This week I talk with Vanessa Lillie about her third book Blood Sisters ! Follow Vanessa here on Instagram And check out the books she recommended: Never Whistle at Night And Then She Fell The Berry Pickers Manmade Monsters Blood Sisters Synopsis A visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women…one of them her sister. There are secrets in the land. As an archeologist fo...
Nov 22, 2023•43 min•Ep. 194
This week, we do the Bookstagram/BookTok challenge #TenBeforeTheEnd and share ten books we want to finish before the end of 2023! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Ace of Spades One Little Word Almost Surely Dead Wounded Since She's Been Gone Perfect Little Lives Twenty-Seven Minutes Devilry Rabbit Hole Infamous Park Avenue Prince Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Pac...
Nov 17, 2023•50 min•Ep. 74
This week, I talk with the Queen of Pop Culture References Mandy McHugh about her new domestic thriller It Takes Monsters . We dive into the social pressures women face at work and at home, the temptation for women to try to look like each other, and how King Lear inspired her second book! It Takes Monsters Synopsis Victoria Tate has had enough of her controlling, incompetent husband Warren. But planning the perfect murder is more difficult than it looks. When the social event of the year, an ov...
Nov 15, 2023•27 min•Ep. 193
This week, we share books we can't wait to read that wil be released in winter of 2023! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Last Night at The Hollywood Canteen Don't Look Down If You See Me After Dark The Vacation House The Engagement Party There Should've Been Eight A Curse of Scales and Flame The Other Mothers Risk the Fall Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages C...
Nov 10, 2023•50 min•Ep. 73
This week, we share books that we ALWAYS recommend! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About The Paradox Hotel In My Dreams I Hold a Knife The Girls Are All So Nice Here Till Death Do Us Part Jar of Hearts Kismet Please See Us Sometimes I Lie The Woman Inside Some Choose Darkness Bright Young Women Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community o...
Nov 03, 2023•57 min•Ep. 72
This week, Kate shares books that pair with the vibes of four songs on 1989 (Taylor's Version)! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books Kate Talked About Out of the Woods Their Vicious Games Alias Emma Series Bad Blood It Takes Monsters One of Us Is Dead Blank Space First Lie Wins You Can Trust Me Clean Lay Your Body Down Midnight is the Darkest Hour Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packa...
Oct 27, 2023•24 min•Ep. 71
This week, we share some of our favorite scary books perfect for Halloween season! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About The Chestnut Man Chasing the Boogeyman Stalker The Sundown Motel Her Every Fear Midnight on Beacon Street The Alone Time Murder Road The Clinic Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter...
Oct 20, 2023•44 min•Ep. 70
Happy first podcast anniversary to all of you, our listeners!! This week, we dive into how our reading habits and interests have changed over the last year. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Taylor Jenkins Reid Midnight Is the Darkest Hour The Trap Bright Young Women The New One Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Che...
Oct 13, 2023•46 min•Ep. 69
This week, we talk about our absolute favorite tropes in books! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About The Last Housewife They Never Learn Midnight Is The Darkest Hour Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? White Ivy Lay Your Body Down Never Saw Me Coming Necessary Evils Series Bright Young Women Unsub Series The Trap The Lies I Tell Pretty Things Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media...
Oct 06, 2023•57 min•Ep. 68
This week, we talk with R.J. Jacobs about his new thriller This Is How We End Things! We of course dive into some of our favorite subjects: dark academia and cold weather. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch R.J. @rjjacobs75 This is How We End Things Synopsis Campus is empty, a winter storm is blowing in, and someone is lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to kill again. Forest, North Carolina. Under the instruction of enigmatic Professor ...
Sep 29, 2023•42 min•Ep. 67
This week, we talk about our favorite voices in thrillers! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About It Takes Monsters Kill For Love Blood Sugar Luckiest Girl Alive The Kind Worth Killing Gone Girl Strange Sally Diamond Tell Me Everything Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Gre...
Sep 22, 2023•42 min•Ep. 66
This week, we talk about our last, current and next reads! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About This Is How We End Things Like a Sister The Taken Ones If You See Me Say My Name The Other Black Girl Bleed TV Shows We Talked About Alert Yellowjackets The Bear Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour ...
Sep 15, 2023•49 min•Ep. 65
On this episode, I talk with Yasmin Angoe about the final installment in her Nena Knight series It Ends With Knight. It Ends With Knight Synopsis In this thrilling conclusion of the Nena Knight series, the trained assassin will have to confront the ghosts of her past…before she becomes one herself. Until his untimely death, Nena’s mentor was the backbone of the Tribe. With his leadership position unfilled and despite the Tribe’s newfound misgivings about her, Nena has stepped into a new role she...
Sep 12, 2023•29 min•Ep. 192
Kate shares some of her favorite TV shows she's been watching lately! TV Shows Kate Talked About Cruel Summer Silo The Crowded Room Hijack The Other Two Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland Halley Sutton @halle...
Sep 08, 2023•42 min•Ep. 64
This week, we answer a Bookstagram challenge from @duttonbooks What was the last book that... Made you stay up all night You think everyone should read Inspired you to get into a new genre Made you cry for hours You Couldn't stop thinking about Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About I’m Not Done With You Yet The Flash Girls The Murder Between Us The Push Kismet The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Him Daisy Jones and The Six Follow the...
Sep 01, 2023•39 min•Ep. 63
This week, Gare and I talk with May Cobb about her summer thriller A Likeable Woman! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch May Cobb @may_cobb Books We Talked About A Likeable Woman I'm Not Done With You Yet A Friend in the Dark Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follow @imbookwild on Insta...
Aug 25, 2023•49 min•Ep. 62
This week, we talk about fall thrillers you should pre-order! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Bright Young Women Midnight Is The Darkest Hour Shadowheart The Helsinki Affair The Flash Girls Necessary People The Futures When I’m Dead Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen The Taken Ones The Traitor Blood Sisters This Is How We End Things Christmas Presents Dreambound Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substac...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 61
This week, I talk to Kimberly Giarratano about her noir PI mystery Death of a Dancing Queen . Follow Kimberly on Instagram Death of a Dancing Queen Synopsis After her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Billie Levine revamped her grandfather’s private investigation firm and set up shop in the corner booth of her favorite North Jersey deli hoping the free pickles and flexible hours would allow her to take care of her mom and pay the bills. So when Tommy Russo, a rich kid with a nasty drug habit, offe...
Aug 15, 2023•43 min•Ep. 191
This week, Gare and I chat with Elizabeth Keenan and Greg Wands, the writing duo behind the pseudonym E.G. Scott! We get into our shared love for bleak endings, our thoughts on the direction of true crime docs and podcasts, what we've been reading and watching, and tons more! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch E.G. Scott @e.g.scottwrites Books We Talked About My Murder The Trap Their Vicious Games The Quiet Tenant Bright Young Women TV Shows We Talke...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 60
This week, I talk with Amy Suiter Clarke about her newest psychological thriller Lay Your Body Down . Follow Amy on Instagram Lay Your Body Down Synopsis A young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown, where a radical evangelical pastor has poisoned everyone’s minds—and may be covering up a murder. After Del Walker fled her small hometown and its cult-like church, she vowed to never return. The man she loved, Lars, left her to marry the local golden girl Eve, and their romance is now the ...
Aug 08, 2023•4 min•Ep. 190
This week, Gare and I make a new best friend in Halley Sutton, author of The Hurricane Blonde out August 8, 2023! We dive into everything from Hollywood's treatment of women to the inherent perfection of Taco Bell. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Halley @halleysutton25 Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podca...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 59
This week, I talk with Shari Lapena about her newest domestic thriller Everyone Here Is Lying . Follow Shari on Instagram Check out her website Everyone Here Is Lying Synopsis William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours late...
Aug 01, 2023•24 min•Ep. 189
This week, we share 5 books we recently added to our TBRs, and all of the dogs make appearances. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Blood Oranges Don’t Let Her Stay Tomorrow I Become a Woman The Pledge Strange Sally Diamond Everyone Here Is Lying The Marriage Counselor Night Will Find You We Are All The Same in the Dark Redemption The House of Eve The Followers Follow Me The Hurricane Blonde The Final Girl Support Group Get Book...
Jul 28, 2023•59 min•Ep. 58
This week, we talk with Amy Engel about her newest thriller I Did It For You, out July 25! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Amy @amyengelauthor Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-hosts On Instagram: Gare Billings @gareindeedreads Steph Lauer @b...
Jul 21, 2023•30 min•Ep. 57
This week, I talk with Crystal Smith Paul about her stunning debut novel Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? We discuss the pitfalls of fame, the demands for transparency and the allure of Hollywood, as well as how Crystal's time as a journalist and in film school affected the writing process of her first book. Follow Crystal on Instagram or check out her website Did You Hear About Kitty Karr Synopsis When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar ...
Jul 18, 2023•19 min•Ep. 188
On this episode, Kate talks to Josh Winning about his new horror-suspense Burn the Negative. Check out the synopsis: Arriving in L.A. to visit the set of a new streaming horror series, journalist Laura Warren witnesses a man jumping from a bridge, landing right behind her car. Here we go, she thinks. It’s started. Because the series she’s reporting on is a remake of a ’90s horror flick. A cursed ’90s horror flick, which she starred in as a child—and has been running from her whole life. In The G...
Jul 14, 2023•28 min•Ep. 56
This week, we talk about our favorite books we read in the first 6 months of 2023! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About All the Dangerous Things The Shards Carrie Soto is Back Stone Cold Fox Never Saw Me Coming How I’ll Kill You Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Kismet The Push Don’t Forget the Girl Lay Your Body Down Bright Young Women Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Pac...
Jul 07, 2023•56 min•Ep. 55
This week, we talk about some of our most memorable reading experiences. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About The Girl on the Train Gone Girl Save the Cat Writes a Novel Taylor Jackson Series The Silent Patient The Snow Garden Verity Into the Black Nowhere Ninth House Hell Bent The Trap Daisy Darker The Long and Faraway Gone Dark Matter The Broken Girls The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Daisy Jones and The Six Dark Corners Yellowf...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 54
Thanks to @caratbrlist on Instagram for this week's topic: what to read if you are as obsessed with Cruel Summer as we are. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About All The Missing Girls That Night You Will Know Me The Night Shift The Night She Disappeared A Flicker in the Dark Pretty Things The Girls Are All So Nice Here Everything You Want Me to Be All These Beautiful Strangers The Lucky One The Last Time I Lied You Can Trust Me If ...
Jun 23, 2023•59 min•Ep. 53
This week, Riley Sager joins us to talk about his new thriller, out June 20, The Only One Left. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Riley Sager @riley.sager Books We Talked About The Only One Left The Last Word Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follow @imbookwild on Instagram Other Co-h...
Jun 16, 2023•30 min•Ep. 52
