In this episode, Pam and Hallie talk about recent book awards and pair off songs and books to fill your TBR and playlists.

Books mentioned, in order:
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Demon Copperhead by Barbara
Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from Catalan by Julia Sanches
Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim
The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, translated from French by Richard Philcox
Standing Heavy by GauZ’, translated from Ivoirian by Frank Wynne
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated from Spanish by Rosalind Harvey
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabelle Allende
The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
The Project by Courtney Summers
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Cold Storage by David Koepp
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Everyday by David Levithan
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers


Songs Mentioned (not in order):
You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie
Blinding by Florence + The Machine
I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better) by Billy Talent
Knees Deep by The Beths
Bad Guy by Billie Eilish
Any Day Now by Trousdale
It Will Come Back by Hozier
Drops of Jupiter by Train


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:

24 May 2023