Episode 4 - Cuckoo Bananas Thrillers with Erin Jacobo

On this episode, Erin Jacobo and I discuss a lot of really juicy thrillers, her love of a heart wrenching story, and why romance just doesn’t work for us. She also tells some great stories about her family and their connection with reading, and we learn how much she has influenced my reading life!    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  His Name is George Floyd by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros  Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra    Books Highlighted by Erin:  The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd  The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanaugh  We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz  Yellowface by R.F. Kuang  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir  One Italian Summer by Rebecca Searle  Winter Street by Elin Hildebrand  The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris  The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life’s Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos  Dark Matter by Blake Crouch    Other Books Mentioned in the Episode: All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder  Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares  Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech  The Pact by Jodi Picoult  My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult  In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware  Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt  Final Girls by Riley Sager  Erasure by Percival Everett  In Five Years by Rebecca Searle  28 Summers by Elin Hildebrand  The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner