When I got the email with a full copy of Life’s Little Things: The Quotes, I did a happy dance. I’d had the opportunity to take a sneak peek at parts and had been so excited by …
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Age of the Ashers: A Book Review
The birds were chirping. Or maybe not. I was so absorbed in the last couple chapters of Diana Tyler’s urban fantasy, Age of the Ashers, that the afternoon ceased to exist for me. My world consisted entirely …
Book Cars & Booker Stalling: Hobbit parties, readathons, Proust, reading critically-Ep.10
A 30-minute tangent episode in which we discuss how Kaisha’s Booker reading is going, her thoughts on The Underground Railroad, and the massive pile of fantasy novels she fell into. We circle around to Proust, our favorite …
The Crimson Curtain & Impassive Faces: book crystals, squirrel stashes, blurp deaths, cheap irony-Ep.9
A 60-minute episode in which we discuss flamboyant dandyism in “The Crimson Curtain” by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly and contrast that with the everything-sucks-ism of postmodern literature. Kaisha talks about her squirrel stash of books and Kelsey delves …
Book Movies: casting characters, motorcycle man, strange descriptions, evocative ambiguity-Ep.8
A 30-minute tangent episode in which we obsess over the good, the bad, and the ugly of book movies. Come along as we ponder character descriptions, icky tropes, unusual visualizations, and bad adaptations. Kaisha talks about her …
The Grey Champion & Hoary Beards: pickled books, classic lust, devil worshiping, Modernist killers-Ep.7
A 60-minute full episode in which we discuss the devil in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and what Star Trek’s Nomad character has in common with Modernist Literature. Kaisha talks about the classic book she’s been meaning …
Bonus Episode: Booker Longlist Madness
A 15-minute bonus episode in which Kaisha obsesses over the booker longlist and discusses her reading strategy for this overambitious goal with the determination of Napoleon riding into battle, her marriage bookshelf as a portrait of the …
Bending the Thriller Genre with S.T. Hoover
There are times in every writer’s or reader’s life when he or she comes across a concept or synopsis that produces chills. I love the excitement that comes when I’ve found a book that I just can’t …
On Being a Wildflower Among the Roses
Author Nadia King's novel, Jenna's Truth is a gripping story about the consequences of bullying. I chatted with Nadia about the book, her motivations, and her hopes for the future. In this age of conformity, Nadia and …
