In Our Bookish Era

We all know how the story goes, price saves beautiful woman, they fall in love, she's now a beautiful princess admired by all. Adventures in a magical place that take us away from our dreary lives and we're infinitely better for it. We know them, we love them. But what if the stories we've been told aren't the whole story, what if there are darker undertones, what if they've kept the truth from us.

This episode is all about twisted fairytales. Kristia drops some hard facts on us that center around a simple truth; Peter Lies. And Rachael tells us about what happens when the princess doesn't defeat the evil queen and what becomes of the kingdom.

Books Discussed:

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry

Part of Your World by Liz Braswell

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Mem•oir: a collection of memories written by the person themselves. 

We may have had to lookup the difference between a memoir and an autobiography, but semantics matter to us here a iipyb. This episode we've got two very different stories for you. Rachael covers a book about how to find yourself. Her story is all about rediscovering yourself, trusting ourselves, and unleashing our truest selves. Kristia's book is a heavy one and comes with a trigger warning of sexual assault, rape, and the trauma that goes along with being a witness at trial. In her story, we learn more about an event that most of us followed along in the media that enraged many.

Books Discussed:

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

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Grab a pen and paper and get your thinking caps on cause we're taking you back to school. This episode is all about magical education. It's got magical lands accessed through wardrobes and voids in bedroom walls that can give you just about anything you want. Beware dear listener, it's also got creatures who will gladly kill you to consume your power and a nameless monster that can basically freeze time to torture you, FUN RIGHT?!

Be sure at let us know which school you'd prefer to go to, Brakebills or Scholomance (not that you'd have much of a choice with this one)

Books Discussed:

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

April showers bring May flowers... not sure what the book equivalent of that is, but it's our last April mini and we're a bit bummed. Thankfully we've got a pretty good one to talk about. This one is all about first love, awkward interactions, being the new kid, and takes us back to how it feels to be in high school. 

Book Discussed

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Magic, world building, fancy names, and a story that grabs you from chapter one, all part of a great fantasy book. This episode we're bringing you two great magical fantasy worlds. One has found itself on tv, it's got demi gods cast down to Earth but unable to use their magic. A demi god of love, presenting as a young woman, unable to use her magic, we're here for it! The other has an elemental witch and a blood witch, best friends who have run away from their covens and sworn off magic, but one is now required to marry a witch hunter! What could go wrong? 

Books Discussed:

It's 3 mini month, so for this episode Rachael and Kristia read the same book. For Rachael it was a reread from high school but it was Kristia's first time through. The book's got it all, adventure, friendship, tricks, romance, heartbreak, threats, and really awesome hoverboards. In true YA fashion the book is a quick read and is part of a quartet so the adventure continues!

Book Discussed

As avid book readers we all know rule number 3, always read the book before watching the show, but what happens when you watch a show only to find out it was based on a book? You gotta go read that book of course! This episode we're discussing books that were turned in TV shows without us knowing. We've got Armageddon, helicopter maw-mas, a Hell Hound named Dog, an over protective older brother, and a gossip column with all the best juice. 

Books Discussed":

We ain't foolin' YA, another month of minis are here! And this month we went with a nice broad topic, Young Adult. Kristia is up first with a fairy tale retelling. It's got everything you love in a YA book. New powers, another world visited through a broom closet, a little romance, witches who need saving, and teens who actually get grounded for once!

Take a listen then go read this series! 

Book Discussed:

Spring, St Patty's Day, Aquamarine birthstones, Rachael & Kristia's birthdays, what more could you ask for out of a month?! As Match babies we obviously had to celebrate with all of you, so this episode we each gifted the other a book for their special day.

Rachael's got a murder mystery that's very reminiscence of Serial. It's got a very detailed senior project, a missing (presumed dead) blonde girl, small town cops, and a best friend on a mission. Also, turns out this ones got a sequel! 

Kristia has a modern day witch/ghost - what better way to track a dead witch than with an iPhone. But of course the teens of the town want to fight back against an emergency degree thinking they know better than the thousands who have come before them. Bad things happen. 

TW: Suicide 

Books Mentioned:

We did it. We know we're not supposed to but rules were made to be broken. This week we each picked our books based solely on the cover, and buckle in because it's a long one. Kristia went on a journey of self discovery and wasn't a huge fun, there was a lot of journaling involved. Rachael had a some historical fiction which quite a few interesting names to say the least. 

We give you permission, go judge a book by it's cover. You're welcome.

Books Discussed:

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