In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Mostly Fictional
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In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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Recent Episodes
July 29, 2026
Ep. 160: We're Stamp Collectors Now 💌
Books mentioned, in order:<br /><br />Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak<br />Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins<br />Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth<br />Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth<br />Canon by Paige Lewis<br />Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan<br />The Princess Bride by William Goldman<br />Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett<br />Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar<br />The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski<br />The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski<br />My Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil Ferris<br />The Huntress by Kate Quinn<br />Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon<br />She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan<br />The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty<br />Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel<br />Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel<br /><br />Links:<br />https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ <br />https://duckstamp.com/art-contest/<br />https://www.instagram.com/p/DayCUUFkdTG/?img_index=1<br /><br /><br />Find Pam and Hallie online!<br />Follow Hallie’s Substack at <a href="https://wordsmithreads.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wordsmithreads.substack.com</a><br />Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart<br />Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
July 15, 2026
Ep. 159: Mid-Year Reading Update and Vibe Goaling 😎
Books mentioned, in order:<br /><br />A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher<br />What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher<br />Hemlock and Silver by T Kingfisher<br />A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher<br />Paladin’s Grace by T Kingfisher<br />Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo<br />The Frequency of Living Things by Nick Fuller Googins<br />The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins<br />A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock<br />Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson<br />Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke<br />Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth <br />Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth<br />The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski<br />The Pencil by Henry Petroski<br /><br />Links referenced:<br />https://youtu.be/nm--qS8neH8<br />https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/hrcyed-3-0/<br /><br /><br />Find Pam and Hallie online!<br />Follow Hallie’s Substack at <a href="https://wordsmithreads.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wordsmithreads.substack.com</a><br />Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart<br />Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
July 8, 2026
Ep. 158: Is This The Most Books We’ve Shared in an Episode? 🧮
Books mentioned:<br />Scott Pilgrim Vol 1 and 2 by Bryan Lee O’Malley<br />Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton<br />Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann<br />Final Space: The Final Chapter by Olan Rogers<br />The Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag<br />The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector tr. Benjamin Moser<br />The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje tr. David McKay<br />Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne OELKE<br />This is the Journey by Alison Malee<br />Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire<br />The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee<br />The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow<br />Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir<br />Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag tr. Srinath Perur<br />On Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara J Haveland<br />On Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara J Haveland<br />Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater<br />An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon<br />Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab<br />The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett<br />Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell <br />The Raven Boys Graphic Novel by MS, adapted by Stephanie Williams and Sas Milledge<br />On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden<br />Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura, translated by Yuki Tejima<br />Are You My Mother? By Alison Bechdel<br />What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad<br />Les sentiers de neige by Kev Lambert<br />City in Glass by Paul Aster, graphic novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, with a new introduction by Art Spiegelman<br />Duplex by Mike Nagel<br />Culdesac by Mike Nagel<br />A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock<br />A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher<br /><br />Plant Based Bride + The Everlasting: https://youtu.be/c1ZU9fjzXYQ?<br />Deedi Reads + The Everlasting: https://deedireads.com/book-reviews/the-everlasting<br /><br />Find Pam and Hallie online!<br />Follow Hallie’s Substack at <a href="https://wordsmithreads.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wordsmithreads.substack.com</a><br />Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart<br />Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
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