Practically Bookish Podcast

As the popular memes and posts lately have been saying...

• You watched or read "The Hunger Games" and sided with the resistance.
• You watched "Star Wars" and sided with the resistance.
• You watched "The Matrix" and sided with the resistance.
• You watched or read "Divergent" and sided with the resistance.
• You read "Fourth Wing" and sided with the resistance.
• You watched "V for Vendetta" and sided with the resistance.

When it's fiction, you understand. Yet you refuse to see it when it's the reality you're living.

Wild.

It's safe to say, we're at an impasse. Most people these days do not read critically, regardless of what they're reading. While they may be able to retain the information, many do not look for deeper meaning or context within the text they read. While there isn't technically anything wrong with that, reading critically allows us to fully connect with the stories and characters. For those of us who had this drilled into us during school, it happens automatically, almost by osmosis. However, for others, it is a skill that can be learned, and we discuss how and more!

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Books to check out:

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid

Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

For Whom The Belle Tolls - Jaysea Lynn

Grotesque - Allison Paige

Blood Infernal - James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell

The Book of Magic - Alice Hoffman

Witches of New York - Ami McKay

The Echoes of Olympus Mons - Eric Malikyte

Count My Lies - Sophie Stava

Sources to note throughout the episode:

Excelsior University: Active (Critical) vs Passive Reading

York University: Active vs Passive Reading

Cleveland State University: Critical Reading

Stetson University: Critical Reading

Reading Critically (Reddit)

University of Regina: Passive vs Active Reading

Library of Congress - Rebecca Yarros Interview

Extras:

HP Lovecraft Historical Society

HP Lovecraft

Lovecraft Country (Series)

Lovecraft Country (Novel)

12 Years a Slave (Movie)

12 Years a Slave (Novel)

The Butler (Movie)

The Butler: A Witness to History

Reading Rainbow

Roots

Buckle up folks, this one is a doozy! Books are being banned all across the country, and we're here to talk about it, along with a bit of a free history lesson (you're welcome). To quote our Lord and Savior Stephen King: "If they ban a book in your school, haul your ass to the nearest bookstore or library ASAP and find out what they don't want you to read."

And don't mind the squirrelling. We all have ADHD around here. We're working on it. Stay tuned soon for a new website and Patreon.

Don't forget you can find us @practicallybookishpodcast and thank you for hanging out!

Books to check out:

New English Canaan - Thomas Morton

If The Legends Fade - Tom Hendrix

A Touch of Darkness - Scarlett St Clair

Come for Me - CJ Sweet

Blood of Hercules - Jasmine Mas

Midnight Ruin - Katee Robert

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

This Book is Gay - Juno Dawson

ACOTAR - Sarah J Maas

Her Soul To Take - Harley Laroux

Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James

Grey - EL James

Twilight - Stephanie Meyer

Midnight Sun - Stephanie Meyer

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

Famine - Laura Thalassa

Stuffed - Silvia Morrow

Eric Malikyte Backlist

Sources to note throughout the episode:

Pen.org

American Library Association

Harvard Library

Atlas Obscura

The Guardian

Unite Against Book Bans

Barnes and Noble

PBS News Hour

Reads with Rachel

History & Extras:

16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

WWI Treaties & Reparations - US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Nazi Book Burnings - US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Old Gods of Appalachia

Project 2025 Tracker

Watchmen - Series

The Mummy

The Fifth Element

The Contoured Librarian

Meet Me in the Media Center

Tales Podcast

Can we keep politics out of books? Why are we always bringing politics into bookish spaces? We read to escape...blah blah blah...NO. Books ARE f*cking political!

Join us this week for our first official episode where we discuss just how political books can be! Do we go off on a tangent or two? Maybe. We listen and we don't judge, remember?

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I bet you're wondering who we are and why you should care. Valid. Meet the mouths behind the brains of this operation:

Lisa: self published indie author

Kat: avid reader and hobby writer

Trula: avid reader and aspiring author

Here's a little peek into why we wanted to do this thing and what to expect from us in the future. Enjoy!

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