Reading the End: Recent Episodes
Gin Jenny and Whiskey Jenny
A book-focused podcast in which two girls named Jenny review books and discuss events in the literary world.
The Jennys bid the podcast farewell with a final episode containing a game, a strong effort not to recap the working horse controversy, and a chat about the lovely and charming Enchanted April,by Elizabeth von Arnim.
The Jennys chat about their year in reading and then spend thirty entire minutes on FISH FACTS from Helen Scales's The Brilliant Abyss.
The Jennys catch up on The Three Musketeers, chat about the ethics of using other people's lives in your writing, and review TL Huchu's The Library and the Dead.
The Jennys chat about the books they're excited for in the second half of 2021 -- the only joy we can experience in this world is books! -- and then review Jessie Q. Sutanto's comedy novel Dial A for Aunties.
Abandoning books that aren't working for you is a glorious gift you can give yourself! The Jennys chat about DNFing books and review Uzma Jalaluddin's new novel Hana Khan Carries On.
Gin Jenny speaks with debut SFF novelist P. Djèlí Clark about his new alternate history murder mystery, A Master of Djinn.
The Jennys reunite to chat about moms in fiction (just in time for Father's Day!) and conclude the 2021 Hatening with Christopher Yates's Black Chalk.
Gin Jenny interviews Brina Starler, author of the new romance novel and LM Montgomery homage Anne of Manhattan. Wechat about the book, what's relatable about Anne Shirley, and whether the bananas thing is true.
Gin Jenny speaks with Nicole Jarvis, whose debut SF novel The Lights of Prague is out now from Titan Books.
The Jennys discuss their most-anticipated books in the first half of 2021 and begin the 2021 Hatening with Joseph O'Connor's The Star of the Sea.
The Jennys reunite to chat about their 2020 year of reading and review Emily Danforth's sprawling gay novel Plain Bad Heroines.
Gin Jenny interviews author CL Clark about their new military fantasy novel, The Unbroken, and finally discovers the distinction between Kansas City, KS, and Kansas City, MO.
Gin Jenny chats with Rose Lerner about her new Audible Original romance, The Wife in the Romance, and her timeless obsession with an Edwardian Holmes/Watson gay jewel thief AU.
Gin Jenny talks to romance author Talia Hibbert about biscuits, rom coms, and her latest novel, Act Your Age, Eve Brown.
Gin Jenny is enjoyed by special guest star Renay to chat about the best of SF in 2020 across all genres. Then Renay shares a gaming starter pack for nervous gamers, and Gin Jenny explains cross-stitching.
The Jennys recommend the best gifts for the 2020 holiday season and rave over Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half.
The Jennys are joined by Friend of the Pod Ashley to talk about scary books, review a romance novel that didn't quite work for them, and play a Goosebumps-inspired game.
The Jennys return to their Three Musketeers readalong, chat about fictional places they'd like to visit, and review Elizabeth Little's mystery novel Pretty as a Picture.
The Jennys chat about the Fall 2020 books they're anticipating, then review another romance novel about a viral moment, Girl Gone Viral, by Alisha Rai.
Gin Jenny talks to debut novelist Andrea Stewart about her new book, scuba diving, and how her job as a grants and contracts analyst prepared her for writing The Bone Shard Daughter.
The Jennys catch up on all the books we've bought under quarantine, then review a romance novel they both absolutely loved, Talia Hibbert's Take a Hint, Dani Brown.
Gin Jenny welcomes Adrian Ryan from the Spectology podcast to chat about the recent Hugo Awards and why they are such a mess.
Gin Jenny assembles a roundtable to scream about Tamsyn Muir's Harrow the Ninth. She's joined by Bria LaVorgna of Tosche Station, Constance Grady of Vox, and Natalie Zutter of many places including Tor.com, and they all have feelings about Gideon and Harrow.
Whiskey Jenny returns! The Jennys chat about the media we missed and caught up on in 2019, then review Quan Barry's debut novel, We Ride Upon Sticks.
Gin Jenny is joined by Hugo finalist Claire Rousseau to discuss our quarantine media consumption, preview some Summer 2020 books we're excited for, and review NK Jemisin's The City We Became.
Gin Jenny welcomes Alice of Book Riot's nonfiction podcast, and they build a nonfiction starter pack, compliment Nicholas Hoult, and anticipate some great nonfiction reads for the back half of 2020.
Gin Jenny and Guest Second Chair Renay chat about quarantine media, figure out what makes a comfort read, and review TJ Klune's new novel, The House in the Cerulean Sea.
The quarantined Jennys are back to talk about The Three Musketeers,their most anticipated books of Spring 2020, and Prince Gomolvilas's comedy play The Theory of Everything.
The Jennys talk to author Intisar Khanani about her wonderful YA fantasy debut Thorn, based on the fairy tale "The Goose Girl."
The Jennies defy the strictures of the calendar and review a Christmas movie in February, the Netflix classic The Knight Before Christmas.
The Jennies defy the strictures of the calendar and review a Christmas movie in February, the Netflix classic The Knight Before Christmas.
The Jennys return with the first full-length podcast of 2020! They recap their 2019 reading and review Mary H. K. Choi's YA novel Permanent Record.
The Jennies try to get back in the podcasting groove with a short episode about what books they've been reading, giving, and receiving this past holiday season.
The Jennys kick off the Three Musketeers readalong, preview the best of autumn books, and review Eric Gansworth's YA novel Give Me Some Truth.
The Jennys are joined by Friend of the Podcast Ashley to conclude the 2019 Hatening, fight about settings, and play a game about famous houses of fiction.
The Jennys return with another shelf review for oldest unread books, then launch the 2019 Hatening with Susan Choi's weirdo novel Trust Exercise.
The Jennys chat about Veronica Mars, types of reading slumps and how to bust them, and Sarah Gailey's debut novel Magic for Liars.
Bonus episode! The Jennys talk through the many, many family trees of the Lord of the Rings appendices, and find among their branches a shocking name revelation.
The Jennys chat about the reads that make us feel hopeful, disclose an astonishing accomplishment by Whiskey Jenny, and renew Lauren Wilkinson's American Spy.
The Jennys are joined by friends of the podcast Robert and Ashley to discuss Alyssa Cole's historical romance novel, A Hope Divided. Euphemisms for sex organs are discussed.
The Jennys wrap up their read of Lord of the Rings,chat about their most anticipated books for summer, and review Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress.
The Jennys welcome one of the hosts of the Spectology podcast to chat about books that cross over the boundary between literary and speculative fiction, and review Karen Lord's The Best of All Possible Worlds.
Gin Jenny and special guest Renay talk about backlist books they're excited to read, then review Lauren Beukes's urban fantasy novel Zoo City.
The Jennys do their first-ever shelf review to tell you about their oldest and newest books, then review Helen Oyeyemi's dreamy unsettling fairy tale Gingerbread.
The Jennys talk through books and genres they've changed their minds about, and review Nicholas Johnson's memoir of Antarctic life, Big Dead Place.
Inspired by One Day at a Time, the TV show that made Gin Jenny cry the most, the Jennys pick out three properties to get rebooted.
The Jennys are joined by the marvelous Charlotte Geater to talk about experimental, epistolary, and other nontraditional narrative formats, and then to rave about Gina Apostol's latest book, Insurrecto.
The Jennys deal with Eowyn feelings, chat about their most anticipated books of Spring 2019, and review Jackie Sibble Drury's experimental play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia.
In this bonus minisode, the Jennys chat about Marie Kondo's attitude on books and whether it's actually fine. (It is.)
The Jennys get back to the Lord of the Rings readalong, then summarize their 2018 in reading and talk through New Year's Resolutions.
The Jennys close out the year with a chat about the new Netflix romcom The Princess Switch.
In their last full episode of the year, the Jennys chat about how the tone of a book can make or break it, and review Esi Edugyan's latest novel, Washington Black.
The Jennys are back to tell you what to buy your loved ones this holiday season! They share suggestions for general gifts, then offer personalized recommendations for listeners who wrote in.
The Jennys finish readalonging The Two Towers,chat about bookish skeletons in their closets, and conclude the 2018 Forcening with Suzanne Brockmann's Ready to Roll.
The Jennys answer a listener question about how to cull our personal libraries, then discuss Alice Walker's classic novel The Color Purple.
The Jennys welcome special guest stars Ashley Wells and Robert Repino to talk about Life and Death,the reimagined, genderbent version of Twilight.
The Jennys go all in on the Netflix adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, especially the parts where people want to kiss, but don't.
The Jennys solve the mystery of Gandalf's horse theft, chat about some exciting books coming out in fall 2018, and review Vanessa Hua's debut novel River of Stars.
The Jennys begin The Two Towers,chat about the dos and don'ts of historical fiction, and review Jordy Rosenberg's new historical novel, Confessions of the Fox.
The Jennys each pick the five saddest books they read as children, and Whiskey Jenny only cries once.
In belated honor of the Fourth of July, the Jennys consider some candidates for Great American Authors who aren't white dudes; then recap Lily Anderson's YA horror novel Undead Girl Gang.
In their first ever Patreon-enabled bonus episode, the Jennys recap the greatest spy movie of all time, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Jennys shriek about Aragorn, discuss which books from their TBR piles they'll get into this summer, and talk about Naima Coster's debut novel Halsey Street.
The Jennys resume rereading Lord of the Rings, catch up on the books they anticipated for spring, chat about the summer books they're looking forward to, and reviewed (kinda) Hiromi Kawakami's The Nakano Thrift Shop.
Gin Jenny and Special Guest Star Alexis talk about the do's and don'ts of book clubs and book swaps, then review Aminatta Forna's latest book Happiness.
The Jennys launch their Lord of the Rings reread, chat how fictional morality differs from real-life morality, and conclude their annual Hatening with Catherine Banner's The House at the Edge of Night.
The Jennys celebrate what they insist on calling their diamond jubilee with a new Patreon, not one game BUT TWO, and an enthusiastic-even-for-them recap of Alfred Lansing's classic book Endurance.
The Jennys sit down with Alanna Okun to chat about her new book, The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater. Expect plenty of craft talk plus some insight into what it's like to lead a college a cappella group in real life.
The Jennys host Andrew Santella to talk about his new book Soon: An Overdue History of Procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to You and Me.
The Jennys chat about the media they meant to consume in 2017 (but didn't) and commence the third annual Hatening with Jenn Ashworth's A Kind of Intimacy.
The Jennys give a polar explorer update or two, chat about the spring releases they're most looking forward to, and review Mohsin Hamid's latest novel, Exit West.
The Jennys consider their year in podcast reading, their year in general reading, and make bookish resolutions for 2018.
In the last podcast of 2017, the Jennys chat about what they like to read when the weather gets cold, then review Melina Marchetta's mystery novel, Tell the Truth Shame the Devil.
The Jennys recommend gifts for you to get all your loved ones, plus some specific books for people's specific loved ones. Happy holidays!
The Jennys welcome Kay from Not Now I'm Reading to talk about all the fanfiction in the world. Questions are answered. Ships are explored. And we all read rageprufrock's "Limited Release.
The Jennys return to talk about friendships in fiction and what makes them good, then review Laia Jufresa's translated novel about grief and community, Umami.
The Jennys run down some books from their childhood they believe deserve a wider audience, then go deep on Richard Adams's classic Watership Down. Things get emotional.
The second round of Serial Box Book Club is here! The Jennys discuss the pilot episode of Geek Actually, fall books they're looking forward to, and Ashley Shelby's South Pole Station.
The Jennys welcome Robert Repino to talk about the deep sea, Star Trek, and his dystopian world of talking animals.
The Jennys close out the first installment of the Serial Box Book Club, discuss their love (or hate) of various supernatural beasties, and review Victory Lavalle's contemporary horror novel The Changeling.
The Jennys are joined by Fangirl Happy Hour's Renay to chat about what we do when we fall in love with an author and review John Scalzi's debut novel, Old Man's War.
The Jennys chat about how they manage problematic contents in their books, then review the classic mystery novel Miss Pym Disposes.
The Jennys continue their Serial Box Book Club, chat about literary travel and literary pilgrimages, and review Angie Thomas's best-selling YA novel The Hate U Give.
The Jennys continue their Serial Box Book Club, chat about the summer books they're excited for, and review Paper Girls and The Vision.
Special guest Ashley Wells joins the Jennys for Serial Box Book Club, a game about music reviews, and a discussion of Hari Kunzru's ghost thriller White Tears.
The Jennys continue their Serial Box book club, discuss the ways they find and track their potential reads, and review Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander.
The Jennys start their Serial Box review series, talk over some recent book awards, and review Yewande Omotoso's second novel The Woman Next Door.
After a sobering near-break-up last week over The Secret History, the Jennys are once again in agreement about romance novels, upcoming stories, and Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer's Agnes and the Hit Man.
The Jennys discuss books of the sea and all the Patrick O'Brien they've never read, then commence the Second Annual Forcening with Donna Tartt's The Secret History.
The Jennys preview some TV and movie book adaptations and discover whether Gin Jenny will hate The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
The Jennys preview the most exciting books of spring 2017, commence the Second Annual Hatening with Richard Yates's The Easter Parade, and enjoy the best listener mail of all time.
The Jennys talk about the books, movies, and TV shows they missed in 2016 and review Alice Pung's young adult novel Lucy and Linh.
Happy Holidays! The Jennys bring all their best ideas of what to buy your loved ones this holiday season.
In this episode, the Jennys try to regroup post-election by sharing some of the things they're thankful for and reviewing Brit Bennett's debut novel The Mothers.
The Jennys invent a taxonomy of funny books and review Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Renay drops by from Fangirl Happy Hour to school the Demographically Similar Jennys on the wondrous worlds of science fiction.
In this episode, the Jennys have a polar explorer update, talk about rogues and lone wolves in fiction, and review Zoraida Cordova's supernatural YA novel, Labyrinth Lost.
In this episode, the Jennys give a polar explores update, weigh in on the best team ups in literature, and review the heisty Six of Crows.
In this episode, the Jennys look ahead to their most anticipated books of the fall season and review Rumaan Alam's Rich and Pretty.