Episode 16: We Owe the Cat Detectives an Apology

Welcome back to I Reckon I’ll Read It, a podcast where two Okie gals talk books, share recs, and don’t hold back on their mighty big opinions. Join Beccah and Summer in some good-old-fashioned book talk.  This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. From there, we dive into the wild world of genre mashups and dream up some strange combinations – debating what works and what really doesn’t. Cat detectives take a leading role in our genre discussion, and as the episode progresses, so do the questionable sci-fi robot noises. Then, we wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on genre labels and our own genre-labeling system. Books We Mentioned:  1:15- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Spur of the Moment Question: Favorite genre mashup? 7:00- The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, Ally Carter 7:45- Silvia Moreno Garcia, Isabel Canas 11:45- Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Canas 12:00- The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells 14:00- A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Sarah J. Maas Reading Round Up: 17:00- When in Rome, Sarah Adams 24:50- In Your Dreams, Sarah Adams 27:00- The Belle of Belgrave Square, The Siren of Sussex, Mimi Matthews 32:00- Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn 35:00- Harlem Rhapsoday, Victoria Christopher Murray 36:00- The Goodbye Cat, The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa 40:00- Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune 47:45- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer 49:00- The Girls Who Grew Big, Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley 55:45- The Stardust Thief, The Ashfire King, Chelsea Abdullah 1:02:00- The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights 1:04:00- Lady Tremaine, Rachel Hochhauser 1:04:40- Circe, Madeline Miller 1:06:15- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins Spotlight Segment- Genre Designations: 1:18:20- The Wedding People, Alison Espach 1:23:30- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott