S11:Ep240 - Creature Feature: A Book Rec Episode - 10/23/24

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we’re bringing you a Creature Feature in which we suggest books that tell the story of creatures. Those may be mythological creatures, cryptids, or beings from your favorite horror film. Some are scary, some are mysterious, some don’t seem that different from humans. All of them make for good October reads. Books Mentioned In This Episode: 1- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree 2- Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 3- Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters by Donna Jo Napoli 4- A Five Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Katherine @katshomeig - Beautiful Prey by Lora Darc 5- The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrick Svenson 6- Silver in the Wood/Drowned Country by Emily Tesh 7- The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Millicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara 8- Grendel by John Gardner 9- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith 10- Dear Mothman by Robin Gow 11- The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin 12- Mothman's Merry Cryptid Christmas by Andrew Shaffer 13- The Frandidate (Franny K Stein series) by Jim Benton 14- The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey 15- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw 16- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey 17- It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell 18- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Media mentioned--- 1- What We Do in the Shadows (Hulu, 2019- present) 2- The Thing (1982) 3- The Fly (1986) 4- Santa Clarita Diet (Netflix, 2017-2019) 5- The Mummy (1999) 6- Harry & the Hendersons (1987) 7- The Shape of Water (2017) 8- The Goonies (1985) 9- Kaos (Netflix, 2024) 10- The Mothman Prophecies (1992) 11- Illustration of an Anthropophagi - themonstrumologistoverview.weebly.com/confli…t.html