The Friends celebrate the season as Teresa turns the podcast spooky. The group breaks down what makes a good spooky read, the difference between spooky and creepy (spoiler alert: Teresa believes the distinction is clowns), and some of their favorite mind-bending favorites. A celebration of fright from the heart of Halloween, Texas!

David shares his comfort genre -- cozy mysteries -- with the crew. "Cozies" cover everything from series involving vampire knitting club to Ellory ("baked in the North and buttered in the South" Adams' "Secret, Book, & Scone Society" series. Plus lots of talk about Denton being officially designated "Halloween, Texas."

Diane shares her love of historical fiction, and this enthralling historical novel from Kate Quinn, THE BRIAR CLUB. The friends discuss what makes historical fiction, the importance of women's voices in literature, particularly in this genre, and Teresa and Joe discover their book Venn diagrams overlap after all, thanks to Kristin Hannah's THE WOMEN.

Joe opens with a discussion of George Orwell's satirical, allegorical dystopian novella, ANIMAL FARM. The group discusses Orwell as the nom de plume of English author Eric Blair, the symbolism of the animals, and the historical context of the book. The group discovers that David is not a fan of anthropomorphic animals (but loves robots), Teresa doesn't like Satire, and Diane isn't a fan of the book at all.

If the friends are discussing a "classic," how do they define what a classic is?

Teresa introduces the group to The Summer We Ran and the Friends discuss cover art, bullet holes in title pages (thanks, Jack Carr!), southern literature, secrets, and much more!