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BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! On the FINAL episode of Book Club Shmook Club, we're tackling one final book. Fittingly, it's: TWIN PEAKS - The Final Dossier by Mark Frost! Written to seemingly tie up loose ends from the original series and the recent 3rd season of the hit mystery show Twin Peaks, The Final Dossier seeks to give long-time fans some closure. Will Book Club Shmook Club do the same? Or will we end on a gigantic cliffhanger?? Nah, just playing, starting NEXT FRIDAY, November 17th, our new podcast GUIDE TO THE UNKNOWN begins! Come join us for a new weekly series, singularly focused on monsters and mysteries! Find everything you need to know on the GTTUPod Page! Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy our show, and thank you for being a part of the club! This has been a really fun project, and while we sorry to go, we're so excited to show you what we're doing next. The fun continues in Guide to the Unknown, but for Book Club Shmook Club, this meeting is adjourned. Book Club Shmook Club is

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on the Book Club Shmook Club extracurricular show: Its the end...kinda! Next week we will do our final ever BCSC, but this is the last extracurricular (off book) episode! To commemorate the occaision, we're taking a look back at Book Club Shmook Club, and sharing our favorite (and least favorite) episodes! Join us for (almost) one-last-time! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!   "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB, we're digging around in the Black Hills woods outside of Burkitsville, Maryland! Why? Well, we're looking for the Blair Witch! This week it's 2 books in one as we tackle the two dossiers produced around the release of The Blair Witch Project and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2! Found footage in book format! Conflicting theories as to what happened! Deeper lore! Creepy, creepy stuff! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music,YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB, the final 3 episodes begin! This time we're reading a couple of horror/comedy comic books based on the 70-year-old Archie comics! Afterlife With Archie is a zombie story where the kids of Riverdale eat each other and rise from the grave to wreak havok! Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a trippy dark magic story about Sabrina's doomed existence as a young witch/traditional teenager! These two books are perfect for Friday the 13th spooky reading! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music,YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB, a SHOCKING announcement! The countdown begins... And then a pretty solid mystery novel: Magpie Murders! Plenty of Hercule Poirot talk, and lots of dissection of this novel's dissection of the mystery genre! It's another meta-book! Surprise! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music,YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB, we're reading a slasher/thriller/mystery/drama called THE FINAL GIRLS! What happens after the credits roll on your favorite slasher movie? Where do those final girls go? Is it here? Is it this? FIND OUT! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music,YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB, we're reading the original 4 books set in the mysterious world of Twin Peaks! Welcome to Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town "Diane..." The Twin Peaks Tapes of Dale Cooper The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer and The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes As huge fans of David Lynch and Mark Frost's creation, we have a LOT to say about each of these books. In addition to our general recommendations, we're also digging into how much (or how little) each book contributes to our overall enjoyment of the Twin Peaks megaverse! Now enjoy this mega-show! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music,YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB, it's EPISODE 100! We're reading Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero! It's basically a grown up homage to Scooby Doo! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music,YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week BOOK CLUB SHMOOK CLUB RETURNS, and we're being haunted by Pennywise the Dancing Clown, because it's FINALLY TIME for BCSC to cover Stephen King's IT! One of the most iconic, beloved horror books of all time, huh? Well check this out: We don't like it very much... This episode features a super cool extra: a poem written by writer/blogger C.W.S. all about IT! If you'd like to check out more of her writing, you should head over to the company Hunt a Killer's Blog! She writes it! Book Club Shmook Club is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music, YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are streamed! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're digging into one of Agatha Christie's most famous and most innovative novels: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD! Detective Hercule Poirot's mustaches are twitching, and it's not just because there is some nice hot cocoa nearby! Murder is afoot! Also we don't make a single Dan Akyroyd joke! Shocking, I know! ALSO we lay out plans for the future of Shmook! First a month-long hiatus...THEN a TON of weird books on the horizon! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're FINALLY reading an Agatha Christie book! After 4 years, it's about time, don't you think! We've chosen one of the greatest mystery novels of all time: And Then There Were None! Does the mystery hold up in the modern era? YES! Is it ALSO pretty preposterous and unintentionally funny sometimes? YES! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading Patricia Cornwell's recent book Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert! Did Patricia Cornwell discover the true identity of notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper? She definitely seems to think so! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading Mark Frost's The Secret History of Twin Peaks! We've been waiting for this day for a long time! Mysteries revealed?? YES! There are some actual answers in this book! There are even more questions though! Roswell, aliens, bigfoot, L. Ron Hubbard...they're all involved! Where is Agent Cooper? Well, we'll have to wait for Season 3 to know for sure, but this book is a wonderful teaser! Hey, we've ALSO been waiting a long time to make this announcement: BCSC merch is FINALLY AVAILABLE! Go check out the shop for some BEAUTIFUL NEW BOOKMARKS AND STICKERS! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000! "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Vicious" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel Everything is Illuminated! For the first time ever, we're posting a show with a warning! In this episode we get a little heavy in the second half. Everything Is Illuminated is a book that covers a lot of topics that aren't always the easiest things to discuss, like the holocaust, suicide, and losing family/friends. This is officially the first show where both Kris and Willy cry! How about that! I hope that doesn't stop you guys from enjoying this episode, as we had a great time discussing this incredibly complex, confusing, fascinating book! ENJOY! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading George Orwell's iconic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four! Sorry: 1984. A bleak vision of a world where the citizens are kept prisoner, under the ever-watching eye of the government, and where even the very nature of the truth is completely lost. I have no idea why so many people are flocking to buy this book all of a sudden. ENJOY! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading the novel The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling! Not only is it the first book by Rowling after she finished the Harry Potter series, it's currently the only Rowling book we haven't yet covered! Making a sharp turn away from the kid-friendly HP series, The Casual Vacancy is dark, serious, and definitely not for kids. Having said that, there isn't a single book of J.K. Rowling's that we haven't loved, so surely The Casual Vacancy isn't any different! ...is it? BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! Surprise! We're here mid-week with a completely extra episode of BCSC, because Kristen watched HBO's adaptation of Big Little Lies! We're talking about the changes made to the story, and since Will hasn't seen the show at all, he's hearing each alteration for the first time! We'll still see you Friday for a regular episode of Book Club Shmook Club about The Casual Vacancy, but with the memory of the book so clear in her mind, Kristen wanted to share her thoughts! ENJOY! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading the novel What Ever Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell! A lot of people don't realize that the Bette Davis/Joan Crawford horror classic was based on a novel, and neither did we! So we're comparing the two versions, and coming to a very startling conclusion: They're both amazing! Also Kristen knows a good amount about Ryan Murphey's show Feud, which is based on the making of this movie! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading incredibly scary creepypasta-turned-novel PENPAL by Dathan Auerbach (AKA 1000Vultures)! Originally posted as a series of short stories on the horror story forum r/NoSleep on Reddit, PENPAL is the story of a man reflecting on his carefree childhood, and coming to the slow realization that something was very wrong...He's been stalked by an unknown person for decades! This book is a highly unique, incredibly clever book that we're very excited to discuss! BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Club, we're reading the final chapter of Robert Bloch's Psycho trilogy: Psycho House! It's been 30 years since Norman Bates was put away for his crimes. He's long dead, the motel was burned down, but now a new threat is growing in Fairvale. Someone has rebuilt the Bates Motel! Not only that, a murder has been committed! Is someone attempting to follow in Norman's footsteps? Shockingly there isn't much information about this book online. It appears it's been lost to time, but the Shmooks have found it, and who better to pass the final judgement on this odd entry in the Psycho franchise!? BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!