Ep 239: Horror for Beginners

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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It's October! I'm joined on this episode by my friend and co-host of the Currently Reading podcast Meredith Monday Schwartz, to talk about why we read (and love) books in the horror genre and to give you a pile of recommendations for this spooky season. This is a conversation for longtime horror readers AND for those who are horror-curious. We cover everything from why escaping into scary stories HELPS our anxiety (yes, really), to how we believe horror books are often tackling some of the most important cultural topics. Follow Meredith Monday Schwartz on IG Listen to the Currently Reading podcast Sign up for the Currently Reading Patreon to get the All The Things Murderful series FULL SHOW NOTES HERE JOIN SECRET STUFF by Laura Tremaine Laura’s Spooky Books: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Need by Helen Phillips How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (Mutual pick for Laura and Meredith) Meredith’s Spooky Books: Diavola by Jennifer Thorne We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Scary Story Beginnings: Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson Stephen King Christopher Pike VC Andrews My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews Horror Books Laura Always Talks About: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant The Passage by Justin Cronin The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Meredith’s Rurther Reading Recs: Devolution by Max Brooks FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven The Troop by Nick Cutter Amazon Original Stories Creature Feature Collection Laura’s TBR recs: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Books Also Mentioned: I’ll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (The scariest book Meredith has ever read) The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Sandwich by Catherine Newman 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann Also Mentioned: Talking Scared Podcast Episode 222: Stephen King Starter Kit Part II (What To Read + What To Skip) Storygraph (for tracking books and checking trigger warnings) Sadie Hartmann @mother.horror on Instagram SUBSCRIBE to 10 Things To Tell You so you never miss an episode! CLICK HERE for episode show notes FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook JOIN the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group SIGN UP for episode emails, links, and show notes JOIN the Secret Stuff Patreon BUY THE BOOK: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine BUY THE BOOK: The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Something very fun is happening in the Secret Stuff Book Club in October.
0:07.0	The book that we are reading is called The Perfectionists Guide to Losing Control.
0:13.0	This is one of my favorite non-fiction books of last year.
0:16.5	I'm so excited for us to read it together in Book Club.
0:20.4	And the author, Catherine Morgan Shaffler, is going to join us for our book club meeting.
0:27.0	This has never happened before in Secret Stuff, so I am very excited about it.
0:33.2	When you join Secret Stuff at the Secret Keeper level,
0:37.4	it's $7 a month, you will get the book club,
0:41.3	my monthly personal episodes and reading roundups, a monthly Zoom
0:46.3	symposium meeting where we talk about all kinds of culturally relevant topics as a community.
0:53.7	And right now, a few of the things
0:56.2	waiting for you to listen to in secret stuff
0:59.3	if you join today is a robust conversation about the secret lives of Mormon wives.
1:05.6	Yes, we had to have a Zoom meeting to dissect that hit TV show.
1:11.7	And also, we just recently had a symposium conversation about being sports parents.
1:19.2	All the ups and downs, we heard from coaches, wives, elite sport parents, parents who are just beginning on their
1:26.1	sporting kid journey. It was a fascinating conversation, one of my favorites that we have ever
1:31.7	had as a community.
1:33.2	All of that is available for you to listen to or to jump in and join us for these upcoming
1:39.2	events. You can sign up for secret staff by going to Secret Staff by Laura Tremain.
1:44.1	For more info, that Secret Staff by Laura Tremain.com to join us.
1:50.8	I hope we get to see you there. Welcome to the Ten Things to Tell You podcast. I'm Laura Tremain. I always have at least
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