Not A Bookclub

It's a weird and terrible time out there right now. Like everyone else, we've been trying to stave off boredom and upsetting feelings by trying to distract ourselves. We hope that in this crazy and unsure time, that hearing two girls talk about books will help in your own distraction endeavors.

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Books Discussed:

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Tampa by Alissa Nutting (SPOILERS: 19:45-20:53)

Fiasco: The American Military Adventures in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks

Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Come join Deb and Mindy as they highlight their reading month! Boyband love-interest, hilarious serial killers, teen rom-com and more!

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Books Discussed:

Inland by Tea Obreht

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell

How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Oishii Kankei by Satoru Makimura

The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

Valentine's Day has come and passed, and Mindy and Deb have celebrated by talking about....horror! Come join them and their first guest, Joyce, as they discuss body horror vs. supernatural horror! Japanese horror vs. Western horror? And what happens if you read at night? Oh, the horror!

(Disclaimer: there were technical difficulties with audio. Volume control might be an issue...)

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Books Discussed:

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

Tomie by Junji Ito

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Horror fisherman, fantasy YA, and tangents galore! Join Deb and Mindy as they discussed what they've read lately!

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Books Discussed:

The Fisherman by John Langan

Devotion by Patti Smith

Find Me by Andre Acimen

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

The Cadeleonian Series by Ginn Hale

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Black Hand by Stephen Talty

Rise of Globalism by Stephen E. Ambrose

Optic Nerve by María Gainza

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Strap yourselves in for this one as Deb and Mindy go down the nerd hole of manga. Join them as they reminisce what stories and series impacted them throughout their adolescence and beyond.

*FACT CHECK: Sailor Moon has 200 episodes, not 300 episodes mentioned in this episode.*

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Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi

Ceres: Celestial Being by Yuu Watase

Cardcaptor Sakura/CLAMP

Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki

Skip Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura

Happy New Year! Come join Deb and Mindy as they highlight their last reading month of the 2010's!

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Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Woolgathering by Patti Smith

The Wicked King by Holly Black

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare

The Fisherman by John Langan

The Dark by John McGahern

Devotion by Patti Smith

Naruto series by Masashi Kishimoto / Boruto series by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto

What are Deb and Mindy's favorite books of 2019? Come join them as they discuss psychedelics, a borderline pornographic photographer, and....anime? Yep, definitely talking about books!

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Books Discussed:

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited by the McElroys and art by Carey Pietsch

Saraiya Goyou(House of Five Leaves) by Natsume Ono

Just Kids by Patti Smith

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

The Mere Wife by Maria Davhana Headley

So what's up with books without dialogue quotation marks? Come join Deb and Mindy as they highlight their reading month!

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Books Discussed:

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Wilder Girls by Rory Powers

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Normal People by Sally Rooney

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

This week is Pride and Prejudice week! Is Darcy actually just an awkward shy boy? Can Mrs. Bennet just chill out?(Probably not.) Can two Pride and Prejudice fangirls talk calmly about one of their fave books?(Definitely not.) Come join Deb and Mindy as they rant why a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

(Also, we would like to apologize for not even mentioning the greatness of Charlotte Lucas. The audacity of calling ourselves P&P fans.)

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Books Discussed:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentlemen Series by Pamela Aidan

Unequal Affection: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling by Lara S. Ormiston

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith

Austenland Series by Shannon Hale

Come join Deb and Mindy as they discuss the highlights of their reading month in the latest episode of Not A Bookclub!

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Books Discussed:

Meet You in Hell by Les Standiford

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (SPOILERS 20:41-32:43) 

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Wilder Girls by Rory Power