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Faith & Sara
Two girls compete to see who will read the most pages and talk all things book related along the way.
The top three books Faith and Sara have read so far this year.
Books mentioned:
- All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
- Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus
- Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
- Query by Zilla Novikov
- The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth and Power by Deirdre Mask
- Trust by Hernan Diaz
Part 2 of our 2024 wrap up episode!
Books mentioned:
- Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
- Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
- Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
- The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
Recorded in January, this one took a while to make it to being posted! We had a very chaotic return to podcasting which meant that editing this was a beast. We've split it into two parts, with part two of our top 5 favourite books (and some honourable mentions) coming soon đđ„
Books mentioned:
- A Bit Much by Sarah Jackson
- Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Reprieve by James Han Mattson
- Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Sara's top 3 pick, and our top 2 picks of 2023 will be posted soon!
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How often do we think about the Roman Empire? Pretty rarely. But we do think about books every day. We dove back into our bookshelves to find the books, poems, scenes, and characters that we think about on a nearly daily basis.
Books mentioned:
- Swallowtail by Brenna Twohy
- So Sad Today by Melissa Border
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- Exhalations by Ted Chang
- Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
- Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer
- No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay
Are you more into witchy, spooky Halloween fall, or are you more dark academia? Whatever your fall aesthetic is, we've got book recommendations for you.
Books mentioned:
- The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby
- The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
- Bear by Marian Engel
- Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden
- When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
- When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
- Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
We're doing a wrap up of all of the books we read this summer! Featuring an especially odd mix of books from both Faith and Sara.
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Books mentioned:
- Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
- Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson
- Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
- Foe by Iaan Reid
- Yellowface by RF Kuang
- Weyward by Emilia Hart
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
- Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
- A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again by Joanna Biggs
- The Carrying: Poems by Ada LimĂłn
- Heartburn by Nora Ephron
- To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
A slightly belated second annual mid-year freak out! Faith and Sara are talking all the books we have read so far this year and wrapping up the first half of 2023.
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Books mentioned:
- How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
- The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
- Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
- The Murder of Roger Aykroyd by Agatha Christie
- Unearthing by Kyo Maclear
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarrows
- Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
- Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- Line of Duty Series by Tessa Bailey
- The English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt
- The Great Indoors: the Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health and Happiness by Emily Anthes
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff
- Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns
- Self-Care by Leigh Stein
- Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
- We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
- Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
- Tauhou: A Novel by KĆtuku Titihuia Nuttall
- Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- A Day of Fallen and Night by Samantha Shannon
Have you ever finished a book and thought "I want to read something with this exact vibe" after? Well, today we're bringing you those exact recommendations! Do you have any books we didn't cover you want recommendations for? Let us know!
Books mentioned:
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
- Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- Indians on Vacation by Thomas King
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
- Reprieve by James Han Mattson
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- Come Closer by Sara Gran
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Our reading slump is finally over! We're going through what we read in February and March, which happens to include a few of the same books for us both.
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Books mentioned:
- I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey
- Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
- Astrid Parker Doesnât Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
- An English Murder by Cyril Hare
- Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers
- Hörrorstor by Grady Hendrix
- On Writing and Failure or On The Peculiar Perseverance Required to Ensure The Life of a Writer by Steven Marsh
- Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
- Ms Bensonâs Beetle by Rachel Joyce
- Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Lights, camera, action! We've got a list of books we think deserve their moment to shine on the big (or maybe little) screen.
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Books mentioned:
- Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
- Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
- Vox by Christina Dalcher
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Today we're taking on the classic game of F[ornicate], Marry, Kill - but this time, with books! Listen to Faith and Sara try and to decide between some of our favourite books, and have a few rants along the way.
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Books mentioned:
- The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan
- The Dead Mountaineers Inn by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World by Marcus Rediker
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
- New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
- Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Northanger Abby by Jane Austen
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
- Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldtree
- Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
- Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
- Redwall series by Brian Jacques
- Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel
- Guardians of Ga'hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
- So This is Christmas by Jenny Holiday *
- I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
- When The Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica
*NOTE: Incorrectly, we named Tracy Andreen in the podcast as the author of this book. Sorry!
February is the month of the reading slump for Faith and Sara! Today we're talking about all the challenges we have with reading slumps, and strategies we use to get out of them.
As always, you can find us on Instagram (Faith's Instagram), and TikTok.
Books mentioned:
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
- Bridget Jones's Baby by Helen Fielding
- Sign Here by Claudia Lux
- Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat
- So Sad Today by Melissa Broder
- Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
- Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
- Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
- The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett
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is tiktok ruining reading? & the desire to be 'a reader' by thebookleo
And...we're back! We've got a wrap up of 2022 and a run down of 2023 so far.
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Books mentioned:
- Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
- Exhalation by Ted Chiang
- Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel
- The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
- Dirty Birds by Morgan Murray
- Girly Drinks: A History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
- A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon (coming soon)
- Mothered by Zoje Stage (coming soon)
- I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore (coming soon)
- It Came From The Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror edited by Joe Vallese
- Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
- Love After the End: an Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative fFction edited by Joshua Whitehead
- How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
- A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechtel
- Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Sign Here by Claudia Lux
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
We're doing the mid-year freakout tag, going through all of our favourites so far in 2022 and what we're looking forward to for the rest of the year.
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Books mentioned:
- Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniels
- Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
- Ring by Andre Alexis
- I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
- Paper Towns by John Green
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
- Wonderland by Zoje Stage
- Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light by Tanya Huff
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour by Hank Green
- Summerwater by Sarah Moss
- House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
- Any book by Sarah Gailey
- Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
- The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine De Pizan
- Wendy by Water Scott
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
- The Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
- Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-MĂŒler
- The Dead Mountaineers Inn by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
- An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard
- Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- Emma by Jane Austen
It's Pride month! Looking for some gay books to fill out your TBR? Look no further. In honour of Pride, we're reviewing five queer books each.
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Books mentioned:
- The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
- Chelsea Girls by Eileen Miles
- Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat
- Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green
- Luna by Julie Anne Peterson
- This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amar El-Mohtar
- Written in The Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour by Hank Green
- Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote
- Missed Her by Ivan Coyote
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
- Maurice by E. M. Forster
It's a fantasy genre deep dive! We're talking all things dragons, magic, mythic and more with a look at some of our old favourites that made up what we love and don't love, about this genre.
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Books mentioned:
- Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel
- Birds of America by Lorie Moore
- A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
- Captive Prince Series by C. S. Pacat
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
- The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
- The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
- Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
- Jewel Kingdom Series by Jahnna N. Malcolm
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
- The Deep by River Soloman
- The Wolf and The Woodsman by Ava Reid
- The Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
- The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig
- The Darkest Powers by Kelley Armstrong
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky
- Plus One by Elizabeth Fama
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
- Redwall by Brian Jacques
- Firebringer by David Clement-Davies
- The Sight by David Clement-Davies
- Warrior Cats by Erin Hunter
- Silverwing Series by Kenneth Oppel
Another round-up of books! Arguably our most eclectic mix of books yet. We also tried a new format with this one - let us know what you think! Instagram: @morepages, @faith.reads Faith's Books:
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Sara's Books:
Prime Ministerial Power in Canada by Patrice Dutil Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by David M. Perry, Matthew Gabriele
We're back after an unexpected hiatus! We start this one off with a brief discussion on cookbooks, and which pages count towards the page goal before we move into a rundown of some recent books we've read. Unfortunately, in the chaos of this recording, we managed to forget to record our page count so you'll have to wait for Episode 5 for an update on that. Instagram: @morepages, @faith.reads Books mentioned:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Alessandra Viola and Stefano Mancuso The Mothers by Brit Bennett A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Wonderland by Zoje Stage Wendyâs Revenge by Walter K. Scott Delilah Green Doesnât Care by Ashley Herring Blake Swallowtail by Brenna Twohy
Our first wrap-up! Sara and Faith had a great reading month in January and spent this episode discussing their reads. Instagram: @morepages, @faith.reads Sara's Books:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Ring by André Alexis Memorial by Bryan Washington A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine De Pizan The Lie And How We Told It by Tommi Parrish Love Poems by Anne Sexton
Faith's Books:
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo The Deep by Rivers Solomon The Shadows by Alex North Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
We made it to episode two! In this episode, Sara and Faith take a look back at their reading in 2021 and share some thoughts on new reading goals for 2022. Instagram: @MorePages List of books mentioned:
Harry Potter series. by J. K. Rowling Captive Prince series by C. S. Pacat The Handmaidâs Tale by Margaret Atwood Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena The Other Child by Lucy Atkins A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Scarlett Series by Maureen Johnson Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg Matrix by Lauren Groff Persuasion by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Milk Fed by Melissa Broder So Sad Today by Melissa Border The Pisces by Melissa Broder What We Donât Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
The first episode of the More Pages podcast! Will we make it past episode 1? Who could say. But itâs exciting! In this first episode, Faith and Sara answer questions from the popular âNew to Booktubeâ tag (modified for podcasting). Note: we attribute the question list to Brenda C, but she in fact started the 'Booktube Newbie' tag. Instagram: @MorePages List of books mentioned:Â
Emilyâs House by Niko Scharer Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne The Jewel Kingdom book series by Jahnna N. Malcolm, Neal McPheeters Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman Heidi by Johanna Spyri A Little Princess by Frances Hodges Burnett Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance) by Christopher Paolini A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Twilight by Stephanie Meyer The Shadows by Alex North Ring by Andre Alexis Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Circe by Madeline Miller Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Galatea by Madeline Miller Persephone by Madeline Miller The Seven Husbands of Evelyne Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Memorial by Bryan Washington