12 Oct 2026
Episode 31: A Grim Reaper and A Guardian Angel Walk Into a Bar
This week, we kick things off with another Reading Roundup: two books we’ve finished, two we’re currently reading, and two that are up next. We talk about book covers so embarrassing we had to hide them in public, Beccah finally reads a book Summer has been begging her to pick up for two years, and we bring a few spooky reads to the table just in time for October. Then, we wrap things up with a Spotlight Segment celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month – highlighting its significance, notable authors, and, of course, a few book recommendations.
Books We Mentioned:
1:37- Ice Planet Barbarians, Ruby Dixon
1:58- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
2:20- Spur of the Moment Question: Have you ever read a book with a cover so embarrassing or scandalous that you had to hide it in public?
4:00- When He Was Wicked, Julia Quinn
5:00- Bodice Ripper, Danica Nava
8:00- Reading Round Up:
8:40- The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar
Rebecca Ross books
15:30- This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
16:40- Babel, R.F. Kuang
17:00- Firekeeper’s Daughter, Angeline Boulley
Warrior Girl Unearthed, Angeline Boulley
Sisters in the Wind, Angeline Boulley
29:39- The Library of Borrowed Hearts, Lucy Gilmore
36:30- Grim Tidings, B.K. Borison
Good Spirits, B.K. Borison
41:45- Muñeca, Cynthia Gomez
42:00- The House of Gardenias, Isabel Cañas
44:20- The Possession of Alba Diaz, Isabel Cañas
48:15- Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Cañas
49:50- First Degree Magic, J.M. Linkhart
51:30- Phryne Fisher Series, Kerry Greenwood
54:25- Spotlight Segment- Hispanic Heritage Month
Gods of Jade and Shadow, Mexican Gothic, The Seventh Veil of Salome, The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Hacienda, Vampires of El Norte, The Possession of Alba Diaz, Isabel Cañas
Muñeca, Cynthia Gomez
The Luna Sisters series (Ana Maria and the Fox,) Liana de la Rosa
Las Leonas series (A Caribbean Heiress in Paris) Adriana Herrera
You Had Me at Hola, Alexis Daria
The Spanish Love Deception, The American Roommate Experiment,Elena Armas
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina, Zoraida Cordova
Olga Dies Dreaming, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, Xochitl Gomez
Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi Leon, Echo, Pam Munoz Ryan
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
Only Mostly Devastated, Sophia Gonzales
Bright Dead Things, The Carrying, Ada Limon
The Essential Neruda, Pablo Neruda,
Woman Without Shame, Sandra Cisneros
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
Next Year in Havana, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes, The House on Biscayne Bay, Chanel Cleeton
Solito, Javier Zamora
Immortal Consequences, I.V. Marie
Family Lore , Clap When you Land, Elizabeth Acevedo
When Javi Dumped Mari, Mia Sosa
Isabel Allende
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Canas
Woman Hollering Creek, Sandra Cisneros
The Luna Sisters series, Liana de la Rosa
