We read some stinkers this week! But that's OK -- better books are always on the horizon! Books mentioned, in order: Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin Out There by Kate Folk Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill The Power by Naomi Alderman Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Bridgerton series by Jane Austen Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before by Dr. Julie Smith Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman C’est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays!”: Carnet de rencontres, d’Ani à Kiuna by Emmanuelle Dufour Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart