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Bonus Friday Fun with Jill and Adam

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Happy Friday! In today's episode, Jill and Adam hang out in their soon-to-be awesome recording studio and chat. They start by sharing some recent listener emails. They also share some big news about upcoming podcast interviews and give a brief teaser about the upcoming Big Library Read event which starts up in October.

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Natasha Randall

The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

Hollywood Said No by David Cross and Bob Odenkirk

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt

Attempting Normal by Marc Maron

Kasher in the Rye by Moshe Kasher

The Widow's House by Carol Goodman

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman

Troublemaker by Leah Remini

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany

Whistling Past the Graveyard by Jonathan Maberry

Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams by Alan Cumming

The Nix by Nathan Hill

Carry On by Lisa Fenn

And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

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