What do you call fiction where women are feral, unraveling, or just delightfully off? We're calling it Weird Girl Fiction! In this episode, local independent bookseller Julia joins us to build the ultimate TBR of bizarre, unhinged, atmospheric novels.

Weird Girl Books Mentioned:
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Headlights by CJ Leede
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Blob by Maggie Su
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Hooked by Asako Yuzuki
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Exit Zero: Stories by Marie-Helene Bertino
Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Other Books Mentioned:
Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck|
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

Non Book Things
Below Deck Mediterranean: Season 11
Summer Softball
House of the Dragon: Season 3

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Yadriel just wants his family's magic to recognize him as the brujo he is — instead, he summons the wrong ghost. This week: the world-building of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas — traditions, family, and magic tied to gender (brujos summon, brujas heal) — plus the relationship at its heart: Yadriel and Julian.

Yadriel solo quiere que la magia de su familia lo reconozca como el brujo que es — en cambio, invoca al fantasma equivocado. Esta semana: la construcción del mundo de Cemetery Boys, de Aiden Thomas — tradiciones, familia, y magia ligada al género (los brujos invocan, las brujas sanan) — y la relación que lo conquista todo: Yadriel y Julian.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

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What makes a villain truly unforgettable? In this episode, we explore the psychology of storytelling by mapping out the most compelling villain archetypes and character tropes in literature using the Enneagram personality framework. We break down the core fears and motivations of the nine different Enneagram types, matching them up against our favorite fictional antagonists, literary antiheroes, and specific character archetypes.

Enneagram 1: Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Enneagram 2: Doug (Annie Bot)
Enneagram 3: Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
Enneagram 4: Joe Goldberg (You) E
Enneagram 5: Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein)
Enneagram 6: Peter Darling (The Hounding)
Enneagram 7: George Wickham (Pride & Prejudice)
Enneagram 8: Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Enneagram 9: Marcos (Tender is the Flesh)

Other Mentions
Headlights by CJ Leede
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

Non-Book Things:
Ninja NeverClog Juicer
World Cup '26

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