Bookends: A Literary Podcast

This episode: Marcie interviews Gray about his start as a writer, how being trans and queer influences his writing, and what young writers should keep in mind; we talk about becoming our parents and cat shenanigans; and we review the second book in Adam Silvera's Infinity Cycle series, INFINITY REAPER. 

Find us on Twitter @bookendsiblings and Instagram @bookendspod, and you can find Gray @graybulla on Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. 

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which reader/writer duo the Bulla siblings review new releases and host comedic segments about literature, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode. New episodes at the end of every month!

This episode: the Quote Troll returns to test Marcie's Percy Jackson knowledge, and we review Alexandra Bracken's Greek mythology-inspired stand-alone fantasy, LORE. Also, we talk about Clueless. (Cher should've been a lesbian!)

Find us on Twitter @bookendsiblings and Instagram @bookendspod. 

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which reader/writer duo the Bulla siblings review new releases and host comedic segments about literature, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode. New episodes every month!

Sorry y'all, we talk about cat pee a lot in this one. 

This month: Marcie gives fantasy series recommendations to each element of the signs, and as a part of our switch to new releases, we review Chloe Gong's stunning YA debut, THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS--a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1926 Shanghai, full of gangs, monsters, and political intrigue. 

Find us on Twitter @bookendsiblings and Instagram @bookendspod. You can also follow Gray on Twitter @graybulla for his writing announcements.

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which reader/writer duo the Bulla siblings review new releases and host comedic segments about literature, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode. New episodes every month!

Well everyone, 2020 is basically over, so it's time for our year-end wrap up. In this episode, we give our book recommendations for 2020, talk a LOT about the things we're doing to stay sane, and review Justin A. Reynolds' recent YA novel about grief and second chances, EARLY DEPARTURES. 

The article Gray references: Just How White Is the Book Industry? by Richard Jean So and Gus Wezerek.

Check out our website for a run-down of each episode: bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

It's been a hot minute, but we're back, and we're talking about bones! Only for, like, a second though. In this episode, we learn about mass psychological illness (more commonly known as mass hysteria), and then review Anna-Marie McLemore's recent YA magical realism/historical novel DEEP AND DARKEST RED about the dancing plague of Strasbourg 1518.

Check out our website for a run-down of each episode: bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

In this episode, we kick off our fairytale theme by discussing the relative gay-ness (as decided by Gray) of various classic fairytales. We then review GIRL, SERPENT, THORN, an exciting Persian-folklore inspired story about a Princess poisonous to the touch.

Check out our website for a run-down of each episode, including a written list of the romances you should read this summer! bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

This week, Marcie gives us her top 5 recommendations for summer romance reads. We then finished our enemies-to-friends-to-lovers theme by reviewing THE HENNA WARS by Adiba Jaigirdar, a delightful YA LGBT romance about first love between reunited childhood friends admist a fierce school competition. 

Check out our website for a run-down of each episode, including a written list of the romances you should read this summer! bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

This episode, Marcie's cat makes a lot of horrible noises while we talk about enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, rate some ships, and review the impeccable YA fantasy A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN by Roseanne A. Brown.

Check out our website for a run-down of each episode: bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

This episode, we talk about how boring fictional pirates are compared to the real thing, "Disney people," and the very bad 2006 film Aquamarine. We also review Adalyn Grace's YA fantasy, ALL THE STARS AND TEETH.

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Check out our website for a run-down of each episode: bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

This week, we chat about the new Twilight book, play 2 truths and a lie, and fail to select a pirate book for our pirates theme. We also review the wildly successful A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC!

Check out our website for a run-down of each episode: bookendsiblings.com

You can also find us on Twitter: @bookendsiblings

Bookends is a Literary Podcast in which a reader/writer sibling duo reviews books and hosts comedic segments about books, writing, and pop culture. We give in-depth and spoiler-free reviews of a book every episode.

*A note and apology: we had some technical difficulties with Marcie's mic, so there is a noticeable drop in sound quality on her end. Sorry about that! We'll get this resolved before the next episode!*