Bookwild - If You Liked Severance, The Witches of Eastwick or Law & Order: SVU Here Are Books You HAVE to Read

Episode Date: December 22, 2022

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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. So one of the best, I'm saying it now, TV shows of 2022, was Severance on Apple TV. Another, I'm sure it does consider itself sci-fi. Because it's, again, in the near future.

and basically these people work at an office and it is kind of strange. There's some strange parts about it, but they clock in and they work. And then when they leave, their severed part of their brain basically for work turns off, and then they have their personal life. So basically your brain, if you're working at this company, has been partitioned where you don't have to consciously experience what you're doing at work. And your work self doesn't know anything about your personal life. As you can imagine, it's a little problematic for the characters. And so they're basically like the work version of the people.

People doesn't even know anything about the personal version of themselves. And then the best way to not spoil it is like they start to kind of get curious about it, though. And curious about the weird work they're doing with like selecting numbers on the screen and deleting them when they have a feeling about the numbers. So I need to make sure this is on my list. It's amazing. And it's also a lot to keep track of. so do it when you're in the mood for that. Like, you need

mental energy. You would have been really proud of me because I didn't pick up my phone once when I watched the first episode of White Lotus. White Lotus is one same thing for me. Like, I do not pick up my phone. It's so good. I did a little bit in the first season, but the reason I didn't in the second one

is because there's a lot of subtitles. There are. Because they're speaking Italian. So I was like, damn, like, they're really forcing me to pay attention, but I I like didn't also like by the time I was like, well, you really need to pay attention. Like I was like, well, I don't even feel like picking up my phone. Yeah.

So don't pick up your phone while you're watching severance either. I won't. It's just, oh my gosh. It's so good. It is nine. There are eight episodes. So it's about eight hours of TV. And I watched it in the summer when Tyler was gone all day at a race.

and I watched it straight through. And it's worth doing it that way. Oh, my gosh. The twists are wild. But the book that it reminds me of a little bit is The Sleepless by Victor Manabo. And it is another near future sci-fi noir. I think he called it a sci-fi noir. Yeah, he did.

a speculative thriller as well. So in this near future, getting a shot of a medicine can change your brain enough that you no longer require sleep. So you don't have to opt into it. It's new. So technically it's also like you don't know how safe it is. We don't know what the long-term effects are yet. But you can have it or you cannot have it. And in that world, this journalist goes into work one day and finds his boss dead. And he's like, like, it just doesn't make any sense. He had no reason to think this was even about to happen. So he starts to try to unravel what happened there. But some of the like cool side parts of the, like, cool side parts of the, the story is that it like examines how like even so if we all didn't have to sleep if you could

choose that or not choose it, the people who choose to do it start to have a leg up because they can work more. And so then like it examines all of the like economic complications of like kind of our obsession with capitalism and how we would just always think more, more, more. So that's another similar severance theme actually. Um, so yeah, that one, it's, it's definitely different than severance, but it reminded me of it in those themes. Damn, girl. Yeah. And I interviewed Victor on Between the Line.

So if you want to hear him talk about it, I'll put the link in the bio. That's awesome. Or in the show notes. We're not on Instagram right now. I love that. Yeah. I'm going to, to no one's surprise ever, I'm going to talk about Miss Ashley Winstead.

I love when we get to talk about her. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife is one of my favorite books in the entire world. If you have not read it, I've said, watched it. If you have not read it, it is about, a woman who returns to her, the college that she graduated from for her 10-year reunion. And she just kind of wants to show everybody that she is not the girl that she was when she graduated. So she's going to reunite with her friends.

But the only thing is, is that 10 years ago, before they graduated, her best friend was murdered, and they never really found out who did it. one person in their friend group was accused but found innocent. So then when they reunite, they basically want to find out who did it. And whoever did do it is kind of watching them and keeping their eye on them as a group. So it's one of the best books that I've ever read. This is not a spoiler. but obviously her friend is murdered and you find out what happened to the friend that was murdered.

So in the end of the book, I'm not going to say who did it, but you find out, you know, you kind of find that out. And when I read this, I was talking to Ashley Winstead and I was like, have you ever seen the movie Black Christmas? because there is a death scene in this movie Black Christmas that reminds me of this particular death scene. And she's like, no, I've never heard of it. And I was like, you have to watch it. So if you liked, in my dreams I Hold a Knife, if you like the dark academia, the tight-knit friend group, the creepiness, the, you know, somewhat stalker kind of element to it, I recommend Black Christmas. It is one of my favorite movies in the entire world. It is one of the creepiest

movies in the entire world. But please do not watch one of the remakes because it was remade twice and they both suck. So watch the one from 1974. It is about a group of sorority girls during Christmas break who are stalked by a stranger. And that's all I'm going to say. But it is one of my favorite movies. The guy who did the movie is the one that also did a Christmas story. Really? With Ralphie? Yeah. I mean, he's got like some sort of like Christmas thing that he like, yeah. He was like, I'm going to do like, I'm going to do a family movie. I'm going to do a horror movie. But yeah, it's one of those. It's actually, I read somewhere that this is the movie that inspired John Carpenter to make the movie Halloween because it came out four years before Halloween did.

Oh, yeah. So Black Christmas, Dark Academia, that, you know, tight-knit friends with, like, the sorority girls. It's really creepy. It's not cheesy. It's not like one of those, like, campy horror movies that, like, you're like, that's so dumb. Like, it's just unsettling and really, really good. So that is. There you have it, people.

My recommendation. And it's almost Christmas. So I watch it every year. I watch it every year around Christmas. It's like Home Alone, the Holiday and Black Christmas. It hit up all the genres. Little romance, a little comedy, a little scary. Yeah.

There's some, there's some, like, slashery Santa movie coming out this year. Now I can't think of the name. But there is a slashery Santa movie. it has um David harbour from Stranger Things yes yeah my dad asked me about it today

I think it's like only in the theaters though I don't think it's like streaming yet yeah it's in theaters Violent night Violent night yeah I heard it's really good I heard it's really entertaining Oh really I hadn't heard anything

We just saw the trailer a couple weeks ago I saw a saw someone on TikTok that was like you should watch hear like the Christmas themed scary movies that you should watch the season. So I'll have to send you at TikTok

because I bookmarked it. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. All the recommendations. And Black Christmas is on it because every horror fan in the entire world loves Black Christmas, but it's like an undiscovered gem. I'm excited.

Mm-hmm. And Margot Kidder's in it. Ooh. You played Lois Lane in like the Superman movies. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and she's amazing. She's funny. And I love her.

So. So dead to me on Netflix. Oh. Which, you know, it sounds, I say I'm making something less scary and then I say dead to me. But it is this perfect dark comedy. with Christina Applegate and Linda Cardlini and also, cool fact, produced and kind of written by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell.

Yeah. Will Ferrell is involved with Dead to me? Yeah. He's one of the main writers. Yeah. He's one of the main writers? Mm-hmm. And then Adam McKay.

He, Adam McKay and Will Ferrell produced a lot of, stuff together. So they did that movie Weiss about Cheney. Okay. Yeah. So they've done some movies that were really good. And then they

did Dead to Me. Okay. Is Adam McKay the guy from Big Little Eyes, Reese Witherspoon's husband? No. This is a film director guy. Okay. So he's not an actor. He's not an actor. Okay. Then.

All right. He's done, he did Don't Look Up, Vice, and then he also has done Anchorman, stepbrothers, and the other guys.

So he has range. Yeah, damn, I'd say so. So, but dead to me is about the main character,

Christine Affleade's character, her husband dies in a hit-and-run accident. And, And obviously very unexpected when that's how someone dies.

So her whole life is like blown up. She has like no clue how to like interact with her kids while she's grieving. Like everything's crazy. And so she starts going to a, what is that? A grief support group. Yeah. And meets Linda Cardellini's character because I told you all I don't remember names. So she meets her.

Jen and Judy. There you go. And you remember all of them. So helpful. She meets her at a grief support group. And they become really good friends, really close friends. And they're very different, but like enjoy each other. And then they have to start kind of unraveling some of those.

mystery behind her husband's death because there's some stuff going on that she didn't know about. So it's like twisty, turny. Funny. It's very funny. It made me realize I don't read as many funny books because I couldn't think of a version that was like as funny as this show is. But it is like too strong, funny, unconventional. female leads together. I want to be like Christina

Applegate's character when I grow up. I know. I love how bitchy and funny she is. I do too. She is a vibe. She's a whole vibe. But there's lots of twisty stuff and then they're also trying to figure out a whole

con that was being played on one of them is all I'm going to say. So cons, twists, awesome women. The book that I would recommend is The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark. So also a story of, I want to make sure I don't spoil anything that isn't in the synopsis. But it's another thing where like two women are having to kind of intense experiences and then cross paths and lots there's like lots of twists and turns

in the way the story is told and you're also just like kind of confused the whole time trying to figure it out and then at the end you're like whoa the way it all comes together and that part is what feels similar to lie to me for me dead to me dead to me not lie to me to me. Lidimi is a different show. I love that because I love that book and I also love Dead to Me and the comparison

in the two is spectacular. Thank you. I was kind of proud of that one. You fucking crush that one. That's amazing. Thank you. I wholeheartedly agree. Because do you have okay so the only reason I'm going to say this is because mine is like my next picks are like a pyramid scheme a pyramid scheme okay I have like one suggestion and then it like crosses off into like two oh okay

so if you want to oh you want me to just say my other one accept the praise and then just continue on like on a roll Kate the great and the recommendation that was fucking solid I'm going to give you like a lot of props. Like I would have never thought about that. But then when you did the comparison, I'm like, damn, that was fucking good. Thank you. I really did think kind of hard about that one. Because I knew I didn't read any books that were as funny and twisty this year.

So I was like, it's going to have to be something different. I have one. You do. Ooh. If you like the comedy in Dead to Me, yes. You should read, Look what you made me do by Elaine Murphy.

Okay. I know that's on my list. It is about two sisters. One of them is like, I want a calm, boring, normal lifestyle as an introvert to just like work and come home and like with my life. And then the other one is just kind of like the wild sister. And,

but the wild sister. is a serial killer. So she will call her sister and be like, okay, like, you need to help me move this sofa. And like, that's code for like, come help me hide this body. And so they go, they bury this body. Like, and her sister always has like some sort of excuse for like the people she kills. And so then, you know, the sister that's like, I just want a normal life is watching the news and realizes that the police have uncovered a dead. dead body in the forest that she and her sister had just buried somebody in. And then they're like, breaking news, we just found 12 more bodies or however money. And she calls her sister and she's like,

what the hell? Like, we only buried. And she's like, the sister's like, those are not people I killed. So she and her sister realized that there's another serial killer in their small town and also somebody that could have possibly been in the woods that watched them bury this body. But it is so good. And the humor in it is very reminiscent of that to me. You, so I actually had read that. And the sequel, I told you this would happen and you are so right. The humor is amazing.

It was like the funny serial killer book that I read this year. Yeah. Yeah. The sequel is so good too. That is such a good recommendation. Yeah. Yeah. I love, love, love that book.

So much. Yeah. And I love the sequel. And I loved like the contrast, like that to me where it's like the drama, the suspense and then like the, like the relationship between the two sisters is so funny. Yes. It really is. I also interviewed Elaine about I told you this would happen. So I'll put that link as well.

Yeah, she's awesome. She reads it and wants to hear about it. Yeah, she's really cool. I love her. So my other TV recommendation, well, the TV show that I thought of a book for, is Cruel Summer, which is a Hulu show. And I love Cruel Summer so much. It is so good. It is just so good.

It's amazing. So basically, the popular blog. long girl is abducted in like a really small town. And then kind of like the girl who was really a little dorky and like didn't quite find her place socially in school starts to kind of get cool and then is starting to kind of be really good friends with all of that girl's friends. And you're just kind of like watching it happen. while everyone's also panicking about where the missing girl is. Then you start getting flashbacks to what was happening leading up to her abduction

and all of these. Like so it's a big ensemble cast as well. So many stories start like crossing and then like loyalties change and shift and like right when you think you haven't figured out you don't you don't have it figured out and it's just really it's really good thriller television that final scene the final scene like you can't argue with the fact that very few shows have a final 30 seconds that like smacks you in the face so much uh yeah it delivers the punch um but the book that I would recommend, I should have been pulling this up, is the girls are all so nice here by Lori Elizabeth Flynn. So similar in like the vibes of like it's college age, so it's not high school, but it's still similarly dark things that like young people and especially young girls are willing to do to each other. Where it also kind of examines.

why girls end up feeling competitive that way too. Like also how it's like you also kind of can't help it. So you have to like grow out of it basically. But it explores a lot of those same themes. Basically I think it is another college reunion where when they all go back, they're all kind of talking about the roommate who died when they were in school. and throughout the reunion and like people gossiping and talking about things in the present and then you also get flashbacks to the past you're on the journey to figure out what happened

my dog just walked in really loudly and I was like whoa hey that's okay my microphone almost just fell off my desk oh she's running around yeah so you're on the journey to figure out what really happened to Ambrosia. I love that book. Love that book. It's amazing. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

That's a really good one. And Cruel Summer's so good. And there's going to be a second season of Cruel Summer. I know. I cannot wait. It's going to be an anthology, right? I think so. Okay.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. That'll be really good. It would be so good. It's another one that I have. I mean, I watch pretty, there's everything I watch. I have to watch all it once after it airs. The girl,

Kiara Aurelia, I believe her name is, from Cool Summer. Yeah. Is going to be like the Hollywood It Girl soon. She is amazing. I remember being so impressed. She was so good in that. she was in one of the Fear Street movies

1978 and she was amazing in that and she is also fucking incredible and luckiest girl alive yeah she's like she's had some difficult roles already

and she like kills them yeah yeah and they're all very different they're all very different and she's just she's so good she's incredibly talented i agree i would love to see her and jena ortega and something together just like young hollywood just completely taking over i know she seems so cool yeah she's awesome um dedicated i love that that was a very good foundation so my pyramid's

now for the pyramid so one of my favorite movies in the entire world is the witches of Eastwick. Yes. And if you haven't watched it, it is about three single friends whose lives changed drastically when a mysterious man moves into their town. And he kind of plays a significant role in all of their lives. And so, I love that movie. and one of my favorite books that I've read this year is about three friends whose lives change when a mysterious man moves into town.

Now, this does not have any supernatural elements or anything of that nature, but it is My Summer Darlings by May Cobb. So it's basically like that idea, like three friends, this guy moves into town, he's mysterious. They like kind of fall under his spell without it being supernatural or having any like. like witchy kind of aspect to it. And the thing is though if you like the witches of Eastwick but you do not want the witchy aspect

and you like that domestic drama and things of big little lies, then you'll like this book. Because in this book you go back and forth between what happens when he came into town and there are these interwoven chapters of a woman who is in a forest and knows that he's coming for her to kill her. So kind of like big little lies where like they talk about, oh, there's a murder. Somebody died.

You don't know who it is or why. And that's like kind of this feel. Like I called my summer darlings like a bitchier, sexier version of big little lies. Yeah, I 100% agree. So that is It's so good. One of my recommendations. Now, if you do like Witches of Eastwick and you like the supernatural witchy elements

And also possibly a fan of Law and Order SVU, then you should check out the book The Change by Kirsten Miller. It takes place in law and Long Island, three different women discover that they have powers. All separate, like, separate powers, whatever. All different stages in their lives, basically, as to, like, what's going on. And basically, one of them, one of them hears voices and discovers the body of a girl who's been killed. And her body was just, like, abandoned on the beach.

And the police basically say, like, oh, like, she basically happened. This basically happened because she was a drug addict and a sex worker. But the women are like, no, like, this did not happen. So they kind of use their powers to look into. to this murder and realize that there are more bodies. And it kind of is like three women discover they have powers similar to the witches of Eastwick, but they are looking into the murders of sex workers on Long Island and trying to figure out what's happening by using their powers to hunt down

whoever is responsible for this. So that's why I think of like Law and Order SVU. But it is one of my favorite books that I read this year. And it was so good. And I don't usually like things like that. Yeah. I need to read it because I similarly didn't read it. Yeah.

I read so many good reviews. I almost read it. I can't find it. It's probably hidden somewhere. But yeah, it is so good. I think you would absolutely love it. I think it's like 500 pages. Like, it's a big book, but it didn't feel like 500 pages when I was reading it.

Yeah. I love books like that, actually. So, yeah. Because it feels like you experience so much with them, but you don't get bored. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I'm saying. I think it is incredible, and it's one of my favorites of the year.

I love the cover, too. Oh, the cover is beautiful. Yeah. The cover is beautiful. I just can't wait to see what she does next to. Because it's like, I want. I when I read the synopsis and it was like oh I thought it was going to be like

a little like maybe like practical magic or the witches of this week and then when I got like further into it and like actually because I didn't really read the synopsis they were like do you want to read this book and I was like yeah it sounds really cool but then when I realized that they were like trying to figure out what happened to this like sex worker um you know

or sex workers and that there was this like crime that they were going to solve. Like I was like this is like you could take aspects of this and it would be a really good episode of Law and Order SVU or you could have this, you know, book about three women realizing that they have like powers and how it changes their lives and how it affects it and also like have that which is a basic vibe. So. Which is kind of is that like that was that medium? wasn't there a show where like someone did have powers and they helped solve cases? Mm-hmm. Years ago.

Patricia Arquire. That was one of the, one of the best shows. I love that show. Oh, really? I didn't watch it. Oh, it's so good. It's so good. It's like a good, it's like a good combination of like some episodes being kind of like creepy or like that like law and order.

and then some of them are like a little more emotional and like heart like they really like tongue your heartstrings but yeah that's a really good show nice i'm sure it's streaming somewhere oh god i hope so yeah because that's a really that's a really good show if anybody hasn't watched it although i guess the real alison dubois is not a very nice person oh she was on the real houseways of Beverly Hills. Oh, yeah. She had the electronic cigarette and she was like telling Kyle like, you will never fully satisfy you.

Oh my God. Yeah. I saw her on something else too. What did they consult with, Alison Dubois? There's like a docu-series, I think, on peacock or something, they consulted Allison Dubois's help on the Mara Murray case. That's like one of those things that like, the Mara Marie case is like one of those things that is like so

weird. Mm-hmm. And I also am like, one of my biggest fears in life is dying, not knowing what happened to Mara Murray or who was responsible. Oh my gosh. Yeah. That's the, when things. aren't solved, it's so frustrating

to get really into them. Yeah. Because you're like, I'm still not going to know. Yeah, it's insane. Especially when it's like somebody's family out there wants answers. Yeah. You know, I don't care when it's like a book or a movie and it has like, oh, excuse me.

When it has like a cliffhanger. I don't really care about that. Like, you know, like that's, where it's like, oh, it's up to your interpretation, but like when it's like something that like really happened Marbury in the Idaho quadruble homicide. Yeah.

But maybe by the time this episode comes out, we'll know what happened to them. That's true. We might. Well, it's like add a little thing in the end. It's all what that my TikTok is. It sounds like it.

It's all. Well, you know, the thing is too is like the house that they were killed in is like very like it's a weird setup and they like said that the killer had went in through a sliding glass door on the second level of the house and I have a sliding glass door on the second level of my house and I'm just like every night I'm like probably lying awake in my bed for at least a half hour wondering if I locked the sliding glass door that's terrible because it appears that they had forgotten to do that if that's the case. Yikes.

We have cameras everywhere, so we'll see if you know. You know my thing about cameras. I don't. You don't? Mm-mm. So I want, what is it called? I think I've called this a ring light before and you're like,

Garrett, that's not what you put on your doorbell. Yeah, yeah. The ring, like the doorbell. Yeah. So I want one of those. However, right... I do know. Go ahead. Right now, my whole thing is, if I go to bed at night and I'm like a little freaked out because I live in the middle of nowhere, like, in between like fields and woods and just... Nothingness. Stop, creepy dark.

Right now I'm like, I can wake up in the morning and be like, anything that freaked you out the night before was a figment of your imagination. It was you being paranoid. because your TikTok is full of things related to this quadruple homicide in Idaho and you live in New York. Like, you are a 35-year-old man living in New York. No one is looking for you. Like, you got all your doors opening. You're going to be safe. So right now, like, I wake up in the morning. I'm like, if you were freaked out the night before, it's a figment of your imagination.

but if I got a ring cam or whatever they're called, I would fucking lose that. If I actually did look at the footage the next day and I saw something suspicious. Like it would be, like I would be calling the police. I would be calling a contractor and having like a moat built around my house. Yeah. With a lot of a lot of Alice. I was going to say, what are you going to put in it?

I would just put alligators in it, I think. I don't know. I don't know what I would have. I would have, I don't know. I don't know. If it was my decision, it would be like all the terrifying things. But then I, like, would be, like, having to, like, email people or re-buy things because I'd be, like, thank you for sending me a copy of this book. all my

sweatshirts from Apricami came in but my alligators ate my mail so I would just I don't know I don't know isn't that like a Stephen King book where it's like under the dome

and there's like a big dome over like something yeah that would be my ideal thing would be having a dome go over my house that nobody could get into and the only thing that I would be afraid or nervous about

is that if somebody snuck their way into my house during the daytime when the dome was down, that would be the only thing that would creep me out. Yeah. But if it were up to me, I would have a dome over my head. Like when the sun goes down, the dome goes up. Yeah. And I'm well protected. Mm-hmm.

Like, even when I, no. Even when I used to, like, go out with friends and stuff, I always had, like, the saying, like, nothing good happens after midnight. And, like, now it's, like, nothing safe happens once the sun goes down. I'm on full alert. I just still happen to not go out. So maybe I would be more nervous if I did. I feel like if anybody saw me, like, I don't think I'm going to pick up a stalker going out to dinner on Thursday nights with my friends. No, probably not.

Because they're just going to, like, see my behavior and, like, oh, look at that guy drinking the club soda with, like, a little bit of cranberry juice and, like, getting the same sandwich to go every single week. You just roasted yourself. Like, wow, he's exciting. I should probably follow him home. But then they would, like, get so bored that they would fall asleep on the way home. So, like, I'm not worried about picking up a stalker when I'm outside of my house. I'm just worried about weird things because of the theories that I get on TikTok. Yeah, I get that.

You know, like, some people are like, oh, like, I bet you the killer, like, was standing outside of the house, waited for them to go to sleep, saw the legs go out and then snuck in. And then there are other people that are like, I 100% believe that this person that committed this crime was already in the house waiting for them when they got home. and like waited for them to go to sleep and then struck. So like those are my two biggest things. Like I feel a lot better when I go to bed thinking I know everything is locked up. So like somebody would have to have a high gadget to break in or. And a big desire to break in. Or something that they could pick locks with.

And hopefully I would hear something. But I think you would. I want a dome. Let's patent it. That's all I want is a do. Could you imagine just how... We feel so safe. I wonder if maybe...

I wonder if maybe daytime crime would increase if we all had domes. That's a good question. You know? Because right now people are like, oh, like, it's creepy at night when it's dark. And that's when you think. crimes happen but then like do you imagine just like mowing your lawn and having like being robbed i don't know yeah i'm trying i'm trying to think i don't feel like i look all wealthy enough to rob you know what i don't know i don't think that you don't look wealthy enough to rob but i'm also not

going to say don't worry because that's also going to be like insulting. If you're like, I don't look, I don't look wealthy and I'm not like, yeah, you don't have nothing to worry about. You can agree with me. But I'm also, no, because I don't think that you don't look wealthy enough to Rob, but I also don't want to make you like what's, I don't want to make you, I don't want to make you paranoid by being like, okay, like there's some guy out there who's probably homeless that like, you look like the, like, I know, I know what I mean?

like you look like Paris Hilton too. Oh my gosh, that made me think of the TikTok audio that's like, so he thinks I'm skinny. When you said, I look like Paris Hilton's him. There's always somebody out there that's going to be. You're right. You're completely right. Or poorer than you. There's always, I think there's always also going to be somebody.

out there that's envious of what you have no matter what it is, you know? Oh, yeah. To kind of contradict earlier. Especially when you're as awesome as us, so. Abbey. And to kind of like contradict how we're like, it doesn't take a lot to make us happy. Yeah.

But whatever we have that makes us happy, there could be out, there could be somebody out there who wants what we have that makes us happy. Right. Hopefully I don't get murdered in my sleep. between now and next week when we record because obviously that would suck, but like, could you imagine if like that was my last podcast? It'd be really sad.

He wanted a dome. He knew this. Listen, if I ever get murdered, I want this to be another PSA for any. You're full of the days tonight. I have so much to tell the world. He really do. I want a PSA. If I ever get killed, I don't, I don't care.

If I, like, get into a car accident and I die, if I, like, if a, I don't know, if I get, like, a bird flu or something and I die, or if I'm brutally murdered, I don't want anybody to lie to somebody. If somebody from the news contacts you, or they make a documentary about me, or whatever the case may be, please don't tell people that I was, like, loved by all. Or the life of the party. No, I was not the life of the party. I was the first one to leave the party. I'm so agree with you. Don't tell people that I like lit up the room when I walked in. Because chances are when I walk into a room, there's somebody in that room that I'm going to be like and give the finger to.

That was the next one I was going to say. He really lit up a room. He really lit up every room he was. No, I didn't. I snuck into a room or I tried to like get into a room without as little attention as possible. Yeah. I am not a bright, shining star. I have a bad mouth, a sarcastic sense of humor.

Yep. And a pessimistic outlook on life. this is why we have so many things in common. Tell the truth. Because if I die and somebody's like, oh my God, he was just so nice. And he lit up the room every time he walked in. And everybody just loved him.

I can't imagine who would kill him. If anybody says that, I am going to haunt you for the rest of your life. And I'm not going to be a scary ghost when I do it. I'm going to be an inconvenient ghost. That is a nice distinction. All your K cups are going to be missing. All of your food will be freezer burnt.

Your shampoo will just, like, run out every single day. I will change the settings on your washing machine so that all of your clothes shrink when you watch them. that one's really savage yeah i will be inconvenient ghost inconvenient ghost it's a new thing yep so i love it though if i remember that if i remember yeah i mean my uh my biggest thing one of my biggest things in life is i hate fakeness and so after i die please do not be fake. If you hated me, like, tell people you hated me. I'm not gonna ever say that I hate. Well, not you. I'm gonna be like, she was the fucking best. The world in general. I'm gonna be like, yes, she had the nicest bangs I've ever seen.

When they were under control. She always told me that I was right. I do tell you that a lot. we had everything in common and she was a sarcastic little shit except pizza yeah what are your favorite pizza toppings again like I just like pepperoni or bacon or chicken even like a barbecue chicken one

but you like olives I do black olives I like black olives I love green peppers pineapple pineapple yeah I don't eat any of those I don't like the black olives from Pizza Hut. They have like a weird smoky flavor. Yeah. Like they were like cooked in like a grill. That would be really strange.

It was, I'm not a fan. No, I will not do that ever again. Hey guys. I hope you enjoyed the episode. Be sure to follow us on Instagram so that you can keep up with everything we're reading and talking about. You can follow Garrett at Garrett Indeed reads. And you can follow me, Kate. at the girl with the book on the couch.