Bookshelf Remix

In this episode, poet Liv Mammone joins Élaina to discuss the genre-breaking offering that is Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”. We talk about what it means to consume someone else’s trauma narrative as “art” and the fact that Machado seems to have created her own planetary system.

CN: This book is about Machado’s experience in an abusive queer relationship and Liv shares some of her own experience in a toxic relationship, so please make sure you take care of yourself if you choose to listen to this episode.

Also, we do go on a tangent about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Disney queer villains and Dickens, but I swear it is all relevant and all in service of celebrating this excellent memoir.

You can find Liv on Facebook under Liv Mammone or on Instagram  @mammoneliv. You can also find Game Over Books on all social media.

As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

In this episode, Élaina is joined by psychoanalyst, social care scholar, and fellow bookstagrammer Eva A. Sprecher to discuss “The Panopticon”, a YA novel by Scottish author Jenni Fagan.

There were unfortunate technical issues with Élaina’s microphone, which means that the audio quality is not up to the usual Bookshelf Remix standards. But we hope you will stick it out if only to listen to Eva’s insightful analysis.

CN: Self-harm, death by (accidental) suicide, tocix relationships, adult-minor relationships, substance use and abuse, and kidknapping.

You can follow Eva on Twitter @EASprecher, on Instagram @windup_book_chronicles, and on Researchgate.

As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

In this episode, Élaina discusses The Other Black Girl, a social horror thriller by Zakiya Dalila Harris, with Sarah Winkler and Ben Winkler, the hosts of the What’s New Nancy Drew? and A Swift Review podcast.

SPOILER ALERT: We discuss the whole book including the plot twist pretty early on.

CN: Discussion of gaslighting, non-consensual experimentation on humans, and violence against Black people

This episode marks a new era of Bookshelf Remix. Sophia has a new full-time job (congratulations!) and has decided to step back from the podcast (sad). But this means Élaina will be joined by wonderful guest hosts each episode to discuss a new book.

You can follow Sarah and Ben’s podcasts on Twitter:

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As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

In this episode, Sophia spills the tea on why authors translating their own books is problematic, Élaina googles “pushing daisies” in French, and we both discover why Whereabouts bothers us so much as a book!

Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show.

You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

Élaina and Sophia read a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with mixed results. In this episode, they cover Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri, with Élaina reading it in the original Italian under the title Dove mi trovo.

Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show.

You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

In the second installment of our coverage of Anna K. by Jenny Lee we stacked one soapbox on top of the other and our teetering up there. This episode is pretty much sliced in the middle with the first part discussing misogyny and the second part discussing race in this book. We read it so you didn’t have to.

CW: Racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, sexual content, explicit language

Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show.

You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call.

You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

We’re back, y’all! In this episode, we discuss Anna K. by Jenny Lee, a contemporary YA adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Full disclosure, this book made us angry, so feel free to skip it if you loved it because we have a lot to say.

CW: Misogyny, sexual content, racism, homophobia

Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show.

You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call.

You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

We're baaaaaaaack! Did you miss us? Make sure you subscribe to Bookshelf Remix so you won't miss our Season 2 premiere on May 2 and follow @bookshelf remix on all social media platforms.

This season has some serious ups and downs, but we are so glad to have you along for the ride.

If you want to follow along book club-style, here is this season's lineup:

Tag us #BookshelfRemix so we can interact with you!

When I'm not reading books, I'm watching Gilmore Girls. So it is my pleasure to announce Women of Questionable Morals:

"Who led? Who followed? None of that really matters because Sariah of @bookedsolidpodcast and Élaina of @bookshelfremix have found each other and decided to launch their (in-depth, passionate) thoughts about Gilmore Girls into the void.

Sincerely,

Two Women of Questionable Morals

It’s time to share our feelings about season 1! We read so many good books and we truly went on a journey.

Errata: In this episode, we use the wrong pronoun for Akwaeke Emezi in passing. Emezi uses they/them and we apologise for this slip-up.

Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show.

You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call.

You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.