In this indie author (independently published books) recommendation list, we cover new releases due to come out, or that have recently been released. This is an ongoing series where we give indie authors a moment in the spotlight! This episode has a slight fantasy/ paranormal romance theme.

Know of/ have an indie book you'd like us to talk about? Submit it here

The books discussed in today's episode are:

• Midlife Supernaturals series by T.J. Deschamps
• Faun Over Me - Camp Cryptid series by B.L. Brown
• Beauty is a Blade - A Thousand Scars for You series by Justin Bourne Boring
• The Freckled Fate series by Tetyana Walker
• Somewhere Between Dandelions by Trisha Larson Harmon
• A Dash of Serotonin, a Pinch of Dopamine by Noor Amjad
• The Unfolding - A Scatter Plot - The Stones of Lodrusia series by Noor Amjad
• The Legacies of Traitors - Forsaken Legacies Series by C. M. Leyva
• Enchanted Fates by Alyssa Rose

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• Join our buddy read My Boss is the Devil (The Devil You Know Book 1) by Ben Schenkman on Storygraph here,
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This is an episode we've been planning for ages, a deep discussion of the Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire . We've both recently listened/ read the whole series and were briefly obsessed, so dive in with us in this spoilers talk about the 9 book series.

The books in this series:

1. Every heart a doorway
2. Down among the sticks and bones
3. Beneath the sugar sky
4. In an absent dream
5. Come tumbling down
6. Across the green grass fields
7. Where the drowned girls go
8. Lost in the moment and found
9. Mislaid in parts half known

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• Join our buddy read My Boss is the Devil (The Devil You Know Book 1) by Ben Schenkman on Storygraph here,
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Over May and June our buddy read book was A Thorn Among Roses by Haley Anderton! The rules for our buddy reads are simple, we try to pick an indie author whose book is available on Kindle Unlimited and we have two months to read it.

This episode does contain spoilers! In it we talk about the themes, plots and characters in the book and what we did and didn't like.

You can join our next buddy read on Storygraph here, which will be My Boss is the Devil (The Devil You Know Book 1) by Ben Schenkman

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This episode is something completely different! Our editor has put together a series of contextless clips from roughly episode 100 onwards, with a series of our most wonderful and weirdest tangents.

Listen to hear our editor speak for only the second time ever in 126 episodes!

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In this indie author (independently published books) recommendation list, we cover new releases due to come out, or that have recently been released. This is an ongoing series where we give indie authors a moment in the spotlight! This episode we have a mix of contemporary fiction, YA, Speculative fiction, romance and fantasy.

Know of/ have an indie book you'd like us to talk about? Submit it here

Books we talk about in today's episode are:

• Poison heart - Mae Pierce
• The Masks We Wear - B.D.Carpenter
• Serpents of Sky and Flame - Rebecca F. Kenney
• Cats out of the Bag - L.Caroline
• Falling for Fables - Jenna Wolfheart
• Fate of the Sun King - Nisha J Tuli
• Herald - Robert J Hayes

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• Join our March-April read-along of The Trial of the Sun Queen
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It's important to read diversely all year round but for Pride month we are bringing you a little list of recommendations as a place to start. This list has got everything from graphic novels to short story collections to fantasy and romance!

Books discussed in today's episode are:

• Proud - Juno Dawson
• Mooncakes -Suzanne Walker
• The Tea Dragon Society - K.Oneil
• The Girl from the Sea - Molly Knox Ostertag
• Gender Queer: A Memoir - Maia Kobabe
• Transmogrify! - An anthology with a variety of authors
• The Dos and Donuts of Love - Adiba Jaigirdar
• She Is a Haunting - Trang Thanh Tran
• The Sins on Their Bones - Laura R. Samotin

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For once the Lazy Book Lovers haven't been so lazy! We've been making our way through our tbr lists so that's why we're bringing you a two part reading update. In part 2, Toni's romance kick continues with a little sprinkling of fantasy and Tali is bringing you some more thrillers.

Books discussed in today's episode are:

Toni's reads:

• The Light That Blinds Us
• The Ex Talk
• The Hating Game

Tali's reads:

• None of This Is True
• The Sins on Their Bones
• The Centre

Connect with us:

• Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds
• Join our next buddy read on Storygraph here, which will be A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton!
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For once the Lazy Book Lovers haven't been so lazy! We've been making our way through our tbr lists so that's why we're bringing you a two part reading update. In part 1, Toni's been on a romance kick again and Tali's bringing a mix of thriller, speculative fiction and fantasy.

Books discussed in today's episode are:

Toni reads:

• Ice Planet Barbarians
• Twice in a Blue Moon
• Happy Place
• Bride

Tali reads:

• Wayward Children series
• The Disappearing Act
• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Connect with us:

• Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds
• Join our next buddy read on Storygraph here, which will be A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton!
• Follow us on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook, or discover where else to listen to us via our Carrd link here