This week we're doing something a little different. We'll be discussing our current favorite reads, as per usual, but we're also going to give you an introduction to AO3/Archive of Our Own, our favorite fanfiction/fanworks archive. We'll share our tips and tricks for finding the perfect fics for you and how to get the most out of the user interface. It's a lot more fun that it sounds!

Not Now, I'm Reading Fanfic on AO3

Not Now, I'm Reading is a book club and fandom discussion podcast!

Once a week, online besties and all-around lady nerds Chelsea and Kay get together to discuss all different sorts of genre reads, fan fiction and pop culture.

When picking reads, our guiding principle is that we want to read things that make us happy. From comics to romance, through science-fiction, young adult, crime or fantasy – pretty much anything that can be classed as genre fiction goes, as long as it’s something we can gush about.

We always aim to be critical readers but we want this show to be a space for positivity and celebrating fiction that gets things right. No book is perfect, but there are some damn good ones, and we want to be reading them.

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Hello, friends! This week we're talking about one of our most anticipated contemporary romance releases of the year, Alyssa Cole's A Princess in Theory. We also talk about what we're currently reading, get into a fight about who's the Frodo and who's the Samwise of our friendship, and wind up on a long tangent about Tom Holland after fancasting A Princess in Theory. And, as always, we talk about what we've got coming up next.

00:00-01:35 – Intro
01:35-36:07 – Current Reads
36:07-53:44 – Discussion of A Princess in Theory
53:44-57:23 – What’s Coming Up, Outro, and Outtakes

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Hello, again, lovely listeners! We're back this week with our first book pick of the year: American Panda by Gloria Chao. The things about it we loved we adored, and the things we were uncertain about we could mostly shrug off because of the things we loved. We also talk our current reads, Keanu 2k18, what's happening with our Patreon, and what we've got coming up next.

TIME STAMPS:
00:00-02:38 – Intro
02:38-32:22 - Current Reads
32:22-49:38 – American Panda Discussion
49:38-54:06 – What’s Coming Up, Outro, and Outtakes

American Panda

In our first episode back from our winter vacation, we have lots of new and exciting things to share with you! The first (and most obvious) is that we've modified our posting schedule. We're going to be posting new episodes every other week, though it looks like they'll be quite long, so the amount of content you're getting will be about the same. We're also launching a Patreon page! You'll find our website content mirrored there for free (including the show notes and transcripts) and some great additional content if you sign on as one of our patrons. We're also going to spend a great deal of time talking about all the great (and not so great) things we read while we were on vacation. Plus we're going to make a very inaccurate Oscar prediction. (Michael Stuhlbarg did not get an Oscar nod and WE ARE CURRENTLY VERY BITTER ABOUT IT.) We're excited for all the new things happening in 2018 and hope you are, too!

00:00-01:45– Intro
01:45-03:05– Schedule Changes
03:05-08:18– Patreon
08:18-1:00:26– What We Read on Our Winter Vacation
1:00:26-1:01:40– What’s Coming Up, Outro, and Outtakes

What We Read On Our Winter Vacation (Plus Schedule Changes and Patreon!)

For this, our final episode of 2017 (and a very happy holiday to anyone celebrating, and a lovely Monday to all) we're discussing our most-hyped movie of the year: Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We swear we loved it a lot, even though we spend a great deal of this episode picking to pieces things we thought could've been done differently. We also talk about our current reads and what we've got coming up next.

As a quick reminder, we'll be taking January off from the podcast to rest, relax, and ready some awesome new content for 2018. We want to thank each and every one of you who has listened to the podcast, read the transcripts, and chatted with us on Twitter. It's been so wonderful getting to hear from you and talking about our favorite reads and fandom things this year. We hope we'll see you when we return in February. Until then, happy reading and a happy new year!

TIME STAMPS:
00:00-00:45– Intro
00:45-18:36– Current Reads
18:36-43:40– Discussion of The Last Jedi
43:40-45:28– What’s Coming Up, Outro, and Outtakes

Not Now, I'm Watching The Last Jedi

Today we are talking about Phasma by Delilah S Dawson with one of our lovely friends, librarian-in-training Di! You can find her tweeting about a wide variety of nerdy and wonderful things @bookishdi and her AO3 account is kerrykhat. We talk about our deep love of Star Wars, the loveliness of The Last Jedi's cast, and why Brendol Hux is the absolute worst. We also share our current reads and what we've got coming up next.

TIME STAMPS:
00:00-00:55– Intro
00:55-15:52– Current Reads
15:52-29:17– Discussion of Phasma
29:17-32:50– What’s Coming Up, Outro, and Outtakes

Not Now, I'm Reading Fanfic on AO3

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