On this episode, Johannah @memydogandbooks who loves to shout about books on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and I discuss leaning into cozy hobbies, reading widely and eclectically, and an overlapping prize interest for us. We also discuss how horror is an underrated genre and why it works, even for scaredy-cats!
Book Talk and Signing for The Kat Bunglar with Tanima Kazi
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, & Girlboss by Kim Hong Nguyen
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Books Highlighted by Johanna:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero
Duck Feet by Ely Percy
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses
Doppleganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Never Flinch by Stephen King
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
The Return by Rachel Harrison
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry
I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The Between by Tananarive Due
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
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