocating for the Environment!
Advocating for the Environment
Sue Inches
Resistbot
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Happy Halloween!
Hillary is busy planning and attending her daughter's wedding this month, so Sam is joining us! We're chatting all things spooky!
Our House of Leaves rant starts at the 1:24:15 mark and goes until the end credits!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz (audiobook)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (audiobook)
- Growing Things by Paul Tremblay (audiobook)
- My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (audiobook) (Jack of All Graves Book Club)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- Sistersong by Lucy Holland (audiobook)
- Spear by Nicola Griffith (audiobook)
- Hild (audiobook)
- Sword, Stone, Table by Swapna Krishna (audiobook)
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (audiobook)
- Ash (audiobook)
- Huntress
Sam, doesn't have a staff pick page yet for some reason, everyone bug Sam to set up her staff pick page. * Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson (audiobook) * Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook) + Blacktop Wasteland (audiobook) * The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig (audiobook) + Wanderers (audiobook)
Spooky Books * Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink (audiobook) (podcast) * Devolution by Max Brooks (audiobook) * Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson (audiobook) * Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (audiobook) * Pearl by Josh Malerman (audiobook) (Interview with Josh Malerman for Goblin) (Interview with Josh Malerman for Pearl) * The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins (audiobook) * Wilder Girls by Rory Power (audiobook) * Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (audiobook) * Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle * The Dead Zone by Stephen King (audiobook) + Thinner (audiobook) + Bag of Bones (audiobook) + Christine (audiobook) + From a Buick 8 (audiobook) + Cell (audiobook) + Lisey’s Story (audiobook) + Revival (audiobook) * NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (audiobook) + Horns (audiobook) + Locke & Key * House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewsky
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Ryan and Elisabeth got to chat with the lovely Lana Harper about her new book Payback's a Witch! They also gushed about Halloween and witches and romance and queer love and so much more. Enjoy!
Payback’s a Witch (audiobook)
From Bad to Cursed (May 17th, 2022) (audiobook)
Lana Harper
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Other Books Mentioned During this Episode:
- Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake (February 22nd, 2022) (audiobook)
- The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (audiobook)
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (audiobook)
- Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Josh Malerman is back on the podcast! He and Ryan chatted about his latest horror novel Pearl, plus the beauty of book covers, their favorite horror movies, what makes Pearl so terrifying, and so much more!
Bird Box
Malorie
Inspection
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
Goblin
Pearl
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Other Books Mentioned During this Episode: * Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson * Devil’s Pocketbook - Ross Jefferies (No links available yet!) * Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper * Cackle by Rachel Harrison * The Return by Rachel Harrison * My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones * The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
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Bonus Episode! We’re kicking off October with our first ever Repeat Guest! Rachel Harrison is back to chat about her new novel, Cackle! Plus, she and Ryan discuss hexes they would put on their enemies, how amazing Ted Lasso is, how the pandemic has affected their brains, what type of animal they would like as their familiar, and so much more! Enjoy!
Cackle (audiobook)
The Return (audiobook)
Rachel Harrison
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Rachel Harrison Recommends
The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke (audiobook)
The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrmann (audiobook)
Build Your House Around my Body by Violet Kupersmith (audiobook)
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Other Books Mentioned
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook)
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (audiobook)
Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (audiobook)
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (audiobook)
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The Supply Chain is Broken! Ryan, Hillary, and Jo explain what the broken supply chain means for your holiday shopping and give you a whole bunch of tips, tricks, and recommendations for working around it!
There were literally too many books to fit into this description, so use the link below to see the whole shoppable list of every book mentioned during this episode, and don't forget to check out the audiobooks at libro.fm/gibsonsbookstore!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
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Jack of All Graves Book Club
All the Backlist Podcast
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with Samantha Downing to discuss her new thriller, For Your Own Good!
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (Audiobook)
Samantha Downing
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Samantha Downing RecommendsYou Love Me by Caroline Kepnes (Audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with New York Times Bestselling Author, Ace Atkins, to discuss his latest novel, The Heathens!
They chat about the new book, what it's like to take over a series from an author who has passed, and how awesome Boston is. Enjoy!
The Heathens by Ace Atkins (Audiobook)
Ace Atkins
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Ace Atkins RecommendsThe House Uptown by Melissa Ginsburg (Audiobook)
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Audiobook)
City of Margins by William Boyle
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Graphic Novels, Coffee Table Books, Uniquely Formatted Novels...Ryan, Hillary, and Jo are talking about cool physical books this month! Also, Hillary regales us with tales from her time living in NYC. This episode is extra long and extra fun. Enjoy!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
**RECENT READS
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)
- The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig (audiobook)
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Book Club) (audiobook)
- Bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, Natalie Riess (Podcast)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
- Billy Summers by Stephen King (audiobook)
- Putting it Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created “Sunday in the Park with George” by James Lapine (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (audiobook)
- Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford (audiobook)
- Golden Hill (audiobook)
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (audiobook)
UNIQUE & COOL PHYSICAL BOOKS
- How to Be Both by Ali Smith
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
- To Be or Not To Be by Ryan North
- Romeo and/or Juliet
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth
- Bubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, Natalie Riess (Podcast)
- The Adventure Zone by The McElroys (Podcast)
- Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst
- House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
- Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
- Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter
- What If? by Randall Munroe (XKCD)
- How to Invent Everything by Ryan North
- The Curious Reader by Mental Floss
- The Madman’s Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching
- Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting
- Buchanan-Smith’s Axe Handbook by Peter Buchanan-Smith
- American Axe by Brett McCleod
- Woodland Craft by Ben Law
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist
- The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving by Lee Buttala
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Bonus Episode! It’s Bookstore Romance Day, so to celebrate, Ryan and Elisabeth are coming to you straight from Elisabeth’s living room (with super great audio) with over an hour’s worth of gushing about the romance genre (almost entirely unedited, including some swearing).
This episode is chock full of recommendations (ranked by steam levels), favorite tropes, hilarious anecdotes, and a whole lot of laughter. Also Ryan forgot how to do the outro. It's a grand old time! Enjoy!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode RECENT READS
Neon Gods by Katee Robert (Audiobook)
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (Audiobook)
The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle (Audiobook)
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (Audiobook) (October 5th, 2021)
Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev (Audiobook) Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev (Audiobook)
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (Audiobook)
Level 1:
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (Audiobook)
So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park (Audiobook) Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park (Audiobook)
Level 2: does not exist
Level 3:
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (Audiobook) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (Audiobook)
If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane (Audiobook)
Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne (Audiobook) The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (Audiobook)
Level 4:
First Comes Like by Alisha Rai (Audiobook)
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Audiobook)
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Audiobook)
Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (Audiobook)
Abby Jimenez (Nadia Cakes - Vageode Saga)
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (Audiobook)
Level 5:
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (Audiobook) (November 2, 2021)
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (Audiobook) Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Audiobook)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Audiobook) Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (Audiobook) Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (Audiobook)
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey (Audiobook)
Beach Read by Emily Henry (Audiobook)
Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher (Audiobook)
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (Audiobook)
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa (Audiobook)
Level 6:
Neon Gods by Katee Roberts (Audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with bestselling romance author, Jasmine Guillory about her latest novel, While We Were Dating! They discuss their favorite tropes, the way Covid has affected the desire for happy endings, how the modern romance landscape is changing, and so much more! Enjoy!
While We Were Dating (Audiobook)
The Proposal (Audiobook)
The Wedding Date (Audiobook)
The Wedding Party (Audiobook)
Royal Holiday (Audiobook)
Party of Two (Audiobook)
Jasmine Guillory
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Jasmine Guillory RecommendsSeven Days in June by Tia Williams (Audiobook)
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (Audiobook)
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford (Audiobook) Other Links Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with best-selling horror author, Grady Hendrix to discuss his new novel, The Final Girl Support Group! Plus, they discuss their favorite slasher franchises, the difficulties of adapting a novel into a film, Ryan's accidental Grady Hendrix Shrine, and more!
The Final Girl Support Group (audiobook read by Friday the 13th’s Adrienne King!)
Horrorstör (audiobook)
My Best Friend’s Exorcism (audiobook)
Paperbacks from Hell (audiobook)
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (audiobook)
Grady Hendrix Follow Grady Hendrix on Twitter: @grady_hendrix
Follow Grady Hendrix on Facebook: @grady.hendrix.9
Grady Hendrix’s Podcast: Super Scary Haunted Homeschool! * The other horror podcast mentioned: Jack of All Graves
Murder books:
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (audiobook)
In A Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
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This past month there were two incidents within the Indie Bookstore Community that hurt the BIPOC and Trans communities. Ryan, Hillary, and Jo take this opportunity to recommend some of their favorite books by and about BIPOC & Trans folks!
Gibson's Bookstore is a safe space for you.
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
**RECENT READS
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (audiobook)
- Beach Read (audiobook)
- Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)
- The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella (audiobook)
- Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook - read by Friday the 13th Final Girl, Adrienne King!)
- Horrorstor
- My Best Friend’s Exorcism (audiobook)
- The Heathens by Ace Atkins (audiobook)
- While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)
- For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (audiobook)
- Cackle by Rachel Harrison (October 5th, 2021) (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
- Landslide by Michael Wolff (audiobook)
- Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook)
- The Stand by Stephen King (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- Matrix by Lauren Groff (audiobook)
- The Project by Courtney Summers (audiobook)
**BOOKS BY AND ABOUT BIPOC & TRANS FOLKS
Ryan**
- Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
- Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (audiobook)
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook)
- Lost in the Never Woods (audiobook)
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (audiobook)
- Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook)
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown (audiobook)
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown (audiobook)
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (audiobook)
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (audiobook)
Hillary * Thinking Again: A Diary by Jan Morris (audiobook) + Allegorizings * The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc (audiobook) * Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (audiobook) * Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan (audiobook) + She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders (audiobook) * Fairest by Meredith Talusan (audiobook) * The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook) * The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (audiobook)
Jo * Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (September 28th, 2021) (audiobook) * Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (audiobook) + The Deep (audiobook) * Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook) + Pet (audiobook * Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (audiobook) + Magic for Liars (audiobook) + The Echo Wife (audiobook) * Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (audiobook) * Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
- Charlie Jane Anders (audiobooks)
- Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with Jessica Chiarella to discuss her new crime thriller, The Lost Girls!
The Lost Girls (audiobook)
And Again (audiobook) Jessica Chiarella Follow Jessica Chiarella on Twitter: @jess_chiarella
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Other Books Mentioned
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with thriller author, Riley Sager to chat about his latest novel, Survive the Night!
Survive the Night (audiobook) * Movie List!
Final Girls (audiobook)
Lock Every Door (audiobook)
Home Before Dark (audiobook)
The Last Time I Lied (audiobook)
Riley Sager
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with the lovely Emily Henry to chat about her novels, Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation! Come for the bouts of laughter while imagining her characters in quarantine, stay for the incredible nuggets of wisdom and writing advice that Emily Henry weaves seamlessly into the discussion!
Beach Read (audiobook)
People We Meet on Vacation (audiobook)
Emily Henry
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This month Ryan (she/her), Hillary (she/her), and Jo (they/them) are recommending the latest and greatest in LGBTQIA+ reads!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
**RECENT READS
Hillary,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
- The Storm is Upon Us by Mike Rothchild (audiobook)
- Last Best Hope by George Packer (audiobook)
- The Unwinding (audiobook)
LGBTQIA+ Recommendations * Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough (audiobook) * Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer (audiobook) * Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook)
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)
- Final Girls (audiobook)
- Home Before Dark (audiobook)
- Beach Read by Emily Henry (audiobook)
- People We Meet on Vacation (audiobook)
- The Love that Split the World (out of print)
- The Betrayals by Bridget Collins (audiobook)
- The Binding (audiobook)
LGBTQIA+ Recommendations * One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (audiobook) * Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (audiobook) * Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (audiobook) + Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (October 12, 2021)(audiobook) * Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey (audiobook) * Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (audiobook) * The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (audiobook) * Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (audiobook) * Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (audiobook) * The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (audiobook) * The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (audiobook) * Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
- The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian (audiobook)
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook)
- The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (audiobook)
- Truly Devious (audiobook)
LGBTQIA+ Recommendations (Check this link often, Jo will keep updating it!)
- Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor (audiobook)
- Real Life (audiobook)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (July 20, 2021) (audiobook)
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (November 2, 2021) (audiobook)
- (Indie Bookstore Day Virtual Cocktail Hour Recording)
- How Much of these Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang (audiobook)
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. (audiobook)
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with Kid Conservationist, Jack Dalton, to talk about his book Kawan the Orangutan: Lost in the Rainforest!
https://www.kidconservationist.com/
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We are fully vaccinated and recording in person again! (Wow, we've missed that). Elisabeth joined Ryan and Hillary this month to discuss author events during a pandemic and what the future of events may look like. Plus a whole bunch of book recommendations and some fun bookstore news!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
**RECENT READS
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Goblin by Josh Malerman (audiobook)
- Bird Box by Josh Malerman (audiobook)
- My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (audiobook)
- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix (audiobook)
- Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
- Kill the Mall by Pasha Malla (audiobook)
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (audiobook)
- The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (audiobook)
Elisabeth, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/elisabeth-jewell
- Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick (audiobook)
- Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (audiobook)
- First Comes Like Alisha Rai (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (audiobook)
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (audiobook)
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (audiobook)
- Rabbits: A Novel by Terry Miles (audiobook) (podcast)
- Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron (audiobook)
- The Betrayals by Bridget Collins (audiobook)
- A Most Remarkable Creature by Jonathan Meiburg (audiobook)
- The Secret to Super Human Strength by Alison Bechdel
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with Josh Malerman to discuss his new horror novel, GOBLIN - out now!
Bird Box
Malorie
Inspection
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
Goblin Josh Malerman Follow Josh Malerman on Twitter: @joshmalerman
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Other Books Mentioned During this Episode: * Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson * Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan sat down remotely with Andy Weir to discuss his new SciFi novel, PROJECT HAIL MARY!
The Martian Artemis
Project Hail Mary
Cheshire Crossing
Andy Weir
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Other Books Mentioned During This Episode:
- Isaac Asimov
- I, Robot (audiobook)
- Caves of Steel (audiobook)
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Tunnel in the Sky (audiobook)
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Rendezvous with Rama
- Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (audiobook)
- Clifford D. Simak
- Recursion by Blake Crouch (audiobook)
- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Other Links
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This month, we're sharing the audio of a virtual event we did for Indie Bookstore Day featuring a group of New England Booksellers chatting about all things literary! Special thanks to Elisabeth for hosting, and to Julie, Jess, Lily, and Steph for joining us!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
Watch the video of this event here: https://youtu.be/3H9MC6QvAx0
MEET THE BOOKSELLERS
Julie
Jess
Steph
Lily Elisabeth BOOKS MENTIONED DURING THIS EPISODE * The Unbroken by C L Clark (audiobook) * The Others Series by Anne Bishop (audiobook) * When The Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (audiobook) * The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (audiobook) * The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (audiobook) * The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (audiobook) * Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant (audiobook) * Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (audiobook) * A Pho Love Story by Loan Le (audiobook) * The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’antonia (audiobook) * Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook) * She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (audiobook) * A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (audiobook) * The Midnight Bargain by C L Polk (audiobook) * Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne (audiobook) * Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen (audiobook) * The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (audiobook) * The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (audiobook) * Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden (audiobook) * Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (audiobook) * While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams (audiobook) * Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi (audiobook) * Stamped by Ibram X Kendi & Jason Reynolds (audiobook) * Stamped (for Kids) by Ibram X Kendi & Jason Reynolds (audiobook) * Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide (audiobook) * Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (audiobook) * Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (audiobook) * I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillet-Sumner * The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (audiobook) * Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (audiobook) * Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark (audiobook) * The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P Djeli Clark (audiobook) * Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam (audiobook) * Whiteout by Adriana Anders (audiobook) * Uncharted by Adriana Anders (audiobook) * The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren (audiobook) * Neon Gods by Katee Roberts (audiobook) * Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY
Copper Dog Books
Gibson’s Bookstore
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As readers, we often fall into a bubble of reading the same type of book over and over, and our hosts are no stranger to that, which is why during this episode Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso temporarily set aside the Sci-Fi, the Fantasy, the Horror, the Queer Lit, and instead recommend "anything but fiction"!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
RECENT READS
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (May 4th)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- We Need New Stories: The Myths that Subvert Freedom by Nesrine Malik (May 11th)
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (August 31st) (audiobook)
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (audiobook)
ANYTHING BUT FICTION * Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (audiobook) * Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter & Lin-Manuel Miranda (audiobook) * Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall (audiobook) * Disney’s Land by Richard Snow (audiobook) * Mousejunkies! by Bill Burke * Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker (audiobook) * Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker * Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (audiobook) * Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe * Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (audiobook) * Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost * The Painted Bed by Donald Hall * The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman (audiobook) * Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier (audiobook) * You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier (audiobook) * 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection by Tiffany Shlain (audiobook) * Zed by Joanna Kavenna (audiobook) * The Circle by Dave Eggers (audiobook) * The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel (audiobook) * Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell (audiobook) * You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe (audiobook) * Meet Me In the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman (audiobook) * Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature by Angus Fletcher (audiobook) * The Cycles of Constitutional Time by Jack M. Balkin * The Plague Cycle by Charles Kenny (audiobook) * Adventures in Eden by Carolyn Mullet * Murder Maps: Crime Scenes Revisited by Dr. Drew Gray * Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester (audiobook) (event recording) * A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America by David Griffith
POETRY FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY DON'T LIKE POETRYBuddy Wakefield
Taylor Mali
Amanda Gorman
Poetry Society of New Hampshire
Slam Free or Die
Conversations with Granite State Poets: * Maudelle Driskell and Meg Kearney - April 5th * Martha Carlson-Bradley and Liz Ahl - April 12th * Rodger Martin and Henry Walters - April 19th
OTHER LINKS
Gibson's Bookstore Website Shop The Laydown * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) * Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
Bonus Episode!
Ryan sat down remotely with local author Gledé Browne Kabongo to chat about her latest domestic thriller, OUR WICKED LIES, the New Hampshire Writers' Project, and more! Enjoy!
Gledé Browne Kabongo
Follow Gledé Browne Kabongo on Twitter: @gkabongo
Follow Gledé Browne Kabongo on Instagram: @authorgledekabongo
Our Wicked Lies
Swan Deception Conspiracy of Silence Learn more about the New Hampshire Writers' Project here: https://nhwritersproject.org/
Writing Background Noise: https://noises.online/
Other Books Mentioned During This Episode
- Romance Recommendations: https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/romance
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
- Enid Blyton
- The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Ana E Ross
- The After School Detective Club by Mark Dawson & Allan Boroughs: https://www.allanboroughs.com/the-after-school-detective-club/
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) * Use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
Bookworms - you know the ones. Books that burrow into your heart and brain and stick with you long after you've turned the final page. In this episode, our hosts (with a little help from our listeners) examine their own favorite Bookworms to try and nail down exactly what makes a book stick with you!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode
**RECENT READS
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- The Bright Lands by John Fram (audiobook)
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (audiobook)
- Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston (audiobook)
- The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (June 1, 2021) (audiobook)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (audiobook)
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (audiobook)
- Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob by Russell Shorto (audiobook)
BOOKWORMS (Books that we can't get out of our heads and/or hearts)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (audiobook)
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (audiobook)
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (audiobook)
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (audiobook)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab (audiobook)
- Kindred by Octavia Butler (libro.fm)
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (audiobook)
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (audiobook)
- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (audiobook)
- We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (March 2, 2021) (audiobook)
FROM OUR LISTENERS
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare (audiobook)
- Richard II by William Shakespeare (audiobook)
- How to Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran (audiobook)
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (audiobook)
- The Elegance of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (audiobook)
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (audiobook)
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (audiobook)
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (audiobook)
- The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark
OTHER LINKSCheck out Jack of All Graves!
Gibson's Bookstore Website Shop The Laydown * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
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Welcome to 2021! We’re kicking off our third season with a look back at the best books we read in 2020! Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode
RECENT READS
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (November 2021) (libro.fm)
- Devolution by Max Brooks (libro.fm)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (libro.fm)
- Kindred by Octavia Butler (libro.fm)
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (libro.fm)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders (libro.fm)
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (libro.fm)
- The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths (libro.fm)
- The Agitators by Dorothy Wickenden (libro.fm)
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor (libro.fm)
OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (libro.fm)
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (libro.fm)
- The Unwilling by Kelly Braffett (libro.fm)
- Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (libro.fm)
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (libro.fm)
- A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow (libro.fm)
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green (libro.fm)
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (libro.fm)
- Wonderland by Zoje Stage (libro.fm)
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (libro.fm)
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (libro.fm)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (libro.fm)
- Close to the Knives by David Wojnarowicz
- Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier (libro.fm)
- These Women by Ivy Pochoda (libro.fm)
- Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis (libro.fm)
- True Grit by Charles Portis (libro.fm)
- Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey (libro.fm)
- Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
- The Bright Lands by John Fram (libro.fm)
- Dune by Frank Herbert (libro.fm)
- The Way Back by Gavriel Savit (libro.fm)
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore (libro.fm)
- True Story by Kate Reed Petty (libro.fm)
- The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (libro.fm)
- Deacon King Kong by James McBride (libro.fm)
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (libro.fm)
- Afterland by Lauren Beukes (libro.fm)
- The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (libro.fm)
- Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony (libro.fm)
- You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce (libro.fm)
Other Links Gibson's Bookstore Website Shop The Laydown * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) * Use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
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It's the last episode of 2020, and we've got a fun one for you! Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso dissect their dauntingly huge To Be Read piles, they gush about Taylor Swift a little bit, and they go off on a tangent about Squishables. It's a grand old time! Enjoy!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (libro.fm)
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (November 2, 2021)
- Pumpkin by Julie Murphy (May 25, 2021)
- The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake (libro.fm)
- Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (libro.fm)
- The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson (libro.fm) (March 23, 2021)
- Master of the Revels by Nicole Galland (libro.fm) (February 23, 2021)
- The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen (March 2, 2021)
- Wedding Station by David Downing (March 2, 2021)
- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. (libro.fm) (January 5, 2021)
- Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (libro.fm) (February 2, 2021)
- The Historians by Cecilia Ekbäck (libro.fm) (January 12, 2021)
- The Invention of Miracles by Katie Booth (libro.fm) (April 6, 2021)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- The Power of Cute by Simon May (libro.fm)
- The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (libro.fm)
- Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker
- Vandermeer book
- Ambergris: City of Saints and Madmen; Shriek: An Afterword; Finch by Jeff Vandermeer
Other Books Mentioned
- In The Woods by Tana French (libro.fm)
- City of Brass by SA Chakraborty (libro.fm)
- The Circle by Dave Eggers (libro.fm)
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (libro.fm)
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (libro.fm)
- The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (libro.fm)
- Deacon King Kong by James McBride (Book Club: March 1, 2021) (libro.fm)
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website
Shop The Laydown
- Purchase Gift Certificates!
- Browse our website by Category!
- Order some curated bundles!
- Donate to the bookstore!
- Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) * Use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
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You don’t have to spend a fortune to get some really great holiday gifts! Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso give some great ideas for your shopping this Holiday Season, as well as sharing some of their favorite current reads!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
Books Mentioned During This Episode Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Librofm)
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí (Librofm)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- A Wealth of Pigeons by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss
- Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Librofm)
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Librofm)
- A Good Bake: The Art and Science of Making Perfect Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Breads at Home: A Cookbook by Melissa Weller
- Master of the Revels by Nicole Galland (Librofm) (February 23, 2021) 9780062844873
- The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen (March 2, 2021)
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (Librofm) (February 23, 2021)
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (Librofm)
- The Omen (Out of Print except in audio form!) by David Seltzer (Librofm)
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (Librofm)
- Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) by Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Griffin McElroy (Librofm) (January 26, 2021)
- Sensation Machines by Adam Wilson (Librofm)
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (11/02/2021)
- I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom (Librofm)
- Animal by Lisa Taddeo (Librofm) (June 8, 2021)
- Animal Wife by Lara Ehrlich (Librofm)
- Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston (January 2021) (Librofm)
- The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
- The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk (Librofm)
- One By One by Ruth Ware (Librofm)
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website
Shop The Laydown
- Purchase Gift Certificates!
- Browse our website by Category!
- Order some curated bundles!
- Donate to the bookstore!
- Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) * Use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!
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Bonus Episode!
Events Coordinator, Friend of the Pod, and Romance Enthusiast, Elisabeth, sat down remotely with Romance Author, Lyssa Kay Adams to chat about The Bromance Book Club Series! Enjoy!
The Bromance Book Club (libro.fm)
Undercover Bromance (libro.fm)
Crazy Stupid Bromance (libro.fm)
Isn’t it Bromantic? (libro.fm) (Out June 2021)
Lyssa Kay Adams Follow Lyssa Kay Adams on Twitter: @LyssaKayAdams
Follow Lyssa Kay Adams on Instagram: @lyssakayadams
Follow Elisabeth on Instagram: @does.it.have.a.dragon
Other Books Mentioned During This Episode: * The Playback Series by Alexa Martin: + Intercepted (libro.fm) + Fumbled (libro.fm) + Blitzed (libro.fm) + Snapped (libro.fm) * Susan Elizabeth Phillips * Just a Heartbeat Away by Cara Bastone (libro.fm)
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
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Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
Shop Early! Shop Local! Our booksellers have several holiday recommendations for you!
https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/2020-holiday-recommendations
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Hillary,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (libro.fm)
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Holiday Recommendationshttps://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/2020-holiday-recommendations
Stacey: * The Search for WondLa by Tony Diterlizzi (libro.fm)
Cheri: * Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (libro.fm) * A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel by Gregory Maguire (libro.fm) * Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim (libro.fm) * Unadoptables by Hana Tooke (libro.fm)
Sandy: * The Lost Spells by Robert MacFarlane * A Promised Land by Barack Obama (libro.fm) + For a limited time, pre-order A Promised Land by Barack Obama through Gibson’s Bookstore, and you’ll receive a free audiobook from @librofm! Learn more here blog.libro.fm/a-promised-land and pre-order the book here
Kelso: * Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (libro.fm) * Shit, Actually by Lindy West (libro.fm) * Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (libro.fm) * Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Ravi Somaiya (libro.fm)
Michael: * The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (libro.fm)
Jim: * And In The End by Ken McNab (libro.fm) * Call The Nurse by Mary MacLeod * Nurse Come You Here by Mary MacLeod * The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (libro.fm)
Emily: * Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty (libro.fm) * History of the World in 1000 Objects by DK
Fal: * The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (libro.fm) * The Name of the Wind (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) by Patrick Rothfuss (libro.fm) * The Writer’s Map by Huw Lewis-Jones
Elisabeth: * Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson (libro.fm) * Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (libro.fm) * Joy at Work by Marie Kondo (libro.fm)
Heather: * Cinders & Sparrows by Stefan Bachman (libro.fm) * Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (libro.fm) * Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri (libro.fm) * Lightfall by Tim Probert
Ryan: * Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (libro.fm) * Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (libro.fm) * The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (libro.fm) * The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (libro.fm) * The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow (libro.fm) * The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab (libro.fm) * The City We Became by NK Jemisin (libro.fm) * Piranesi by Susanna Clarke * Action Park by Andy Mulvihill (libro.fm) * The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad (libro.fm) * Antiracist Baby by Ibram X Kendi (libro.fm) * Cozy by Jan Brett (libro.fm)
Hillary: * Nose Dive by Harold McGee * The Art and Science of Foodpairing by Peter Coucquyt * Nom Wah Cookbook by Wilson Tang * Parwana by Durkhanai Ayubi * East by Meera Sodha * Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz * Flavor by Yotam Ottolenghi
Other Links Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Shop by Appointment! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) * Use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1! * Gift a membership!
Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with prolific horror author, Paul Tremblay, to chat about his latest novel, SURVIVOR SONG, his other books, and the horror genre in general! Enjoy!
Survivor Song (Libro.fm)
The Cabin at the End of the World (Libro.fm)
A Head Full of Ghosts (Libro.fm)
Growing Things and Other Stories (Libro.fm)
Disappearance at Devil's Rock (Libro.fm)
The Little Sleep (Libro.fm) (January 26, 2021)
No Sleep Till Wonderland (April 20, 2021)
Paul Tremblay
Follow Paul Tremblay on Twitter: @PaulGTremblay
Follow Paul Tremblay on Instagram: @PaulGTremblay
Other Books Mentioned During This Episode:The Stand by Stephen King (Libro.fm)
The Throat by Peter Straub (Libro.fm)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Libro.fm)
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson (Libro.fm)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Libro.fm)
Clive Barker's Books of Blood by Clive Barker
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez (Libro.fm)
The Return by Rachel Harrison (Libro.fm)
Laird Barron (Libro.fm)
Stephen Graham Jones (Libro.fm)
North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
The Need by Helen Phillips (Libro.fm)
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan sat down remotely to chat with Rachel Harrison about her deliciously creepy horror novel about female friendship, THE RETURN!
The Return (Libro.fm)
Rachel Harrison
Follow Rachel Harrison on Twitter: @rachfacelogic
Follow Rachel Harrison on Instagram: @rachelharrisonsghost
Other Books Mentioned During This Episode:
The Shining by Stephen King (Libro.fm)
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Libro.fm)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Libro.fm)
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (Libro.fm)
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume (Libro.fm)
Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess
Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm)
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Libro.fm)
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas (Libro.fm)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Libro.fm)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Libro.fm)
Normal People by Sally Rooney (Libro.fm)
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
The Laydown Instagram
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Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso discuss their feelings towards a beloved magical series with a horribly transphobic author, the importance of reading critically, why preorders are important, how a single book can disrupt an entire publishing industry, and also their recent reads! Buckle up, friends, we've got a packed episode for you this month!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Kelso,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (libro.fm)
- 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (libro.fm)
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (libro.fm)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (libro.fm)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous (libro.fm)
- True Story: A Novel by Kate Reed Petty (libro.fm)
- Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price (libro.fm)
- The Wrong Kind of Woman by Sarah McCraw Crow (libro.fm)
- Virtual Event: Tuesday, October 6th at 7pm
- Register Here
- Virtual Event: Tuesday, October 6th at 7pm
- Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (libro.fm)
https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/magical-books-every-age
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Shop by Appointment! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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Bonus Episode! Ryan sat down remotely with author Alix E. Harrow to chat about her novels THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY and THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES, plus Fairy Tales, History, and the greatest Southern Gothic Twitter Bot! Enjoy!
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Libro.fm)
The Once and Future Witches (October 13, 2020)
Alix E. Harrow
Follow Alix E. Harrow on Twitter: @AlixEHarrow
Follow Alix E. Harrow on Instagram: @alix.e.harrow
Follow the Southern Gothic Bot: @TheDreamRot
Other Books Mentioned During This Episode:His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (Libro.fm)
The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Libro.fm)
Courtney Milan
Alyssa Cole
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (September 2021)
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (Libro.fm)
Drowned Country by Emily Tesh (Libro.fm)
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Libro.fm)
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Libro.fm)
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Libro.fm)
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso gush about their favorite recent reads, some of which they've read multiple times with new perspectives each time, and some of which they've read in one sitting because they just can't put it down!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Kelso,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Sharjah Sketchbook by Marek Bennett (Event Recording)
- Slovakia by Marek Bennett
- True Grit by Charles Portis (libro.fm)
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- The Return by Rachel Harrison (libro.fm)
- Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (libro.fm)
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (libro.fm)
- The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow (October 13, 2020)
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow (libro.fm)
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (libro.fm)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen (libro.fm)
- Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen (libro.fm)
- Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (libro.fm)
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (libro.fm)
- Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell (libro.fm)
- Break ‘Em Up by Zephyr Teachout (libro.fm)
- Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (libro.fm)
Indie Bookstore Day is August 29th!
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Shop by Appointment! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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Bonus Episode!
Ryan sat down remotely with debut author, Alexis Henderson, to chat about her diverse, feminist fantasy novel, THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING!
The Year of the Witching (Libro.fm)
www.alexishenderson.com
Follow Alexis Henderson on Twitter: @alexhwrites
Follow Alexis Henderson on Instagram: @lexish
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
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Audio excerpted courtesy Penguin Random House Audio from The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson, read by Brianna Colette.
Apparently summer is a great time to read horror novels because our hosts have been devouring a lot of spooky books this month!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- You Should See Me In A Crown - Leah Johnson (Libro.fm)
- Wonderland - Zoje Stage (Libro.fm)
- Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage (Libro.fm)
- Home Before Dark - Riley Sager (Libro.fm)
- B*WITCH by Paige McKenzie & Nancy Ohlin (Libro.fm)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (Libro.fm)
- The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes - Elissa R. Sloan (September 1, 2020) (Libro.fm)
- Utopia Avenue - David Mitchell (Libro.fm)
- Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Libro.fm)
- Axiom’s End - Lindsay Ellis (Libro.fm)
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green (Libro.fm)
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor - Hank Green (Libro.fm)
- Arrival - Ted Chiang
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- The Biggest Bluff - Maria Konnikova (Libro.fm)
- Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Libro.fm)
- The Confidence Game (Libro.fm)
- Sisters in Hate - Seyward Darby (Libro.fm)
- Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Libro.fm)
- The Cold Millions - Jess Walter (October 6, 2020) (Libro.fm)
- Too Much and Never Enough - Mary Trump (Libro.fm)
Upcoming Interviews!
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Alexis Henderson (August)
- The Year of the Witching (Libro.fm)
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Alix E. Harrow (September)
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Libro.fm)
- The Once and Future Witches (October 13, 2020)
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Paul Tremblay (October)
- Survivor Song (Libro.fm)
- The Cabin at the End of the World (Libro.fm)
- A Head Full of Ghosts (Libro.fm)
- Growing Things (Libro.fm)
- Disappearance at Devil’s Rock (Libro.fm)
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Rachel Harrison (October)
- The Return (Libro.fm) (Paperback Edition - October 6, 2020)
Other Links Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Shop by Appointment! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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Bonus Episode! Ryan and Elisabeth sat down with Hank Green to chat about his books, AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING (Ryan's favorite book of 2018), and the newly released sequel, A BEAUTIFULLY FOOLISH ENDEAVOR!
Keep listening after the interview to hear Ryan and Elisabeth fangirl just a little bit as they debrief about the interview and Hank's books!
Enjoy!
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (Libro.fm)
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (Libro.fm)
https://hankgreen.com/
Follow Hank Green on Twitter
@HankGreen
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com
As we wrap up the month of June, Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso chat about what they've been reading recently, and celebrate some of their recent favorite LGBTQIA+ books!
Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local!
**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green (Libro.fm)
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab (10/06/2020) (Libro.fm)
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A Song Below Water - Bethany C. Morrow (Libro.fm)
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Black Flamingo - Dean Atta (Libro.fm)
- Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo (Libro.fm)
- Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender (Libro.fm)
- Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith (Libro.fm)
- The Extraordinaries - TJ Klune (Libro.fm)
- The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (Libro.fm)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett (Libro.fm)
- Afterland - Lauren Beukes (07/28/2020) (Libro.fm)
- These Women - Ivy Pochoda (Libro.fm)
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Mem - Bethany C. Morrow (Libro.fm)
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Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs - Jennifer Finney Boylan (Libro.fm)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Bunny - Mona Awad (Libro.fm)
- Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie (Libro.fm)
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Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth (10/20/2020) (Libro.fm)
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Under the Rainbow - Celia Laskey (Libro.fm)
- The Fell of Dark - Caleb Roehrig (07/14/2020)
- The Bright Lands - John Fram (07/07/2020) (Libro.fm)
- Boys of Alabama - Genevieve Hudson (Libro.fm)
- The Story So Far - Jane Eklund
Other Links
Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Shop by Appointment! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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It's the Clinterview!
Ryan sat down remotely with Clint McElroy to chat about The Adventure Zone Graphic Novels!
The Adventure Zone Graphic Novels
- The Adventure Zone #1: Here There Be Gerblins
- The Adventure Zone #2: Murder on the Rockport Limited
- The Adventure Zone #3: Petals to the Metal
https://www.themcelroy.family/theadventurezone
Books Mentioned During The Interview
- Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson
- Sandman: Overture 30th Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams III
- Watchmen: International Edition Lenticular by Alan Moor and Dave Gibbons
- The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault
- Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Anne Frank, David Polonsky, and Ari Folman
- Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aya Morton, and Fred Fordham
- Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
- Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
- The Language of Food by Dan Jurafsky
Carey Pietsch
Stories from your Gaffer
Follow Clint McElroy on Twitter: * @DocCurm
Other Links Gibson's Bookstore Website * Purchase Gift Certificates! * Shop by Appointment! * Browse our website by Category! * Order some curated bundles! * Donate to the bookstore! * Check out our Events Calendar!
Gibson's Instagram
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BLACK LIVES MATTER.In this episode, Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso share a few recommendations for books by and about Black folx.
In the show notes, please find links to resources for supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement, supporting Black Trans Lives, Black-Owned Bookstores, Black-Led Podcasts, and more.
Click the link in order to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook from Libro.fm.
Thanks for shopping local!
**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (Libro.fm)
- The Only Black Girls in Town - Brandy Colbert (Libro.fm)
- The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin (Libro.fm)
- Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid (Libro.fm)
- Saturday - Oge Mora (Libro.fm)
- Ada Twist, Scientist - Andrea Beaty (Libro.fm)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - Frederick Douglass (Libro.fm)
- 12 Years a Slave - Solomon Northrup (Libro.fm)
- Beloved - Toni Morrison (Libro.fm)
- Kindred - Octavia Butler (Libro.fm)
- The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin (Libro.fm)
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X
- Between the World and Me - Ta-Nahisi Coates (Libro.fm)
- Citizen - Claudia Rankine (Libro.fm)
- White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo (Libro.fm)
- How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi (Libro.fm)
- Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X Kendi (Libro.fm)
- Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad (Libro.fm)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Real Life - Brandon Taylor (Libro.fm)
- Revolutionary Suicide - Huey P. Newton
- A Song of Wraiths & Ruin - Roseanne A. Brown (Libro.fm)
- Here For It - R. Eric Thomas (Libro.fm)
- Wow, No Thank You - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)
- Meaty - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)
- We Are Never Meeting in Real Life - Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)
Black Lives MatterSUPPORT BLACK TRANS LIVES
- https://houseofgg.org/
- https://www.snap4freedom.org/
- https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/
- https://www.theokraproject.com/
Support Black-Owned Bookstores PODCASTS
- https://blackchicklit.com
- https://thestackspodcast.com
- https://www.mostly-lit.com/
- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/terry-brown-jr/black-read
- https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/minority-korner/
- http://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast
- https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
- https://aapf.org/podcast
- https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline
- https://blackgirlnerds.com/podcast/
- https://luvvie.org/rants-and-randomness/
Other Links * https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/antiracism * https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/diverse-teen-reads * https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/diverse-middle-grade-reads * https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/diverse-picture-books
Gibson's Bookstore Website
- Purchase Gift Certificates!
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Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso have each been dealing with some level of Quarantine Brain Fog, and they've got some helpful tips for getting back your reading spark!
Plus, updates from the Bookstore!
Gibson's Bookstore Website
- Purchase Gift Certificates!
- Shop by Appointment!
- Browse our website by Category!
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**Books Mentioned During This Episode
Ryan,** https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark
- We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (Libro.fm)
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Libro.fm)
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Libro.fm)
- The Staten Island Twitter Thread
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary
- The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (Libro.fm)
- Chanel’s Riviera by Anne De Courcy (Libro.fm)
- Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars
- by Francesca Wade (Libro.fm)
- Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
- by Lewis Dartnell (Libro.fm)
- The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen (Libro.fm)
Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (9.15.2020)
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Libro.fm)
Other Books Mentioned
- Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden a Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups by Sharon Lovejoy
- The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
- The Fifth Season (Libro.fm)
- The Obelisk Gate (Libro.fm)
- The Stone Sky (Libro.fm)
- The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Other LinksHillary's Conversation with Jessica Anthony!
Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony (Libro.fm)
Ryan, Kelso, Elisabeth, Jo, Rachael, Abby, and Paula connect remotely over Zoom to party like introverts: stay at home and talk about books!
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Books Mentioned During This Episode:Rachael, Wellesley Books (twitter.com/rachael_conrad )
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Libro.fm)
- Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernandez (Libro.fm)
- Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North
- To Be or Not To Be by Ryan North
- Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm)
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ryan, Gibson's Bookstore (instagram.com/momerathsreads)
- The Return by Rachel Harrison (Libro.fm)
- The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy (Libro.fm)
- Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Libro.fm)
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (Libro.fm)
Abby, The Briar Patch (twitter.com/abbythecleric; instagram.com/booksellersandbrews) * Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Libro.fm) * Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (Libro.fm) * The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Libro.fm) * The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (Libro.fm) * Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Libro.fm) * Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
Jo, Gibson's Bookstore (twitter.com/joswense; instagram.com/joswensereads) * The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith (Libro.fm) * The Tempest by William Shakespeare * Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Kelso, Gibson's Bookstore (instagram.com/biblio_reckah) * The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan (Libro.fm) * Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey (Libro.fm) * Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Libro.fm) * The Martian by Andy Weir * The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien * Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (Libro.fm)
Elisabeth, Gibson's Bookstore (instagram.com/does.it.have.a.dragon) * The Friend Zone by Abby Jiminez (Libro.fm) * The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jiminez (Libro.fm) * The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (Libro.fm)
Paula, Minot Sleeper Library (facebook.com/minotsleeperlibrary; instagram.com/minotsleeperlibrary) * Circe by Madeline Miller (Libro.fm) * Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama * Stand Still and Stay Silent by Minna Sunberg (Published Independently)
Other Links
https://www.tor.com/tag/gideon-the-ninth-reread/
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/watch https://librivox.org/
It's a social distancing episode!
Ryan, Kelso, and special guest Elisabeth, remotely recorded this episode about how they discover new books to share with all of you!
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**Currently Reading & Anticipated Reads:
Elisabeth**
- A WITCH IN TIME by Constance Sayers (Libro.fm)
- JOY AT WORK by Marie Kondo (April 7, 2020) (Libro.fm)
Kelso * INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab (October 6, 2020) (Libro.fm) * THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET by Becky Chambers (Libro.fm)
Ryan * ZED by Joanna Kavenna (Libro.fm) * THE DISASTERS by M.K. England (Libro.fm) * IMAGINARY FRIEND by Stephen Chbosky (Libro.fm) * SWORD IN THE STARS by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy (April 7, 2020) (Libro.fm)
Other Books Mentioned: * THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Libro.fm) * THE NEED by Helen Phillips (Libro.fm) * ASK AGAIN YES by Mary Beth Keane (Libro.fm)
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Currently Reading & Anticipated ReadsRyan * Disney’s Land - Richard Snow (Libro.fm) * Pride - Ibi Zoboi (Libro.fm) * The Unwilling - Kelly Braffet (Libro.fm) * An Unkindness of Magicians - Kat Howard (Libro.fm) * Little Weirds - Jenny Slate (Libro.fm) * The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster (Libro.fm)
Kelso * How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan (Libro.fm) * My Autobiography of Carson McCullers - Jenn Shapland * Fresh Water for Flowers - Valérie Perrin
Hillary * Enter the Aardvark - Jessica Anthony (Libro.fm) (03/24/2020) * Survivor Song - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm) (07/07/2020) + A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm) + The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm) + Disappearance at Devil’s Rock - Paul Tremblay (Libro.fm) * Bird Box - Josh Malerman (Libro.fm) * You Let Me In - Camilla Bruce (Libro.fm) (04/21/2020) * Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery - Rosalie Knecht * Who Is Vera Kelly? - Rosalie Knecht (Libro.fm)
Classics, Retellings, & Recommendations * Splintered - A.G. Howard (Libro.fm) * Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik (Libro.fm) * Winterspell - Claire Legrand * Egg & Spoon - Gregory Maguire (Libro.fm) * The Lizzie Bennet Diaries + (George Wickham, Ryan. You’re thinking of George Wickham) * Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen (Libro.fm) * The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger * The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald * Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (Libro.fm) * Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (Libro.fm) * Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Libro.fm) + (Ryan owns a lot of copies of Alice) * William Shakespeare (Libro.fm)
Upcoming EventsGibson's Book Club Discusses "Semicolon"
Open Discussion Project: Talking to Strangers
Chris Bohjalian Presents "The Red Lotus"
Erik Larson Presents "The Splendid and the Vile" (Ticketed)
Erin Morgenstern and Ryan sat down before their event to chat about The Night Circus, The Starless Sea, writing, reading, video games, and so much more! Enjoy!
- THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern (Libro.fm)
- THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern (Libro.fm)
- THE UNWILLING (Available now!) by Kelly Braffet (Libro.fm)
- ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE by Robin Hobb (Libro.fm)
- WANDERERS BY Chuck Wendig (Libro.fm)
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Happy New Year! Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso are kicking off 2020 with some of the best books they read last year, books they’re anticipating this year, and a sneak peek at Ryan’s interview with Erin Morgenstern!
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Favorite books of 2019
Kelso: * The Nix - Nathan Hill (Libro.fm) * Bunny - Mona Awad (Libro.fm) * The Escape Room - Megan Goldin (Libro.fm) * On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong (Libro.fm)
Hillary: * Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane (Libro.fm) * Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout (Libro.fm) * Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe (Libro.fm) * Heaven My Home - Attica Locke (Libro.fm)
Ryan: * Once & Future - Amy Rose Capetta & Cory McCarthy (Libro.fm) * The Need - Helen Phillips (Libro.fm) * Wanderers - Chuck Wendig (Libro.fm) * The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern (Libro.fm)
Currently Reading & Anticipated Reads
Kelso: * Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid (Libro.fm) * The Witches Are Coming - Lindy West (Libro.fm) * Shrill - Lindy West (Libro.fm) * Mostly Dead Things - Kristen Arnett (Libro.fm) * Death in Her Hands - Otessa Moshfegh (April 21, 2020) (Libro.fm) * Qualityland - Marc-Uwe Kling (Libro.fm) * We Ride Upon Sticks - Quan Barry (March 3, 2020) (Libro.fm) * The Last Book on the Left - Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski (April 7, 2020) * Action Park - Andy Mulvihill, Jake Rossen (June 30, 2020)(Libro.fm)
Ryan:
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2020
Book Riot Reading Log
- Such A Fun Age - Kiley Reid (Libro.fm)
- The Unwilling - Kelly Braffet (February 11, 2020) (Libro.fm)
- Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir (June 2020)
- Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson (Libro.fm)
- The Binding - Bridget Collins (Libro.fm)
- Magic for Liars - Sarah Gailey (Libro.fm)
- The Return - Rachel Harrison (March 24, 2020) (Libro.fm)
Hillary: * American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins (Libro.fm) (Event) Please note, the American Dirt Tour was canceled by the publisher * Long Bright River - Liz Moore (Libro.fm) * Things in Jars - Jess Kidd (Libro.fm) * Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line - Deepa Annappara (February 2020) (Libro.fm)
Upcoming Events Mike Eruzione - The Making of a Miracle Blind Search, with Paula Munier Sketches of Lee with Michael Cameron Ward
We're in the Holiday Spirit this episode, giving you some of our favorite gift recommendations! Please stop into the store and chat with us in person for even more personalized recommendations for everyone on your list!Join the movement to support Gibson's Bookstore this holiday season by giving audiobooks from Libro.fm. Choose specific audiobooks to gift or select from 1, 3, 6, or 12 month memberships.
Gift any 3, 6, or 12 month audiobook membership and as a thank you for supporting Gibson's Bookstore, you’ll receive Audiobook of the Year and #1 New York Times bestseller, Circe by Madeline Miller as our gift to you.
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Currently Reading
Ryan - * Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby (Libro.fm) * Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (Libro.fm) * The Binding by Bridget Collins (Libro.fm)
Kelso - * The Price of Salt: Or Carol by Patricia Highsmith (Libro.fm) * Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby (March 31, 2020) (Libro.fm) * We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays by Samantha Irby (Libro.fm)
Hillary- * Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Highjacking of the American Conversation by Andrew Marantz (Libro.fm) * Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump by Glenn Simpson & Peter Fritsch (Libro.fm)
Holiday Gift Recommendations: Ryan - * An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (Libro.fm) * Just Announced A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (July 2020) * In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Libro.fm) * The World of It by Alyse Wax * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Illustrated Edition) by J.K. Rowling & Jim Kay * Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori(y) McCarthy (Libro.fm) * Sword in the Stars by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori(y) McCarthy (Event) * The Once and Future King by T.H. White (Libro.fm) * The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Libro.fm) * The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Libro.fm) (Event)
Kelso - * Beastie Boys Book by Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz * The Beautiful Ones by Prince (Libro.fm) * Movies (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano (Libro.fm) * Basketball (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano (Libro.fm)
Hillary -
- The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, John Becker, Megan Scott
- How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
- Essential Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi
- Prune by Gabrielle Hamilton
- You Suck At Cooking
- A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
- At Home by Bill Bryson (Libro.fm)
NEIBA Catalog (Full List Here - You can also pick up a catalog in the bookstore!)
- Fire, Ice, and Physics: The Science of Game of Thrones by Rebecca C. Thompson (Libro.fm)
- Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds by Ian Wright
- The Crayons’ Christmas by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
- The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
- The Night Before Christmas Sleigh Bell Gift Set by Clement C. Moore
- Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Libro.fm)
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Libro.fm)
- Change Is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World by Ben Orlin
Non-Book Items (In-Store Only): * Disney Villainous Game & Expansion Pack, 2-6 Players ages 10+ * Gibson’s Bookstore Merchandise: T-Shirts, Vinyl Stickers, Enamel Pins! * Gift Cards * Socks by Blue Q and Sock it To Me * Shashibo Shape-Shifting Mystery Box Fidget Puzzle Toy * Cast Iron Bookends
Upcoming Events:
- Midnight Merriment
- Book Club Discusses Cold Comfort Farm (Postponed)
- Mitch Albom, presented with Northeast Delta Dental
- Erin Morgentsern presents The Starless Sea
- Sword in the Stars tour, with Amy Rose Capetta and Cori(y) McCarthy
**We’re chatting all things audiobooks this episode, with special guest Elisabeth Jewell! Special thanks to Libro.fm for supporting this podcast!
Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through Gibson's Bookstore.**
All of the audiobooks sampled in this episode are starred in the list below! Join the movement to support Gibson's Bookstore this holiday season by giving audiobooks from Libro.fm. Choose specific audiobooks to gift or select from 1, 3, 6, or 12 month memberships.
Gift any 3, 6, or 12 month audiobook membership and as a thank you for supporting Gibson's Bookstore, you’ll receive Audiobook of the Year and #1 New York Times bestseller, Circe by Madeline Miller as our gift to you.
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Current Reads:*Kelso- * The Continental Divide by Alex Meyers * The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan (Libro.fm)
Elisabeth- * The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2) by Roshani Chokshi (Libro.fm) * The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson* (Libro.fm)
Ryan- * The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow* (Libro.fm)
Hillary- * His Dark Materials 1. The Golden Compass 2. The Subtle Knife 3. The Amber Spyglass * La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust Volume 1) by Philip Pullman (Libro.fm) * The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Volume 2) by Philip Pullman (Libro.fm)
Audiobook Recommendations:Kelso- * On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong* (Libro.fm)
Elisabeth- * Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Libro.fm) * City of Brass by S A Chakraborty (Libro.fm)
Ryan- * Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Libro.fm) * Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter (Libro.fm) * Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (Libro.fm) * The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Libro.fm)(Event!) * The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Libro.fm)
Hillary- * The Deep by Rivers Solomon, David Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes (Libro.fm) * Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (Libro.fm) * Midnight Riot (Rivers of London #1) Ben Aaronovitch* (Libro.fm) *
Upcoming Events: * Gibson's Book Club discusses Cold Comfort Farm * Mitch Albom, presented with Northeast Delta Dental * Erin Morgenstern presents The Starless Sea
The SPOOKY SEASON IS NIGH, Y’ALL! So, of course, we’re going to talk about our scariest, spookiest, most terrifying books. Plus, Ryan interviews Chris McDougall on his newest book, “Running with Sherman”, and joins in on the spooky recommendations. Also, (as always) current reads and upcoming events! (BOO! Did I scare you?) Gibson's Bookstore Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Email us at thelaydownpodcast(at)gmail(dot)com
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Click the link in order to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Current Reads: Kelso- * Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson * We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (out March 2020)
Hillary- * Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie * Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
Ryan- * Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Chris McDougall’s Work and Books Mentioned During the Interview: * Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero * Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen * Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance * The Ellery Queen Mystery Series (Link is to “The Chinese Orange Mystery”)
Spooky Reads! * The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty * Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson * Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson * Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe and James Howe * Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson * Frankenstein by Mary Shelley * Dracula by Bram Stoker * Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz * Carrie by Stephen King * The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, Edited by Leslie S. Kilinger, Introduction by Victor LaValle * In Cold Blood by Truman Capote * Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
Even More Spooky Reads! * Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum * House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski * The Need - Helen Phillips (Which is on the National Book Awards Longlist!) * Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell * The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black * You - Caroline Kepnes * Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage * Asylum - Madeleine Roux * Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir * Scythe - Neal Shusterman * Final Girls - Riley Sager * Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough * I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid * Conversion - Katherine Howe * A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay * Bird Box - Josh Malerman * Girl With All the Gifts - M. R. Carey * Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson * Fiend - Peter Stenson * World War Z - Max Brooks * Room - Emma Donoghue * Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, Bite Me - Christopher Moore
Upcoming Events * A Garden Miscellany, with Suzanne Staubach * Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town with Cynthia Anderson * For to See the Elephant, with poet novelist Tammi Truax * Gibson’s Book Club Reads Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horowitz * NaNoWriMo Write-in with Erin Bowman
Ryan, Hillary and Kelso give a passionate response to Amazon breaking the “Testaments” Embargo. They go over the reasons why you should always buy local. Plus, Ann Patchett y’all! Also, (as always) current reads and upcoming events!
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Click the link in order to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Current Reads: Hillary- * Testaments by Margaret Atwood (libro.fm) * Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood * The Institute by Stephen King (libro.fm) * No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder * She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (libro.fm)
Kelso- * Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman * Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (libro.fm) * Weather by Jenny Offill (Out February 2020) (libro.fm)
Ryan- * Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (libro.fm) * Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell (Note: As of 10/1 we still have some patches left in the store! While supplies last so come in and get the book!) (libro.fm) * The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (libro.fm)
Articles Related to The Testaments Embargo * Article in the New York Times - “Amazon Accidentally Released Margaret Atwood’s Top-Secret ‘Handmaid’s’ Sequel * Article on Publisher’s Weekly - “Indie Bookstores Incensed as Amazon Breaks ‘Testaments’ Embargo” * Article on Publisher’s Weekly - “ABA Condemns Amazon for Breaking ‘Testaments’ Embargo” * Article on Lit Hub - “Amazon Breaks Sales Embargo on Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’”
Books Mentioned During The Show * The Dutch House by Ann Patchett(libro.fm link narrated by Tom Hanks) * Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (libro.fm) * The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Out 11/2020) (libro.fm)
Upcoming Events * ANN PATCHETT DISCUSSES THE DUTCH HOUSE! Wednesday, October 2nd at 7pm Please note, this is a TICKETED event, click the link for more information * Monday, October 1st at 6pm - Marie Harris and Rebecca Rule! * Sunday, October 6th at 2pm - Archer Mayor presents “Bomber’s Moon”! * Monday, October 7th at 5:30pm - Gibson’s Book Club discusses “Recursion” by Blake Crouch!
Hold onto your Anthologies! Ryan, Hillary and Kelso discuss their favorite short story collections, plus, we remember the legendary Toni Morrison. Also, current reads and upcoming events!
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Remembering Toni Morrison:
- Beloved by Toni Morrison (libro.fm)
- The Source of Self Regard (AKA A Mouth Full of Blood) by Toni Morrison (libro.fm)
Current Reads:
Hillary- * Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe (libro.fm) * The Source of Self Regard (AKA A Mouth Full of Blood) by Toni Morrison (libro.fm) * The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (libro.fm)
Kelso- * The Surgeon (Rizzoli and Isles Book 1) by Tess Gerritsen (libro.fm) * You Are Not A Gadget by Jaron Lanier (libro.fm) * Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier (libro.fm) * Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe (libro.fm)
Ryan- * Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (libro.fm) * The Plus One by Sarah Archer (libro.fm) * IT by Stephen King (libro.fm)
Books Mentioned During Our Short Story Discussion
- Just After Sunset by Stephen King (libro.fm)
- Night Shift by Stephen King
- Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman (libro.fm)
- Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (libro.fm)
- Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell (Note: We have this in the store for purchase but it is not available on our website, call or email for price.)
- Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories by Rainbow Rowell (Note: We will need to special order this book if it is still in print, call or email for price.)
- Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan (libro.fm)
- Grimm's Fairy Tales (libro.fm)
- Aesops Fables (libro.fm)
- A People's Future of the United States - Edited by Victor LaValle (libro.fm)
- Best American Short Stories of the Century - Edited by John Updike
- A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
- Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
- The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake (libro.fm)
- The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God by Etgar Keret (libro.fm)
- Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology - Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
- How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jeminsin (libro.fm)
- The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (libro.fm)
- The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith (Note: This will need to be special ordered, call or email for price.)
Upcoming Events * RICHARD RUSSO's "Chances Are..." - Tuesday, August 27th at 6:00pm * Gibson's Book Club Discusses: Quiet by Susan Cain - Monday, Sept 9th at 5:30pm * Madeline Ffitch's "Stay and Fight" - Wednesday, September 11th at 6:00pm * Leah Plunkett's "Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online" - Thursday, September 12th at 6:00pm
Ryan interviews YA authors Erin Bowman and A.C. Gaughen on Bowman's CONTAGION and IMMUNITY duology; Gaughen's Elemantae series (REIGN THE EARTH, and IMPRISON THE SKY). All books out now; Plus, our Current Reads and our SUPER DUPER EXCITING Store Events!
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Books Mentioned During the Interview:
Erin Bowman's Website
A.C. Gaughen's Website
Contagion - Erin Bowman (Libro.fm)
Immunity - Erin Bowman (Libro.fm)
Reign the Earth - A.C. Gaughen (Libro.fm)
Imprison the Sky - A.C. Gaughen (Libro.fm)
Pride - Ibi Zoboi (Libro.fm)
Furyborn - Claire Legrand (Libro.fm)
Kingsbane - Claire Legrand (Libro.fm)
Damsel - Elana K. Arnold (Libro.fm)
The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo (Libro.fm)
Current Reads:
Hillary- * Chances Are... by Richard Russo (Libro.fm) * Underland by Robert MacFarlane (Libro.fm) * Akin - Emma Donoghue (Out 9/10. Click the link to pre-order!)
Kelso- * The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter (Libro.fm) * In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado (out 11/5. Click the link to pre-order!) * Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey (Libro.fm)
Ryan- * Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson (Out in Oct. Click the link to pre-order!) * Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi (Out 9/3. Click the link to pre-order!) * Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (Libro.fm)
Upcoming Events The Line Tender with Kate Allen (August 2nd at 6pm) Gibson's Book Club PICKAPALOOZA (August 5th at 5:30pm)
Chances Are... with Richard Russo (August 27th at 6pm)
Akin with Emma Donoghue (September 19th at 6pm)
We apologize for the audio quality in this episode. We recorded in a different space than normal which had some background noise, and also parts of the recording were corrupted and needed to be re-recorded later. Bear with us! We’ll be back to our normal podcast recording space next episode!
Ryan interviews YA author Virginia Macgregor on the creative process, large families, and how she comes up with her character's (and children's) beautiful names. Her newest book, "As Far As the Stars" out now!; Plus, our Current reads and (so, so many) upcoming book events. Happy Summer!
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Current Reads:
Kelso- * The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle * The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss * On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (HIGHLY RECOMMEND you listen to the audiobook on libro.fm read by the author for the full experience.)
Hillary- * Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World by Oliver Bullough * City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert * I Love You, But I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World by Jeanne Safer, Ph. D. * The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz * Recursion by Blake Crouch
Ryan- * We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia * Contagion by Erin Bowman
Books Mentioned During the Virginia Macgregor Interview:
Before I Was Yours
Wishbones The Return of Norah Wells What Milo Saw Upcoming Events The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, with artist Marek Bennett The Mount Washington Cog Raillway, with photographer Jay Philbrick Citywide Where's Waldo Event (July 1st - July 31st) Gibson's Book Club Reads My Ex-Life by Stephen McCauley The Open Discussion Project Reads A World In Disarray by Richard Haass YA Event - Erin Bowman and A.C. Gaughen
Ryan, Kelso and Hillary discuss the growing trend of "Light Lit" as well as the importance of Activism Literature; Plus, our Current reads and upcoming book events!
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Current Reads:
Kelso- * Bel Canto by Anne Patchett * The New Me by Halle Butler
Hillary- * There, There by Tommy Orange
Ryan- * A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay (audiobook on Libro.fm)
Books from the Future (Upcoming Titles):
Ryan- * Verify by Joelle Charbonneau (out 9/24/2019) * Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (Out 6/4/2019)
"UpLit" Books:
Ryan - * The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall by Shannon Kirk * The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Hillary - * The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon * Things Invisible to See by Nancy Willard * Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Kelso - * A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman * Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby * One Day by David Nicholls * The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson * The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
Literature With A Message:
Ryan - * The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas * Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli * Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz * Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall * Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson
Hillary - * Where the Lost Dogs Go by Susannah Charleston * The Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleston * The Possibility Dogs by Susannah Charleston
Other Books Mentioned:
Hunger Games Series Golden State by Ben Winters Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments (Handmaid's Tale Sequel) by Margaret Atwood Night Bird by Alice Hoffman Alice Hoffman and Anne Tyler (authors) Educated by Tara Westover What Milo Saw by Virginia Macgregor
Extra Links:
Gibson's Book Club reads Educated by Tara Westover The Open Discussion Project reads The Inclusive Economy by Michael D. Tanner Two Youth Authors, Twice the Stories! Event with Amy Makechine & Susan Carlton As Far As The Stars with Virginia Mcgregor Event
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Current Reads, Future Reads, and Other Books Mentioned in the Episode:
Michael -
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Another Life by Michael Korda Elisabeth - Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (Out 6/4/2019) Kelso - Bunny by Mona Awad (Out 6/11/2019) Five Midnights by Ann Davila Cardinal (Out 6/4/2019) Ryan - The Need by Helen Phillips (out 7/9/2019) The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Taken Series by Erin Bowman
Bull by David Elliott
HIllary - Kushner, Inc. by Vicky Ward Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Cruising New Hampshire History by Michael Bruno Melting Ice, Shifting Sand by Marjorie Burke Pilgrimage of Ice and Sand by Marjorie Burke Where You’ll Find Me - Ty Gagne Jim - Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis Laura -
Kendrick Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers by Lee Edward Fodi
Jeanine - Craig and Fred by Craig Grossi (Young Reader’s Version) Dani - I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn (Out 5/28/2019) Extra Links: Independent Bookstore Day - April 27, 2019
Ryan interviews YA author David Elliott. They discuss myths, Scrooge McDuck, and his newest book, "Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc" out today 3/26! Plus, Kelso, Ryan and Hillary discuss their current reads and upcoming events in the store.
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Click the link in order to purchase the book from our store. Thanks for shopping local!*Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David ElliottBull by David Elliott Books Mentioned in the David Elliott Interview:*Roald Dahl Books
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Current Reads:Kelso-
Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization by Robert Evans
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen
Fifth Season (Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
Hillary-
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Ryan-
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Books from the Future (Upcoming Titles):
Ryan & Kelso-
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo - July 9th, 2019
Other Books Mentioned:
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu
Extra Links:
Independent Bookstore Day - April 27, 2019
David Elliott "Voices" Event - Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 6pm
Gibson's Book Club Reads Fantasyland - April 1st, 2019 @ 5:30pm
Open Discussion Project: In the Shadow of Statues - April 8th, 2019 @ 5:30pm
Ryan, Kelso and Hillary discuss the children's books that changed their lives, and whether or not they were pranked by a famous copy editor.
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Current Reads:
Kelso - * Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * Mindhunter by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker (Audiobook on Libro.fm)
Hillary- * Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * The Lost Man by Jane Harper (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer (Audiobook on Libro.fm)
Ryan- * Becoming by Michelle Obama (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * The Fandom by Anna Day (Audiobook on Libro.fm)
Books from the Future (Upcoming Titles):
Ryan- * The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Out 11/5) (Audiobook presale on Libro.fm) * The Last by Hanna Jameson (Out 4/9) (Audiobook presale on Libro.fm)
Children's Books that Changed our Lives:
Ryan- * Matilda by Roald Dahl (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy (Out of print) * Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Audiobook narrated by Jim Dale on Libro.fm)
Kelso- * Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Audiobook on Libro.fm)
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch * The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Hillary- * Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Mline (Audiobook on Libro.fm) * Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (Audiobook on Libro.fm)
Other Books Mentioned:
Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Melting Pot or Civil War by Reiham Salam
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Current Reads:
Kelso - * The Nix by Nathan Hill * Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Hillary- * Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood * The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America by Sarah Kendzior
Ryan- * The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas * The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Books from the Future (Upcoming Titles):
Kelso- * Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (Out 2/12)
Hillary- * Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James (Out 2/5)
Ryan- * Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott (Out 3/26) * Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell (Out 8/27)
Best Book of 2018:
Ryan- * An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Kelso- * How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Hillary- * The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin + EDIT: it was the Hugo award, not the Nebula award, the N.K. Jemisin won for each of the Broken Earth books!
Other Books Mentioned:
The Perfect Nanny by Lelia Slimani
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Bull by David Elliott
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
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