Episode # 5
Episode Title: They All Float: Our Best Halloween Recs
Release Date: October 29, 2021
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Episode Summary/Highlights:
Happy Halloween! This week Roni freaks out Dawn with her scary book and movie picks (and episode title) and Dawn offers recommendations for those who prefer their Halloween on the gentler side. It’s a long one, y’all! We’ve got a pile of recs for you, including suspense, horror, true crime, and paranormal romance. Grab a bag of Halloween candy and join us!
Highlights:
The controversial episode title
Our suspense recs
We can’t pronounce author names
Roni’s crush on a loveable (fictional) serial killer
Our paranormal recs
Dawn’s trauma from The Exorcist
Roni realizes she still has a thing for hot vampires
Stephen King and peer pressure
Roni tries to sell us on a lizard hero
Our true crime recs
The “Scooby-Doo” recs for those who don’t like horror
Roni’s scary movie recs
The Lost Boys and why Dawn would happily get lost with any of them
The movie Roni won’t watch alone
Our Halloween TV recs
Podcast recs for the horror and true crime lover
Our RAD Reading Recs of the week
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Books recommended by Roni:
No Exit by Taylor Adams
YOU series by Caroline Kepnes
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
“Sour Candy” by Kealan Patrick Burke
“Sometimes They Come Back” in Night Shift by Stephen King
The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith (my more extensive review I mentioned)
Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Evil Has a Name by Paul Holes and Jim Clemente
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Halfway to the Grave by Jeannine Frost
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Books recommended by Dawn:
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
That Last Weekend by Laura DiSilverio
Ten by Gretchen McNeil (Scary book trailer)
The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Who Killed My Daughter by Lois Duncan
What If You & Me by Roni Loren (obviously the most fantastic book on this list ;) )
Ghosts, Pies, & Alibis by Amanda Reid
Her Halloween Treat by Tiffany Reisz
Other books mentioned:
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Roni’s Movie/TV Recs:
Classics mentioned: Halloween, Scream, Poltergeist, The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, IT (the 90s miniseries), Alien, The Lost Boys, The Ring
Dawn’s Movie/TV Recs:
Community Halloween episodes
Podcast recommendations:
Other things mentioned:
Shudder streaming channel
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Standoff by Sandra Brown (Dawn rec)
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (Roni rec)
Check out all of our previous RAD Reading Recs on the RAD Rec page!
Find us online:
Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram
Note: all book links are affiliate links which means the podcast makes a small commission if you make a purchase, but there is no extra cost to you!
Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)