Book Yellers

di Laura Head and Katie Gramlich

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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

It’s a critical darling, it’s a beautifully written scrapbook, it drove Laura to an existential crisis, it’s Martyr!! We are scared of this book! Is it mystifying, or are we just mystified? Join us as we untangle the Gordian knot of Cyrus’s journey. And please tell us if you understood the ending any better. You might as well rate, review and subscribe, because nothing means anything. Love you in the abyss and beyond xx bisous bisous

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Katie and Laura blow a conspiracy wide open!! Today is the first day of our careers in investigative journalism (also our last). Ever true to form as cranky yellers, we find fault in the craft, are skeptical of plagiarism, question the author’s motives, and create a maybe hairbrained scheme tying McFadden to the insidious and regressive right wing agenda. If you, too, feel frequently like Statler or Waldorf in a theatre, this is an ep you don’t want to miss. We love you and we swear we're not just saying that because you are very rich and handsome. Xx bisous bisous

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Choose your yelling fighter: "The third wave of the internet was the worst thing to ever happen to humanity" (Laura) vs "Sadie Green is a an indefensible downer" (Katie). Sides are taken. Defenses are substantiated. Accusations are made. Tensions rise. Katie and Laura eventually make up over the true message of the book, which has nothing at all to do with video games. If you believe in the power of friendship in an indifferent hellscape of a universe, this one’s for you. Love you tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Bisous bisous xx

All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert

If you’re looking for angsty and confessional you’re in the right place. Elizabeth Gilbert confessing to premeditating a near-murder gets Laura dishing on her toxic exes and Katie on her skepticism that people can really change. See also: yelling on bad art, lesbian codependency, consent from beyond the grave, and Earth School. As an added bonus, if you listen closely you can hear Laura’s 90-minute love affair with a French baguette. Wonders never cease. If you would come with US all the way to the river, rate and review! xx bisous

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love? More like Shout, Scream, Yell!! We wax skeptical about Elizabeth Gilbert collecting friends, doing religious tourism, and eating pasta in a culture of misogyny. Does our author have questionable judgment? Is she an unreliable narrator? Is her heart in the right place? If you like us as yappers or as easy marks, go listen and rate and review! xx bisous bisous

The Safekeep: Part 2

Hot take: This book is not spared from the White Knight Lesbian trope! Hot take: This book didn’t need a character wrestling with her sexuality! Hot take: We can justify these literary decisions by accounting for the cultural milieu! Katie says this episode is basically a dissertation on queer politics. Laura would like to point out that we also talk about spoons, haircuts, and meth. Be gay with us for 59 minutes and unsubscribe from Spotify. Bisous bisous xx

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden: Part 1

The only thing better than a love story is a love story with lesbians. And a house of mysterious origins. And a grating patriarchal neighbor getting what he deserves. And bunnies. We unpack the politics of queer attraction, and find the genius in hiding Chekov's gun in plain sight for your readers. Tune in next week for part 2, where we answer the question: will our World War II gays get their happy ending?

Version Control by Dexter Palmer

Do you guys like time travel? Spider robots? Preserving your free will in the face of sinister hive-minded political agendas? Or are you just fed up with online dating? Give us your hand and let's violate some causality. Love you in the past, present, and future xx bisous bisous Content warning: child death

All Fours by Miranda July

Tampons, oedipal complexes, and a poop city: this book really does have it all! Is it really all one big veiled autobiography? We wax poetic and resolve little to nothing. Maybe the real road trip is the podcast friends you make along the way. We love you lots rate review subscribe xx bisous Content warning: suicide, infant death

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

You can’t spell Yellowface without YELL! We are longwinded but fortunately are pleased at ourselves. We talk, the twittersphere (🙅🏻‍♀️!) and ponder author motivations. If you like us as yappers or as insignificant specks of dust, go listen and rate and review! We hate Spotify ON PURPOSE, go find us anywhere else. xx bisous bisous Content warning: death, suicidal ideation, sexual assault "Cat Person" short story: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person "Cat Person and Me": https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/07/cat-person-kristen-roupenian-viral-story-about-me.html

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