【modern eroticism】

This week on modern eroticismtheMashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Stephanie Perkins' new book There's Someone Inside Your House, a YA homage to classic slasher movies like Screamand I Know What You Did Last Summer.

The novel follows a teenager, Makani, who has moved from Hawaii to a small town in Nebraska to escape a secret from her past. But while Makani is trying to settle in, spark up a romance with the mysterious Ollie, and deal with all the typical angst teenagers feel, she must also grapple with the fact that there is a serial killer on the loose who is targeting teenagers just like her.

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Join us as we talk about horror movies, tropes in slashers, and There's Someone Inside Your Housein the episode above.

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Then, inspired by the vividly rendered gore of There's Someone Inside Our House, we talk about our favorite visceral books including The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Clockwork Orangeby Anthony Burgess, Roomby Emma Donoghue, Wolf in White Vanby John Darnielle and The Walking Deadcomics.

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Then, as always, we close the show with recommendations:

• Aliza recommends seeing Thor: Ragnarok. "It's not a perfect film. "I thought it was so much fun. It was so funny ... the cast are perfect human beings."

• Peter recommends the movie The Killing of a Sacred Deerby director Yorgos Lanthimos. "It's a suspenseful thriller sort of horror movie, but only light on the horror. But it is absolutely terrifying."

• MJ recommends seeing the new A24 movie Lady Bird. "It is so infinitely charming."

Other things mentioned in the show:

• Aliza's interview with Stephanie Perkins about There's Someone Inside Your House here.

• Check out Mashable's review of Thor: Ragnarokhere.

Next week on the podcast, we'll be reading and discussing our MashReads book club book for the month — I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughterby Erika Sánchez! Also, if you're in the New York City area, we'll be chatting with Sánchez about the book IRL on Monday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. ET. RSVP here and join us!

And if you're looking for even more book news, don't forget to follow MashReadson Facebook and Twitter. 

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