Ep 456 - Most Anticipated for March and April!
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Brea: The Geomagician romantasy
Brea describes Jennifer Mandula's The Geomagician: Victorian paleontology magic, a baby pterodactyl, and feminist obstacles.
Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for the start of spring. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
THE BIG GIANT LIST OF ANTICIPATED BOOKS IS HERE!!
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Books Mentioned -
Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson
When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret Verble
MARCH PICKS:
Shared: Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
Horror, historical 1899 North Carolina woods, monstrous maggots!!!
Brea: Trace Elements by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer
Mallory: Turn Off the Light by Jacquie Walters
Horror, haunted house, two women centuries apart bound by the same secret
Brea: Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich
Short stories, fantasy, indigenous stories
Mallory: The Keeper by Tana French
New Tana fuckin French!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brea: I Love You Don’t Die by Jade Song
Literary, horror, fantasy, queer, death-obsessed young woman with depression gets drawn into a throuple
Mallory: Ruby Falls by Gin Phillips
Historical mystery, 1920s Tennessee, locked room murder mystery set entirely in an underground waterfall
Brea: Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRocca
Horror, tech-Gothic about memory technology, gay
Mallory: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Horror, queer, historical, dark academia, 1920s boarding school
Brea: Westward Women by Alice Martin
Sci fi where women 18-35 slow down and are drawn towards the Pacific Ocean until they reach it and disappear
Mallory: The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula
Historical romantasy, a Victorian fossil hunter discovers a baby pterodactyl and vows to protect him with the help of a fellow scholar and former fiancé
APRIL PICKS
Shared: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen
Sci fi, space opera
Brea: The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva
Sci fi, Arrival meets Wild Dark Shore
Mallory: Honor and Heresy by Max Francis
Horromance, gothic, dark academia, rivals to lovers, queer, haunted library
Brea: Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Cozy mystery, almost divorced woman goes to culinary school to win back her husband and everything is suspicious when she arrives
Mallory: The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
Cozy sci fi, near future where all appliances are sentient
Brea: Molka by Monika Kim
Horror, thriller, spy cameras, revenge, technology
Mallory: Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens
Romantasy, witches, vampires, New Orleans
Brea: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Horror, historical, parallel timelines, Japan, 1870s, mythology, ghosts
Mallory: Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh
Magical realism, sapphic, two women having an affair find a secret world where adulterers can live as couples
Brea: Death Meets Cute by J Penner
Cozy romantasy, witches, baked goods, necromancy
Mallory: Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen
Contemporary romance, football, sports romance, plus size FMC, coming home to a small town
GO HERE FOR THE ENTIRE GIANT LIST MALLORY SPENT A WHOLE DAY PUTTING TOGETHER!!
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