Episode 260 - Buddy Reading with Our Mystery Man John Valeri

Welcome to Episode 260! It’s another 10th episode, which means we have a GIVEAWAY for newsletter subscribers. One lucky subscriber of our free monthly newsletter will win hardcover copies of:

Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For by Leonie Swann, translated by Amy Bojang

Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano

Missing Sister by Joshilyn Jackson

Subscribe by May 21 to be entered to win–there’s a link in the shownotes, or go directly to our website. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator on May 22, 2026.

It will come as no surprise that we talk about A LOT of books in this two-hour episode. First of all, we went to The Northshire Book Festival: A Weekend in Booktopia, where we saw the following authors talk about their new books:

All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun

Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan

Crucible by John Sayles

Dreamt I Found You by Jimin Han

Little Movements by Lauren Morrow

Mrs. Benedict Arnold by Emma Parry