https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-voracious-reader-podcast--6515100enBooksCopyright Mary McAdamhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b9e17ec7f5fc1f6e51747280e6a037c9.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-voracious-reader-podcast--6515100Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:47:49 +0000Mary McAdamMary McAdamlobsterbrownie13@gmail.comWe taste the books so you don't have to choke them down! Come join The Voracious Reader each week in the back booth while she samples books to see which are worthy of their plate, and which need to be sent back to the kitchen! Not every book deserves...trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strangers-scenes-from-a-severed-marriage--72861259https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72861259Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:47:42 +0000Mary McAdamThe interesting part isn't what knocks you down. It's the journey of getting back up again. Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth whole she digs into 'Strangers- A Memior of a Marriage' by Belle Burden. Real life is never wrapped up as...935belleburden,bookreview,memoir,strangersfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marion-rage-against-the-big-screen--72781414https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72781414Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:46:45 +0000Mary McAdamYou think you know the whole story, but you don't know anything! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'Marion' by Leah Rowan. It's not a remake--it's a reinvention!968bookreview,leahrowan,marionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-ll-prescribe-you-another-cat-metaphysical-remedies-for-the-troubled-soul--72681022https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72681022Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:40:39 +0000Mary McAdamThe cat may be the prescription, but it's human connection that remains the cure! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'We'll Prescribe You Another Cat' by Syou Ishida! Meow!855bookreview,syouishida,wellprescribeyouanothercatfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-correspondent-writing-absolution--72557339https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72557339Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:18:36 +0000Mary McAdamInk dries. Regret doesn't! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'The Correspondent'' by Virginia Evans! A woman uses the art of letter writing to find atonement!949book,review,thecorrespondent,virginiaevansfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dorians-and-the-horror-of-getting-old--72469201https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72469201Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:38:54 +0000Mary McAdamThe seductive thrill of a second chance at life! The monstrous price it costs! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'The Dorians' by Nick Cutter!  Getting old ain't for the faint of heart! 1063bodyhorror,bookreview,nickcutter,thedoriansfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-compound-the-one-with-the-most-toys-wins--72309534https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72309534Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:44:04 +0000Mary McAdamDarwinism for the digital age! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'The Compound' by Aisling Rawle! Contestants think their competing for prizes. In reality, they are the product being sold!1057aislingrawle,bookreview,thecompoundfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-good-person-the-monster-looks-familiar--72196197https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72196197Thu, 28 May 2026 00:16:05 +0000Mary McAdamA dead boyfriend, a cursed hookup, and the terrifying possibility that Lillian isn't all that she seems. Join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'A Good Person' by Kirsten King! Come hungry. Leave unsettled!996agoodperson,bookreview,kirstenkingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dig-me-a-grave-peewee-gaskins-capital-punishment-and-a-nesting-doll-of-evil--72105986https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72105986Fri, 22 May 2026 00:24:07 +0000Mary McAdamA charismatic good ol' boy is revealed to be a brutal serial killer. A prosecutor battles his conscience as he pursues the death penalty. Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives jnto 'Dig Me A Grave' by Dick Harpootlian. Don't...996bookreview,dickharpootlian,digmeageavefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yesteryear-a-fabrication-of-life-5-13-26-8-53-pm--71998711https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71998711Thu, 14 May 2026 01:06:39 +0000Mary McAdamA trad wife influencer finds out that the frontier lifestyle is considerably less charming once there's no Instagram filter between her and the outhouse! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'Yesteryear' by Caro Claire...1176bookreview,caroclaireburke,yesteryearfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-subtle-art-of-folding-space-dumplings-quantum-mechanics-and-family-5-5-26-8-29-pm--71882885https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71882885Wed, 06 May 2026 00:50:28 +0000Mary McAdamThe hidden mechanics of the universe-- A really mean big sister--Bao!  Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into 'The Subtle Art of Folding Space' by John Chu! It's an ambitious meal of physics, grief, and sibling rivalry!1108johnchu,quantummechanicsanddumplings,thesubtleartoffoldingspacefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dreadfuls-a-victorian-appetite-for-true-crime-4-29-26-7-54-pm--71762106https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71762106Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:09:43 +0000Mary McAdamTwo teenage girls. One serial killer. Can they outwit Jack the Ripper? Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'The Dreadfuls' by A. Rae Dunlap! Plucky heroines and murder most foul await!1023araedunlap,jacktheripper,thedreadfulsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guy-you-love-to-hate-spencer-pratt-and-the-democratization-of-entertainment-4-21-26-8-39-pm--71538142https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71538142Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:54:28 +0000Mary McAdamReality TV villain? Or just a guy who got a bad edit? Come join The Voracious Reader while she dives into 'The Guy You Loved to Hate' a memoir by Spencer Pratt! Some people are born to keep the peace--others are meant to disturb it!996memoir,review,spencerprattfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lady-tremaine-an-evil-stepmother-reconsidered-4-14-26-9-32-pm--71332546https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71332546Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:38:07 +0000Mary McAdamEvil Stepmother? Or misunderstood survivor? Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into 'Lady Tremaine' by Rachel Hochhauser, a unique take on the classic Cinderella fairy tale!1031evilstepmother,ladytremaine,rachelhochhauserfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sinners-all-bow-true-crime-history-and-a-blamed-victim-4-7-26-8-35-pm--71169785https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71169785Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:57:38 +0000Mary McAdamTrue crime seems to be ageless- but is our response to it? Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she cuts into 'The Sinners All Bow' by Kate Winkler Dawson, the story of how some unlucky people die twice: once in life and once in the...969bookreview,katewinklerdawson,thesinnersallbowfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eden-undone-hell-is-other-people-4-1-26-8-30-pm--71053351https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71053351Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:48:24 +0000Mary McAdamIsland paradise? Or island prison? Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she cuts into 'Eden Undone' by Abbott Kahler. Hell truly is other people!1041abbottkahler,edenundone,hellisotherpeoplefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-not-the-only-murderer-in-my-retirement-home-salty-flavor-served--70861723https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70861723Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:45:51 +0000Mary McAdamWhat ages better? Wine? Or a serial killer? Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she cuts into 'I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home' by Fergus Craig! Bottoms up!901ferguscraig#killeroldladiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eat-the-ones-you-love-what-we-devour-and-what-devours-us-3-17-26-8-35-pm--70705176https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70705176Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:48:59 +0000Mary McAdamA dying mall. A sentient houseplant. And the horror of staying too long at the party. Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she bites into 'Eat the Ones You Love' by Sarah Maria Griffin!757bookreview,eattheonesyoulovefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/relishing-revenge-when-justice-is-finally-served-in-ask-for-andrea--70582409https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70582409Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:31:25 +0000Mary McAdamJust desserts! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she bites into 'Ask for Andrea' by Noelle W. Ihli, the tale of dead women who don't forget!708askforandrea,noelleihli,revengefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marinated-in-mistrust-secrets-on-the-table-in-family-of-spies--70431796https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70431796Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:44:38 +0000Mary McAdamTreason! Sabotage! Nazis! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she samples 'Family of Spies' by Christine Kuehn, a simmering story of secrets and lies!916christinekuehn,familyofspiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tasting-we-are-legion-a-satisfying-appetizer-of-the-bobiverse-series--70260054https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70260054Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:54:26 +0000Mary McAdamWelcome to the Bobiverse! Come join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she takes a bite of 'We Are Legion (We Are Bob)' by Dennis E. Taylor, a novel that earns its plate!1004bobiverse,review,wearelegionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feasting-on-sunrise-on-the-reaping-a-prequel-worth-savoring--70124903https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70124903Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:57:55 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into the main course, 'Sunrise on the Reaping' by Suzanne Collins, a delicious entry in the Hunger Games universe!723collisn,games,haymitch,hunger,on,reaping,sunrise,suzanne,thefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-girl-one-teen-s-adventures-in-anti-wonderland--70000984https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70000984Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:23:31 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into Mary Pascual's 'The Byways' , the tale of a troubled gorl who becomes trapped in a back alley parallel reality and must use her wits to escape!1472falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-folk-tale-into-the-woods-dark-and-deep--69797327https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69797327Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:46:54 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘A Girl Walks Into The Forest’ by Madeleine Roux, a dark fairy tale of a girl who doesn’t bet on the prince to find her own happy ending!1959falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-soldiers-the-tale-of-a-downward-spiral--69656631https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69656631Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:33:21 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘The Fort Bragg Cartel’ by Seth Harp, a look at drug trafficking and murder in the Special Forces!1555falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-monsters-how-to-make-a-serial-killer--69540407https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69540407Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:01:02 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into Caroline Fraser’s true crime novel ‘Murderland-Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers’, a harrowing examination of how the Pacific Northwest became the birthplace of an...1142falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-disappeared-the-enigma-of-a-missing-family--69403478https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69403478Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:52:09 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she investigates ‘The Vanishing at Smokestack Hollow’ by Jake Anderson, the tale of the Jamison Family who mysteriously disappeared from a mountain in Oklahoma over a decade ago!1343falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flower-child-the-survivor-of-an-infamous-cult-remembers--69330638https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69330638Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:35:37 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into the memoir ‘Member of the Family’ by Dianne Lake, a deep dive account from the inside of the Manson Family!2111falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-remnants-a-journey-through-a-stephen-king-adjacent-world--69256180https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69256180Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:03:57 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into ‘The End of The World As We Know It- New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand’, edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene!1075falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-artists-survival-is-insufficient--69188608https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69188608Wed, 24 Dec 2025 01:10:09 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel!1736falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-comet-sisters-are-doing-it-for-themselves--69096359https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69096359Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:59:31 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘Night of the Comet’ by Christian Francis!1342falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-labyrinth-a-personal-apocalypse--68984753https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68984753Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:31:42 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into Susanna Clarke’s ‘Piranesi’!1603falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-banality-of-evil-an-anti-hero-s-journey-through-company-culture--68848444https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68848444Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:03:27 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into the deliciously evil ‘Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World’ by Mark Waddell!1672falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ready-and-the-willing-lovers-in-the-time-of-the-apocalypse--68758050https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68758050Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:28:24 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into the last plated romance of the November series, ‘Dating After the End of the World’ by Jeneva Rose!1252falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-navigator-the-stars-my-destination--68640234https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68640234Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:32:36 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into ‘Atmosphere’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid!1191falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sweet-hereafter-true-love-never-dies--68535719https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68535719Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:54:22 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into her second plated romance ‘The Love of my Afterlife’ by Kirsty Greenwood!1261falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-second-chance-love-on-repeat--68431136https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68431136Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:35:43 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘Wild and Wrangled’ by Lyla Sage!831falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kid-be-careful-what-you-wish-for--68332018https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68332018Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:51:11 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth for our last book of spooky season, ‘When the Wolf Comes Home’ by Nat Cassidy!1381falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-carnation-closet-if-it-s-not-one-thing-it-s-your-mother--68243151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68243151Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:24:40 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into ‘Incidents Around The House’ by Josh Malerman!1446falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-slasher-or-what-kind-of-crazy-person-would-want-to-hurt-a-bunch-of-old-people--68149039https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68149039Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:07:22 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘The Autumn Spring Retirement Home Massacre’ by Philip Fracassi!1318falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-man-the-story-of-a-writer-with-an-agenda--68061479https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68061479Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:03:45 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ by Sutter Cane!1445falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cursed-film-meta-horror-on-the-big-screen--67968273https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67968273Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:09:14 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into ‘Horror Movie’ by Paul Tremblay!1187falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deadly-oasis-a-desert-true-crime-story--67876799https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67876799Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:17:36 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she picks at ‘The Berman Murders’ by Doug Kari!1239falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-interrupted-eden-a-tale-of-paradise-lost-by-silvia-moreno-garcia--67792869https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67792869Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:18:20 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she delves into ‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia!1497falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-futuristic-fable-a-giant-tale-from-a-gordon--67700737https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67700737Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:50:06 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she dives into ‘Crimson Jewel’ by A. Gordon! Romantasy awaits!1348falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dark-fairy-tale-a-pitch-black-bedtime-story-by-minette-walters--67614554https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67614554Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:00:38 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she delves into ‘The Cellar’ by Minette Walters! Bon appetite!1176falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reluctant-hero-a-radioactive-savior-in-day-glow-color--67524092https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67524092Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:48:10 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into the graphic novel ‘Geiger-Volume 1’ by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson!1009falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-revenge-a-hard-boiled-tale-of-a-hard-case--67453496https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67453496Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:49:10 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she digs into ‘Gun Work’ by David J. Schow! Bang Bang!1225falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hatchet-job-ask-not-what-this-book-can-do-for-you--67356759https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67356759Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:37:45 +0000Mary McAdamCome join The Voracious Reader in the back booth while she sips on the tea! On the menu tonight is ‘Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed’ by Maureen Callahan!1085falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bot-more-human-than-human--67271982https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67271982Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:37:06 +0000Mary McAdamCome grab a seat in the back booth with The Voracious Reader as she cuts into Martha Wells’ All Systems Red, the first novella in the Murderbot Diaries! Interstellar shenanigans await!1016falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-devil-life-is-tough-and-so-is-she--67190123https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67190123Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:12:07 +0000Mary McAdamCome grab a seat in the back with the Voracious Reader as she dives into ‘Red Sonja: Consumed’ by author Gail Simone!1311falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-a-myth-unravelled--67089330https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67089330Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:19:04 +0000Mary McAdamGrab a table in the back with The Voracious Reader! On the menu tonight, ‘Clytemnestra’ by Constanza Casati!1580falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-double-feature-i-do-not-want-a-book-i-do-not-deserve--67002377https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67002377Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:06:35 +0000Mary McAdamCome join the Voracious Reader at a booth in the back for wine and book talk! The books on the menu tonight are ‘X’ and ‘Maxxine’ by Tim Waggoner!990truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trip-a-blast-from-the-past-from-rock-steve-s--66915751https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66915751Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:59:52 +0000Mary McAdamCome with me and let’s grab a booth in the back! The book on the Voracious Reader’s menu tonight is ‘On The Hippie Trail’ by Rick Steves. Drinks on me!852falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-macguffin-a-deliberately-clever-novel-by-peter-straub--66844786https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66844786Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:16:38 +0000Mary McAdamCome with me and let’s grab a booth in the back! The novel on the Voracious Reader’s menu tonight is ‘The Hellfire Club’ by Peter Straub, an intricate mystery of murder and betrayal. Server, a bottle of red please!1487falsefull