Happy Half Hour (1/26/26)

Today, we’re chatting about an investigation into how screens and sitting are silently reshaping our bodies—and how a simple shift can change everything; a mysterious itch that draws women West to the Pacific Ocean where they vanish, and the three women who are in search of a way forward; and an old lady who has worked very hard to conceal a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.

BODY ELECTRIC: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being by Manoush Zomorodi | 9781250411204 | 5/5/26
WESTWARD WOMEN by Alice Martin | 9781250375308 | 3/10/26
MAD MABEL by Sally Hepworth | 9781250284549 | 4/21/26

Additional titles we mentioned:
THE OTHERS: UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny by D. W. Pasulka | 9781250394866 | 7/28/26
TRANSCRIPTION by Ben Lerner | 9780374618599 | 4/7/26
THE PROOF IN THE CODE: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI by Kevin Hartnett | 9780374620059 | 6/9/26
HANDBOOK FOR THE REVOLUTION: Building a More Perfect Union for the Twenty-First Century by Derrick Palmer | 9780374613716 | 5/5/26
LANDON: A Memoir by Landon Donovan | 9781774586914 | 3/24/26
GIRLS® : Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything by Freya India | 9781250442222 | 5/5/26
THE INFINITE STATE by Richard Swan | 9781250386229 | 8/4/26
SEEK THE TRAITOR’S SON by Veronica Roth | 9781250347909 | 5/12/26
THE SALT KING by Natasha Pulley | 9781639737291 | 8/18/26
WEST OF WICKED by Nikki St. Crowe | 9781250382191 | 4/14/26
WE BURNED SO BRIGHT by TJ Klune | 9781250881236 | 4/28/26
ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews | 9781250372888 | 6/2/26
GOOD JOY, BAD JOY by Mikki Brammer | 9781250284433 | 5/19/26
THE JUMP by Natalie Keller Reinert | 9781250387875 | 3/24/26
DARKENING SONG by Delphine Seddon | 9781250373229 | 3/10/26
MURDER ON CHARITY LANE by Jo Nichols | 9781250356574 | 8/18/26
THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING by Aggie Blum Thompson | 9781250412553 | 6/30/26
DOLLFACE by Lindy Ryan | 9781250888914 | 2/24/26
ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN by Stephanie Burgis | 9781250359612 | 1/27/26
CHECKING YOU OUT by Jennifer Chen | 9781250396129 | 6/23/26
MY HUSBAND’S WIFE by Alice Feeney | 9781250337818 | 1/20/26