Episode 23: I Like My Books Like I Like My Men: Brooding

This week, we discuss what we love – and what we don’t – about popular book cover trends. We then venture into the world of true crime and accidentally uncover Summer’s surprisingly strong enthusiasm for clone stories. We wrap things up with a mid-year check-in on our reading goals, stats, and favorite books of the year so far. Books We Mentioned:  Visit our Shop! Knight’s Nook local independent bookstore in Yukon, OK 4:00- Spur of the Moment Question: What style of book covers do you like? Where’d You Go Bernadette, Maria Semple Emily Henry covers Ali Hazelwood covers Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses vs Crescent City   10:30- Reading Round Up: 10:40- The Carpool Detectives, Chuck Hogan 14:10- Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann 24:43- The Summer of Broken Rules, K.L. Walther 33:30- The Echo Wife, Sarah Gailey 39:00- My Murder, Katie Williams 41:00- The Hunger Games narrated by Tatiana Maslany  43:00- The Daisy Chain Flower Shop, Laurie Gilmore (and other titles in the Dream Harbor series) 44:16- Rebel Blue Ranch series, Lyla Sage 49:38- Books by Sangu Mandanna 49:50- Books by Sarah Beth Durst 56:25- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, Ilona Andrews 59:25- The Bridge Kingdom, Danielle L. Jensen 1:02:50- A Novel Love Story, Ashley Poston 1:04:50- Into the Blue, Emma Brodie 1:15:00- The Correspondent, Virginia Evans 1:16:45- In Cold Blood, Truman Capote 1:17:30- Spotlight Segment- 2026 Mid-Year Check In  Checking in on:  Total books read so far First book of the year Most recently finished A Few Rules For Predicting The Future, Octavia E. Butler Top genres so far Fiction vs Nonfiction Biggest letdown so far Summer Her Last Breath, Taylor Adams Beccah:  Star Shipped, Cat Sebastian Favorite books so far this year Summer:  The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Beth Brower The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells The Road to Tender Hearts, Annie Hartnett Lady Tremaine, Rachel Hochhauser Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax Beccah: The Traveling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa ACOTAR 6 Hunger Games Checking in on yearly goals