Tome & Tome Again

In episode 13 we chat about one of our favourite genres by revisiting one of our favourite books from recent years: Travis Baldree's cosy fiction masterpiece Legends & Lattes!
Other books dicussed in this episode:
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Welcome to the Hyunam Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
Beyond Climate Grief by Jonica newby
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 12 we discuss the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta, and it's movie adaptation directed by the Wachowski sisters.
Other books we discuss in this episode include:
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Hearts that Cut by Kika Hatzopolou
A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher
Made of Steam and Stardust by Bianca Breen
The Distance Between Dreams by Emily Paull
Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
The Language of Trees by Katie Holton
 
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 11 we discuss the first of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy, titled Uglies, published in 2005.
Other books we discuss in this episode include:
the Murderbot series by Martha Wells
Murder by Memory by Olivia Wright
The Forcing by Paul E. Hardesty
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
The Thinning by Inga Simpson
Human Nature by Jane Rawson
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Lightfall book 1: The Girl & The Galdurian
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 10 we discuss Howl's Moving Castle, both the classic 1986 book by Diana Wynne Jones and the gorgeous 2004 movie by Hayao Miyazaki. 
Other books we discuss in this episode include:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Wild Dogs by Michael Trant
How High we go in the Dark by Sakoya Nagamatsu
The Spear That Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Queer as Folklore by Sasha Coward
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 9 we discuss A. J. Betts' YA novel Hive. If you haven't read this book and want to avoid spoilers (but still want to come back in and here about our TBR lists!), duck out at 22:36 and come back in at 49:13. These times also have chapters if your music platform supports that. 
Then read Hive and come back and listen to the middle of the episode!
Other books we mention in this episode include:
Zac & Mia by AJ Betts
The House of Rural Realness by Curtis Campbell
Sunny at the End of the World by Steph Bowe
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld (spiler alert for book 4!)
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Woman's Law: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi by Sarah Clegg
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 8 we discuss Hannelore Cayre's The Godmother, 'a perfect little slice of French noir'.
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 7 we discuss Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue, a humorous non-fiction romp through the English language and how it got that way!
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 6 we discuss our favourite spooky books for Halloween! These include:
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein
Unreal Alchemy by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Honourable mentions: All the Murmuring Bones and Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter; Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series; Dark Mode by Ashley Kalagian Blunt; Woman Eating by Claire Coder; The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones; Oscar & Alice by Jemimah Brewster
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 5 we discuss Emily McGovern's hilarious queer Regency romance and stab-fest graphic novel Bloodlust & Bonnets!
Intro and outro music:
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In episode 4 we discuss Rosalie Ham's 2000 rural Australian Gothic novel, The Dressmaker!
Trigger warning for mentions of infant death, violence, rape, and abuse.
Books discussed at the end of the episode:
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
The House That Joy Built by Holly Ringland
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Girl with No Reflection by Kesha Chow
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Intro and outro music:
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