Terrible Book Club

In the first two-book episode of TBC, Archangel Parisael and Archangel Christophatron sing to the angels and try the breath-tap method. Amidst the angels, crystal caves, and dolphins, we discover how well-intentioned advice can be ruined by poor organization and associations with dubious claims/scams.

Chris Fenton promises a "deeply revealing memoir" with Feeding the Dragon, but is it actually just a glossy, dimensionless jerk-off session with a shoddy Chinese backdrop instead? You decide.

Article we referenced during this episode: Debunking Hollywood Agent: Is Chris Fenton 'Feeding the Dragon' or Feeding His Ego? by Andrew Rossow, Esq.

Content Warnings: sinophobia, extremely brief mentions of drug use and suicide

We read this book at the request of our Patron Lynn as part of their Patreon rewards. If you, too, would like to force us to read a book, head over to our Patreon and select the $10/month tier.

We review a religious text this week! Lured in by the promise of a faith focused on big-assed women and body positivity, we find ourselves deceived by a man who uses women as a prop to try to convince readers to worship him.

The Book of Adonitology's summary tells us that it is, "one of the most influential books in the history of literature, recognized as one of the greatest literary master pieces of its time." Its Best Sellers Ranking of 1,551,929 says otherwise - that's an approximate sales rate of a whopping 3 books per month.

Content Warnings: Aside from our usual barnyard language, we've got: religious cults, sex cults, homophobia, transphobia, antiquated racial slurs, enslavement/torture, and the sexualization of women with large butts.

Like a plane soaring to cruising altitude in calm, sunny weather, Ninth House really set itself up for success in the first 70% of the book. It had lifelike characters, believable dialogue and internal monologues, settings based on the real world, and even a mostly coherent magic system! However, our happy little plane began to lose altitude at a staggering rate in the latter 30% of the book, culminating in a stuttered, turbulent crash on the tarmac. There were no casualties, but some were injured.

Thanks to friend-of-the-show Liz for recommending this book to us!

Content warnings: Aside from our usual barnyard language, we've got: drug use, ghosts, gore, guns, ritual magic, sexual assault, & stabbing.

D & Ken from Antiques Freaks return - and combine with us, Captain Planet style - for another episode of Terrible Antique Book Freaks!

We use Eye of Argon rules to read The Thing Invisible, the final story in the Carnacki the Ghost Finder collection.

Is it an invisible horse again? Does the horse have a knife? Are these butlers also gay, but for knives?

Have your Carnacki bingo cards at the ready!

Happy New Year, listeners! In our first episode of Season 6, we determine that the true villain of bad writing may in fact be capitalism. Thanks to our friend Liz for recommending this to us after she found it through the magic of bad Amazon SEO.

Content warnings: Our usual barnyard language, plus: rape (aka non-con or non-consensual erotica); graphic sex, physical abuse, and porn.

Note for YouTube users: This originally aired on 1/5/2021 but had to be reuploaded on 6/2/2022 to resolve a copyright claim for a short piece of background music.

It's winter holiday time, so you all get a little gift from TBC.

Please enjoy this special Patron's Choice presentation of Terrible Film Club, where you can watch The Plot Against The President with us!

The version we watched has already been taken down, but this link was working as of 12/27/2020. Just hit "play" when we do and it'll be like we're suffering right there alongside you. You can also rent or buy this film if you so desire.

If you enjoyed this and would like more of it, you can subscribe to our Patreon at the $5/month level or higher to access more episodes of Terrible Film Club. We've watched such film tragedies as the Maradonia movie, Glenn Danzig's Verotika, The Chemical Wedding, Super Mario Bros, and many more.

We watched this movie at the request of our Patron Martin as part of their Patreon rewards. If you, too, would like to force us to read a book (or watch a movie!), head over to our Patreon and select the $10/month tier.

Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One is basically an Irish shonen anime.

Does the world need more male power fantasies devoid of consequences? No.

Does the world need more well-written dog characters? Yes.

We read this book at the request of our Patron Lucek Jay Again as part of their Patreon rewards. If you, too, would like to force us to read a book, head over to our Patreon and select the $10/month tier.

We've somehow been doing this for 100 episodes!

We read a sci-fi horror short story with poor pacing and character development, then move on to the inaugural Terrible Book Club Awards! Afterward, we answer a few listener/patron questions and discuss how the show and we as hosts have changed in the last 5 years.

Thanks to YouTube user AwfulBookClub for recommending we read They Came with the Snow by Christopher Coleman for today's episode.

Today we read a book that was recommended to us on Twitter over a year ago by Twitter user @GeneCurl. The Demon Pig is a clever, fun fantasy novel full of delightful animal characters, but it narrowly misses the opportunity to be a truly great parody. If you're just looking for a spot of cheer with sharp jokes that pokes a bit of fun at the fantasy genre, though, get a copy for yourself!

Content warnings: Just our usual barnyard language this time!