Episode 53 - Horror for Anxious Readers with Johanna @memydogandbooks

On this episode, Johannah @memydogandbooks who loves to shout about books on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and I discuss leaning into cozy hobbies, reading widely and eclectically, and an overlapping prize interest for us. We also discuss how horror is an underrated genre and why it works, even for scaredy-cats!   Find Johanna on Instagram Find Johanna on TikTok Find Johanna on YouTube    Book Talk and Signing for The Kat Bunglar with Tanima Kazi    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, & Girlboss by Kim Hong Nguyen The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich    Books Highlighted by Johanna: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Reformatory by Tananarive Due  Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez  Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero Duck Feet by Ely Percy On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart  Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses Doppleganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Never Flinch by Stephen King  Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Betty by Tiffany McDaniel  The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses  Cackle by Rachel Harrison  Lock Every Door by Riley Sager  The Return by Rachel Harrison So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison  Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry  I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy  The Between by Tananarive Due The Secret History by Donna Tartt  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin  Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart  Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams