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Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Judy Liu, author of The Vending Portal and Synthers and Beasts!

Inspired by her love of Marvel, sci-fi, old Taiwanese dramas, and ridiculous anime, Judy scribbles mini-stories wherever she can (and subsequently forgets them!). She graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, studying history, Asian studies, and education. Judy is not unfamiliar with extensive writing, having published multiple pieces. She spent some time living in rural Japan before working in the legal and compliance sphere. With her debut novel The Vending Portal, Liu hopes to meaningfully add to Asian American literature to further enrich the YA genre.

Outside of work and writing, Judy enjoys dancing with her teammates and friends, exploring unknown spots or cities, caring for her plants, and making nonsense sounds to her sister.

Listen in as we chat more about Judy’s books, her love of RL Stine, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @judyliu_author

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Hello fellow nerds!  On today’s episode, we’re discussing The People We Meet on Vacation - the book vs. the movie!

***apparently Debra and Mindy cannot remember anything they read so they get some details wrong about this book in the episode. A gentle reminder to not mix cocktails and details if you host a podcast. ***

Join us as we chat about:

• Which is better?  The People We Meet on Vacation book or the movie?

• How are Mindy and Deb streamlining their reading goals this year?

• New book releases

• What we are reading, watching and listening to
  

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• March 24

• More Than Friends by Kat Singleton

• Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher

• Hunt the Villain by Rina Kent

• Dig by JH Markert

• March 31

• Game on by Navessa Allen

• The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez

• Starside by Alex Aster

  Show links:

• More Than Friends

• Wolf Worm 

• Hunt the Villain

• Dig 

• Game on 

• The Night We Met 

• Starside 

• Coldwire

• Fallout

• Ice Planet Barbarians

• You & Me and You & Me and You & Me 

• All Her Fault (TV series)

• All Her Fault (book)

• 52 Book Club 2026 Reading Challenge

• Catch Her If You Can

• Marcello Hernandez Netflix special

• Coldwire audiobook

Listen in on Thursday to our book club episode, where we are covering Quicksilver by Callie Hart! 

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Hello, fellow nerds! This week, we got to chat with Amalie Howard, author of The Starlight Heir and the sequel, which releases today, Queen of the Night Sky!

Amalie Howard is a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling romance author. Her novels have received national awards, starred trade reviews, and have been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Screen Rant, Entertainment Weekly, and Cosmopolitan. She also writes young adult fiction as well as books for younger readers, which have been a Kids’ IndieNext pick, a Target Book Club read, a Scholastic Book Fair selection, and on multiple high school state reading lists. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found reading, being the president of her one-woman Harley Davidson motorcycle club, or power-napping. She lives in Colorado with her family.

Listen in as we chat more about Amalie’s books, her love of Harley Davidsons, and her upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @amaliehoward

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 7-9!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

-What famous sisters had family rivalry?

-Did you know that Quicksilver is a name for Mercury?

-What is Mad Hatter’s Disease?

Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Labradorescence”.

Show links:

https://www.businessinsider.com/most-famous-celebrity-sibling-rivalries-2021-4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Boleyn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsinoe_IV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassler_brothers_feud

Quicksilver: A Principal Substance

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mad-hatters-disease#symptoms

https://www.healthline.com/health/mad-hatter-disease#summary

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss characters that just need to get over it!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

March 26 - Chapters 10-12

April 2 - Chapters 13-15

April 16 - Chapters 16-18

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

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Hello fellow nerds!  On today’s episode, we’re discussing book characters that just need to get over it!

Join us as we chat about:

• Characters that need to get over it or themselves

• What we are reading, watching and listening to

• The Richard Speck Murder and Supernatural

• Whit just can’t keep quiet in intense situations

• Mindy’s craft afternoon for Heated Rivalry 

  
  

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  Book Release News:

March 10

• The Wings That Bind by Briar Boleyn

March 17

• Love Song by Elle Kennedy

• You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews

• Mayhem and the Mortal by Shanora Williams

• Darling Daffodils Farm by Brittanée Nicole

• Innamorata by Ava Reid

  Show links:

• Love Song

• The Wings That Bind

• You Did Nothing Wrong

• Mayhem and the Mortal

• Darling Daffodils Farm

• Innamorata

• Dire Bound

• Weapons

• Crime Junkie 

• And Now, Back to You

• People We Meet on Vacation

• The Lies I Tell

• Problematic Summer Romance

• Scythe & Sparrow

• The Words

• If You Claim Me

• V. Hand Stitching/Heated Rivalry

• Crown of Ruin novella

• When Harry Met Sally

• Coldwire audiobook

• From Blood and Ash series

• Iron Flame

• The Charlie Method

• A Court of Thorns and Roses

• Uniquely in Love

• The Vampire Chronicles

• The Idea of You

• Priest

Listen in on Thursday to our book club episode, where we are covering Quicksilver by Callie Hart! 

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 4-6!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

-Which non-english words have hilarious literal meanings?

-What’s the funniest epitaph you’ve seen?

-Would you want your gravestone to say something witty or funny?

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Show links:

• https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/words/25-foreign-words-hilarious-literal-meanings

• https://medium.com/crows-feet/funny-actual-epitaphs-they-got-in-the-last-word-ae049e40750b

• https://www.mackaysmemorialheadstones.co.uk/famous-funny-headstone-epitaphs/

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss the best spicy tips we’ve learned from books!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

March 12 - Chapters 7-9

March 26 - Chapters 10-12

April 2 - Chapters 13-15

April 16 - Chapters 16-18

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

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Hello fellow nerds!  On today’s episode, we’re discussing the best sex tips we learned from a book!

Join us as we chat about:

-Our favorite spicy scenes in books

-The best sex tips and positions we have learned about from books- What we are reading, listening to and watching

-Why going to the bookstore before a snow storm is more important than going to the grocery 

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Book Release News:  Feb 26

• Nowhere Burning by Catroina Ward

• A Secret in the Garden by Jeneane ORiley

• Crown of War and Shadow by JR Ward

• And Now, Back to You by BK Borison

• Cleopatra by Saara El-Arif

• Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

March 3

• In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde

• The Beasts We Raise by DL Taylor

• If You Keep Me by Helena Hunting

  Show links:

•  Nowhere Burning

• A Secret in the Garden

• Crown of War and Shadow

• And Now, Back to You

• Cleopatra

• Isles of the Emberdark

• In Her Own League 

• The Beasts We Raise

• If You Keep Me

• Daggermouth

• His and Hers

• The GOAT in the Bedroom

• A Land So Wide

• Wayward

• Forever Pucked

• Pucks and Penalties

• Shut Up Evan Podcast

• First Time Caller

• Evil Influencer

• The Light We Carry audiobook

• Praise by Sara Cate

• If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia

• Priest by Sierra Simone

• Mile High by Liz Tomforde

• The Pairing

• Heated Rivalry

• Pucking Around

Listen in on Thursday to our book club episode, where we are covering Quicksilver by Callie Hart! 

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book clubepisode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 1-3!
Listen in as we discuss the following:
-Who do you think is the top fictional woman fighter/assassin?
-Have you heard of circumbinary planets?
-What do people on Reddit say that a guy does when he secretly likes you?
Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “TwoSuns”.
Show links:

A.                https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/1ihiagz/men_what_are_subtle_signs_you_give_that_mean/

B.                https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/two-suns-planet

C.               Quicksilver

D.               SavageLands 

E.                 ThatTime I Got Drunk & Saved a Demon 

F.                 Kingdom ofAsh

G.               Queenof the Damned 

H.               Gods and MonstersSeries 

I.                   Empireof the Vampire 

J.                  Mistborn 

K.                The Poppy War

L.                 A Dowry ofBlood

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday,where we discuss Heated Rivalry: Show vs. Book!

Spring Book Club Schedule:
Quicksilver
February 12 - Chapters 1-3
February 26 - Chapters 4-6
March 12 - Chapters 7-9
March 26 - Chapters 10-12
April 2 - Chapters 13-15
April 16 - Chapters 16-18
April 30 - Chapters 19-21
May 14 - Chapters 22-23
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Hello fellow nerds! Welcome back to season six!  On today’s episode, we’re discussing a littleCanadian show called Heated Rivalry! We’re sure you’ve heard of it.  Probably. Maybe. Yes.
Join us as we chat about:
     Which is better? The Heated Rivalry show or the HR book series?

·        Why we think the show has become such a culturalphenomenon

·     Why Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams need tobe treated with respect

·        What we are reading, listening to and watching

·        Our Nerdiest Thing of the week
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Book Release News:
Feb 10

o Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy

o  It’s All in Your Head by Sabrina Nordqvist

o  Throne of Nightmares by Kerri Maniscalco

o  The Lies That Summon the Night by TessonjaOdette

Feb 17

o  Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by HeatherFawcett

o  The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

Show links:

a.                 TheLies That Summon the Night

b.                WickedOnyx 

c.                 It’sall in your head

d.                Throneof Nightmares

e.                 TheLies That Summon the Night 

f.                   AgnesAubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

g.                 TheAstral Library

h.                 HeatedRivalry

i.                   TwistedHate 

j.                   RedCity

k.                 Heated RivalrySpotify playlist

l.                   Aphantasiaarticle

m.              InYour Dreams book

n.                 The Teacher’s Petpodcast

Listen in on Thursday to our book club episode,where we are covering Quicksilver by Callie Hart!
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Hello, fellow nerds! This is our final episode for  Throne of Glass, and we read chapters 51-54!Listen in as we discuss the following:

-What is your personal ick? And why does it have to do witha man acting like a child?

-What do you know of dream interpretations?  What doesit mean when you dream of tornadoes or falling?

-What books have magic manifestation with intense emotion?

-Who would you fancast for a  Throne of Glass movie?

⁠Visit ournerdiestthing.com ⁠for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Just Let Me Lay Down For AMinute”

Show links:

A.                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_interpretation

B.                https://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/

C.               https://thesophian.com/the-ultimate-list-of-icks/

D.               https://www.buzzfeed.com/sydrobinson1/icks-about-men-tiktok

E.                 https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/21/people-share-the-most-innocuous-things-that-give-them-the-ick-13934543/

F.                 EmmaCorrin

G.               ElleFanning

H.               Nicholas Galitzine

I.                   DavidCorenswet

J.                  Yara Shadhidi

K.                Rachel Zegler

L.                 VincentD’Onofrio

M.               NoahCentineo

N.               JavierBardem

O.               MargoRobbie

P.                Zach Efron

Q.               HenryCavill

R.                LisaBonet

S.                EvaGreen

T.                 Colin Ferrell

U.                KellanLutz

V.                OscarIsaac

W.              Shatter Me

X.                 Legendborn

Y.                 RedQueen

Z.                 Shadow andBone 

AA.            ThePrison Healer

BB.           Wheel ofTime 

CC.          Matilda

DD.          Carrie

EE.            The Tairen Soulseries 

FF.             Avatar:Rise of Kysohi

GG.          Glow of the Everflame

HH.          FeathersSo Vicious

II.                 A Kiss ofIron 

JJ.                The Roadof Bones

KK.            ASong of Shadow and Starlight

LL.             Star Wars

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to ourepisode from Tuesday, where we discuss Cowboy Romance: Yay or Neigh?

Winter book club schedule coming soon!

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