This Happy Half Hour brings us an unsettling folk horror novel about love and community, an NYC costume designer hiding from her failures and controlling her own narrative, the discovery of an octopus species with its own language and culture, and a critique of American journalism from a media insider.
LUTE by Jennifer Thorne | 9781250826084 | 10/4/22
MARLOWE BANKS, REDESIGNED by Jacqueline Firkins | 9781250836502 | 10/25/22
THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler | 9780374605957 | 10/4/22
NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life by Margaret Sullivan | 9781250281906 | 10/18/22
Additional titles we mentioned during today’s episode:
THE SPARE MAN by Mary Robinette Kowal | 9781250829177 | 10/11/22
THE PRISONER by B.A. Paris | 9781250274144 | 11/1/22
LAVENDER HOUSE by Lev AC Rosen | 9781250834225 | 10/18/22
LITTLE EVE by Catriona Ward | 9781250812650 | 10/11/22
LOOKING GLASS SOUND by Catriona Ward | 9781250860026 | 4/11/22
THE ANGEL MAKER by Alex North | 9781250757869 | 2/28/23
ALL HALLOWS by Christopher Golden | 9781250280299 | 1/24/23
BUILT TO LAST by Erin Hahn | 9781250827098 | 10/18/22
NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER by Sophie Gonzales | 9781250819161 | 11/29/22
THE RENAISSANCE OF GWEN HATHAWAY by Ashley Schumacher | 9781250840240 | 3/14/23
NEVER RESCUE A ROGUE by Virginia Heath | 9781250787781 | 11/8/22
THE SECOND YOU’RE SINGLE by Cara Tanamachi | 9781250842268 | 1/31/23
TOO WRONG TO BE RIGHT by Melonie Johnson | 9781250768827 | 2/28/23
VANESSA JARED’S GOT A MAN by LaQuette | 9781250773395 | 9/20/22
LUCY CHECKS IN by Dee Ernst | 9781250844583 | 8/16/22
YOU WOULDN’T DARE by Samantha Markum | 9781250846785 | 3/28/22
BLIND SPOTS by Thomas Mullen | 9781250842749 | 4/4/23
MY DARKEST PRAYER by S.A. Cosby | 9781250867636 | 12/6/22
THE ECHO WIFE by Sarah Gailey | 9781250174673 | available now
FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING: A Memoir by Matthew Perry | 9781250866448 | 11/1/22
THE WIDOWMAKER by Hannah Morrissey | 9781250795977 | 12/6/22
NSFW by Isabel Kaplan | 9781250822888 | available now
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