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Episode 3 - A Safe Place to Have Bad Feelings with Tim Mueller

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A Safe Place to Have Bad Feelings with Tim Mueller

Episode 3

On this episode, Tim Mueller and I discuss his passion for collecting books, comics, and other physical media; the magic and abundance of a used bookstore; and how the darkest kinds of books can develop the most empathy. Also, Tim recommends a host of underlooked books that you probably haven’t heard of (I sure hadn’t!).

Books mentioned in this episode:

What Betsy’s reading:

Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

Victim by Andrew Boryga

Books Highlighted by Tim:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Docile by K.M. Szpara

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

The Cook by Harry Kressing

Strange Angel by George Pendle

The Mirage by Zay N. Smith and Pamela Zekman (out of print)

The Monster Show by David J. Skal

Other Books Mentioned in the Episode:

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Books by Stephen King:

  • It
  • Gerald’s Game
  • On Writing
  • The Stand
  • The Dark Tower Series
  • Carrie
  • Salem’s Lot
  • The Shining

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Portnoy’s Complaint by Phillip Roth

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick

High Rise by J.G. Ballard

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

Deliverance by James Dickey

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A Safe Place to Have Bad Feelings with Tim Mueller

Episode 3

On this episode, Tim Mueller and I discuss his passion for collecting books, comics, and other physical media; the magic and abundance of a used bookstore; and how the darkest kinds of books can develop the most empathy. Also, Tim recommends a host of underlooked books that you probably haven’t heard of (I sure hadn’t!).

Books mentioned in this episode:

What Betsy’s reading:

Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve L. Ewing

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

Victim by Andrew Boryga

Books Highlighted by Tim:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Docile by K.M. Szpara

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

The Cook by Harry Kressing

Strange Angel by George Pendle

The Mirage by Zay N. Smith and Pamela Zekman (out of print)

The Monster Show by David J. Skal

Other Books Mentioned in the Episode:

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Books by Stephen King:

  • It
  • Gerald’s Game
  • On Writing
  • The Stand
  • The Dark Tower Series
  • Carrie
  • Salem’s Lot
  • The Shining

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Portnoy’s Complaint by Phillip Roth

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick

High Rise by J.G. Ballard

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

Deliverance by James Dickey

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On this episode, Annette LaPlaca, a self-proclaimed church lady who loves mysteries and thrillers, discusses her career in editing, how she developed a love of reading in her children, and why it’s ok to have a lot of books. We also discuss the moral and empathetic benefits of a murder book and why people shouldn’t shy away from them. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Dearest by Jacqui Walters Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Books Highlighted by Annette: Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman The Storied Life A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis Matilda by Roald Dahl 1984 by George Orwell One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Leap Over a Wall by Eugene H. Peterson The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta Puritan Pleasures of the Detective Story by Erik Routley Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott Peace Like a River by Leif Enger I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger Case Histories by Kate Atkinson The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun Moby-Dick by Herman Mellville Trust by Hernan Diaz The Chosen by Chaim Potok Life After Life by Kate Atkinson The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Life of Pi by Yann Martel Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Silas Marner by George Eliot Middlemarch by George Eliot Emma by Jane Austen The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell Father Brown: The Essential Tales by G.K. Chesterton Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro…
 
On this episode, Amie Medley, who loves a long book, discusses her big reading project, which is reading every author who has won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and what she has discovered through that endeavor. We also discuss the ups and downs of book clubs, the benefits she finds from ereaders, and her love for a book that I can’t help but roll my eyes at. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda Nora Goes off Script by Annabel Monaghan Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Books Highlighted by Amie: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Faith, Hope, and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan Satantango by László Krasznahorkai Beloved by Toni Morrison Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel North Woods by Daniel Mason Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle Animal Farm by George Orwell The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Jack by Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Erasure by Percival Everett Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesamyn Ward Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Verity by Colleen Hoover The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño M Train: A Memoir by Patti Smith The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami…
 
On this episode, Cat Shieh, a Caliornian transplant to Chicago and former ethnic studies professor, discusses her hesitancy when people ask for recommendations and recommend books to her. She’s not afraid to drink the haterade, give a hot take, and make me guess what her answer is going to be to my questions. We talk about sad books (about reality) and some of our shared pet peeves about the reading world. Here is the Claudia Rankine excerpt that Cat read on the episode. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson, trans. Saskia Vogel Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Books Highlighted by Cat: High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette by Nathan Pyle A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata Red State Revolt: The Teacher’s Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics by Eric Blanc Pruitt-Igoe by Bob Hansman Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue by Nicholas Teich White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America by Margaret Hagerman The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir by Curtis Chan Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico by Rick Bayless Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love Serve the People; Making Asian America in the Long Sixties by Karen L. Ishizuka & Jeff Chang Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race by Anthony Christian Ocampo…
 
On this episode, Jennifer Moe, a professor and former bookseller, discusses her love for books that fully envelop the reader in a setting. We reminisce about our adventures with Twilight, our shared love for library magazines, and when it might be ok to leave a note or two in a library book. She also gives some Preorder Nobody’s Perfect, the book in which Jennifer has a chapter. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: My Friends by Hisham Matar Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo Books Highlighted by Jennifer: The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Open Book by Jessica Simpson Educated by Tara Westover Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment by Charles Taylor All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Becoming by Michelle Obama Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr…
 
On this episode, Ian Gillham, @criticalgayze on Instagram, and I discuss our shared love of book lists, book awards, and reading these lists. We also discuss Ian’s Substack project focusing on the Pulitzer Prize and how it has morphed throughout the years. Also, stick around for some hot takes about super popular books! Here is the link to Ian’s Substack so you can follow along with his prize project. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: My Friends by Hisham Matar Colored Television by Danzy Senna Summerdale by David Jay Collins Books Highlighted by Ian: Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet Any Person is the Only Self by Elisa Gabbert Wolfsong by T.J. Klune A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers Biography of X by Catherine Lacey Devil House by John Darnielle The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzalúda All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: All Fours by Miranda July The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell & Emily Arnold McCully A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket & Brett Helquist The Giver by Lois Lowry Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix & Cliff Nielsen Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park Wednesday’s Child: Stories by Yiyun Li Trust by Hernan Diaz Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers James by Percival Everett Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain Blake; Or the Huts of America by Martin R. Delany, Sandra M. Grayson, & Patty Nicole Johnson Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar Telephone by Percival Everett Orbital by Samantha Harvey 11/22/63 by Stephen King The Long Walk by Stephen King The Institute by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King Matrix by Lauren Groff Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Running Man by Stephen King A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara…
 
On this episode, Nina Li Coomes, who was once described as genre promiscuous by a professor, discusses her traumatic early reading experiences, and how her identity as a writer has developed. We also discuss some shared favorites, how much she loves a hate-read, and why it can be good to read books you might not like. Click here to support Eman Alhaj Ali, the writer in Palestine that Nina has been working to support. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliot Trust by Hernan Diaz My Friends by Hisham Matar Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías, trans. Heather Cleary Books Highlighted by Nina: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Earthlings by Sayaka Murata The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka A Play for the Living in the Time of Extinction by Miranda Rose Hall The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Grimm’s Fairytales by Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee The Searcher by Tana French In the Woods by Tana French The Best Possible Experience: Stories by Nishanth Injam The Aeneid by Virgil The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Homeland: Dungeons & Dragons: Book 1 by R. A. Salvatore The Magicians by Lev Grossman The Duke and I: Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly…
 
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