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September 22, 2025 63 mins

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This episode features our very first (and very special) guest, Tracy R, also known as Brooke's mom. She was a real team player and enjoyed being our guest. We enjoyed having her as well. All of the books mentioned in this episode are listed below! Also, for the wonderful bunch of you who do read our show notes section, here is a sneak peek at our next book club book! We will be reading The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix during October! We hope you are as excited as we are. Until next week, stay happily booked!


1:30 - The Amelia Peabody Series by Elizabeth Peters, specifically - He Shall Thunder In The Sky by Elizabeth Peters (#12)

8:20 - The Season Of The Machete by James Patterson / Eruption by James Patterson & Michael Crichton 

9:20 - The Summer House by James Patterson

11:05 - Holmes, Marple, And Poe by James Patterson / The Act by James Patterson (Audible Original)

13:28- Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

14:15/26:29 - The Death Of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy 

15:53 - Perfect by Sara Shepard (#3) / Unbelievable by Sara Shepard (#4) / Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (#4)

19:37 - The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 

20:28 - The Beauty Of The End by Lauren Stienstra

27:37 - Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

32:36 - The People Next Door by Keri Beevis

33:43 - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

34:51 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu, Into The Forest by Jean Hegland

37:27 - the mysterious, unknown book Tracy read on her Kindle...

39:55 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell / Scarlet by Alexandra Ripley

41:43 - The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins 

43:35 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt / Fredrik Backman books, Specifically; The Beartown Series, My Friends, The Answer Is No, A Man Called Ove

51:52 - The Painted Queen, Lord Of The Silent (#13), The Golden One (#14), Children Of The Storm (#15) - all by Elizabeth Peters

53:20 - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

55:18 - Feed (#1) by Mira Grant 

57:36 - Network Effect (#5) by Martha Wells






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