Hallie visited three bookstores in San Diego for a work trip, and Pam found her October book purchase! Books mentioned, in order: Where You Come From by Sasa Stanisic, translated by Damion Searls Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake Whirlaway by Poe Ballantine We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, translated by Charlotte Barslund and Emma Ryder The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay The Pall-Bearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson Popisho by Leone Ross The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin Find Pam and Hallie online! Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart