Episode 25: The Real Treasure Was the Ghosts We Met Along the Way

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 discuss our favorite fictional friendships, which quickly becomes an excuse for Beccah to spend an unreasonable amount of time fangirling over Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings. Summer, unsurprisingly, brings even more horror novels to the table, while Beccah once again shares her (admittedly unpopular) opinions about the so-called “greatest assassin in the world.” We wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment on the books that have pushed us out of our comfort zones.  Books We Mentioned:  The Okie Bookcast BOB Podcast 7:45- Spur of the Moment Question: What are some of your favorite fictional friendships? Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery  My Friends, Fredrik Backman The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien  Clare Pooley novels A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas 13:58- Reading Round Up: 14:23- A Box Full of Darkness, Simone St. James The Sun Down Motel, Simone St. James Broken Girls, Simone St. James Murder Road, Simone St. James The Book of Cold Cases, Simone St. James 21:00- The Haunting of Hill House TV adaptation, based on the story by Shirley Jackson 25:35- Just for the Season, Rachel Griffiths 27:00- Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn 35:45- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Sarah J. Maas Crescent City series, Sarah J. Maas 50:00-The Shippers, Katherine Center The Bodyguard, Katherine Center Hello Stranger, Katherine Center The RomCommers, Katherine Center The Love Haters, Katherine Center  57:00- Our Perfect Storm, Carley Fortune 1:00:55- Forever Your Rogue, Erin Langston 1:08:50 - Alive and Wells, Bailey Hannah 1:25:30- Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks 1:16:00- The Edens series, Devney Perry 1:17:00- Spotlight Segment- Books that have pushed us out of our comfort zones Books by Silvia Moreno Garcia: -Gods of Jade and Shadow -Mexican Gothic -The Seventh Veil of Salome   Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Canas Tin Man, Sarah Winman The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer Married to the Alien Cowboy, Ursa Dax  The Traveling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa