Episodes

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Episode 337: Not That Kind of Good Guy
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Cherie reviews an action-packed dark sci-fi novel called Not That Kind of Good Guy by John Ringo.

Friday Aug 22, 2025
Episode 336: Red Rising
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Kathy discusses power, identity, and the cost of change in Red Rising, a 2014 action-packed dystopian sci-fi novel by Pierce Brown that is the start of a seven book saga.

Friday Aug 08, 2025
Episode 335: The Modern Vampire's Recommended Reading List
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Jake, Dani, Lesley, and Katie talk about some of their favorite vampire reads from this year. We cover Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, and Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove. There's something on this list for everyone!

Friday Aug 01, 2025
Episode 334: Shadow of the Leviathan
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Dani brings Shadow of the Leviathan by Robert Jackson Bennett, a science fiction series and a retelling of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes that features a locked room mystery, murder by tree, and a surprising amount of algae.

Friday Jul 11, 2025
Episode 333: Never Flinch
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Erline reviews one of her must-read authors, Stephen King, and has some things to say about Never Flinch, the latest in the Holly Gibney series.

Friday Jun 27, 2025
Episode 332: An Introduction to Discworld
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Avid Discworld fan Cherie joins us to provide three possible entries into the beloved universe of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Episode 331: Juneteenth
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Local author Dr. Regina Sims joins us to talk about the history of Juneteenth, her connection to the holiday, and how all of that culminated in her writing a children's book called Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom.

Friday Jun 13, 2025
Episode 330: Greenteeth
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Dani dives into another retelling with Greenteeth, a brand new debut fantasy novel by Molly O'Neill.

Friday May 30, 2025
Episode 329: Sunrise on the Reaping
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Our resident Suzanne Collins expert Erline is back to review the latest installment in The Hunger Games universe, Sunrise on the Reaping.

Friday May 23, 2025
Episode 328: Beach Reads
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
Warning: While these reads feature beaches, they are not all "beach reads".
Lesley reviews three sea-riously good books: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S. A. Chakraborty, The Wager by David Grann, and Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward.

