In episode 206, we talk about our latest book club book, the graphic novel adaptation of The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater, illustrated by Sas Milledge. This is the second book in The Raven Cycle series, and this one may have convinced Jette to pick up the original novels! Show …
In Episode 202, we talk about Jette’s book club pick, In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde! As you may know, we’re deep in our romance era right now—especially sports romance—and we loved Monty and Reese so much! Show Notes In Her Own League is a spin-off of the best-selling …
We’re getting so close to our 200th episode, but first, we have a book club episode for you. In Episode 198, we’re talking about Gen’s pick—Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit. Show Notes This book felt extremely relevant to everything happening in the world these days, like oof. Truly so many …
In Episode 193, we’re talking about our latest book club selection—it’s Jette’s pick, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. There’s so much going on in this book in the best possible way and we’re ready to go read everything Tokarczuk has ever written. Show …
It’s 2026 and we’re back with our first episode of the year! As always, it’s a book club book, and we’re talking about Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. We had a great time discussing the screenplay style in this one and all the layers of meaning that Yu is playing …
In episode 185, Gen and Jette talk about their latest book club episode, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This was Jette’s pick and our third Jenkins Reid episode! Show Notes We’ve done two previous episodes on books by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Way back in the Patreon archive we did a …
Episode 180 is a book club episode and we’re reading The Raven Boys graphic novel adaptation, based on the novel by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted by Stephanie Williams, and illustrated by Sas Milledge. This is Gen’s pick and it was great to bring Jette onto the Raven Cycle bandwagon! Show Notes …
In Episode 176, we talk about Jette’s book club pick, Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy. It follows tattooed, queer, punk nun, Sister Holiday, as she investigates a string of arson fires at St. Sebastian School where she teaches. Show Notes This book was published under Gillian Flynn’s imprint with Zando. …
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 …
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 …
