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This week, Saltburn is available on streaming, and Kate shares book recommendations that match its "wealthy families behaving poorly" vibes!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks Kate Talked About:Over Her Dead BodyThe HeiressStone Cold FoxGood Rich PeoplePretty ThingsWe Were Liars Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk with Ashley Winstead about her multi-faceted Southern gotchi Midnight is The Darkest Hour! Ashley actually introduced us 2 years ago, so this is a very special full circle moment for the podcast. It probably wouldn't exist without her 💜Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchAshley @ashleywinsteadbooksMidnight is the Darkest Hour SynopsisBeware of the dark. You might like what you find...Ruth Collier has always felt like an outsider, even as her father rains fire and brimstone from the church pulpit. In Bottom Springs, his word is as good as law.But there are things the townspeople fear more than God, like the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to kill sinners in their beds on moonless nights.When a skull is found deep in the swamp, a hunt for the Low Man begins. Suspicion turns to Everett – Ruth's oldest friend, with a dark past. As Ruth and Everett grow closer, Ruth begins to unearth the town's secrets, determined to discover the truth.But as the line between good and evil grows ever thin, how far will Ruth go to save the person she loves most? Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk with Tessa Wegert about her fast paced, cinematic, New York based Shana Merchant series!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchTessa @tessawegertCheck out the Shana Merchant series here! We aren't including the synopsis to her newest book in the series Devils at the Door to protect spoilers for the other books. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share books we are excited about in 2024 from debut authors!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked About:Society of LiesEveryone Who Can Forgive Me Is DeadSince She's Been GoneWhen She Was MeArgylleSwipedOriginal TwinDead Girls WalkingWhile We Were BurningNightwatching Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week I talk with Katherine Faulkner about her new thriller The Other Mothers!Follow Katherine here on InstagramThe Other Mothers SynopsisWhen a young nanny dies under mysterious circumstances near new mom Tash’s home, she is certain that this could be the story to relaunch her journalism career.Meanwhile, she also needs to find a local playgroup for her son. Nearby is the gorgeous neighborhood filled with wealthy and friendly families, stunning houses, and lavish playdates. But when another young woman is found dead, it’s clear there’s much more to the community than meets the eye and the more Tash investigates, the more she’s led uncomfortably close to the mothers in her son’s playgroup.Are these women really her friends? Or is there another, more dangerous reason why she has been accepted into their exclusive world? Who, exactly, is investigating who? Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Kate shares her favorite thrillers with dysfunctional families!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutApples Never FallAll Good People HereLike a SisterThe Lies We ToldThe Mother-In-LawHe Started ItThe Family Upstairs Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week I talk with Vanessa Lillie about her third book Blood Sisters!Follow Vanessa here on InstagramAnd check out the books she recommended:Never Whistle at NightAnd Then She FellThe Berry PickersManmade Monsters Blood Sisters SynopsisA visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women…one of them her sister.There are secrets in the land.As an archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Syd Walker spends her days in Rhode Island trying to protect the land's indigenous past, even as she’s escaping her own.While Syd is dedicated to her job, she’s haunted by a night of violence she barely escaped in her Oklahoma hometown fifteen years ago. Though she swore she’d never go back, the past comes calling.When a skull is found near the crime scene of her youth, just as her sister, Emma Lou, vanishes, Syd knows she must return home. She refuses to let her sister's disappearance, or the remains, go ignored—as so often happens in cases of missing Native women.But not everyone is glad to have Syd home, and she can feel the crosshairs on her back. Still, the deeper Syd digs, the more she uncovers about a string of missing indigenous women cases going back decades. To save her sister, she must expose a darkness in the town that no one wants to face—not even Syd. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we do the Bookstagram/BookTok challenge #TenBeforeTheEnd and share ten books we want to finish before the end of 2023! Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked AboutAce of SpadesOne Little WordAlmost Surely DeadWoundedSince She's Been GonePerfect Little LivesTwenty-Seven MinutesDevilryRabbit HoleInfamous Park Avenue Prince Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, I talk with the Queen of Pop Culture References Mandy McHugh about her new domestic thriller It Takes Monsters. We dive into the social pressures women face at work and at home, the temptation for women to try to look like each other, and how King Lear inspired her second book!It Takes Monsters SynopsisVictoria Tate has had enough of her controlling, incompetent husband Warren. But planning the perfect murder is more difficult than it looks. When the social event of the year, an over-the-top costume ball, is rescheduled for the date she has selected for her crime, Victoria has to scramble to make sure she will still be able to follow through. But even hours of listening to crime podcasts cannot prepare her for the next wrench that is thrown into her plans: Warren turns up dead by someone else’s hand.Now Victoria finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in which she is actually innocent. The real killer taunts her, making it clear that they knew what she was planning all along. With the police closing in and her neighbors turning on her, Victoria is going to lose everything she had hoped to gain from Warren’s death, unless she can figure out who wanted her husband dead and why. It turns out that Warren was better at keeping secrets than she ever could have guessed. But which secret is the one that led to his death? And even if she can find the answers, does Victoria have what it takes to confront a real murderer? Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share books we can't wait to read that wil be released in winter of 2023!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutLast Night at The Hollywood CanteenDon't Look DownIf You See MeAfter DarkThe Vacation HouseThe Engagement PartyThere Should've Been EightA Curse of Scales and FlameThe Other MothersRisk the Fall Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share books that we ALWAYS recommend!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Paradox HotelIn My Dreams I Hold a KnifeThe Girls Are All So Nice HereTill Death Do Us PartJar of HeartsKismetPlease See UsSometimes I LieThe Woman InsideSome Choose DarknessBright Young Women Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Kate shares books that pair with the vibes of four songs on 1989 (Taylor's Version)!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks Kate Talked About Out of the WoodsTheir Vicious GamesAlias Emma Series Bad BloodIt Takes MonstersOne of Us Is Dead Blank SpaceFirst Lie WinsYou Can Trust Me CleanLay Your Body DownMidnight is the Darkest Hour Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share some of our favorite scary books perfect for Halloween season!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Chestnut ManChasing the BoogeymanStalkerThe Sundown MotelHer Every FearMidnight on Beacon StreetThe Alone TimeMurder RoadThe Clinic Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

Happy first podcast anniversary to all of you, our listeners!! This week, we dive into how our reading habits and interests have changed over the last year.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutTaylor Jenkins ReidMidnight Is the Darkest HourThe TrapBright Young WomenThe New One Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about our absolute favorite tropes in books!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Last HousewifeThey Never LearnMidnight Is The Darkest HourDid You Hear About Kitty Karr?White IvyLay Your Body DownNever Saw Me ComingNecessary Evils SeriesBright Young WomenUnsub SeriesThe TrapThe Lies I TellPretty Things Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk with R.J. Jacobs about his new thriller This Is How We End Things! We of course dive into some of our favorite subjects: dark academia and cold weather.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchR.J. @rjjacobs75 This is How We End Things SynopsisCampus is empty, a winter storm is blowing in, and someone is lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to kill again.Forest, North Carolina. Under the instruction of enigmatic Professor Joe Lyons, five graduate students are studying the tedious science behind the acts of lying. But discovering the secrets of deception isn't making any of the student's more honest though. Instead, it's making it easier for them to guard their own secrets – and they all have something to hide.When a test goes awry and one of them is found dead, the students find themselves trapped by a snowstorm on an abandoned campus with a local detective on the case. As harbored secrets begin to break the surface, the graduates must find out who's lying, who isn't, and who may have been capable of committing murder. It turns out deception is even more dangerous than they thought... Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about our favorite voices in thrillers!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutIt Takes MonstersKill For LoveBlood SugarLuckiest Girl AliveThe Kind Worth KillingGone GirlStrange Sally DiamondTell Me Everything Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about our last, current and next reads!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThis Is How We End ThingsLike a SisterThe Taken OnesIf You See MeSay My NameThe Other Black GirlBleed TV Shows We Talked AboutAlertYellowjacketsThe Bear Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

On this episode, I talk with Yasmin Angoe about the final installment in her Nena Knight series It Ends With Knight.It Ends With Knight SynopsisIn this thrilling conclusion of the Nena Knight series, the trained assassin will have to confront the ghosts of her past…before she becomes one herself. Until his untimely death, Nena’s mentor was the backbone of the Tribe. With his leadership position unfilled and despite the Tribe’s newfound misgivings about her, Nena has stepped into a new role she never wanted. Politics is an entirely new venture for her, and now one of the Tribe’s own has been kidnapped, forcing her back to her origins as an assassin. But the only person qualified for such a rescue mission is Nena Knight—and a new team whose trust in her continues to waver. Determined to harness the power of her former role to succeed in her new one, Nena must also face what she left behind. Old fears, resentments, and anger threaten the precarious hold Nena has on her new life as she realizes that the past—and the people from it—are never far behind.Learn more about Yasmin here Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

Kate shares some of her favorite TV shows she's been watching lately!TV Shows Kate Talked AboutCruel SummerSiloThe Crowded RoomHijackThe Other Two Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we answer a Bookstagram challenge from @duttonbooks What was the last book that...Made you stay up all nightYou think everyone should readInspired you to get into a new genreMade you cry for hoursYou Couldn't stop thinking aboutFollow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutI’m Not Done With You YetThe Flash GirlsThe Murder Between UsThe PushKismetThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoHimDaisy Jones and The SixFollow the RiverThe TrapDysfunctional Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Gare and I talk with May Cobb about her summer thriller A Likeable Woman!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchMay Cobb @may_cobbBooks We Talked AboutA Likeable WomanI'm Not Done With You YetA Friend in the Dark Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about fall thrillers you should pre-order!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutBright Young WomenMidnight Is The Darkest HourShadowheartThe Helsinki AffairThe Flash GirlsNecessary PeopleThe FuturesWhen I’m DeadLast Night at the Hollywood CanteenThe Taken OnesThe TraitorBlood SistersThis Is How We End ThingsChristmas PresentsDreambound Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, I talk to Kimberly Giarratano about her noir PI mystery Death of a Dancing Queen.Follow Kimberly on InstagramDeath of a Dancing Queen SynopsisAfter her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Billie Levine revamped her grandfather’s private investigation firm and set up shop in the corner booth of her favorite North Jersey deli hoping the free pickles and flexible hours would allow her to take care of her mom and pay the bills. So when Tommy Russo, a rich kid with a nasty drug habit, offers her a stack of cash to find his missing girlfriend, how can she refuse? At first, Billie thinks this will be easy earnings, but then her missing person's case turns into a murder investigation and Russo is the detective bureau’s number one suspect.Suddenly Billie is embroiled in a deadly gang war that’s connected to the decades-old disappearance of a famous cabaret dancer with ties to both an infamous Jewish mob and a skinhead group. Toss in the reappearance of Billie’s hunky ex-boyfriend with his own rap sheet, and she is regretting every decision that got her to this point.Becoming a P.I. was supposed to solve her problems. But if Billie doesn’t crack this case, the next body the police dredge out of the Hudson River will be hers. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Gare and I chat with Elizabeth Keenan and Greg Wands, the writing duo behind the pseudonym E.G. Scott! We get into our shared love for bleak endings, our thoughts on the direction of true crime docs and podcasts, what we've been reading and watching, and tons more!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchE.G. Scott @e.g.scottwritesBooks We Talked AboutMy MurderThe TrapTheir Vicious GamesThe Quiet TenantBright Young Women TV Shows We Talked AboutThe PatientSiloPlatonic Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, I talk with Amy Suiter Clarke about her newest psychological thriller Lay Your Body Down. Follow Amy on InstagramLay Your Body Down SynopsisA young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown, where a radical evangelical pastor has poisoned everyone’s minds—and may be covering up a murder. After Del Walker fled her small hometown and its cult-like church, she vowed to never return. The man she loved, Lars, left her to marry the local golden girl Eve, and their romance is now the focus of Eve’s viral blog espousing the pastor’s conservative philosophy about women and marriage. But six years later, Lars is suddenly killed, and she’s convinced it couldn’t have been an accident.When Del returns to her hometown for the funeral, she discovers the now mega-church—and the insidious, patriarchal teachings of Pastor Rick Franklin—has grown not only in size but in influence. Eve was clearly discontent in her marriage, despite the carefully constructed “Noble Wife” positivity of her blog posts, and Del knows better than anyone just how far she will go to get what she wants. Del is determined to cut through the church’s lies and corruption to find out who killed Lars—even if it means confronting the religious trauma she’s spent years trying to bury. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Gare and I make a new best friend in Halley Sutton, author of The Hurricane Blonde out August 8, 2023! We dive into everything from Hollywood's treatment of women to the inherent perfection of Taco Bell. Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchHalley @halleysutton25 Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, I talk with Shari Lapena about her newest domestic thriller Everyone Here Is Lying.Follow Shari on InstagramCheck out her websiteEveryone Here Is Lying SynopsisWilliam Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper.Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing.Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbors become increasingly unhinged.Who took Avery Wooler?Nothing will prepare you for the truth. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share 5 books we recently added to our TBRs, and all of the dogs make appearances.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutBlood OrangesDon’t Let Her StayTomorrow I Become a WomanThe PledgeStrange Sally DiamondEveryone Here Is LyingThe Marriage CounselorNight Will Find YouWe Are All The Same in the DarkRedemptionThe House of EveThe FollowersFollow MeThe Hurricane BlondeThe Final Girl Support Group Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk with Amy Engel about her newest thriller I Did It For You, out July 25!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchAmy @amyengelauthor Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, I talk with Crystal Smith Paul about her stunning debut novel Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? We discuss the pitfalls of fame, the demands for transparency and the allure of Hollywood, as well as how Crystal's time as a journalist and in film school affected the writing process of her first book. Follow Crystal on Instagram or check out her websiteDid You Hear About Kitty Karr SynopsisWhen Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions.A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty’s affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty’s journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could—and between a cheating fiancé and the fallout from a controversial social media post, there are plenty.The truth behind Kitty's ascent to stardom from her beginnings in the segregated South threatens to expose a web of unexpected family ties, debts owed, and debatable crimes that could, with one pull, unravel the all-American fabric of the St. John sisters and those closest to them.As Elise digs deeper into Kitty's past, she must also turn the lens upon herself, confronting the gifts and burdens of her own choices and the power that the secrets of the dead hold over the living. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? is a sprawling page-turner set against the backdrop of the Hollywood machine, an insightful and nuanced look at the inheritances of family, race, and gender—and the choices some women make to break free of them. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

On this episode, Kate talks to Josh Winning about his new horror-suspense Burn the Negative.Check out the synopsis:Arriving in L.A. to visit the set of a new streaming horror series, journalist Laura Warren witnesses a man jumping from a bridge, landing right behind her car. Here we go, she thinks. It’s started. Because the series she’s reporting on is a remake of a ’90s horror flick. A cursed ’90s horror flick, which she starred in as a child—and has been running from her whole life.In The Guesthouse, Laura played the little girl with the terrifying gift to tell people how the Needle Man would kill them. When eight of the cast and crew died in ways that eerily mirrored the movie’s on-screen deaths, the film became a cult classic—and ruined her life. Leaving it behind, Laura changed her name and her accent, dyed her hair, and moved across the Atlantic. But some scripts don’t want to stay buried.Now, as the body count rises again, Laura finds herself on the run with her aspiring actress sister and a jaded psychic, hoping to end the curse once and for all—and to stay out of the Needle Man’s lethal reach.Follow Josh on Instagram or Twitter Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about our favorite books we read in the first 6 months of 2023!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutAll the Dangerous ThingsThe ShardsCarrie Soto is BackStone Cold FoxNever Saw Me ComingHow I’ll Kill YouDid You Hear About Kitty Karr?KismetThe PushDon’t Forget the GirlLay Your Body DownBright Young Women Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about some of our most memorable reading experiences.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Girl on the TrainGone GirlSave the Cat Writes a NovelTaylor Jackson SeriesThe Silent PatientThe Snow GardenVerityInto the Black NowhereNinth HouseHell BentThe TrapDaisy DarkerThe Long and Faraway GoneDark MatterThe Broken GirlsThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoDaisy Jones and The SixDark CornersYellowface Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

Thanks to @caratbrlist on Instagram for this week's topic: what to read if you are as obsessed with Cruel Summer as we are.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutAll The Missing GirlsThat NightYou Will Know MeThe Night ShiftThe Night She DisappearedA Flicker in the DarkPretty ThingsThe Girls Are All So Nice HereEverything You Want Me to BeAll These Beautiful StrangersThe Lucky OneThe Last Time I LiedYou Can Trust MeIf We Were Villains Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Riley Sager joins us to talk about his new thriller, out June 20, The Only One Left.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchRiley Sager @riley.sager Books We Talked AboutThe Only One LeftThe Last Word Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, I talk to one of my favorite authors, Ashley Audrain, who wrote The Push and The Whispers. On this episode, we talk specifically about the inspiration and themes of The Whispers, and dive into what draws Ashley to write about the visceral, unflinching parts of motherhood most of us would rather not talk about. You can follow Ashley on Instagram and GoodreadsAnd you can follow me on Instagram as well!The Whispers SynopsisThe Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling to start a family of their own; and the quiet, elderly Portuguese couple who care for their adult son with a developmental disability, and who pass the long days on the front porch, watching their neighbors go about their busy lives.The story spins out over the course of one week, in the alternating voices of the women in each family as they are forced to face the secrets within the walls of their own homes, and the uncomfortable truths that connect them all to one another. Set against the heartwrenching drama of what will happen to Xavier, who hangs between death and life, or a life changed forever, THE WHISPERS is a novel about what happens when we put our needs ahead of our children's. Exploring the quiet sacrifices of motherhood, the intuitions that we silence, the complexities of our closest friendships, and the danger of envy, this is a novel about the reverberations of life's most difficult decisions. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share our most scandalous reads for those of you who are caught up in the drama of #Scandoval who want more shadiness in your life!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutBooks We Talked AboutThe WhispersThe Favorite SisterMade For LoveDysfunctionalMore Than You’ll Ever KnowHer Pretty FaceStone Cold FoxDon’t Forget the GirlAll Good People HereLook CloserShe Started It Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we do a BookTok challenge Gare saw on TikTok this week. Shout out to beau_reads for this TikTok with his wife that inspired this episode! We share our favorite thriller, the book that shocked us the most, a book more people need to read, a palette cleanser, and what we are currently reading!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutNever Saw Me ComingJar of HeartsIn My Dreams I Hold a KnifeNinth HouseThe Woman InsideThe WhispersA Likeable WomanThe UrsulinaA Density of SoulsThe New OnePretty GirlsThe Good DaughterCarrie Soto is BackYou & I, RewrittenAll The Sinners BleedAnd There He Kept HerMovies We Talked AboutUsThe Blair Witch ProjectBarbarian Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Jaime Lynn Hendricks joins us to talk about her third novel, I Didn't Do It, out May 23rd! We all also discuss every book, tv show and movie we've loved recently.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchJaime @jaimelynnhendricksauthor Books We Talked AboutI Didn’t Do ItJar of HeartsIn My Dreams I Hold a KnifeChloe Cates is MissingThe Last Mrs. ParrishA Stranger on the BeachOn a Quiet StreetThe Vanishing HourFinding TessaIt Could Be AnyoneDid You Hear About Kitty Karr?The WhispersThe Gay Best FriendWhisperThe Last WordStone Cold FoxThe ShardsA Twisted Love StoryDon’t Forget the GirlTV Shows We Talked AboutClickbaitCruel SummerSchitt’s CreekHouse, M.D.Law & OrderEuphoriaMad MenBillionsBad SistersMovies We Talked AboutBasic InstinctFatal AttractionBarbarianWatcherSmileFreshThe Menu Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we talk about our favorite auto-buy authors.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchAuthors We Talked AboutJessica KnollYasmin AngoeKarin SlaughterRob HartMax WalkerRachel Howzell HallHannah MorisseyTaylor Jenkins ReidJaime Lynn HendricksAva GlassCatherine Ryan HowardAmina AkhtarAlice FeeneyBrian FreemanLisa JewellSimone St. JamesRuth WareJT EllisonColleen HooverMeg GardinerRiley SagerMegan MirandaMegan GoldinCharlie DonleaPeter SwansonAlex FinlayAlex MicheladesAshley JamesCaroline Kepnes Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share books we can't wait to read that come out in June, July and August of 2023.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Woods Are WaitingOut of the AshesKismet Ashley JamesYou Can Trust MeSt. Ambrose School for GirlsThe Quiet TenantSing Her DownA Likeable WomanA Twisted Love StoryWhat Never HappenedI Did it For YouThe Last OneDon’t Forget the GirlDark CornersThe TrapWhere the Dead SleepZero Days Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share books we read and loved in April.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutBad MotherThe Fourth MonkeySing Her DownThese WomenThe Grim SleeperThe Last WordNo ExitHairpin BridgeThe New OneMidnights Like ThisStay AwakeProphetClass ActThe Boyfriend CandidateMovies and TV Shows We Talked AboutHeartstopperThe GuiltyAmbulance Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, Kate does a solo episode WITH SPOILERS about The Daisy Jones & The Six TV adaptation. She dives way into why she thinks the changes they made in the adaptation amplified the authentic spirit of the book. Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we share 5 books that define our reading personalities.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutWhite IvyA Density of SoulsAlias EmmaJar of HeartsThe Paradox HotelThe Woman InsideNinth HouseA Court of Thorns and RosesPretty GirlsThe Good DaughterThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoLuckiest Girl AliveThe Last HousewifeTV Shows We Talked AboutBeefMurdaugh Murders Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we are have a thriller catch up sesh and talk about everything we've been reading and watching.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Boyfriend CandidateClass ActThe Long and Faraway GoneThe CheerleadersOut of the AshesTo Catch a StormDevil’s HouseIf I DisappearLove and MonstersThe New OneStalkerYou Shouldn’t Have Come HereTV Shows We Talked AboutThe DeuceInsecureThe Night AgentSwarmAccusedOne MississippiThe Tindler SwindlerWild Wild CountryThe Girl in the PictureBad SistersMovies We Talked AboutJohn WickWatcherPrisonersYour Place or MineFearFatal AttractionMotherBlack Christmas Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we are talking about our favorite books with ensemble casts.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutApples Never FallNotes on an ExecutionLook CloserMy Summer DarlingsOne of Us is DeadThe Rule of ThreeIt Could Be AnyoneThe Night ShiftHe Started ItOhioNot a Happy FamilyReal Easy Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we are talking about thrillers with powerful moments of female rage, empowerment or survival.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutThe Drowned GirlsThe Hurricane BlondeDreamboundThe DaydreamsI Didn’t Do ItGirls and Their HorsesYou Shouldn’t Have Come HereBefore We Were InnocentWe Were Never HereDon’t Believe ItYou and Only YouDon’t You DareThe Revenge ListUp CloseNot So Perfect StrangersTV Shows We Talked AboutThe VowWild Wild Country Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we are talking about thrillers with powerful moments of female rage, empowerment or survival.Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutNever Saw Me ComingHer Name is KnightThe Weight of BloodDark PlacesHow I’ll Kill YouBone MusicJar of HeartsThe UrsulinaWhisper NetworkStalkerThe Rabbit HunterThe Last HousewifeCarrie Soto is BackLuckiest Girl Alive Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba 

This week, we are talking about thrillers we are excited to read!Follow us on Instagram:Gare @gareindeedreadsKate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouchBooks We Talked AboutBlood SugarThey Never LearnLook What You Made Me DoNever Saw Me ComingGone AgainNice GirlsWhite IvyThe ShardsOn the Savage SideBath HausCreepFreakLittle SecretsThings We Do in the DarkNever Have I EverThe Favorite SisterWatch Out for HerCouples Wanted Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba