{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677831a8a1ad7348eb9843c7/68faa6bcdeee754a7251388e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 21: Reading for Spooky Season","description":"<p>Creeps, chills, and carefully crafted dread - join Joseph and Amanda for this week’s episode as they recommend a stack of mood-heavy reads for spooky season. Plus, Team CR talks László Krasznahorkai - this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - and as always they discuss what they’ve been reading lately and what they’re looking forward to picking up next.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(0:44) Book News</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(0:51) <a href=\"https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2025/krasznahorkai/interview/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Prize for Literature</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>(1:46) <a href=\"https://channel.louisiana.dk/video/laszlo-krasznahorkai-i-didnt-want-to-be-a-writer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Louisiana Channel</a></p><p><br></p><p>(2:52) <em>Sátántangó</em> by Lászlo Krasznahorkai</p><p><br></p><p>(5:41) <em>Rivals</em> by Jilly Cooper</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(7:00) Current Reads</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(7:04) <em>Objects of Desire</em> by Neil Blackmore</p><p><br></p><p>(10:43) <em>Fair Play</em> by Louise Hegarty&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(13:48) &nbsp;Spooky Season Reading</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(15:06)&nbsp; <em>Tender is the Flesh</em> by Agustina Bazterrica</p><p><br></p><p>(17:55) <em>Our Wives Under the Sea</em> by Julia Armfeld</p><p><br></p><p>(19:01) <em>The Echoes</em> by Evie Wyld</p><p><br></p><p>(19:28) <em>Woman, Eating</em> by Claire Kohda</p><p><br></p><p>(19:51) <em>Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil</em> by V.E. Schwab</p><p><br></p><p>(20:27) <em>Our Share of the Night</em> by Mariana Enriquez&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>(21:36) <em>Pet Sematary</em> by Stephen King</p><p><br></p><p>(22:55) <em>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</em> by Washington Irving</p><p><br></p><p>(24:04) <em>Wait Till Helen Comes</em> by Mary Downing Hahn</p><p><br></p><p>(25:04) <em>The Children of Green Knowe</em> by Lucy M. Boston</p><p><br></p><p>(27:22) <em>Earthlings</em> by Sayaka Murata</p><p><br></p><p>(27:36) <em>Beloved</em> by Toni Morrison</p><p><br></p><p>(28:25)&nbsp; Ghost stories by MR James, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft</p><p><br></p><p>(29:44) <em>Come Closer</em> by Sara Gran (Joseph’s Pick #1)</p><p><br></p><p>(34:23) <em>Something Wicked This Way Comes</em> by Ray Bradbury (Amanda’s Pick #1)</p><p><br></p><p>(39:04) <em>The Houseguest and Other Stories</em> by Amparo Dávila, tr. by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson (Joseph Pick #2)</p><p><br></p><p>(44:21) <em>Bright Young Women</em> by Jessica Knoll (Amanda’s Pick #2)</p><p><br></p><p>(46:24) <em>Notes on an Execution</em> by Danya Kukafka</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(49:32) Spooky Books Recommended to Amanda</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(49:44) Sinead Hanna @sineadhannacraic</p><p><br></p><p>(50:14)&nbsp; <em>The Silent Companions</em> by Laura Purcell</p><p><br></p><p>(50:29) <em>Bat Eater</em> by Kylie Lee Baker&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>(51:06) <em>Such Sharp Teeth</em> by Rachel Harrison</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(51:42) Spooky Books Recommended to Joseph</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(51:52) <em>A Game In Yellow</em> by Hailey Piper</p><p><br></p><p>(52:42) Ashley @coffeeandcuentos</p><p><br></p><p>(52:59) <em>Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology</em>, ed. Shane Hawk &amp; Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.</p><p><br></p><p>(52:32) <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-scared/id1530064310\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Talking Scared Podcast</a> with Neil McRobert</p><p><br></p><p>(53:47) Rekt by Alex Gonzalez</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(54:33) What We’re Reading Next&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>(55:03) <em>Greyhound</em> by Joanna Pocock</p><p><br></p><p>(55:41) <em>Big Kiss, Bye-Bye</em> by Claire-Louise Bennett</p><p><br></p><p>(55:57) <em>What A Time To Be Alive</em> by Jenny Mustard</p>","author_name":"Curious Readers"}