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We are back with all new episodes, book recommendations, and, most importantly, guests!  To start the new season with a bang, we have author Archer Sullivan whose book The Witch’s Orchard is the first in a new series featuring Private Investigator Annie Gore, who travels to small town North Carolina to solve the mystery of young girls who have disappeared. What makes the cases even more creepy is that an Appalachian apple face doll is left in place of the child. Archer draws on her personal knowledge of place as a 7th-generation Appalachian, although she now resides in Los Angeles, and is always looking for a reason to come home. The novel was a nominee for the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards in the Best Debut Novel Category. The next Annie Gore installment comes out in August of 2026.

 

Our book rec section for this episode is a call back to what a lot of people were doing the past two weeks–taking planes, trains, and automobiles to family and friends to celebrate the holidays. We give you two books set on planes, two on trains, and two in automobiles, which you can look into whenever you’ve got travel plans in 2026.

 

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

 

1- The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan 

2- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

3- Sous Chef: 24 Hours of Working on the Line by Michael Gibney 

4- Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close 

5- Brimstone Hollow by Archer Sullivan 

6- Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly 

7- The Curse of Chalion by Lois Bujold 

8- The Wizard of Earths by Ursula K. LeGuin

9- Silver Medal Lover by Tanith Lee 

10- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison 

11- Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson

12- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo 

13- A Five Star Read by Fellow Book Lover - Babel by R.F. Kuang

14- West With The Night by Beryl Markham 

15- Circling the Sun by Paula McClain 

16- Turbulence by David Szalay

17- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

18- Border Crossing by Emma Pick 

19- Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler 

20- The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

 

Media Mentioned:

1- Simon Haisell's Slow Read at Footnote and Tangents Substack - https://footnotesandtangents.substack.com

2- From the Front Porch Podcast - Patreon Conquer a Classic 

3- The Bear on Hulu