Choice Words: Recent Episodes
Gracy and Ra
Choice Words is a podcast that covers a little bit of everything in the literary world. Book reviews, literary discussions, writing tips - it’s all there! Hosted by Ra of bookinfested.com and published poet Gracy Boes, this podcast covers a plethora of topics regarding writing of various kinds. Come and enjoy your stay with some Choice Words.
This episode is a book review of the novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke done by both Ra and Gracy. Please be advised that our book reviews are not spoiler free, so if you want to read this book first, we highly recommend you do so.
Content Warning: In this review we discuss elements of the story that we felt mirrored certain aspects of mental illness, such as daily coping mechanisms, trauma response, disassociation and dissociative disorders, and recovery. The discussion of these topics and how they may be seen in the story take up a large percentage of this episode. Please consider your own mental health and how these conversations may impact you before proceeding with the episode.
Aside from reviewing Piranesi, we also mentioned The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis and The Lord of the Rings – specifically The Return of the King – directed by Peter Jackson, based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Listen to Gracy give a review on the book This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Just a reminder that our book reviews are not spoiler free, so if you don't want spoilers, maybe give this episode a miss for now.
We're wrapping up the discussion on the books that have impacted us over the course of our lives and in what ways. This is part 2, so be sure to listen to part 1 first to get the full discussion.
Join us while we discuss what a '451' book is, what ours are, and the books that have had an impact on us throughout our lives. This is part 1 of 2.
Gracy brings us along on a review of The Carls duology consisting of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing andA Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Nothing beats talking about talking - or rather, talking about writing with talking in it. In this episode we go over some things to keep in mind when you're writing dialogue.
In this episode, Gracy interviews Ra about the book The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Please be advised that our book reviews are not spoiler free.
Trigger Warning: Around the 26 minute mark, Ra mentions and briefly discusses the role of a character who in the book is a confirmed rapist.
In this episode, we discuss what's important to making a character with depth and what it means when a character is "flat."
This week we review Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This episode contains spoilers.
In this episode we discuss the differences between a character-driven story and a plot-driven story, along with some of the positives and negatives of each.
Welcome! In this episode, we give you a quick introduction to some of the things we plan to discuss in our podcast. We look forward to talking to you.