Bookwild - Auto-Buy Authors Part One

Episode Date: November 1, 2022

We are back this week to talk about our auto-buy authors!You can also watch the episode on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram!Garehttps://www.instagram.com/gareindeedreads/Katehttps://www.instagram.com/thegirlwiththebookonthecouch/Authors We Talked About This WeekLisa JewellAlice FeeneyLars KeplerE G ScottJane HarperAshley WinsteadMary KubicaLisa UngerColleen HooverSamantha HayesMay CobbJaime Lynn HendricksJennifer HillierSamantha BaileyChristopher RiceJT ElisonBlake CrouchGrady HendrixRobert BryndzaRobert DugoniCharlie DonleaLoreth Anne WhiteRobert DugoniLiane MorirartyBooks We Talked About This WeekThe Silent WomanThe Girl with Dragon TattooThe Snow ManDaisy DarkerSometimes I LieHis and HersI Know Who You AreWatching YouThe Night She DisappearedGood Rich PeopleLocal Woman MissingSecluded Cabin Sleeps Six  Get Bookwild MerchCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackCheck Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and GregFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrian 

Hey guys, welcome to the Killing the Tea podcast. This is Gare and Kate. And we are going to be discussing all things, chills, thrills and kills. Kate and I are going to be talking about our favorite books, TV shows and movies that are in the thriller or crime fiction genre, as well as some reading habits and other items related to how we met on Bookstagram that will fit in with this podcast. So, Thank you so much for joining us. And we hope that you have fun and get totally terrified. You know what? Today is a good day for. What? An icebreaker. An icebreaker.

Oh my gosh. Are you throwing me off my game? I don't know. Do you want to do one or do you want me to do one? Oh, yeah. We talked about going back and forth. You're right. Do you have a question ready?

Yeah. Because I don't have one ready. I mean, I can think of one. That's a good way to kick this off. Keep the great. Oh, my gosh. Okay. All right. Would you rather only be able to buy one book a week or would you rather have to go on a book buying ban for a month?

Book buying ban for a month. Really? Oh, yeah. Especially because I guess some of it is because I know I have just enough books that I could make it through a month. Well, you know what, though? It's also because I have Kindle Unlimited. That's probably why I feel that way. I'm probably thinking of that is not buying a book. And maybe that's a loophole that I shouldn't consider. No, I would think that's fine. Okay.

Well, in that case, between because actually Minka Kintz was Kindle Unlimited, the one that just came out. Yeah. I just finished it 10 minutes before we started recording. Oh, really? Oh, nice. I really liked it. I'm so excited for it.

I really liked it. It's a little Gothic. suspense almost with the setting and everything but yeah I really she just I mean this is my third one by her and she just yeah the silent woman

is out and it's my third book by her and she just does not let me down. They're quick. They're like fun to get lost in I think you'll really enjoy it. I'm so excited

I need to finish few more, but basically with Kand Unlimited, I could definitely get through a month of it. And because then it's like a short period time versus like 12 months or something. I, um, the only reason I thought it would be a tough question. Like I wouldn't count like arcs that I get from publishers. I thought about that too. Or net galley. Like I wouldn't count that because I'm not buying it. But I'm thinking of like, you know, when you're on social media and between like Instagram and book talk and basically our friendship. Like I find myself in the position where there's like at least one or two books a week

that I'm adding to my wish list and I'm either like ordering them because I really want to read them or I'm buying them on my Kindle so I can get it right away. Yes. So. Yep. I thought about that too. It sounds like we both could make it through it. Yeah.

Because I'm the opposite. I would rather I'd rather buy only be able to buy one book a week. Oh, really? Yeah. I think that would help me narrow down. I thought you said one book a month. Oh, no. Or did I think you said, no, you said one book a week.

One book a week or buying ban for a month. Mm-hmm. But I could do the buying ban. I think sometimes, and I'm sure this is like, I have a list on my phone. Yeah. I have a list. And in that one humongous list, it is arcs from publishers, net galley arcs, what I want to read in the month.

backlist books that I want to read. And then I have rom-coms, queer romance, and I have like lists at the very bottom of specific authors whose backlist I want to read. So sometimes I, because I'm very OCD with my time management and what I read in a week, so I get to the point sometimes where I'm in that mode of just wanting to control everything in my life. And like being like if I read half of this book tomorrow and I read the other half, you know, Thursday, I could start this Friday, finish it Saturday, start something. So I get wrapped up in that because that list is so long. So if I did one book a week and I could only buy one book a week, that would probably alleviate

a little bit of that. Interesting. of that problem of me lying awake at night, wondering how I am going to do it all. Yes. So you're like motivated by like, I have so many I have to read. I am motivated by that.

And I am motivated by my, the list that I keep of what I want to read in a month. Like that's how I start off each month. So like Friday or Saturday, I'll like figure it out for October. Yeah. That really motivates me. If there's like 10 books on it, then I can fly through five of them, read a few backlist, whatnot. But it depends on when they're published. And like right now it's hard because fall and winter are huge in publishing. Yeah. You know, like everybody. Yeah. Yeah. It is picking up. It is picking up. So. Yeah. It's all your favorite kinds of stories too. I know. I know. And I need to. But then I find myself in a situation where like, well, this conversation right now, all I can think of is like when we're done recording tonight, I need to find some Nordic noir that's coming out this year, like this fall and this winter.

Because I think I have about four or five that I want to read, but I know there's probably more than that. Probably. Yeah. Because that just, you know, nothing like having the Christmas tree up and reading about murder. In the snow. in the snow especially I don't know

the Swedish ones are always my favorite too yeah yeah I loved loved girl with the dragon

tattoo I can't remember how many of them I read in the series but I love I never read that you didn't

oh my gosh no no I didn't get into Nordic Noir until I read the snowman by Joe Nesbo as

as like a book club with crime by the book Oh, wow. Because she's such a huge fan And that's one of her favorite books. Yeah. And I was like, I'm going to figure out

why she always talks about Nordic noir, why she loves this book so much. And then I read it. And I not only have I loved that book, but she got me into a lot of other Nordic noir and I'm realizing that that's my... I don't think I can read it during the summer when it's hot. Yeah.

Because that makes me mad when like other people are bundled up and I'm like wearing a t-shirt and shorts and like sweating. Like sweating. Yeah. Yeah. So, but yeah, that's what I want to do. Yeah. So I actually, one of the authors I just talked to, described his sci-fi book as a sci-fi noir. And after he said it, I was like, it really was. So I was like the first sci-fi noir I'd ever stumbled upon. Yeah. Yeah. I'm telling you, I'm telling you with all of my heart and soul, Lars Kepler will completely capitol. activate you. I know that you will love like they are one of my, if not my favorite storytellers. I love them. Auto buy 100% for me. Um, hardcover and paperback. Are you buy both? Like always. Yes. I mean, well, before COVID, I used to get, I used to get their arcs. Um,

they're like, you know, advanced reader copy paperbacks. Um, now I get the, the, the, the, hardcover, but if not, I would buy the hardcover. And I also started collecting the paperbacks. Okay. I'm also, mom, if you're listening, plug your ears during the smart, but like I'm also considering starting to buy the Canadian covers as well, because the paperbacks in Canada have different covers, even though it's the same like translator and everything. So, yeah, I'm thinking of doing that. That's how much I love them. Yeah. There's one book that was not my favorite because it was more political-based. It was kind of like an actiony. It just was not my cup of tea. It was really good regardless, but the rest of them you will love. They are like brutal, brutal murders, serial

killers, snow everywhere. It's cold as hell. You'll just, I think you will absolutely love that entire series. Yeah. And they always end on like a cliffinger. Top of my list of older books to read. It's finally cold there.

Now it's perfect. It is. It's not supposed to break 65. I looked before we started this week. So I am very happy. There are a few nights coming up in like our 10-day forecast

that it's supposed to like overnight get into the 30s. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So I think you would like, I love Lars Kepler. Mm-hmm. I've got it.

I've got him, well, them and Joe Nesbo at the top of my list right now. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just reading a couple new ones at the moment. Actually, I'm reading Daisy Darker right now, and I do love it. Another one of my auto buys. It's so insightful. She is one of my auto buys.

She's fantastic. I just love her book so much. Alice Feeney for anyone who. Yes. I didn't know who we were talking about. I guess we should say her name. Yeah. Yeah, she's fantastic. And she just, they're also different. But when you read them, you feel like you're reading an Alasvini book. So I absolutely love her. Yeah. Yeah. I have so many highlights just because there's like so she just has these like really poignant sentences throughout the whole beginning of this book. Like when you're getting to know the people, you're like, wow. It's just amazing. It's like aspirational writing to me in my opinion. Yeah. She's really good at having. like atmosphere as well as like really messed up characters and like plots that are just not like

anything else. I mean like obviously I respect a lot of authors who will take the plot of a thriller that you know you've read before but they kind of put their own twists on it but with her she takes things that you know really do find themselves in like a trend setting moment where yeah you know like especially like even with her debut sometimes I lie that's that was that was that was Oh my gosh. I was going to talk about that one. I still remember that one I read it years ago. Me too. It's one that stuck with me and his and hers was the same way for me. Loves that one. Yes. Yes. I love that one. That one has elements. His and hers has elements to it kind of reminds me of the War of the Roses, which is one of my favorite books and my favorite movies about it is about a couple who is getting a divorce basically.

They have the perfect marriage And then like one day the wife is just like I just don't want to be with you anymore And the only thing they can't agree on is like Who gets the house? So it kind of turns into like A satire, dark comedy Domestic Thriller sort of But yeah

Nice. I'm adding it to my list. There's one It has like the Brownish cover with red writing on it And it was about the woman who like It was an alternate timeline between her present life and when she was in school. I think it was before, the one before his and hers. I loved, loved, loved that one. That was so good. I just remember

it being super dark. No, it's not rock paper, scissors. I know who you are. Was it that that one? The one that has read writing when I look it up is his and hers, but there's got to be another one. No, it is his and hers. Okay, I think it is. Yes. It's where, yeah, because she's flashing back to high school and everything that was going on. That, yeah, that one, like, I still think of how much I loved it. Like, and you switch perspectives between his perspective and hers perspective. The finale of that one really sticks out with me. Like, I read it.

I loved it. But her books almost make me feel like I'm in a fever dream because I'm so enthralled in them in the time that I'm reading it. But then when I finish it, I'm like, oh, my God, I don't remember a lot. I just was so wrapped up in it. Yeah. But I remember like the settings, obviously. Or I remember key scenes.

Yep. So do I. There are a couple of his and hers that like stand out for me. Mine was the finale. Mm-hmm. The setting for the finale, like that's what I remember from that one. Yeah. I know who you are.

There's like no spoiler, but there's like obviously it's about a stalker. Like we all know that. Yeah. There's one scene where like she's in a restaurant or on the street or something and she see somebody watching her from across the street and then it has that moment of like a bus or a car driving by and the person being gone and I'm like so cinematic yes yeah yeah she's very cinematic I love her our auto buy authors are probably going to be all the same because they're really very similar both have phenomenal taste that's definitely why too when we revisit this idea a year from now you're

going to be the one that starts off with Lars Kepler oh you're right Right, that's a good prediction. And then we'll probably transition to Alice Vini. Again. Again. Yeah, you're like, oh yeah, her because she has a new one coming out or whatever. Yes. Yeah, Karen Slaughter.

She's... Cairnslaughter, for sure. That's, like, definitely part of my reputation on Bookstagram is being, like, a Karen Slaughter, like, Stan. Like, I've gotten kind of... If you're one of those people that I've done this to and you're listening, I'm I'm sorry, but I've definitely gotten like stern, we'll say with people because she has two series, the Grant County series that transitions into the Will Trent one.

So people are like, oh, I'm going to start with Will Trent. And then I'll go to like her back list of Grant County. I'm like, no, like you have to. Like you will spoil some of these jaw-dropping moments in Grant County for yourself. If you do it that way, like read the standalones, make sure she, works for you, that you won't have nightmares or like be traumatized. Or if you are traumatized by her books and you like it, like me, then you know it's fit. But then go to Grant County.

And that's what I did. My friend Cindy, I will forever be grateful for her, like even if she hit me with a car tomorrow because I was like, I love these two Karen Slaughter books that I've read. And then everybody was like, pretty girls, pretty girls. So I read that fell in love with that. That one's so good. And then she was like, you have to read Grant County. I think you'd really like it.

Yeah. I'll give it a shot. Right. And that was what started it. It was like, I remember it was probably March or April. I started the series. And by July of that year or August, when her new book came out, I had read all of Grant County and all of Will Trent. That was like over 15 books.

Yeah, that's a lot of books. I could not stop. You committed. I know. That's how I was looking back the last time we talked about it because I started reading them like in 2017, I think. And there's just this like streak of me like reading her books. So I did something similar. I don't think I did it as quickly.

But I do that too. Because since I started like Bookstagram, especially with like good reads and having like a good reads goal and whatnot. Yeah. which I love, by the way, like setting my Goodreads goal on like January 1st. Yeah. So much fun. But I keep a list of like what I read, I think from 2017 to now. And sometimes I revisit those if I'm working for she reads.

And I'm thinking of ideas for articles or books that I want to include in, you know, an assignment that I get. And I always like laugh at that one year. because I'm like looking through what I read and I'm like Karen Slaughter, Karen Slaughter, Karen, like it's just like this huge, huge list. Yeah. So yeah, she's, she's phenomenal. She's that good. Yeah.

She's so good. I love her. Yep. Karen. Yeah. Karen. I had an Instagram live with her once and it was the most terrifying moment of my life. I would definitely be freaking out.

I think the only thing. thing that could have made me freak out more would be if I did an Instagram live with Sarah Michelle Keller. Yeah, I'm that would you'd be all kinds of worked up for that. That'd be my moment. Yeah. I get notifications for her because she's a huge reader and she's a huge Karen Slaughter fan. So I didn't know that part. Yeah, I get notifications for her when she posts things because sometimes she'll post the book she's reading on her stories, not in her news feed, but. but only on her stories. And so, like, even back in the day when I was thinking of, like, thanks to post,

I was thinking of starting, like, an unofficial Sarah Michelle Geller book club. Yeah. Without her knowing, like, this is what Sarah Michelle Geller recommends this. Like, she has great taste. She has great taste in books, especially thrillers. But, yeah, I love. her. Yeah, you do. I love her. I love her. And I'm kind of bummed because she was supposed to be the main character in the series adaptation of Sometimes I Lie. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh,

well, it was produced by Ellen DeGeneres, so I don't think they're doing it now. Oh, okay. I was like, I hadn't really heard anything about that recently, and that's probably why. Yeah. Yeah. But now she's, yeah, now she's making a comeback. She's going to be in the new Teen Wolf show. Yeah. She's got revenge on Netflix. Yeah. Is it revenge or do revenge? Do revenge. Do revenge. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah. So, yep, that's all about my life. Sam Michelle Gallagher, Karen Slaughter. All of your, all of the things you're a fan of related to Karen Slaughter. All of the things that I love related to Karen Slaughter. Yeah. I have Lisa Jewell as one of them I don't think I've ever read a book of hers that I was disappointed.

Agreed. Agreed. They're all good. And they're all unique. Like, they really are just their own things. Watching you. I know she is not an American. But for some reason when I read watching you,

I pictured that like community in San Francisco when I was reading it because of how the houses were described and stuff. Yeah. And oh my goodness. I agree. If they turn that into a movie or a TV show, please just have it be in San Francisco. I know. That would be amazing. I love her. The night I, I, the night she disappeared, I was such a huge fan of. I loved how that story like came together by the end.

She never disappoints. No. She never disappoints. She almost, I'm thinking of then she was gone. Mm-hmm. Yep. And then she was gone. I think it's and then she was gone.

Yes. Yeah. That one felt so ripped from the headlines for me. Yeah. And the way she writes her characters and the way she paces her novels. Yeah. I was like that one stuck with me for a long time. Me too.

I was not expecting the ending. either. Nope. Nope. I never know. I never am. I was surprised. As much. And I feel like every year, I'm like, I've been reading her books for a while now. I've read a lot of her thrillers. I'm going to be able to figure out what's going on in this story. Right. Every year she proves me wrong. Yeah. And that's the thing, too, is like, I feel like, you know, as I'm sure you can relate to this, Like as an avid reader, especially of the thriller genre, sometimes you get desensitized to certain things in a book. And you do, even if you're not trying, you figure out the ending. Yep.

Yeah. Because, you know, like, nothing against it. But like, I think you're such a good detective when it comes to reading books that, like, if Gone Girl were released this year, I bet you could have been able to guess the ending a little bit. Yes. You know, because there's just, there's just. There's a lot of things that happen in a book and you're like, oh, I wonder if it's going to be like this. I wonder if it's going to be like and then, you know, but Lisa Jewel just. Yeah.

She goes everywhere with it. Yeah. E.G. Scott, they're the same for me. Yeah. They do this like, God, it's like such a sinister like combination of taking a domestic suspense plot. Mm-hmm. And like weaving other genres. genres in with it. Yes. And turning it into something on their own. Like, all three of their books are

fantastic. The woman inside is one of my books that I will, like, if my house catches on fire, that's one of the first books I'm throwing out a window on my front lawn to save. I know. I need to read that one too because I haven't read that yet either. You haven't. No, and you always raved about it. So I have it like at the top, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Yeah, I think you'll really, really like that one. I think you would really like that one. Because their books are like darkly comedic at times. Yeah.

It's that you know you shouldn't be laughing, but you are because they're just, yeah, the way they rate their characters. Kind of like good rich people. Yes. Like that one was such like snarky, funny, dark humor. I love that one. Yes. Yeah. I 100% agree.

That was so good. I'm really curious to see what she'll do next. I know. I think I saw it's something related to like a thriller in the context of like, what's the horse word, horse riding? But it's called something fancier. Yes. I don't know that. It's going to like come to me at like midnight. Yeah. Yeah. Jane Harper. Do you read Jane Harper stuff? I love Jane Harper. Yeah. I love Jane Harper. I love Jane Harper. Equestrian. There we go. Equestrian stuff. There we go. That's funny. You're like, I have another book for that. I have another book for that. Well, it's definitely a different kind of book. It's very, it's a lot more traumatizing. But, yes, I love Jane Harper. Yeah. Hers are so atmospheric. I have an arc of her new one. That's exciting. It's very exciting.

I love her writing. She just. I like always feel like I'm there, like right there. I always want to read them in the summer. I know because it's so hot. And like she releases like a lot in like January and February. And I'm like, oh really?

Freezing in my house like, oh my God. So cold. But yeah, she's, yeah. I really like her. Telling her to rework her publishing schedule. Yeah, take a little six-month break. You can pause for us. Yeah, I don't need you to write faster.

I just need you to be like, hey, listen, like, the fans want what they want. So just take a six-month break, start releasing in the summer. It'll be perfect. Everybody will be happy. And you'll have a little bit of a break. Yeah. Yeah, she's, I loved the one force of nature. It's the one where the women go on like the work retreat.

Yes. that one's so good Yeah that was the second one Yes yeah And I think they're turning that into a movie The second one or like the first and second oh nice Or a TV show I want to say it's a movie I feel like it would work as a movie

Yeah yeah they're definitely turning it into a movie That's exciting It's very exciting It's very exciting It's really fun I love that Yes she's very atmospheric and I love her Yeah.

She's, yeah. Yeah, she's just, I mean, she's hit the, like, I've never been, like, disappointed by a book by her. Yeah. She's, you know, just fantastic. She is. Never misses the mark. No. Speaking of never missing the mark.

Ashley Winstead. Yes. That was technically at the top of my list. Yeah. Yeah. I actually said the last half. wife to one of my friends in Arizona and she was like that was amazing. I was like, I know. Love her. Love her. I just can't. The thing about her too is that her mind is such a mystery to me

because I know she finishes and she's probably not even done her edits yet for whatever she's working on and she already knows what like the next like three or four. I know. And they're all such different plots. I agree. Like, because she, I know her next one, she, I remember her saying somewhere that it's like a really like heartfelt romance. So that's like totally different than like the rom-com she put out before. And then some other dark thriller. I'm like, you can just bounce all around. Yeah. I think she told me a little bit about the next thriller like setting wise. So that'll be exciting when she announces that. Because I don't want to, I don't know what she's, it's hard. I don't know what she's said to like other people like when she's doing

because you know when ever anybody releases a book and they do Instagram lives and all these interviews and stuff people are like what's next and it's like you always don't know what people say but yep yeah she's uh she is a force of nature she is that's amazing that was perfect yes I love her yes who else is on her oh my god she's on my list

too. Nice. We do have the same list. I love that lady. She is so sweet too. She's such a freaking sweetheart. Yes. She is the nicest person in the entire world. And like you can like post a picture of like one of her books. And she's like, I love this photo. I love you. Like thank you so much for all your support. And I'm like, honey, you are at the top of the mountain when it comes to like talented people. Like you do not need to think. me. Like, I am posting this picture to thank you for always writing thebomb.com and anything that you write. And they keep getting darker and darker and darker. And I really respect that about her because she just consistently brings up. She does. Local woman missing. I just, I really loved

that one. Like, really loved it. It was so good. And it broke my heart and I was okay with. it still because it was so good. We're like so many feelings in that one. So many feelings. The sigh after, take me back, cut down memory lane. You're going to text me like, you're going to text me in a couple of hours and be like, you know what? Speaking of like previous conversations we've had on this podcast, a good cry is therapeutic.

Yes. It is. Yeah, she could definitely bring me to tears. Yeah. You know, outside like that has a similar writing to her is Lisa Unger. Yes, I completely agree. She's really, really talented. I think she's fantastic. I'm so freaking excited for her new book. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six. Like, isn't it just the best title already even? The cover. the title, the colors, the like, oh, six people like stuck in this like freaking secluded cabin. In the middle of nowhere.

And I think there's a storm in it. I love a good storm. I think there's a storm in it. I have, she sent me an arc of it. Deadly storm is brewing. Deadly storm. Deadly storm. She sent me an arc of it. And I'm going to tell you what.

That's so exciting. I take a vacation. the week of Halloween every year. Nice. That is like my fall vacation and then I do the week of my birthday as my spring vacation. I don't want time off in the summer. I don't, I'm not going to enjoy it. Let me sweat and work.

That's a really good point. So the week of Halloween when I'm off this year, like that first Saturday that kicks off my vacation is when I am reading the least hunger book. And I have it written down on my calendar because like I said, I am crazy about scheduling like when I'm going to read books. But I'm also like I need to be chilly and I need to be.

I just am so excited. I love her. I am too. I love her. She is a freaking genius. I know. And she's so sweet too. I love that.

That makes me feel even better. Yeah. She is so nice. We have like a joke. I don't know if I say it or she says it. In my mind she says it because we're like besties. But like this is probably the third, yeah, the third or fourth book, she has sent me an arc of like personally.

And so like whenever she shares something on her stories, like when she gets like, you know, the copies of her new book or the cover reveal or whatever. You know, obviously I'm like, oh my God, it's so excited for you or like looks gorgeous or whatever. And she's like, I'll be sending you a copy. And I'm like, it's tradition. And I don't know if she says it's tradition or I do, but like in my mind it's like her. being like, I love you as much as you love me, Garrett. Right. Like, in reality, she's probably like, oh, my God, I'll send you one.

Like, shut up. I don't think so. No, she's so sweet. I love her. That's amazing. Yeah, yeah. She's just, she's so sweet. Her books are really dark, too.

They're very dark. Now that I think about it. Yeah. They're super, yeah, I was looking at the Red Hunter. I'm just like looking through all of them. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I think she has like a few series that I need to go back on. It looks like it. I definitely haven't read all of hers. Yeah. No, no, I have not read all of that. Wow. She's written so many that I have. Yeah, Lydia Strong series. She has three different series. Wow.

I'm ready. I'm ready to take on that challenge. I'm just yeah. Yeah. I'm ready to take on that challenge. I love that. I love having like an author that I admire and love as much as Lisa Unger and having the option to have books in their backlist to go back on. Yeah. And, you know, she'd be the perfect person for that because I love my girl Karen Slaughter, but I've read all my Karen Slaughter. So like, Lisa Unger is perfect for me to, like, venture back in her backlist. That's a good point. And sometimes I make myself checklist that I print off.

I love it. With two checkboxes. The checkbox when I own the book, when it like comes in, you know, it's ordered. Yep. And when I read it. And you print it off. So you need the like handwriting of checking it off. I like the handwriting of checking it off because I'm not smart enough to have something on my phone that I can check off.

Yeah. I just use notes. But yeah. Yeah. Like I did it with, I'm still trying to find if anybody has one. non-related to thrillers. If anybody finds one for Miss Colleen Hoover, let me know.

Because I'm still trying to find one that's like a check because she doesn't have one on her website. So I want somebody, because some people like when you share things about Colleen Hoover, they're like, these books are not connected, but you do want to read this one first because there is an Easter egg that is in this one.

And they do like crazy things. Like Colleen Hoover fans are just like, they're like me with Karen Slaughter. Like do this, do that. Like this is not an option. and I take those notes and I respect them, but I need something that I can print off. Yep.

So because of Verity and ugly love, Colleen Hoover would be an auto buy for me because of how much I love those books, but I have not read enough to consider her an auto buy yet. But she is giving me a lot of vibes in the sense of, like I want to collect and have all of your books. Yeah. It's an obsession.

That checklist is going down quick. But that is an obsession. But from what I keep seeing on TikTok, people are definitely like steering me in the right direction. And the people that have slid into my DMs on Instagram to be like, don't do this, do that. Because that's how I am with, you know, Karen Slaughter. So I respect that.

little form of being aggressive in the sense of like, don't do this, do that, you know. Yes. I like that. I like that. I respect that in somebody when you're going to boss me around and like what order I should read books. Hell yeah. Hell, yeah.

Just tell me I'm dying to print off a checklist. Literally crack the whip and like if I reach for the wrong books, smack my hand. I don't care. I like being bossed around when it comes to telling me what to read. I'm into that. I'm into that. that's pretty funny. I don't care.

I don't care. I'll read it. But I mean, I'll get, I don't know, probably in spring I'll get more into Colleen Hoover because right now I just want to read like murdery things that make me like not want to go outside in the cold and double check all of the locks in my house. Yeah. You just want to scare yourself. Homegirl, Colleen Hoover. I don't think she doesn't do that. No.

Yeah. Yeah. No. Although there is a new copy or a new edition of Verity coming out and it's a hard cover and it has a bonus chapter. Extra chapter. Yeah, I saw that. I know. I know.

That might be my like, that might be my treat for myself. Yeah. My one book a month. Right. In this binding contract. Yeah. Yeah. My one book a month.

Yeah. Oh my God. That's too funny. I know. I have Samantha Downing as one as well. Oh, hell. Hell, yes. Hell, yes.

Yeah. 100%. She is. Every single one. That woman is so different. Like, they're always kind of their own thing. And sometimes it's even like you were saying, sometimes it's a thriller that's been written before, but it's still so fun the way she writes them.

I want to read my darling wife again. Yes. Is it my darling wife? Why am I having a hard time with title? She's my lovely wife. My lovely wife, not my darling wife. You're my darling wife.

My dear wife is Kimberly Bell. That's why it's confusing. I get those two confused. Yeah, but there's also a darling something. Yeah. My darling husband is also Kimberly. See? Yeah.

Lots of darling spouses going on. Darling dears and... That are not very darling. No, no. And then there's don't worry, darling. And can't even start getting into that. Oh, my God. I know.

Yes. Okay, my lovely wife. Yes. I loved that one. I was obsessed with that one. Obsessed. I thought about rereading it lately. Mm-hmm.

She's a freaking genius. She's also very sweet. But I'm like, Oh, nice. You have the most twisted imagination in the entire world. I'm living for it. Living for it. Yeah.

That's why I felt when I talked to May Cobb, too. Because she's another one. Some of the wildest stuff. And she was just this sweet, soft-spoken guest. And I was like, you're so cool. Yeah. She's so sweet. Yeah.

Jamie Lynn Hendrix. That was on my list, too. Really? Yeah. Jamie Lynn Hendricks. I did. I did abbreviate it this time. Oh my only.

Jennifer Love Hewitt. Yeah. I love Jamie Lynn Hendrix. She. is like a friggin top tier celebrity like you know on the real house lays of beverly hills when like lisa always has to say harry hamlin instead of just harry hamlin it is always jamy lindex for me like just janey lynn hendricks i even if i like called her up on the phone and be like hi jimmy lind hendricks this is garret she is so freaking talented i agree she i'll even do you know

when her next one comes out i can't remember I feel like I might have asked her. I don't. I don't think there's any information on what I would say probably within a year or so. Yeah. Because I'll just have to go back and listen. I think she actually, because now I'm remembering that she told me the setting, kind of.

And now I can't remember if she told me on air or off air. So I'll do the same thing and wait. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's a freaking. And both of her books Both of her books are a lot different too. Yeah, I agree. But I just remember reading

It's one of us. It could be anyone. Is that what you meant? I can like see the covers. I feel like I have like performance anxiety or something. Like I'm not in front of a crowd right now. You're going to remembering character names and I'm not good at that. So we just have our different. Oh, yeah. No,

I can't remember the title of a book I read a few months ago, but I can remember like this one scene from a book that I read like six years ago. Right. Yes, the wedding thriller from Jamie Lynn Hendricks. I loved that one. I was just so surprised at how quickly it was done when I read it because I started reading it and I was like, I do like increments, right? So like when I'm, you know, if I'm reading a book and it's 300 pages, Like after the first 100 pages, like maybe I'll eat lunch. Another 100 pages, I'll do laundry. Like I try to do something productive in between. Yeah. Like eat. But I don't want to pass out.

So I try to do something productive like in increments, like usually around 100 pages. And with that one, I was like, okay, like 100 pages in. I'm going to like switch out my laundry. And then the next thing I know, I'm like 250 pages in. And I'm like, well, I'm not going to stop. And I just like I know that her books have a physical number of pages, but I don't understand how when page one led me into a rabbit hole where 250 pages went by and I had no idea how I got there. Yeah. And it was the same thing with finding Tessa.

Yep. That one was so good. I loved the pacing of that. I mean, the pacing is great both of them. But yeah. Yeah. but find you Tessa like debut author you know like you don't know yeah where they're going and what's going to like happen and you're just excited for like a new voice um but she's like yeah like she's kind

of like Samantha Downing and Ashley Winstead in regard to everything being so different but like when you pick it up you know it's a Jamie Lynn Hendricks book because she's just like brings in her she's funny as all how she's really funny. She's, she and she's just fun. She's fun to talk to. She is so fun. We do like, um, we did it with Cruel Summer, the TV show. Like, we watch, like, we like kind of like binge watch them together and like to discuss it. And, um, cat is like a little bit out of the bag because we were watching Tell Me Lies together and I'm behind like three episodes and she's like, what's going on? And I'm like, I'm really busy right now. I just got behind on like life. Like,

you know, work, like, job number one is busy. Job number two is busy. And at this point in our lives, Kate the Great and I are recording a podcast without like many people knowing. So I'm like, Daniel Hendrix, I'm just a little busy right now. And she's like, well, I'll write you a doctor's note to get you out of work so you can finish it. And I'm like, my friend and I started recording a podcast. And she's like, oh my God, I can't wait to hear it. So she'll be excited for this episode. That's good. That's good.

But yeah, I guess I got to catch up on Tell Me Lies when I get, when I get some time this weekend slash early next week. I'm already dreading Monday. Yeah, that's going to be so hard to get back to work. Oh, my God. Actually, when I met Jamie, she was telling me how you guys, you guys watch Truth Be Told together, the Apple TV show or my mixing my name. it was just cruel summer okay I don't think we watched truth be told okay no I think I binge watch that with my mom

my mom yeah maybe that's what it was I probably told you that because now like you're like also and on the end of like my binge watching partner because of Blackbird yes those damn Larry those damn Larry banks I know I've managed to keep them good so far I wanted to tease you this weekend, but you were telling me that you were traumatized from a book that you read. Because I wanted to tease you because you posted a picture on your story of you and one of the pups.

And you could like briefly out of the corner see that you had a headband in. I think you were probably coming back from a walk or running errands or something. And I wanted to respond to that story and be like, show us the bangs, Larry. But like that's hilarious. You should have said that. But you were also, like, traumatized. So I didn't want to make you think of, I didn't want to make you think of Larry the serial killer when you were traumatized from a serial killer book that I also recommended to you.

Oh my gosh. That one just stuck with me. I was just like sitting there like, wow. What did I just read? Like, even your DMs to me were like very like short. And like to the point like you were like, I'm traumatized. That was amazing. Holy shit.

I'm sitting here alone with my feelings. And it was like 24 hours before I like heard from you again. Yes. And I was like, oh my God, what did I do? No. I love it. I love it. Because, well, the thing that I love about this weekend.

She's an auto buy too. Jennifer Hillier. Jennifer Hillier. I kid you not. If she ever signed something for me. if she sent me a signed copy of a book if I met her and she signed it Yeah. Her tattoo is getting

or her signature is getting tattooed somewhere on my body. Probably my forehead. That is how much I love her. She is amazing. Such an amazing woman. Mm-hmm. Her stories are so dark. She is so freaking nice.

She has like, kid you not, If she was like, I don't want to write anymore and she quit writing tomorrow. Like she has a job lined up because she could be a shampoo model. Her hair is freaking beautiful. I always like will randomly comment and be like, you have the best hair on Instagram. She does. It's amazing hair. Yeah.

I saw, I like the red too. She's just so. And she's so pretty and she's so nice. And she's so like. And then she's like, here's a book. Yeah. enjoy Enjoy therapy

Yeah You're welcome Enjoy Because yeah She like I love her I think she's perfect I don't want her to ever change No

But like When I recommend a book By her to people I'm like This is not amateur hour You cannot be somebody Who's like Oh I really liked

You know Something by James Patterson Should I Jennifer Hillier. I'm like, no, no, no, no. We got to like, you got to, like, step up to, like, yeah, you have, like, gradual steps you have to take in this program of being a Jennifer Hillier fan because you will be traumatized and it will be one of the best experiences of your life if you're prepared for it. It's an emotionally deep experience. Yes. Yeah. She's, oh, I love her.

You know, two others coming into, popping in a, Robin Harding. Yes. I did not have her, but I agree. The Canadian goddess of Robin Harding. Yeah. Domestic suspense, the Earth thriller, whatever you want to call them. Yeah. That will take that plot of being like, oh, I think I know where this is going. And she's like, ha ha, no, you don't.

Not at all. Amazing. Amazing. I agree. Amazing. Amazing. Hands down, like, she's just, like, I would probably bow down to her. I get it.

Like I would get on one knee and just hyperventilate and be like, you are. My Canadian goddess. Yeah. My Canadian goddess. Her and Jennifer, I mean, Jennifer Hillier is also Canadian. Oh, nice. I didn't know that. Samantha M. Bailey.

Yes. Canadian. Amazing. She's so nice. She's so sweet. She's so nice. I just want to hug her. She's so, you know what?

When I see her, I don't know what it's like, you're a creep, you're at. But when I see Samantha M. Bailey on Instagram, she has just like that like heartwarming smile. And all I can think of is like just wrapping her up and coddling her like a child and being like you are perfect. Don't change for anybody. She's so cute. Giving her like the speech of being like, don't change for anybody. Just be you. If anybody ever says anything negative to you, send them my way.

You don't even have to respond. Like I will protect you at like any cost. Because she are an amazing human being. She's amazing. I love her so much. Hey, guys. I hope you enjoyed part one of this episode. If you did, make sure that you come back on Thursday for part two.

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