The Deviants Podcast

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This month we're bringing you back to school special. This means nostalgia meets procrastination. We're a week late, but we hope it doesn't affect our GPA. This month, we are stepping into YA land, and we couldn't be more excited excited excited. We will be revisiting authors and towns from our past, as well as exploring new dimensions and potential favorites. Join as we mentally rewind, and hopefully unwind.

September 2nd: The Rest Of The Story by Sarah Dessen
September 9th: Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
September 16th: Incendiary: Zoraida Cordova
September 23rd: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
September 30th: The Angel Experiment (A Maximum Ride Novel) by James Patterson

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Quarantine's got us feeling like it's the roaring 20s again (pandemic, anyone?) So we decided to throw it back to a 1979 classic that throws it back to 1815! (#Meta!)

Today we worship at the altar of the queen of sci-fi, Octavia E. Butler, and pay her homage by discussing her 1979 classic, Kindred!

This one truly had us in our feelings, a stress read like no other. Grab your best anxiety reducer and buckle in for a crazy ride!

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Are you ready for the #MeToo era read you didn't know you needed (or in T's case, were reading?)

This week we read the rich,  (dollar bill bookmarks anyone!) imaginative retelling of the lesser known Greek witch, Circe by Madeline Miller. In this read, Miller questions the portrayals of women in Greek myths and leads us to ask some questions of our own, such as:

Why is the theme of the week #DisappointedAndUnsurprised? (Hint: starts with m ends with en)

What character does T see as a little, blue man?

And which characters do we #ship?

Find out the answer to these questions and why we may have subconsciously changed a lyric in our theme song as we discuss Circe by Madeline Miller!

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The book we all begged for in 2008 is finally here! Is it 12 years too late or right on time? Does Edward watching Bella sleep age like fine wine or sour vinegar? And above all, is 672 pages ENOUGH pages to recapture our fading youth? That's for us to know and you to find out. 

Join us as we answer the call of the undead and (no longer) glittery in this week's episode, Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer!

*During our reading of the reviews we discovered that the Quileute Tribe (depicted thoughout the entirety of the saga) to this day had never been given any compensation from Stephenie Meyer or the Twilight Saga franchise despite being heavily depicted and having their culture and legends appropriated for the benefit of the franchise. The tribe is currently trying to move some of their buildings out of the Tsunami zone that they are located in and are crowdfunding to help. Please find their link below where you can learn more and/or donate if you have the means. Thank you!

https://mthg.org/

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These two Naija babes are finally reading a book by another Naija gyal! This week's read sees us going back to our motherland in the comedy (?) My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. This one is really interesting, interesting, interesting for it's content. It also brings up some questions about us, like, which one of us would help our sister cover up a murder? Dive in as we uncover some childhood trauma!

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Picture it. It was the summer of 2005. School had just let out and you find yourself at your local library borrowing the hottest book of the summer, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief. Afterwards, you jam to Hilary Duff's latest album Most Wanted featuring hits like So Yesterday and Wake Up as you head to Rita's opening day. You are in bliss. Or maybe you're a Taiwo who somehow missed out on the existence of this series until the *movie that shall not be named* came out in the year that we shall never talk about again. (Or shall we?)

Either way, join us as we travel back to the days of our youth when life was as simple as fighting a Greek god...or two.

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 Wondering what read to buy next? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Well, we've got US covered, but we would love it if you join us. In this house we definitely judge a book by its cover, so next month, we have quite a collection. We have serial killers, sexy islands, and time travel. What more could a girl want?

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This week we finally get what we've all been waiting for, a deep dive into the lusty waters of softcore porn! - *cough* We mean Get a Life, Chloe Brown! Honestly Chloe's managed to actually manifest a life through the power of lists, so we thought we might create one of our own!

1. Camping with the person of your dreams and getting. It. On. 
2. Learn to play the guitar strictly through the power of osmosis. 
3. MORE SMUDGE
4. An Amber Riley led HBO adaptation!!!

Find out if we get everything we wished for and if we think this is the cat's Miaow as we cross the second half of Get a Life, Chloe Brown off our list 😉!

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In this week's episode we dip our toes in the waters of (trill) rrrrromance. Our girl Chloe Brown is getting a life and we are here to check her list twice! And of course we have some questions. 

1. What does the cat say? (Hint: it's never miaow) 
2.What's the male equivalent of a manic pixie dream girl? 
3. When will we get to the meaty softcore porn we know we are all here for! 

Join us as we cross the first half of Get a Life, Chloe Brown off our list 😉!

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In Part 2 of The Vanishing Half we finish up our thrilling ride on the Vignes emotional rollercoaster and are left speechless. Except for our weekly questions of course! Will our computers ever make it through an episode without technical issues? Is Brit Bennett a literary goddess fully deserving of her place on the throne of the NYT Best Sellers list? And last and certainly most important, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK KENNEDY AND FRANTZ??? 

We just took a DNA test, turns out we still hate Stella in The Vanishing Half Pt. 2!