Book Besties

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 12: Liv Constantine & The Senator’s Wife

This Week the Besties are joined by very special Guests writing duo Liv Constantine. Join them as they talk about the writing process, how two people can have the same idea and run with it, and book twists you don’t see coming.

Things talked about in this episode:

Liv Constantine: https://livconstantine.com/

L.C. Shaw: http://lcshawauthor.com/

Illuminae: https://rss.com/podcasts/bookbesties/802477/

ThrillerFest: https://thrillerfest.com/

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 11: Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

This week the Besties are completely off track as they make their way to Nowhere House and talk about this week's book, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna. Join them as they talk about cozy fantasy, orphan witches, and a witch in love.

Things talked about in this episode:

Bookables: https://www.youtube.com/@Bookables

Sangu Mandanna: https://sangumandanna.com/

Meg’s Tea Room: https://www.tiktok.com/@megstearoom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Altamira Cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 10: Bride

This week the Besties talk about Bride by Ali Hazelwood. Join them as they discuss their third Hazelwood novel, chatting about scientifically accurate Werewolf sex, world building, and hypothesize the plot of a potential sequel.

Things talked about in this episode:

• Actor Molly pictured as Misery’s dad: Denis O’Hare, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641354/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
• Knotting: https://bit.ly/3TP8s6j

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 9: This is How You Lose the Time War

This week the Besties talk This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Listen in as they talk about this wildly popular book and discuss symbolism in time travel, multiple writers, and when books need to be longer.

Things talked about in this episode:

Justin Bieber Song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_(Justin_Bieber_song)

Molly wrong usher wasn’t a writer on it.

Max Gladstone: https://www.maxgladstone.com/

Amal El-Mohtar: https://amalelmohtar.com/

Chatterton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Chatterton

All our Wrong Todays: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27405006-all-our-wrong-todays

Quiet on the Set: https://bit.ly/4acDJH6

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 8: The Grace Year

Episode Note- Due to technical errors, our guest does not appear on screen for the first 30mins. We apologize to our viewers and our guests for this inconvenience. Thank you for understanding.

This week the Besties are joined by author Francesca Zappia to talk about the YA dystopian book The Grace Year by Kim Liggett. Join them as they discuss religious trauma and feminism in YA, pointless subplots, and girl on girl crime.

Content Warnings: violence, death, religious trauma, suicide, PTSD, forced marriage, hanging, bullying, scalping, prostitution, sexual assault, castration. Listener discretion is advised.

Things talked about in this episode:

• Francesca Zappia: https://www.francescazappia.com/
• Kim Liggett: https://www.kimliggett.com/
• Ishana Night Shyamalan movie: https://bit.ly/3TyRfOp
• IUDs for men: https://bit.ly/3Vxrbpb
• The Chosen One video referenced is original content by @stacebookspace on Instagrams and TikTok

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 7: Divine Rivals

April is back and our Book Besties are whole again. This week the Besties discuss Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. Join the Besties as they talk world building, what makes a book YA, and discovering an instant favorite.

Things talked about in this episode:

•  Cher Mermaid’s: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100140/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about book

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 6: Killers of a Certain Age

Nurse Katie is back with us this week Besties as the pod dives into, Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn. Listen in as Molly and Katie try to figure out who Geneva Davis is, talk stinky fur coats, and all things Killers of a Certain Age.

• Things talked about in this episode: NOT WIL WHEATON: Molly meant Joss Whedon; WE LOVE WIL WHEATON
• Audiobook Narrator: https://www.audible.com/pd/Killers-of-a-Certain-Age-Audiobook/B09RXW44JY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
• Annapolis Book Festival: https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 5: How To Be Eaten

Content Warnings: weird shit, scary shit, gross shit. Now the real one Content Warnings: abuse, assault, rape, and murder in this episode. Listener discretion is advised. 

This week the group chat is unsupervised, and Molly and Katie are talking about How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann.  They talk excessive symbolism, thank their lucky stars April didn’t read this one, and go off track a lot. (After watching episode, April is also super glad she didn’t read it.)

Things talked about in this episode:

Audiobook narrator: https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Be-Eaten-Audiobook/B09S51HF4W?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Original Grimm Fairy tales: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/

Teeth in literature and symbolism: https://interestingliterature.com/2021/07/teeth-symbolism-in-literature-religion-myth-meaning-analysis/

Greymist Fair: https://www.francescazappia.com/greymist-fair

Annapolis Book Festival: https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 4: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

This week the Besties wrap up a month of romance reads with The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata. Join them while April fights the hiccups, they rant about the length of this novel, and dive into the icks of this book.

Content Warnings: domestic violence, child abandonment, violence, vehicular violence, child abuse. Listener discretion is advised. 

Things talked about in this episode:

Ron Swanson quote: Never half-ass two things. Whole ass one thing.

Football player who suffered a traumatic heart attack on the field: https://bit.ly/3uCS3cD 

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Book Besties Season 6, Episode 3 Sex, Lies, and Sensibility W/ Nikki Payne:  

This week we are joined by the fabulous Nikki Payne as we talk about her new novel Sex, Lies, and Sensibility.  We talk about all things writing, what it's like to research as an anthropologist, and of course mythical wiener sizes.

Things talked about in this episode:

Nikki Payne: https://www.nikkipaynebooks.com/

Annapolis Book Festival: https://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival

 Sickle Cell: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/index.html#:~:text=Sickle%20cell%20disease%20(SCD)%20is,activities%20that%20other%20people%20do.

Drapetomania: https://www.masshist.org/events/strange-history-and-career-drapetomania-mania-caused-enslaved-blacks-escape-and-man-behind

Bone Garden Episode: https://rss.com/podcasts/bookbesties/303827/

Character Art: Space Jam Cam

We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/ .

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.