Back from my short hiatus with original co-host Rachel to go over our standout reads from the year 2021.

Books Mentioned:
- Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
- Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo
- Red X by David Demchuk
- The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
- Come with Me by Ronald Malfi
- Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
- Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie
- Reception by Kenzie Jennings
- Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica
- The Only Good Inidans by Stephen Graham Jones
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
- Goddess of Filth by V. Castro
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
- Weep Woman. Weep by Marie DeBlassie
- The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson
- Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
- Horrid by Katrina Leno
- Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury
- The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
- Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy by Hailey Piper
- Lovesickness by Junji Ito, Jocelyne Allen
- After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author), John Jennings, David Brame (Illustrator)
- My Dark Vanessa by Mary Elizabeth Russell
- Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
- Bath Haus by PJ Vernon
- Swashbucklers by Dan Hanks
- False Witness by Karin Slaughter
- Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
- Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
- Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn, Nicole Weisensee Egan
- The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman
Final Girl Song
Rachel stayed on theme with survival anthems with Kanye West’s “Stronger”. I went with “Fell in Love with a Girl” by the White Stripes. Check it out here!
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