In Episode 146, Gen and Jette talk about their most recent book club pick—Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. We are so here for the spooky houses and gothic vibes! Show Notes Eleanor Starling was giving Mark Ryden and Margaret Keane vibes. Starling House is a portal fantasy of sorts, …
In Episode 142, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club selection, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. Obviously we loved the witchy vibes and the stellar queer rep, but also the end of this book had us screaming. Yes, it ends on a cliffhanger! Show Notes We haven’t …
Normally I’m the queen of the backlist. Even when I worked at a bookstore I didn’t read new book releases until several years after they were published. The only exceptions to this were new books in a series I was already reading. I’ll admit—I used to purposely avoid books with …
In Episdoe 57, Gen and Jette give all their love to Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas! We’re shifting our Christmas tradition away from a certain wizarding series to talk about fantasy with incredible trans rep instead. We spend most of the episode gushing about how much we loved this YA …
In Episode 53 Gen and Jette dive into the extended canon of some of their favourite series/universes. We crave more from the characters we love but do we really want more of their stories? Why is it that extended canon books never quite live up to the original books we …
In Episode 42 Gen and Jette dive deep into The Shale Project developed by Sienna Tristen and Avi Silver. This time for book club we read two books–Tristen’s The Heretic’s Guide to Homecoming and Silver’s Two Dark Moons. The Shale Project is more than books, it’s a whole planet with …
In Episode 17 Gen and Jette talk about The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, their 2019 March/April book club selection. Valente takes on the trope of the “fridged” woman in superhero stories. The term was coined by author Gail Simone and was named after the Green Lantern comic in …
In Episode 16 Gen and Jette do a genre breakdown and ask: “What is fantasy?” If you’re a genre reader–and even if you’re not–you know that the lines between genres can get very, very blurry. So many authors play in the margins of genres. You’ll find yourself asking, “Is this …
In Episode 3 Gen and Jette discuss The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, our 2018 March/April book club selection. Hoffman’s latest novel is a prequel to her acclaimed novel Practical Magic. The story begins in the sixties in New York City, and follows Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens from …
