Rachel has gone off the rails and Laura is doing her best to keep this pod afloat. (They also talk about the live podcast record that took place on October 25, 2023 - due to some audio issues, that episode was unable to be released, but recording it was really fun!)
We both read:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Books Laura has read since the last episode:
The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart
American Demon by Daniel Stashower
The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
Spear by Nicola Griffith
Crossings by Alex Landragin
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Book of Night by Holly Black
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Books Rachel has been revisiting:
Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters universe, including The Mortal Instruments, The Dark Artifices, The Infernal Devices and The Eldest Curses.
Other Japanese fiction in translation that we like: Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari and Erased by Kei Sanbe
A special thank you to our guest this month, Marion Castle!
Laura also wants to thank her doctor, because without him she would not have read 15 books this month.
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.