Season 2
Fresh off a long overdue vacation, Elizabeth & Thomas get into a reasonably (and necessarily) spoiler-lite discussion of Jessica Knoll's bestseller and its recent Netflix adaptation.
Nabakov's beguiling and audacious 1962 novel makes for a surprisingly complementary topic to accompany an extended discussion of social media trends and celebrity drama. Add to that an impending storm and a long overdue vacation, and you'll hardly notice how little we actually read this week!
Whatever the multiple technical difficulties and interruptions would have you to believe, this episode was produced entirely sober. You might need something to take the edge off all the talk of tiktok rabbit holes, sexy dragon-folk, and cephalopod paintball.
YWAM looks to the future with travel plans, career moves, and reading challenges. Right now, though, the question remains: how haunted is too haunted for a haunted house story?
The world does not stop for podcasting, as this week's discussion of non-reading events makes clear. With a potential spin-off podcast in the works, where will we find the time for reading at all? But let's not get all defeatist! There's always room for books!
A highly, HIGHLY contentious episode of YWAM sees our hosts nearly coming to blows and having to walk back some truly hurtful claims. Granted, drama is pretty relative, so take all that with a grain of salt. Regardless, we've got the sci-fi romance and magical-realist ennui that you crave, so don't touch that dial!
Fanfiction and manga are back with a vengeance in this dual reading challenge episode! A decidedly modern take on the Harry Potter universe is paired with a world literally overrun by demons. Nothing relatable about that at all!
This 4th of July, Tamsyn Muir's deliciously dark work of fantasy sci-fi has got your hosts seeing fireworks! With half the year left ahead of us, the show still has a long way to go, both in ambition and literal trips to be taken. Stick with us for more talk of romance, mystery, e-reading metrics, and cats.
Season Two hits the halfway mark with this discussion of Aiden Thomas' coming-of-age (& undeath) tale, along with some talk about baseball, Top Gun, manga, and more!
With Summer break under way, this year's reading competition just will not stop piling on the surprises. Join your hosts for a discussion of a classic of Colombian literature, some good old-fashioned mysteries, and a full-on dive into the world of other people's IP.