Alice Hoffman is one of Dacey's favorite authors, and this book, her latest, starts off with a great voice and an interesting premise. Unfortunately, alongside its good moments come a host of not-quite-good moments, and some downright bad moments. When we started talking about all the ins and outs, we just couldn't stop.

So we decided to split this episode into two parts. Here's part one, part two will be out next Friday, and we'll do one more Spooktober read after that. Sorry.

Spoilers from 37 mins

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To kick off Spooktober 2026, we're talking about My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Okay, we cheated a bit, this book is more thriller than horror; in fact, the reason we picked it is because the NYT just placed it at #6 on their list of the best thrillers of the 21st century. Listen in to see if we agree...

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We're kicking off Spooktober with a classic! This week we're talking about one of the most famous horror novels of all time.... or at least the novel that became one of the most famous horror movies of all time. With its iconic shower stabbing scene, and possibly the most famous twist ever.

There are spoilers from the jump, but you probably already know the twist, right?

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