Okie Bookcast

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! It's always a blast when Jamie (JL) Hyde joins us on YNGR! In addition to some fantastic mysteries and thrillers, we also manage to go on about Grady Hendrix, Tiger King, Indie Authors, how much reading we did during COVID, tons of other books, and the bookish bullet I dodged when Hannah was about 9 years old (you can hear the fear in my voice as she tells this story!). Settle in and get ready to build that TBR tower even higher! Sign up for the Read LOKal Newsletter Connect with Jamie: website | Instagram | TikTok Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode! Books Discussed on the Show: Jamie The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold - Cate Holahan Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix You’ll Never Know - Caleb Stephens All the Missing Girls - Megan Miranda Hannah Family of Liars - E. Lockhart The Chain - Adrian McKinty Look Closer - David Ellis The Guest List - Lucy Foley J The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides By the Fire We Carry - Rebecca Nagle The Andromeda Evolution - Daniel H. Wilson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 77! For this episode, we’re talking about one of, if not the, most iconic Oklahoma story of all - The Outsiders. I got to sit down with Jimmie Trammel from the Tulsa World and Danny Boy O’Connor, founder of the Outsiders House Museum to talk about their new book, Staying Gold: An Oral History of the Outsiders. Jimmie Tramel, who was born in Pryor and raised in Locust Grove, is a lifelong Oklahoman who has worked at the Tulsa World since 1989. He was a sports writer for 25 years and wrote books on (or with) former Oklahoma State football coach Pat Jones and former University of Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer. He switched from sports to entertainment 11 years ago and became the Tulsa World's pop culture writer. Danny Boy O’Connor is the Founder and Executive Director of The Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa and a founding member of the 90s rap group, House of Pain. In our conversation, we talk about their new book, the challenges and opportunities of writing an oral history, the legacy of the Outsiders and the Outsiders Hour Museum, and the biggest mistake they made in putting the book together. Connect with Jimmie: Twitter | Facebook Connect with Danny: Twitter | Facebook | The Outsiders House Museum Support the Bookcast on Buy Me a Coffee Authors - Submit your new releases to Read LOKal Mentioned on the Show The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton Woke Up this Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos - Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests - Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel . . . and Beyond - George Christie Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Cameron Crowe The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! It's the October edition of YNGR! This month we are celebrating spooky season with our forever October guest - author Stacey Kade (AKA S.A. Barnes)! Plenty of horror and thriller reads at a variety of scare levels to finish out your October TBR. We also get a quick rundown of Stacey's new book, Death's Daughter (preorder here)! Connect with Stacey: Instagram | website Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode! Books discussed on the show: Stacey The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo Exiles - Mason Coile Play Nice - Rachel Harrison The Hollow Places - T. Kingfisher Hannah The God of the Woods - Liz Moore Such Quiet Girls - Noelle West Ihli Suffer the Children - Craig DeLouie In the Tall Grass - Stephen King and Joe Hill J Paranoia - James Patterson and James O. Born Fantasticland - Mike Bockoven Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 14! This time we have poems from 12 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Here's the Lineup: Toy Box Apocalypse - Hallie Waugh @halliewaugh_writerhalliewaugh.substack.comFish Dream - Scott LaMascus scottlamascus.comChevy Blue - Brand Rackley @brandrackleyClouds and Lemonade - Rob Sturma @ratpack_slimWildflowers - Alicia Daggs @solatidontThe Universe is Big - Brea Lynnett @breanne.lynnettWe Come Home Now - Grace @_kristen_graceUp Seven Parking Levels, On the Wall - David Jennings @DJennPhotosdavidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comI Remember You - Nichole Yates @nicholeyatesTonight Held for Me a Dream - Jake Spann @jake.spann.9Missing You and Something Had to Change - Aubrey Green @blueclovereditingI Finally Used a Rhyme Scheme - Laken Quinn @above.the.clouds.poetry Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 76 of the Okie Bookcast - Our 4th Bookcastaversary Show! Stay tuned after the conversation for some updates as we move into Year 5. For this special episode of the Bookcast, I sat down with the incredible Daniel H. Wilson. Daniel is a Cherokee citizen, Tulsa native, and the multiple New York Times bestselling author of techno-thrillers such as Robopocalypse, The Clockwork Dynasty, and The Andromeda Evolution (an authorized sequel to the Crichton classic). He earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Masters degrees in Machine Learning and Robotics. He just released a new novel, Hole in the Sky, a fantastic story of Native First Contact. In our conversation, we talk about the new book and its deep connection to his Oklahoma roots and Native heritage. We also talk about writing technology for non-technical folks, indigenous science fiction, and Daniel gives a quick impromptu masterclass on screenwriting. Connect with Daniel: website Mentioned on the show: Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson How to Survive a Robot Uprising - Daniel H. Wilson Earth 2 - Daniel H. Wilson and Jorge Jimenez The Clockwork Dynasty - Daniel H. Wilson The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones The Gilda Stories - Jewelle Gomez HP Lovecraft Roadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky The Doomed City - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! I'm joined by my YNGR co-host and favorite oldest daughter, Hannah Herron, to talk about the 2025 film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Long Walk. What did the filmmakers get right? What did they miss? And what do we think of the changes? If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through. Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong). Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Purchase The Long Walk Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! Hannah and I welcome author Laura Vogt - her debut novel, In the Great Quiet, releases in March. We have a lot of fun with Laura botching author names, giving family shout outs, and hearing Hannah’s first impressions of The Long Walk. Oh, and we talk about books too - historical fiction, fantasy, sci fi, and horror - something for every reader. Connect with Laura: website | Instagram | TikTok Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok This episode of YNGR is brought to you by Nouscraft World 1: The Zombie Apocalypse by Leonard Buford. On sale now! Discussed on the show Laura Thirteen Moons - Charles Frazier Mystic and Rider (12 Houses) - Sharon Shinn Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy Never Let Me Go - Kazou Ishiguro Hannah The Book of Accidents - Chuck Wendig The Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes The Night Guest - Hildur Knútsdóttir The Magician’s Nephew - C.S. Lewis J Hole in the Sky - Daniel H. Wilson Anji Kills a King - Evan Leikam The Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix Watership Down - Richard Adams Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 75! My guest is Mark Archuleta, the author of The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr: From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again. Mark grew up in Oklahoma City where his father was a pioneering air traffic controller with the FAA. He now lives in California, but considers Oklahoma his second home state. In addition to this book, Mark is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, journalist, and performer. In our conversation, we talk about Henry Starr - one of the most prolific bank robbers of his generation - and about Mark’s process of researching and telling Starr’s story. You also get to hear a ton of great stories about this fascinating figure from turn of the century Oklahoma. Connect with Mark: website | Instagram | Twitter | Book tour updates Mentioned on the show: Thrilling Events of Henry Starr - Henry Starr Erik Larson Dan Brown David Grann Henry Starr, The Last of the Real Badmen - Glenn Shirley The Saga of Henry Starr - Robert J. Conley In Cold Blood - Truman Capote One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey On the Road - Jack Kerouac Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe Demon Box - Ken Kesey The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! It's our third anniversary! We brought together a bunch of friends of the show to help us celebrate. The conversation is all over the place, but we also got into some great books, so if you're into Taylor Swift, food, Edgar Wright, The Summer I Turned Pretty, OKC Thunder, or Glen Powell (and trapezoids) and fun conversations about great books - this show is for you! Connect with Emma Jackson: website | IG | YNGR episode Connect with Kenny Kemper: website | IG | YNGR episode Connect with Magen Runyan: website | IG | YNGR episode Connect with Luke Swanson: website | IG | Episode Connect with Melissa Coast: website | IG | YNGR episode Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Books discussed on the show: Current Reads Emma - All We Hunger For - Anna Mercier Kenny - Boom Town - Sam Anderson Hannah - Butter - Asako Yuzuki J - Crooks - Lou Berney Recent Reads Magen - Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren Luke - The Running Man - Stephen King Hannah - We Were Liars - E. Lockhart J - 11/22/63 - Stephen King Backlist Picks (Trilogies) Melissa - Chaos Walking Trilogy - Patrick Ness Hannah - Bill Hodges Trilogy - Stephen King J - Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy - Cixin Liu Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 74! My guest is Candace Kade. Candace spends her time dreaming up stories typically involving technology, psychology, culture, and/or swords. She is the author of The Hybrid Series and a certified Krav Maga assistant instructor who loves writing action-packed martial art scenes. A third culture kid, she considers Chengdu and OKC to be her homes. When she’s not exploring new countries, she enjoys hiking in national parks, moving, teaching her husband Mandarin, and keeping two baby humans alive. She can be bribed with boba tea, fluffy puppies, and breakfast tacos. In our conversation, we talk about the Hybrid trilogy with a focus on the third book - Augmented - that releases in September. We also talk about writing for YA audiences, how her experience of navigating cultures impacts her writing, and she gives some incredible thoughts on writing fight scenes. You’re going to love getting to know Candace Kade. Connect with Candace: website | Instagram Candace on Your Next Great Read (July 2024) Books Mentioned on the Show: Enhanced - Candace Kade Hybrid - Candace Kade Augmented - Candace Kade Out of Time series - Nadine Brandes The Selection series - Kiera Cass Eragon - Christopher Paolini Red Rising - Pierce Brown Me Before You - JoJo Moyes Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 13 - our Year 3 Celebration! You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Here's the Lineup: After an Open Mic, Someone Tells Me I Really Captured the Backwardness of Oklahoma - Seth Copeland @sethtcopehttps://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/One Horse OK Celebrates the 4th of July - Benjamin Myers @BenMyersPoet Benjaminmyerspoetry.comCrumbs of Body: A Psalm of Siblinghood and What I Would Say to the Girl in the Hand-Me-Down Sadie Oxford Shoes - Lydia Renfro @lyd.frohttps://lydiarenfro.com/East is the Beast - Michelle Lark @fairylarksCry Baby - MAC Woods @mac_since1985Exceeding Idioms and My Nana - Ruth Key @ruthkeypoetrySnowman in Roland - Uriah Maravilla Greer @uriahwritesSomewhere - Nichole Yates @nicholeyatesDisruption - Andrew Morris Gilman @andrewmorrisgilmanWhen the Sun Sits Down - Brand Rackley @brandrackleyWhipping Boy - Alicia Daggs @solatidontWhat's in a Name - Ky George @kygeorgewritesZoo Owl - David Jennings @DJennPhotosdavidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comA Quarter Century - Shy Norton @shylascribblesartFrolic and Prance - Jake Spann @jake.spann.9Heat - Cassie Grimm @cassandrie_After Mt. Moriah - Paul Juhasz @paul_juhasz_author_poetPixie Dust - Thomas Juarez @Thomas.Juarez.AFresh Air - Alice Vile @alice.a.vileLast Word - J Hall @okiebookcastVagabond Hearts - Rob Stur Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read from the Okie Bookcast! This month, Hannah and I are joined by Clay Mattox, bookstagrammer and member of the Book Bros. We get into everything from scifi to horror to fantasy to love stories and more. If you like your bookish conversations with a side of Taylor Swift and New Girl, this is the show for you! Quick note: The book Hannah discusses for her backlist pick contains some content that we thought might be a bit much for some listeners, so we pulled the conversation from the show. If you'd like to hear it, you can check it out on YouTube here. The book is Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica. Connect with Clay: Instagram | Book Bros Instagram Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Discussed on the Show: Clay Death Troopers - Joe Schreiber The Legend of Uh - Aaron N. Hall Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler Hannah Homework: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years - Julie Andrews The Queen - Nick Cutter The Quiet Tenant - Clémence Michallon Tender is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica (listen to the conversation here) J The River Blade - T.R. Thompson (Available July 1) The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson Mickey 7 - Edward Ashton Never Let Me Go - Kazou Ishiguro Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 72! I’ve got an incredibly fun conversation for you this month with the folks from Goblin Booth Productions which is a media production company from Norman that moved into the world of publishing in May by releasing their first book - First Degree Magic by J.M. Linkhart. In this conversation, I’m joined by the author of First Degree Magic, Jessica Linkhart, (who also happens to be the creative director of Goblin Booth Productions) and two other members of the GBP crew - Jamie Sykes (who handles the business side of Goblin Booth) and Mitchell Lewis (Goblin Booth’s art director and designer). We talk about First Degree Magic, how Goblin Booth got started, their work in the podcasting and audio space, the challenges and opportunities of independent content creation, and we get to the bottom of why they are called Goblin Booth. Connect with Jessica: Instagram Connect with Goblin Booth Productions: website | Instagram Check out their podcasts: The Harrowing of Minerva Damson | Route 6.6 | Find the rest of their shows Mentioned on the Show: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison The Witchstone - Henry H. Neff Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson Dead Wake - Erik Larson How to Marry a Millioinaire Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin The Midnight Library - Matt Haig Terry Pratchett The Hollow Places - T. Kingfisher The Old Kingdom Trilogy - Garth NIx Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold C.L. Polk Rebecca Roanhorse Storm Front - Jim Butcher Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! We're talking about books we can't wait to check out this summer, as well as books we're excited to see adapted for the screen. Horror, thrillers, scifi, even some romance in this edition of YNGR! Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Discussed on the Show Hannah When the Wolf Comes Home - Nat Cassidy The Business Trip - Jessie Garcia The Exorcist's House - Nick Roberts The Long Walk - Richard Bachman (Stephen King) Summer Reads Keep It In the Family - John Marrs Funny Story - Emily Henry Thirteen Storeys - Jonathan Sims J Middle of the Night - Riley Sager Burn - Peter Heller In Praise of Slowness - Carl Honore The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Summer Reads The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson Assassin’s Apprentice - Robin Hobb Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 71! My guest today is Dr. Constance Squires. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. In her new book, Low April Sun, Constance creates a novel around the events and the aftermath of the Murrah Bombing in Oklahoma City in 1995. She is also the author of the novels Along the Watchtower, which won the 2012 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction and Live from Medicine Park, a 2018 Oklahoma Book Award finalist. In addition to these novels, Constance has a short story collection called Hit Your Brights and her short fiction has also appeared in Guernica, The Atlantic Monthly, Shenandoah, Identity Theory, Bayou, the Dublin Quarterly, This Land, and a number of other magazines. ​Constance’s nonfiction has appeared in Salon, the New York Times, the Village Voice, World Literature Today, the Philological Review, Largehearted Boy, and has been featured on the NPR program Snap Judgment. She contributed to the RollingStone500: Telling Stories in Stereo (thers500.com). and wrote the screenplay for Sundance fellow Jeffrey Palmer's 2015 short film, Grave Misgivings. In our conversation, we talk a lot about Low April Sun and the challenges of creating fiction around significant real-world events. We also talk about the publishing journey and she gives some great advice for emerging writers. Connect with Constance: website | Instagram | Facebook Mentioned on the Show: Falling Man - Don Delillo Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer Libra - Don Delillo The Secret Garden - Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Women - Louisa May Alcott University of Oklahoma Press T.S. Eliot Ezra Pound Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk James - Percival Everett Roots - Alex Haley Blue Sky Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carre Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! We are joined by historical romance author, Natalie Griffin (and her beautiful daughter Rylee!) to talk about what we're reading and why you might love it. We also talk a bit about the new Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association and Hannah's (successful!) attempt at her first marathon. Something for everyone! Connect with Natalie: website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Find Oklahoma Independent Bookstores: okiebookcast.com/bookstores Discussed on the Show: Natalie A Court of Silver Flames - Sarah J. Maas Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner Into the Wilderness series - Sarah Donati Hannah The Husbands - Holly Gramazio Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab Cross My Heart - Megan Collins The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner J Overgrowth - Mira Grant Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby Cold Eternity - S.A. Barnes The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Volume 12! This time we have poems from 15 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. You can check out previous volumes at okiebookcast.com/behindtherain Here's the Lineup: Spring Morning - Ruth Key @ruthkeypoetrySing to Me Ocean - Ken Hada @ken.hada.3kenhada.orgGoodbye to Talequah - Uriah Maravilla Greer @uriahwritesBarbed Wire Manual - Kristen Grace @_kristen_graceMy Oklahoma Boy - Nichole Yates @nicholeyatesThe Slow Torment of Sunset - David Jennings @DJennPhotosdavidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comBackyard Magic - Sydney Aerin @sydneysometimesMr. Nonchalant Introduces Himself to the Party - Durell Carter @durell.carterCaregiver - Aubrey Green @blueclovereditingHowl at Night - Jake Spann @jake.spann.9Hope Like a Wildflower - Holly Jahangiri @jahangirihttps://jahangiri.us/2020In the Garden on Lowell Street - Lydia Renfro @lyd.frohttps://lydiarenfro.com/Cruel Calculations - Brand Rackley @brandrackleyWalking - Alice Vile @alice.a.vileTextilation - Andrew Morris Gilman @andrewmorrisgilmanObservations on Fear - Ruth Key @ruthkeypoetry Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 70! My guest is romance author Allison Ashley. Allison is an oncology pharmacist who has released five romance novels, including her brand new book, If Tomorrow Never Comes. In our conversation, we talk about the new book and about tropes she loves. We also talk about her interest in incorporating science and medical themes in her work and the challenge of keeping romance stories fresh. Connect with Allison: website | Instagram Get J's New Book, College Unpacked Mentioned on the Show Romance Round Table - Bookcast Chapter 68 Would You Rather - Allison Ashley The Roommate Pact - Allison Ashley Sherry Thomas Adriana Herrera Lisa Kleypas Bridgerton - Julia Quinn Throroughbred Series - Joanna Campbell Black Stallion Series - Walter Farley Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Your Next Great Read! Our guest this month is Bookstagrammer (and Dad baker!) Kenny Kemper. We cover over a century's worth of books - from classic scifi to thrillers to horror to romance. You're going to find a book to love in this conversation! Connect with Kenny: Instagram Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Discussed on the Show: Kenny Whiplash River - Lou Berney Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah Blood Evidence - Robin James Hannah The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides Mistakes We Never Made - Hannah Brown This Thing Between Us - Gus Moreno Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurie J First-Degree Magic - J.M. Linkhart The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones The Children of Men - P.D. James Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 69! My guests are Kelleigh Knight-Whitten and Tyler Whitten, owners of KNight’s Nook bookstore in Yukon, Oklahoma. We recorded at the store, so the audio may be a bit different than you’re used to. Kelleigh and Tyler launched Knight’s Nook in October of 2024 and are doing some really great things in their community. You are going to love getting to know Kelleigh and Tyler as we talk about how the store came about, their commitment to indie authors and to their community, and the incredible care they take as they curate their shelves. Connect with Knight's Nook: website | Instagram | Facebook My new book, College Unpacked: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Preparing For, and Excelling in College, is out! Find out more and get your copy at jhallwriter.com Mentioned on the Show: Rose Neal Natalie Griffin Berserk - Kentaro Miura & Jason Deangelis Naruto - Masashi Kishimoto Dragonball - Akira Toriyama & Toyotarou JuJitsu Kaisen - Gege Akutami Demonslayer - Koyoharu Gotouge The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas Cemetery of Forgotten Books Series - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Diviners Series - Libba Bray These Shallow Graves - Jennifer Donnelly Stalking Jack the Ripper series - Kerri Maniscalco Cassandra Clare - City of Bones | Mortal Instruments Columbine - Dave Cullen Stiff - Mary Roach Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene Mary Higgins Clark The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Captain Underpants - Dav Pilkey Animorphs - K.A. Applegate Hatchet - Gary Paulsen Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH