Embracing Being New At Something with Sara Z. Carson

In this episode, author Elle Marr joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine  Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Grant by Ron Chernow Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The Casteel Series by V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews Fifty Shades series by E. L. James Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Animal Farm by George Orwell Lord of the Flies by William Golding A Clockwork Orange is a by Anthony Burgess You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Hunger Games book series by Suzanne Collins  The Regulators by Stephen King No Exit by Taylor Adams Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams Night Watching by Tracy Sierra  Her Many Faces by Nikki Cloke  Westward Women by Alice Marti Real Americans by Rachel Khong Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty Across the Earth and Sky by Elissa Grossell   Instagram: @ellemarrauthor TikTok: @ellemarrauthor https://ellemarr.com/    Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA

In this episode, author Elle Marr joins me to discuss the new novel She Dies in the End.   Instagram: @ellemarrauthor TikTok: @ellemarrauthor https://ellemarr.com/    Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author Sara Z. Carson joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Stephen King Jacklyn Susan Jessica Knoll  Judy Blume   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry Fear of Flying by Erica Jong The Lottery Short story by Shirley Jackson Carrie by Stephen King Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Mystic River by Dennis Lehane The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Power Broker by Robert Caro Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock Looking for Gatsby: My Life by Faye Dunaway The Beauty of Living Twice Sharon Stone Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by Hillel Levin and Jimmy Keene Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead Westward Women by Alice Martin Serial Killer Wanted by Nika Grace If We Survive the Night by Jo Salazar  Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Annie Bot by Sierra Greer The Lemon by S.E. Boyd Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman Instagram: @sarazcarson Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sarazcarson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=90e1c569-46e0-42b1-9fa6-e915a5bc929b    Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author Sara Z. Carson joins me to discuss her new novel Dark Messiah.    Instagram: @sarazcarson Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sarazcarson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=90e1c569-46e0-42b1-9fa6-e915a5bc929b    Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Trish Lundy joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Anastasia Absolutely by Lois Lowry Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Trad Wife by Sarah Langan The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney Twins by Caroline B. Cooney A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul G. Tremblay We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Capsized by Charlotte Lillie Balogh My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell short story by Roxane Gay, titled “There Is No ‘E’ in Zombi Which Means There Can Be No You or We”.  Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror by Ashley Cullins The Compound by Aisling Rawle One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally I Don't Wish You Wellby Jumata Emill The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Huneycutt If We Survive the Night by Jo Salazar We're All Going to Die Tonight! By Veronica Bane Kitten by Stacey Yu The Secret History by Donna Tartt American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis   Instagram: @trishlundy https://trishlundy.com/about/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode, author Trish Lundy joins me to discuss her new novel, The Worst Is Yet to Come.   Instagram: @trishlundy https://trishlundy.com/about/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA

In this episode voice actor and narrator Samantha Brentmoor joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Hamnet  by Maggie O'Farrell Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Seveneves by Neal Stephenson What a way to go by Bella Mackie  Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson Annie Bot by Sierra Greer How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump is a 2026 essay collection from The Dial and The New Press  Trad Wife Saratoga Schaefer   Rites of the Starling is an epic romantic fantasy novel by Devney Perry Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver Clara & the Devil, Volume 1 by Olivie Blake Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Big Fan: An 831 Stories Romance by Alexandra Romanoff Once in a Timeline by Iman Hariri-Kia Rumors & Whiskey: Whiskey Women by VICTORIA. WILDER   Instagram: @ms_brentmoor Tiktok: @ms_brentmoor https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/ https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode voice actor and narrator Samantha Brentmoor joins me to discuss her career reading audiobooks and performance. She is the audiobook voice for Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, Shield of Sparrows by Deveney Perry, Bourbon and Lies by Victoria Wilder, and Wild Side by Elsie Silver.  Instagram: @ms_brentmoor Tiktok: @ms_brentmoor https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/ https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode my friend Amelia Beckerman joins me to discuss her career in publishing and her writing. Check out her short story Boyfriend Island in the new edition of Epiphany Magazine.  Instagram: @ameliaisntfunny Check out her short story here!   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA