Monthly Archives: October 2025

Episode 276 – Mate

Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Hullo, chums! After we…liked (we’re pretty sure) reading Bride last year, we decided to check out the sequel, Mate by Ali Hazelwood. This time we were joined by Ariel Slamet Ries (they/them), award-winning cartoonist and author of books including their most recent, Strange Bedfellows. Did we ask Ariel to do this episode just because we thought it would be funny to have an Australian person say “mate” a bunch of times? No! Well, not only because of that. Listen to this episode while making pancakes for your werewolf pack.

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Episode 251 – Bride

Coming up next: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.

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Readers Advisory: Episode 276 – Mate

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Mate by Ali Hazelwood. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Episode 275 – Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Are you perhaps looking for a perfectly pleasant podcast? Well, unfortunately, we read Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. We were joined by artist, poet, and Kait’s roommate KL (they/them) to unpack all of Dexter’s astonishingly awkward alliteration. Listen to this episode while arranging your Barbie crime scene dioramas.

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: “Surprise, Motherfucka” Vine

Jeff Lindsay AMA on Reddit

Dark Passenger Origins

Skip Hollandsworth for Texas Monthly

How Sociopaths Actually Act by Patric Gagne

Coming up next: Mate by Ali Hazelwood.

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Readers Advisory: Episode 275 – Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

Continue reading

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