Booked On A Feeling

It's round two of our CYOA Showdown, folx!*

Choose Your Own Adventure Week continues as Cory gets his chance to lead Cobi into (her character's) certain death. Like, twelve times too. Honestly she never stood a chance. And if you think Happy Death Day was good. . .well you'd be right because Jessica Rothe *chef's kiss*. . .then you'll certainly enjoy Cobi's trip to The Fairgrounds!

Have a listen and please remember to rate, comment, and subscribe for more Booked on a Feeling content!

*No chairs or ladders were harmed in the production of this episode.

It's Choose Your Own Adventure week here at #BOAFcast and we thought we'd treat our awesome listeners to some original Adventures written by Cory & Cobi themselves!

Or maybe it's a trick! You'll have to listen to find out. And if you're still on the fence, just remember that the Illuminati is watching. . .

P.S. Keanu Reeves is a national treasure and and if you want to hear Cory tell Cobi this on at least three occasions then you're welcome and he's not sorry.

DID YOU KNOW that "Hold my beer." was originally coined by the Greek gods in their attempts to out-bet one another? Crazy, huh?

Also did you know that 'God' spelled backwards is 'doG'? We bet that little kibble bit blew your mind. Dang! Look at us, makin' bets just like those no good Greek deities. Shame.

In this episode of Booked on a Feeling Cory & Cobi uncover the illicit gambling ring the Grecians have been bow(wow)ing to for all these years as we review books rooted in Greek mythology. And we apologize for Cobi's inane attempt to pronounce people's names. It all might as well be dog speak for the good it did us!

Heaps of praise must be bestowed upon the authors we featured. Their works simply leapt from the pages and know no bounds. . .human or otherwise!

https://www.amazon.com/Fifteen-Dogs-Andr%C3%A9-Alexis/dp/1552453057

https://www.amazon.com/Quiver-Stephanie-Spinner/dp/0440238196

Give us our very own theme song, a werewolf named Brock, and an anfractuous story. . .and what do you have??

Why, this week's episode of Booked on a Feeling, of course! #BOAFcast

Cobi risked her sanity while Cory *ahem* cheated a little on the assignment. They both chose the middle book of trilogies and dove right in. If you think that's ridiculous then you'd be right! But who cares about the first child or the third? It's the middle child who always wreaks just the right amount of havoc!

While (in Cobi's case) we can't say we understood what was going on, we still enjoyed the work covered! Special thank you to the authors!

https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Sight-Supernatural-Bounty-Hunters-ebook/dp/B07M653VR8

https://www.amazon.com/Touching-Darkness-Midnighters-Scott-Westerfeld/dp/0060519568

Giddy up Cow-Folx, because we're a tootin' and a hollerin' 'bout dem Academy Award winning adaptations, y'all!

Okay, I think it's out of our. . .YEE HAW. . .systems.

This week Cory & Cobi read up on some of the works that went on to inspire Oscar-winning productions. And as you can probably tell, cowboys play an integral role in this episode. No, we didn't plan it! But it's high time we wrangled you in for a listen! Enjoy and please rate, subscribe, and leave us a review. It's the fastest way to our dawg gum hearts, we'll tell you that.

Much appreciation to the original novelists. They are aces.

https://www.amazon.com/Brokeback-Mountain-Annie-Proulx/dp/0743271327

https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Cowboy-James-Leo-Herlihy/dp/0795350414

"We hold these truths to be self-evident..." And no, we aren't referencing the Schuyler Sisters here! But sadly, some truths are harder to stomach than others.

Cory & Cobi decided this week to discuss books that cover the heavy topic of racism, both during and after the Civil Rights Movement, which is a fight still being fought today! So sit back, listen as we tell the stories of the embattled, and hopefully we will all come away with a broader understanding of those around us.

***Trigger warning*** because life is full of them, and because these truths need to be discussed if we want to create the positive change we desperately need.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts also to the authors we featured. You folx rock! Works linked below.

https://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0425232204

https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Martin-Nic-Stone/dp/1101939494

Yikes. Oedipus and Electra ain't got nothing on our stories today!

See what we did there? With the double negative? Because they have everything to do with this episode of Booked on a Feeling, y'all!

More than plain old awful parenting, this episode dives deep into that taboo subject we call. . .incest. Dun dun dun! Cory & Cobi delve dangerously deep into books about incest and the terrible parentals who either perpetrate or ignore the signs of it in their own homes (or underneath. . .)

Join us on a trigger happy adventure, 18 to 24 years in the making!

Special thanks to the authors, for writing about such controversy with deft and poise. Work is linked below.

https://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Tabitha-Suzuma/dp/1442419962

https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Cellar-Austrian-Incest-Shocked/dp/0312947860#ace-g9766277718

What does Ye Olde Applebee's and an EmbasSEA have in common? They're both featured in Cult Fiction, of course! Time to get weird!

Cory & Cobi tackle cults and the occult in this episode of Booked on a Feeling! So settle in for a wild ride. Grab a drink, grab a blanket, grab a friend. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and comment with what you feel is the most unsettling narrative detail of the books we cover!

*Initiation Rituals Sold Separately

Humongous shout-out to the crazy cool cats who authored the referenced work! Links are provided below:

https://www.amazon.com/Chosen-One-Carol-Lynch-Williams/dp/0312555113

https://www.amazon.com/Kraken-Novel-China-Mi%C3%A9ville/dp/0345497503

Bella in New Moon, Harry in Order of the Phoenix, literally every character on Glee. What do they all have in common?!

This week Cory & Cobi take on the scariest adolescent phase known to parents. . .teenage angst! It's making us moody and awkward just thinking about it! Listen as we each cover a book on the subject. We also share some deep personal insights into our own high school experiences. Yikes.

***Spoiler Warning*** for those who don't want their lives eternally ruined as we unpack this angst train! Next stop unrequited love and acne!

And as always, huge shout-out to those who authored the works covered. The world is a brighter place with y'all in it!

https://www.amazon.com/DUFF-Designated-Ugly-Fat-Friend/dp/0316084239

https://www.amazon.com/Americanized-Rebel-Without-Green-Card/dp/1524717797

While most things going bump in the night are nothing more than your run-of-the-mill boogie man. . .sometimes it's something a little more sinister.

Cory & Cobi talk serial killers, Washington state (honestly where else?), and one of America's most important years in history on this episode of BOAF!

***Spoiler warning*** for those who wish to read and be astounded all on your own! Honestly we don't blame you!

As always, we would have nothing to "flip" through without the talented individuals who sacrificed their sanity to study the abhorrently abominable. Below you can find copies to the work covered!

https://www.amazon.com/Seattles-Forgotten-Serial-Killer-Grant/dp/1467143626

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-White-City-Madness-Changed/dp/0375725601