In this episode, Pam and Hallie give a reading update, then review some new releases for 2023 and talk about books for the back half of the year.

Books mentioned, in order:
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan
Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
The Trees by Percival Everett
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe
Cursed Bread Sophie Mackintosh
On the Ravine by Vincent Lam
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Just Once, No More by Charles Foran
Instructions for the Drowning by Steven Heighton
The Knowing: The Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools by Tanya Talaga
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Breaking and Entering by Don Gillmor
Other People’s Pets by RL Maizes
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Postcard by Anne Berest, Translated by Tina Kover
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
Room by Emma Donoghue
YOU by Caroline Kepnes
Ruthless by Carolyn Lee Adams
The Guest by Emma Cline
Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Vogue article: https://www.vogue.com/article/best-books-2023
Globe and Mail article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-the-top-30-canadian-books-to-read-in-2023/

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Hallie can be found on Substack and Bookstagram at @wordsmithreads
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart

Broadcast on:

31 May 2023