Episodes

Friday Nov 07, 2025
Episode 345: Manga Sampler
Friday Nov 07, 2025
Friday Nov 07, 2025
Our resident manga experts Dani and Percy come to discuss their favorite manga, from the first manga they every picked up to the ones they're keeping tabs on right now.
Titles recommended:
One-Punch Man
One Piece
Skip Beat!
Kitchen Princess
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Soul Eater
Tinker Bell's Secret
Miss Not-So-Sidekick
The Boy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Boy At All
Sakamoto Days
A Man and His Cat
Library Wars
Absolute Boyfriend
Full Metal Alchemist

Friday Oct 31, 2025
Episode 344: Diavola
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Jake joins us to discuss family dysfunction and Italian ghosts in Jennifer Thorne's gothic horror novel, Diavola.

Friday Oct 24, 2025
Episode 343: Maid for Each Other
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
We're back after a short break with Cherie to review Lynn Painter's new rom-com, Maid for Each Other.

Friday Oct 03, 2025
Episode 342: Shield of Sparrows
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Sara joins us to talk about a book that got her out of her Romantasy reading slump, Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry.

Friday Sep 26, 2025
Episode 341: Anywhere With You
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Lisa and Katie review the road trip rom-com Anywhere With You by debut author Margo Glynn, featuring Roswell, a variety of Southeastern wildlife, and a viral social media account created to make your ex(es) jealous.

Friday Sep 19, 2025
Episode 340: Atmosphere
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Rachelle joins us for her debut episode to talk about Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. She and Lesley touch on strained family dynamics, how cool astronauts are, and an epic ending that kept a whole book club on the edge of their seats.

Friday Sep 12, 2025
Episode 339: Katabasis
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Jake and Katie talk about the top ten reasons you should reconsider a descent into hell to rescue your thesis professor (eg. a lot of math, chthonic dogs, an eventual rivals to lovers romance). Their only cited source is R. F. Kuang's dark academia book, Katabasis.

Friday Sep 05, 2025
Episode 338: Behooved
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Katie and Sara both read a cozy, funny fantasy romance by M. Stevenson called Behooved. It's a LadyHawke situation.

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.

