Mostly Fictional

Mostly Fictional Podcast
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In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

  1. 4D AGO

    Ep. 147: Pam’s Silver Medal for the Library Hold List 🥈

    Books mentioned, in order: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Favorites by Layne Fargo Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Landline by Rainbow Rowell Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    50 min

  2. FEB 18

    Ep. 146: Feeling Evil and Diabolical About Our Reading 💖

    Books mentioned, in order: Animal Friends of Pica Pau 3 by Yan Schenkel Moby Dick by Herman Melville Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Favorites by Layne Fargo Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Landline by Rainbow Rowell HRCYED 2.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60 Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    38 min

  3. FEB 11

    Ep. 145: Books News We Won’t Use But Maybe You Will!

    Books mentioned, in order: Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams My Murder by Katie Williams Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette Dracula by Bram Stoker The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White Watermoon by Samantha Sotto Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcet Alchemised by SenLinYu Spotify Page Match and Bookshop.org News: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/874134/spotify-page-match-audiobook-sync https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/874150/spotify-bookshop-org-physical-books Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    39 min

  4. FEB 4

    Ep. 144: This Week’s Mad Libs Reads

    Books mentioned, in order: A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Stories of Your life by Ted Chiang Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams My Murder by Katie Williams Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Endling by Maria Reva Happiness by Aminatta Forna  The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz A Bit Much: Poems by Lyndsay Rush Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    38 min

  5. JAN 28

    Ep. 143: The Emotional Cash of a Reread 🤑

    Books mentioned, in order: The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis  Aesop’s Fables Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, tr. by Deena Mohamed On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Favorites by Layne Fargo Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    35 min

  6. JAN 21

    Ep. 142: You’ll Never Guess The Comps Pam Makes For This Book

    Something is "apaw" in Hallie's current read. Plus, Pam is reading lots of footnotes! Books mentioned, in order: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler Happiness by Aminatta Forna Frappabord by Mireille Gagné The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis  Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    38 min

  7. JAN 14

    Ep. 141: We're Reading Like Snails 🐌

    Books mentioned, in order: Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Endling by Maria Reva How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler On the Calculation of Volume series by Solvej Balle Happiness by Aminatta Forna Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    44 min

  8. JAN 7

    Ep. 140: Pam's Not Clowning Around With Her Reads 🤡

    Plus, we introduce a new segment to the podcast! Books mentioned, in order:  Five Little Indians by Michelle Good The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Dracula by Bram Stoker Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Murderbot series by Martha Wells The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett The Art and Science of Arrival by Tanya Lapointe Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Frappabord by Mireille Gagné The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis Michelle Good news: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canada-reads-winners-michelle-good-and-ziya-tong-among-new-order-of-canada-appointees-9.7031432  Lyndsay Rush: https://www.instagram.com/maryoliversdrunkcousin/?hl=en Brothers K cover deep dive: https://julianphilosophy.substack.com/p/the-night-before-the-exam  Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

    52 min
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In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

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  • Creator
    Mostly Fictional Podcast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    147
  • Rating
    Clean
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