50/50 Books

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission where failure means humanity and the earth itself will perish. The memories of that mission are fuzzy to him, though, after waking up from a long sleep in a far away ship with crewmates that have become corpses. All that’s left, really, is to complete the mission and solve an impossible scientific mystery, and with the clock ticking down, he’ll have to do it all alone. Or will he?

This episode (our final episode!) we’re finishing Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir!

With this podcast going on a bit of an indefinite hiatus (hosts with sights set on different projects), I just wanted to say thank you for listening, regardless of how much or when in time you might be listening! Also, I am so grateful towards Jonathan for working on this podcast with me; you’re posting this episode, so thanks for all the fun (I will not stop bothering you about stories!). Ok bye! - Taylor

And thank you to Taylor for editing literally every episode ever! We'll see you in the next era! -Jonathan

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Blood depiction; Emesis; Dead bodies; Medical treatment and procedures; Comas; Death of colleagues (off page); Vastness of space; mentions of suicide; mentions of overdose

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – Trigger Warning Database 

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission where failure means humanity and the earth itself will perish. The memories of that mission are fuzzy to him, though, after waking up from a long sleep in a far away ship with crewmates that have become corpses. All that’s left, really, is to complete the mission and solve an impossible scientific mystery, and with the clock ticking down, he’ll have to do it all alone. Or will he?

This episode we’re reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, stopping just before Chapter 14!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Blood depiction; Emesis; Dead bodies; Medical treatment and procedures; Comas; Death of colleagues (off page); Vastness of space; mentions of suicide; mentions of overdose

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – Trigger Warning Database 

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

Veronica and Nico are artists first, best friends second, but that was before muse-like Mick, who happens to be Veronica’s dream girl. Amidst adventure filled summer days, they begin to fall in love, but what comes next is unimaginable. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect. One stalker.

This episode we’re finishing up She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Arson; Animal cruelty; Animal death; Car accident; Child death; Death; Drowning; Emotional child abuse; Imprisonment; Kidnapping; Murder; Panic attacks; Stalking; Strangling; Suicidal ideation; Violence

• ⁠She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard - Book Trigger Warnings⁠ 

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

Veronica and Nico are artists first, best friends second, but that was before muse-like Mick, who happens to be Veronica’s dream girl. Amidst adventure filled summer days, they begin to fall in love, but what comes next is unimaginable. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect. One stalker.

This episode we’re reading She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard, up to Chapter 22: Veronica.

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Arson; Animal cruelty; Animal death; Car accident; Child death; Death; Drowning; Emotional child abuse; Imprisonment; Kidnapping; Murder; Panic attacks; Stalking; Strangling; Suicidal ideation; Violence

• She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard - Book Trigger Warnings 

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

On a midwinter’s night a young child is found, seemingly dead, but hours later, she returns to life. The mystery of her rebirth as well as her identity persists, but some conflicting answers present themselves as three families try to claim her. However, with each of these families having their own reasons to claim the girl, they also have mysteries of their own.

This episode we’re reading Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Rape; domestic violence; suicide; grief & loss depiction; death of a child; kidnapping; drowning; racism

• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield – Trigger Warning Database  

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

On a midwinter’s night a young child is found, seemingly dead, but hours later, she returns to life. The mystery of her rebirth as well as her identity persists, but some conflicting answers present themselves as three families try to claim her. However, with each of these families having their own reasons to claim the girl, they also have mysteries of their own.

This episode we’re reading Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield, up to (but not including) the chapter titled Gone or Mr Armstrong Goes to Bampton.

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Rape; domestic violence; suicide; grief & loss depiction; death of a child; kidnapping; drowning; racism

• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield – Trigger Warning Database  

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

With the death of his grandfather, Jay and his family travel south to the property he left them, a farm fallen into ruin. Still, Jay’s father sends Jay out to work the land that’s left, and over these days, Jay ends up meeting Chuan, the son of the farm’s manager. As the boys grow closer, the family members deal with their own regrets and begin to drift apart.

This episode we’re finishing The South by Tash Aw!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Mentions of slurs and homophobia/transphobia; racism against Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian people; Islamophobia; vomiting; drugs; sexual assault; pedophilia

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

With the death of his grandfather, Jay and his family travel south to the property he left them, a farm fallen into ruin. Still, Jay’s father sends Jay out to work the land that’s left, and over these days, Jay ends up meeting Chuan, the son of the farm’s manager. As the boys grow closer, the family members deal with their own regrets and begin to drift apart.

This episode we’re reading The South by Tash Aw, up to (but not including) the chapter beginning with: “There is not enough space on the bed for two of them to lie down on their backs…” (hardcover page 142; ebook page 142).

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Mentions of slurs and homophobia/transphobia; racism against Chinese and Indonesian people; vomiting

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books
  

Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit, where women over the age of fifty and men over sixty that are single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries are kept for their final years. The conditions sound ruthless, as they are expected to contribute towards drug and psychological testing and donate their organs, a bit at a time, until their final donation, but Dorrit finds her situation pleasant and peaceful enough. However, when she meets a man and falls in love, there is uncertainty. Comply or escape, and if escape, then what?

This episode we’re finishing The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist (translated by Marlaine Delargy)!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Organ harvesting; euthanasia; medical and psychological experimentation; loss of freedom and surveillance; mentions of suicide; grief; cheating

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books

Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit, where women over the age of fifty and men over sixty that are single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries are kept for their final years. The conditions sound ruthless, as they are expected to contribute towards drug and psychological testing and donate their organs, a bit at a time, until their final donation, but Dorrit finds her situation pleasant and peaceful enough. However, when she meets a man and falls in love, there is uncertainty. Comply or escape, and if escape, then what?

This episode we’re reading The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist (translated by Marlaine Delargy), up to (but not including) Part 2 Chapter 14!

TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:

• Organ harvesting; euthanasia; medical and psychological experimentation; loss of freedom and surveillance; mentions of suicide; grief; cheating

And our Socials are:

• https://twitter.com/5050_books

• https://www.youtube.com/@5050_Books

• https://www.goodreads.com/5050_books