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Send us Fan Mail Happy spooky season!! Or perhaps not-so-happy spooky season because this week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving into another disturbing story from Reddit’s NoSleep. This one is told from the perspective of a lonely child who befriends a tall, skeletal figure named Oliver near the river behind their home. Oliver may be the child’s only companion, but his cold touch, cracking bones, unsettling gifts, and increasingly painful “games” suggest that he is anything but imaginary or at least friendly.  Yajaira and Cheli attempt to unravel the story’s upsetting final twist, debate whether Oliver was a demon, an imaginary friend brought to life, or a grown man hiding in plain sight, and somehow take a detour into the deeply questionable imaginary-friend romance novel Yajaira read as a child. Was Oliver supernatural, or is the truth somehow even more horrifying? The theories are divided, the vibes are deeply uncomfortable, and the Spookometer may be sitting at zero, but the sadness and emotional damage are off the charts. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving into The Mad Wife by Meagan Church which is a haunting historical story about motherhood, marriage, and what happens when a woman refuses to fit neatly into the role everyone has chosen for her. Set in the 1950s, the story follows Lulu, a wife and mother surrounded by women who seem to have the whole “perfect housewife” thing figured out. Lulu, meanwhile, is struggling to keep up with the cooking, cleaning, motherhood, and constant expectation that she should be grateful and smiling through all of it. When she learns she’s pregnant again, those cracks only begin to deepen. So, will this unsettling tale of the “perfect” housewife slowly coming undone fix Yajaira and Cheli’s lives, or send them spiraling right alongside Lulu? Join the conversation and find out!  Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are taking Reddit NoSleep outside and somehow the mosquitoes and surprise bugs are only the beginning of the nightmare. The story follows a woman who has spent three exhausting years caring for her husband, Mark, after a devastating accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. But when his shattered phone mysteriously appears several feet away from his bed, she begins to suspect that something—or someone—is moving through their home. Mark’s terrified expressions, bloodied fingers, and strange attempts to communicate only deepen the mystery. Yajaira and Cheli unpack the devastating twist, debate whether the wife understands what she is doing, question how Mark managed to get the hidden phone, and compare the story’s disturbing dynamic to real cases of medical abuse. While the story earns only a four on the spookometer, its sadness level is an undeniable ten out of ten. Was this a horror story about a dangerous caregiver, or a tragic portrait of someone whose love and trauma became impossible to separate? Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are reviewing The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer, and suddenly, being unemployed doesn’t sound that bad. Macy is desperate for work when she comes across an unusually well-paying caretaker job. The catch? When she arrives, she discovers there’s no elderly husband to care for at all. Instead, she’s being paid to stay alone in a remote house and follow a very specific set of bizarre rituals left behind by the woman’s late husband. Turn off the lights at the right time. Follow the instructions. Deal with the rabbits. And whatever happens, do not mess up because apparently these rituals might be the only thing standing between normal life and the end of the world. So, would you take a suspiciously well-paying job in a creepy house if all you had to do was follow a few little rules? And more importantly… will this ritualistic, rule-based supernatural horror fix your life? Stay tuned to find out. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli officially continue spooky season with a chilling hospital story about a nurse who spots something impossible on the security cameras. A young patient named Madeline appears alone in the hallway wearing a mysterious black dress, even though she is still asleep in her room, connected to an IV. Yajaira and Cheli discuss whether the shadow was the Grim Reaper, debate how scary ghostly children really are, revisit a disturbing horror movie from their childhood, and somehow end up wondering whether the Grim Reaper can fall in love. Was this story horrifying, heartbreaking, or simply a wholesome paranormal palate cleanser? Listen now to hear their official scare rating! Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli head into the woods for another Nick Cutter nightmare with The Troop, and this time, they’re recording from an actual spooky cabin for maximum immersion. A group of teenage boyscouts heads to a remote island for what should be a normal weekend camping trip, but everything changes when a severely emaciated stranger appears at their cabin with an insatiable hunger. Their Scoutmaster, Tim, quickly realizes the man is infected with something horrifying, leaving the boys isolated with a rapidly spreading parasite, dwindling resources, and absolutely no adults left to save them.  So, will this gruesome, claustrophobic survival horror filled with parasitic worms, childhood friendships, government experiments, and some truly stomach-turning scenes fix your life? Or will it just make you never want to go camping, or eat spaghetti, again? Stay tuned to find out! Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are diving into an ARC of The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas, and this gothic YA fantasy gave them A LOT to talk about. Sixteen-year-old Minerva Treviño thinks she’s finally escaped the worst of her life when she leaves her abusive home to work for Encarnación del Valle. But when political violence forces them to flee to the isolated del Valle estate, Minerva quickly realizes the family drama may be the least terrifying thing hiding inside the house. Then we meet Ygnacio who is mysterious, ghostly, slightly unhinged, and somehow one of the most lovable parts of the entire book. In this episode, the girls unpack the messy del Valle family, Minerva’s complicated loyalties, the political conflict happening outside the estate, the supernatural mystery surrounding the house, and the slow-building relationship between Minerva and Ygnacio that had them fully invested. Join the besties as they discuss whether or not they would recommend this book!  Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are bending the rules of time with Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker which is a dark, eerie story that connects two people living hundreds of years apart. In the present day, Lee Turner flees to his father’s home in Japan after becoming convinced that he murdered his college roommate… except he has no memory of what he did with the body. Then there’s Sen, a young samurai living in 1877 under the brutal expectations of her father. Somehow, the two discover that a closet in their respective rooms allows them to see and communicate with each other across time and what begins as suspicion slowly turns into a bond neither of them expected.  With gothic horror, time-bending supernatural weirdness, morally complicated characters, grief, samurai history, family trauma, and a friendship that somehow becomes the heart of it all, Japanese Gothic ended up being a major spooky-season win. Can a mysterious closet connecting two lonely people separated by more than a century actually fix your life? Stay tuned to find out. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are back with another Reddit Paranormal episode and this time, they’re heading beneath the streets of Paris. After examining a chilling photo taken inside the Paris Catacombs, the hosts debate whether the mysterious woman in white standing at the end of a dark, blocked-off tunnel is a ghost, a trick of the light, or simply someone who has made the catacombs her home. Either way, Cheli wants absolutely nothing to do with her. From underground residents and demonic movie theories to catacomb honeymoons, nonexistent Barnes & Nobles, and the one unexpected benefit of living below Paris, avoiding the IRS, Yajaira and Cheli spiral into the horrifying reality of being trapped inside nearly 200 miles of tunnels. Would they ever visit the catacombs? Could security actually protect them? And what happens if the woman in white starts running toward them? Tune in as they rate the photo a terrifying 10 out of 10 on the spook meter and discover whether their instincts would tell them to fight, flee, or completely freeze. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are continuing spooky season with The Lamb by Lucy Rose, and apparently September has become the month of cannibalistic families. The Lamb follows eleven-year-old Margot, who lives alone with her mother, Ruth, in an isolated cabin where lost travelers, known as “strays” have a habit of disappearing. To Margot, her mother’s hunger for human flesh is simply a normal part of life. She loves Ruth, wants desperately to understand her, and even hopes that one day she’ll feel the same hunger her mother does. But when a woman named Eden enters their lives and completely shifts the dynamic inside the house, Margot slowly begins to realize that maybe she doesn’t want to become her mother after all. With an isolated cabin, a deeply dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship, cannibalism, childhood innocence, family secrets, toxic love, and plenty of unsettling horror, The Lamb is definitely not your average coming-of-age story. So, will this dark and disturbing tale of a girl questioning everything she’s ever known fix your life? Stay tuned to find out. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are back with another Reddit No Sleep story and this one is less traditionally spooky and more emotionally devastating. They dive into a chilling tale about a man whose soul is attacked by a mysterious parasite, causing him to experience his life completely out of order. One moment he is meeting the love of his life, Mar, and the next he is discovering they have been married for years and share a child he does not remember. As he jumps unpredictably between first dates, parenthood, old age, and encounters with a grandson determined to save him, the story becomes a heartbreaking exploration of memory, love, grief, and whether knowing how everything ends would change the choices we make. Yajaira and Cheli discuss the horrifying creature attached to the narrator’s mind, the bittersweet romance at the center of the story, and an ending that completely changes how they interpret everything that came before it. The conversation also gets deeply personal as they reflect on Alzheimer’s, aging, caring for loved ones, loneliness, and the importance of community. Prepare to be creeped out, emotionally wrecked, and possibly afraid of every forgotten name or misplaced memory. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are kicking off spooky season with Brother by Ania Ahlborn and somehow, a cannibalistic serial-killer family is only the beginning of the nightmare. The story follows Michael Morrow, a teenager trapped in an isolated family whose idea of a normal night involves kidnapping young women and making sure nothing goes to waste. Michael has spent most of his life believing escape isn’t really an option… until he meets Alice, a girl working at a local record store who gives him his first glimpse at what a normal life could actually look like. Will this gruesome tale of a cannibalistic family, generational trauma, toxic sibling dynamics, and one boy desperately searching for a way out fix your life? Or will Brother leave Yajaira and Cheli just as emotionally scarred as Michael? Stay tuned to find out. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli dive into another terrifying Reddit NoSleep story and this one might make you permanently enable Do Not Disturb. At exactly 2:17 a.m., a man receives a phone call from his own number. On the other end is his own voice, warning him not to open the door, not to look into the mirrors, and most importantly, not to answer anything in his own voice. What follows is a nightmare of impossible phone calls, backward-facing feet, voices from the dead, and a creature determined to force a confession from him. After surviving the story, Yajaira and Cheli unpack its themes of guilt, sacrifice, and facing the darkest version of yourself. They also share their own creepy experiences with prank calls, scam calls, chain messages, internet jumpscares, and the absolutely lawless early days of the internet. Would they answer a call from their own number? Definitely not. Grab your headphones, silence your phone, and whatever you do, don’t answer in your own voice. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are closing out Detective Month with their final, and most terrifying case yet: The Deep by Nick Cutter. Humanity is being devastated by a mysterious plague known as the ’Gets, an illness that causes people to slowly forget everything. With no cure in sight, hope emerges from the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean, where scientists discover a strange substance called ambrosia that may be capable of healing any disease. For their final investigation, Detectives Yajaira and Cheli are heading into the deep to examine the evidence, confront the horrors lurking inside the Trieste, and determine whether this claustrophobic nightmare is a case worth cracking, or one that should have stayed buried at the bottom of the ocean. Join us as we close the case files on Detective Month and give our final verdict on The Deep by Nick Cutter. Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Book Fix Podcast, Yajaira and Cheli are back with another Reddit Paranormal episode, but this time, something smells seriously sinister. After reading a chilling story about mysterious rotting odors, unexplained incense, a strained relationship with a possibly witchy mother, and a sudden streak of terrible luck, the hosts debate whether the poster is dealing with a paranormal warning, a curse, or one horrifying coincidence. The conversation quickly spirals into family stories about witch doctors, hexes, healing rituals, manifestation, strange coincidences, psychic connections, past lives, tarot cards, and whether bad energy can genuinely affect the people around us. Along the way, Yajaira and Cheli share their own unexplainable experiences, question whether they have accidentally manifested major life events, argue over whether bugs have souls, and somehow end up discussing spiders, memory loss, and the possibility of returning as the world’s greatest slug. Is the mysterious smell a sign of witchcraft or is there a perfectly normal explanation? Grab your protective herbs, avoid making enemies with anyone who owns tarot cards, and join Yajaira and Cheli as they rate this unsettling Reddit story on the Spook-O-Meter! Support the show Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thebookfix?utm_source=linktree_admin_share become our Patron ♡ https://www.patreon.com/BookFix buy us a book ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebookfix Business Inquiries: [email protected] follow us on Tiktok! ♡  https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookfix