Oh, right, episode 27! The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

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🌤️ Hey book friends! I've been sick all week with a migraine 🤕 so I didn't get any reading done since The Stepford Wives! 🤖 Which, BTW, was excellent. It's short, I think I read it in about 2 hours, but it packs a punch. And genuinely freaked me out! It reminded me a lot of The Yellow Wallpaper, similar themes applied to 1970s suburbia 🏡🏠🏡 Feminism, tech, social expectations, relationships, all through the lens of horror. Highly recommend, and if you're already a fan, listen to the episode and let me know what you think! *** Also, now that I've read this, should I add more mid-century American horror to my list? The Bad Seed, Rosemary's Baby, Psycho? 🕸️

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What is time? It seems like just yesterday I was finishing up this excellent piece of classic horror/satire.

I went in with fairly low expectations. Honestly, I read it because it was available at the library, and I figured why not? (And how bad could it be?)

Well, it wasn’t bad at all! In fact, as I mentioned on Insta, it made me genuinely anxious as I got closer and closer to the end.

If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it! And if you have, give a listen to the episode and let me know what you think – robots? Drugs? The wallpaper?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unpleasantville-the-stepford-wives-by-ira-levin/id1469388636?i=1000470462406