Books n Things Podcast

Happy Halloween, Witches and Warlocks! Welcome to our special, creepy episode where we tell you spooky stories submitted by our listeners, our families' stories, and excerpts from our childhood favorite book: Scary Stories to tell in the dark.

Have fun and be safe this Halloween!

This week we read City of Ghosts and Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab! We tap into the literary Veil alongside Cass as she explores haunted European locations with her parents, ghost hunters, The Inspectors!

Next Week:

Put down your spell books witches and ghouls for an hour as we read to you scary and spooky leyendas (legends) from where our families are from!

Don't forget to send us your scary stories for the following week!

Join us this week as discuss a classic, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley! Short and sweet episode this week!

Next Week:

We continue the celebration of Spooktober with Victoria Schwab's City of Ghosts! Find out next week about our thoughts and feelings on a haunted girl and her ability to open the Veil between the living and the dead.

Don't forget to submit your short spooky stories and legendas so we can read them during our special Halloween episode!

This week we dive deep into an emotional, whirlwind discussion on this week's book: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. We touch on sensitive issues on race in America and how the book gave us different perspectives to be able to process our feelings during events today.

Next Week: We go full Halloween mode to bring out all you ghouls and goblins and have chosen to read and discuss Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley!

This week we delve into the intense story of Wilder Girls by Rory Power. We power through an hour of a detailed synopsis and elaborate on our "thoughts and feels" of children thrust into a pandemic while at a boarding school. Will the government step in and assist the school in their time of need? What dangers awaits our protagonists as they maneuver through chaos and witness friends being mutated by a body changing disease?

Disclosure: This book may tap into your feelings of our current situation of being in quarantine during a pandemic. Be advised!

Join us next week as we discuss a novel that follows a delivery nurse and focuses on race in America: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

Listen this week as we delve into our inner "Murderino" while discussing The Stranger Beside me by Ann Rule!

Next Week:

Tune in next week as we explore the savage, gruesome world of life at a female boarding school of Wilder Girl by Rory Power.

Welcome back to the Books n Things Podcast with your hosts Roxana Robledo and Judith Bracamontes!

Join us this week as we delve into Stephenie Meyer's new novel: Midnight Sun!

Coming Next Week -

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule - Tune in next week as we move away from the fantastical fiction of murdurous teenage vampires to a real life serial killer, Ted Bundy.

Hello to the Books n Things Podcast with your hosts Roxana Robledo and Judith Bracamontes!

Our podcast brings you into our living room to talk about our weekly read........and things. Join us this week as we introduce ourselves and kick this show off!

Coming Next Week -

The Twilight Saga: Midnight Sun - Tune in next week as we rock our black band t-shirts, reach into our inner teenage angst and discuss the new release by Stephenie Meyer. Will we finally be able to understand the inner workings of an immortal teenage vampire?! Find out next week!