A crazy jumbled week - just a narrative of what went through in my life

Week 1521 - A Crazy Jumbled Week

What makes a thriller truly unputdownable? Which novels have a sense of place that feels like its own character? What are your favourite darker reads for winter nights. We answer these questions and more on our latest episode of Ask Penguin. 

We’re joined by best-selling author, Paula Hawkins, who discusses art, love and remote islands in her latest thriller, The Blue Hour, as well as answering your latest questions with plenty of book recommendations to help you find your next read.

Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before writing her first novel. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, she moved to London in 1989. Her first thriller The Girl on the Train became a global phenomenon, selling over 23 million copies. Published in over fifty languages, it was a No.1 bestseller around the world and a box-office-hit film starring Emily Blunt.

Paula's subsequent thrillers have all been instant Sunday Times bestsellers. In 2021 A Slow Fire Burning was nominated for Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards, and in 2025 The Blue Hour was voted the Good Housekeeping Good Books winner.

What makes a setting feel so vivid it becomes a character? With Paula Hawkins

A dash of mystery, a sparkle of magic, and all things cozy! Elle interviews fellow cozy authors in this bookish podcast from Authors on the Air.

Today on the podcast, meet Meg Donohue, author of The Memory Gardener! Elle and Meg talk about the power of scents and grounded magic, whimsy, portuguese water dogs, and more. Enjoy!

Meg’s Bio:
Meg Donohue is the USA Today bestselling author of The Memory Gardener (coming 11/25/25 from Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster), You, Me, and the Sea, Every Wild Heart, Dog Crazy, All the Summer Girls, and How to Eat a Cupcake. Her novels have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Meg has an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now lives in San Francisco with her husband, three daughters, and dog. She is working on her next novel.

Find Meg’s Website and Books Here:
https://www.megdonohue.com/ 

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Elle Hartford’s Bio:
Elle Hartford writes cozy mystery with a fairy tale twist. The award-winning first book in her Alchemical Tales series, Beauty and the Alchemist, finds amateur sleuth Red mixed up with murderous beasts and moody beauties, and a set of missing books besides! 

Elle has also written two spin-off series, the cozy fantasy-goes-to-the-beach Marine Magic series as well as Pomegranate Cafe Romance. For other writers and authors looking into “wide” indie publishing, Elle offers coaching as well as the Beyond Writing blog (ellehartford.substack.com) with how-tos and resources.

Find Elle Online:
https://ellehartford.com/


Meg Donohue ~ The Memory Gardener ~ Cozy Alchemy Ep. 18

Welcome to December! As we approach the holiday season, Reading Adviser Sally (our resident horror expert) wants to revive the Victorian tradition of sharing spooky stories around the Christmas season. In today's podcast, she offers a few of her favourite "holiday horrors": 

The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1880171 

The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson
https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1833620

Christmas and Other Horrors
https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1915114 


Holiday Horrors

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Prodigy is out this week and Old Ninja is mute.  This week we talk about Ronin Warriors, Thanksgiving, cooking a turkey, Costco, Pete Hegseth war crimes, gaming, Fantastic Four, Interview with a Vampire, Masculinity, Books, Harry Potter, and more!

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Eps 521 Costco Vibes

Am 23. November 2025 war Ruth Rousselange bei SR3 in der Sendung Bei uns dehemm und hat mit Moderatorin Julia Becker über ihre Bücher Abgesang auf Paarhufer und Saarbrücken! Der Kinderstadtführer gesprochen.

SR3 Interview mit Ruth Rousselange

Once again 2 intrepid librarians discuss a bunch of books they've read over the last month. Wow, what a rich entertainment landscape we all live in! 

Meagan brings:

The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2347378
Your Knife, My Heart by Kim Moronova: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2392367
The World by Simon Seabag Montefiore: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2332795
Dog Only Knows by Alison Friend: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2390513

Peter Brings:
How to ADHD by Jessica Mccabe: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2345432
A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2283324
Joke Farming by Elliott Kalan: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2392729
Fortune and Glory: The Musical by Brian Michael Bendis: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2367673

Why Did You Read That? ep54

الصغير أولاد أحمد - نشيد الأيام الستة

https://soundcloud.com/postaldude2/burning-books-to-save-trees

i don't know if the tag was postalpop but i think it was
i also don't know if this was the 2nd song for sure but i'm pretty sure it was

Reading Old Books

I studion sitter Martin, Ludvig och Emil Erlandsson.
Medis Radios stora video där vi rankar hela the Marvel Cinematic Universe är ute, och det är såklart någonting vi måste prata om i veckans avsnitt. Har ni ännu inte sett den så gå in på vår YouTube-kanal och kolla in den. Veckans avsnitt är också fullt av tillbakablickar till förr i världen, och Martin står för historielektionen. Han fortsätter följetongen från förra veckan och pratar vidare om olika speladaptioner av Harry Potter-franchisen, denna gång med fokus på de mer udda spelen i serien. Dessutom har han ramlat ner i kaninhålet som kallas LILLA Melodifestivalen, och han redogör för tävlingens historia och kopplingarna till andra tävlingar. Emil Erlandsson har äntligen blivit klar med TV-serierna Stargate SG1 och Stargate Atlantis och recenserar hela sin upplevelse och Ludvig har kollat på den något juliga Dreamworks-filmen Rise of the Guardians. Skön stämning, väl värt att lyssna på.

13:20 - Intro
20:06 - Harry Potter-spel
38:33 - Stargate SG1 & Stargate Atlantis
1:04:57 - Lilla Melodifestivalen-retrospective
1:24:22 - Tävling
1:40:31 - Rise of the Guardians

Se vår video där vi recenserar HELA The MCU: https://youtu.be/PFjVS7q43ss

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Musik:
Intro: Get Hyped - Moose With a Scarf
Outro: Back to You - Moose With a Scarf feat. Lauren Richards

215 - Harry Potter-spel, Stargate, Rise of the Guardians och Lilla Melodifestivalen

So it turns out, we missed talking to each other about books, and we missed you! And thanks to some vital sponsorship from our friends at Faber Books, we are BACK, baby, for this extra long one-off Year in Review episode.


This show is full of recommendations from the last year (or two), as well as a bit of a catch up. Since we last appeared in your feeds, we've both had babies, Carrie moved to New York, Octavia moved south of the river... 


And so we bring you this extended episode full of our usual reading recommendations and resolutions, news of some exciting debut fiction coming from Faber Books next year, plus an extra segment where we catch up on our experiences of becoming new parents, and the books that have helped us and kept us company through the wild last couple of years. We hope you enjoy listening! 


Produced by Lucy Dearlove https://lucydearlove.com/ 


Find a list of all recommended books at: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/year-in-review-2025-and-new-parenthood 


This episode is sponsored by Faber https://www.faber.co.uk/

Year in Review 2025 (and mother of all catch-ups)

NOTE: This isn't the official audiobook. 

This is a preview of a short story I wrote under a pen name.  Currently, it's available in ebook form.  Download the whole story to your PC or mobile device via the following link(s). 

eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4QDCB4J 

P.S. This book includes an extra story, "Rocks." 

SYNOPSIS: 
A woman, after receiving an error message from her digital doorbell, returns home to find that somebody has stolen her package.  She takes the device to a local repair shop, and despite the repairman's attempt to fix it, the doorbell continues to malfunction.  Is the repairman responsible, or is the cause something more common?  This story is the third in a series of lost urban legends. 

MUSIC: 
"Ghostpocalypse - 6 Crossing the Threshold" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) 
No modifications, except editing, were made to MacLeod's audio. 

© 2025 Angela Riteman

Preview - The Legend of Built-in Obsolescence

NOTE: This isn't the official audiobook. 

This is a preview of a short story I wrote under a pen name.  Currently, it's available in ebook and audiobook forms.  Download the whole story to your PC or mobile device via the following link(s). 

Audiobook: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAEBSVUQVBM 
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRCXYLFL, https://books2read.com/u/49JDrY and https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=4fD-EAAAQBAJ 

P.S. This book includes an extra story, "Jogging." 

SYNOPSIS: 
While hiding behind the bleachers, a student discovers a strange message about his gym teacher.  After he's punished for skipping class, the student writes a different message someplace else.  Will he suffer the consequences?  This story is the second in a series of lost urban legends. 

MUSIC: 
"Ghostpocalypse - 6 Crossing the Threshold" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) 
No modifications, except editing, were made to MacLeod's audio. 

© 2024 Angela Riteman

Preview - The Legend of the Gym Teacher

Our scheduled guest, Billy Collins, was sick with a cold, so he postponed to January 19, 2026. Instead, we'll reveal this year's Pushcart Prize winners, and invite you to share your favorite poem that you wrote or published this year. 

You can still find Billy Collins' new book, Dog Show, here:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790238/dog-show-by-billy-collins/

As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.  

For links to all the past episodes, visit: 
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This Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem that begins at the kitchen table and interrupts itself.

Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem that’s all about breaks.

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ep. 321 - Special Open Mic

Praying With The Eyes is a ministry of Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs which combines the beauty of God's Word with the beauty of his creation.

@﹒⌗﹒announcements ⸝⸝ Happy New Year! This year will be my positive arc 🥺🥺

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Blacker Than Black Times Infinity is a podcast hosted by geeks like you.  Come listen as we talk about the games we are currently playing and our take on upcoming games we are looking forward to.  We cover comics from all different publishers.  We have been Anime fans since the time we were kids and which we cover in-depth. We review movies and TV shows and give our thoughts.  The fun doesn't just stop there.  Come listen to some guys having fun.  Podcast are updated every Wednesday Nights.



Are you looking for something good to read? Or watch? Or listen to? Tune in to Fraser Valley Regional Library’s ReadRadio podcast for some great recommendations. In each episode we will highlight some of the library’s books, movies and TV shows that you might not know about. All reviewed materials are available for loan in the FVRL catalogue. 

Fraser Valley Regional Library is the largest public library system in British Columbia, with 25 community libraries serving nearly 680,000 people in its service area.

Medis Radio är Sveriges bästa podcast om popkultur. Den drivs av Martin Lindberg, Panos Tufexis, Ludvig Lundberg och Theo Tapper och behandlar alla typ av fin- och fulkultur. Recensioner och analyser av TV-serier, film, TV-spel, böcker och mycket mer blandas med tävlingar, besök av gäster och en inblick i redaktionens dagliga äventyr. Är du intresserad av media och popkultur? Då är Medis Radio den perfekta podcasten för dig. Nya avsnitt varje måndag klockan 18:00. Följ oss även på YouTube på kanalen Medis Radio TV, där lägger vi ut specialavsnitt och annat popkulturellt innehåll.

Penguin Books publishes blockbusting, prize-winning, celebrated, controversial, heart-warming, thought-provoking and inspiring books by a range of authors from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith, Jeremy Clarkson to Jeremy Paxman and Jamie Oliver to Oliver Goldsmith.

A monthly conversation about books and ideas on NTS Radio hosted by friends Carrie Plitt, a literary agent, and Octavia Bright, a writer and academic. Each show features an author interview, book recommendations, lively discussion and a little music too, all built around a related theme - anything from the novella to race to masculinity. Listen live on NTS Radio www.nts.live

I was born in Spokane, WA in February 1983.  My interests include camping, swimming, traveling, fairs, movies and theater.  Background entails fine art, video production and web publication.  In my spare time, I draw, write and design.

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Meet a new poet every week, as they talk life and share poems with Rattle's editor, Timothy Green. All that, plus Poets Respond and the Prompt Lines—live every Monday! 

Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the practice of poetry, and is not affiliated with any other organization.

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