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Neil R. Selden's Twilight: Drawing the Dead
53:19|This week Kelly and Katai read TWILIGHT: DRAWING THE DEAD by Neil R. Selden, the story of a love triangle that spans the centuries and puns. They talk loving the setting, rooting for the characters, being in denial about your jealous rage, creeping channeling, and when puns are or are not an acceptable form of humor.
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Caroline B. Cooney's Horror High: Toxic Beauty
01:15:22|This week Kelly and Katai read HORROR HIGH: TOXIC BEAUTY by Caroline B. Cooney, a repackaged version of THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE from her VAMPIRE'S PROMISE trilogy that changed some of the names and NOTHING ELSE. They talk Bethenny/Devnee being a drip, not understanding anything of the vampire's physicality, confusing shadow lore, uneven story structure, a few really good passages, and more!Imogen Howe's Twilight: FATAL ATTRACTION
01:17:47|This week Kelly and Katai read FATAL ATTRACTION by Imogen Howe from Dell's 1980s Twilight series, the story of an evil witch who won't stop bringing down positive teens with her sob stories. They talk toxic positivity, vague plant-based religious philosophy, the book's anti-empathy narrative, David being the worst, Cindy being a queen, and more!Francis W. Dixon's Hardy Boys Casefiles No. 48: ROCK 'N' REVENGE (w/ Patrick Ehlers)
01:31:06|Kelly and guest co-host Patrick Ehlers talk Hardy Boys Casefiles No. 48: ROCK 'N' REVENGE! The Hardy Boys sort of stop the murder of Buddy Death, famous death metal musician! Too many military knives, yakuza tattoos, being splintered to death, deserved electrocutions, and video game talk!Listen to Nintendo Cartridge Society!Get a copy of Patrick's book: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Anatomy of a Mutant!Lou Kassem's Twilight: Dance of Death (w/ Brendan Milove)
01:16:17|Kelly and guest co-host Brendan Milove talk Dance of Death by Lou Kassem! An extremely boring (but cursed?) main character must unravel the truth of two handsome identical twin boy ghosts, aided by her star quarterback, mystery-obsessed boyfriend and her horsefreak best friend who disappears halfway through the book!R.L. Stine's Fear Street: THE THRILL CLUB
45:32|This week Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET #24: THE THRILL CLUB by R.L. Stine (or apparently Tom Perrotta??), the dumb story of a girl whose brain is getting hijacked by her boyfriend in order to force her to kill her short story club friends. They talk barely-there character motivations, cool ideas with no follow-through, dumb plotting, Seth inventing racist occult lore, egregious cliffhangers, and more!Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High #57: Teacher Crush (w/ Ryan Mogge)
01:10:39|Kelly and guest co-host Ryan Mogge (Made Up Murder) talk Sweet Valley High #57: Teacher Crush by Francine Pascal. The twins' friend Olivia is in love with their art teacher Stuart (yeah he has them call him that) and is completely stalking him, Jessica is building a computer all to humiliate Lila, and Elizabeth has a special someone coming back to town...