Episode 172 is a book club book! This month we’re talking about Gen’s pick, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. The novel follows Lauren through her journal entries as she is forced from her home and navigates a hostile world ravaged by climate change and social inequality. Show …
Episode 171 is another instalment of our series #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt and this time we’re reading Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews. This one has all the things we love: dark academia vibes, queer representation, and creepy forests that start growing inside your body (literally!) Show Notes You might know …
In Episode 170, Gen and Jette chat about Tillie Walden’s graphic novel collection, Alone in Space. This collection includes Walden’s first three books, as well as earlier comics from her younger years. Show Notes We love books like this that inspire us to make little stories in unexpected forms. Should …
Episode 169 is another instalment of Page to Screen, where we read a book, watch the screen adaptation, and talk about both. This time we’re discussing Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer and the 2018 film adaptation of the same name, directed by Alex Garland. Show Notes The book and the movie …
Episode 168 is our first hangout episode of 2025! As always we chat about what we’ve been up to, what we’ve been reading, and what we’ve been (not) writing. Show Notes Shout out to all our library apps always (Libby and Hoopla, we’re looking at you), and also Libro.fm. It’s …
We all need some March 2025 book releases to cozy up with, right? I don’t know about you, but over here, the beginning of the year has felt like a slog. The bad news seems as interminable as the winter, and it’s difficult to be creative or productive under those …
In Episode 167, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club pick, The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman. As children of the nineties ourselves, we loved revisiting this decade through Klosterman’s pop culture lens. Show Notes One of our earliest episodes—episode 9!—was also a Chuck Klosterman book. We read his essay …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, it’s time for our annual James Baldwin episode. This year we’re reading Baldwin’s first novel, Go Tell It On the Mountain. Show Notes Thankfully, we’re not close to running out of Baldwin books just yet, but we may have to do …
Episode 165 is another instalment of #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt, and this time Gen and Jette are reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Show Notes The banter between Nora and Charlie is perfect and we need to know if this is true for all Emily Henry books.The town hall meeting was giving major …
In Episode 164, Gen and Jette talk about the graphic novel Light Carries On by Ray Nadine. The story follows Leon and the ghost of Cody, who is tethered to Leon’s camera. Show Notes Is ghost romance it’s own sub-genre? It should be. And if it is we would like …
