The Laydown Podcast

February who?! Don't worry about it. Happy Spring! We're talking about bugs and mud and all kinds of springy nature books, in addition to what we've read since January. Books Mentioned During This EpisodeGibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2026 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

It's 2026 and January has been a real year of a month. Take a break with us while we talk about what we've read so far, our favorite faves of last year, and this year's reading challenge! Books Mentioned During This Episode Ryan's Favorites of 2025Cait's Favorites of 2025Ashley's Favorites of 2025Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2026 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

It's the last episode of the year, and Ryan and Ashley are going through the 2025 Reading Challenge! Books Mentioned During This Episode Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Kristi DeMeester is on the podcast to chat about Dark Sisters and GUESS WHAT? She's also COMING TO GIBSON'S IN JANUARY! That's right folks, mark your calendars, preorder your books, and we'll see you in the new year! EVENT INFO! Books Mentioned During This EpisodeKristi's CandlesOTHER LINKSReading ChallengeGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Happy Halloween! Sam joins us to talk about spooky books! The full list will be here later, but in the meantime, check out gibsonsbookstore.com/horror where you'll find a whole bunch of the books mentioned. Books Mentioned During This Episode Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Horror author Brian Asman joined Ryan live on Zoom for a special virtual event celebrating his new collection, Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters), and now YOU get to listen to it! Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters)Other Books Mentioned During This EpisodeOTHER LINKSReading ChallengeGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

It must be spooky season, because Rachel Harrison is back on the podcast! Enjoy this episode about her new book, Play Nice! Play NiceOTHER LINKSReading ChallengeGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

It's been a minute since our last episode, so we're just catching up on our recent reads this time! Also Cait had to book it about halfway through to cover a break, she didn't just stop talking and reacting. Books Mentioned During This EpisodeGibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Sometimes we read a book and we're not sure we liked it, but we can't stop thinking about it. Sometimes we deeply hated it and we want to talk about it. Sometimes we LOVED it, despite it being the most devastating read of our lives. Will we ever handsell them to you? Only if you ask really, really nicely. Books Mentioned During This Episode Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop! 2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph! OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook BlueSky TikTok Libro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book Club Email us at [email protected]

HAPPY PRIDE! Ryan, Ashley, and Cait are talking about queer books! Some new, some old, all good! Books Mentioned During This Episode Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop! 2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph! OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook BlueSky TikTok Libro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book Club Email us at [email protected]

It's our May episode, and we couldn't settle on just one topic, so there MAY or MAY not be a theme this month. You'll just have to listen to find out. Books Mentioned During This EpisodeConcord Pride 5K: Team Gibson's!Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Ryan, Ashley, and Cait are talking about Diverse Books! Books Mentioned During This EpisodeConcord Pride 5K: Team Gibson's!Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Last month we hosted Romance Author Lucy Score at the Capitol Center for the Arts in conversation with Meghan Quinn, for a sold-out audience! That conversation was recorded, and now we're uploading it here for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

It's Women's History Month, so Ryan, Cait, and Ashley are celebrating Women's Rights AND Women's Wrongs with literary ladies we're feral for! It's a grand ol' time. Books Mentioned During This EpisodeGibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!2025 Reading Challenge on Storygraph!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

It's the end of the world as we know it...but thank Books for Books! Happy 2025? Ryan, Cait, and Ashley are talking about Hope Punk and what they're reading in the end times! Books Mentioned During This EpisodeGibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Our beloved Jo has accepted a new job at a library (we knew this was coming and we are SO HAPPY FOR THEM), which means this is our last episode with Jo as cohost! To commemorate this, we're talking about vampires. Specifically gay ones. Enjoy! Books Mentioned During This Episode2024 Reading ChallengeGibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Happy Halloween! Sam's joining us once again for our spookiest episode of the year, and this time we're giving you book recommendations based on your favorite horror movies! Books Mentioned During This Episode 2024 Reading Challenge Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop! OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook BlueSky TikTok Libro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book Club Email us at [email protected]

In September we had an event with Horror Authors Rachel Harrison and Clay McLeod Chapman to celebrate the release of Rachel's latest novel, So Thirsty! We set up a microphone between them and recorded that audio for you. Enjoy!

Our friends from Gibson's Café, Arden and Sam, joined us on the podcast this month to share recent reads and pair books with their menu items! Books Mentioned During This Episode2024 Reading ChallengeGhost 19 is not currently available in print! Get the audiobook here: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593632826Gibson's Merch on our Bonfire Shop!OTHER LINKSGibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Buy Gibson's Merch Gibson's InstagramThe Laydown InstagramFacebookBlueSkyTikTokLibro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book ClubEmail us at [email protected]

Jo and Ryan catch up on what they've been reading and discuss Summer Reading! Books Mentioned During This Episode 2024 Reading Challenge Roxane Gay 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Article OTHER LINKS Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates! Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook BlueSky TikTok Libro.fm Use the code LAYDOWN for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1! Jack of All Graves Book Club Email us at [email protected]