His Book, Her Book
The conversational podcast where a horror obsessed husband and his genre hopping wife try to understand each other’s reading choices, clash tastes and stay happily married through it all. Together we’ll dive into stories from opposite ends of the bookshelf, laughing, debating, recommending and occasionally roasting each other’s picks.
His Book, Her Book
When One Great Book Sends You Searching
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One great book can be an accident. Two great books by the same author feels like proof. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re comparing authors who earned our trust the hard way by delivering more than one read we genuinely loved, then pulling us deeper into their catalog.
We start with our personal reading habits: when a book blows us away, do we sprint to the author’s backlist, or do we hesitate after one bad experience? From there, German makes the case for Chuck Wendig as a go-to horror author, first with The Book of Accidents, a family-centered nightmare where empathy becomes both a gift and a threat. We talk haunted-house dread, coming-of-age pressure, and the cycle of male violence, plus why the emotional core of the Graves family keeps the story grounded even when the plot gets wild.
Then we bite into Black River Orchard, a small-town horror novel built around a cursed apple that promises youth, confidence, and sharpness, while quietly turning neighbors into enemies. We unpack Wendig’s themes of masculine frailty, community fracture, and the unsettling question underneath it all: does the apple change people or expose what was always there?
On the literary fiction side, Jacqui highlights Irish novelist Chloe Michelle Howarth and two five-star reads: Sunburn, a hazy 1990s rural Ireland coming-of-age story full of longing, secrecy, and identity, and Heap Earth Upon It, a 1965 tale of orphaned siblings, buried trauma, and dangerous attachment told with gorgeous, atmospheric prose.
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Books discussed in this episode:
- The Book of Accidents - Chuck Wendig (2021)
- Sunburn - Chloe Michelle Howarth (2023)
- Black River Orchard - Chuck Wendig (2023)
- Heap Earth Upon It - Chloe Michelle Howarth (2025)
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Welcome To The Literary Chaos
SPEAKER_01Welcome to this book her book, the conversation of happy life with a former attention and his number happy when they try to understand each other's readings with the happy merry through the month. Together we'll deliver the stories from happy to end of the bookshelf, laughing, debating, recommending, and occasionally roasting each other's face. Because in this relationship there's one guarantee. The only thing scarier than his and unfold is my TBR shop. This is his book Her Book, hosted by German and Jackie. Sit back, grab a snack, and enjoy the literary chaos.
How We Choose Repeat Authors
SPEAKER_00Welcome to this episode of his book, her book, with your host German and Jackie. So last episode, we dove into some of our summerslash beach reads. Yeah, exactly. Today we're going to discuss books we've read and liked by the same author.
SPEAKER_01Yes. I think it would be pretty safe to say that any reader who loves a book will want to look into the rest of that author's catalog. I was actually just listening to the Wellread podcast, and the episode was a book that they had loved by an author that they were excited to read another book by. And I thought that kind of meshed with what we're talking about today. So I know I've mentioned in past episodes, if I really enjoy a book, I will always then read basically everything else that author wrote or writes. If I don't enjoy a book, I tend to give the author one more chance to win me over. I don't know if that's what you do. Like if you really didn't like something, would you read another book by that same author?
SPEAKER_00Maybe not. Okay. Which I have done before. I've read one and done.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I will say for the most part, I'll give them one more chance. If I really don't like something though, then I definitely struggle to read anything else by them. I won't name names, but yes, I agree that it's definitely happened. Uh it'll probably take a lot to convince me if I really, really did not have fun that first go-around. That being said, I did have so many authors in mind. Many of them are more well known. I promise I'm not gonna talk about Steinbeck today. I actually decided to showcase a newer voice on the scene uh in hopes of introducing her work to a larger audience. Nice. The author that I'm gonna talk about today has published two novels, and I've actually read both of them this year, both five-star reads. I'm so excited to talk about them. But before I get into that, what was your thought process with this topic?
SPEAKER_00Well, agree with a lot of almost everything you said, or actually everything. I actually I had a right. I know what I'm doing. I had a good number of um these to choose from. Uh Phil Fricassi, I've read quite a few of his, Grady Hendricks, three or four of his, Nick Cutter, Clive Barker. Got a lot of yeah, so good. And Paul Tremblay, of course, which I think I've read almost except maybe one I haven't read. Survivor song.
SPEAKER_02Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_00And the newest one that's coming out, too. But today I'm gonna start with Chuck Wendig. Okay.
Chuck Wendig And Big Swing Horror
SPEAKER_00And my first book is The Book of Accidents, published in 2021.
SPEAKER_01Synapsis.
SPEAKER_00Yes, please.
SPEAKER_01All right. After his abusive father dies, I've been reading a lot of books about abusive dads. I don't know. Okay, sorry. Oof, start over. After his abusive father dies, former Philadelphia cop Nate Graves inherits the isolated Pennsylvania house he grew up in. Hoping for a fresh start, he moves back into the house with his artist wife Maddie and their 15-year-old son Oliver, a boy so empathetic, he physically feels other people's pain. The rural quiet is supposed to help Oliver. It doesn't.
SPEAKER_00Poor Ollie. Yeah, it's real. Poor Ollie. So Chuck Wendig is an American author as well as a screenwriter, and he writes comic books too. I've read and liked three of his novels, I believe. Yeah, three. If there's one thing I could say about what I read from him, is that when you pick up one of his books, you're in for a ride. Also, he likes to use his home state of Pennsylvania as the background to his novels, including this first one. So by now, most of our listeners know that I'm a big fan of horror. And with I know and within horror, the coming of age story.
SPEAKER_01Take a drink.
SPEAKER_00Okay, take a drink. Coming of age, I said it. But I'm also a fan of the family versus whatever the terror or adversary or whatever that may be story.
SPEAKER_02I like that.
SPEAKER_00And Wendick does it here and actually does it with a bit in the next novel. I'm talking about two, but we're gonna stick with Book of Accidents for now. And the Graves family. It's just the three of them mom, dad, and son, and they're moving out of the city for a fresh start. That's a situation a lot of us can relate to. I can personally.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Yep. My dad moved us all out of state when I was around 17, and I was not happy then, as I was leaving all my friends that I'd grown up with. But when I look back at it now, I understand that he was doing what he thought was best for us. And that familiarity really helped pull me into this story because it kind of coincides. And the family, they're so likable, cared about each of them and what was going to happen to them, and if they were going to be okay. Because let me tell you, so much happens to them. So much happens in this book, period. Each of them gets put through a ringer throughout the book. I remember I it was nerve-wracking when I was reading it, thinking, how is Nate, how is Maddie, how is Oliver gonna get out of this? A quick aside about Oliver or Ollie, as he's referred to a lot in the book. He's such a gentle kid and he's so empathetic that, like Jackie said, he actually feels literally other people's pain. The poor kid is bullied, of course, and he's lonely and he's in this new town, which unfortunately is what leads him to befriend one of our antagonists, Jake. Now, Jake has a lot in common with Ollie, but not in a way you think. When I when I think of themes in this book, first is love and empathy as a weapon for good. A little overt, maybe. I mean, one of the main characters can literally feel other people's pain, but it works. Part of each of our protagonists' story involves being able to possibly make it through their climactic situation because of love or empathy. Be it loving someone so much you're willing to sacrifice everything, including yourself, or feeling empathy as a physical sensation to save yourself and maybe even save your enemy. Another theme that's a little more subtle is the cycle of male violence. The father, Nate, is a product of an abusive father, and his worst fear is passing that violence on to Ollie. In the story, we see Nate meet and interact with his with his non-abusive version of his father, the father he never had, but he wished he did. And if that isn't crazy enough, we also find out what an abused and corrupted version of Ollie would look like and become.
SPEAKER_02That sounds really good.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it gets nuts in this fuck. The thing about this book is Wendick threw everything and the kitchen sink into the story. You want a haunted house? It's there. You want a serial killer? Check that. Multiverse, demons, and more. Is it too much? There's a lot of ideas woven into the book. Some readers probably think too many, but it worked for me. I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the scary and crazy ride, probably because I really loved the family. That was the one sticking point for me. All right. Who would I recommend this to? Readers who enjoy a crazy ride in their reading, and readers who like scary and fantastical stories of a family versus whatever may come at them.
SPEAKER_01Okay, so as far as horror level goes, what are we talking?
SPEAKER_00You mean like a one to ten or something?
SPEAKER_01Well, like how horror obsessed would someone need to be to enjoy this book? Um aka, are you gonna recommend this book to me? I know we own this book. I was just redoing our bookshelves last week.
SPEAKER_00Nice hardcover version of it too. No, I don't. I mean, there's definitely horror, a lot of horror in it, a lot of scary moments in it. And everybody should check the check trigger warnings. Yeah, trigger warnings before you read.
SPEAKER_01I'll check the trigger warnings. This one sounds super good, so I kind of feel like I want to read it.
SPEAKER_00It's really it's crazy, like I said, that he throws everything for the kitchen and the kitchen thing into it, but it's a great story, and and you're really rooting for the family all the way to the end. So yeah, I I I recommended an entry into horror-ish. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Okay. Yeah. All right. That sounds doable for me. I also wanted to see, I knew it was a chunkier book because we have it, and I looked it up. It's 530 pages. It does sound like a story that requires more pages.
SPEAKER_00So yeah, because there's so much. And he he really, rather than just kind of breezing past it, he kind of gets into all everything that he throws in there, he gets into. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I love bigger books, so that doesn't bother me. Again, that was Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig. And Jackie, who's your author?
SPEAKER_01My
Sunburn And A Summer Coming Of Age
SPEAKER_01author is Chloe Michelle Howarth. She is an Irish novelist. And if you know me, you know I'm obsessed with Irish authors. Oh, I know. So it was so thrilling for me to discover her work. Here are the bits of information I gathered from the internet. She grew up in rural Cork County in Ireland. It's like the southwestern tip of the country. She later moved to Dublin for college and currently resides in Brighton, England. Um, as I mentioned, she's published two books that I'll be discussing today. And her third novel, which is called Aftertaste, is set to be published in June 2027.
SPEAKER_02All right, nice.
SPEAKER_01So the first book I'm going to talk about is Sunburn, and this was published in 2023. Derman, you want to read the synapses? I do.
SPEAKER_00All right. All right. A heat-struck summer in rural 1990s, Ireland becomes a turning point for Lucy Nolan, who feels increasingly out of step with her small community. When her friendship with the magnetic Susan O'Shea deepens into a secret romance, Lucy is forced to navigate desire, fear, and pressure to conform torn between the life her town expects and the future she longs for. Lucy must decide what she is willing to risk to live truthfully.
SPEAKER_01I don't want to cut you off, but it's Susanna. Oh, Susanna, the other character. That's okay. This book is so beautiful. It's a perfect balance of tension, longing, and like this slow emotional unraveling. I felt so much, so much nostalgia for my youth while reading this. How Earth was able to pluck me out of middle age and draw me right back into my teenage brain, filled with all the messy and complicated, deep, deep emotions that truly only exist during those formative years, I think. So as the synopsis suggests, German, I'm tapping into your trope zone here. This is a coming of age tale. The novel is narrated through Lucy's perspective, and we immediately become connected to her inner world of thoughts and feelings. I love the overall mood of this book. There's this warm, hazy, almost slow-motion summer feeling. It's so immersive and slightly disorienting. You're experiencing the heat and stillness and the way time kind of stretches on long summer days. And what's so effective is that the atmosphere mirrors what's happening emotionally. Everything feels soft and dreamy at first, but there's this quiet tension underneath. And I love how gradually everything deepens. Nothing is sudden. Emotions sort of creep in, attachments form quietly, and unease builds almost unnoticed. It feels very true to life in that way. The book just does such a lovely job showing those in-between emotional spaces. It's imbalance and misread intentions and wanting more than what you're given. I love how Howarth just captures that confusion so, so perfectly. Something that really stayed with me was how the story feels almost reflective. Like you're looking back on a time that shaped you, like that bittersweet feeling of realizing things too late, just so much emotional layering. Sunburn flawlessly captures that specific, fleeting experience of being on the edge of becoming yourself, that fragile, intense period where you're still figuring out who you are and how easily another person can shape that process. So, again, just very reflective, maybe just in my own experiences as a teenage girl. Of course, I have to mention some of the themes I picked up in this book. First, I would say desire and self-awareness. This is done in an incredibly nuanced and very relatable way. Uh, power and vulnerability. Sunburn explores the unspoken power dynamics in relationships, how it happens when emotional investment isn't equal. Of course, the coming of age theme. I would say more specifically in an emotional sense, Lucy is learning about herself in a way that is messy but very authentic. And lastly, there's this strong sense of disparity between self-preservation and identity, which I believe are the two instincts Lucy is really battling to reconcile through the entire novel. The overall vibe of this book just hits for me the quiet intensity, emotional precision, the summer fever dream aspect, all written with such fresh and compelling prose. Just like talking about it. I just want to read it again. You just kind of feel like you tumble into this world when you open this book. All right. Who would I recommend this book for? Dun dun.
SPEAKER_00If you like character-driven stories, that's your my coming of age is your target.
SPEAKER_01Also, if you like coming of age novels, stories about relationship, identity, emotional growth. Yeah. Ugh, and just really beautiful writing. Yeah. She's amazing.
SPEAKER_00And one thing you said, which uh like struck me as when you said that when you're at the age when you're emotionally becoming yourself, yeah or whatever. And then somebody come in and kind of lead to the case. Alters that in a sense. I mean, horror side, yes, but like Ali meets this kid, Jake. And right, you know, Ali's like a teenager and he's coming at a thing and it's kind of you know shapes and even like back from what was last week's summer reads, the whale fall? Not whale fall. Oh, geez, I can't anyway. There's so many books where that happens. Oh no, sorry. December Park. Okay. Yeah, which I haven't spoken about yet, but there's something that too.
SPEAKER_01But that's fun when when talking about one book leads you to another.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, when you said that, I started thinking that it was like, oh yeah, a lot of the coming of age is that they insert like a new character that leads the main character in one direction or the other.
SPEAKER_01Okay, well, that was Sunburn, my version of a coming of age story and German. Which Chuck Wendig book are you going to talk about next?
SPEAKER_00All right. Next Wendig
Black River Orchard And The Cursed Apple
SPEAKER_00book is Black River Orchard, which was published in 2023. And synopsis? Yes.
SPEAKER_01Struggling fruit grower Dan Paxson has finally coaxed apples from seven strange trees with skin so red it's nearly black. His daughter Cala named them Ruby Slipper. It's a sensation at the farmer's market, but more than just delicious. Eat one and you'll feel stronger, younger, sharper, more yourself. Then you'll want another, and another, and another. And another and another. You kind of get the idea.
SPEAKER_00All right. So now here we have a more focused Chuck Wendy. A single idea. One town and the cursed apple. Of course, it's not that simple as we have quite quite a few characters and subplots. But again, what pulled me in is the family story. A bit different here, as it's not the tight-knit us versus them thing. Here it's the Paxons, father, Dan, and his 17-year-old daughter Kala. When we begin, they have a really cute and close dad-daughter relationship. Though Cala has some big aspirations of her own. She's up for helping her dad's struggling apple orchard business. Dan and his father before him are seen as kind of the failures in town. And Dan's biggest ambition, better yet, his deep-seated desire, is to change all that. Wouldn't you know it? One day his trees finally bear fruit, and his ruby slipper apple becomes the town, the town must have. In kind of in the mid to late 90s, beanie baby kind of way.
SPEAKER_01I remember those days.
SPEAKER_00Everybody wants one and another and another. Anyone who eats this apple gets healthier, doesn't need their glasses anymore, feels and looks younger. All sounds great, but we find out it also brings out whatever is the worst in the person and amplifies it tenfold. And worse than that, people will do anything to have more of these apples.
SPEAKER_01I want one.
SPEAKER_00No, not that when you read this book, you're wrong. One question the book digs into, and I found myself asking while I read it, is the apple turning good people into bad or evil people? Or is the apple just bringing out possibly enabling these deep-seated, deep-seated, pardon the pun, feelings of cruelty, resentment, and meanness that were in them all the time? Personally, I'm on the side that the apple eaters already kind of had a little bit of this in them.
SPEAKER_01Okay, so give me one.
SPEAKER_00But there is some supernatural power in the fruit that brings the bad out and it gets worse and worse day after day, the more you eat the cursed apple. So in the Book of Accidents, Wendig touched on the cycle of male violence. And here he picks on the men again. But this time it's about male or masculine frailty. He ties that into Dan's story, the the father, as he's desperate to prove to everyone, and maybe even to himself, that he's not the uh the never-was nobody that his father was. Dan has been has been and is still failing in his uh inability to get his orchard to grow. He sees himself going down the same path his dad did. Now, in his daughter, Cala's eyes, he's a good dad. She's not seeing him the same way he seems himself. Dan comes to find that the apple, the ruby slipper, is his cure all, helping his business, his health, and his confidence, and his self-perception, healing his masculine frailty wound that he's been carrying around. Not in a good way, unfortunately. Now, one last thing I wanted to say about this book is Wendig, maybe a little too on the nose for our times, maybe not, really hits on the neighbors turning on neighbors, friends turning on friends, and just people and communities becoming enemies within. All because of this guy and this apple he exclusively sells. And there's the haves they eat or have eaten the apple and will follow blindly just to get it, and the have not who haven't eaten the apple and won't because they see what's happening to the haves, to their friends, their neighbors, their family. From what I read online about his views, it was very intentional into the book. He really meant to do this and and kind of saying something. I don't even have to say what he's talking about. Now, who would I recommend this to? Fans of fast paid paced horror stories. Though it is over 600 pages, it moves really briskly. And maybe this is for Jackie, character-driven stories. Yeah, this one sounds really good. It is, it is. I think it's even more so than than the book of accidents in its own. Like for me specifically. Okay. And also I love apples. And there's that too. And also fans of small small town horror, because this all takes place in the in that one town in Pennsylvania, unlike uh the Book of Accidents.
SPEAKER_01So this one's 600 pages. I know the Book of Accidents is also a longer book. Are all of his I don't know if you know, I'm putting you on the spot. It's just maybe it's a coincidence if that's long.
SPEAKER_00His other little one that I read called The Staircase in the in the woods. I think staircase in the woods, but I don't remember the page count. I do remember I think it's definitely over 400, though. So it might be uh his thing.
SPEAKER_01This one sounds really fun. Can I ask a question? And if I'm spoiling something, just don't answer. Does Dan eat a Ruby slipper at any point? Or is that not something I should know?
SPEAKER_00No, he he he does. He does eat a ruby slipper.
SPEAKER_01Okay. Does Kala eat a Ruby slipper?
SPEAKER_00Kala doesn't eat a Ruby. I'm really interested in this one. So I think I shouldn't be able to do that. Dad does, daughter doesn't.
SPEAKER_01Okay.
SPEAKER_00Yes. So yeah, that's that's my one of my favorite things. That's kind of set this things in motion. Okay, very cool. Nice. All right. All right. That was it. Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig. All right, Jack. I think we should move to your next book.
SPEAKER_01Yes.
Heap Of Earth Upon It And Obsession
SPEAKER_01My next book, which is the second published book by Chloe Michelle Howorth, is Heap of Earth Upon It. And this was published last year, 2025. All right. And I'm gonna have you read the synopsis. This synopsis was just uh pulled straight from Goodreads.
SPEAKER_00That's all right. All right. January 1965, the orphaned O'Leary siblings arrive in the Irish village of Ballycraya. I hope I'm saying that correctly. I don't know. Tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, they are thrilled when well-respected neighbors Betty and Bill take them under their wing. But for one of the O'Leary siblings, the new friendship sparks an intense attachment that make the dynamic dangerous for all.
SPEAKER_01The prologue of this book is so gorgeous and it sucks you in immediately. And this might be kind of weird, but I thought maybe I would read it.
SPEAKER_02The prologue?
SPEAKER_01The prologue? Sure, go for it. Sure. Yeah, that's good. Um, but it kind of sets the tone.
SPEAKER_00She's pulling a book out of here.
SPEAKER_01Here we go. Often I wake to the sort of scream that permeates soil and rattles the coffins and fossils it passes by. The sort that even the birds and insects, insects, understand as pained. A sound so intense it has a texture and a weight. When that screaming comes to me, I wrap myself around it and cling on. There's something soothing about it. It's like having you around. There's something about all this that is easier to sink into than to break free from. The dead weight of grief, the small bliss of my stagnancy, habits I cannot sense the evil in. And yet it hurts to think about you, about what happened. So I leave it in my blind spot and try to move on and pull what comfort I can from your constant screaming. If that doesn't do it, man, so good. Okay, so we start this story knowing the siblings are essentially running from something or someone. And the pacing of this novel is just chef's kiss perfection. The search for the truth and ultimate unveiling happen in a way that each chapter slowly reveals just enough to make you desperate for the next one. Character development is a driving force in this novel, and the complexity of the relationships between the characters is so nuanced and layered. And I find that that is something that Howorth just has completely mastered. To me, overall, the star and focal point of the book is Anna. She's the eldest sister who I'm not exactly sure. I didn't count specifically, but I believe has the most narration overall. While we're trying to unravel the siblings' past, we are also in real time experiencing this growing infatuation she has for her neighbor Betty. And the interweaving storylines are equally compelling. Major things I noticed here were firstly buried trauma. The O'Leary siblings enter the story grieving and damaged, and they collectively refuse to acknowledge or articulate this. The drama binds the siblings together, but at the same time is like tearing them apart. Of course, obsession/slash manic infatuation is a central motif of the story. I love how Howarth addresses this by both the perspective of the character who is experiencing these feelings, Anna, and the subject of them, Betty. Another layer is added to this theme with the relationship between Betty and the youngest daughter, Peggy. Family loyalty and preservation is a driving force behind all the motivations of the siblings. Their bond is protective, but also suffocating. I love the idea that because of this shared trauma, family essentially becomes both a refuge and a burden. Overall, flawless five-star read for me. When I finished it, I immediately wanted to reread it. I immediately found a copy of it and had to purchase it. And I will be rereading it very soon. Who else will love this? I have what I would say like the perfect pitch for this book. It's for anyone drawn to emotionally intense, atmospheric, character-driven fiction. So literally, if someone were to ask me exactly what I want in a book, that just sums it up so perfectly. I'm just sad that I have to wait a whole year for Howard's next book. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You know, something you said about there, and I know it's completely different about family loyalty in Heap Earth Upon It. And it made me think Book of Accidents, family loyalty, but it's the mom, dad, and son. It's you know, super loyal to each other. And then Black River Orchard. When without giving too much away, Dan tries to kind of use that against his daughter Cala, you know, loyal to the family, where she's like, No, I'm not going there because I know what's happening or I see what's happening. And makes it different, but when you said that, I was like, Oh, yeah, all the books kind of had a little family loyalty thing.
SPEAKER_01Here we have siblings and uh where their loyalties lie and why is definitely a big driver of the plot. And you may think you know, but you don't know. So again, that's Heap Earth Upon It, the second book published by Chloe Michelle Howarth. And I don't know if I could say I love one more than the other. They're different, truly both just flawless five stars for me.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that's actually a good point. I don't know if I like Black River Orchard better than Book of Accidents, because when I read Book of Accidents, I was like, oh, that was so good and for its own reasons, and then Black River Orchard, because I've been waiting for that one for a while. Uh I was like, well, this is so good in a different way, and and I really like both, but I don't know if I can pick one over the other. It's kind of just And there's no need. Yeah, it's kind of just more like what you're feeling at the time. Do I want a big story encompassing different worlds, or do I want a smaller town story a little more, you know, tighter?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I think one thing that really struck me was how different these two books are. So we have you know, coming of age 19, 90s versus this, you know, mid-60s story. Very, very different. But again, I think through and through it is just the writing and the emotion that Howorth is able to squeeze with words. It's just uh amazing, unbelievable.
SPEAKER_00So when you find an author you like.
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SPEAKER_01I really can't wait to hear what other people's thoughts are about these ones.
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SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah, I'd love that. Definitely.
SPEAKER_00Because there's so many. And it's hard for us to pick just one.
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SPEAKER_01All right, German, what are you reading right now?
SPEAKER_00Right now, I am taking a one-book horror break. And I'm reading your favorite author, John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath.
SPEAKER_01Yay. And this is your first time reading it.
SPEAKER_00First time reading it.
SPEAKER_01Very jealous.
SPEAKER_00Not my first time, but first time reading Grapes of Wrath.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Love it. Amazing. And what about you?
SPEAKER_01I am reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. This has been a book that's kind of been all over social media. I was very excited to finally get it at the library, and I am loving it. I like the format. It's written as letters and emails, the entire book. And interestingly, the next book I think I'm going to be reading is We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. And I correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you told me this was written as a letter or a letter.
SPEAKER_00I feel like I read that somewhere that it was it was like the wife writing to her husband. That's how the book is right. I could be wrong, but you can.
SPEAKER_01Well, we will see. I'm almost fin I'll finish the correspondent today. But yeah, I'm loving it so far.
SPEAKER_00Good, good.
SPEAKER_01All right, what are we gonna be talking about? Next episode. So next episode.
SPEAKER_00This is kind of a cool one, I think. We are gonna be our subject is gonna be isolated places.
SPEAKER_01And I hope that's literal or figuratively.
SPEAKER_00It can be literal, isolated place or figurative place.
SPEAKER_01I have lots of ideas. It's gonna be a fun one.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I have a few that I'm like, that kind of counts as an isolated place.
SPEAKER_01We'll see.
SPEAKER_00Maybe a shed hint. Um, with saying that, I hope you join us for the next episode. And until then, thank you for listening to his book, her book.
SPEAKER_01Hopefully they become your books. Bye.