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After promising to read a Harlequin romance if the channel reached 500 subscribers, Lance sits down with Hot Sheets by Jeannie London for a special episode outside the usual Middle Ground Books lane.

Megan, Debra, and Lance bring their bookstore instincts to a romance novel full of innuendo, satin bedsheet logistics, questionable bad-boy behavior, and an ending that gives everyone at the table something to react to.

⚠️ Special Episode Note:

This episode is a little more explicit than usual because the hosts are discussing a Harlequin romance novel. Listener discretion advised.

💬 Comment Question:

What book should the hosts read if Middle Ground Books reaches 1,000 subscribers?

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📚 Covered Pages

Hot Sheets by Jeannie London

https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks (Use this code once you use the link: 9781426866784 )

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman

The Names of a Hare by Bernice Berry

Delvers LLC by Blaise Corvin

🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:

Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.

🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.

📖 Print and Ebooks

https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks

🎧 Audiobooks

https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks

🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden Finds

Middle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.

https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414

🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.

📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:

https://www.middlegroundbooks.com

📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨

🗓️ Store Events and News:

• Carrie Moyer and Julie Baker Brinn will be at Middle Ground Books for a quick-draw poetry slam on Saturday, July 25th at 1:00 PM.
• Family Story Time returns Saturday, July 25th at 11:00 AM. There will be no Story Time on August 1st due to store vacation.
• The Princess Donut Institute for Princess Donut Studies is discussing The Parade of Horribles on Sunday, July 26th at 5:00 PM.
• Megan’s book club is discussing The Spear Cuts Through Water on July 23rd at 5:30 PM.
• Debra’s mystery book club has already met and selected its August title.

🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:

Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com

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Megan, Debra, and Lance revisit the animal stories that shaped generations, from Peter Rabbit and Charlotte’s Web to Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan, and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers.

A July birthday episode for Beatrix Potter and E. B. White opens the door to rabbits, spiders, mice, swans, banned book debates, danger, talking animals, one extremely cursed pudding scene, and why some childhood classics feel a little different once you grow up.

💬 Comment Question:

What children’s book stuck with you the most, and does it feel different reading it now?

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📚 Covered Pages

Beatrix Potter:

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

The Story of Miss Moppet

The Tale of Tom Kitten

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

The Tale of Mr. Tod

The Tale of Pigling Bland

Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

E. B. White:

Stuart Little

Charlotte’s Web

The Elements of Style, with William Strunk Jr.

The Trumpet of the Swan

🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:

Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.

🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.

📖 Print and Ebooks

https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks

🎧 Audiobooks

https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks

🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden Finds

Middle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.

https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414

🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.

📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:

https://www.middlegroundbooks.com

📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨

🗓️ Store Events and News:

Late Night with Meadowlark c brings a writer’s workshop to the store.

Middle Ground Books has a bit of vigilante poetry happening around town, with laminated poems showing up in unexpected places.

Carrie Moyer and Julie Baker Bryn have an upcoming author event at the shop.

Mystery, Fantasy, and Alien Worlds book clubs are also coming up. Check the Middle Ground Books website for the full schedule and details.

🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:

Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com

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After a round of villain laughs, Megan, Debra, and Lance try to decide what makes a villain when the obvious answer keeps falling apart.

Some monsters are not as dangerous as they look. Some heroes are dangerous because everyone trusts them. And some villains never need to enter the room at all. By the end, the question is not just who the villain is, but who gets believed when everyone is telling a different story.

💬 Comment Question:

Who is your favorite book villain, and what makes them work?

📚 Covered Pages

• The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• Five by Ilona Bannister
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Redwall by Brian Jacques
• Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
• The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
• Dracutwig
• Vampires Unearthed by Martin V. Riccardo
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
• Vicious by V. E. Schwab
• Silvercloak by L. K. Steven
• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
• Grendel by John Gardner
• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Necronomicon, associated with H. P. Lovecraft

🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:

Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.

🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.

📖 Print and Ebooks

https://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks

🎧 Audiobooks

https://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks

🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden Finds

Middle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.

https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414

🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.

📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:

https://www.middlegroundbooks.com

📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨

🗓️ Store Events and News:

Hair Raising Horror Book Club is discussing The Bog Wife.

Page to Screen Adaptation Book Club is discussing Project Hail Mary.

Mystery Book Club is discussing Five on July 21st.

The Second Breakfast Club has begun, starting with The Hobbit and continuing with Redwall by Brian Jacques.

Middle Ground Books also recaps a successful Emporia First Friday and a recent secondhand vampire book haul with academic titles, oddities, and plenty of sharp teeth on the shelf.

🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:

Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.