Warning: This chapter contains *spoilers* alongside our typical banter and opinions!

The following books are referenced in this chapter:

• Issac’s Storm, by Erik Larson
• Zodiac Academy, by Caroline Peckham & Suzanne Valenti
• Allegiant, by Veronica Roth
• Harry Potter series, JK Rowling
• American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper, by Daniel Stashower
• Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
• The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig



We're reading or picking up next:

• The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women, by Lisa Perrin
• A Botanist’s Guide to Society & Secrets, Kate Khavari
• Apprentice to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer
• A Secret Princess, by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz
• Atomic Habits, by James Clear

In this chapter, hear what we have to say about the following texts:

• Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year by Michael Farquhar
• To Hell and Back: The Last Train From Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino (2015)
• Yamaguchi’s poetry in his book And The River Flowed as a Raft of Corpses
• Legends and Lattes, by Travis Baldree, 2022
• The Orcsworn series, by Finley Fenn, 2019
• The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, 2011
• Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros, 2023
• House of Marionne, by J. Elle, 2023
• Crescent City series by Sarah J Maas, 2020
• Playing with Fire, RJ Blaine
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood, 2024
• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Empire of Shadows by Jacquelin Benson
• Killers of a Certain Age, by Deanna Raybourn
• A Reunion of Ghosts, by Judith Clare Mitchell
• A Romanov Fantasy:Life at the Court of Anna Anderson , by Frances Welch

In this month's chapter, we discuss our recently read books we come back from hiatus!

Book Titles Mentioned:

• The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab
• Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Gamus
• Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang
• Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black
• Assistant to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer
• Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, by Mary Roach
• The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras, by Brantley Hargrove
• Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen, Read by Hilary Huber
• A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
• Namesake, by Adrienne Young
• Nettle & Thorn by T. Kingfisher
• Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton
• Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston