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Deb and Mindy
We did not pick this topic because of the attack on Ukraine, but there is nothing else we would rather discuss in light of it. Here is a discussion of tyranny in all its form. Political or not. Fiction and nonfiction. History and mythology.
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Books Discussed:
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
The Verso Book of Dissent
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Creation of the Gods by Zu Zhonglin
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the last few months of books and reading! It's a two-month catch-up in dark Wes Anderson, Chinese BL webnovels, and charming middle-grade novels. Honestly, the range is impeccable.
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Books Discussed:
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
The Scum Villain's Self-Serving System by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
The Phantom Toolbooth by Norton Juster
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
What Happens at Night by Peter Cameron
Deb and Mindy discuss some of their fave middle-grade novels and series! Honestly, if there is anything we can take away from this episode, it might be THAT book Mindy discussed. It's wild.
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Books Discussed:
The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
The Guardians series by William Joyce
The Woman Who Loved Reindeer
Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
The Best Christmas Present Ever by by Barbara Robinson
2021 comes to an end with a look towards 2022. Join Deb and Mindy as they look back on their reading year and the resolution they hope to achieve in the new year. (Honestly, it sounds like it was a weird year for webtoons.)
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Another month gone by with more books to talk about. Except there wasn't much reading. This is a podcast about two ladies ranting and reading, but for this episode, Deb and Mindy really amped up the ranting part. If the 20 minute rant about vampires don't convince you, then the other 20 minute rant about another book might!
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Books Discussed:
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Fantastic Tales by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss their reading month! Rig oils and affairs, horror and hauntings, (not)Great British Bake-off romance, and political fantasy BL romances! What a month!
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Books Discussed:
Sea State: A Memoir by Tabitha Lasley
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
King's Maker by Haga, Kang Ji Young
It's the last part of our three part epic Romance genre discussion! It's been a wild ride, but we've come here at last. Join us as discuss some of our favorite and memorable contemporary romances.
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Books Discussed:
More Than a Friend by Elizabeth Winfrey
Evie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne
From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Another month with another reading round-up! Join Deb and Mindy as talk about their reading month.
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Books Discussed:
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
Weather by Jenny Offill
Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
Deb and Mindy are back at it again! Welcome back to the second part of our three part series of ROMANCE! There are so many dukes! And Mindy gets very confused. Join us as we discuss some of our fave romance books in historical, fantasy, and classics settings!
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Happy two years to Not a Bookclub! Deb and Mindy are back with another Reading Round-Up episode(previously named "Whatcha read?"). Join them as they talk about graphic novels, agriculture, and sad books that were bought because the cover was pretty.
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Books Discussed:
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction
The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom by the McElroys and Carey Pietsch
Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey by James Rebank
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Welcome back, Deb and Mindy! Welcome back friends! Readers and non-readers!
This month, ROMANCE is in the air! Well, not exactly. Deb and Mindy discuss what is the romance genre. Tropes they like and don't like and what constitutes as romance. Join them as they deep dive into the genre.
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No new Spotlight for July and Whatcha read ep for August. We'll be back August 27th.
Happy Reading!
Join Deb and Mindy as they talk about their reading month.
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Books Discussed:
Brickmakers by Selva Almada translated by Annie McDermott
Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford
Tomorrow They Don't Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras translated by Simon Leser
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
Since places are beginning to open up Stateside, Deb and Mindy discuss books set in places where they want to travel to! Join them as they talk about books that might or might not have anything to do with the country they want to go to, and the itineraries that were created pre-pandemic!
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Books Discussed:
The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman and Nancy Freedman
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee Wilson
Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
Gourmet Magazine
Austenland by Shannon Hale
For the latest bookclub episode, Deb and Mindy discuss the last book in the Queen's Thief series by Meghan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief. Join them as they discuss the big finale to the story of Eugenides, the characters they hated and loved, and the war with the Mede Empire!
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Deb and Mindy talk about their reading month!
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Books Discussed:
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
Beautiful Things: A Memoir by Hunter Biden
A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Deb and Mindy discuss the formative YA novels read during their teen years! Girls dressing as boys to be in a male dominated job(yes), glitter grunge(of course), and diaries of a certain Genovian princess(ALWAYS). Join them as they try to remember plots and the wild trips down memory lane.
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Books Discussed:
The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot
Tamora Pierce
I was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Vivian Vande Velde
Bloody Jack Series by L.A. Meyer
Not a Bookclub's bookclub book! This month Deb and Mindy read the fifth book in Meghan Whalen Turner's The Queen's Thief series: Thick as Thieves.
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Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss their reading month! Memoirs galore, charming love stories with reality TV settings, and fictional rockbands from the 70's!
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Books Discussed:
Docile by K.M. Szpara
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
My Name is Selma by Selma van de Perre
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Educated by Tara Westover
Deb and Mindy talk about the most openly unexclusive "secret" club there is: fanfiction. Join them as they take a walk down memory lane and talk about their guilty(not really) pleasure.
Disclaimer: All opinions are personal with no judgement on others preferred fanfiction reading experience and tags.
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Deb and Mindy are back with the extra episode of the month! Join them as they discuss Not a Bookclub's bookclub book!
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Bookclub book:
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Deb and Mindy talk their recent reading month. So many audiobooks. Make sure to plan in investing for your retirement plan. The tomes of the Obamas. And cancel culture?
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The Removed by Brandon Hobson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Invested by Danielle Town and Phil Town
Early Works, 1970-1979 by Patti Smith
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Some thoughts.
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Another month, another Not a Bookclub Bookclub book. Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the next book in The Queen's Thief series, The King of Attolia, and the debate that ensues if Gen is to be Thief in this book or King.
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The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss their reading month! Gay romances, comedian memoirs, and royal families?! Yes!!
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Books Discussed:
The Will Darling Adventures by K.J. Charles
Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau
100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
Fox 8 by George Saunders
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie
Deb and Mindy are at it again, on the one subject they can't stop talking about... this time, they share some of their manga comfort reads.
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Series Discussed:
Assassination Classroom, Yusei Matsui
Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Akira Amano
Twittering Birds Never Fly, Yoneda Kou
Hoshin Engi, Fujisaki Ryu
Ace of Diamond, Yuji Terajima
Your and My Secret, Morinaga Ai
Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the second book in The Queen's Thief series The Queen of Attolia.
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The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Join Deb and Mindy as they discussed what they have read recently. Thriller/mystery as a travel book, Japanese classic lit with unlikeable characters, and the last interview of one of the most mysterious tragic actresses.
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Books discussed:
The Bishop's Bedroom by Piera Chiara
Botchan by Natsume Soseki
Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer
Luster by Raven Leilani
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Interview edited by Sady Doyle
What makes a superhero? What makes a superhero story? Come join Deb and Mindy as they debate on what is the 'Superhero' genre! *Disclaimer: they went on for a while.
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Books Discussed:
Hero by Perry Moore
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
All my Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
Welcome to Not a Bookclub's first bookclub special! Mindy wanted to talk about a book so we decided to do bookclub for the entire series. Read along or just listen to the rants and join them as they discuss the first book in The Queen's Thief series by Meghan Whalen Turner.
*Correction: Pol's main job was to protect Sophos.
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The Thief by Meghan Whalen Turner
Happy New Year, everyone!! Goodbye 2020 and hello to 2021! Welcome to the first episode of the year! Come join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the last few books read in 2020. True crime, Joseon(Korea) mysteries, and magic children coming through!
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Books Discussed:
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Silence of Bones by June Hur
Straight from the Hourse's Mouth by Meryum Alaoui
The House in the Cerulean Sea By TJ Klune
2020 is coming to an end and what a year it has been! Come join Deb and Mindy as they reflect on their reading year. From changing reading habits to expanding genres to mindless comfort reads. How did reading and books help process this year?
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Happy Holidays, everyone!
Deb and Mindy discuss their reading(or lack of reading) month!
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Books Discussed:
Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
Teach Me by Olivia Dade
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
Missionaries by Phil Klay
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We hope you were able to enjoy this holiday, dedicated overeating, while socially distanced!
Since the holidays for gift giving is coming up, we decided to highlight some of our favorite indie bookstores in NYC! Come hear us talk about cookbook stores, secondhand wonders, and an entire bookstore dedicated to children's books.
CORRECTION: Strand Bookstore's tagline is 18 miles of books; not 5 miles of books.
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Bookstores Discussed:
Archestratus Books
The Center for Fiction
Albertine
Books of Wonder
Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe and Bar
BOOKOFF
Rizzoli Bookstore
Powerhouse Arena
Word Bookstore
Three Lives & Company
Strand Book Store
Books Are Magic
The Lit. Bar
Come join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the books that helped distract them in the last month!
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Books Discussed:
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
Sex With Presidents by Eleanor Herman
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
In: A Graphic Novel by Will McPhail
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Deb and Mindy are at it again! It's another CLAMP spotlight episode and it's a doozy. Come join them as they finish off discussing the publish works of one of the most popular manga acts in the world.
Main takeaways: it's beautiful, depressing, and constantly on hiatus.
Timestamps for series discussed:
Legal Drug: 3:54
Chobits: 10:38
Murikuri: 20:42
xxxHolic: 21:38
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles: 34:42
Kobato: 45:01
Gate 7: 47.18
Drug and Drop: 49:07
xxxHolic Rei/Tsubasa World Chronicles: Nirai Kanai-hen: 49:51
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card: 52:31
Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss their reading month! (Mindy definitely had a mood this month.)
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Books Discussed:
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lourde
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Burning God(The Poppy War #3) by R.F. Kuang
The Fire This Farm edited by Jesmyn Ward
Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Bestiary by K-Ming Chang
Moms by Yeong-shin Ma
Sisters by Daisy Johnson
Earthling by Sayaka Murata
CLAMP!! One of the biggest names in the manga and anime world. For Deb and Mindy, CLAMP was one of the most influential story-tellers of their old adolescent lives. Come join them as they nerd out, angrily discuss on being mutually broken, and cry out in awe at the beauty of the artwork. Also, missing eyeballs.
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Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss what they have read recently!
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Books Discussed:
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes
Another month, another spotlight episode. Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss some of their favorite Shakespeare works! What makes Shakespeare so good? Is it actually hard to understand? What's the deal with that teenage star-crossed lover angst? TWO HOUSEHOLDS BOTH ALIKE IN DIGNITY, IN FAIR VERONA WHERE WE LAY OUR SCENE-
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(Excessive amounts of rain can be heard in the latter half of the recording.)
Correction: The tool in Much Ado About Nothing is named Claudio, not Claudius. Such a tool.
What happens when Deb is in a reading slump? What happens when Mindy isn't? Come join them as they discuss the books they read(or lack of books read) in the last month!
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Books Discussed:
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal by the Mcelroys and Carey Pietsch
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Odd Girl Out by Morangg
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Join Deb and Mindy as they discuss books-to-films adaptions. Find out what they liked, what they were not huge fans of, and if reading the book before or after watching the movie makes a difference!
CORRECTION: Far From the Madding Crowd is written by Thomas HARDY, not HARDING.
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Books Discussed:
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
Laura by Vera Caspary
Catch up with Deb and Mindy's reading month!
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Books Discussed:
Meaty by Samantha Irby
Middlegame by Seannan McGuire
False Values by Ben Aaronovitch
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
This month, Deb and Mindy discuss Black Authors in various genres. Join them as they also discuss the disparity in the publishing industry and in book awards.
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Books Discussed:
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
Jazz by Toni Morrison
The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson
Fact check: N.K. Jemisin's paid advance was $25,000 per book as oppose to the $58,000 that was mentioned. Click here for article.
We discuss the importance of awareness, the need for compassion, and owning up to our ignorance.
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The Strand bookstore list
Cafe con Libros
The Lit Bar bookstore list
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Books Discussed:
The Best American Food Writing 2019 by Samin Nosrat
Ice by Anna Kavan
Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command by Sean Naylor
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Come join Deb and Mindy as they talk about their favorite childhood novels! Princess, cursed girls, and children shifting into animals galore!
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Books Discussed:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnetts
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
The Royal Diaries Series
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Amelia's Notebook by Marissa Moss
Animorphs Series by K.A. Applegate
Join Deb and Mindy this week as they rant about why high fantasy books are hard, Knight's Tale vs. Ever After, and ice skating romances!
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Books Discussed:
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata
What's everyone doing in isolation? Cooking? Well in this week's episode, Deb and Mindy spotlight cookbooks! Join them as they discuss how to actually read cookbooks and if they actually use any of the recipes.
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Clementine in the Kitchen by Samuel V. Chamberlain
Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
New Delineater Recipes
Just a French Guy Cooking by Alexis Gabriel Ainouz
The Food of Taiwan by Cathy Erway
Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes by Robin Ha
The Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 Recipes by Ruth Reichl
Hard times calls for light reading. Come join Deb and Mindy as they discuss their reading month filled with romance, fluff, and cats?
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Books Discussed:
Wayside School Series by Louis Sachar
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston SPOILERS: 17:00-27:00
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles
Saphie: The One-Eyed Cat by Joho
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
It's a weird and terrible time out there right now. Like everyone else, we've been trying to stave off boredom and upsetting feelings by trying to distract ourselves. We hope that in this crazy and unsure time, that hearing two girls talk about books will help in your own distraction endeavors.
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Books Discussed:
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Tampa by Alissa Nutting (SPOILERS: 19:45-20:53)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventures in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Come join Deb and Mindy as they highlight their reading month! Boyband love-interest, hilarious serial killers, teen rom-com and more!
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Books Discussed:
Inland by Tea Obreht
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Oishii Kankei by Satoru Makimura
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
Valentine's Day has come and passed, and Mindy and Deb have celebrated by talking about....horror! Come join them and their first guest, Joyce, as they discuss body horror vs. supernatural horror! Japanese horror vs. Western horror? And what happens if you read at night? Oh, the horror!
(Disclaimer: there were technical difficulties with audio. Volume control might be an issue...)
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Books Discussed:
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Tomie by Junji Ito
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Horror fisherman, fantasy YA, and tangents galore! Join Deb and Mindy as they discussed what they've read lately!
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Books Discussed:
The Fisherman by John Langan
Devotion by Patti Smith
Find Me by Andre Acimen
Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
The Cadeleonian Series by Ginn Hale
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Black Hand by Stephen Talty
Rise of Globalism by Stephen E. Ambrose
Optic Nerve by María Gainza
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
Strap yourselves in for this one as Deb and Mindy go down the nerd hole of manga. Join them as they reminisce what stories and series impacted them throughout their adolescence and beyond.
FACT CHECK: Sailor Moon has 200 episodes, not 300 episodes mentioned in this episode.
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Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
Ceres: Celestial Being by Yuu Watase
Cardcaptor Sakura/CLAMP
Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki
Skip Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura
Happy New Year! Come join Deb and Mindy as they highlight their last reading month of the 2010's!
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Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Woolgathering by Patti Smith
The Wicked King by Holly Black
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare
The Fisherman by John Langan
The Dark by John McGahern
Devotion by Patti Smith
Naruto series by Masashi Kishimoto / Boruto series by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto
What are Deb and Mindy's favorite books of 2019? Come join them as they discuss psychedelics, a borderline pornographic photographer, and....anime? Yep, definitely talking about books!
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Books Discussed:
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited by the McElroys and art by Carey Pietsch
Saraiya Goyou(House of Five Leaves) by Natsume Ono
Just Kids by Patti Smith
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
The Mere Wife by Maria Davhana Headley
So what's up with books without dialogue quotation marks? Come join Deb and Mindy as they highlight their reading month!
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Books Discussed:
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Wilder Girls by Rory Powers
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
This week is Pride and Prejudice week! Is Darcy actually just an awkward shy boy? Can Mrs. Bennet just chill out?(Probably not.) Can two Pride and Prejudice fangirls talk calmly about one of their fave books?(Definitely not.) Come join Deb and Mindy as they rant why a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
(Also, we would like to apologize for not even mentioning the greatness of Charlotte Lucas. The audacity of calling ourselves P&P fans.)
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Books Discussed:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentlemen Series by Pamela Aidan
Unequal Affection: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling by Lara S. Ormiston
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Austenland Series by Shannon Hale
Come join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the highlights of their reading month in the latest episode of Not A Bookclub!
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Books Discussed:
Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (SPOILERS 20:41-32:43)
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
It's the Halloween Spotlight Special!
What will Deb and Mindy be talking about? Ghouls? Ghosts? Vampires?! CLOSE! It's erotica! Come join them as they talk about tentacle men, lusty classics, and webzines from Livejournal!
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Books Discussed:
Merry Gentry Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
Sleeping Beauty Series by A.N. Roquelaure(Anne Rice)
The Vampire Chronicles Series by Anne Rice
Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts by Mitzi Szereto
Shousetsu Bang Bang Webzine
Lusty Little Women by Margaret Pearl
Marquis de Sade
Fifty Shades Series by E.L. James
What have Deb and Mindy been reading lately? Fantasy, city-planning, depressing books and more!
For inquiries, email notabookclub.pod@gmail.com
Books Discussed:
Dream Cities by Wade Graham
Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling
The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
Alastair-Audley Tetralogy Series by Georgette Heyer
This week Deb and Mindy talk about books read in school! Who liked what? What was not really liked? Can two use-to-be teenage girls even understand Holden Caulfield?
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Books discussed:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Gone by Michael Grant
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Welcome to the 1st episode of Not A Bookclub...the podcast!
In the inaugural episode, Deb and Mindy talk about what and who got them into reading. Come join them as they discuss the start to their most expensive hobby, what they've read recently, and if they actually like multi-perspective.
For inquiries, please email notabookclub.pod@gmail.com
Books discussed:
There There by Tommy Orange
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Machineries of Empire Series by Yoon Ha Lee
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab(Spoilers: 34:57 - 49:05)
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson