While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers discover a mysterious staircase to nowhere in the middle of the woods. One of them climbs up only to never come down, and then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later it appears again, and the friends return to find the lost boy and figure out just where the staircase leads.

This episode we’re finishing The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig! And we’re finishing it with a super long episode (so sorry (or not sorry???)). Genuinely we’re in the trenches over this book :p

Happy spooky month everyone!!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Suicide, suicidal ideation, self-harm, drug use, overdose, child abuse, child sexual abuse, cancer, parent death, child death, racism, homophobia, use of a slur, neglect, trauma, gore, murder, and violence

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers discover a mysterious staircase to nowhere in the middle of the woods. One of them climbs up only to never come down, and then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later it appears again, and the friends return to find the lost boy and figure out just where the staircase leads.

This episode we’re reading The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig, up to (but not including) Chapter 41 New Room, Who This.

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Suicide, suicidal ideation, self-harm, drug use, overdose, child abuse, child sexual abuse, cancer, parent death, child death, racism, homophobia, use of a slur, neglect, trauma, gore, murder, and violence

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

Widow Mimi gets invited to a charity auction held by socialite Jane Ireland, and while normally Mimi would have no interest in attending, this invite comes with blackmail. Rather than go alone, Mimi brings her granddaughter, Addie, along, but the party goes from bad to worse when Jane’s body is found. Trapped inside due to a storm, Addie and Mimi must rely on their skills (crosswords and video game design) to narrow down their suspects; a deductive game that only gets more dangerous as another body is found, all while Mimi holds back her secret.

This episode we’re finishing up This is Not A Game by Kelly Mullen!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Blackmail, murder, gun violence, blood, drugging, attempted poisoning

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books