Show Notes
Your book besties are back and this week we’re talking about cryptid romance, queer representation, emotional sea monsters… and whatever the hell was happening with Skate God. So yeah... Things got weird. Buddy Read Chat
Mothman Is My Boyfriend by McKayla Coyle Mothman Is My Daddy bonus novella
This week we’re talking:
cryptid romance as a genre (apparently this is our life now) our favorite and least favorite stories emotional support frog women and sea monsters why Skate God felt weirdly out of place and whether this entire collection is secretly an allegory
Plus:
Mothman logistics Flatwoods discourse “how would this relationship actually work?” and, we like our coffee with a side of what...?!
What's On Our Shelf
Credence by Penelope Douglas Honey by Imani Thompson The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah The Inn at Thistledown Hollow by Devon Yates Thinky Thoughts by Gwenda Bond
New Releases This Week
A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Monica Ojeda Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Anniversary by Alex Finlay Burnout Summer by Jenna Ramirez First and Forever by Lynn Painter The Last Page by Katie Holt The Forgotten Midwife by Laura Anthony Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth Femme Feral by Sam Backbessinger The May House by Jillian Cantor
Bookish Conversations
Audible's story house pop-up Hoopla love weird girl lit discourse And, whether or not book cons and events should have dedicated reading spaces and sensory relief zones (They should!)
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